The Kite Runner and the Story of an Hour QUESTION 1
Prepositional phrases can be used to promote sentence variety in writing.
TRUE
FALSE
1 point
QUESTION 2
In general, irony is a difference between appearances and reality.
TRUE
FALSE
1 points
QUESTION 3
In the novel The Kite Runner, Amir’s mother died during childbirth.
TRUE
FALSE
1 points
QUESTION 4
A fire station burning down would be an example of verbal irony.
TRUE
FALSE
1 points
QUESTION 5
In The Story of an Hour Mrs. Mallard loved her husband very much.
TRUE
FALSE
1 points
QUESTION 6
Sometimes you have to know the history of a country in order to understand a story.
TRUE
FALSE
1 points
QUESTION 7
You will not always catch symbols.
TRUE
FALSE
1 points
QUESTION 8
If you falsify documents, you are intending to deceive.
TRUE
FALSE
1 points
QUESTION 9
Understanding the context allows for a better understanding of story.
TRUE
FALSE
1 points
QUESTION 10
If you encounter hostility, this should be seen as a sign of friendliness.
TRUE
FALSE
1 points
QUESTION 11
Indicate the correct meaning of the word: millennium
200 YEARS
100 YEARS
1,000 YEARS
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 12
The Time Traveller is brushed by the antennae of what?
A GIANT CRAB
A WHITE BUTTERFLY
AN ELOI
A BLACK INSECT LIKE CREATURE
2 points
QUESTION 13
In the short story, “The Gift of the Magi,” the watch fob and the combs symbolize
JIM AND DELLA’S LOVE FOR EACH OTHER
UNSELFISH GIVING
THE GIFTS BROUGHT BY THE WISE MEN (MAGI) FOR THE BABY JESUS
ALL OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 14
Indicate the correct meaning of the word: chronological
ARRANGED IN ORDER OF TIME
THE SCIENCE OF COLOR
THE STUDY OF TIME SPACE TRAVEL
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 15
Indicate the correct meaning of the word: aerobic
A CRAFT REQUIRING AIR FOR FLIGHT
AN ORGANISM REQUIRING AIR FOR LIFE
A LIGHTER REQUIRING AIR TO LIGHT
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 16
In The Time Machine, which of the following does the Time Traveller not retrieve from the museum?
CAMPHOR
A LEVEL
SULPHUR
MATCHES
2 points
QUESTION 17
One message of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 might be:
LIFE IS JUST HARD.
THERE IS MORE BAD IN LIFE THAN THERE IS GOOD.
THERE ARE EQUAL PARTS OF BAD AND GOOD IN EVERY LIFE.
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 18
When is the “Communists in the State Department” speech given?
FIVE YEARS AFTER WORLD WAR II
FIVE YEARS BEFORE THE COLD WAR
FIVE YEARS SINCE JFK’S ASSASSINATION
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 19
In The Time Machine, as time passes what happens to the sun?
IT GETS SMALLER.
IT STOPS MOVING.
IT GROWS DIMMER.
ITS MOTION SPEEDS UP.
2 points
QUESTION 20
Indicate the correct meaning of the word: asteroid
SHAPED LIKE A ROID
SHAPED LIKE A STAR
SHAPED LIKE A CELESTIAL SPHERE
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 21
Why does the Time Traveller remove the levers from his machine from the novelThe Time Machine?
TO USE THEM AS WEAPONS
TO PREVENT OTHERS FROM USING THE MACHINE
TO REMIND HIM TO UPDATE THE MACHINE.
TO PROVE HE HAD ACTUALLY MADE THE JOURNEY
2 points
QUESTION 22
Read the following sentence: The man was diagnosed with a pernicious disease, and unfortunately, he was not given long to live. Using context clues, what does pernicious mean?
PERSISTENT
CURABLE
DEADLY
COMMON
2 points
QUESTION 23
Indicate the correct meaning of the word: solarium
A TYPE OF ANIMAL ENCLOSURE
A ROOM WHICH GETS A LOT OF SUNLIGHT
A TYPE OF INCUBATOR
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 24
When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative.”
This quote is an example of
AN INCORRECT USE OF A SEMI-COLON.
PARALLELISM.
PRONOUN-ANTECEDENT ERROR.
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 25
Indicate the correct meaning of the word: cosmopolitan
PROVINCIAL AND UNSOPHISTICATED
WORLDLY AND SOPHISTICATED
HAVING NO INTEREST IN UNIVERSAL THINGS
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 26
Complete the following analogy:
repression : freedom ::
PEACE : WAR
PEACE : GOAL
PEACE : TRANQUILITY
PEACE : CALMNESS
2 points
QUESTION 27
What is the fourth dimension from the Time Machine supposed to be?
HOPE
THE PAST
SPACE
TIME
2 points
QUESTION 28
Indicate the correct meaning of the word: Sol
THE ROMAN GOD OF THE SUN
THE GREEK MESSENGER GOD
THE ROMAN GOD OF WAR
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 29
Who is the author commonly ascribed to the passage in Ecclesiastes?
QOHELETH
MOSES
KING SOLOMON
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 30
In the novel The Kite Runner, Amir accuses Hassan of stealing his watch and birthday money. What is the result of this?
HASSAN ADMITS STEALING IT TO PROTECT AMIR.
BABA BANISHES HASSAN AND ALI FROM THE HOUSE.
AMIR AND ALI LEAVE FOR PAKISTAN.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 31
In the novel The Kite Runner, Hassan is Hazara and Amir is Pashtun. Why is this significant?
HAZARA ARE AN ETHNIC MINORITY WITH PASHTUN BEING THE MAJORITY.
HAZARA ARE CONSIDERED A LOWER CLASS.
AMIR’S CAN JUSTIFY HIS SACRIFICING OF HASSAN BECAUSE HE IS HIS SERVANT.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 32
Where, in the novel, is the time machine hidden?
IN THE MORLOCKS’ UNDERWORLD
IN THE PALACE OF THE GREEN PORCELAIN
IN THE PEDESTAL OF THE SPHINX STATUE
IN THE WOODS NEAR THE PALACE OF THE GREEN PORCELAIN
2 points
QUESTION 33
Indicate the correct meaning of the word: chronicle
A RECORDING OF EVENTS
A TYPE OF SHELLFISH WHICH ATTACHES TO BOATS
AN ENDANGERED SPECIES
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 34
Why, in the novel The Time Machine, does the character Weena seem to be attracted to the Time Traveler?
HE IS BIG AND STRONG.
HE SAVED HER LIFE.
HE IS NOT AFRAID OF MORLOCKS.
HE IS EXOTIC.
2 points
QUESTION 35
In The Time Machine, what is the Palace of the Green Procelain?
AN ELOI HABITATION
A MUSEUM
A PORT TO THE UNDERWORLD
A MORLOCK BATTLE STATION
2 points
QUESTION 36
Indicate the correct meaning of the word: astrolabe
A LABORATORY FOR STARS
A LABORATORY FOR ASTRONAUTS
A TYPE OF CELL
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 37
In the speech “Communists in the State Department,” accusing people of being “card-carrying members of the Communist Party” implies what?
THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT LOYAL TO THE UNITED STATES.
THESE PEOPLE ARE GUILTY OF TREASON
ALL THREE ANSWERS ARE CORRECT
THESE PEOPLE SHOULDN’T BE ALLOWED TO CONTROL OUR FOREIGN POLICY.
2 points
QUESTION 38
Complete the following analogy:
sepulcher : nursery ::
TOMB : RESTING PLACE
FUNERAL : BIRTH
HOUSE : DWELLING
HOSPITAL : AMBULANCE
2 points
QUESTION 39
In the speech “Communists in the State Department,” McCarthy ends claiming this will end “only when the whole sorry mess of twisted warped thinkers are swept from the national scene so that we may have a new birth of national honesty and decency in government.” Why is this ironic?
WASN’T HONEST THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS.
HE WAS MORE INTERESTED IN PROMOTING HIMSELF THAN FINDING COMMUNISTS.
THE “RED SCARE” IS REMEMBERED IN HISTORY AS A SCAM AND A SCANDAL.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 40
Indicate the correct meaning of the word: astral
RELATING TO THE STARS
SOMETHING GONE ASTRAY
RELATING TO A SPECIFIC TYPE OF CELL
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 41
Indicate the correct meaning of the word: bicentennial
200 YEARS
100 YEARS
1,000 YEARS
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 42
Indicate the correct meaning of the word: annuity
MONEY PAID TO ANN
AN AMOUNT OF MONEY PAID EVERY OTHER YEAR
AN AMOUNT OF MONEY PAID EVERY YEAR
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 43
Indicate the correct meaning of the word: retrospective
A LOOK BACKWARD AT PAST EVENTS
A VIEW FROM ABOVE
A MACHINE WHICH ALLOWS THREE DIMENSIONAL TRAVEL
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 44
Which word completes the following sentence? College students must cope with ______________ to be successful in classes.
MAGNANIMITY
IMPORTUNITIES
ANTIPHONY
COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
2 points
QUESTION 45
The structure of an Italian Sonnet is
TWO QUATRAINS AND A SESTET.
ONE QUATRAIN AND TWO SESTETS.
THERE IS NO PREDETERMINED STRUCTURE IN AN ITALIAN SONNET.
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 46
Use a caveat, such as a sign or a flag, to prevent people from entering the ocean. What type of context clue can be found in this sentence to help the reader figure out the meaning of the word caveat?
SYNONYM CLUE
ANTONYM CLUE
INFERENCE CLUE
EXAMPLE CLUE
2 points
QUESTION 47
The word ‘sonnet’ means
A SONG TO THE SUN.
A LITTLE POEM.
A LITTLE SONG.
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 48
Parallelism in literature is
WHEN THE LINES ON THE PAGE ARE AT ABSOLUTE 90 DEGREE ANGLES.
WHEN SEPARATE PARTS OF A SENTENCE OR STANZA ARE BALANCED BY USING SIMILAR CONSTRUCTIONS.
WHEN THE AUTHOR CHOOSES TO ALLUDE FROM OTHER TEXTS AND INCLUDE THEM IN HIS OR HER OWN.
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 49
Indicate the correct meaning of the word: aerodynamic
DESIGNED TO BE THE LEAST RESISTANT TO AIR FLOW
DESIGNED TO CREATE AN EXPLOSION WHEN EXPOSED TO OXYGEN
DESIGNED TO CREATE MOLECULAR ENERGY WHEN EXPOSED TO OXYGEN
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 50
When you are reading a novel set in a different culture it is important to
ASSUME DIFFERENT IS BAD.
DO HOURS OF RESEARCH TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE STORY.
TRY TO UNDERSTAND THE STORY BASED ON THE CONTEXT OF THE CULTURE.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 51
What is the name of the creatures who live above ground in the novel The Time Machine?
MORLOCKS
WEENA
ELOI
PORCELAINS
2 points
QUESTION 52
Indicate the correct meaning of the word: asynchronous
HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME
NOT HAPPENING AT THE SAME TIME
NEVER HAPPENING AT ALL
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 53
What exactly is the purpose of the underground machines in The Time Machine?
THEY MANUFACTURE GOODS FOR THE ELOI.
THEY ARE USED TO COOK ELOI.
THEY ARE VENTILATORS FOR THE UNDERWORLD.
THEY ARE MORLOCK TRANSPORTS.
2 points
QUESTION 54
The Time Traveler, from the novel The Time Machine, ascribes the weakness of humankind’s descendants to what?
FATE
COMMUNISM
RELIGION
CAPITALISM
2 points
QUESTION 55
In The Time Machine, what does the Time Traveller bring back from the future?
WEENA
GIANT CRAB
TWO FLOWERS
CAMPHOR
2 points
QUESTION 56
In the novel The Kite Runner, what happened to Amir’s mother?
SHE RAN AWAY WITH GYPSIES AFTER AMIR WAS BORN.
SHE DIED GIVING BIRTH TO AMIR.
SHE WAS ACCUSED OF INFIDELITY AND STONED TO DEATH BY THE TALIBAN.
NONE OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 57
Which of the following sentences is written in first person point of view?
JENNY KNEW SHE WANTED TO GO SHOPPING, BUT SHE DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE TO SAVE MONEY.
SKIING FOR THE FIRST TIME WAS QUITE TERRIFYING FOR ME.
DAVE SAID, “I AM NOT SURE IF WE START SCHOOL NEXT WEEK OR THE WEEK AFTER.”
KAYLAH AND SARA WERE GOOD FRIENDS, BUT BECAUSE OF THEIR ARGUMENT, NEITHER GIRL FELT LIKE BEING FRIENDLY.
2 points
QUESTION 58
Symbolism is one of the most challenging literary terms you will encounter because
IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO RECOGNIZE SYMBOLS IN A STORY.
THERE IS MORE THAN ONE WAY TO INTERPRET A SYMBOL
THERE IS ONLY ONE POSSIBLE INTERPRETATION OF A SYMBOL.
ALL OF THE ABOVE
2 points
QUESTION 59
In what year was The Time Machine first published in book form?
1815
1895
1905
1938
2 points
QUESTION 60
The Eloi remind the Time Traveller of whom from The Time Machine?
FAIRIES.
CAVEMEN.
LAWYERS.
VICTIMS OF TUBERCULOSIS.
2 points
QUESTION 61
Read the following short paragraph. This paragraph is full of short, choppy sentences. Use your knowledge of sentence variety and prepositional phrases to improve the paragraph. Include all of the details in your revised version. The clouds seemed to loom over the field. The field was near my house. A drop of rain fell on the infield dirt. The umpire looked into the sky. The sky opened up. A downpour of rain scattered everyone. People ran into the concession stand. Other people ran to their cars in the parking lot. The parking lot was behind the outfield.
20 POINTS
QUESTION 62
In The Kite Runner, Amir returns to Afghanistan to find Sohrab, Hassan’s son. As part of this journey, he must confront Assef. Explain why the author chose to have these characters all come together in this scene. Explain how it mirrors the past and discuss the long term effects of this confrontation.
