Contemporary Fiction

What is irony of situation?

• when an event occurs that violates expectations

• when characters say something they do not mean

• when fantasy is described as if it were reality

• when reality is described as if it were fantasy

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What is the main effect in "A Noiseless Flash" of Hersey describing the experiences of specific people rather than recounting what happened in a more general way?

• It makes all the people described in the story seem like heroes.

• It shows the narrow range of people who were directly affected.

• The use of characters makes the piece seem more like fictional literature.

• The bombing and the events surrounding it seem more real and personal.

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In "A Noiseless Flash," what was ironic about the sounding of the all-clear?

• A bomb would soon hit Hiroshima.

• People only imagined hearing it.

• None of the survivors heard it.

• The danger was over.

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In “Portrait of a Girl in Glass” and The Glass Menagerie, the character of Laura is based on

• a composite of friends and relatives the author knew.

• Tennessee Williams’s sister, who was institutionalized.

• no one; Laura is an entirely imagined character.

• ennessee Williams’s mentally unstable mother.

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The narrator of "Portrait of a Girl in Glass", Tom, works in a warehouse but really wants to be a(n)

• musician.

• writer.

• salesman.

• doctor.

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Where does Laura’s mother get the money for Laura to attend business school? ("Portrait of a Girl in Glass")

• from money her husband left her

• from selling magazine subscriptions

• from the money Tom makes on his poems

• from money her husband continues to send

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From Laura’s perspective, what is the most promising characteristic about Jim? ("Portrait of a Girl in Glass")

• He drives an old jalopy and is not pretentious or snobby.

• He is tolerant, friendly, and able to make Laura feel at ease with herself.

• He is a solid, steady person with a good family and career ambitions.

• He is a good dancer and enjoys the same odd music that Laura does.

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What happened when Ella described the book she was reading to the narrator? (Black Boy)

• She cried.

• He cried.

• He decided to learn to read.

• The boy’s reality changed..

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According to the narrator of Black Boy, this was the first experience in his life that elicited

• an attraction to Ella.

• a desire to be a teacher.

• a total emotional response.

• an understanding of his world.

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In "The Rockpile," which one of Elizabeth’s children is not Gabriel’s?

• Paul

• John

• Roy

• Delilah

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