ENGL 2 Unit 2 Short Stories Test Review

What tone is created in the short story "My Life as a Bat"?

• matter-of-fact

• lyrical

• displeased

• critical

Which sentence best describes the narrator's view of people who don't believe in reincarnation?

• the narrator views people who don't believe, positively

• the narrator assumes that people who believe are mistaken

• the narrator feels that people who don't believe are misguided

• the narrator judges people who do believe, negatively

Why does the narrator say that "reincarnation as an animal...is a reward"(line 16)?

• it leads to financial compensation after reincarnation

• it is a stepping-stone to a life that is better

• it helps a person develop compassion for others

• it offers a respite from too much thinking and feeling

The excerpt "More and more, I think of this event with longing. The quickness of heartbeat, the vivid plunge into the nectars of crepuscular flowers, hovering in the infrared of night;the dank lazy half-sleep of daytime..." (lines 106-109) indicates that the narrator most likely...

• believes everyone should spend some time as a bat

• finds it difficult to distinguish between fantasy and reality

• prefers the sensory life of the bat to the rational world

• thinks that night is better than day

The implied conflict in "My Life as a Bat" is between...

• what the bat thinks and what the bat feels

• the narrator and the people around her

• people's misconceptions about bats and the truth

• those who believe in reincarnation and those who don't

The structure of Atwood's short story

• increases suspense

• develops parallel plots

• enhances the feeling of realism

• traces the growth of the central character

The inclusion of the simile "the sun will rise like a balloon on fire" (line 50) helps support the idea that the bat

• is concerned about the the strong rays of the sun

• needs the hot air created by the sun to continue flying

• can use the light from the sun to see the cave entrance

• wants to use the fire to find other bats in the area

In the first paragraph of "Simplexity" , Kluger explains that a mass movement of people is affected

• by a complex interplay of factors

• solely by luck and guesswork

• mostly by fear and depression

• primarily by ergonomic factors

Fluid-based computer models cannot be 100 percent accurate in simulating crowd flow because

• people behave more unexpectedly than water particles

• people do not have good decision-making skills

• water has escape routes that are not available to people

• water particles are harmful to computers

In the text, John Miller says, "By adding a little noise to the system you produce coherence in flow because

• an element that disrupts movement

• water flowing around a pileup

• loud sounds that frighten people

• the sound created by colliding objects