The Ugly Tourist MCQs

The tone of the essay as a whole is

• ironic and manipulative

• frustrated and pessimistic

• combative and menacing

• cynical and accusatory

• paranoid and blunt

The author uses parenthetical information throughout the first paragraph to do all the following EXCEPT

• add supporting evidence to her claims

• insert contrasting ideas to her statements

• interject editorial commentary

• provide the tourist's point of view

• highlight the ironic use of diction

Throughout the essay, the author characterizes the tourist as all of the following EXCEPT

• complacent

• alienated

• self-satisfied

• self-aware

• loved

The "ugly but joyful thought" (par. 1) that the tourist has when viewing the natives highlights the tourist's sense of

• privilege and superiority

• obligation and work ethic

• optimism and determination

• ingenuity and skepticism

• morality and thoughtfulness

Which of the following best describes the organization of the last paragraph?

• a generalization followed by specific examples

• a comparison followed by a contrast

• a series of rhetorical questions

• a narrative followed by commentary

• a claim followed by analysis

In the final paragraph, Kincaid makes her point more forcefully primarily through her use of

• imagery

• similes

• accumulation of detail

• analogy

• repetition