English Unit 4 Post Test

The story "Rules of the Game," by Amy Tan, ends with the narrator imagining herself playing a chess match against her mother, choosing her next move. Which type of conflict is this?

• conflict with society

• conflict with nature

• conflict with technology

• conflict with another person

• conflict with the self

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Which two scenarios are examples of internal conflict?

• Rosa can hear her teacher’s voice inside her head telling her to finish her essay, but she really wants to go shopping with her friends instead. Rosa cannot decide what to do.

• The landslide has interfered with Mitchell's plans and now he is past his curfew.

• Gina is mulling over the idea of tearing up her husband's frightening medical report and ignoring the problem. However, in her heart, she knows that the right thing to do is to get her husband the best treatment possible.

• Ralph is driving to a baseball game with his friend Elle. She asks him to stop at a shopping mall on the way and help her find a new dress. Annoyed, Ralph drops Elle at the mall without saying a word to her and drives off to the game.

• Sanjay wants to reach home early for a dinner on the patio. As he steps out of the office, the sky grows dark, and it begins to hail.

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Which plot element refers to the events that help move the action toward a climax?

• climax

• falling action

• exposition

• resolution

• rising action

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You are waiting in line for the bus. You feel a nudge

from behind. As you stagger forward, you find yourself

seated inside the bus. “Is this some kind of magic?”

you wonder to yourself.

Which point of view is being used in this statement?

• first person

• second person

• third person limited

• third person omniscient

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How does the circumstantial struggle in O. Henry’s “The Gift of the Magi” add to the situational irony in the story?

• Jim and Della's lack of money is magnified when they sell their priceless possessions for gifts that turn out to be meaningless.

• The love that Jim and Della have for each other is greater than their lack of money.

• Jim and Della’s poverty is of no consequence because their sacrifices for each other are of more value.

• Jim and Della sell their possessions to show how much they love each other and not because they are poor.

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What is the situational irony in the story “Federigo’s Falcon” by Giovanni Boccaccio?

• Monna marries Federigo in the end, although she is not in love with him.

• Monna’s son has a terminal illness, so the falcon can't save him.

• The only time Monna asks Federigo for something, he can't give it to her.

• Federigo’s falcon dies a pointless death.

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What are two themes in the story “The Gift of the Magi “by O. Henry?

• Love is the greatest gift you can give anyone.

• It is important to buy expensive gifts on Christmas.

• Love is more precious than material possessions.

• It is difficult to make ends meet in a city.

• It is easy to spend money.

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Read the excerpt from "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry. What is the tone of the opening passage?

There was clearly nothing to do but flop down on the shabby little couch and howl. So Della did it. Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.

In the vestibule below was a letter-box into which no letter would go, and an electric button from which no mortal finger could coax a ring.

• unhappy

• dissatisfied

• humorous

• sarcastic

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Which three sentences from O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" reflect outdated stereotypes of men and women?

• And then an ecstatic scream of joy; and then, alas! a quick feminine change to hysterical tears and wails, necessitating the immediate employment of all the comforting powers of the lord of the flat

• And now, they were hers, but the tresses that should have adorned the coveted adornments were gone.

• And then Della leaped up like a little singed cat and cried, "Oh, oh!"

• Instead of obeying, Jim tumbled down on the couch and put his hands under the back of his head and smiled.

• And now suppose you put the chops on."

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Which three lines in this excerpt from Susan Glaspell’s “A Jury of Her Peers” contribute to the story’s setting?

• When Martha Hale opened the storm-door and got a cut of the north wind, she ran back for her big woolen scarf.

• But what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted.

• She hated to see things half done; but she had been at that when the team from town stopped to get Mr. Hale, and then the sheriff came running in to say his wife wished Mrs. Hale would come too.

• "Martha!" now came her husband's impatient voice. "Don't keep folks waiting out here in the cold."

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