The Youngest Doll by Rosario Ferré

All of the following are examples of magic realism in "The Youngest Doll" except____

• The dolls are life-like entities.

• The prawn lives in the aunt's calf.

• The aunt designs and crafts dolls as gifts for her nieces.

Which of the following best states a central idea explored in "The Youngest Doll"?

• Taking revenge through acts of passive aggression.

• Feminism is the central critique.

• Women should defend their nieces.

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Which of the following cultural traits is addressed in both "The Youngest Doll" and the myth of "Pandora?"

• The role of gender in societal structures.

• The role of political struggles in society.

• The role of industrialization as a rising economical system.

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The doctor prescribes a plaster of ____.

• honey

• mustard

• sweetsop

• sugar cane

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The doctor’s son has a ____ silhouette.

• tall

• transparent

• paper

• sharp

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What did the youngest daughter say happened to the doll’s hands and face?

• Ants had taken them underground.

• Pious ladies bought them.

• Ants devoured them in the night.

• They were pawned for a fancy gold pocket watch.

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Magical Realism blends______________

• the abstract with the concrete

• magic and reality

• science fiction with reality

• magic with skepticism

• science fiction and magic

In Magical Realism,____________ are considered a natural part of everyday life.

• scientific abnormalities

• magical sequences

• magic and dreams

• magical events

• dreamlike sequences

The second wave of Magical Realism took place on Latin America and suggested___________________________.

• that there is magic in everyday life

• that Latin American culture has different beliefs than the rest of the world

• that cultures and countries differ in what they call real

• that reality is only an illusion created by society

• that reality depends on a person's beliefs and prejudices

What is at the heart of Magical Realism?

• a desire to express the theory that magic is all around us and real

• wanting to merge magical elements with reality

• philosophical questioning how people interact with their surroundings

• questioning societal constraints

• questioning what is real