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The Woman Warrior Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following best represents the dates of the postmodern era?
a)
1490s-1620s
b)
1620s-1770s
c)
1910s-1950s
d)
1940s-present
2.
Which of the social constructs might postmodernists question?
a)
gender
b)
good vs evil
c)
marriage
d)
all of them
3.
T/F  Postmodernism asserts that all worldviews offer unbiased truth claims about reality.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
4.

Verisimilitude is defined as:

a)

The appearance of being subjective

b)

The appearance of being true/real

c)

The act of telling a story

d)

The blending of truth and fiction

5.

What is one way in which Kingston subverts the idea of filial duty

a)

She goes to college despite her mother's wishes that she remain at home

b)

She becomes a great swordswoman and gives up the idea of being a wife and mother.

c)

The tells the story of "No Name Woman" despite her mother telling her not to

d)

She refuses to speak Chinese in the home despite her father's wishes

6.

Epistemology is defined as

a)

the theory of knowledge

b)

the theory of evolution

c)

the theory of fiction

d)

the theory of fath-based belief

7.

By avoiding classification in terms of genre and truth-based autobiographical accounts...

a)

Kingston supports the idea that autobiographies are essentially true

b)

Kingston is able to classify others around her in order to support the traditional logic systems of classification-based assessments

c)

Kingston rejects her mother's way of telling family stories.

d)

Kingston challenges western rational ways of seeing, classifying, and ordering, calling into question the very notion of categories.

8.

In what way does Kingston parallel her own story with her mother's?

a)

She becomes a doctor like her mother was in China

b)

Kingston’s own memoir mirrors the talk-stories that her mother told

c)

She supports her mother's desire to be a wife and other

d)

She shares her mother's intense love of music

9.

What is the name Kingston often gives to the United States of America?

a)

The Gold Hill

b)

The winged mountain

c)

The White Tiger

d)

The Gold Mountain

10.

Who is the "no name woman"

a)

Kingston's aunt

b)

Kingston's sister

c)

Kingston's mother

d)

Kingston's daughter

11.

Maxine was born in...

a)

China

b)

California

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Japan

12.

Maxine's mother is named

a)

Tall Orchid

b)

Ting Ting

c)

Brave Orchid

d)

Fa Mulan

13.

"Ghosts" are the name given to...

a)

Chinese Americans

b)

Older Chinese people

c)

Kingston's ancestors

d)

White Americans

14.

The Woman Warrior is written in...

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person

d)

Fourth Person

15.

The movie Shrek, whereby you see characters from a myriad of other fairy tales and legends, includes...

a)

Hybridity

b)

Pastiche

c)

Digression

d)

Intertextuality

16.

The movie "Get Out," which includes features of both comedy and horror, is an example of

a)

Hybridity

b)

Epistemology

c)

Intertextuality

d)

Pastiche

17.

Kingston's mixing of autobiography, mythology, nonfiction, and fiction is an example of...

a)

Intertextuality

b)

Verisimilitude

c)

Hybridity

d)

Epistemology

18.

Kingston's inclusion of the myth of Fa Mulan is an example of...

a)

Verisimilitude

b)

Hybridity

c)

Onomatopoeia

d)

Intertextuality