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Summary, Character, Theme Quiz Review

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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1.

What is a summary?

a)

a cause and effect

b)

a retelling of nonimportant events

c)

a retelling of the most important parts of a text

d)

a statement about the text's theme or lesson

2.

What information is important to notice about a text if you are going to provide a summary? (select the best answer)

a)

conflicts

b)

characters and conflicts

c)

as many events as possible

d)

how characters change, conflicts, the basic plot

3.

When noticing character traits, what can you annotate for?

a)

STEAL- the characters' speech, thoughts, effect on others, actions, and looks

b)

SMELL- the characters' speech, motives, effect on others, language, and looks

c)

the characters' personalities

d)

the characters' motives

4.

Why are characters important to characterize and track over the course of a text?

a)

because they change

b)

because when they change the author shows the theme

c)

because when they change we can change our mood

d)

because that's what reading is all about!

5.

What is a theme statement? (select the best possible answer)

a)

a topic that relates to a text

b)

a lesson about life in general, sometimes it relates to a text

c)

a lesson about life or human nature that is shown through a text

d)

a universal statement that is cliche

6.

Theme statements should be universal. What does that mean?

a)

it should apply to all contexts

b)

it should apply to multiple texts or situations

c)

it should make you feel a range of emotions

d)

it should be clear

7.

Theme statements should be unique or not cliche. What does that mean?

a)

they should be overused

b)

they should be commonplace, like "never judge a book by its cover"

c)

they should be relateable

d)

they should not be overused

8.

What is wrong with this theme. The theme of The Odyssey is temptation.

a)

it is cliche

b)

it is a topic, it is not a theme

c)

it is too unique

d)

nothing is wrong with it!

9.

What is wrong with this theme: The theme of The Odyssey is temptation is wrong.

a)

it is cliche

b)

it is not a theme, it is a topic

c)

it is not universal

d)

nothing is wrong with it

10.

What is wrong with this theme statement? The theme of The Odyssey is temptation is bad for Odysseus.

a)

it is cliche

b)

it is a topic, it is not a theme

c)

it is not universal

d)

nothing is wrong with it

11.

What is wrong with this theme? The theme of The Odyssey is you must resist temptation to save the ones you love.

a)

it is cliche

b)

it is a topic, it is not a theme

c)

it is not universal

d)

nothing is wrong with it

12.

What is dramatic irony?

a)

when you say the opposite of what you mean

b)

when the opposite of what you expect to happen happens

c)

when the audience knows something that the readers do not know

d)

when the audience knows something that the characters or one character does not know.

13.

Which of the below examples is an example of dramatic irony from The Odyssey?

a)

when Odysseus sarcastically tells his crew to eat the cattle

b)

when we expect Odysseus's crew to live but they die

c)

when Athena knows that Odysseus will live but we don't

d)

when Telemachus and the audience know Odysseus is the beggar but no one else in Ithaca does

14.

What is an epic hero?

a)

a hero who is epic

b)

a hero who goes on a journey and is helped by a god or mentor

c)

a hero with extraordinary abilities and a tragic flaw who is often helped by a god or mentor

d)

a hero who goes on a journey and uses extraordinary abilities to survive