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Satire in "Young Goodman Brown"

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

In "Young Goodman Brown," whom does Goodman Brown go to meet in the forest?

a)

his father

b)

a serpent

c)

the devil

d)

a ghost

2.

In "Young Goodman Brown," who is Goodman Brown surprised to observe walking to the meeting along with road in the woods? Choose THREE options.

a)

his father

b)

his minister

c)

his wife, Faith

d)

Goody Cloyse

e)

Deacon Gookin

3.

In "Young Goodman Brown," what does Goodman Brown do after hearing Faith's voice in the dark cloud and observing her pink ribbon fluttering from the sky?

a)

He returns home to Faith.

b)

He searches the wood for Faith.

c)

He runs through the woods to the meeting.

d)

He lights the tops of four pine trees on fire.

4.

In "Young Goodman Brown," what happens when Goodman Brown sees Faith at the meeting?

a)

He is relieved to see that she has arrived safely.

b)

He begs her to look to heaven and resist the devil.

c)

He baptizes her with the blood from the basin in the rock.

d)

He and she stagger from the forest into the street of Salem village.

5.

What is the most likely meaning of discoursing as it is used in this sentence from "Young Goodman Brown"? Choose the meaning based on context clues.

They continued to walk onward, while the elder traveller exhorted his companion to make good speed and persevere in the path, discoursing so aptly that his arguments seemed rather to spring up in the bosom of his auditor than to be suggested by himself.

a)

offering encouragement

b)

showing determination

c)

speaking at length

d)

reaching a goal

6.

What is the most likely meaning of exemplary as it is used in this sentence from "Young Goodman Brown"? Choose the meaning based on context clues.

As he spoke he pointed his staff at a female figure on the path, in whom Goodman Brown recognized a very pious and EXEMPLARY dame, who had taught him his catechism in youth, and was still his moral and spiritual adviser, jointly with the minister and Deacon Gookin.

a)

admirable

b)

generous

c)

socialble

d)

elegant

7.

When a character or person says one thing but means the opposite

a)

dramatic irony

b)

verbal irony

c)

situational irony

8.

When the exact opposite of what is expected happens

a)

situational irony

b)

verbal irony

c)

dramatic irony

9.

When a character believes something and the opposite is true. The audience knows more than the character.

a)

verbal irony

b)

situational irony

c)

dramatic irony

10.

A word, phrase, or statement which contains more than one meaning and leads to confusion and vagueness.

a)

incongruity

b)

ambiguous

c)

contradiction

d)

subtlety

11.

When two statements do not agree with each other

a)

ambiguity

b)

incongruity

c)

contradiction

d)

subtlety

12.

Delicate hints or clues for the reader in the text; often difficult to perceive or understand, and may foreshadow

a)

contradiction

b)

subtlety

c)

parody

d)

reversal

13.

Writing that imitates a literary work in order to illustrate its shortcomings

a)

contradiction

b)

paradox

c)

subtlety

d)

parody

14.

To present the opposite of the normal order

a)

ambiguity

b)

ambiguous

c)

reversal

d)

parody

15.

Very different from everything around it to the point of being inappropriate to the situation

a)

reversal

b)

incongruity

c)

subtlety

d)

dramatic irony

16.

A means of convincing an audience of the reliable character or credibility of the speaker/writer, or the credibility of the argument

a)

logos

b)

pathos

c)

ethos

17.

An appeal to logic and reason. It is used to persuade an audience by logical thought, fact, and rationality

a)

logos

b)

pathos

c)

ethos

18.

Appeal to emotions

Provoking an emotional response in the reader or audience

a)

logos

b)

pathos

c)

ethos

19.

Identify one element of SATIRE in "Young Goodman Brown."

Answer in a COMPLETE SENTENCE or two using correct capitalization and punctuation.

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