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World Literature Fall Final Review

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 29mins

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Class
Date
1.

What information is included in an MLA header?

a)

Your name, teacher’s name, class, date written out

b)

Your name, class, date written with numbers

c)

Your name, class, period number, date written with numbers

d)

Your name, class, assignment name, date written out

2.

In MLA style, how should you format the title of your paper?

a)

12 pt Times New Roman

b)

14 pt. Times New Roman

c)

12 pt. Times New Roman and bold

d)

14 pt. Times New Roman and bold

3.

When you are quoting something, what information do you need to write with the quote in MLA style?

a)

the author’s last name and the year

b)

the author’s last name and the page number

c)

the author’s first name and the year

d)

the author’s first name and the page number

4.

What is the syllable structure of a Haiku poem?

a)

5-7-5

b)

10-4-10

c)

5-10-5

d)

7-4-7

5.

The Reconquista happened primarily in what modern-day country?

a)

Mexico

b)

Spain

c)

Portugal

d)

Egypt

6.

What is the significance of Tarifa in The Alchemist?

a)

It’s Santiago’s hometown

b)

It’s where Santiago was robbed

c)

it’s the town santiago dreams of travelling to

d)

It’s where Santiago meets Fatima

7.

What does Santiago dream of that causes him to go on his Hero’s Journey?

a)

the merchant’s daughter

b)

an oasis

c)

birds circling the sky

d)

the pyramids

8.

What was the lesson of the oil and the spoon story?

a)

you must be careful to listen to those wiser than you

b)

you may fail at your personal legend, but you can try again with the help of a mentor

c)

while focusing on your goals, be sure to enjoy the journey and the small details

d)

ignore those who are doubtful of you and see the bigger picture

9.

Santiago helps one person improve their business in Tangier. Who was that?

a)

a restaurant owner

b)

a schoolteacher

c)

a crystal merchant

d)

a vegetable merchant

10.

The man Santiago works for also used to have dreams of travelling where?

a)

Rome

b)

Athens

c)

Mecca

d)

Cairo

11.

The Elixir of Life and the Philosopher's stone are involved in the study of what?

a)

Alchemy

b)

Biology

c)

Medicine

d)

Geology

12.

Who is Fatima?

a)

The girl Santiago falls in love with

b)

The name of the crystal merchant

c)

The girl Santiago loves from his hometown

d)

Santiago’s mother

13.

Because he can sense omens, what event does Santiago stop from happening at the oasis?

a)

a wildfire

b)

a drought

c)

an attack

d)

a famine

14.

What impossible task did the tribesmen give Santiago?

a)

create the Elixir of life

b)

turn into a bird

c)

turn into the wind

d)

create the Alchemist’s stone

15.

What happened to Santiago at the pyramids?

a)

he found a treasure map

b)

he realized the alchemist had followed him

c)

he was beaten and robbed

d)

he was cut with a sword

16.

Where did Santiago find the treasure?

a)

buried under a bush south of the pyramids

b)

inside one of the church catacombs

c)

under the roots of a sycamore tree by the church

d)

buried near the well of the oasis

17.

A literary genre that combines real elements of life with the surreal is called:

a)

Magical Realism

b)

American Surrealism

c)

Natural Ralsim

d)

New Romanticism

18.

What is it called in a story when the audience knows something that the characters do not know?

a)

Dramatic irony

b)

foreshadowing

c)

predicting

d)

A joke

19.

The original model or perfect example of something is known as an:

a)

archetype

b)

character

c)

fundamental

d)

diagram

20.

Who wrote The Odyssey?

a)

Homer

b)

Odysseus

c)

Athena

d)

Plato

21.

In The Odyssey, how long does it take Odysseus to travel home after the Trojan War?

a)

5 years

b)

10 years

c)

15 years

d)

20 years

22.

How long was Odysseus held captive by Calypso?

a)

1 week

b)

3 months

c)

5 months

d)

7 years

23.

What happened to the men who ate the lotus flower?

a)

They no longer wanted to go home

b)

They died

c)

they turned into pigs

d)

They became a cyclops

24.

What was the Cyclops's name?

a)

Polyphemus

b)

Eurylochus

c)

Eumaeus

d)

Telemachus

25.

What does Odysseus tell the cyclops that his name is?

a)

No one

b)

Nobody

c)

Nothing

d)

Noname

26.

What blind prophet does Odysseus talk to in the Land of the Dead?

a)

Polyphemus

b)

Laertes

c)

Teiresias

d)

Eurylochus

27.

What kind of characters were Scylla and Charybdis?

a)

Female monsters

b)

Temptresses

c)

Goddesses

d)

servants

28.

Who was Telemachus?

a)

Odysseus’s son

b)

Odysseus’s swineherd

c)

a suitor

d)

The god of the sea

29.

Odysseus’s wife designed a test to find a new husband. What was it?

a)

Carve a new bow and shoot the arrow through axes

b)

String the bow and shoot the arrow at an apple

c)

Carve a new bow and shoot the arrow at an apple

d)

String the bow and shoot the arrow through axes

30.

What secret does Odysseus reveal that proves his real identity to his wife?

a)

the scar on his leg from a tusk

b)

his last words to her before he went off to fight in the war

c)

the name of his beloved dog

d)

their bed is immovable and made from a tree

31.

In which Cinderella story does a pumpkin become a carriage?

a)

Grimms (German)

b)

Perrault’s (French)

c)

Vasilisa the Brave (Russian)

d)

Yeh-Shen (Chinese)

e)

Rashin-Coatie (Scottish)

32.

In which Cinderella story do the stepsisters cut off parts of their feet?

a)

Grimms (German)

b)

Perrault’s (French)

c)

Vasilisa the Brave (Russian)

d)

Yeh-Shen (Chinese)

e)

Rashin-Coatie (Scottish)

33.

In which Cinderella story is there a Fairy Godmother?

a)

Grimms (German)

b)

Perrault’s (French)

c)

Vasilisa the Brave (Russian)

d)

Yeh-Shen (Chinese)

e)

Rashin-Coatie (Scottish)

34.

In which Cinderella story do the stepsisters have their eyes plucked out?

a)

Grimms (German)

b)

Perrault’s (French)

c)

Vasilisa the Brave (Russian)

d)

Yeh-Shen (Chinese)

e)

Rashin-Coatie (Scottish)

35.

In which Cinderella story does the main character have a red calf as a friend?

a)

Grimms (German)

b)

Perrault’s (French)

c)

Vasilisa the Brave (Russian)

d)

Yeh-Shen (Chinese)

e)

Rashin-Coatie (Scottish)

36.

In which Cinderella story has the Baba-Yaga?

a)

Grimms (German)

b)

Perrault’s (French)

c)

Vasilisa the Brave (Russian)

d)

Yeh-Shen (Chinese)

e)

Rashin-Coatie (Scottish)

37.

In which Cinderella story are the stepmother and stepsister killed by falling stones?

a)

Grimms (German)

b)

Perrault’s (French)

c)

Vasilisa the Brave (Russian)

d)

Yeh-Shen (Chinese)

e)

Rashin-Coatie (Scottish)

38.

In which Cinderella story does the main character have a magic doll?

a)

Grimms (German)

b)

Perrault’s (French)

c)

Vasilisa the Brave (Russian)

d)

Yeh-Shen (Chinese)

e)

Rashin-Coatie (Scottish)

39.

In which Cinderella story is the sister’s head chopped off?

a)

Grimms (German)

b)

Perrault’s (French)

c)

Vasilisa the Brave (Russian)

d)

Yeh-Shen (Chinese)

e)

Rashin-Coatie (Scottish)

40.

In which Cinderella story are there magic fish bones?

a)

Grimms (German)

b)

Perrault’s (French)

c)

Vasilisa the Brave (Russian)

d)

Yeh-Shen (Chinese)

e)

Rashin-Coatie (Scottish)

41.

The Hero’s Journey begins with:

a)

The Ordinary World

b)

The Reward

c)

Resurrection

d)

The Call to Adventure

42.

After the Ordinary World and The Call to Adventure, what is the next step in the Hero’s Journey?

a)

Refusal of the Call

b)

The Reward

c)

Resurrection

d)

Meeting the Mentor

43.

Finish the steps of the Hero’s Journey: 1. The Ordinary World, 2. The Call to Adventure, 3. Refusal of the Call, and then ___________.

a)

Approach to the Abyss

b)

The Ordeal

c)

The Road Back

d)

Meeting the Mentor

44.

What step of the Hero’s Journey comes after Meeting the Mentor?

a)

Approach to the Abyss

b)

Crossing the First Threshold

c)

Tests, Allies, and Enemies

d)

Resurrection

45.

What steps in the Hero’s Journey comes next: 4. Meeting the Mentor, 5. Crossing the First Threshold, 6. Tests, Allies, and Enemies, 7. __________.

a)

Approach to the Abyss

b)

The Elixir

c)

The Oreal

d)

Resurrection

46.

What step of the Hero’s Journey comes after Approach to the Abyss?

a)

The Ordeal

b)

The Reward

c)

Tests, Allies, and Enemies

d)

Resurrection

47.

What step of the Hero’s Journey comes next: 8. The Ordeal, 9. The Reward, 10. The Road Back, 11._____________.

a)

The Elixir

b)

The Ordinary World

c)

Approach to the Abyss

d)

Resurrection

48.

What is the final step of the Hero’s Journey?

a)

The Elixir

b)

The Ordinary World

c)

The Road Back

d)

Resurrection

49.

What literary device is found in the following sentences: "But, soft! What light breaks through the window? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."

a)

metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

alliteration

d)

irony

50.

What literary device is found in the following sentence: "The sun smiled down on us."

a)

foreshadowing

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

irony

51.

What literary device is present in the following sentence: "Crooks conspire with the unkind king."

a)

imagery

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

52.

The following sentence contains what literary device? "A forest fire was making its way along the tinderbox ridges above them, flaring and shimmering against the overcast like the northern lights."

a)

imagery

b)

metaphor

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

alliteration

53.

What literary device is present in the following situation: "A young wife cuts off her hair in order to buy her husband a chain for his prized watch, but the husband sells his watch to buy his wife a comb for her beautiful hair."

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

irony

c)

alliteration

d)

foreshadowing

54.

What literary device is found in the following sentence: "A breeze blew through the room, blew curtains in at one end and out the other like pale flags."

a)

metaphor

b)

Simile

c)

alliteration

d)

irony

55.

What literary device is found in the following sentence: “We heard the vroom of the car’s engine as it whizzed by and screeched around the corner.”

a)

imagery

b)

simile

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

alliteration

56.

What literary device is found in the following sentence: "And this is my interpretation: you must go to the Pyramids in Egypt. I have never heard of them, but, if it was a child who showed them to you, they exist. There you will find a treasure that will make you a rich man.”

a)

foreshadowing

b)

onomatopoeia

c)

personification

d)

alliteration

57.

What literary devices was used when a man told Santiago: "I dreamed that I should travel to the fields of Spain and look for a ruined church where shepherds and their sheep slept... I would find a hidden treasure.”

a)

irony

b)

foreshadowing

c)

imagery

d)

metaphor