The Short Story Chapter 8 Practice Quiz

1. A.mystery.makes.a.reasonable.use.of.the___________ (Points : 5)        |

2. What.is.mystery? (Points : 5)        |

3. The artist is a ________, for Tolkien (Points : 5)        |

4. The classical scholars Jacques Brunschwig and Geoffrey Lloyd argue that the overwhelming innovation of the Greeks is (Points : 5)        |

5. Every character (including the narrator-character, such as Montresor, or the mother in "I stand here ironing") has __________, which is a way of looking at the world (and at one's self). (Points : 5)        |

6. Myths may be (like Noah's Ark),  (like the dove with olive twig, or the rainbow in that story) --or moreover narrative versions of cultural paradigms (Points : 10) |

        legends

        lies

        symbols

        popular rumors

        cultural paradigms

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7. Mysteries.may.have.these.kinds.of.theme: (Points : 10) |

        ghostbusting

        mystery.of.evil--or.why.bad.happens.even.to.good.people

        mystery.of.fate--or.serendipity.or.poetic.justice

        supernatural

        mystery.of.good--or.why.good.happens.--even.to.bad.or.flawed.people

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8. The mythic character of faerie tales involves (Points : 10) |

        escape

        fairies

        consolation

        comic-book-like imagination

        serious fantasy

        regaining a clear view

        magic

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9. The need to tell stories to capture what life is all about is a principle that motivates people to make them one (Points : 5) |

       True

       False

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10. The philosopher Socrates demanded, "Know your serf," and questioned others to show them that they didn't yet know the serfs what they thought they knew (Points : 5) |

       True

       False

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11. Homely crafts capture an aspect of the value of family (Points : 5) |

       True

       False

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12. The son in "Good Country People" is proud of his mother (Points : 5) |

       True...