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Eng 102 Midterm 1eng 102 English Composition Iimrs Saitta Ringger

Eng 102 Midterm 1eng 102 English Composition Iimrs Saitta Ringger

ENG 102 Midterm 1 ENG 102: English Composition II Mrs. Saitta-Ringger Name:__________________ Midterm Exam: Fall 2020 A. Fiction terms: Write the letter of the term that each example below illustrates. You will not use all of the terms; no term is used twice. (20 pts.) a. genre g. fiction m. short story r. plot x. conflict b. climax h. resolution n. foreshadowing s. flashback y. irony c. character i. protagonist o. flat character t. setting z. round character d. theme j. point of view p. internal conflict u. narrator aa. external conflict e. style k. symbolism q. allegory v. foil bb. metaphor f. parable l. first-person point of view w. third-person point of view 1. The three “coming of age†stories, “Araby,†“The Lesson,†and “A & P,†are all told from this point of view.

1.____ 2. Aminadab and Aylmer in “The Birth-Markâ€, and George and the padrone in “Cat in the Rain,†are examples of this term. 2.____ 3. Miss Emily’s confrontations with various male authority figures in the town illustrate this term. 3.____ 4.

It is when Mrs. Mallard begins to hope that “life might be long†that she dies. 4.____ 5. Montresor tells the story of his murder of Fortunato fifty years after it happened. 5.____ 6.

The narrator of “Bartleby, the Scrivener†feels compassion for Bartleby, but as a businessman, cannot tolerate his eccentricities. 6.____ 7. “Hills Like White Elephants†takes place in Spain; “Araby†takes place in Ireland. 7.____ 8. The author of “The Lesson†chooses to use nonstandard English for the children’s dialogue to illustrate their contrast to Miss Moore, who speaks grammatically correct English.

8.____ 9. Fortunato’s insistence that he will “‘not die of a cough’†illustrates this term. 9.____ 10. In “Interpreter of Maladies,†Mr. Kapasi’s impressions of the Das family are related from this point of view: “They were all like siblings, Mr.

Kapasi thought as they passed a row of date trees.†10.____ B. Quotations: Identify the source (title), speaker, and briefly explain the significance of any five of the quotations below: (15 pts.) 1. “‘Don’t you think it would be a good idea if I let my hair grow out?’†Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________ Significance:__________________________________________________________________ 2. “‘And we could have everything and every day we make it more impossible.’†Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________ Significance:__________________________________________________________________ 3. “‘You are rich, respected, admired, beloved; you are happy, as once I was.

You are a man to be missed. For me it is no matter.’†Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________ Significance:__________________________________________________________________ 4. “As I tell everybody, I draw my own conclusions.†Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________ Significance:__________________________________________________________________ 5. “She can run if she want to and even run faster. But ain’t nobody gonna beat me at nuthin.†Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________ Significance:__________________________________________________________________ 6.

“‘You didn't have to embarrass them.’†Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________ Significance:__________________________________________________________________ 7. “If I go, I said, I will bring you something.†Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________ Significance:__________________________________________________________________ 8. “‘My peerless bride, it is successful! You are perfect!’†Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________ Significance:__________________________________________________________________ 9. “‘It means that I’m tired of feeling so terrible all the time.

Eight years . . . I’ve been in pain eight years. I was hoping you could help me feel better, say the right thing. Suggest some kind of remedy.’†Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________ Significance:__________________________________________________________________ 10. “‘You know that question I asked you before . . . how a man is remembered after he’s gone?

I know the answer now. I know because I remember my father, who was a very poor struggling man all his life. I remember him as a man that I would never want to be.’†Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________ Significance:__________________________________________________________________ 11. “‘She’d been brought up in an institution like my mother was and like I thought I would be too. And you were right.

We didn’t kick her [Maggie]. . . . But, well, I wanted to. I really wanted them to hurt her. I said we did it, too. You and me, but that’s not true.

And I don’t want you to carry that around. It was just that I wanted to do it so bad that day—wanting to is doing it.’†Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________ Significance:__________________________________________________________________ 12. “He is useful to me. I can get along with him. If I turn him away, the chances are he will fall in with some less-indulgent employer, and then he will be rudely treated, and perhaps driven forth miserably to starve.

Yes. Here I can cheaply purchase a delicious self-approval.†Title:________________________________ Speaker: ________________________________ Significance:__________________________________________________________________ C. Symbols: For any five of the following, fill in the symbol that corresponds to the description: (5 pts.) 1. symbol of Jig’s conflict in “Hills Like White Elephants†__________________________________________________________________ 2. symbol of Guy’s failed dream of a better life in “A Wall of Fire Rising†__________________________________________________________________ 3. “The Red Convertible†both begins and ends with references to this symbol of Henry’s intent to die. ________________________________________________________________ 4. symbol of the protection which a stranger, rather than her husband, provides for the American wife __________________________________________________________________ 5. symbol of the isolation of Bartleby and all of “humanity†__________________________________________________________________ 6. symbol of life cut short in “Good People†__________________________________________________________________ 7. symbol of Mr.

Kapasi’s realization that his hope of a future relationship with Mrs. Das is an illusion (“Interpreter of Maladiesâ€) __________________________________________________________________ 8. symbol of the nonconformity that the three girls represent to Sammy in “A & P†__________________________________________________________________ 9. symbol of the contrast between Lyman’s and Henry’s luck in “The Red Convertible†__________________________________________________________________ 10. symbol of immediate gratification vs. future success in “The Lesson†__________________________________________________________________ 11. symbol of failed attempts at communication in “Bartleby, The Scrivener†__________________________________________________________________ 12. symbol of Sister’s decision to break with her family in “Why I Live at the P.O.†__________________________________________________________________ D.

Write the letter of the item (person, place, or thing) that corresponds to each description below. (30 pts.) a. Sugar k. court jester u. the red convertible b. Josephine l. Lane v. sugar mill c. Homer Barron m.

Randy w. Italy d. St. Bonny’s n. Aminadab x. long hair e.

Vietnam o. a dead priest y. Maggie f. Mr. Kapasi p. uncle in "Araby" z. sheep g. Uncle Rondo q.

Georgiana aa. Homer’s corpse h. Mr. Whitaker r. pride bb. Sister i.

Richards s. Mr. Grierson cc. narrator of “Bartleby . . .†j. Louise Mallard t. American wife dd.

Miss Moore 1. the country where both "The Cask of Amontillado" and "Cat in the Rain" take place 1. ____ 2. While this woman character loves her husband more for his failures and imperfections, he clearly does not return the sentiment. 2. ____ 3. the first dead body Miss Emily attempts to keep 3. ____ 4. This deaf and dumb character “with legs like parentheses†embodies the absent mothers of both Twyla and Roberta. 4. ____ 5.

For some inexplicable reason, he wears a kimono from Stella-Rondo’s trousseau. 5. ____ 6. symbol of the dark, dreary, deathlike world of adults in "Araby" 6. ____ 7. Fortunato's character flaw which leads to his demise 7. ____ 8. what Sammy contemptuously calls the women pushing their shopping carts down the aisle 8. ____ 9. the costume that Fortunato appropriately wears 9. ____ 10. He describes his reaction to a personal crisis as one of “frozenness†because of his inability to act decisively. 10. ____ 11.

This character tells his master that he “would never part with that birth-mark.†11. ____ 12. the character who tries to shock the neighborhood children into striving for a better life 12. ____ 13. what the American wife says she wants so that she can look more feminine 13. ____ 14. The fact that this character “was not a marrying man†proves to be his demise. 14. ____ 15. This character contributes to a tragic outcome by acting too early at first, but too late at the end. 15. ____ 16. symbol of the bond between Henry and Lyman which changes in meaning as their relationship changes 16. ____ 17.

This character's drunkenness causes the narrator to get a late start to the bazaar, thus making fulfilment of his quest impossible. 17. ____ 18. the character who ultimately finds the freedom she yearns for in death 18. ____ 19. The impact of this war is the subject of "The Red Convertible." 19. ____ 20. This character’s claim that he "was never socially acquainted with any forgers" is ironic as he is somewhat fake himself. 20. ____ 21.

The way in which this character is referred to throughout the story suggests a lack of strong personal identity, particularly in her husband’s eyes. 21. ____ 22. Emily retains this symbol of death and decay just as the South clings to its phony pre-Civil War image of refinement and gracious living. 22. ____ 23. Sylvia is disgusted with this character for admitting that she has understood Miss Moore’s lesson.

23. ____ 24. the sister who fears that Mrs. Mallard “will make [herself] ill†24. ____ 25. the place that is good enough for Guy to work at, according to his wife, but not their son 25. ____ 26. the orphanage at which Twyla and Roberta were the only girls who weren’t “real orphans†26. ____ 27. The “maladies†of this character are interpreted and cured, while those of Mrs. Das are not. 27. ____ 28.

the deceased infant son about whom Leroy and Norma Jean never speak, thus contributing to the demise of their marriage 28. ____ 29.

The narrator claims that she went out with this character before her sister “broke [them] up†and married him. 29. ____ 30. This character feels that her whole family has turned against her. 30. ____