Narrative Point of View in Literature Quiz

1. A & P Quiz 2

2. 1. Which of the following is correct about narrative point of view? • Third-person point of view cannot be that of a character. • First-person point of view tends to be objective and impersonal. • “The Story of an Hour” is told from a third-person but selective point of view. • The narrator of “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” is quite emotionally involved in the story.

3. 2. Which of the following is not part of Sam’s descriptions of the girls 1. He gives them nicknames such as Queenie, Plaid and Big Tall Goony-Goony. 2. He describes their appearances in great details. 3. He appreciates their mind and physical beauty equally. 4. He imagines what happens in Queenie’s house party.

4. 3. Which of the following is NOT a feature of Sam’s language? • It is original with a lot of coined words such as “cat-and-dog-food-breakfast-cereal-macaroni- ….aisle.” • It is vivid with metaphors such as “sheep” and “house-slaves.” • It is colloquial with a lot of dashes and inserted phrases such as “a kind of dirty-pink—beige maybe, I don't know—bathing suit.” • It is objective in describing one of the girls as “very ‘striking’ and ‘attractive’ but never quite [making] it.”

5. 4. Which of the signs does NOT show class difference? • Fancy herring snack • "Hello (bing) there, you (gung) hap-py pee-pul (splat)"— • Schlitz in tall glasses • they were all holding drinks the color of water with olives and sprigs of mint in them

6. 5. "It was they who were embarrassing us."   I started to say something that came out “___." It's a saying of my grandmother's, and I know she would have been pleased. "I don't think you know what you're saying," Lengel said. "I know you don't," I said. "But I do." • The blank is: 1. Suits yourself 2. Fiddle-de-doo 3. You didn't have to embarrass them 4. I said I quit.

7. 6. Which of the following Chinese translations is correct? • … if she'd been born at the right time they would have burned her over in Salem [(非國教徒的)禮拜堂] • women with six children and varicose (靜脈曲張的) veins mapping their legs • I just saunter (閒逛) into the electric eye • a powder-blue Falcon station wagon(四輪運貨馬車)

8. 7. Open Q: What’s wrong with going to a supermarket in bikinis? Would you do that?

9. 7. Open Q: The Film vs. The Short Story http://www.spike.com/video/p/978359