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100

Which writer was told that it was OK for them to be a pacifist because “it didn’t make any difference to anyone”?

  1. Viramontes

  2. Lahiri

  3. Yamada

  4. Dickinson

Yamada

100

Which text portrays the harsh reality of deportation and immigration in the United States?

  1. “Interpreter of the Maladies”

  2. “Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster”

  3. “Thrall”

  4. “The Cariboo Cafe”

"The Cariboo Cafe"

100

According to Yamada, what does Shikataganai mean in Japanese?

  1. “It must be done”

  2. “It can’t be helped”

  3. “It does not exist”

  4. “It won’t be easy”

"It can't be helped"

100

______________ is a literary device that involves the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds through a sequence of words.

1. Meter

2. Alliteration

3. Personification

4. Plot

Alliteration 

100

The  ______________ of a text refers to a broad or common topic explored in a literary work.   

1. Plot

2. Conflict

3. Theme

4. Tone

Theme

200

Who does Mrs. Das confess the truth of her affair and illegitimate child to in Lahiri’s “Interpreter of the Maladies”?

  1. Bobby

  2. Mr. Das

  3. Mr. Kapasi

  4. Mrs. D'Souza

Mr. Kapasi

200

In which text is communication, or lack thereof, one of the main themes?

  1. “Taxonomy”

  2. “The Cariboo Cafe”

  3. “Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster”

  4. “Interpreter of the Maladies”

"Interpreter of the Maladies"

200

In Lahiri’s “Interpreter of the Maladies,” which animals are the children most fascinated with throughout the story?

  1. goats

  2. chickens

  3. birds

  4. monkeys

monkeys

200

______________ is one of the three major genres of literature and involves a prose work that describes actual, real characters and events.

1. Fiction

2. Poetry

3. Short Story

4. Nonfiction

Nonfiction

200

______________   ______________ occurs when the last words in two or more lines of poetry rhyme with each other.

1. End Stop

2. Rhyme Scheme

3. End Rhyme

4. Free Rhyme

End Rhyme

300

Which author centers their writings on cultural differences between Indians and Indian-Americans?

  1. Viramontes

  2. Lahiri

  3. Trethewey

  4. Yamada

Lahiri

300

Which text is considered a “border text”?

  1. “Thrall”

  2. “Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster”

  3. “Interpreter of the Maladies”

  4. “The Cariboo Cafe”

"The Cariboo Cafe"

300

What historical artwork informed Trethewey’s poem, “Taxonomy”?

  1. The casta paintings of Juan Rodríguez Juárez

  2. The animal sketches of Don Chipote

  3. The Indigenous drawings of the Aztecs

  4. The origin stories of the Bible

The casta paintings of Juan Rodríguez Juárez

300

In a story, ______________  refers to a crucial tension that moves the narrative forward.

1. Plot

2. Conflict

3. Setting

4. Meter

Conflict

300

______________   ______________ is a type of poetry that celebrates the body and views the flesh/body as the root of experience.

1. Free Verse

2. Corporeal Poetry

3. Body Talk Poetry

4. Slam Poetry

Corporeal Poetry

400

Who is La Llorona in Chicana/o and Latina/o folklore?

  1. The Lost Farmer

  2. The Japanese Princess

  3. The Weeping Woman 

  4. The Old Maid

The Weeping Woman

400

Which text exposes Trethewey’s troubling relationship with her white father?

  1. “Miracle of the Black Leg”

  2. “Taxonomy”

  3. “Thrall”

  4. “Daddy” 

"Thrall"

400

What happens to Sonya and Macky in Viramontes’ “The Cariboo Cafe”?

  1. They solve a puzzle

  2. They find their parents

  3. They get lost

  4. They find a music store

They get lost

400

______________   ______________   ______________ refers to the perspective from which people, events, and other details in a work of fiction are viewed.

1. External Character Traits

2. Internal Character Traits

3. Point of View

4. Omniscient Narrator View

Point of View

400

______________   ______________   ______________ describe details of a character that evidence their qualities, behaviors, or personality.

1. Point of View

2. External Character Traits

3. Internal Character Traits

4. Narrative Plot Points

Internal Character Traits

500

Which 17th century painter does Trethewey reference in her poem “Thrall”?

  1. Diego Velazquez

  2. Antonio de Pereda

  3. Juan Rodríguez

  4. Juan de Pareja

Juan de Pareja

500

Which of the following texts mentions Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man as an example of how they feel treated by white Americans?

  1. “Thrall”

  2. “Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster”

  3. “Interpreter of the Maladies”

  4. “The Cariboo Cafe”

"Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster"

500

US Third World Feminism is grounded in what?

  1. A theory of the flesh

  2. Lived experiences of women of color

  3. A rejection of white feminism

  4. All of the above 

All of the above

500

In poetry, ______________   ______________ occurs when a line of verse contains or concludes a complete clause and usually ends with a punctuation mark.

1. End Stop

2. Rhyme Scheme 

3. End Rhyme

4. Meter Scheme

End Stop

500

The ______________ of a poem refers to the more or less regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.

1. Rhyme

2. Theme

3. Verse

4. Meter

Meter

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