Which writer was told that it was OK for them to be a pacifist because “it didn’t make any difference to anyone”?
Viramontes
Lahiri
Yamada
Dickinson
Yamada
Which text portrays the harsh reality of deportation and immigration in the United States?
“Interpreter of the Maladies”
“Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster”
“Thrall”
“The Cariboo Cafe”
"The Cariboo Cafe"
According to Yamada, what does Shikataganai mean in Japanese?
“It must be done”
“It can’t be helped”
“It does not exist”
“It won’t be easy”
"It can't be helped"
______________ 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
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
Who does Mrs. Das confess the truth of her affair and illegitimate child to in Lahiri’s “Interpreter of the Maladies”?
Bobby
Mr. Das
Mr. Kapasi
Mrs. D'Souza
Mr. Kapasi
In which text is communication, or lack thereof, one of the main themes?
“Taxonomy”
“The Cariboo Cafe”
“Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster”
“Interpreter of the Maladies”
"Interpreter of the Maladies"
In Lahiri’s “Interpreter of the Maladies,” which animals are the children most fascinated with throughout the story?
goats
chickens
birds
monkeys
monkeys
______________ 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
______________ ______________ 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
Which author centers their writings on cultural differences between Indians and Indian-Americans?
Viramontes
Lahiri
Trethewey
Yamada
Lahiri
Which text is considered a “border text”?
“Thrall”
“Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster”
“Interpreter of the Maladies”
“The Cariboo Cafe”
"The Cariboo Cafe"
What historical artwork informed Trethewey’s poem, “Taxonomy”?
The casta paintings of Juan Rodríguez Juárez
The animal sketches of Don Chipote
The Indigenous drawings of the Aztecs
The origin stories of the Bible
The casta paintings of Juan Rodríguez Juárez
In a story, ______________ refers to a crucial tension that moves the narrative forward.
1. Plot
2. Conflict
3. Setting
4. Meter
Conflict
______________ ______________ 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
Who is La Llorona in Chicana/o and Latina/o folklore?
The Lost Farmer
The Japanese Princess
The Weeping Woman
The Old Maid
The Weeping Woman
Which text exposes Trethewey’s troubling relationship with her white father?
“Miracle of the Black Leg”
“Taxonomy”
“Thrall”
“Daddy”
"Thrall"
What happens to Sonya and Macky in Viramontes’ “The Cariboo Cafe”?
They solve a puzzle
They find their parents
They get lost
They find a music store
They get lost
______________ ______________ ______________ 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
______________ ______________ ______________ 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
Which 17th century painter does Trethewey reference in her poem “Thrall”?
Diego Velazquez
Antonio de Pereda
Juan Rodríguez
Juan de Pareja
Juan de Pareja
Which of the following texts mentions Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man as an example of how they feel treated by white Americans?
“Thrall”
“Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster”
“Interpreter of the Maladies”
“The Cariboo Cafe”
"Invisibility is an Unnatural Disaster"
US Third World Feminism is grounded in what?
A theory of the flesh
Lived experiences of women of color
A rejection of white feminism
All of the above
All of the above
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
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