Rhetorical Devices
What type of Rhetorical Device is the following sentence:
“Her voice was as cool as the morning.”
Simile
Which of the following is not a symbol?
a) The Long White Coats
b) The Little Girl
c) His Mother
d) The Truck
d) The Truck
Who is the main character and what is his main motive?
Robert Proctor and he wants to get his driver's license
What are the main themes in the story?
Reality & Simulation
Control for power
Which of the Following are symbols?
a) The Grooves in the Floor, Robert's Mom and The Sleeping girl
b) The Blue Convertible, Truck and Highway
c) His Mother's gray hair
d) None of the above
a) The Grooves in the Floor, Robert's Mom and The Sleeping girl
What type of Rhetorical Devices is the following sentence?
"The sun was bright but not glaring. The air smelled fresh and clean”
Imagery
What could the 'long white coats' symbolize?
Long white coats are usually associated with doctors, nurses or scientist - may symbolize health, 'help', hospitals etc
Where does the crash take place?
In Robert's mind, stimulated by the hypnosis.
What Point-of-View is used in this story?
Third-person omniscient pov
Where is Robert in reality?
At the DMV/driving test place.
What type of Rhetorical Device is used in the following sentence:
“Her mouth curved into a quiet smile.”
Personification
(A smile can't make noise in the first place)
What could the sleeping girl in the car symbolize?
Trust that all drivers and passengers place with each other
Has Robert changed or matured by the end of the story? (Is he a static or dynamic character?)
For the most part he was a static character; he didn’t go through any maturing experience. This can be seen by his reaction to being told he was hypnotised.
Which of the following is a foreshadowing in this story?
a) He doesn't hear a crash impact when his car collides
b) He was driving in a highway with light traffic
c) Blue Convertible In front of him
d) None of the Above
a) He doesn't hear a crash impact when his car collides
What could the 'grooves in floor' symbolize?
It means that other people have also failed the test is dragged away for treatment. He's not the first to have this happened to him and it is a reoccuring event.
Robert feels responsible for the death by causing a head-on car crash and even after the hypnosis is broken, but in reality no accident or death takes place. What type of rhetorical device is seen here?
Irony
What could Robert's mom symbolize?
Robert's Guilt
What time of day and month does this take place?
Takes place on a morning in May.
Why did Theodore Thomas wrote "the test"?
To show people’s fear of a powerful government aided by futuristic technology
Which is the best reason to why Robert failed the driving test?
a) He had a head on-collision with another car on the road
b) He signed the application for the license however the accident Robert endured should have made him hesitant to drive for years.
c) He is mentally ill
d) He is too broke to reseat for the driving test
b) He signed the application for the license however the accident Robert endured should have made him hesitant to drive for years.