NYSTCE English CST (003) – Content exam questions with answers

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historical fiction - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a type of prose
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that is set in specific periods, real or mythological
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examples of historical fiction - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Rob Roy and Ivanhoe, War and Peace, I'Claudius, The
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King Must Die, & The Bull from the Sea
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picaresque novels - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔novels |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



recount episodic adventures from a rogue protagonist
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examples of picaresque novels - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Don Quixote & Tom Jones |\ |\ |\ |\




gothic novels - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Originated against
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18th century Enlightenment rationalism. Features horror,
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mystery, superstition, madness, and revenge.
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examples of gothic novels - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Castle of Otranto, Monk, Frankenstein, Dracula, &
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Edgar Allen Poe's works
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,psychological novels - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Originated |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



in 17th century France, explores character's motivations.
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examples of psychological novels - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Manon Lescaut, George Eliot's novels, Crime and
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Punishment, Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, & novels of |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



James Joyce, Henry James, & Vladimir Nabokov
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novels of manner - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔fictional
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stories that capture societal details of a specific period
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examples of novels of manner - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Jane Austen's works, Waugh's Handful of Dust and
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Sword of Honour Trilogy & Saki's The Unbearable
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Bassington


sentimental novels - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔originated in
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Romanticism & emphasize the emotional aspect of love |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\




examples of sentimental novels - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Pamela, Nouvelle Héloïse, Tristram Shandy, East
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Lynne, & Love Story
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epistolary novels - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔written in the
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form of letters written by characters
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,examples of epistolary novels - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Pamela, Clarissa, The Moonstone, & Krapp's Last Tape
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pastoral novels - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔lyrically idealize
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country life as idyllic and utopian
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examples of pastoral novels - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔Rosalynde, As You Like It, Arcadia, Paul et Virginie, The |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



Rainbow, Lady Chatterley's Lover, Herzog, & Cold
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Comfort Farm |\




bildungsroman - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔German for |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



"education novel" and coming of age stories
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examples of bildungsroman - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔David Copperfield, Joan and Peter, The Dream, The
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Way of All Flesh, The Catcher in the Rye, Lord of the Flies,
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etc.


roman à clef - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔French for "novel
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with a key," refers to books that require a real-life frame
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of reference, or key, for full comprehension. The author
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changes names, but the fiction is really a facade.
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, examples of roman à clef - CORRECT ANSWERS |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



✔✔Canterbury Tales, Animal Farm, & many political |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



allegory works |\




narrative - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔any composition that
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tells a story
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biographies - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔books written about |\ |\ |\ |\ |\ |\



another person's life
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myths - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔exist in ancient cultures
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and continue to influence modern cultures
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fables - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔short, didactic stories that
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typically feature imaginary creatures or talking animals;
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provide moral insight |\ |\




fairy tales - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔involve unrealistic
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characters with fantastical abilities, usually have a happy
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ending or good triumphs over evil
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folk tales - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔stories popular in a
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religion or culture, depict clever success of a common
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person, usually ends poorly for the protagonist
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