MTEL English 61 questions and answers
2024\2025 GradeA+
Historical Fiction
- correct answer -Set in particular historical periods (VW Orlando)
*Picaresque: episodic adventures of rogue protagonist (Don Quixote)
*Gothic: reaction against 18c rationalism, horror, mystery, superstition, madness, revenge, supernatural
(Frankenstein)
*Psychological: 17c France, character's motivations (Flaubert Madame Bovary)
Novels of Manners
- correct answer -Stories that observe, explore, analyze the social behaviors of a specific time/place
-Descriptions of society w defined behavioral codes, inhibition of emotional expression
**JANE AUSTEN**
Sentimental Novels
- correct answer -Sentimental love novels originated in Romanticism
-Victorian era rejects emotionalism but authors continue to incorporate sentimental elements
Epistolary Novels
- correct answer -Told in the form of letters written by their characters
-By 20c the format is considered outdated, contemporary example is Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape
(tape recording transcripts)
Bildungsroman
- correct answer -Novels focusing on coming-of-age stories
-Youth struggles and searches for identity, spiritual understanding, meaning of life
, *Origin: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (1796)
-Portrait of Artist as a Young Man, The Catcher in the Rye
Pastoral Novels
- correct answer -Lyrically idealize country life as idyllic and utopian, akin to the Garden of Eden
-Innocence and goodness of nature
-Style lost popularity in 20c, Growing realism made pastoral more dystopian
roman a clef
- correct answer -Require a real-life frame of reference for full comprehension
-Have to understand their camouflaged historical contents
-Disguise truths too dangerous for authors to state directly
4 major forms of prose
- correct answer -Nonfiction
-Fiction
-Heroic
-Prose Poetry
Narrative
- correct answer story
Biographies
- correct answer the life story of someone written by another person
-can provide unique context for period/culture
Myths
- correct answer A symbolic story expressing ideas about reality or spiritual history
Fables
- correct answer -short, didactic stories that typically feature imaginary creatures or talking animals
2024\2025 GradeA+
Historical Fiction
- correct answer -Set in particular historical periods (VW Orlando)
*Picaresque: episodic adventures of rogue protagonist (Don Quixote)
*Gothic: reaction against 18c rationalism, horror, mystery, superstition, madness, revenge, supernatural
(Frankenstein)
*Psychological: 17c France, character's motivations (Flaubert Madame Bovary)
Novels of Manners
- correct answer -Stories that observe, explore, analyze the social behaviors of a specific time/place
-Descriptions of society w defined behavioral codes, inhibition of emotional expression
**JANE AUSTEN**
Sentimental Novels
- correct answer -Sentimental love novels originated in Romanticism
-Victorian era rejects emotionalism but authors continue to incorporate sentimental elements
Epistolary Novels
- correct answer -Told in the form of letters written by their characters
-By 20c the format is considered outdated, contemporary example is Samuel Beckett's Krapp's Last Tape
(tape recording transcripts)
Bildungsroman
- correct answer -Novels focusing on coming-of-age stories
-Youth struggles and searches for identity, spiritual understanding, meaning of life
, *Origin: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre (1796)
-Portrait of Artist as a Young Man, The Catcher in the Rye
Pastoral Novels
- correct answer -Lyrically idealize country life as idyllic and utopian, akin to the Garden of Eden
-Innocence and goodness of nature
-Style lost popularity in 20c, Growing realism made pastoral more dystopian
roman a clef
- correct answer -Require a real-life frame of reference for full comprehension
-Have to understand their camouflaged historical contents
-Disguise truths too dangerous for authors to state directly
4 major forms of prose
- correct answer -Nonfiction
-Fiction
-Heroic
-Prose Poetry
Narrative
- correct answer story
Biographies
- correct answer the life story of someone written by another person
-can provide unique context for period/culture
Myths
- correct answer A symbolic story expressing ideas about reality or spiritual history
Fables
- correct answer -short, didactic stories that typically feature imaginary creatures or talking animals
