MILLY'S MTTC ENGLISH 02 STUDY
PRACTICE TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Victorian Literature - Answer-1830-1900; Change and upheaval, Novel replaced the
poem
Major Writers: Bronte (Jane Eyre), Bronte (Wuthering Heights), Browning, Dickens (Tale
of Two Cities), Doyle, Rossetti, Tennyson, Wells, Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray),
Yeats
Elizabethan Literature - Answer-synonymous with Shakespeare's works
Romantic Literature - Answer-1760-1865 (aka american renaissance)
by 1860 20 new states had entered the union. american began moving westward
(manifest destiny) this period saw the emergence of early American folktales and a
distinctly American style of writing. Transcendalism emerged. Major writers: Thoreau,
Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville.
Modern Literature - Answer-Recent; categories can overlap some of the categories of
traditional literature and can include additional forms of literature
Victorian Age - Answer-The reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain (r. 1837-1901). The
term is also used to describe late-nineteenth-century society, with its rigid moral
standards and sharply differentiated roles for men and women and for middle-class and
working-class people.
genres of literature - Answer-fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, prose
New Criticism - Answer-A movement in literary criticism, dating from the late 1920s, that
stressed close textual analysis in the interpretation of works of literature.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice - Answer-It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a
single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Toni Morrison (1931- ) - Answer-American novelist
Beloved
The Bluest Eye
Song of Solomon
Standard English - Answer-The common American language, words and grammatical
forms that are used and expected in school, business, and other sites.
, critical thinking - Answer-the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to
form a judgment.
slang/jargon - Answer-using language that is specific to a place, period, position, or
occupation
Principles of Language Acquisition - Answer-1. maturation and symbolization- must be
able to keep mental picture when object is absent
2. Using tools- children acquire in same order but not same speed
effective listening - Answer-Avoids interrupting the sender.
censorship - Answer-restriction on access to ideas and information
Pacing - Answer-the movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to
another
Repetition - Answer-Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
elements of emotion - Answer-physiological response, behavioral response, & cognitive
response
Enunciation - Answer-clear pronunciation; accent; articulation
critical thinking skills - Answer-Interpretation
Analysis
Inference
Evaluation
Explanation
Self-Regulation
Plot - Answer-Sequence of events in a story
character - Answer-A person in a story
Setting - Answer-The time and place of a story
folk legend - Answer-any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one
considered to be false or based on superstition
realistic novel - Answer-a type of novel that depicts characters, settings, and events in
accordance with reality or, at least, in accordance with reality as most readers perceive
it
fantasy - Answer-A story containing unreal, imaginary features.
PRACTICE TEST EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
Victorian Literature - Answer-1830-1900; Change and upheaval, Novel replaced the
poem
Major Writers: Bronte (Jane Eyre), Bronte (Wuthering Heights), Browning, Dickens (Tale
of Two Cities), Doyle, Rossetti, Tennyson, Wells, Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray),
Yeats
Elizabethan Literature - Answer-synonymous with Shakespeare's works
Romantic Literature - Answer-1760-1865 (aka american renaissance)
by 1860 20 new states had entered the union. american began moving westward
(manifest destiny) this period saw the emergence of early American folktales and a
distinctly American style of writing. Transcendalism emerged. Major writers: Thoreau,
Emerson, Hawthorne, Melville.
Modern Literature - Answer-Recent; categories can overlap some of the categories of
traditional literature and can include additional forms of literature
Victorian Age - Answer-The reign of Queen Victoria of Great Britain (r. 1837-1901). The
term is also used to describe late-nineteenth-century society, with its rigid moral
standards and sharply differentiated roles for men and women and for middle-class and
working-class people.
genres of literature - Answer-fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, prose
New Criticism - Answer-A movement in literary criticism, dating from the late 1920s, that
stressed close textual analysis in the interpretation of works of literature.
Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice - Answer-It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a
single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.
Toni Morrison (1931- ) - Answer-American novelist
Beloved
The Bluest Eye
Song of Solomon
Standard English - Answer-The common American language, words and grammatical
forms that are used and expected in school, business, and other sites.
, critical thinking - Answer-the objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to
form a judgment.
slang/jargon - Answer-using language that is specific to a place, period, position, or
occupation
Principles of Language Acquisition - Answer-1. maturation and symbolization- must be
able to keep mental picture when object is absent
2. Using tools- children acquire in same order but not same speed
effective listening - Answer-Avoids interrupting the sender.
censorship - Answer-restriction on access to ideas and information
Pacing - Answer-the movement of a literary piece from one point or one section to
another
Repetition - Answer-Repeated use of sounds, words, or ideas for effect and emphasis
elements of emotion - Answer-physiological response, behavioral response, & cognitive
response
Enunciation - Answer-clear pronunciation; accent; articulation
critical thinking skills - Answer-Interpretation
Analysis
Inference
Evaluation
Explanation
Self-Regulation
Plot - Answer-Sequence of events in a story
character - Answer-A person in a story
Setting - Answer-The time and place of a story
folk legend - Answer-any belief or story passed on traditionally, especially one
considered to be false or based on superstition
realistic novel - Answer-a type of novel that depicts characters, settings, and events in
accordance with reality or, at least, in accordance with reality as most readers perceive
it
fantasy - Answer-A story containing unreal, imaginary features.
