UTA LITERARY GENRES 2 FINAL
EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The setting of Reginald Rose's Twelve Angry Men impacts the—
A. type of victim being discussed.
B. punishment discussed for the accused.
C. collection of characters and their interactions.
D. amount of time used for deliberation by the jury - ANSWER-C
Reginald Rose uses _________ to impact the audience and their emotional
interaction with the deliberations.
A. Comparison
B. internal conflict
C. symbolism
D. suspense - ANSWER-D
. Read the following excerpt from Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art."
...It's evident the art of losing's not too hard to master though it may look like (Write
it!) like disaster.
In this context, the word "master" means—
A. to conquer or overcome
B. to rule or direct
C. an employer of workers
D. a person eminently skilled - ANSWER-A
In his essay, "Correspondence/Duh; Today's Kids Are, Like, Killing The English
Language. Yeah, Right.," Kirk Johnson supports the use of certain slang words
because they—
A. are fun to say.
B. offer shades of meaning.
C. promote the younger generation
D. anger language purists. - ANSWER-B
In Ray Bradbury's "All Summer in a Day," the primary conflict exists between
______________ and _________________.
A. Those who have lived most of their life one way; someone who has experienced a
different life
B. A teacher who doesn't like all of her students; the student who is being excluded
C. Margot's parents, who moved her to Venus; Margot, who hates Venus
D. Someone who has given up on life; the masses, who ignore the person who is
giving up - ANSWER-A
In Sandra Cisneros' "Eleven," when the narrator states, "Because the way you grow
old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside a tree trunk of like my little wooden
EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The setting of Reginald Rose's Twelve Angry Men impacts the—
A. type of victim being discussed.
B. punishment discussed for the accused.
C. collection of characters and their interactions.
D. amount of time used for deliberation by the jury - ANSWER-C
Reginald Rose uses _________ to impact the audience and their emotional
interaction with the deliberations.
A. Comparison
B. internal conflict
C. symbolism
D. suspense - ANSWER-D
. Read the following excerpt from Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art."
...It's evident the art of losing's not too hard to master though it may look like (Write
it!) like disaster.
In this context, the word "master" means—
A. to conquer or overcome
B. to rule or direct
C. an employer of workers
D. a person eminently skilled - ANSWER-A
In his essay, "Correspondence/Duh; Today's Kids Are, Like, Killing The English
Language. Yeah, Right.," Kirk Johnson supports the use of certain slang words
because they—
A. are fun to say.
B. offer shades of meaning.
C. promote the younger generation
D. anger language purists. - ANSWER-B
In Ray Bradbury's "All Summer in a Day," the primary conflict exists between
______________ and _________________.
A. Those who have lived most of their life one way; someone who has experienced a
different life
B. A teacher who doesn't like all of her students; the student who is being excluded
C. Margot's parents, who moved her to Venus; Margot, who hates Venus
D. Someone who has given up on life; the masses, who ignore the person who is
giving up - ANSWER-A
In Sandra Cisneros' "Eleven," when the narrator states, "Because the way you grow
old is kind of like an onion or like the rings inside a tree trunk of like my little wooden
