Language and Composition: The Art of Voice (Muller and Whiting)

Chapter 10: Literature and the Arts: Why Do They Matter?

Quiz

1
According to Eudora Welty, what happens when she reads or writes a passage?
A)A voice states the passage silently to her.
B)She can hear her mother's voice speaking to her.
C)She can picture the words in her head.
D)Synonyms clamor for attention.
2
How did Sherman Alexie learn to read?
A)by watching television advertisements
B)by attaching meaning to Native American symbols
C)by studying a comic book
D)through sign language
3
Which word best summarizes how John Updike views the idea of travel in his essay "Moving Along"?
A)exciting
B)eerie
C)cumbersome
D)overwhelming
4
Which of these similes is NOT used by David Gates to describe Michael Jackson in "Finding Neverland"?
A)"like both a vampire and a mummy"
B)"like the skeletal, pale-faced zombies he danced with"
C)"like a mannequin on the moon"
D)"as an American dream of innocence and belovedness"
5
What does Edgar Allen Poe believe each writer should begin with?
A)a thesis statement
B)a general outline
C)the total number of paragraphs to create
D)the denouement in mind
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