From idea to essay a rhetoric, Reader, and Handbook Eleventh Edition Jo Ray McCuen



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Quiz





  1. During what time of year does the story take place?

______ a. summer

______ b. winter

______ c. fall

______ d. spring




  1. What does the central character do for a living?

______ a. drives a cab

______ b. runs a farm

______ c. makes shoes

______ d. facets diamonds




  1. One of the men to address Iona impatiently is a

______ a. diabetic.

______ b. quadriplegic.

______ c. lunatic.

______ d. hunchback.




  1. What is on Iona’s mind all during the story?

______ a. the death of his son

______ b. the marriage of his daughter

______ c. the illness of his wife

______ d. the impending Russian Revolution




  1. To whom does Iona end up confiding his troubles?

______ a. his clients

______ b. his wife

______ c. his horse

______ d. his crucifix





Coats
Jane Kenyon

Quiz





  1. What was the man outside the hospital carrying?

______ a. an umbrella

______ b. a bouquet

______ c. a hat

______ d. a woman's coat


  1. What could the man’s sunglasses not conceal?

______ a. his wet face and bafflement

______ b. his guilty looks

______ c. his leering face

______ d. his smug expression


  1. How was the weather that particular day?

______ a. rainy

______ b. foggy

______ c. it had just snowed.

______ d. fair and mild


  1. What did the man do with his own coat?

______ a. he threw it in the garbage can.

______ b. he pawned it.

______ c. he gave it to a nearby panhandler.

______ d. he zipped it up on him.

5. What does the poem call the weather?

______ a. grim

______ b. a mockery

______ c. an ironic comment

______ d. a political statement

Mma Ramotswe Thinks about the Land
Alexander McCall Smith

QUIZ

1. In what continent does Mma Ramotswe live?

_____a. Asia

_____b. South America

_____c. Australia

_____d. Africa


2. What is described as “a slither of golden red ball”?

_____a. The sunrise

_____b. The mango blossoms

_____c. The banks of the Red River

_____d. Mma Ramotswe’s tiny van
3. Who leaped out of the bushes at the side of the road?

_____a. a lion

_____b. a hunter with a gun

_____c. a man who tried to flag down Mma Ramotswe

_____d. one of the local missionaries
4. Name the desert Mma Ramotswe had visited as a young girl.

_____a. Palm Desert

_____b. Lybia

_____c. Saudi Arabia

_____d. Kalahari
5. What were the tokoloshes?

_____a. supernatural beings

_____b. a nearby tribe

_____c. shoes worn in rain weather

_____d. birds of prey

The Monster
Deems Taylor

Quiz

1. The monster of the essay is



_____ a. Ludwig van Beethoven.

_____ b. Johann Sebastian Bach.

_____ c. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

_____ d. Richard Wagner.
2. The monster’s main character trait was supreme

_____ a. conceit.

_____ b. generosity.

______ c. loyalty to loved ones.

______ d. timidity.
3. The subject of the essay seemed to believe that

_____ a. World War II was inevitable.

_____ b. the world owed him a living.

_____ c. poetry was useless.

_____ d. wealthy men were unimportant.

4. The subject of the essay was unquestionably a



_____ a. handsome man.

_____ b. devoted father.

_____ c. musical genius.

_____ d. great military strategist.
5. The subject of the essay wrote thirteen

______ a. operas and music dramas.

______ b. symphonies and concertos.

______ c. pieces of chamber music.

______ d. works of jazz.

Sister Flowers
Maya Angelou

QUIZ

1. Which of the following characteristics best describes Mrs. Flowers?

_____a. snobbish elegance

_____b. shyness

_____c. aristocratic bearing

_____d. rudeness


2. How did the narrator meet Bertha Flowers?

_____a. at church

_____b. at the store where Momma worked

_____c. at the elementary school

_____d. at Mrs. Flowers’ house
3. What was the name of the narrator’s brother?

_____a. Bailey

_____b. Bruce

_____c. Buddy

_____d. Bert
4. Where had the narrator seen women like Mrs. Flowers?

_____a. at the movies

_____b. in some of the wealthy southern women’s homes

_____c. in Atlanta

_____d. in the novels she had read
5. Whose writing did the narrator memorize for Mrs. Flowers?

_____a. a biblical psalm

_____b. one of Shakespeare’s sonnets

_____c. a description from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice



_____d. a passage from Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities

Laundromat
Susan Sheehan


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