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Question 1

What does prose mean?

Answer 1

Not poetry

Question 2

What does narrative mean?

Answer 2

Story

Question 3

Who was America’s first short story writer, the first American author to become famous around the world, called “The Inventor of the Short Story”, and wrote “Rip Van Winkle” and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”?

Answer 3

Washington Irving

Question 4

Whose Twice-Told Tales was used as a model for the modern short story, was one of America’s first great authors, and wrote The Scarlet Letter and “The Great Carbuncle”?

Answer 4

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Question 5

Who wrote the criteria for the modern short story, influenced the development of the short story, introduced the detective story, an wrote “The Tell Tale Heart”; “The Pit and the Pendulum”; “Annabel Lee”; and “The Raven”?

Answer 5

Edgar Allan Poe

Question 6

What was the criteria for a short story?

Answer 6

1) It must produce a single effect on the reader.

2) It must be short enough to be read in a single sitting.

Question 7

What are the components in a short story?

Answer 7

1) Plot
2) Characters
3) Theme
4) Setting
5) Tone/Mood

Question 8

Who were the major contributors to the American short story?

Answer 8

1) Washington Irving
2) Nathaniel Hawthorne
3) Edgar Allan Poe

Question 9

What is plot?

Answer 9

What happens in the story.

Question 10

What are characters?

Answer 10

Who makes the story happen.

Question 11

What is the theme?

Answer 11

What the story means.

Question 12

What is the setting?

Answer 12

The time, place, and general background of the story.

Question 13

What is the tone/mood?

Answer 13

The attitude or emotion of the author or narrator towards his subject or audience.

Question 14

What did “Rip Van Winkle” originate from?

Answer 14

A Dutch legend.

Question 15

What is the setting for “Rip Van Winkle”?

Answer 15

Kaatskill Mountains in New York, pre and post Revolutionary War

Question 16

How is Rip Van Winkle a relatable character?

Answer 16

He is a hen-pecked husband who tries to escape his wife’s tirases.

Question 17

What is point of view?

Answer 17

The perspective from which a story is told.

Question 18

What are the three basic points of view?

Answer 18

1) Omniscient
2) Limited (1st and 3rd person)
3) Objective

Question 19

What is omniscient point of view?

Answer 19

The author knows how the characters feel and think.

Question 20

What is limited point of view?

Answer 20

The story is told from the main character’s or other character’s perspectives.

Question 21

What is objective point of view?

Answer 21

The author doesn’t know the thoughts or feelings of the characters and is merely an observer.

Question 22

What is the setting for “The Pit and the Pendulum”?

Answer 22

The Spanish Inquisition in Toledo, Spain.

Question 23

What is the tone of “The Pit and Pendulum”?

Answer 23

Eerie, horrifying

Question 24

What is irony?

Answer 24

A method of expression in which the intended meaning of the words used is the direct opposite of their usual sense.

Question 25

What are the three types of irony?

Answer 25

1) Verbal
2) Dramatic
3) Situational

Question 26

What is satire?

Answer 26

The ridicule of human folly or vice with the purpose of correcting it, or for humorous effect.

Question 27

What is verbal irony?

Answer 27

Saying the opposite of what is meant.

Question 28

What is dramatic irony?

Answer 28

Contrasting what a character says and what a reader or audience knows to be true.

Question 29

What is situational irony?

Answer 29

Presenting a discrepancy between appearance and reality or between expectation and fulfillment.

Question 30

Who’s pen name was O. Henry, was known for his surprise endings, and wrote “Ransom of Red Chief” and “Gift of the Magi”?

Answer 30

William Sidney Porter

Question 31

Who followed naturalism, most famous work was the Red Badge of Courage, and wrote “The Open Boat”?

Answer 31

Stephen Crane

Question 32

What was “The Open Boat” based on?

Answer 32

Stephen Crane’s experience on the sinking of the Commodore.

Question 33

What is an important quote in “The Open Boat”?

Answer 33

“If I am going to be drowned…”

Question 34

What is the setting for the “The Great Carbuncle”?

Answer 34

Crystal Hills

Question 35

Who are the characters in the “The Great Carbuncle”?

Answer 35

1) The Seeker
2) Doctor Cacaphodel
3) The Poet
4) The Cynic
5) Pigsnort
6) Lord de Vere
7) Matthew and Hannah

Question 36

What are the major themes of “The Great Carbuncle”?

Answer 36

1) The pursuit of something beyond our grasp is often futile.
2) Cynicism can blind one to the truth.
3) Man’s success maybe determined by one’s motives/priorities.

Question 37

What is a short story?

Answer 37

An imaginative prose narrative written to give the reader entertainment and insight.