
English I Short Story Unit Test
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- Q1The gifts that Jim and Della give each other are both the worst and best gifts they could’ve chosenTrueFalse30s
- Q2In “The Most Dangerous Game,” good triumphs over evil.FalseTrue30s
- Q3An Amontillado is a rare type of engraved Italian sword.FalseTrue30s
- Q4The four elements of an introductory paragraph are the hook, bridge, summary, and thesis.TrueFalse30s
- Q5On the Storytelling Arc, the longest part of a story is called the “Falling Action.”TrueFalse30s
- Q6This contains a metaphor: Love is a battlefield.FalseTrue30s
- Q7This contains adjectives shifted out of order: The large bull, red-eyed and angry, charged the matador.FalseTrue30s
- Q8This contains a participle: Hissing and slithering, the diamond-scaled snakes attacked their prey.FalseTrue30s
- Q9This contains a participle: Feet kicking, the cat climbed the tree.TrueFalse30s
- Q10This contains an absolute: The Pavilion was a simple city, long and rectangular.FalseTrue30s
- Q11Using a rhetorical question is a weak way to launch an introductory paragraph.TrueFalse30s
- Q12In “The Cask of Amontillado,” who is the narrator, the person who tells the story?LuchesiFortunatoMontresorAmontillado30s
- Q13Which word best describes the mood, or atmosphere, of Poe's story?humoroussillysuspensefulserious30s
- Q14With whom does Montresor have a conflict in “The Cask of Amontillado”?himselfLuchesiFortunatono one30s
- Q15According to the following sentence from “The Cask of Amontillado,” what has Fortunato done to Montresor? The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.He has stabbed himHe has stolen his wifeHe has insulted himHe has robbed him30s