Ryan McCarty
English 1002-10
Koshu Jagasia
22 April 2006
Proposed Sample Test Questions
1.) In Donald Hall’s “My son, my executioner”, what term best describes the overall mood of the poem:
A: Death
B: Life
C: Marriage
D: Balance
2.) In Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House”, what was significant about the symbolism
of Nora’s hiding under the table while playing with the kids and the hiding of the
loan from Krogstad?
A: Everything in Nora’s life involves deception.
B: Nora hid the money under the table.
C: Krogstad was the actual father of the children.
D: They are not related.
3.) In the short story “The Red Convertible”, the car served what purpose for the
two brothers in the story?
A: Healing
B: Transportation
C: Employment
D: Recreation
4.) For MLA, how many spaces should the second line of a long quote contain?
A: 1
B: 2
C: 3
D: 4
5.) In the Indian Government, who is the most visible public figure in world
politics?
A: President
B: Prime Minister
C: Defence Secretary
D: Vice Presiden
Katie Pikula
Meridith Donahue
Todd Harzheim
K. Jagasia
ENG 1002-10
April 25, 2006
Essay Writing
Q: How many “buns” are used in the making of a good 5-paragraph essay?
A: 2
Q. How many thesis statements should be used in any essay?
A. One
Q. Where is the best place to put your thesis statement?
A. Toward the end of the introductory paragraph
Q. You should always cite your sources to avoid what?
A. Plagiarism
Q. What are the three main parts of a thesis statement?
A. Topic, Claim, and Pattern
Q. A good thesis statement should do what three things?
A. State, Illustrate, and Restate
Q. What are two purposes of an essay title?
A. Spark the reader’s interest and suggest the subject of the essay
Q. What are good ways to begin an introductory paragraph?
A. Use a surprising fact, ask a question/series of questions, use a quotation, begin with an illustration or example
Q. What should a writer NOT do in a concluding paragraph?
A. Introduce a new idea, apologize, or end without completing the ideas from the thesis statement
Q. To condense a quoted passage, you can use what to indicate that you have omitted words?
A. The ellipsis (…)
Q. Are paraphrases written in your own words or the words of the author?
A. Your own words
Q. Do you have to cite information that is common knowledge?
A. No
Q. What is the basic format for citing a book?
A. The author’s name, the title and subtitle, the place of publication, the publisher, and the date.
Q. What tense should be used when discussing a literary work in an essay?
A. Present tense
Q. What is the correct format for an MLA header?
A. Name, Teacher’s name, Course and section number, date (all double-spaced)
Q. What two words should never be used in a formal essay?
A. You, I
Cara Salz, Tricia Destri, Ryan Lindgren
K. Jagasia
ENG 1002-10
25 April 2006
5 questions on International Education
1. What is the main religion in India?
Hinduism.
2. What is chai?
Indian tea.
3. Who wrote “The Management of Grief?”
a. Bharati Mukherjee.
b. Robert Frost
c. Dr. Phil
d. Rabindranath Tagore
4. What is Gurudwara?
a. It is the place of worship for the Sikhs.
b. It is a book of teachings for the Hindus.
c. It is the capital of India
d. It is Gandhi’s brother.
5. What saddening event takes place in “The Management of Grief?”
A bomb explodes on a plane, killing many family members of the characters involved.
6. How many pillars of Islam are there?
a. Five.
b. Three
c. Two
d. Ten
7. True/False: Does Islam preach about peace?
True.
8. What religion was created in an attempt to combine Hinduism and Islam?
a. Sikhism.
b. Christianity
c. Judaism
d. Buddhism
9. What is the Taj Mahal?
a. A hotel
b. A palace
c. A tomb
d. A river
10. Who is the main character in “The Management of Grief?”
a. Pam
b. Shaila Bhave.
c. Kusum
d. Dr. Ranganathan
11. True/False: Hinduism has a founder.
False
12. Why do Indian women wear bangles?
a. To make a fashion statement.
b. To celebrate their husband
c. Because they are pretty
d. To show they are unmarried
13. What is “A Fruit Gathering” most similar to?
a. A song
b. A love letter
c. A prayer
d. An essay
14. Who wrote “A Fruit Gathering?”
a. Pope John Paul II
b. Shaila Bhave
c. Bharati Mukherjee
d. Rabindranath Tagore
15. What is Indian art based on?
a. Religious influences
b. Not based on anything, they did it for fun
c. Indian folklore
d. The Renaissance
Richard Leipold / Tavis Duffield
Kaushalya Jagasia
ENG 1002-10
25 April 2006
Exam Questions
1.) In the short story, “Hills Like White Elephants”, what is the operation that the two people are talking about?
A) Removing tonsils B) Transporting an elephant C) An abortion
2.) The main character in “The Red Convertible” is the first to drive his car on what?
A) The Reservation B)
3.) What happens to Magda’s shawl at the end of the story “The Shawl”?
A) It caught on fire B) Stuffed into Rosa’s mouth C) Sold to the highest bidder
4.) Who was the diabetic, alcoholic, guitar playing man in the story “To Hell with Dying”?
A) Mr. Tasty B) Mr. Jones C) Mr. Sweet D) Mr. Slushie
5.) Where is the story “Hills Like White Elephants” set?
A) India B) Iraq C) Spain D) Lithuania
6) In “The Bass, The River, and Shiela Mant” which of the following would best fit the description of the ‘one that got away’?
A) Shelia B) The bass C) a job opportunity D) a red herring
7.) In ‘To Hell with dieing’ why did Mr. Sweet continuously need to be visited?
a. he was a forgetful and left his pocketwatch at people’s houses b. to be ‘rehabilitated’
c to give him his pills d. he was a lonely old man
8.) In ‘The Red Convertabe’ who did the main character rebuild the car with?
a. his neighbor b. his best friend c. his father d. his brother
9.) in ‘the bass, the river, and Shiela Mant’ what mode of transportation was used to take her to the social?
a. volkswagon b. steamboat c. raft/canoe d. tandem bicycle
10.)Give an exert from any of the stories with supplied information and ask how they would cite the given information if they were to use it in a paper.
For example; give the author name Alice Walker and information to be quoted: Mr. Sweet had been ambitious as a boy. Found on page 1181. Then simply have then use that information and quote it under correct syntax
This formation could be drawn out to create several possible questions.
Cassie Farrell
Meghan McNamara
Miranda Lyle
Aubry Wall
Professor Jagasia
English 2002-10
25 April 2006
Questions for Exams:
Plays and MLA and Terms of Lit.
1. What does the Works Cited page include?
2. What do you not have to provide citations for?
3. Whose name on a Works Cited page would come first between the author who wrote “A Doll’s House” and the author who wrote “Man in a Case?”
4. Who was Nora keeping a secret with?
5. What was meant by the phrase “The fraction of improvement isn’t worth the damage caused by disruption” in the play “A Man in a Case?”
6. How many children does Nora have?
a. 1
b. 5
c. 3
d. 2
6. Where did Nora take Torvald for vacation?
7. How do you cite lines from a play?
8. What is the definition of confict?
Answer: a struggle between internal or external characters
Who wrote “A Doll’s House?
9.Which other character in the play has feelings for Nora?
a. Krogstad
b. Dr. Rank
10. What was Nora’s relationship with Krogstad?
a. brother
b. ex boyfriend
c. cousin
d. none of the above
11. What is the name of Nora’s maid?
12. How many inches are the margins in MLA format?
13. Which of the following is a type of conflict?
a. external
b. internal
c. individual society
d. all the above
15. How are sources placed on the Works Cited page?
a. alphabetical order
b. order of importance
c. chronological order based on published date
d. random
16. How many characters are in “A Man in a Case?”
a. 3
b. 5
c. 7
d. 2
17. How do you write the MLA header?
a. teacher, date, course and section, name
b. date course and section, name, teacher
c. name, teacher, course and section, date
d. course and section, name teacher, date
18. When doing parenthetical citations where does the period go?
a. after the quotations
b. inside the parenthesis
c. outside the parenthesis
d. before the parenthesis
19. What is a plot?
a. the main conflict in a story
b. Where the story is placed
Lauren Sons
Ellen Dugosh
Tara Milner
Molly Maierhofer
Jagasia
ENG 1002-10
25 April 2006
20 Questions on Poems
The first line of the poem.
The father was abusive to his son.
The two were just playing.
The attitude of the author toward the subject of the work.
By giving, we receive much back in return.
Emily Dickinson
The infant son.
The heart instead of the head.
Twenty one.
Her daughter.
It recalls an earlier glimpse of emptiness.
11. In the poem “My Papa’s Waltz,” who is the narrator?
The son.
12. Name one poem and one author from the poems we have covered.
Many possible answers.
13. In a formal paper do you:
A. Underline a poem’s title B. Put a poem’s title in quotation marks
C. Italicize a poem’s title D. Capitalize all the letters of a poem’s title
14. What is the father losing because of the son in the poem “My son, my executioner”?
The father is losing his freedom.
15. A short answer is no more than how many lines?
Three lines.
16. To separate quoted lines of poetry, you use what?
A slash “/”
BONUS POINTS: ANOTHER NAME FOR THIS? VIRGULE
17. Define paraphrasing.
Rephrasing the details without using words from the poem; you put the ideas of a source into your own words.
Yes.
Incorporating the main ideas of a source into your own words
No.
25 April 2006
Exam suggestions
Poetry:
1. The two major types of poetry are
a) narrative and lyric
b) narrative and rhyming
c) responsive and repeating
d) reflective and lyric
e) a & b
Plays:
2. The best way to explain views about a particular play is to look for a secondary source to support claims.
True or False.
Stories:
3. A parable is comparable to
a) a poem
b) a story used as an analogy
c) a legend
d) a realistic short story
International Education:
4. Some ideas for international educational research would be to
a) compare/contrast cultures
b) analyze a culture
c) interpret a culture with a personal response
d) all of the above
Writing an Essay:
5. What is the first step in writing an essay?
Discover ideas by making lists and grouping them.
Tyne Podabinski
K. Jagasia
Eng 1002-11
25 April 2006
Poetry
1. How does one give citation for poetry?
Answer: By line and section number
Plays
2. Who wrote the play a Doll’s House?
Answer: Henrik Ibsen
Stories
3. What significant event was the story “The Management of Grief” based on?
Answer: Pan Am Flight 103
United Flight 94
International Flight 57
Pan Am Flight 35
Essay Writing
4. Where in an essay should the thesis statement be?
Answer: In the last line of the introductory paragraph
The first line of the introductory paragraph
The middle of the introductory paragraph
In the 2nd line of the introductory paragraph
International Education
5. When did India gain Independence?
Answer: August 15th, 1947
July 4th 1776
June 30th 1987
January 21st 1947
Katie MacKay and Amber Heider
Jagasia
English 1002-11
20 April 2006
Questions for Final Exam on International Ed Unit
1. What is the traditional clothing of Indian women? Indian sari
2. What is worn on the wrist and believed to be protective bands for women? Bangles
3. What is the main language of India? Hindi
Brittany Muller
Nicole Ashley
ENG 1002-11
April 25, 2006
Exam Questions
Essay Writing
True or False
Jennifer Twardowski
K. Jagasia
English 1002-11
25 April 2006
1. While citing poetry, what symbol is used to indicate the separation of lines in the poem?
A. A dash (-)
B. A comma (,)
C. A slash (/)
D. A semi-colon (;)
2. What should be stated in the parenthetical citations when citing a play (Note: The essay, or text, primarily discusses only the one play)?
A. The act, scene, and line only (2.1.24).
B. The last name of the author, followed by the act, scene and line (Ibsen 3.1.16).
C. The last name of the author and page number (Ibsen 633).
D. The last name of the author only (Ibsen).
3. What is the primary conflict in “The Management of Grief”?
A. Mrs. Bhave and her neighbors managing their grief.
B. Judith Templeton’s attempts to help people with their grief.
C. Mrs. Bhave feeling the need of a change in her life.
D. The Sikh bomb that was set off by the terrorists that caused many deaths.
4. What type of compare/contrast organization should be used in long papers?
A. Point by point
B. Block by block
C. Thought by thought
D. None of the above.
5. What is the religion of the Muslims?
Islam
Megan O'Kraski
Angela Richards, Lona Baumrucker
MLA, Stories, Terms
K Jagasia
ENG 1002-11
April 25, 2006
Exam Questions
1.)Who wrote the drama A Doll's House?
a-Bharati Mukherjee
b-Henrik Ibsen**
c-Stephen Crane
2.)The Management of Grief was about people of what culture?
a-Indian**
b-American
c-Canadian
3.)Essay Question
Who was to blame in the separation of Nora and Torvald?
4.) What is irony of a situation?
A discrepancy between what is said and what is done between what is expected
and what actually happens.
5.)True/False
A protagonist is a major character with whom we generally sympathize.
True**
**= corect answer
Questions for Exam:
2. In the play “A Doll’s House”, by Henrik Ibsen, what was the climax to the play and who was (were) the character(s) who was part of this important part to the play? Why was this considered to be the climax?
3. What type of Indian descent are Henry and Lyman?
4. What does the thesis statement do?
5. During the Hindu wedding ceremony, how many times does the bride and groom walk around the fire?
Answers:
2. The climax was when Krogstad put the blackmail letter into Torvald’s mailbox. This can be considered the climax because that letter was the proof to how Torvald really thought of his wife Nora and what would happen to their marriage.
3. Chippewa
4. It explains, defends, or proves the claim about the topic.
5. 7 times
Megan O’Kraski
Angela Richards, Lona Baumrucker
MLA, Stories, Terms
K Jagasia
ENG 1002-11
April 25, 2006
Exam Questions
1.) Who wrote the drama A Doll’s House?
a- Bharati Mukherjee
b- Henrik Ibsen
c- Stephen Crane
2.) The Management of Grief was about people of what culture?
a-Indian
b-American
c-Canadian
3.) Essay Question
Who was to blame in the separation of Nora and Torvald?
4.) What is irony of a situation?
A discrepancy between what is said and what is done between what is expected and what actually happens.
5.)True/False
A protagonist is a major character with whom we generally sympathize.
*True*
Lona Baumrucker
Megan O’Kraski
Angela Richards
Professor Jagasia
ENG 1002-11
25 April 2006
Stories, MLA, and Terms
a. Theodore Roethke
b. Henrik Ibsen
c. Gwendolyn Brooks
d. Bharati Mukerjee
a. “A Doll’s House” by Harry Ibsen
b. “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen
c. “The Doll’s House” by Theodore Roethke
d. “A Doll’s House” by Theodore Roethke
a. If the play is brief, only cite the line numbers
b. The act and the scene numbers
c. Act, scene, and line numbers
d. Only the act number
e. Both a and c
a. The plane ran out of gas
b. The plane’s engine broke down
c. The place was hijacked
d. The pilot fell asleep and the plane went down
a. True
b. False
Matthew Severson
K. Jagasia
English 1002-11
April 25, 2006
Questions for English-1002-11 Final
Question: “My Papa’s Waltz” was written by- a. Bharati Mukherjee b. Theodore Roethke c. Mary Hood d. Henrik Ibsen?
Answer: Theodore Roethke
Question: In the play “A Doll’s House,” which position did Nils Krogstad hold? a. Bank President b. Bank Guard c. Bank Clerk d. Bank Robber.
Answer: Bank Clerk
Question: In the story “Management of Grief,” what was the cause of the airplane disaster? a. Muslim Bomb b. Mechanical Failure c. Sikh Bomb d. Severe Weather
Answer: Sikh Bomb
Question: Which is the correct format for citing a quote by Bharati Mukherjee on page 13 (given that this is the first time you site it in the paper)? – a. (Mukherjee 13) b. (Mukherjee, 13) c. (Mukherjee; 13) d. (13 Mukherjee)
Answer: (Mukherjee 13)
The second most common religion in India is: a. Hindu b. Christianity c. Islam d. Buddhism?
Answer: Islam
Stephanie Latty
ENG 1002-11-jagasia
Final exam questions
1. Poetry
Which poem has a central theme of a hidden love affair?
A) To His Coy Mistress B) The Willing Mistress
C) If I Can Stop One Heart From Breaking
D) The Hug
2. Plays
In Henrik Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House,” Nora performs the tarantella dance alone, what could this symbolize?
A) love and devotion
B) faithfulness and loyalty
C) separation
D) loneliness
3. Stories
In Mukherjee’s “Management of Grief,” when Shaila says the line, “I could settle in the water, and my husband would take my hand and the boys would slap water in my face just to see me scream,” what particular stage of grief is she experiencing?
A) Depression
B) Denial
C) Bargaining
D) Acceptance
4. Essay Writing
The editor’s name, volume number, and original date of publication are only necessary in the works cited when one is citing a ________.
A) Book
B) Gale resource
C) Periodical
D) Video
5. International Education
What does a bindi worn by a Hindi woman signify?
A) Sanctity
B) Social status
C) Marriage
D) Wealth
Amber Curley
K. Jagasia
ENG 1002 – 11
April 25, 2006
Poetry
Play
Tarantella
Stories
Essay
What are the three parts of a thesis statement?
1) Topic 2) Claim 3) Pattern
International Ed
Lona Baumrucker
Professor Jagasia
ENG 1002-11
25 April 2006
Stories, MLA, and Terms
a. Theodore Roethke
b. Henrik Ibsen
c. Gwendolyn Brooks
d. Bharati Mukerjee
a. “A Doll’s House” by Harry Ibsen
b. “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen
c. “The Doll’s House” by Theodore Roethke
d. “A Doll’s House” by Theodore Roethke
a. If the play is brief, only cite the line numbers
b. The act and the scene numbers
c. Act, scene, and line numbers
d. Only the act number
e. Both a and c
a. The plane ran out of gas
b. The plane’s engine broke down
c. The place was hijacked
d. The pilot fell asleep and the plane went down
a. True
b. False
Emma Lowe
K. Jagasia
ENG1002-11
April 25, 2006
Exam Questions Suggestions
The thesis statement expresses the main idea of the essay in one sentence.
When quoting a play, one should include the act, scene, and line number in the in text citation.
Emily Dickinson
The story took place at a concentration camp during the Holocaust.
One should include the citation directly at the end of the quote.
Aaron Boe
Laura Burns
Koshu Jagasia
ENG 1002-11
April 25, 2006
1. What four things should be present in your MLA header?
Answer: Your name, Professor’s name, course and section number, and the date
2. In The Hug, what simile does Tess Gallagher use to describe the first hug she gives to make the situation comfortable?
A. Like a beam of light
B. Like a variable star shooting light off
C. Like a bright streetlight
D. Like a laser beam going off
3. What occupation did the drunken father in My Papa’s Waltz generally appear to have?
4. T/F Sad and disappointed emotions ran through the main character, in The Hug, as she gave the homeless man a hug.
Answer: False
5. What does the line, “My mother’s countenance / Could not unfrown itself,” in My Papa’s Waltz say about the mother?
6. In the poem, My Papa’s Waltz, the line “But I hung on like death” is an example of a/an?
A. metaphor
B. simile
C. personification
D. None of the above
7. When quoting from a poem, one should cite using
A. Line number
B. Page number
C. Both A & B
D. Just authors’ name
8. T/F When you paraphrase in your own words from a play, you do not have to cite the source.
Answer: False
9. What does the number “14” represent in the following: Shakespeare concludes with the line “I never writ, nor no man ever loved” (14)?
A. Section number
B. Page number
C. Series number
D. Line number
10. What do the slash marks (/) indicate in the following: Emily Dickinson explains that “God made a little gentian; / It tried to be a rose / And failed, and all the summer laughed” (“XLVIII” 1-3)?
A. Separation of pages
B. Separation of lines
C. Separation of ideas
D. Separation of stanzas
Brandon Nyman, Vanessa Zimmerlein, Stephen Grabowski
Professor K. Jagasia
ENG 1002 11
25 April 2006
Plays & MLA & Terms
Stephen Grabowski:
Brandon Nyman:
a. Dr. Rank
b. Nora
c. Mrs. Linde
d. Tracy
a. Bank manager
b. Post Office manager
c. Principal
d. President
Short Answer: 19th
a. Semi-colon
b. Comma
c. Colon
d. Period
Short answer: Primary source
Vanessa Zimmerlein:
a. Lark
b. Squirrel
c. Sweet tooth
d. All of the above
Short answer: Macaroons
a. He has a rich inheritance.
b. He is in love with Mrs. Linde.
c. He is in love with Nora.
d. He has killed Mr. Krogstad to win Nora’s love.