Post by ernesto thaddeus m. solmerano on Jun 15, 2007 21:34:35 GMT -5
SHORT STORY ANALYSIS TEST
Direction: Read the short story carefully then answer the questions that follow.
1. The point of view used in "Magnificence" is:
a. first person
b. second person
c. third person limited
d. third person omniscient
2. With respect to point of view, the story is presented mainly through the eyes and consciousness of:
a. Vicente, the bus conductor
b. the mother
c. the little girl
d. the concealed narrator
3. The time setting is:
a. medieval period
b. in the 19th century
c. in the 1940’s
d. present modern age
4. The economic status of the family in the story is:
a. elite
b. upper middle class
c. middle class
d. poor
5. The tone of this story may be described as:
a. sardonic
b. sarcastic
c. serious
d. humorous
6. The element of fiction that was used in the first sentence of the text is:
a. foreshadowing
b. irony
c. symbol
d. style
7. The narrator described the position of the man in the first paragraph as standing "just beyond the pool of light, his feet in the circle of illumination, the rest of him in shadow" to suggest that the man:
a. is afraid of the light
b. enjoys being in the dark
c. has a questionable character and a member of a robbery gang
d. has a dastardly intention especially towards the girl
8. The element of fiction that was used in #7 is:
a. flashback
b. symbol
c. foreshadowing
d. movement
9. The man volunteers to be the tutor of the two children for the reason that:
a. he is being helpful, kind and very fond of children
b. he wants to be hired as a houseboy
c. he needs a new job and was softening his way using the children so that the father will hire him
d. he wants to fulfill his dastardly intention specifically towards the little girl
10. The mother, at the first half of the story, is portrayed as being:
a. carefree
b. overprotective
c. trusting
d. lively, sociable
11. In the last half of the story, the mother becomes:
a. offensive
b. stoic, indifferent
c. protective
d. irritable
12. The external conflict in the story is that between:
a. Vicente vs. the little girl
b. Vicente vs. the little boy
c. Vicente vs. the mother
d. Vicente vs. the family
13. One complication is that the father:
a. is very complacent and trusting
b. does not care about the welfare of his children
c. is very busy and dedicated with his job
d. has no valid ground for confronting Vicente
14. At stake in this conflict is:
a. the family's reputation
b. the little girl's life and future
c. the little boy's friendship with Vicente
d. the children's schooling and education
15. Is there any internal conflict in the story?
a. yes
b. no
c. perhaps
d. all of the above
16. Vicente and the mother are fine examples of:
a. flat characters
b. type characters
c. developing characters
d. round characters
17. The title of the story "Magnificence":
a. has no significance in the story whatsoever
b. is an appropriate symbol, tribute and description of the mother
c. is ironic
d. is used for ornamentation and vivid effect only
18. One unique feature of this story is that it has:
a. no climax
b. no internal conflict
c. loose plot construction
d. two equally important central characters
19. The treatment of the central characters in the story moving in the circle of light and shadow, in the pool of darkness and light or in the upward and downward movement in the staircase are examples of what element of fiction:
a. style
b. pace
c. tone
d. symbol
20. The change in the mother's nature or attitude, from being docile or dormant to being active and defensive, is the ___________ of this story:
a. conflict
b. complication
c. movement
d. theme
21. The pencils mentioned in the story become a symbol of:
a. a writing instrument
b. a phallus
c. a fashion craze
d. the hands of Fate
22. Another symbol to be found in the story is:
a. when the mother drives away Vicente from their home
b. when the mother repeatedly slapped Vicente in the face
c. when the mother presided over the bath that the little girl took and when she ordered her to throw her pencils into the fire
d. when the mother and Vicente did not say anything to one another
23. Does this story have unity of time?
a. yes
b. no
c. perhaps
d. none of the above
24. The little girl's reaction to her mother is one of:
a. sympathy
b. apathy, indifference
c. admiration
d. dislike
25. The central theme expressed in the story is the depiction of:
a. disintegration of the family
b. the battle between good and evil
c. paradoxical nature of man
d. motherly love and protection
Direction: Read the short story carefully then answer the questions that follow.
1. The point of view used in "Magnificence" is:
a. first person
b. second person
c. third person limited
d. third person omniscient
2. With respect to point of view, the story is presented mainly through the eyes and consciousness of:
a. Vicente, the bus conductor
b. the mother
c. the little girl
d. the concealed narrator
3. The time setting is:
a. medieval period
b. in the 19th century
c. in the 1940’s
d. present modern age
4. The economic status of the family in the story is:
a. elite
b. upper middle class
c. middle class
d. poor
5. The tone of this story may be described as:
a. sardonic
b. sarcastic
c. serious
d. humorous
6. The element of fiction that was used in the first sentence of the text is:
a. foreshadowing
b. irony
c. symbol
d. style
7. The narrator described the position of the man in the first paragraph as standing "just beyond the pool of light, his feet in the circle of illumination, the rest of him in shadow" to suggest that the man:
a. is afraid of the light
b. enjoys being in the dark
c. has a questionable character and a member of a robbery gang
d. has a dastardly intention especially towards the girl
8. The element of fiction that was used in #7 is:
a. flashback
b. symbol
c. foreshadowing
d. movement
9. The man volunteers to be the tutor of the two children for the reason that:
a. he is being helpful, kind and very fond of children
b. he wants to be hired as a houseboy
c. he needs a new job and was softening his way using the children so that the father will hire him
d. he wants to fulfill his dastardly intention specifically towards the little girl
10. The mother, at the first half of the story, is portrayed as being:
a. carefree
b. overprotective
c. trusting
d. lively, sociable
11. In the last half of the story, the mother becomes:
a. offensive
b. stoic, indifferent
c. protective
d. irritable
12. The external conflict in the story is that between:
a. Vicente vs. the little girl
b. Vicente vs. the little boy
c. Vicente vs. the mother
d. Vicente vs. the family
13. One complication is that the father:
a. is very complacent and trusting
b. does not care about the welfare of his children
c. is very busy and dedicated with his job
d. has no valid ground for confronting Vicente
14. At stake in this conflict is:
a. the family's reputation
b. the little girl's life and future
c. the little boy's friendship with Vicente
d. the children's schooling and education
15. Is there any internal conflict in the story?
a. yes
b. no
c. perhaps
d. all of the above
16. Vicente and the mother are fine examples of:
a. flat characters
b. type characters
c. developing characters
d. round characters
17. The title of the story "Magnificence":
a. has no significance in the story whatsoever
b. is an appropriate symbol, tribute and description of the mother
c. is ironic
d. is used for ornamentation and vivid effect only
18. One unique feature of this story is that it has:
a. no climax
b. no internal conflict
c. loose plot construction
d. two equally important central characters
19. The treatment of the central characters in the story moving in the circle of light and shadow, in the pool of darkness and light or in the upward and downward movement in the staircase are examples of what element of fiction:
a. style
b. pace
c. tone
d. symbol
20. The change in the mother's nature or attitude, from being docile or dormant to being active and defensive, is the ___________ of this story:
a. conflict
b. complication
c. movement
d. theme
21. The pencils mentioned in the story become a symbol of:
a. a writing instrument
b. a phallus
c. a fashion craze
d. the hands of Fate
22. Another symbol to be found in the story is:
a. when the mother drives away Vicente from their home
b. when the mother repeatedly slapped Vicente in the face
c. when the mother presided over the bath that the little girl took and when she ordered her to throw her pencils into the fire
d. when the mother and Vicente did not say anything to one another
23. Does this story have unity of time?
a. yes
b. no
c. perhaps
d. none of the above
24. The little girl's reaction to her mother is one of:
a. sympathy
b. apathy, indifference
c. admiration
d. dislike
25. The central theme expressed in the story is the depiction of:
a. disintegration of the family
b. the battle between good and evil
c. paradoxical nature of man
d. motherly love and protection