Post by ernesto thaddeus m. solmerano on Jun 13, 2007 20:34:59 GMT -5
SHORT STORY ANALYSIS TEST
‘The Horse Dealer’s Daughter’
Direction: Read the story carefully then answer the questions that follow.
1. The geographical setting of this story is:
a. an industrial city in Germany
b. a provincial town in England
c. a village in Italy
d. a rural area in Russia
2. The economic background is:
a. agricultural
b. mining
c. industrial
d. fishing
3. The point of view used in this story is:
a. first person
b. third person limited
c. third person omniscient
d. third person subjective
4. The tone may be described as:
a. sardonic
b. humorous
c. serious
d. tragic
5. When the story opens, The Pervins – three brothers and their sister – have just lost their:
a. father
b. house
c. some property
d. all these aforementioned
6. The problem that confronts them is:
a. what to do with the dog
b. how to get their possessions back
c. what is to become of Mabel
d. how to divide their remaining property
7. The brothers suggest that Mabel should:
a. work as a skivvy
b. live with Lucy
c. train as a nurse
d. all of these aforementioned
8. From these suggestions Mabel chooses:
a. to work as a skivvy
b. to stay with Lucy
c. to become a nurse
d. none of the above
9. In the first half of the story, Mabel becomes:
a. impassive
b. worried
c. disheartened
d. cheerful
10. In the last half of the story, she becomes:
a. passionate
b. desperate
c. indifferent
d. apprehensive
11. One unique feature of this story is that it has:
a. no internal conflict
b. a loose plot construction
c. two equally important characters
d. all of the above
12. The climactic action in this story takes place:
a. in the breakfast room
b. in the grave yard
c. at the pond
d. all of the above
13. The description of the landscape as cold, wintry, dark, and grey signifies the:
a. fall of the Pervins
b. brother’s personalities
c. Mabel and Fergusson’s death-like state before their regeneration through love
d. all of the above
14. The change from Mabel and Fergusson’s death-like condition to their coming to life through the power of love is the ____________ in this story:
a. crisis
b. movement
c. complication
d. flashback
15. Mabel is an example of a _______________ character.
a. flat
b. type
c. dynamic
d. round
16. Fergusson is an example of a _______________ character.
a. static
b. type
c. developing
d. round
17. The central theme in the story is the depiction of:
a. disintegration of the family
b. raising of horses
c. paradoxical nature of love
d. the duality of nature of man
18. Love is a kind of death because it leads to:
a. suicide
b. unhappiness
c. the destruction of self when the lover unites with the beloved
d. ennui
19. Love is also a kind of birth because of the:
a. awakening of new hopes and powers
b. anticipation of having children
c. new attitude towards life
d. fresh start and beginning in life
20. The description here is:
a. symbolic
b. ironic
c. for vividness’ sake only
d. of no importance whatsoever
21. The main symbol in the story is the:
a. house
b. horses
c. churchyard
d. pond
22. At stake in the conflict here is Mabel and Fergusson’s:
a. reputation or standing
b. health or wellbeing
c. happiness and spiritual state
d. material wealth
23. The fact that Fergusson falls in love with Mabel against his will is an instance of:
a. complication
b. irony
c. movement
d. symbol
24. Does this story have unity of time?
a. yes
b. no
c. perhaps
d. not shown in the story
25. The main value of this story as art is that it:
a. expresses the author’s concept of love
b. gives aesthetic pleasure
c. conveys a moral
d. all of the above
‘The Horse Dealer’s Daughter’
Direction: Read the story carefully then answer the questions that follow.
1. The geographical setting of this story is:
a. an industrial city in Germany
b. a provincial town in England
c. a village in Italy
d. a rural area in Russia
2. The economic background is:
a. agricultural
b. mining
c. industrial
d. fishing
3. The point of view used in this story is:
a. first person
b. third person limited
c. third person omniscient
d. third person subjective
4. The tone may be described as:
a. sardonic
b. humorous
c. serious
d. tragic
5. When the story opens, The Pervins – three brothers and their sister – have just lost their:
a. father
b. house
c. some property
d. all these aforementioned
6. The problem that confronts them is:
a. what to do with the dog
b. how to get their possessions back
c. what is to become of Mabel
d. how to divide their remaining property
7. The brothers suggest that Mabel should:
a. work as a skivvy
b. live with Lucy
c. train as a nurse
d. all of these aforementioned
8. From these suggestions Mabel chooses:
a. to work as a skivvy
b. to stay with Lucy
c. to become a nurse
d. none of the above
9. In the first half of the story, Mabel becomes:
a. impassive
b. worried
c. disheartened
d. cheerful
10. In the last half of the story, she becomes:
a. passionate
b. desperate
c. indifferent
d. apprehensive
11. One unique feature of this story is that it has:
a. no internal conflict
b. a loose plot construction
c. two equally important characters
d. all of the above
12. The climactic action in this story takes place:
a. in the breakfast room
b. in the grave yard
c. at the pond
d. all of the above
13. The description of the landscape as cold, wintry, dark, and grey signifies the:
a. fall of the Pervins
b. brother’s personalities
c. Mabel and Fergusson’s death-like state before their regeneration through love
d. all of the above
14. The change from Mabel and Fergusson’s death-like condition to their coming to life through the power of love is the ____________ in this story:
a. crisis
b. movement
c. complication
d. flashback
15. Mabel is an example of a _______________ character.
a. flat
b. type
c. dynamic
d. round
16. Fergusson is an example of a _______________ character.
a. static
b. type
c. developing
d. round
17. The central theme in the story is the depiction of:
a. disintegration of the family
b. raising of horses
c. paradoxical nature of love
d. the duality of nature of man
18. Love is a kind of death because it leads to:
a. suicide
b. unhappiness
c. the destruction of self when the lover unites with the beloved
d. ennui
19. Love is also a kind of birth because of the:
a. awakening of new hopes and powers
b. anticipation of having children
c. new attitude towards life
d. fresh start and beginning in life
20. The description here is:
a. symbolic
b. ironic
c. for vividness’ sake only
d. of no importance whatsoever
21. The main symbol in the story is the:
a. house
b. horses
c. churchyard
d. pond
22. At stake in the conflict here is Mabel and Fergusson’s:
a. reputation or standing
b. health or wellbeing
c. happiness and spiritual state
d. material wealth
23. The fact that Fergusson falls in love with Mabel against his will is an instance of:
a. complication
b. irony
c. movement
d. symbol
24. Does this story have unity of time?
a. yes
b. no
c. perhaps
d. not shown in the story
25. The main value of this story as art is that it:
a. expresses the author’s concept of love
b. gives aesthetic pleasure
c. conveys a moral
d. all of the above