Question
Question 1
A)
Use the beginning of a narrative to answer the question.
It was bad enough that the family was running a half hour late to get to their grandfather’s house for dinner. Even worse was the fact that they were bringing five more people than he expected.
Why does the writer begin the story in this way?
(1 point)
Responses
to make readers wonder what the grandfather made for dinner
to make readers wonder what the grandfather made for dinner
to create humor by introducing a ridiculous situation
to create humor by introducing a ridiculous situation
to create a picture in readers’ minds of what the dinner will be like
to create a picture in readers’ minds of what the dinner will be like
to create interest in why the family was bringing five more people than expected
to create interest in why the family was bringing five more people than expected
Question 2
A)
Use the beginning of a narrative to answer the question.
Jenna looked out into the audience. Everyone sat silently, waiting for the play to begin. The other actors waited for Jenna to say her first line, but she couldn’t. She opened her mouth, but no words came out.
What technique does the writer use to engage the reader?
(1 point)
Responses
The writer is comparing different characters.
The writer is comparing different characters.
The writer is setting a problem for the main character.
The writer is setting a problem for the main character.
The writer is hinting at how the story will end.
The writer is hinting at how the story will end.
The writer is giving background information about the main character.
The writer is giving background information about the main character.
Question 3
A)
Use the sentence to answer the question.
Mitchel’s announcement felt like a lightning bolt from a clear blue sky.
What does the simile show about Mitchel’s announcement?
(1 point)
Responses
It was foolish.
It was foolish.
It was amusing.
It was amusing.
It was important.
It was important.
It was surprising.
It was surprising.
Question 4
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
The idea of Mr. Collins, with all his solemn composure, being run away with by his feelings, made Elizabeth so near laughing, that she could not use the short pause he allowed in any attempt to stop him further, and he continued:
“My reasons for marrying are, first, that I think it a right thing for every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of matrimony in his parish; secondly, that I am convinced that it will add very greatly to my happiness; and thirdly—which perhaps I ought to have mentioned earlier, that it is the particular advice and recommendation of the very noble lady whom I have the honour of calling patroness. Twice has she condescended to give me her opinion (unasked too!) on this subject; and it was but the very Saturday night before I left Hunsford—between our pools at quadrille, while Mrs. Jenkinson was arranging Miss de Bourgh’s footstool, that she said, ‘Mr. Collins, you must marry. A clergyman like you must marry. Choose properly, choose a gentlewoman for my sake; and for your own, let her be an active, useful sort of person, not brought up high, but able to make a small income go a good way. This is my advice. Find such a woman as soon as you can, bring her to Hunsford, and I will visit her.’”
from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
A)
Use the excerpt from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen to answer the question.
How does the author establish the narrative point of view in this excerpt?
(1 point)
Responses
by describing Elizabeth’s thoughts about Mr. Collins
by describing Elizabeth’s thoughts about Mr. Collins
by using the pronouns you and your in the excerpt
by using the pronouns you and your in the excerpt
by describing Mr. Collins’s feelings toward Elizabeth
by describing Mr. Collins’s feelings toward Elizabeth
by using the pronouns my and I in the excerpt
by using the pronouns my and I in the excerpt
Question 5
Hide and Seek
by Fiodor Sologub
Everything in Lelechka’s nursery was bright, pretty, and cheerful. Lelechka’s sweet voice charmed her mother. Lelechka was a delightful child. There was no other such child, there never had been, and there never would be. Lelechka’s mother, Serafima Aleksandrovna, was sure of that. Lelechka’s eyes were dark and large, her cheeks were rosy, her lips were made for kisses and for laughter. But it was not these charms in Lelechka that gave her mother the keenest joy. Lelechka was her mother’s only child. That was why every movement of Lelechka’s bewitched her mother. It was great bliss to hold Lelechka on her knees and to fondle her; to feel the little girl in her arms—a thing as lively and as bright as a little bird.
To tell the truth, Serafima Aleksandrovna felt happy only in the nursery. She felt cold with her husband.
Perhaps it was because he himself loved the cold—he loved to drink cold water, and to breathe cold air. He was always fresh and cool, with a frigid smile, and wherever he passed cold currents seemed to move in the air.
The Nesletyevs, Sergey Modestovich and Serafima Aleksandrovna, had married without love or calculation, because it was the accepted thing. He was a young man of thirty-five, she a young woman of twenty-five; both were of the same circle and well brought up; he was expected to take a wife, and the time had come for her to take a husband.
It even seemed to Serafima Aleksandrovna that she was in love with her future husband, and this made her happy. He looked handsome and well-bred; his intelligent grey eyes always preserved a dignified expression; and he fulfilled his obligations of a fiancé with irreproachable gentleness.
The bride was also good-looking; she was a tall, dark-eyed, dark-haired girl, somewhat timid but very tactful. He was not after her dowry, though it pleased him to know that she had something. He had connexions, and his wife came of good, influential people. This might, at the proper opportunity, prove useful. Always irreproachable and tactful, Nesletyev got on in his position not so fast that any one should envy him, nor yet so slow that he should envy any one else—everything came in the proper measure and at the proper time.
from "Hide and Seek" by Fiodor Sologub
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
Which point of view is established in this narrative?
(1 point)
Responses
third person omniscient
third person omniscient
first person
first person
third person limited
third person limited
second person
second person
A)
Use the beginning of a narrative to answer the question.
It was bad enough that the family was running a half hour late to get to their grandfather’s house for dinner. Even worse was the fact that they were bringing five more people than he expected.
Why does the writer begin the story in this way?
(1 point)
Responses
to make readers wonder what the grandfather made for dinner
to make readers wonder what the grandfather made for dinner
to create humor by introducing a ridiculous situation
to create humor by introducing a ridiculous situation
to create a picture in readers’ minds of what the dinner will be like
to create a picture in readers’ minds of what the dinner will be like
to create interest in why the family was bringing five more people than expected
to create interest in why the family was bringing five more people than expected
Question 2
A)
Use the beginning of a narrative to answer the question.
Jenna looked out into the audience. Everyone sat silently, waiting for the play to begin. The other actors waited for Jenna to say her first line, but she couldn’t. She opened her mouth, but no words came out.
What technique does the writer use to engage the reader?
(1 point)
Responses
The writer is comparing different characters.
The writer is comparing different characters.
The writer is setting a problem for the main character.
The writer is setting a problem for the main character.
The writer is hinting at how the story will end.
The writer is hinting at how the story will end.
The writer is giving background information about the main character.
The writer is giving background information about the main character.
Question 3
A)
Use the sentence to answer the question.
Mitchel’s announcement felt like a lightning bolt from a clear blue sky.
What does the simile show about Mitchel’s announcement?
(1 point)
Responses
It was foolish.
It was foolish.
It was amusing.
It was amusing.
It was important.
It was important.
It was surprising.
It was surprising.
Question 4
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
The idea of Mr. Collins, with all his solemn composure, being run away with by his feelings, made Elizabeth so near laughing, that she could not use the short pause he allowed in any attempt to stop him further, and he continued:
“My reasons for marrying are, first, that I think it a right thing for every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of matrimony in his parish; secondly, that I am convinced that it will add very greatly to my happiness; and thirdly—which perhaps I ought to have mentioned earlier, that it is the particular advice and recommendation of the very noble lady whom I have the honour of calling patroness. Twice has she condescended to give me her opinion (unasked too!) on this subject; and it was but the very Saturday night before I left Hunsford—between our pools at quadrille, while Mrs. Jenkinson was arranging Miss de Bourgh’s footstool, that she said, ‘Mr. Collins, you must marry. A clergyman like you must marry. Choose properly, choose a gentlewoman for my sake; and for your own, let her be an active, useful sort of person, not brought up high, but able to make a small income go a good way. This is my advice. Find such a woman as soon as you can, bring her to Hunsford, and I will visit her.’”
from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
A)
Use the excerpt from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen to answer the question.
How does the author establish the narrative point of view in this excerpt?
(1 point)
Responses
by describing Elizabeth’s thoughts about Mr. Collins
by describing Elizabeth’s thoughts about Mr. Collins
by using the pronouns you and your in the excerpt
by using the pronouns you and your in the excerpt
by describing Mr. Collins’s feelings toward Elizabeth
by describing Mr. Collins’s feelings toward Elizabeth
by using the pronouns my and I in the excerpt
by using the pronouns my and I in the excerpt
Question 5
Hide and Seek
by Fiodor Sologub
Everything in Lelechka’s nursery was bright, pretty, and cheerful. Lelechka’s sweet voice charmed her mother. Lelechka was a delightful child. There was no other such child, there never had been, and there never would be. Lelechka’s mother, Serafima Aleksandrovna, was sure of that. Lelechka’s eyes were dark and large, her cheeks were rosy, her lips were made for kisses and for laughter. But it was not these charms in Lelechka that gave her mother the keenest joy. Lelechka was her mother’s only child. That was why every movement of Lelechka’s bewitched her mother. It was great bliss to hold Lelechka on her knees and to fondle her; to feel the little girl in her arms—a thing as lively and as bright as a little bird.
To tell the truth, Serafima Aleksandrovna felt happy only in the nursery. She felt cold with her husband.
Perhaps it was because he himself loved the cold—he loved to drink cold water, and to breathe cold air. He was always fresh and cool, with a frigid smile, and wherever he passed cold currents seemed to move in the air.
The Nesletyevs, Sergey Modestovich and Serafima Aleksandrovna, had married without love or calculation, because it was the accepted thing. He was a young man of thirty-five, she a young woman of twenty-five; both were of the same circle and well brought up; he was expected to take a wife, and the time had come for her to take a husband.
It even seemed to Serafima Aleksandrovna that she was in love with her future husband, and this made her happy. He looked handsome and well-bred; his intelligent grey eyes always preserved a dignified expression; and he fulfilled his obligations of a fiancé with irreproachable gentleness.
The bride was also good-looking; she was a tall, dark-eyed, dark-haired girl, somewhat timid but very tactful. He was not after her dowry, though it pleased him to know that she had something. He had connexions, and his wife came of good, influential people. This might, at the proper opportunity, prove useful. Always irreproachable and tactful, Nesletyev got on in his position not so fast that any one should envy him, nor yet so slow that he should envy any one else—everything came in the proper measure and at the proper time.
from "Hide and Seek" by Fiodor Sologub
A)
Use the passage to answer the question.
Which point of view is established in this narrative?
(1 point)
Responses
third person omniscient
third person omniscient
first person
first person
third person limited
third person limited
second person
second person
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Here are the answers to your questions based on the provided texts:
**Question 1:**
The writer begins the story in this way **to create interest in why the family was bringing five more people than expected**.
**Question 2:**
The technique the writer uses to engage the reader is **The writer is setting a problem for the main character**.
**Question 3:**
The simile shows that Mitchel’s announcement was **surprising**.
**Question 4:**
The author establishes the narrative point of view in this excerpt **by describing Elizabeth’s thoughts about Mr. Collins**.
**Question 5:**
The point of view established in this narrative is **third person omniscient**.
**Question 1:**
The writer begins the story in this way **to create interest in why the family was bringing five more people than expected**.
**Question 2:**
The technique the writer uses to engage the reader is **The writer is setting a problem for the main character**.
**Question 3:**
The simile shows that Mitchel’s announcement was **surprising**.
**Question 4:**
The author establishes the narrative point of view in this excerpt **by describing Elizabeth’s thoughts about Mr. Collins**.
**Question 5:**
The point of view established in this narrative is **third person omniscient**.