Question
Which of the following passages from “The Youngest Doll” by Rosario Ferré is an example of magic realism?(1 point)
Responses
A) Early in the morning the maiden aunt took her rocking chair out onto the porch facing the cane fields, as she always did whenever she woke up with the urge to make a doll.
A) Early in the morning the maiden aunt took her rocking chair out onto the porch facing the cane fields, as she always did whenever she woke up with the urge to make a doll.
B) As the girls grew up, the aunt devoted herself to making dolls for them to play with. At first they were just plain dolls, with cotton stuffing from the gourd tree and stray buttons sewn on for eyes.
B) As the girls grew up, the aunt devoted herself to making dolls for them to play with. At first they were just plain dolls, with cotton stuffing from the gourd tree and stray buttons sewn on for eyes.
C) He gently placed his stethoscope over her heart and heard a distant swish of water. Then the doll lifted her eyelids, and out of the empty socket of her eyes came the frenzied antennae of all those prawns.
C) He gently placed his stethoscope over her heart and heard a distant swish of water. Then the doll lifted her eyelids, and out of the empty socket of her eyes came the frenzied antennae of all those prawns.
D) All of the above.
Responses
A) Early in the morning the maiden aunt took her rocking chair out onto the porch facing the cane fields, as she always did whenever she woke up with the urge to make a doll.
A) Early in the morning the maiden aunt took her rocking chair out onto the porch facing the cane fields, as she always did whenever she woke up with the urge to make a doll.
B) As the girls grew up, the aunt devoted herself to making dolls for them to play with. At first they were just plain dolls, with cotton stuffing from the gourd tree and stray buttons sewn on for eyes.
B) As the girls grew up, the aunt devoted herself to making dolls for them to play with. At first they were just plain dolls, with cotton stuffing from the gourd tree and stray buttons sewn on for eyes.
C) He gently placed his stethoscope over her heart and heard a distant swish of water. Then the doll lifted her eyelids, and out of the empty socket of her eyes came the frenzied antennae of all those prawns.
C) He gently placed his stethoscope over her heart and heard a distant swish of water. Then the doll lifted her eyelids, and out of the empty socket of her eyes came the frenzied antennae of all those prawns.
D) All of the above.
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The passage that serves as an example of magic realism in "The Youngest Doll" is:
C) He gently placed his stethoscope over her heart and heard a distant swish of water. Then the doll lifted her eyelids, and out of the empty socket of her eyes came the frenzied antennae of all those prawns.
This passage includes fantastical elements that blend the ordinary with the extraordinary, which is characteristic of magic realism.
C) He gently placed his stethoscope over her heart and heard a distant swish of water. Then the doll lifted her eyelids, and out of the empty socket of her eyes came the frenzied antennae of all those prawns.
This passage includes fantastical elements that blend the ordinary with the extraordinary, which is characteristic of magic realism.