Advanced Placement® English Literature and Composition 1 - Theorem 4

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3/4/24, 1:47 PM Advanced Placement® English Literature and Composition 1 - Theorem https://theorem.nebraska.edu/courses/ENGH071058/Unit-4%2Funit-evaluation-4 1/19 A+ Assignment Grade 100% Assignment Weight 6% Date Submitted JAN 22, 2024 Date Graded JAN 22, 2024 Terrific! You have done an exceptional job on this unit evaluation! By answering all of the questions correctly, you have demonstrated your mastery of the material in Unit 4. Keep up the excellent work! After reviewing this report and the material in your course and textbook, begin working on Unit 5. Unit 4 Evaluation (printable format) (/Files/Courses/ENGH071058/Unit-4/Unit-4- Evaluation/Unit 4 Evaluation (printable format).pdf) Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.

3/4/24, 1:47 PM Advanced Placement® English Literature and Composition 1 - Theorem https://theorem.nebraska.edu/courses/ENGH071058/Unit-4%2Funit-evaluation-4 2/19 1. Storytelling A. is specific to particular demographics. B. is on the rapid decline. C. can be found in every known society. D. is best left to professionals. Correct Answer: C People tell stories in every known society. For more information, refer to page 49 in your textbook. 2. Metafiction is best described as A. fiction that explores the nature, structure, logic, status, and function of storytelling. B. fiction that uses stream of consciousness narration. C. fiction that uses ﬂashbacks and does not follow a traditional plot sequence. D. a long work of fiction that tells a single story and has at least 800 pages. Correct Answer: A Metafiction is fiction that explores the nature, structure, logic, status, and function of storytelling. For more information, refer to Introduction in Lesson 11 of the course content. 3. In "A Conversation with My Father," how old is the narrator's father? A. 86 B. 72 C. 59 D. 79 Correct Answer: A In “A Conversation with My Father,” the narrator’s father is eighty-six years old. For more information, refer to page 50 in your textbook. 4. In "A Conversation with My Father," why does the narrator write a story?

3/4/24, 1:47 PM Advanced Placement® English Literature and Composition 1 - Theorem https://theorem.nebraska.edu/courses/ENGH071058/Unit-4%2Funit-evaluation-4 3/19 A. to take her mind off her problems B. to please her father C. to disobey her father D. to avoid talking to her father Correct Answer: B The narrator writes a story because her father wants her to. For more information, refer to page 50 in your textbook. 5. In "A Conversation with My Father," the drug-addicted boy in the narrator's story is compelled to get clean because A. his mother's health is failing. B. he can no longer keep a job. C. the narrator believes her father wants the story to end this way. D. he meets a girl. Correct Answer: D The drug-addicted boy decides to reform because he meets a girl. For more information, refer to page 52 in your textbook. 6. Grace Paley herself believes that A. when you make people laugh, you've done your job as a storyteller. B. you don't write what you already know. C. every story she has started is one that will get completed, eventually. D. her father thought of her as far too serious. Correct Answer: B Grace Paley says authors don’t write about what they already know. For more information, refer to page 54 in your textbook. 7. In "A Conversation with My Father," why does the narrator revise the story she tells?

3/4/24, 1:47 PM Advanced Placement® English Literature and Composition 1 - Theorem https://theorem.nebraska.edu/courses/ENGH071058/Unit-4%2Funit-evaluation-4 4/19 A. She is trying to pass time while waiting. B. Her father says she needs more details. C. She does not want her story to sound realistic. D. Her father says the story is too long. Correct Answer: B The narrator revises the story because her father says it needs more details. For more information, refer to page 51 in your textbook. 8. In "A Conversation with My Father," why do the narrator and her father argue about the second draft of the story? A. whether or not the woman in the story can recover B. whether the son in the story was able to recover C. whether or not it is morally wrong to use drugs D. whether telling stories about people can keep them alive Correct Answer: A The narrator and her father argue about whether the woman in the story can recover. For more information, refer to page 53 in your textbook. 9. In "A Conversation with My Father," the narrator bases her story on A. her sister's family. B. case studies from a psychologist. C. a family across the street. D. a dream that she had a week earlier. Correct Answer: C The narrator bases her story on a family across the street. For more information, refer to page 50 in your textbook. 10. In "A Conversation with My Father," the narrator's insistence that the woman in her story can recover reﬂects

3/4/24, 1:47 PM Advanced Placement® English Literature and Composition 1 - Theorem https://theorem.nebraska.edu/courses/ENGH071058/Unit-4%2Funit-evaluation-4 5/19 A. her denial that her father is certain to die in the near future. B. the narrator's beliefs about religion and life after death. C. her determination to be different from her father. D. the narrator's love for the family that lives downstairs. Correct Answer: A The narrator’s insistence that the woman in her story will recover reﬂects a denial that her father will die in the near future. For more information, refer to “A Conversation with My Father” in Lesson 11 of the course content. 11. Before being drafted and entering the Vietnam War, author Tim O'Brien A. ﬂed to Canada to escape the draft, only to return and head to war. B. worked at a bar in town. C. earned a degree in political science. D. had already published his first novel. Correct Answer: C Tim O’Brien earned a degree in political science before he was drafted. For more information, refer to page 63 in your textbook. 12. In "The Lives of the Dead," how old is Tim when he first deals with death? A. 19 B. 9 C. 24 D. 16 Correct Answer: B Tim is nine years old when his friend Linda dies. For more information, refer to page 65 in your textbook. 13. Identify the first person for whom Tim grieves in "The Lives of the Dead."

3/4/24, 1:47 PM Advanced Placement® English Literature and Composition 1 - Theorem https://theorem.nebraska.edu/courses/ENGH071058/Unit-4%2Funit-evaluation-4 6/19 A. Linda B. Kiowa C. the man he killed on the trail D. Ted Lavender Correct Answer: A The first person for whom Tim grieves is Linda, the friend he had when he was nine years old. For more information, refer to page 69 in your textbook. 14. In "The Lives of the Dead," Tim realizes that using terms such as "crispy critter," "roasted peanut," and "crunchie munchie" to refer to dead bodies was A. a way in which the other soldiers could frighten Tim. B. code for secret battle plans and tactics. C. a way of dehumanizing the enemy during the Vietnam War. D. a coping mechanism the soldiers used to deal with death. Correct Answer: D Tim realizes that describing dead bodies in non-human terms is a coping mechanism the soldiers use to deal with the reality of death. For more information, refer to page 70 in your textbook. 15. In "The Lives of the Dead," the line "But in a story, which is a kind of dreaming, the dead sometimes smile and sit up and return to the world" is an example of A. allusion. B. irony. C. metafiction. D. simile. Correct Answer: C In “The Lives of the Dead,” Tim O’Brien analyzes the importance of storytelling to the characters in his story. A story that examines the importance of storytelling is metafiction. For more information, refer to Introduction of Lesson 11 in the course content.

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