What author speaks of the exemplary story as a fundamental narrative unit in which it is important to follow chronological order ?

Related Mcqs:

1. According to Dr. Frances Pritchett’s version of Shamsur Rahman Faruqi’s “The Historical Novel and the Historical Narrative”, what is the difference between a historical narrative and a historical novel ?

   A. A historical narrative and a historical novel are the same thing.
   B. A historical narrative tells only part of the story surrounding a historical event; a historical novel tells the whole story.
   C. A historical novel focuses on providing the reader with only the central truth of a historical event, while a historical narrative attempts to tell the entire truth of a historical event.
   D. Faruqi actually argues that historical novels do not exist.

2. Although Charles Johnson’s Oxherding Tales is based on his Buddhist beliefs, he meant the novel to be a reworking of an American genre, the slave narrative. In what way is the novel, despite its philosophical underpinnings, an exemplar of the slave narrative ?

   A. Its character’s movement from slavery to freedom.
   B. Its emphasis on Christian ideals.
   C. The novel’s sensationalist scenes of violence.
   D. Its didactic (teaching) tone of voice.

3. Which characteristic of the slave narrative did Frederick Douglass include in the first chapter of his Narrative ?

   A. Narration of a deserved punishment.
   B. Depictions of a beautiful rural environment.
   C. Descriptions of the kinds of food and clothing slaves were given.
   D. The author’s father is often a white man.

4. The statements below are steps on “How to Read a Short Story Critically”. Which comes in as the last thing to do in the critical reading of a narrative ?

   A. Analyze the Structure of the Story
   B. Analyze Rhetorical Elements
   C. Analyze the Meaning of the Story (Interpretation)
   D. Analyze the Essential Elements of the Story

5. The cautious old gentleman knit his brows tenfold closer after this explanation, being sorely puzzled by the ratiocination of the syllogism; while methought the one in pepper and salt eyed him with something of a triumphant leer. At length he observed, that all this was very well, but still he thought the story a little extravagant – there were one or two points on which he had his doubts. “Faith, sir,” replied the story-teller, “as to that matter, I don’t believe one half of it myself.” This passage exemplifies_____________?

   A. Narrative frame
   B. Hortatory sermon
   C. Snaring
   D. Jamming

6. Who write the story “Story Teller” ?

   A. William Wordsworth
   B. William Shakespeare
   C. Thomas Grey
   D. Saki

7. Why was it important that slave narratives have a title page that claimed either that the narrative was written by the narrator himself (or his words were recorded by someone close to him, preferably white) ?

   A. So the author could get paid.
   B. In order for people to believe the events in the narratives.
   C. So that slave owners could refute the events in the narratives.
   D. So that the author could be assured he wouldn’t be recaptured.

8. A term which refers to the sequential characteristics of language. When we construct WORDS and SENTENCES we follow a certain order in arranging the individual items.

   A. Syntagmatic
   B. Synergy
   C. Performance
   D. N. O. T

   Submitted by: Abdul Sami Bhayo

9. In which story from The Dubliners is snow an important occurrence ?

   A. “Araby”
   B. “The Boarding House”
   C. “The Dead”
   D. “An Encounter”

10. In The Dubliners, which best describes the order of the story arc ?

    A. adolescence, maturity, childhood
    B. childhood, maturity, adolescence
    C. childhood, adolescence, maturity, public life
    D. childhood, adolescence, maturity