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What is meant by a novel or story's setting? |
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The place a story happens |
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The place and time a story happens |
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The collection of adjectives which the author uses in the opening paragraph |
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The time and place of a story, along with its atmosphere and any events which are taking place |
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A story set in a darkening wood, amid the howl of wolves, with an ancient castle just visible between flashes of lightning would be most likely to belong to which genre? |
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Science fiction |
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Utopian |
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Gothic |
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Western |
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A story set in a deserted wasteland created as the result of human greed, warfare, or ecological disaster would be most likely to belong to which genre? |
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Dystopian |
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Romance |
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Detective |
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Historical |
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How is setting described in a play? |
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Setting is described in the opening lines of dialog |
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The narrator always tells the audience where the play is set |
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Setting is given in the stage directions |
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Setting is described in exactly the same way in plays as it is in novels |
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Jack London's short story, 'To Build a Fire' begins: 'Day had broken cold and gray, exceedingly cold and gray, when the man turned aside from the main Yukon trail and climbed the high earth-bank, where a dim and little traveled trail lead eastward...' Which of the following could NOT be true of this setting? |
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The story takes place in winter |
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The story takes place on a busy highway |
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The story takes place in the wilderness |
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The story takes place at dawn |
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The story 'Girl' begins with this line: 'Wash the white clothes on Monday and put them on the stone heap; wash the color clothes on Tuesday and put them on the clothesline to dry; don't walk barehead in the hot sun; cook pumpkin fritters in very hot sweet oil...' Which setting is the most likely for this story? |
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The City of London |
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A Caribbean island |
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St. Petersburg, Russia, in winter |
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A quiet, but prosperous, European town |
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Ray Bradbury's story 'August 2002: Night Meeting' begins: 'Before going on up into the blue hills, Tomas Gomez stopped for gasoline at the lonely station.' Where would you expect this story to be set? |
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Glasgow |
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The Sahara |
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Tokyo |
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South-western United States / Mexico |
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In question 7, which words hint at the setting? |
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Before, blue hills, station |
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Blue, stopped, lonely |
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Gasoline, hills |
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Blue hills, Tomas Gomez, gasoline, lonely, station |
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Within a few sentences, it transpires that the reader's initial assumption about Bradbury's setting is wrong. Which of the following sentences taken from the story communicates the surprise? |
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"Kind of alone out here, aren't you, Pop?" said Tomas. |
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The old man wiped off the windshield of the small truck. "Not bad." |
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"How do you like Mars, Pop?" |
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"Fine. Always something new." |
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Which of the following best describes the effect of Bradbury's opening? |
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The opening gives the impression that human beings have become used to their new environment |
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The opening gives the impression that human beings feel ill at ease in their new environment |
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The opening gives the impression that human beings are afraid of their new environment |
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The opening reminds the reader how alien the landscape of Mars is |
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