World Literature

1. This short story writer was born on August 5, 1850, to an affluent family in France, who adored his mother and loathed his
absent father.
Select one:
a. Guy de Maupassant
b. Monsieur Loisel
c. Leo Tolstoy
d. Konstantin Levin
What is the original French title of “The Necklace” when it first appeared in a Parisian newspaper in 1884?
Select one:
a. La Parure
b. Le Gaulois
c. Bel Ami
d. Un Vie
These refer to recurring structures, contrasts, and literary devices that can help to develop and inform the text’s major
themes.
Select one:
a. Motifs
b. Tones
c. Languages
d. Styles
This refers to Leo Tolstoy’s portrayal of a character’s thoughts and feelings directly, not merely in paraphrase or summary
but as if directly issuing from the character’s mind.
Select one:
a. Forgiveness
b. Death
c. The Interior Monologue
d. Adultery
The reality of Mathilde’s situation is that she is neither wealthy nor part of the social class of which she feels she is a
deserving member, but Mathilde does everything in her power to make her life appear different from how it is. This theme
from “The Necklace” refers to:
Select one:
a. The perceived power of objects
b. The danger of martyrdom
c. The deceptiveness of appearances
d. The importance of returning borrowed objects
What is a brief fictional prose narrative that is shorter than a novel and that usually deals with only a few characters?
Select one:
a. Autobiography
b. Oration
c. Fable
d. Short Story
She is the beautiful, passionate, and educated wife of a cold and passionless government official. Her character is rich in
complexity, and she is guilty of desecrating her marriage and home.
Select one:
a. Dolly Oblonskaya
b. Madame Jeanne Forestier
c. Anna Karenina
d. Mathilde Loisel
This motif of “Anna Karenina” is about Anna’s betrayal of her husband is the central event of its main plotline. But the more
important condemnation of it comes not from the church but from conventional society.
Select one:

2. a. The Interior Monologue
b. Death
c. Forgiveness
d. Adultery
These refer to the fundamental and often universal ideas explored in a literary work.
Select one:
a. Symbols
b. Motifs
c. Themes
d. Styles
What represents the power of perception and the split between appearances and reality?
Select one:
a. Mathilde Loisel
b. The party
c. The necklace
d. Poverty
In the novel “Anna Karenina”, which of the following is NOT a motif of the story?
Select one:
a. Adultery
b. Forgiveness
c. Poverty
d. Death
What is a fictional piece of prose usually written in a narrative style that tell stories, which are typically defined as a series of
events described in a sequence?
Select one:
a. Anecdote
b. Novel
c. Essay
d. Biography
Climax can be defined as the turning point at which the conflict begins to resolve itself for better or worse. Based on this
definition, the climax of “The Necklace” is:
Select one:
a. When Mathilde discovers that she has lost the necklace
b. When Madame Forestier informs Mathilde that the lost necklace was a fake
c. When everyone notices that Mathilde is the most beautiful woman at the party
d. When the Loisels received an invitation to a formal party hosted by the Ministry of Education
He was born into a large and wealthy Russian landowning family in 1828, on the family estate of Yasnaya Polyana. His
mother died when he was only two years old, and he idealized her memory throughout his life. He wrote the story of “Anna
Karenina”.
Select one:
a. Alexei Kirillovich Vronsky
b. Alexei Alexandrovich Karenin
c. Stepan Arkadyich Oblonsky
d. Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
What represents the power of perception and the split between appearances and reality?
Select one:
a. The party
b. Mathilde Loisel
c. The necklace

3. d. Poverty