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"Awakening"


Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 
In paragraph 1, the sentence, “Mr. Zagursky ran a factory of infant prodigies,” contains an
example of
a.
metaphor.
b.
symbolism.
c.
foreshadowing.
d.
understatement.
 

 2. 
In paragraph 2, the phrase, “The sounds dripped from my fiddle like iron filings,” contains examples of
a.
allusion and metaphor.
b.
alliteration and metonymy.
c.
assonance and simile.
d.
onomatopoeia and personification.
 

 3. 
In paragraph 3, the phrase, “I would relate impossible happenings to the kids next door,”
suggests the narrator
a.
made up stories.
b.
composed songs.
c.
described the books he read.
d.
told about his music lessons.
 

 4. 
Paragraph 6 suggests the narrator
a.
stowed away on a ship.
b.
never went for another lesson.
c.
sold his violin for twelve roubles.
d.
became lost on the way to his lesson.
 

 5. 
Nikitich taught the narrator to
a.
swim.
b.
observe detail.
c.
play the violin.
d.
obey his parents.
 

 6. 
The narrator was saved from punishment through intervention by
a.
his father.
b.
an officer.
c.
Mr. Zagursky.
d.
his grandmother.
 

 7. 
The stylistic device used in paragraph 34 is
a.
repetition.
b.
inverted sentences.
c.
sentence fragments.
d.
rhetorical questions.
 

 8. 
The point of view in this passage is
a.
objective.
b.
omniscient.
c.
first person.
d.
limited omniscient.
 



 
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