Print
Word
PDF
|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the inventor of the jaunt?
2. What does the narrator of "Paranoid: A Chant" do to avoid cameras?
3. To what location do David, Billy, and the neighbor travel after the fog rolls in?
4. Who is Lina to Richard Hagstrom?
5. What was Mrs. Todd obsessed with?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "The Jaunt," Mark's family is destroyed by Mark's own deception. Given the reasons for his deception, do you think he was justified in his actions.
2. In "Paranoid: A Chant," there are several instances in which the narrator is showing how obviously disturbed he is. Give one such example and tell why you think that example fits.
3. What is the implied source of the infestation in "The Mist"? How does he make this implication? What do you think King is trying to say with this implication?
4. In "Word Processor of the Gods," what do you think about Richard's choice of his brother's family over his own? Is a choice made of faithfulness or greed?
5. Why do you think King bases his entire introduction on a seemingly mundane conversation with a friend?
6. Compare/contrast the two rooms in the PAT. Why do you think they are so drastically different?
7. What significance does the word processor hold for Richard after Jon's death?
8. Stephen King is apparently trying to make his reader think when reading "The Jaunt." Do you think King wrote this story with that challenge in mind, or do you think he wrote it for pure entertainment?
9. In "The Mist," what do you think is the underlying message the story conveys to the reader? Cite examples from the story.
10. What is the purpose of King's use of a "Wouldn't it be funny if . . . ?" beginning to his short stories? What do you think this method adds to or detracts from his stories?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The general atmosphere created in a story is often referred to as "tone." Identify the tone of the following short stories and describe how it adds or detracts from the story itself:
1. "The Mist"
2. "The Reaper's Image"
3. "For Owen"
4. Either of the "Milkman" stories
5. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"
Essay Topic 2
A simile is a figure of speech in which two essentially unlike things are compared, often in a phrase introduced by like or as, as in "How like the winter hath my absence been" or "So are you to my thoughts as food to life." Recall a simile used in "The Mist" and explain why it seems more descriptive than the usual mundane expression of simple adjectives.
Essay Topic 3
Taking into consideration the volume of work involved in this book, how do you analyze the format of "Notes." Is this really the ending you expect from Stephen King? Do you think King's unpredictability is part of his charm?
|
This section contains 984 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) |
|
