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2. In this excerpt, Moishe Bloch as “the agent of…
2. In this excerpt, Moishe Bloch as “the agent of epiphany” (line 4) is an example of
A. irony
B. allusion
C. metaphor
D. exaggeration
3. The narrator’s observation “I never inquired what one did there” (lines 14 to 15)
conveys that she was
A. ashamed of her background
B. reluctant to pursue excellence
C. blindly fulfilling her parents’ dream
D. fully aware of her rewards in the promised land
4. The narrator creates situational irony when she questions Moishe’s
A. manners
B. aggressiveness
C. chance of success at university
D. motivation for attending university
5. Read the following quotations and answer the question that follows.
“he breathed strongly in my ear” (lines 30-31)
“He made a small noise, something between a groan and a belch” (lines 35-36)
“From the sound of the breathing, it must be a whole regiment of boys” (lines 58-59)
“Over the wires, Moishe leapt to embrace me” (line 74)
“The voice oozed and bubbled” (line 78)
The above quotations serve to illustrate the contrast between Moishe Bloch and the
narrator’s aloof reserve by reinforcing Moishe’s
A. excessive physicality
B. inadequate vocabulary
C. theatrically appealing nature
D. lack of motivation
6. Read the following quotations and answer the question that follows.
“If I were the kind of person who wrote papers for money, I could have a
dress like that” (lines 55-56)
“A perfect duffer’s topic. The sort of thing no really good student would
touch” (lines 120-121)
“Moishe’s question came as from the depths of myself’ (line 163)”
“‘If you care about being good, you always find out you’re not good
enough'” (lines l71-172)
Within the context of the excerpt, the irony in the above statements relates to the
fact that
A. Moishe Bloch was trying to take the easy way out
B. the narrator is already knowledgeable on this essay topic
C. Moishe Bloch taught the narrator as much as or more than she taught him
D. students must make a decision about what they are capable of accomplishing
7. In the context of this excerpt, the narrator’s statement “But the truth of the matter
was that Lord Jim had never meant anything to me” (lines 133 to 134) is mainly an
example of
A. paradox
B. empathy
C. self-revelation
D. ironic understatement
8. The statement “I jumped” (line 138) is best paraphrased as
A. I made a decision
B. I made a mistake
C. I grew impatient
D. I grew afraid
9. That retributive justice is visited upon the narrator is best illustrated by
A. “I was talking faster now, with a kind of thick excitement, and at the same
time ashamed of my excitement” (lines 159-161)
B. ” ‘If you care about being good, you always find out you’re not good
enough’ ” (lines 171-172)
C. “the wool itched terribly … and it seemed that the dress made me look fat”
(lines 176-178)
D. “I heard that Moishe Bloch had been taken by the army, and felt a kind of
C. does not become her
D. feels uncomfortable
11. The words that prompt the change in the narrator’s attitude toward Moishe are
A. ” ‘The way I see it, there is here only one subject my speed. What Lord Jim
Means to Me'” (lines 118-119)
B. “‘Like what has Lord Jim got to do with Moishe Bloch?'” (lines 127-128)
C. ” ‘So what’s the answer?’ ” ( lines 163-164)mean relief” (lines 178-179)
10. The narrator gives her red dress away mostly because it
A. increases her dislike of Moishe
B. disturbs her conscience
D. ” ‘I didn’t know it was such a sad book’ ” (lines 169-170)
12. Moishe Bloch is an “agent of epiphany” for the narrator because
A. before her experience with Moishe, the narrator had “asked no questions
as the wheel went round”
B. in spite of her fears, the narrator’s conscience was relieved when Moishe
was given a good mark on his essay
C. Moishe allows the narrator to feel “virtuous indignation”
D. Moishe and the narrator needed each other
