Multiple Choice

Will Zhang

The Ghost Road Multiple Choice

1.      When the author refers to the “Dead horses, unburied men, stench of corruption,” (240) she incorporates this language mainly to:

A.    Show how the horrors of war

B.     Describe the environment

C.     Draw a comparison to the soldiers

D.    Allow the reader to imagine the text better

E.     Make the reader feel sympathy for the soldiers

2. Why does the author choose to include a short anecdote of the women and her husband? (241)

A. Provide comical relief

B. Use the story as a tool to help better relate the struggle of the soldiers

C. Add to the realistic features of war

D. Foreshadow the rest of the text

E. Symbolically represent the environment

3. The excerpt ends with the narrator stating “Anyway, here comes dinner. I’m hungry” (242). What does this show about the author’s style of writing?

A. Impulsive and random

B. Sidetracked and not-focused

C. Interjected and symbolic

D. Powerful and condescending

E. Reflective and reminiscent

4. The main symbolism that the author relies on throughout this passage is the:

A. The land

B. Crow

C. Smell

D. Boot

E. Children

5. After reading the last paragraph, (242) one can infer that the soldiers:

A. Would like to revert back to childhood days

B. Have no fear after the war

C. Would desperately like to return home

D. Have been psychologically damage

E. Have reached a state of happiness

A Man May Change Multiple Choice

1. What does the author imply when he states

There in the mirror he appears to be on fire

But here at the office he is dust (5-7)

A. Men live short and spontaneous lives

B. The perception of men shows true change

C. Change is always drastic

D. Fire is the symbol of change

E. At the workplace, man becomes nothing

2. How does the rain mentioned contribute to the meaning of the poem?

. . . It rains

Or it doesn’t, or it rains and it rains again.

But let it go on raining for forty days and nights (11-13)

A. Rain cleanses people of their impurities

B. Rain represents the hardships one must goes through in order to change

C. Weather feebly represents change

D. Man requires weather to change

E. Rain does not stop

3. What does “it isn’t life,  just life, anymore, it’s living” (15)

A. Everyone will experience a existential moment in their lives

B. Life does not start under men change

C. Change allows people to enjoy life

D. Change makes people realize their true calling whether bad or good

E. Men needs change in order to truly live

4. What can one infer by the end of the passage?

A. Change can be so subtle that sometimes no one notices

B. Change always goes unnoticed

C. Men does not really change if no one notices

D. Not all men change

E. Everyone is subject to change

5. What style does the author incorporate throughout this poem?

A. Dramatic monologue

B. Modifying the environment

C. Exaggerating to get the point across

D. Use of comparisons and symbols

E. Repetition of a main symbol