Final Test American Literature II Essays - Psychometrics

Final Test American Literature II Assoc. Prof. Marie Cox Directions: Answer SIX of the following in no less than ONE paragraph. Remember to use examples from the texts to support your answers! This test is open book and open notes [not open each other!] because it deals with critical analysis, not memorization. Place your name on your answer sheet! Do NOT use any additional sources outside of your notes/text for answers! Honor! Time period: 1 hour and 15 minutes Due date: Thursday, May 2nd, by midnight Points: 60 1.Briefly discuss the significance of noblesse oblige in Faulkners A Rose for Emily. 2.Faulkners A Rose for Emily is often categorized as Southern Gothic. Briefly discuss the accuracy/inaccuracy of this categorization. 3.Briefly discuss Faulkners use of setting and time period in his story. Symbolic? Explain. 4.Flannery OConnor believed that Grace changes character, that reality is something to which we must be returned at considerable cost. So how is this reconciled or explained with a character like Joy/Hulga? 5.Will a new Joy/Hulga come out of the barn at the end of Good Country People? Defend your speculation. 6.OConnor, a devout Roman Catholic, once wrote, I see from the standpoint of Christian orthodoxy. This means that for me the meaning of life is centered in our redemption by Christ and what I see in the world I see in its relation to that. Is her philosophy evident in her stories? Explain. 7.Comment on OConnors use of weather in The Life You Save May Be Your Own. 8.OConnor once said, Evil is not a problem to be solved but a mystery to be endured. Do we see this in her stories, her characters? Explain. 9.What does the main character in No Name Woman mean when she says My aunt haunts me? 10.What is the connection between the title Woman Hollering Creek and Cleofilas? Explain. 11.Discuss the themes of silence, repression, and being caught in two cultural worlds, as seen in Kingstons No Name Woman. 12.Discuss the role of talk story in Kingstons works. Feel free to answer an extra question from above for possible bonus points!