Modern literature Spring Final 2017

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2nd semester study guide
Maria Gonzalez
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Questão 1

Questão
The article "Will Robots Take Over our Jobs in Healthcare", predcts that what fraction of existing jobs will be replaced by robots by 2025?
Responda
  • 3/4
  • 1/2
  • 1/3
  • 1/4

Questão 2

Questão
According to "Will Robots Take over Our Jobs in Healthcare", what percent of doctors will be replaced by technology?
Responda
  • 80%
  • 60%
  • 40%
  • 20%

Questão 3

Questão
According to "Will Robots Take over Our Jobs in Healthcare" the one thing that robots are least successful at is...
Responda
  • complex surgical procedures
  • making ethical decisions
  • diagnosing illness
  • completing repetitive tasks

Questão 4

Questão
What advice does the author of "Will Robots Take over Our Jobs in Healthcare" give to people who lise their jobs to robots?
Responda
  • take early retirement
  • learn a new job
  • go on welfare
  • sue your employer

Questão 5

Questão
The Xenex robot disinfects hospital rooms by using what?
Responda
  • Xenex gas
  • intense heat
  • ultraviolet light
  • soap and water

Questão 6

Questão
According to "Robots in White Coats and Stethoscopes" the nickname given to the Xenex sanitation robot by the hospital staff is...
Responda
  • C3P-Clean
  • Dirt Terminator
  • Death Star Droid
  • R2-Clean-2

Questão 7

Questão
According to "Robots in White Coats and Stethoscopes" how long have robots been used in surgery?
Responda
  • 5 years
  • 10 years
  • 15 years
  • 20 years

Questão 8

Questão
According to "Robots in White Coats and Stethoscopes" telemedicine robots are primarily used to treat what kind of trauma?
Responda
  • stroke
  • heart attack
  • broken bones
  • brain concussion

Questão 9

Questão
According to "Robots in White Coats and Stethoscopes" where are telemedicine robots frequently used? I. small rural hospitals II. emergency rooms III. ambulances
Responda
  • I only
  • II only
  • III only
  • I and II only
  • I, II, and III

Questão 10

Questão
The new report mentioned in "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" was written by what university?
Responda
  • Yale
  • Johns Hopkins
  • Stanford
  • Harvard

Questão 11

Questão
According to "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" to whom are hospitals required to report all accidents during robotic surgeries?
Responda
  • the surgeon general
  • FDA
  • FBI
  • Intuitive Inc.

Questão 12

Questão
What robot was the primary subject of "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries?"
Responda
  • TUG
  • Medibot
  • Da Vinci
  • RP-VITA

Questão 13

Questão
According to "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" how many cases of robotic surgery accidents are not reported each year?
Responda
  • 50
  • 500
  • 1,000
  • unknown

Questão 14

Questão
According to "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" what are the results of most accidents involving robots in robotic surgery?
Responda
  • no harm
  • minor injury
  • serious injury
  • death

Questão 15

Questão
According to "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" what percent of surgeons admitted to irrecoverable operative malfunctions during robotic surgeries?
Responda
  • 10-15%
  • 15-25%
  • 25-50%
  • more than 50%

Questão 16

Questão
According to "New Concerns on Robotic Surgeries" who is more likely to suffer injury from robotic surgery?
Responda
  • women
  • men
  • children
  • elderly people

Questão 17

Questão
According to psychologist Gary Marcus what will occur when robots can program and improve themselves?
Responda
  • technological singularity
  • intelligence explosion
  • the end of the world
  • severe unemployment

Questão 18

Questão
According to "Robots in Healthcare Could lead to a Doctorless Hospital" one concern of senior doctors is that the use of robots will be...
Responda
  • dehumanizing
  • expensive
  • dangerous
  • inefficient

Questão 19

Questão
According to "Robots in Healthcare Could lead to a Doctorless Hospital" hospitals have been slow to adopt robotic technology because of...
Responda
  • safety
  • cost
  • jobs
  • training

Questão 20

Questão
According to "Robots in Healthcare Could lead to a Doctorless Hospital" what is the one question that still needs to be answered?
Responda
  • Can robots be more efficient than humans?
  • Who will be responsible if something goes wrong?
  • Will there be jobs for people in the medical profession?
  • What will the training be like for doctors in the future?

Questão 21

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A character says something that is ironic but is unaware that it is ironic.
Responda
  • dramatic irony
  • situational irony
  • verbal irony

Questão 22

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A reader guesses the implied meaning of a passage.
Responda
  • theme
  • tone
  • mood
  • inference

Questão 23

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A non-human object or creature is described as though it had human characteristics.
Responda
  • metaphor
  • anthropomorphism
  • personification
  • characterization

Questão 24

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A poem or song that addresses a concept, object, or person directly.
Responda
  • satire
  • ode
  • parody
  • eulogy

Questão 25

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: The speakers attitude towards his/her subject or audience.
Responda
  • tone
  • mood
  • imagery
  • theme

Questão 26

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A question for which the answer is obvious or which requires no answer
Responda
  • analogy
  • pun
  • rhetorical
  • conceit

Questão 27

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A speaker says something but actually means something else.
Responda
  • dramatic irony
  • verbal irony
  • situational irony

Questão 28

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A comparison of two similes or antithetical statements...
Responda
  • hyperbole
  • juxtaposition
  • anachronism
  • analogy

Questão 29

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A work of literature that imitates another literary wokr in a humorous manner in order to criticize...
Responda
  • satire
  • parody
  • conceit
  • ode

Questão 30

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: An intentional exaggeration...
Responda
  • allusion
  • distraction
  • hyperbole
  • oxymoron

Questão 31

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A reference to an significant event in the past
Responda
  • literary allusion
  • historical allusion
  • biblical allusion
  • mythical allusion
  • pop-culture allusion

Questão 32

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A hint at events that have not yet occurred.
Responda
  • allusion
  • flashback
  • foreshadowing
  • juxtaposition

Questão 33

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: an object, idea or person is placed in the wrong time
Responda
  • anachrony
  • foreshadowing
  • anachronism
  • flashback

Questão 34

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: a word or phrase that is used in such a way that it has more than one meaning or interpretation...
Responda
  • analogy
  • pun
  • conceit
  • oxymoron

Questão 35

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: events combine to produce an unexpected outcome in the story
Responda
  • anticlimax
  • oxymoron
  • dramatic irony
  • complication
  • situational irony

Questão 36

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: a list of objects or concepts...
Responda
  • catalogue
  • conceit
  • inference
  • distractors

Questão 37

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: the main idea or argument in a work of literature
Responda
  • tone
  • justification
  • theme
  • climax

Questão 38

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A reference to the Hebrew or Christian scripture
Responda
  • historical allusion
  • biblical allusion
  • mythical allusion
  • literary allusion
  • pop-culture allusion

Questão 39

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: phrases, causes or sentences that are constructed in a similar pattern
Responda
  • understatement
  • conceit
  • analogy
  • parallelism
  • antithesis

Questão 40

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A reference to another work of literature...
Responda
  • pop-culture allusion
  • literary allusion
  • historical allusion
  • biblical allusion
  • mythical allusion

Questão 41

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: To make less of something than it really is, stating the obvious
Responda
  • hyperbole
  • oxymoron
  • apophysis
  • anticlimax

Questão 42

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: An overused phrase that has lost its originality
Responda
  • oxymoron
  • cliché
  • nostalgic
  • anachronism

Questão 43

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: Using words to help the reader create mental images...
Responda
  • tone
  • imagery
  • allusion
  • conceit

Questão 44

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: One thing represents another...
Responda
  • simile
  • metaphor
  • symbol
  • parallelism

Questão 45

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: Placement if two things side by side...
Responda
  • juxtaposition
  • parody
  • stereotype
  • meteorymy

Questão 46

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: Any reference to the past...
Responda
  • nostalgia
  • allusion
  • juxtaposition
  • flashback

Questão 47

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A generalization based on a bias...
Responda
  • parody
  • stereotype
  • satire
  • anachronism

Questão 48

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: To describe something as though it has the characteristics of something else
Responda
  • simile
  • metaphor
  • symbolism
  • imagery

Questão 49

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A comparison that includes a comparative word or phrase...
Responda
  • simile
  • metaphor
  • symbolism
  • imagery

Questão 50

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: An object or animal that displays human characteristics...
Responda
  • anthropomorphism
  • personification
  • achetype
  • motif

Questão 51

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A sentimental memory...
Responda
  • flashback
  • imagery
  • nostalgia
  • foreshadowing

Questão 52

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: Events that slow the progress of the plot and delay the outcome..
Responda
  • frame story
  • juxtaposition
  • antithesis
  • complications

Questão 53

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: The turning point in a story...
Responda
  • complication
  • climax
  • theme
  • conceit

Questão 54

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A moment of high suspense that does not lead to a resolution...
Responda
  • complication
  • climax
  • conceit
  • anticlimax

Questão 55

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A story that contains a story...
Responda
  • conceit
  • analogy
  • frame
  • juxtaposition

Questão 56

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: An elaborate metaphor or explanation intended to make a fictional story more realistic
Responda
  • frame
  • conceit
  • analogy
  • hyperbole

Questão 57

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: Intentional exaggeration...
Responda
  • anticlimax
  • climax
  • conceit
  • hyperbole

Questão 58

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A very typical or universal symbol
Responda
  • metaphor
  • achetype
  • neologism
  • stereotype

Questão 59

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A reference to television, film, or a well-known contemporary person, place, or thing...
Responda
  • pop-culture allusion
  • historical allusion
  • mythical allusion
  • personal allusion

Questão 60

Questão
Identify the literary device from its definition: A combination of contradictory words...
Responda
  • anticlimax
  • pun
  • ambiguity
  • oxymoron

Questão 61

Questão
In the introduction to The Island of Dr. Moreau, Edward Prendick's nephew gives an elaborate explanation for his belief that the story may be true. What literary device is this?
Responda
  • frame story
  • conceit
  • satire
  • parody

Questão 62

Questão
How do we know that Edward Prendick wasn't missing at sea the whole time he was gone?
Responda
  • He was rescued from an island.
  • He was only gone for a short time.
  • He was missing for eleven months.
  • He explained everything when he was found

Questão 63

Questão
What happened to the other men who were in the Lady Vain's boat with Prendick?
Responda
  • They died of thirst.
  • They ate each other.
  • They fell overboard while fighting
  • Prendick shot them

Questão 64

Questão
Who is Montgomery?
Responda
  • a disgraced doctor
  • a mad scientist
  • an animal teacher
  • a veterinarian

Questão 65

Questão
Why is Edward Prendick in an insane asylum at the beginning of the story?
Responda
  • he has lost his memory
  • his story is unbelievable
  • he has irrational fears
  • all of these

Questão 66

Questão
What is the cargo on the ship that rescues Prendick?
Responda
  • coffee
  • wild animals
  • illegal drugs
  • slaves

Questão 67

Questão
What is the black-faced man's most disturbing feature?
Responda
  • hair
  • eyes
  • teeth
  • size

Questão 68

Questão
What s Montgomery's answer to all of Prendick's questions about the animals?
Responda
  • don't have a clue
  • they're mine
  • looks like it
  • they're from the zoo

Questão 69

Questão
Where does Montgomery tell Prendick that he is going?
Responda
  • Hawaii
  • Noble's Isle
  • He refuses to say
  • An island with no name

Questão 70

Questão
Why does H.G. Wells give the reader only a little bit of information at any time?
Responda
  • He is making the story up as he writes it
  • to build the suspense
  • to delay the ending
  • he doesn't know the ending

Questão 71

Questão
What does the narrator dream of on the ship that keeps him awake?
Responda
  • heavy breathing in his cabin
  • animal noises under his bed
  • creepy eyes watching him
  • a shadow across his bunk

Questão 72

Questão
While on the ship, what happens to cause the narrator to think of Montgomery's strange attendant as inhuman?
Responda
  • he sees him climb the ropes
  • he watches him eating
  • he growls like an animal
  • his eyes glow in the dark

Questão 73

Questão
How is Prendick's situation ironic when he reaches Dr. Moreau's island?
Responda
  • He doesn't know where he is
  • He is back on the dingy from the Lady Vain
  • He doesn't know what Montgomery is doing on the island
  • He can no longer stay on the cargo ship

Questão 74

Questão
What does the narrator recollect of the name Moreau?
Responda
  • he was a serial killer
  • he was lost at sea
  • he escaped from prison
  • he was a disgraced scientist

Questão 75

Questão
What happens the first time Prendick decides to explore the island?
Responda
  • He meets three pink pig-like people.
  • He is followed by a creature he can't see
  • he makes a weapon with a rock and a handkerchief to defend himself.
  • all of these

Questão 76

Questão
How is Montgomery's explanation of the creatures Prendick sees while exploring the island typical of his responses to all of Prendick's questions?
Responda
  • he lies to him
  • he doesn't give clear answers
  • he just laughs
  • he offers him a drink

Questão 77

Questão
What is Montgomery's solution to all of his problems?
Responda
  • a gun
  • drugs
  • lies
  • alcohol

Questão 78

Questão
Why does Prendick leave the compound to go exploring the first time?
Responda
  • He has lost his glasses and can't read
  • He can't stand the screaming of the puma
  • He goes out to look for Montgomery
  • He has discovered what Dr. Moreau is doing

Questão 79

Questão
What happens to cause Prendick to go though the inner door to the compound?
Responda
  • He hears the puma crying on the other side of the door
  • He hears Moreau's voices in the other room
  • He hears a man whimper in the laboratory
  • He follows Montgomery through the door.

Questão 80

Questão
What does Prendick think Dr. Moreau is doing after he breaks into his laboratory?
Responda
  • he is torturing animals
  • he is vivisecting humans
  • he is turning animals into men
  • he is finding a cure for cancer

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