Analyzing Satire in Fiction — Unit test

Question 1

Study the cartoon by Signe Wilkinson.

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The turkey heading for slaughter asking about health care critiques current healthcare systems.

Question 2

Read the excerpt from "The Open Window.""Her great tragedy happened just three years ago,” said the child; "that would be since your sister’s time.”"Her tragedy?” asked Framton; somehow in this restful country spot tragedies seemed out of place."You may wonder why we keep that window wide open on an October afternoon,” said the niece, indicating a large French window that opened on to a lawn."It is quite warm for the time of the year,” said Framton; "but has that window got anything to do with the tragedy?”"Out through that window, three years ago to a day, her husband and her two young brothers went off for their day’s shooting. They never came back. In crossing the moor to their favourite snipe-shooting ground they were all three engulfed in a treacherous piece of bog. It had been that dreadful wet summer, you know, and places that were safe in other years gave way suddenly without warning. Their bodies were never recovered. That was the dreadful part of it.” Here the child’s voice lost its self-possessed note and became falteringly human. "Poor aunt always thinks that they will come back some day, they and the little brown spaniel that was lost with them, and walk in at that window just as they used to do. That is why the window is kept open every evening till it is quite dusk. Poor dear aunt, she has often told me how they went out, her husband with his white waterproof coat over his arm, and Ronnie, her youngest brother, singing, ‘Bertie, why do you bound?’ as he always did to tease her, because she said it got on her nerves. Do you know, sometimes on still, quiet evenings like this, I almost get a creepy feeling that they will all walk in through that window—”She broke off with a little shudder. It was a relief to Framton when the aunt bustled into the room with a whirl of apologies for being late in making her appearance."I hope Vera has been amusing you?” she said."She has been very interesting,” said Framton."I hope you don’t mind the open window,” said Mrs. Sappleton briskly; "my husband and brothers will be home directly from shooting, and they always come in this way. They’ve been out for snipe in the marshes today, so they’ll make a fine mess over my poor carpets. So like you men-folk, isn’t it?”She rattled on cheerfully about the shooting and the scarcity of birds, and the prospects for duck in the winter. To Framton it was all purely horrible.

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“She rattled on cheerfully about the shooting and the scarcity of birds, and the prospects for duck in the winter. To Framton it was all purely horrible.”

Question 3

Read the excerpt from "The Open Window."In the deepening twilight three figures were walking across the lawn towards the window; they all carried guns under their arms, and one of them was additionally burdened with a white coat hung over his shoulders. A tired brown spaniel kept close at their heels. Noiselessly they neared the house, and then a hoarse young voice chanted out of the dusk: "I said, Bertie, why do you bound?”Framton grabbed wildly at his stick and hat; the hall-door, the gravel-drive, and the front gate were dimly-noted stages in his headlong retreat. A cyclist coming along the road had to run into the hedge to avoid an imminent collision."Here we are, my dear,” said the bearer of the white mackintosh, coming in through the window; "fairly muddy, but most of it’s dry. Who was that who bolted out as we came up?”"A most extraordinary man, a Mr. Nuttel,” said Mrs. Sappleton; "could only talk about his illnesses, and dashed off without a word of good-bye or apology when you arrived. One would think he had seen a ghost.”

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The author uses Framton’s frantic and overexaggerated gestures as humor to show his fearfulness.

Question 4

Read the excerpt from Persepolis.

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They show that Iranian children living in poverty had to work.

Question 5

Whose perspective does an editorial cartoonist use to create a cartoon?

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their own perspective

Question 6

Which statements are true of realistic fiction? Select three options.The conflicts are common problems with believable outcomes.The characters are historical figures or people living today.The setting is an environment that reflects the real world as it is.The theme provides relatable messages about everyday life.The tone is developed through the reader's perspective.

Question 7

Read the excerpt from Persepolis.What is the central idea of these panels?

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Marjane wants to be a prophet to fix the world’s injustices.

Question 8

Study the cartoon Bubble Sheets, by Greg Kearney.

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The exams are huge and are labeled "more tests" and "still more tests," showing that testing is overdone.

Question 9

Which excerpt from "The Storyteller” best supports the theme that the purpose of stories is to entertain?

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“‘At any rate,’ said the bachelor, collecting his belongings preparatory to leaving the carriage, ‘I kept them quiet for ten minutes, which was more than you were able to do.’”

Question 10

How does the characterization of Cyril contribute to the satire in "The Storyteller."?

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through his constant questions

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