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İNGİLİZ/AMERİKAN EDEBİYATI I - Deneme Sınavı - 16

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Soru 1

How is Robinson portrayed at the beginning of the novel?

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At the beginning of the novel, Robinson is portrayed as a man with little concern for emotions and is presented as quite a man of self-concern. He does not show any affection for his family and also does not seem to be very moved by religious drives. Although he is a little scared of the religious consequences of his betraying his father’s will, he is presented as a religiously immature character because his religious feelings are insufficient to stop him. He is moved by his father’s words for only a few days, and his own desires take over immediately.

Soru 2

Who is the first person Robinson thanks for saving his life on the island?

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When securing the ship from the rebels, Robinson for the first time thanks another human being for saving his life, and he is the English captain. It is not a coincidence that the one who saves Robinson’s life is an English man. For instance, Robinson has not thanked the Spanish captain nor did he Friday although both of them served Robinson well.

Soru 3

Which part of the short story presents the highest tension?

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Climax is the highest dramatic tension of the story that the reader can find. In other words, climax is the turning point in the story which shows that nothing will be the same again.

Soru 4

That Robinson cannot resist the temptations of slave trade is a sign of .................. .

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Robinson buys land in Brazil and settles there as a plantation owner. He even competes with the neighboring plantation owners, which is a sign of capitalist endeavor. Because of his greed, he cannot resist the temptations of slave trade, which is another sign of capitalism.

Soru 5

After how many years of absence, does Robinson arrive England?

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Following a long voyage Robinson arrives England after thirty five years’ absence. He finds the widow to whom he entrusted his money before leaving England and promises to help her when he has the opportunity. Then, he goes to Yorkshire, where he discovers that almost all his family have died and the remaining members of the family thought he was dead.

Soru 6

What is the name of the island on which Robinson is left desolate?

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Robinson is punished for his pride and is shipwrecked, which was previously foreshadowed first by his father who told him that his life would be full of miseries if he were to leave and also by the warnings of his friend’s father who warned him not to pursue his dreams as he would not find peace until he follows his father’s words. All come true when Robinson is left desolate on the island which he calls “The Island of Despair”.

Soru 7

How does Robinson and the accompanying merchants react when Friday kills a bear that has attacked them?

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Having been tired of sea journeys and misfortunes, Robinson decides to go to England by land. The Portuguese Captain finds some other merchants to accompany him in his journey. Friday also accompanies him during all this process. On the way, all of a sudden, they hear the cries of the guide upon which Friday hastens to help him. Two wolves have attacked the guide, and Friday kills the wolves. However, the shots have alarmed the forest and a bear attacks Friday who in deed provokes the bear. Friday tricks the bear to climb up a tree and makes him come down after which he kills the bear. Robinson and others are amused by the show.

Soru 8

Which of the below defines the typical protagonist versus antagonist scenario in a conflict?

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Person against Person: This is a typical protagonist verses antagonist scenario. The good guy and the bad guy have some kind of battle in this type of conflict.

Soru 9

Who tells the story in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?

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Mark Twain wrote the novel but the narrator or the speaker is Huck Finn. The story is told from Huck Finn’s perspective. By doing this Mark Twain selects a special angle of a vision of a boy who moves through the tick of events, with a mind at times shrewd, at other times innocent.

Soru 10

If the narrator is not a participant in the story and talks about all the characters, what type of a non-participant narrator is he*

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The omniscient: In this type, the narrator is all-knowing and is able to tell us what each character is thinking using the third person. The narrator in such circumstances can direct the reader’s attention to the inner thoughts of any of the characters and controls the sources of information.

Soru 11

What is a stereotype character in a story called?

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Stock character: (A stereotype character) a stock character is a familiar figure who appears regularly in certain literary forms. Among the most familiar stock character of contemporary fiction and cinema are the tough (often insensitive) realistic and cynical detective and the absent minded professor.

Soru 12

What is a writer of a novel called?

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The writer of a novel is called a ‘novelist’. The English word ‘novel’ comes from the Italian word novella, which means ‘a tale, a piece of news.’

Soru 13

what can be considered as the firs example of a novel?

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Cervantes’s Don Quixote (1605) can be considered as one of the earlier examples of the genre. The novel as a literary genre came into being in the 18th century.

Soru 14

Which of the below is an example of Victorian novel?

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Some of the important examples of Victorian novel are Charles Dickens’s David Copperfield (1850) and Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891). American novelists Mark Twain’s Tom Sawyer (1876), Henry James’s The Portrait of the Lady (1881), and Kate Chopin’s The Awakening (1899) are examples of 19th century novels.

Soru 15

In which literary genre the economic use of language important?

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Since poetry has the economic use of language, it has restrictions to tell something through various figures of speech. A novel does not have a concern like this. The novel can pay attention to even the slightest details of everyday life without the limitation of structure. However, poetry does not have this luxury hence, it focuses on details through an economical and short language use bounded by the structural and metrical restrictions.

Soru 16

Which of the below is an example of Bildungsroman?

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This type of novel is originated in Germany and flourished in Europe especially in England thereafter. The long term development of a character or the maturation process of the hero is being told. Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847) is one of the famous examples of Bildungsroman.

Soru 17

The central character in the story is called?

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Protagonist: It is the central character in the story. It can be a sympathetic hero or an unsympathetic anti-hero and this character is considered as dynamic most of the time. Protagonist’s actions and aims drive the plot forwards.

Soru 18

Which of the below is not a type of conflict?

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There are four types of conflict:

1. Human- versus- Human

2. Human- versus- Society

3. Human-versus- Nature

4. Human-versus-Himself

Soru 19

In which step of the plot the characters and the setting are presented to the reader?

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Exposition

In this stage, we are introduced to the story, the characters and the setting. The readers are given the necessary background information about the characters and their circumstances. It introduces the conflict and gives critical information readers need to understand the rest of the story.

Soru 20

Which point of view the "stream of consciousness" technique is used?

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Third Person Point of View

It is the outside voice that tells the story. In this type, the narrator can be omniscient or limited omniscient. The technique of stream of consciousness (Virginia Woolf is one of the writers who use this technique successfully in her novels such as Mrs. Dalloway and To the Lighthouse) can be used in this type.

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