İNGİLİZ/AMERİKAN EDEBİYATI I - Deneme Sınavı - 9

The literary technique, “stream of consciousness” is used to describe the unbroken flow of perception, feelings, and thoughts of the characters to focus on the emotional and psychological processes which take place in the minds of the characters. Woolf was one of the very first writers to use the stream of consciousness technique in her works. With the help of stream of consciousness technique she was able to depict the inner lives of her characters in all too intimate detail. The correct option is A.

The first wave started in the 1800s and continued to the early twentieth century. The first wave especially focused on officially mandated inequalities some of which are education, employment, marriage laws, and healthcare. It is considered that this first wave ended when women gained the right to vote. The correct option is B.

The protagonist of the story The Legacy is Angela, who writes the diaries. The correct option is E.

In the story The Legacy, like many of the men of this age Gilbert Clandon regards his wife, Angela as common men regard women; intellectually inferior, passive and devoted to their husbands. They believe men cannot discuss political or economic topics with women. The correct option s D.

The plot of the “Legacy” is Angela’s conflict in herself and the two men’s behavior and attention towards her. When it comes to the theme of the story, one may find some sub-themes to the story, yet the main theme may be stated as the truth: revealing truth in a marriage where there is no love and respect. The correct option is C.

The most remarkable allusion in the story is the lines that Angela writes in her diary, “Egypt. Egypt. Egypt.” Egypt may have two different allusions in history. One is related to the Old Testament Egypt can be a possible allusion to the bondage of the Israelites in Egypt. It is described in “Exodus” 1-14 of the Old Testament of the Bible. The relationship with the story of this allusion can be the feelings of Angela. Angela feels trapped and in between her fidelity to her husband and her great love for another man. The correct option is B.

In the story, The Legacy, Gilbert and Angela belonged to a rich, upper-class family. They lived in London and they were married with no kids. Gilbert thought that they a happy marriage while Angela fell in love with another man and committed suicide. The correct option is C.

In the story, it was revealed that Gilbert, the husband of Angela, is a self-centered, egoist man who is like the men of the age; and he is a successful person in the social platforms yet believes that women are intellectually inferior. He belongs to a rich, upper-class family. However, Angel's lover, B.M., who is not wealthy and lower-class, is different than the men of the age by respecting women and discussing ideas with them. The correct option is E.

James Joyce was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1882.

James Joyce is known for his unique stream of consciousness style, which inspired William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf later on

The Boarding House is one of the stories in Dubliners. Like the other stories in the book, the main setting of the story is Dublin.

The answer is D.

The boarding house is about a mother who plots to marry her daughter with a man whom the daughter has an affair with. This story is under the title “Parent and Child” and it mainly tells how and what a mother thinks and plans about her daughter.

she is known as the madam.

She wanted a marrige suitable for her daughter.

She does not pay attention whether Polly really likes Mr. Doran or not. For Mrs. Mooney, Mr. Doran has to pay for taking the advantage of Polly’s youth. The payment is the marriage.

She is not an angry or tempered person.

he is a clerk.

She wants her married. that's all.

She was born in Old Saybrook in Connecticut just above her father’s drugstore. The place where she was born and grew up was predominantly middle class white society.