"Flowers for Algernon" Section 5 Quiz REVIEW

What is ironic about Charlie’s description in the excerpt?

• People laugh and make fun of Charlie, but he still likes them.

• Charlie does not know what an I.Q. is, but his doctors do.

• Charlie learns that an I.Q. is like a measuring cup, and that now he must fill his head with knowledge.

• Charlie thinks that when he is smarter, people will like him better, but what happens is the opposite.

Which quotation best supports the answer to the previous question?

• “I guess I’m still a little angry that all the time people were laughing and making fun of me because I wasn’t so smart.”

• “When I become intelligent like Mr. Strauss says, with three times my I.Q. of 68, then maybe I’ll be like everyone else and people will like me and be friendly.”

• “Dr. Nemur said it was something that measured how intelligent you were--like a scale in the drugstore weighs pounds.”

• “You still had to fill the cup up with stuff.”

What is ironic about Charlie’s situation in the excerpt?

• No matter what he tries to do, he will not gain the friendship of the people around him.

• He tries hard, and people like him for that reason.

• The doctors treat him like he doesn’t hear them talking.

• They don’t believe he will be able to fill his cup of intelligence.

Which kind of irony is exemplified in the excerpt above?

• Verbal irony

• Situational irony

• Dramatic irony

• Flat irony

Which of the following is the definition of Dramatic Irony?

• When something happens in a text that the reader does not expect.

• When the reader knows more about the action of the story than the characters themselves.

• When a character uses sarcasm or words that do not match the situation.

• None of the above

Which of the following best summarizes the excerpts from Chapter 4 of Frankenstein?

• Dr. Victor Frankenstein creates a monster because he learns how to create life, which is a crazy hobby.

• Dr. Victor Frankenstein creates a monster.

• Dr. Victor Frankenstein wants to create a human being. He studies decomposition and the human frame until he discovers the secret of creating life. Then he spends day and night creating the human being, which affects his health.

• Dr. Victor Frankenstein is a great scientist who works hard and discovers how to create life. He creates a giant turtle out of dead bodies and brings it to life, which makes him sick.

What is the central idea of this excerpt?

• Dr. Frankenstein is not sure if he wants to create a creature as complicated as a human being or something more simple.

• Dr. Frankenstein is so terrified of the power he possesses that he considers stopping the experiments.

• Dr. Frankenstein thinks it may be too difficult to succeed because he does not have the proper materials.

• Dr. Frankenstein believes he could create a man like himself, but is concerned about whether that would be the right thing to do.

Which quotation best supports the answer to the previous question?

• “When I found so astonishing a power placed within my hands…”

• “...yet to prepare a frame for the reception of it, still remained a work of inconceivable difficulty and labor.”

• “I doubted at first whether I should attempt the creation of a being like myself, or one of a simpler organization.”

• “The materials at present within my command hardly appeared adequate to so difficult an undertaking…”

Choose TWO statements that best describe what motivates Dr. Frankenstein to do his work.

• He wants to stop failing and to begin to feel some success.

• As hard as the work is, it lifts his spirits.

• He wants the being to look up to him as its creator.

• He wants to do something no one has ever done before.

• He likes the idea of bringing something dead back to life.

Which of the following quotations best supports the idea that Dr. Frankenstein is determined?

• “I could not tear my thoughts from my employment, loathsome in itself, but which had taken an irresistible hold of my imagination.”

• “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me.”

• “Sometimes, on the very brink of certainty, I failed; yet still I clung to the hope which the next day or the next hour might realize.”

• None of the above