Dolly Parton's America - E2 "I Will Always Leave You" Quiz

The subtitle for this episode reads: "The story of Dolly's grand metamorphosis." The producers most likely chose the word "metamorphosis" because...

• The word's denotation describes mutation.

• The word's connotation includes a butterfly's transformation.

• The word's denotation describes transfiguration.

• The word's connotation includes supernational transmutation.

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"Rags to riches" is an archetypal storyline found in stories throughout the ages. What does the term archetypal mean in this context?

• A storyline that describes architecture.

• A storyline that represents standard English.

• A storyline that models how you should live your life.

• A storyline that appears over and over again in literature.

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If the producers wanted to focus more on Dolly's "rag to riches" story in this episode, which part of the interview would have been the best way to organize this segment?

• The part of the episode where they describe Porter Wagner's expensive rhinestone suits so as to contrast with Dolly's humble wardrobe.

• The part of the episode where Dolly talks about being a young, newly married woman in order to focus on her need to work even though it wasn't the norm at the time.

• The part of the episode where they talk about Dolly's hard times in Nashville when she had to take food scraps from hallways which could lead to a flashback for growing up poor.

• The part of the episode where they talk about how poorly song writers were paid in order to make a point that Dolly should have been paid more.

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Instead of turning this episode into an archetypal “rags to riches” story, the producers chose to...

• Focus on Porter and Dolly’s relationship for the purpose of entertaining the listener with juicy rumors.

• Focus on Porter and Dolly’s relationship for the purpose of informing listeners about how to escape an unhealthy partnership.

• Focus on Porter and Dolly’s relationship for the purpose of persuading listeners to side with Porter and his legal rights to Dolly’s music.

• Focus on Porter and Dolly’s relationship for the purpose of persuading listeners to better understand the feminist actions Dolly took when she left the partnership with Porter.

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Jad Abumrad’s theory is that what makes Dolly a great unifier is her acts of forgiveness. Which is the BEST form of evidence to illustrate (show, not tell) his theory?

• Dolly Parton: “Yeah. Forgiveness? Forgiveness is all there is.”

• Dolly Parton: “He sued me. I didn't have a million dollars. Took me years to pay him back.” Porter Wagoner died on October 28th, 2007 in a hospice facility in Nashville. Marty Stuart: “I do know for a fact, and this tells it all right here, that one of the last people he saw on this earth was a girl named Dolly, and she was there holding his hand by his bed and giving him water.”

• Dolly Parton: As years went by, we made up. Later he said, "That was the worst thing I ever done. I'm so sorry I did that." He told me that. Jad Abumrad: Wow. Dolly Parton: He said, "I just was hurt and angry."

• Marty Stuart: “I think everybody in this town understands the art of a good hillbilly divorce. You don't pick sides. You love everybody and just listen. That was always been. I know it must've been awful for both of them.”

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