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

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

11th Grade

5 Qs

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

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

Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Hard

Created by

Molly Rogers

FREE Resource

5 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"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.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.”