Unit 1: Short Fiction I
English Lit · Unit 1 · Paper 3

Short Fiction I unit test

A test on this unit alone, marked as a percentage and a letter grade — for the test your class is actually sitting, rather than for May. Answer everything, then submit once: seeing the answer to question 3 before attempting question 4 makes the final percentage meaningless.

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Each paper is built from this unit’s 20 terms and is the same for everyone, so a teacher can assign “Unit 1, Paper 3” and every student sits the identical test. Multiple choice is marked objectively; the written sections you mark yourself against the model answer and rubric.
Suggested time 33 min 30 points0/17 attempted
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Motif

2

Conflict types

3

Narrative perspective

4

Plot structure

5

Narrative distance

6

Character vs characterization

7

Unreliable narrator

8

In medias res

9

Round vs flat character

10

Direct vs indirect characterization

11

Foil

12

Free indirect discourse

Short answer 1. Define or explain: Symbol

3 pts

Short answer 2. Define or explain: Tone in fiction

3 pts

Short answer 3. Define or explain: Protagonist and antagonist

3 pts

Short answer 4. Define or explain: Point of view and reliability

3 pts

Free response

6 pts

This course has no free-response prompt tagged to this unit, so one from elsewhere in the course is used. It is still worth writing — the skill transfers.

Literary Argument: Many works feature a character who must choose between personal desire and duty to a community. Choose a novel or play of literary merit in which a character faces such a choice. Analyze how that choice and its consequences contribute to an interpretation of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.