English 1113 Nuggets quiz

Print this page, write your answers on the quiz, bring to class.
1) Describe briefly (two sentences max.) any situation or event you thought funny or disturbing in a movie or serial TV show you've seen recently (a TV series, that is, with actors, not a talk show, news show, etc.).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2) Introduce the following quotation from the last paragraph on p. 641 of the Chapman article about Islamic and Western systems of punishment (the first readings handout): "It is thought to perform five functions, each of which has been given a label by criminologists." 
 
 
 
 
 
 

3) Introduce the following quote from paragraph 10 on p. 171 in the Making Sense textbook: "You want a liter of fluids?"
 
 
 
 
 

4) Introduce the following passage from paragraph 32 on p. 403 in the Making Sense textbook: "This is an aspect of guyhood that is very frustrating to women." 
 
 
 
 
 

5) Underline or put in quote marks the following titles:

     a) The Simpsons [TV show]
     b) I Could Not Stop for Death, [poem]
     c) Trifles [short play]
     d) Ms. Magazine
     e) Macbeth [by Shakespeare]
     f) Are There Traditional Families Still? [essay]
     g) Chipper Jones Goes Yard [an article], from USA Today
     h) The Necklace [short story]
     i) The Scarlet Letter
     j) Gone With the Wind [the movie]
 

Rewrite #'s 6-8, punctuating as needed (do not remove any of the quotation marks):
6) The closest Mom comes to swearing is saying "shoot" "darn" "Jiminey" or "Jumping Jehoshaphat"
 
 
 
 
 

7) Little Ryan's favorite question is "Why"
 
 
 
 
 

8) Did Bill Clinton really say "dammit"
 
 
 
 

9) Introduce and quote a passage from Chapman's article on systems of punishment of criminals (first readings handout), using an ellipsis to indicate that you have left out words from within a single sentence.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

10) Introduce and quote a passage from Chapman's article on systems of punishment of criminals, using an ellipsis to indicate that you have left out an entire sentence or more.