Which two sentences in this excerpt from John Barth's "Lost in the Funhouse" show the postmodern element of self-reflexivity?En route to Ocean City he sat in the back seat of the family car with his brother Peter, age fifteen, and Magda G_____, age fourteen, a pretty girl and exquisite young lady who lived not far from them on B____ Street [...] Initials, blanks, or both were often substituted for proper names in nineteenth century fiction to enhance the illusion of reality. It is as if the author felt it necessary to delete the names for reasons of tact or legal liability. Interestingly, as with other aspects of realism, it is an illusion that is being enhanced, by purely artificial means.

Select the correct text in the passage.Which detail best characterizes the woman in the excerpt as a lonely person?adapted excerpt from Madame Bovaryby Gustave FlaubertShe thought, sometimes, that, after all, this was the happiest time of her life—the honeymoon, as people called it. To taste the full sweetness of it, it would have been necessary doubtless to fly to those lands with thundering names where the days after marriage are full of laziness most pleasant. In post beds behind blue silken curtains to ride slowly up steep road, listening to the song of the postilion re-echoed by the mountains, along with the bells of goats and the muffled sound of a waterfall; at sunset on the shores of gulfs to breathe in the perfume of lemon trees; then in the evening on the villa-terraces above, hand in hand to look at the stars, making plans for the future. It seemed to her that certain places on earth must bring happiness, as a plant peculiar to the soil, and that cannot thrive elsewhere. Why could not she lean over balconies in Swiss chalets, or enshrine her melancholy in a Scotch cottage, with a husband dressed in a black velvet coat with long tails, and thin shoes, a pointed hat and frills? Perhaps she would have liked to confide all these things to someone. But how tell an undefinable uneasiness, variable as the clouds, unstable as the winds? Words failed her—the opportunity, the courage.If Charles had but wished it, if he had guessed it, if his look had but once met her thought, it seemed to her that a sudden plenty would have gone out from her heart, as the fruit falls from a tree when shaken by a hand. But as the familiarity of their life became deeper, the greater became the gulf that separated her from him.Charles's conversation was commonplace as a street pavement, and everyone's ideas trooped through it in their everyday garb, without exciting emotion, laughter, or thought. He had never had the curiosity, he said, while he lived at Rouen, to go to the theater to see the actors from Paris. He could neither swim, nor fence, nor shoot, and one day he could not explain some term of horsemanship to her that she had come across in a nove

In the opening part of Herman Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener", the narrator relates details of his office, a place of symbolic significance to the action that takes place there. His 'chambers' are described Question 22Answera.as a space with windows facing closed spaces at either end, one light and one dark, about which the narrator offers no direct judgementb.as a space with windows facing closed spaces at either end, both dark, about which the narrator is embarrassed.c.as a space with an open view onto Wall Street from the front window, which pleases the narrator's sense of self-importanced.as a spacious and comfortable place to work, of which he is proud

In the bold text, what corrections, if any, need to be made?Lisa proved to be a real trooper, completing assignments in a lightning-fast manner, and John soon gave her free rein.Question 31Select one:a.manner and Johnb.manner; and Johnc.correct as isd.manner; and, JohnClear my choiceQuestion 32Not yet answeredFlag questionTipsQuestion textIn Great Expectations, what did Mrs. Havisham raise Estella to do?Question 32Select one:a.Have no heart and break the hearts of men.b.Become a housewife and mother.c.Clean the house.d.Be with Pip

1. How does Dickens use the setting to convey the mood right at the opening?

The (i)___________ of the old man's garb and home belied a (ii)___________ nature, and many people lamented his tendency to be outright juvenile in somber circumstances.For each blank select one entry from the corresponding choices. Fill all blanks in the way that best completes the text.A. (i) austerityB. (i) obsolescenceC. (i) povertyD. (ii) jovialE. (ii) jejuneF. (ii) inquisitive