The Last Book in the Universe Essay Exam Please answer the following questions on your own paper in an essay response format. An Extended Response is four points and should be a minimum of 14 lines. A Short Response is two points and should be a minimum of 8 lines.

1. Read the following quote from the novel:

“I know who the real hero is, and it isn't me or brave Lanaya. It's an old man with a white beard and a walking stick and a heart so big it won't let him stop thinking he can change the world by writing down things in a book no one will ever read.”
Do you agree that Ryter is the real hero in the novel? Please support your argument with evidence from the novel and include a minimum of TWO quotes [and page numbers] in your response. [Four Points]

2. Choose ONE of the following elements of fiction: flashback, foreshadowing or allusion. Find TWO examples of these elements of fiction in the novel, and explain how they add to the development of the characters and/or plot. You must include page numbers in your response. [Four Points]

3. Which character interested you the most in the novel? What made this character
intriguing? Please be as specific as possible, and choose TWO quotes by or about the
character [and page numbers] from the novel that illustrate this character the best. [Two Points]

4. Look at Ryter's definition of “literary immortality” [p.89]. What book have you read that you believe should achieve literary immortality? Please be as specific as possible and provide examples from this book to support your response. [Two Points

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich: her attitude towards him and his diseases is still the same. just as the doctor had adopted a certain relation to his patient which he could not abandon, so had she formed one towards him—that he was not doing something he ought to do and was himself to blame, and that she reproached him lovingly for this—and she could not now change that attitude. "you see he doesn't listen to me and doesn't take his medicine at the proper time. and above all he lies in a position that is no doubt bad for him—with his legs up." she described how he made gerasim hold his legs up. the doctor smiled with a contemptuous affability that said: "what's to be done? these sick people do have foolish fancies of that kind, but we must forgive them. . " they all rose, said good-night, and went away. when they had gone it seemed to ivan ilyich that he felt better; the falsity had gone with them. but the pain remained—that same pain and that same fear that made everything monotonously alike, nothing harder and nothing easier. everything was worse. again minute followed minute and hour followed hour. everything remained the same and there was no cessation. and the inevitable end of it all became more and more terrible. based on the excerpt, how is praskovya fedorovna a character foil to ivan ilyich? a. she is kind and takes care of ivan, which is why he feels guilty about how he treated her for most of their married life. b. she is vindictive toward ivan while pretending to be worried about him, thus reminding him of how his family has never forgiven him. c. she plays the part of the worried wife without any real feeling, symbolizing the false propriety ivan upheld but now hates. d. she is young, healthy, and beautiful—everything ivan can never be again and wishes he could return to. reset next

Based on this excerpt the authors are most likely to attempt to answer which question

Which type of pronoun clearly shows what is being referred to a specific person place or thing