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6. "at the most remote end of the crypt there appeared another, less spacious. its walls had been lined with human remains, piled to the vault overhead, in the fashion of the great catacombs of paris. three sides of this interior crypt were still ornamented in this manner. from the fourth the bones had been thrown down, and lay promiscuously upon the earth, forming at one point a mound of some size. within the wall thus exposed by the displacing of the bones we perceived a still interior recess, in depth about four feet, in width three, in height six or seven."

the descriptions in this passage move the plot along by the to come.

a. describing, action

b. explaining, symbol

c. explaining, irony

d. foreshadowing, events

7. "beside him lay his rifle and over his shoulders was slung a pair of field glasses. his face was the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic. they were deep and thoughtful, the eyes of a man who is used to looking at death."

this excerpt from "the sniper" describes

a. setting.

b. conflict.

c. character.

d. rising action.

8. which passage is the best support for an analysis of the conflict of man vs. self from the short story "the sniper"?

a. "then round the corner of a side street came an old woman, her head covered by a tattered shawl. she began to talk to the man in the turret of the car. she was pointing to the roof where the sniper lay. an informer."

b. "the sniper looked at his enemy falling and he shuddered. the lust of battle died in him. he became bitten by remorse. the sweat stood out in beads on his forehead."

c. "the bullet had lodged in the bone. it must have fractured it. he bent the arm below the wound. the arm bent back easily. he ground his teeth to overcome the pain."

d. "crawling quickly to his feet, he peered up at the corner of the roof. his ruse had succeeded. the other sniper, seeing the cap and rifle fall, thought that he had killed his man."

9. a common theme of "the most dangerous game", "the sniper" and "the cask of amontillado" is

a. the cost of war.

b. european conflict

c. brutality and conflict.

d. irony.

10. which of these would be the best thesis statement for a literary analysis?

a. the lingering effects of war are revealed in both prime minister koizumi’s war memorial speech and "the sniper" by liam o’flaherty.

b. "the cask of amontillado" by edgar allen poe is a very scary story.

c. "the sniper" by liam o’flaherty is a story where two brothers are shooting at each other but they don’t know it.

d. many stories we read are about violence and brutality, like "the sniper" by liam o’flaherty and "the cask of amontillado" by edgar allen poe.