Question

"The Most Handsome Drowned Man in the World" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

The questions in this section pertain to "The Most Handsome Drowned Man in the World" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
In the story, flowers are a(n) ______ of the idea that transformation is possible.

Question 11 options:

symbol

metaphor

connotation

imagery





"…he had the smell of the sea about him and only his shape gave one to supposethat it was the corpse of a human being, because the skin was covered with a crust of mud and scales" (Marquez 2).

This quote is an example of what literary device?

Question 12 options:

simile

imagery

conflict

irony

Question 13 (4 points)



"…he had the smell of the sea about him and only his shape gave one to suppose that it was the corpse of a human being, because the skin was covered with a crust of mud and scales" (Marquez 2).

What other literary device can you identify in this quote?

Question 13 options:

rhyme

denotation

alliteration

personification

Question 15 (4 points)




Which event in the story would be considered the climax?

Question 15 options:

The drowned man’s body washing up on shore

The villagers deciding to make their lives better in the future

The children thinking the drowned man is a whale

The funeral ceremony for the drowned man

Answer 1

11, symbol
12, imagery
13, denotation
15, the drowned man's body washing ashore

Although I never read the story, these should be correct.