Multiple Choice: Type your answer choice in the blank.<\/p>\n
_____1. Which allegorical element do both \u201cIn Memory of W. B. Yeats\u201d and \u201cMuse des Beaux Arts\u201d share?<\/p>\n
A. a character with no symbolic meaning <\/p>\n
B. a character that looks to the past <\/p>\n
C. a character that stands for something beyond himself <\/p>\n
D. a character that symbolizes the conscience of the world <\/p>\n
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_____2. What does Clarke mean when he writes, \u201cSpace can be mapped and crossed and occupied without definable limit; but it can never be conquered\u201d?<\/p>\n
A. We will never have all of space under our control. <\/p>\n
B. There are too many warring factions to overcome in order to conquer. <\/p>\n
C. Our technology is so limited we won\u2019t make it very far. <\/p>\n
D. It is in our best interest to stay on planet Earth. <\/p>\n
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_____3. Why does a wartime setting make a ghost story believable?<\/p>\n
A. Amid violent fighting, innocent people often get hurt. <\/p>\n
B. So many people die that having ghosts as characters seems reasonable. <\/p>\n
C. Once the expectation of normality is gone, anything can happen. <\/p>\n
D. Deserted houses are appropriate settings for ghosts. <\/p>\n
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_____4. \u201cLines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey\u201d is a poem that celebrates the power of ____.<\/p>\n
A. analysis <\/p>\n
B. deduction <\/p>\n
C. memory <\/p>\n
D. prophecy <\/p>\n
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_____5. A person who views things cynically likely<\/p>\n
A. distrusts people. <\/p>\n
B. enjoys company. <\/p>\n
C. is wise. <\/p>\n
D. is hopeful <\/p>\n
________________________________________<\/p>\n
_____6. Which of the following sentences is correctly written in the active voice?<\/p>\n
A. The report will be written and edited tomorrow by me. <\/p>\n
B. The report will be written by me and edited by me tomorrow. <\/p>\n
C. I will write the report and it will be edited by me tomorrow. <\/p>\n
D. I will write and edit the report tomorrow. <\/p>\n
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_____7. Which statement best translates the passage? <\/p>\n
How dare ye set your fit upon her, \/ Sae fine a lady? \/ Gae somewhere else, and seek your dinner \/ On some poor body. \/ Swith! In some beggar\u2019s haffet squattle;<\/p>\n
A. This lady must have found you in a beggar\u2019s house. <\/p>\n
B. You should live on a beggar, not a wealthy lady.<\/p>\n
C. You attack wealthy and poor people both. <\/p>\n
D. You should not depend on others for your dinner. <\/p>\n
_____8. Which is an example of a memorable phrase Clarke uses to convince readers of his viewpoint<\/p>\n
A. \u201cThe ants have covered the world but have they conquered it \u2026?\u201d <\/p>\n
B. \u201cSuch a statement may sound ludicrous, now that our rockets are already 100 million miles beyond the moon\u2026.\u201d <\/p>\n
C. \u201c\u2026 radio and light waves travel at the same limited speed of 186,000 miles a second.\u201d <\/p>\n
D. \u201cImagine a vast ocean, sprinkled with islands\u2014some desert, others perhaps in habited.\u201d <\/p>\n
________________________________________<\/p>\n
_____9. Which best describes the characters\u2019 relationship to the Wilcoxes?<\/p>\n
A. The boys are the best of friends. <\/p>\n
B. The parents admire and respect the Wilcoxes. <\/p>\n
C. The parents are in competition with the Wilcoxes. <\/p>\n
D. The parents are quite fond of the Wilcoxes. <\/p>\n
________________________________________<\/p>\n
_____10. The \u201clion body and the head of a man\u201d and \u201ca rocking cradle\u201d in \u201cThe Second Coming\u201d symbolize:<\/p>\n
A. Yeats’s ideas of communism and capitalism. <\/p>\n
B. systems of philosophy alternating in power. <\/p>\n
C. adult knowledge and childhood innocence. <\/p>\n
D. England and Ireland’s political relationship. <\/p>\n
________________________________________<\/p>\n
Short Answer Questions: Type your answer below each question. Use full sentences, correct grammar, and correct spelling.<\/p>\n
11. In line 18 of Auden\u2019s \u201cIn Memory of W. B. Yeats.\u201d The poet Yeats is described as being \u201cscattered among a hundred cities\u201d after his death. Explain what the speaker means by this phrase.<\/p>\n
________________________________________<\/p>\n
12. Explain what point Gordimer is trying to illustrate through the contrast in \u201cThe Train from Rhodesia\u201d between the description of the wooden figures and the description of the begging children.<\/p>\n
________________________________________<\/p>\n
13. What can you conclude that the Shadow represents in Part V of \u201cThe Hollow Men\u201d? Use one or two details from the poem to support your interpretation.<\/p>\n
________________________________________<\/p>\n
14. After she reads the letter, Mrs. Drover in \u201cThe Demon Lover\u201d examines her reflection in the mirror. What do we learn about Mrs. Drover, based on what she sees in the mirror? Support your answer with an example from the story.<\/p>\n
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15. Reread lines 9-16 of In Memoriam, A. H. H. Analyze the poet\u2019s philosophical assumptions and beliefs, and compare them to your own observations and experiences. What is your evaluation of the poet\u2019s assumptions?<\/p>\n
________________________________________<\/p>\n
16. In \u201cOn Making an Agreeable Marriage,\u201d when Austen writes that \u201cMr. J. P.\u201d has an \u201camiable mind, strict principles, just notions, and good habits,\u201d what kind of persuasive appeal is she making to Fanny?<\/p>\n
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17. Use your own words to explain why Helen\u2019s thoughts do not wander when Miss Temple is teaching her.<\/p>\n
________________________________________<\/p>\n
18. In \u201cUlysses,\u201d the speaker declares,\u201cI am a part of all that I have met:\/Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough\/Gleams that untraveled world, whose margin fades\/Forever and forever when I move\u201d (lines 18-21). What does this quotation tell readers about what Ulysses is thinking?<\/p>\n
________________________________________<\/p>\n
19. In the excerpt from Hard Times, Dickens refers to an \u201cadversary.\u201d What is the meaning of this word? In the context of the final paragraph of the excerpt, who or what is the adversary being discussed?<\/p>\n
________________________________________<\/p>\n
20. Describe the tone of the final line in \u201cAnthem for Doomed Youth.\u201d What specific words help to establish this tone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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