Question

1.
Prufrock thinks of the frolicking mermaids as creatures who—

(in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”)
A.
would fit well with his social set.
B.
crawl on the bottom of the sea.
C.
live in a world of freedom and beauty.
D.

Answer 1

2.
In “The Garden,” what does the line “like a skein of loose silk” describe?
A.
How the woman walks.
B.
How the woman is dressed.
C.
What the speaker feels about the woman.
D.
The way the “rabble” looks at the woman.
Points Possible:2.00
3.
In line 18 of “The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” the image of monkeys making sorrowful sounds is meant to communicate that--
A.
the monkeys are angry.
B.
good fortune awaits.
C.
the wife is sad.
D.
life is difficult.
Points Possible:2.00
4.
What is an important step in the art of paraphrasing?
A.
Rewriting the phrase in traditional word order
B.
Having the same number of words as the text being paraphrased
C.
Trying to maintain the original style of the phrase
D.
Writing out the phrase in longhand to help you remember it
Points Possible:2.00
5.
Which of the following lines from Pound’s poems is an example of imagery?
A.
“Like a skein of loose silk blown against a wall.”
B.
“She would like someone to speak to her,”
C.
“Two small people, without dislike or suspicion.”
D.
“Why should I climb the lookout?”
Points Possible:2.00
6.
Williams adds onomatopoeia to his imagery in “The Great Figure” with which words?
A.
Clangs, howls, rumblings
B.
Rain, lights
C.
Gold, red, dark
D.
Moving, tense
Points Possible:2.00
7.
Williams’s poems can be called imagist because they--
A.
give imagery primary importance.
B.
express the poet’s imagination.
C.
use a lot of figurative language.
D.
use images only as symbols.
Points Possible:2.00
8.
A poem written in blank verse--
A.
has neither rhyme nor meter.
B.
rhymes every other line.
C.
has lines that vary widely in length.
D.
contains meter but not rhyme.
Points Possible:2.00
9.
In “Mending Wall,” what does “he will not go behind his father’s saying” mean in line 43?
A.
The speaker, although a grown man, is still afraid of his father
B.
The neighbor is unwilling to critically examine his father’s attitudes.
C.
The neighbor is afraid to do anything unless his father approves
D.
The speaker disapproves of the neighbor’s independent ways.
Points Possible:2.00
10.
The best description of the way “Birches” is written would be to say that it--
A.
sounds exactly like a sonnet.
B.
contains a lot of dialect.
C.
is close to conversational English.
D.
is strongly written in trochaic heptameter.
Points Possible:2.00
11.
The eight lines of “Nothing Gold Can Stay” end with the words gold, hold, flower, hour, leaf, grief, day and stay. What is the poem’s rhyme scheme?
A.
Aa,bb,cc,dd
B.
Abba,abba
C.
Acac,adad
D.
Abc, abc, dd
Points Possible:2.00
12.
What does the title of Frost’s poem “Design” mean?
A.
The poem is about the design of nature and composed in the formal design of a sonnet.
B.
It is a playful opposite of sign, as in a road sign that would have sent the moth in a different direction.
C.
The moth carries a lovely pattern or design on its wings.
D.
The spider has a design on the moth, meaning it wants to eat it.
Points Possible:2.00
13.
What is the metrical pattern of blank verse?
A.
Iambic pentameter
B.
Trochaic heptameter
C.
Iambic tetrameter
D.
Anapestic trimester
Points Possible:2.00
14.
Which best paraphrases the meaning of the title “Nothing Gold Can Stay”?
A.
“beauty Always Fades”
B.
“Easy Come, Easy Go”
C.
“The More You Earn, the More You Spend”
D.
“Great Poetry Lasts Forever”
Points Possible:2.00
15.
Which statement accurately expresses how the style of Nothing Gold Can Stay” reflects its theme?
A.
It uses rhyme because rhyme is often associated with light, comic verse.
B.
It says that beauty is fleeting, and the poem itself is both beautiful and brief.
C.
The poet has deliberately limited himself to a small set of sounds and images.
D.
It uses free verse and symbolism to make its point about life and death.
Points Possible:2.00
16.
How did the town greet Krebs upon his coming home from the war?

(in “Soldier’s Home”)
A.
Graciously
B.
Indifferently
C.
Excitedly
D.
Angrily
Points Possible:2.00
17.
Which of the following statements best reflects Krebs’s role as an antihero?

(in “Soldier’s Home”)
A.
“He would go to the schoolyard and watch Helen play indoor baseball
B.
“He had felt sorry for his mother and she had made him lie.”
C.
“Vaguely he wanted a girl but he did not want to have to work to get her.”
D.
“He liked the girls that were walking along the other side of the street.”
Points Possible:2.00
18.
In his 1954 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Hemingway expresses both an awareness of great writers who came before him and a need to exceed their accomplishments. In “Soldier’s Home,” Hemingway succeeded by writing one of the first realistic descriptions of --
A.
wartime experiences.
B.
postwar disillusionment.
C.
life in the Midwest.
D.
family life.
Points Possible:2.00
19.
What can you infer about Miss Emily from her dealings with the townspeople?

(in “A Rose for Emily”)
A.
She is set in her ways.
B.
She is afraid of the townspeople.
C.
She dislikes her neighbors.
D.
She wants to be befriended.
Points Possible:2.00
20.
Which of the following details are among those that help you make the inference that Miss Emily is a murderer?

(in “A Rose for Emily”)
A.
Her cousins come to visit.
B.
She is out of touch with reality.
C.
Her neighbors complain of a strong odor.
D.
She keeps the same manservant for many years.
Points Possible:2.00
21.
How does Faulkner feel about the award he is receiving?
A.
He is excited to finally be recognized.
B.
He is excited to put the money to use.
C.
He feels the need to inspire other writers.
D.
He feels relieved to have been chosen.
Points Possible:2.00
22.
What does Faulkner mean when he says, “He must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid”?
A.
It is dangerous to be a writer.
B.
Fear is too ordinary to write about.
C.
Writing can cause others to fear you.
D.
Fear is the basis of all good writing.
Points Possible:2.00
23.
What emotions are readers expected to feel toward Emily in “A Rose for Emily”?
A.
Amusement and gratitude
B.
Contempt and disappointment
C.
Approval and satisfaction
D.
Pity and horror
Points Possible:2.00
24.
Thurber’s descriptions of Mitty's fantasies can be seen as parodies because they—

(In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
A.
humorously mimic real life.
B.
seriously criticize modern drama.
C.
seriously imitate mystery novels.
D.
humorously imitate action-adventure stories.
Points Possible:2.00
25.
When Walter imagines being questioned about his gun, he sees himself as--

(In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
A.
frightened and intimidated.
B.
arrogant and fearless.
C.
confused and depressed.
D.
excited and hysterical.
Points Possible:2.00
26.
Why is it so important that Walter remember to pick up puppy biscuits?

(In “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
A.
He promised his wife that he would.
B.
He does not want to be yelled at.
C.
He does not want to drive back into town.
D.
He does not want to upset his dog.
Points Possible:2.00
27.
By reading the class reader from cover to cover, Zora Neale shows that she is—

(in Dust Tracks on a Road)
A.
worried that the other students will mock her.
B.
obsessed with pleasing her parents and teacher.
C.
self-motivated and ambitious.
D.
afraid that she won’t get straight A’s.
Points Possible:2.00
28.
Where and when did Zora Neale Hurston grow up?

(in Dust Tracks on a Road)
A.
The South during the days of slavery
B.
Harlem during the Renaissance
C.
Florida during the era of segregation
D.
The North during the civil rights movement
Points Possible:2.00
29.
The words droning, drowsy, mellow, and croon in the first two lines of the poem tell the reader that the musician’s song is–

(in “The Weary Blues”)
A.
sad and bitter.
B.
sleepy and boring.
C.
jerky and unrhythmic.
D.
slow and laid back.
Points Possible:2.00
30.
Which of the following elements does the poem “The Weary Blues” have in common with blues songs?
A.
Rhythmic lines
B.
Internal rhyme
C.
Instrumental accompaniment
D.
Improvisation
Points Possible:2.00
31.
The bold vocabulary word is used correctly in the following sentence: A brutal fight can appall even the most experienced police officer.
A.
True
B.
False
Points Possible:1.00
32.
The bold vocabulary word is used correctly in the following sentence: Four protesters at the rally were subdued by police.
A.
True
B.
False
Points Possible:1.00
33.
The bold vocabulary word is used correctly in the following sentence: The netting for the game is attached to a kindred frame for stability.
A.
True
B.
False
Points Possible:1.00
34.
The bold vocabulary word is used correctly in the following sentence: The principal’s face remained appall as he disciplined the wayward first graders.
A.
True
B.
False
Points Possible:1.00
35.
A secondary source is the novel that you are using in your literary analysis.
A.
True
B.
False
Points Possible:1.00
36.
A thesis statement is the guide as you write and plan your paper.
A.
True
B.
False
Points Possible:1.00
37.
Chronological order should always be used when writing a literary analysis.
A.
True
B.
False
Points Possible:1.00
38.
Context of a literary analysis refers to the people that will read your paper.
A.
True
B.
False
Points Possible:1.00
39.
The purpose of a literary analysis is to persuade your reader to like the novel.
A.
True
B.
False
Points Possible:1.00
40.
The river-merchant’s wife expresses her longing for her absent husband by telling a neighbor.
A.
True
B.
False
Points Possible:1.00
41.
The river-merchant’s wife fell in love with her husband when she was fifteen.
A.
True
B.
False
Points Possible:1.00
42.
In “The Soldier’s Home,” Krebs’s goals and aspirations are calculated.
A.
True
B.
False
Points Possible:1.00
43.
When you make an inference about literary characters, you use the facts in the text plus the knowledge you have gained through your own experiences to make assumptions about them.
A.
True
B.
False
Points Possible:1.00
44.
Mitty is resourceful and heroic in his daydreams in ”The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.”
A.
True
B.
False
Points Possible:1.00
45.
People, in real life, think Walter Mitty in “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” as a person of power and wisdom.
A.
True
B.
False
Points Possible:1.00

Answer 2

Is this like an entire test lol.

Answer 3

yes

Answer 4

WOW! This is the WHOLE TEST XD!

Answer 5

Brb

Answer 6

Okay, So hold on

Answer 7

@camdentaylor0

Answer 8

You might need to study i alittle more because this is the WHOLE test XD! Do it little by little plz.

Answer 9

No offense but you should seriously not expect people to take an entire test for you.

Answer 10

honestly ambitionx3 I didn't.