Question

a few english questions? my answers. A,A,A,D,D,A,C,D,B,C,A,B

Answer 1

1. Once unleashed, the dog bounded toward the backyard fence. (1 point)
raced
leaped
limped
wandered
2. Read these lines from Robert Burns’s “To a Mouse.”
“An’ naething, now, to big a new ane,/O foggage green!/An’ bleak December winds ensuin’…”
Which of these is nearest in meaning to the word ensuin’, as it is used in the lines above? (1 point)
arising
ebbing
heating
unfeeling
3. The secluded location was the perfect place to discuss the matter. (1 point)
chosen
isolated
public
unknown
4. Which excerpt from Robert Burns’s “To a Mouse” best conveys empathy? (1 point)
“… At me, thy earth-born companion,/An’ fellow mortal!”
“…An’ weary winter comin’ fast,/An cozie here, beneath the blast…”
“Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin!/Its silly wa’s the win’s are strewin’!"
“Still thou art blessed compared wi’ me/The present only toucheth thee…”
5. To whom or what does William Blake’s “The Lamb” direct its praise? (1 point)
animals
the gentleness of nature
Jesus the "Little Lamb"
6. Which of these does William Wordsworth criticize in “The World Is Too Much with Us”? (1 point)
paganism
modern life
the death of reason
nature's destructive powers
7. Which excerpt from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” most clearly indicates that he is
describing a dream? (1 point)
“A damsel with a dulcimer/In a vision once I saw…”
“In Xanadu did Kubla Khan/a stately pleasure dome decree…”
“The shadow of the dome of pleasure/Floated midway on the waves…”
“So twice five miles of fertile ground/With walls and towers were girdled round…”
8. Which excerpt from Lord Byron’s “She Walks In Beauty” most directly describes its subject as a
part of all nature? (1 point)
“…like the night/Of cloudless climes, and starry skies…”
“…the nameless grace/Which waves in every ravel tress…”
“…all that’s best of dark and bright/Meet in her aspect and her eyes…”
“…thoughts serenely sweet express/How pure, how dear their dwelling place…”
9. Which excerpt from Percy Shelley’s “Ozymandias” refers directly to the title character? (1 point)
“…The loan and level sands stretch far away.”
“…Tells that its sculptor well its passions read…”
“I met a traveler from an antique land/Who said…”
“…Two vast and trunkless legs of stone/Stand in the desert…”
10. Who among these was John Keats’s “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer” written to honor?
(1 point)
an astronomer
an explorer
a poet
a translator
For questions 11–12, choose the correct answer.
11. Which of these most clearly distinguishes dialectical poetry from other types? (1 point) iambic pentameter
a distinctive rhyme scheme and meter
symbolism that represents extreme opposites
language that is specific to a geographic location
12. “Five miles meandering with a mazy motion…”
Which of these is exemplified by this line from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan”? (1 point)
alliteration
assonance
consonance
onomatopoeia

Answer 2

Take another look at 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, and 12

Answer 3

your saying those are incorrect?

Answer 4

Yes

Answer 5

Are there supposed to be underlined words?

Answer 6

anyone get the answers?