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1.Which excerpt from "Mending Wall" best conveys the poem's theme?

A.
"We keep the wall between us as we go."

B.
"Good fences make good neighbors."

C.
"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know / What I was walling in or walling out . . ."

D.
"We have to use a spell to make [the stones] balance: / 'Stay where you are until our backs are turned!'"

2.What helps the speaker in "The Rainy Day" find hope?

A.
noticing the new green grass sprouting

B.
making a new friend

C.
talking to someone about his problems

D.
remembering the sun behind the clouds

3.Which poem develops the idea that people can take pride and find encouragement in their history and heritage?

A.
"Mending Wall"

B.
"The Rainy Day"

C.
"Invictus"

D.
"The Negro Speaks of Rivers"

4.What would the speaker in "Mending Wall" do if he could?

A.
repair the wall without his neighbor's help

B.
purchase cows to graze in his meadow

C.
buy his neighbor's property

D.
remove the wall and get to know his neighbor better

5.In "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," for whom do the first-person pronouns "I" and "my" stand?

A.
the speaker and all the people of the speaker's race

B.
the speaker and all the rivers the speaker mentions

C.
all people who helped to build all the great civilizations of the past

D.
all people who live near the rivers mentioned in the poem

6.In the end, how do the speakers in both "The Rainy Day" and "Invictus" face hardship?

A.
with financial resources

B.
with a resigned despair

C.
with a hopeful spirit

D.
with the help of those they love

7.In the second stanza of "Invictus," the poet employs physical imagery to convey feelings and ideas.

Which words contribute to this physical imagery?

A.
"how strait the gate," "the master of my fate"

B.
"the menace of the years," "unafraid"

C.
"I thank whatever gods may be"

D.
"winced," "cried aloud," "bloody, but unbowed"

8.In "When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes," in which line does the speaker's mood shift from unhappiness with his life to joyful gratitude for his life?

A.
"Haply I think on thee"

B.
"I all alone beweep my outcast state"

C.
"I scorn to change my state with kings"

D.
"Desiring this man's art and that man's scope"

9.According to the speaker in "Invictus," what is the most important thing for people to control?

A.
their sense of humor

B.
others' actions

C.
their attitude

D.
illness and death

10.In "The Rainy Day," what kind of sound do the poem's rhyme and meter create?

A.
simple and rhythmic

B.
complex and unpredictable

C.
jazzy and strong

D.
intellectual and challenging