End of Semester Test: English 11B

Read this dialog from Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue": What does the language in this excerpt reveal about the speaker?

C. The speaker uses expressive, if somewhat incorrect, English.

Which of the following lines from "In Another Country" by Ernest Hemingway contribute to the prevailing mood of apathy in the story?

C. We were all a little detached, and there was nothing that held us together except that we met every afternoon at the hospital.

He took the rain and stormy weather as a(n) _____ sign that his day would not go well. She did not qualify for the Tennis Finals, so she was in a ______ mood the whole day. The frog had a sleek body that twisted in a ______ way as it leaped. He had to apologize for using _________ language; they were threatening to kick him out of camp.

ominous melancholy sinuous profane

In hard sci-fi, how is the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki viewed?

A. a destructive event

Which of Dee's actions in "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker is in line with the following description of her character? She was determined to stare down any disaster in her efforts. Her eyelids would not flicker for minutes at a time. Often I fought off the temptation to shake her. At sixteen she had a style of her own: and knew what style was.

A. changing her name

What important statement or statements are made in the excerpt about the upper-class world that Judy grew up in and that Dexter aspires to join? 1.) Those in the upper classes only value surface appearances. 2.) Those in the upper class do not understand love and typically have unhappy marriages. 3.) Judy values only her own desires because she is immature and self-absorbed.

1 and 3

Distinguish between the elements of modernism and postmodernism.

Modernism - early twentieth century disillusioned World War I Ernest Hemingway the Great Depression Postmodernsim - mid-twentieth century satirical World War II Kurt Vonnegut the moon landings

Which literary movement at the end of the nineteenth century helped shape American theater?

NOT A. modernism

Which description best illustrates the plain folks propaganda technique?

NOT C. showing a product being used by a large group of people

What sound device is used in this excerpt from "How the Animals Lost Their Tails and Got Them Back Traveling from Philadelphia to Medicine Hat"? There were sixty-six representatives on the committee and they decided to call it the Committee of Sixty-Six. It was a distinguished committee and when they all sat together holding their mouths under their noses and cleaning their ears and scratching themselves under the chin looking thoughtful (just like a distinguished committee) then anybody would say just to look at them, "This must be quite a distinguished committee."

NOT B. alliteration

Using the stage directions in this script, place the people and objects as they would appear on stage. The astronauts, Sarah and Thomas, are seated upstage in a simulation room looking forward at a large screen. Sarah is to the left of Thomas. The man who controls the machine, Drew, looks on from their left and then moves upstage to start the machine. THOMAS: Well, it looks like it's about to begin. SARAH (Away from Thomas to look at Drew): Yes, here we go

Thomas Sarah Controls screen Drew

Match the literary subgenres to the related stories. Jake fell into an abandoned Anna and Sam meet at a party Jack's mother worked hard

fantasy romance tragedy

1.)In her ________ rush to get to work, she forgot to take her keys. 2.)Their decision to move to Arizona was _____________; the heat nearly killed them that first summer. 3.) The ______________ scream came from the apartment across the hall. 4.) The clothes were _____________, but Dana didn't have the time to go shopping.

frenetic egregious piercing shabby

Based on what you learned about hyphens, complete the sentences. The professor seemed very __________, but the students were afraid he would __________ sign, which is why they ___________ the petition to investigate the false _____________ made against him.

self-assured resign re-signed allegations

Match each advertising tagline to the rhetorical device it employs. Ice cream so fresh it's like eating fruit. This kitty litter will make your kitty purrrrr. Bouncy balls for bonny babies. These headphones are the future of listening

simile onomatopoeia alliteration hyperbole

1.) They decided to leave the cabin in the mountains because there was not enough __________________ there to get them through the winter. 2.) The _______________ appearance of his home contrasted with his easygoing personality. 3.) The alchemist tried to _____________ the iron into gold. 4.) The town was so ______________ that no one had heard of it.

sustenance austere transmute obscure

1. The ______ grass on our lawn was in desperate need of watering. 2. Her ______ hurt and alienated her family. 3. He took the bad news with surprising _________ and showed no emotion. 4. While she was not very athletic, she did _______ was known for her agility and footwork.

withered detachedness resignation baseball

1.) The sculptor was pleased with the statue he had _____________ from clay. 2.) Despite many disagreements, the team somehow reached _______________ about what they would do next. 3.) Fed up with the king's _______________, the citizens decided to rebel and overthrow him. 4.) As the blazing sun continued to ___________________ the crops, the woman longed for rain.

wrought unanimity plutocracy parch

Which of these excerpts from Dr. Seuss's book Bartholomew and the Ooobleck uses onomatopoeia? 1.) But before Bartholomew could stop him, the Captain was leaning out the window, scooping up some oobleck on the end of his sword. 2.) As he ran he could hear the "Plop! Plop!" of the oobleck on the windowpanes. It was pelting against the palace walls as big as greenish cup-cakes now! 3.) "And it's going to keep on falling," he shouted, "until your whole great marble palace tumbles down! So don't waste your time saying foolish magic words." 4.) "I don't know. And I hate to leave you stuck to your horn. But if you can't warn the people of the kingdom, I've got to find someone who can!" 5.) "I mean," said Bartholomew, "this is all your fault! Now, the least you can do is say the simple words, 'I'm sorry.'"

2.) As he ran he could hear the "Plop! Plop!" of the oobleck on the windowpanes. It was pelting against the palace walls as big as greenish cup-cakes now!

Which parts of this excerpt from "The Art of Public Speaking" by Dale Carnegie indicate that it is written using second-person point of view?

Do not be disheartened if at first you suffer from stage-fright. NOT Gladstone was often troubled with self-consciousness in the beginning of an address.

Which two interconnected concepts does Carson McCullers develop in this excerpt from "Loneliness . . . an American Malady"?

Acceptance from loved ones helps people overcome fear. Fear prevents individuals from reaching their full potential.

Which point of view is used in the following sentence from "Once in a Lifetime" by Jhumpa Lahiri? "This is beautiful," you added, looking around at our lawn, which the snow had transformed.

B. second-person

What effect does Ezra Pound achieve by excluding the phrase "are like" in favor of a semicolon in this poem, turning the lines into a metaphor instead of a simile?

C. It reflects the imagist ideal of separate images that overlap to present one clear idea.

What literary element can varying sentence structure and length affect in a story?

C. pacing

Why does the caged bird in Maya Angelou's poem sing?

C. to express itself

Read this excerpt from John Steinbeck's "Symptoms," which describes soldiers' horrific experiences in the war. How does the author increase the emotional power of his essay?

D. 1 and 4

Here is an excerpt from Marianne Moore's "Poetry" in which Moore expresses her dislike for poorly written poems. What does Moore mean when she says "imaginary gardens with real toads in them" in this excerpt?

E. Poets must be able to inject real emotion into abstract concepts.

Based on the excerpt, what is the meaning of the word inscrutable?

E. mysterious

Read the following excerpt from "Once More to the Lake" by E. B. White. Based on this excerpt, what is White's purpose in writing this essay?

NOT B. to persuade the reader to travel to the secluded wilderness to experience life

Which line in this excerpt from Amy Tan's "Mother Tongue" shows that Tan changes her language depending on the audience?

NOT The talk was about my writing, my life, and my book, The Joy Luck Club, and it was going along well enough, until I remembered one major difference that made the whole talk sound wrong.

Which sentence in this excerpt from Henry David Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" implicitly argues that people need to think independently and question authority?

NOT seen from a higher still, and the highest, who shall say what they are, or that they are worth looking at or thinking of at all?

What type of jazz influence is displayed in these lines from the poem "Cabaret" by Sterling A. Brown?

NOT D. blues

Which excerpt represents the call-and-response format derived from jazz music? Deferred by Langston Hughes (excerpt) Maybe now I can have that white enamel stoveI dreamed about when we first fell in loveeighteen years ago.But you know,rooming and everythingthen kids,cold-water flat and all that.But now my daughter's marriedAnd my boy's most grown--quit school to work--and where we're movingthere ain't no stove--Maybe I can buy that white enamel stove! Island by Langston Hughes (excerpt) Black and white,Gold and brown--Chocolate-custardPie of a town. Dream within a dream,Our dream deferred. Good morning, daddy!Ain't you heard? Harlem by Langston Huges (excerpt) Does it dry uplike a raisin in the sun?Or fester like a sore—And then run?Does it stink like rotten meat?Or crust and sugar over—like a syrupy sweet?

NOT Deferred by Langston Hughes

1. Greg had finished his book report; now he just had to do the ___________. 2. Bella did not like to ___________ her coach, but she knew she was right. 3. Sam enjoyed reading ____________ works from the 1800s. 4. Jana's job at the publishing house involves reading ____________ sent in by aspiring writers.

bibliography contradict literary manuscripts