English 12B Unit 3 Exam

Which excerpt from the versions of "The Chimney Sweeper" most effectively provides a contrast between the innocence of the children and the tough work they do?

xxx A little black thing among the snow

What option most accurately describes the impact of structuring the narrative of Robinson Crusoe in the form of a journal?

xxx Relating the action of the story in the form of a journal removes the need to develop a plot.

Reread "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence). Which option most effectively demonstrates how the author uses word choice to reveal the contrast between the children's dreams and their reality?

xxx Words like "green plain" and "shine in the sun" show the beauty of nature. These contrast with other words in the poem, such as "in soot I sleep," which highlight the industrial city of London.

Which option most effectively explains how the desert island setting in Robinson Crusoe helps develop the character of Crusoe?

Crusoe is alone in a remote, unfamiliar place where he must build a life from scratch; this reveals him to be resourceful and hardworking.

Read the lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence). And so he was quiet, and that very night,As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight!—That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack,Were all of them locked up in coffins of black. Which option most clearly explains who Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack most likely are in the lines?

They represent others like the chimney sweeper, and the reference to these common names for boys emphasizes how many there are as well as gives them identities.

Read the sentence. In a fit of rage, Adam tore the letter asunder, throwing the pieces into the fire. Which context clues from this sentence would be most helpful in determining the meaning of asunder? (Select all that apply.)

pieces tore

What type of figurative language is used in the words "his head, That curled like a lamb's back" in William Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence)?

simile

Read the sentence. The vindictive politician vowed revenge on his enemies as he was led away to prison. What is the most accurate synonym of the word vindictive as it is used in the sentence?

spiteful

Which lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence) most clearly show the interaction of the real-life setting and the characters of the poem?

xxx Then naked and white, all their bags left behind,They rise upon clouds, and sport in the wind:And the angel told Tom, if he'd be a good boy,He'd have God for his father, and never want joy. xxx And so he was quiet, and that very night,As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight!—That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack,Were all of them locked up in coffins of black.

Which options most accurately show how the child speaker's story in "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience) develops the tone of the poem? (Select all that apply.)

Words like "crying" and "notes of woe" create a gloomy, grim tone. Words like "injury" and "misery" contribute to a sorrowful tone.

Reread "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience). Which lines from the poem most clearly reveal how the author's word choices reflect a sympathetic view of the chimney sweeper? (Select all that apply.)

A little black thing among the snow,Crying! These lines emphasize the sorrowful condition of a small, dirty child. They clothed me in the clothes of death,And taught me to sing the notes of woe. These lines portray a grim and pitiable picture of the child.

Which option most accurately demonstrates how poet William Blake views the practice of forced child labor in "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience)?

Blake is outraged by the fact that families allow and encourage child labor.

Which options most effectively show how Crusoe's physical experiences in Robinson Crusoe are an allegory for his spiritual life? (Select all that apply.)

Crusoe's physical and spiritual journeys both involve suffering followed by salvation. Crusoe's illness is literal and physical, but it reflects the spiritual struggle he is undergoing.

Which lines from Robinson Crusoe most effectively suggest that Crusoe's relationship with his father mirrors his relationship with God?

In this interval the good advice of my father came to my mind, and presently his prediction, which I mentioned at the beginning of this story—viz. that if I did take this foolish step, God would not bless me, and I would have leisure hereafter to reflect upon having neglected his counsel when there might be none to assist in my recovery. "Now," said I, aloud, "my dear father's words are come to pass; God's justice has overtaken me, and I have none to help or hear me."

Read the lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience), which concern the adults in the sweeper's life. 'And because I am happy and dance and sing,They think they have done me no injury,And are gone to praise God and His priest and king,Who made up a heaven of our misery.' Based on the lines, which options most clearly explain why supposedly caring adults allow the child laborers to continue to suffer? (Select all that apply.)

The church and government consider the children's suffering to be insignificant as long as these institutions themselves continue to prosper. The child's parents do not perceive the extent of his suffering because he continues to behave like a child.

Read the lines from William Blake's "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence). And so Tom awoke, and we rose in the dark,And got with our bags and our brushes to work.Though the morning was cold, Tom was happy and warm:So, if all do their duty, they need not fear harm. Which option most accurately describes the literary device used in the lines?

irony

Read the lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence). And so he was quiet, and that very night,As Tom was a-sleeping, he had such a sight!—That thousands of sweepers, Dick, Joe, Ned, and Jack,Were all of them locked up in coffins of black. Which options effectively explain the meaning of the words "coffins of black"? (Select all that apply.)

The words "coffins of black" symbolize the dark, restricted lives of the children who work as sweeps. The words "coffins of black" symbolize the dark, confining chimneys in which the children must work.

Which lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience) most effectively imply the author's perspective that the child is being exploited? (Select all that apply.)

A little black thing among the snow,Crying! 'weep! weep!' in notes of woe! 'And because I am happy and dance and sing,They think they have done me no injury, ...'

Which sentence correctly uses the word voracious?

Sharon's voracious appetite for chocolate was satisfied only after she consumed the entire plate of cake.

Reread "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence). Which options most clearly show how the setting of a newly industrialized London contributes to a central idea of the poem? (Select all that apply.)

The sooty, confining chimneys are a metaphor for the sooty, confining city. The city setting shows the impact of the Industrial Revolution on childhood and on the natural world.

Which lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence) most accurately provide a clue that the child speaker is not as naïve about his work as he might appear?

There's little Tom Dacre, who cried when his head,That curled like a lamb's back, was shaved; so I said,'Hush, Tom! never mind it, for, when your head's bare,You know that the soot cannot spoil your white hair.'

Which excerpt from Robinson Crusoe most effectively conveys the repentant tone of the story through Crusoe's character?

"Now," said I, aloud, "my dear father's words are come to pass; God's justice has overtaken me, and I have none to help or hear me. I rejected the voice of Providence, which had mercifully put me in a posture or station of life wherein I might have been happy and easy; but I would neither see it myself nor learn to know the blessing of it from my parents. I left them to mourn over my folly, and now I am left to mourn under the consequences of it. I abused their help and assistance, who would have lifted me in the world, and would have made everything easy to me; and now I have difficulties to struggle with, too great for even nature itself to support, and no assistance, no help, no comfort, no advice." Then I cried out, "Lord, be my help, for I am in great distress."

Read the lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Experience). 'Because I was happy upon the heath,And smiled among the winter's snow,They clothed me in the clothes of death,And taught me to sing the notes of woe. 'And because I am happy and dance and sing,They think they have done me no injury,And are gone to praise God and His priest and king,Who made up a heaven of our misery.' Which option most clearly explains how the perspective of the child speaker in the Songs of Experience poem differs from the perspective of the narrator in the Songs of Innocence poem?

xxx The words "I am happy and dance and sing" suggest that in the poem from Songs of Experience, the child's perspective is naïve and he is ignorant of his own exploitation. These words also imply that this child is content as he is, unlike the child in the Songs of Innocence poem. xxx The words "happy upon the heath" and "smiled among the winter's snow" imply that in the poem from Songs of Experience, the child is putting on a show of happiness when he is actually suffering. These words also suggest that this child is capable of deception, unlike the child in the Songs of Innocence poem.

Which excerpt from Robinson Crusoe most effectively demonstrates how the solitude of the island setting advances the plot?

Even when I was afterwards, on due consideration, made sensible of my condition, how I was cast on this dreadful place, out of the reach of human kind, out of all hope of relief, or prospect of redemption, as soon as I saw but a prospect of living and that I should not starve and perish for hunger, all the sense of my affliction wore off; and I began to be very easy, applied myself to the works proper for my preservation and supply, and was far enough from being afflicted at my condition, as a judgment from heaven, or as the hand of God against me: these were thoughts which very seldom entered my head.

Which excerpt from Robinson Crusoe most clearly depicts the beginning of the transition in the plot from an account of external events to a description of internal events?

xxx I had, alas! no divine knowledge. What I had received by the good instruction of my father was then worn out by an uninterrupted series, for eight years, of seafaring wickedness, and a constant conversation with none but such as were, like myself, wicked and profane to the last degree. xxx When I was on the desperate expedition on the desert shores of Africa, I never had so much as one thought of what would become of me, or one wish to God to direct me whither I should go, or to keep me from the danger which apparently surrounded me, as well from voracious creatures as cruel savages. But I was merely thoughtless of a God or a Providence, acted like a mere brute, from the principles of nature, and by the dictates of common sense only, and, indeed, hardly that.

Which option most effectively describes the interaction between two central ideas in Robinson Crusoe?

Crusoe faces what he believes to be the consequences of his sin, which causes him to finally repent of his misdeeds.

Which lines from "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence) most accurately portray the innocent, naïve perspective of the child speaker?

xxx When my mother died I was very young,And my father sold me while yet my tongueCould scarcely cry 'Weep! weep! weep! weep!'So your chimneys I sweep, and in soot I sleep. xxx And by came an angel, who had a bright key, And he opened the coffins, and set them all free; Then down a green plain, leaping, laughing, they run And wash in a river, and shine in the sun.

Which options most effectively describe how pacing in Robinson Crusoe helps show the growth of Crusoe's character? (Select all that apply.)

0.25 of 1 Efficient, businesslike accounts of events develop into expansive, dramatic examinations of self, showing Crusoe becoming more introspective and emotional. xxx Fast-paced, exciting accounts of island adventures develop into slow-paced, religious sermons, showing Crusoe eventually becoming bored with the island. try: Quick, factual accounts of daily work evolve into longer, more philosophical analysis of Crusoe's past misdeeds and relationship with God, showing Crusoe's spiritual rebirth after falling ill.

William Blake, author of "The Chimney Sweeper" (Songs of Innocence), chooses to narrate this poem from the point of view of the child chimney sweeper. Which options most effectively demonstrate the implied meaning of using the child's perspective in this poem? (Select all that apply.)

Narration from the child's perspective is used to generate feelings of pity and compassion in the reader. Narration from the child's perspective is used to reveal the child's lack of knowledge about the true extent of his own exploitation.

Which excerpt from Robinson Crusoe most accurately demonstrates how plot functions to transform Crusoe's character?

June 21.—Very ill; frighted almost to death with the apprehensions of my sad condition—to be sick, and no help. Prayed to God, for the first time since the storm off Hull, but scarce knew what I said, or why, my thoughts being all confused. ...The ague again so violent that I lay a-bed all day, and neither ate nor drank. I was ready to perish for thirst; but so weak, I had not strength to stand up, or to get myself any water to drink. Prayed to God again, but was light-headed; and when I was not, I was so ignorant that I knew not what to say; only I lay and cried, "Lord, look upon me! Lord, pity me! Lord, have mercy upon me!"