Study Lit

Which of the following indicates the major shift in the development of the speaker's exposition?

"It is not so" (line 29)

The antecedent of the word "them" (line 19) is

"summits of the rocky mountains" (line 9)

In line 8, "its" refers to

"the sky" (line 7)

A major rhetorical shift in the poem occurs in line

13

An example of the literary device of apostrophe is found in line

13

Which of the following are the most prominent images in the passage?

Darkness, light, and the cross

Which of the following is the most logical deduction from the speaker's assertions?

Labor alone is not sufficient for a full life.

The first sentence (lines 1-6) of the passage is characterized by which of the following?

Romantic diction and imagery

In the passage, the cross functions as

a symbol of the villagers' plight

The chief effect of the diction in the sentence "Enter the street ... soul" (lines 32-34) is to provide

a vivid contrast to the description of the traveler's approach to the scene (lines 21- 26)

The final stanza of the poem primarily expresses the speaker's

adomition

The predominant tone of the speaker toward the villagers is one of

condescension and pity

The central rhetorical strategy of the passage is to

contrast the setting and its inhabitants

The succession of phrases "all flushed ... golden clouds" in lines 10-19 emphasizes the

dramatic and melancholy quality of the mountains

The description in the last sentence (lines 53-68) is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

ironic wit

Which of the following lines is closest in meaning to lines 6 and 20?

line 8

The function of the sentence beginning "To glean their meadows" (lines 43-50) is to

provide examples of "Love, patience, hospitality, faith" (line 42)

The description "except only ... mountain air" (lines 54-56) serves to

qualify a previous generalization about the villagers' lives

The speaker characterizes the life of the mountain village as

severe but patiently endured

The speaker implies that there is a similarity between the

situation of the falcon and that of the lady

The speaker implies that the lady is

troubled by the falcon's loss of liberty