100 % End of Semester Test English 12B " practice test "

Based on this excerpt from "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning, what does the setting contribute to this poem?

A. The storm enhances the mysterious quality of Porphyria and her appearance.

Which of these issues was a major source of friction between Heathcliff and Catherine in Wuthering Heights?

A. social divide

Which quote from Frankenstein brings out the theme of revenge in the novel?

B. "I may die, but first you, my tyrant and tormentor, shall curse the sun that gazes on your misery. Beware, for I am fearless and therefore powerful."

What is the overall message of this poem?

B. Every creature on earth is at the mercy of some higher being.

What theme is emphasized in this excerpt from "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats?

B. Unfulfilled desires and dreams seem sweeter.

How does Jack convince Lady Bracknell to agree to allow him marry her daughter, Gwendolen?

B. by making her consent a condition for his consent to Cecily's marriage

Which of these rhetorical devices is used in the opening lines of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice?

B. irony

In this excerpt from "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold, which two lines or sets of lines suggest that the speaker has undergone a loss of faith?

But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,

Which social perception does H. G. Wells seem to be portraying in this excerpt from The Time Machine?

C. Clever people are sometimes whimsical.

Which of these features are you most likely to find in a modernist poem?

C. precise images constructed with as few words as possible

What did Thomas Hardy's poems reflect?

C. the grim outlook of the late Victorian era

The main character of A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is named after __________, who was a renowned craftsman. This Greek figure was exiled with his son Icarus on an island. He constructed ____________ from wax, feathers, and strings. He built two pairs: one for him and one for his son. He warned his son not to fly too high or too low. Icarus did not listen and fell to his death.

Daedalus wings

In this excerpt from "Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, which of the following is a recurring concept?

E. the thirst for knowledge and new experiences

Which two parts highlight the psychological consequences of war?

For lust and senseless hatred make me glad, Wound for red wound I burn to smite their wrongs;

In this excerpt from "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, which synecdoche denotes confinement?

Four gray walls, and four gray towers

In this excerpt from his first address to Parliament, in what two ways does Winston Churchill arouse patriotic feelings in his audience?

He inspires loyalty to the homeland by referring to the beaches, streets, and hills of Great Britain. He creates optimism and determination by constantly repeating that Great Britain will never surrender.

Read this excerpt from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Which four sets of lines satirize the Victorians' tendency to place wealth above other factors in deciding whether a person was eligible for marriage?

I think some preliminary inquiry on my part would not be out of place. Mr. Worthing, is Miss Cardew at all connected with any of the larger railway stations in London? That sounds not unsatisfactory. Three addresses always inspire confidence, even in tradesmen. As a matter of form, Mr. Worthing, I had better ask you if Miss Cardew has any little fortune? A hundred and thirty thousand pounds! And in the Funds! Miss Cardew seems to me a most attractive young lady, now that I look at her.

Which two parts of this passage from chapter 6 of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights illustrate that Hindley Earnshaw is very willing to please his wife?

Indeed, he would have carpeted and papered a small spare room for a parlour; but his wife expressed such pleasure at the white floor and huge glowing fireplace, at the pewter dishes and delf-case, and dog-kennel, and the wide space there was to move about in where they usually sat, that he thought it unnecessary to her comfort, and so dropped the intention. A few words from her, evincing a dislike to Heathcliff, were enough to rouse in him all his old hatred of the boy.

Which part of this excerpt from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens hints that Oliver was not expected to live very long?

It had had plenty of room to expand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment; and perhaps to this circumstance may be attributed his having any ninth birth-day at all.

What two suggestions about parish officials are made in the last two sentences of this excerpt from Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist?

They deliberately ignored the suffering of the parish children. They wanted to give the impression that they were performing their work.

The following excerpt is taken from W.B. Yeats's poem "Easter, 1916," in which he examines his feelings toward those who took part in the Easter Rising in Ireland. Which set of lines suggests that Yeats considered the rebels inflexible?

Too long a sacrifice Can make a stone of the heart.

Which line of this excerpt from "Ozymandias" by Percy Shelley reflects the theme that art alone can last forever?

Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things

Which three parts of this excerpt from Frankenstein show that the creature is innocent and helpless like a newborn child when it first appears in the novel?

and it was, indeed, a long time before I learned to distinguish between the operations of my various senses I knew, and could distinguish, nothing; but, feeling pain invade me on all sides, I sat down and wept. Sometimes I wished to express my sensations in my own mode, but the uncouth and inarticulate sounds

The central theme of the poem is ________. In the end, the poet ________ the wise man's views.

how one should invest in love agrees with

"In which the burthen of the mystery, / In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, / Is lightened:" (from "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth) "Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur, other gifts / Have followed; for such loss, I would believe, / Abundant recompence" (from "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth) "Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!" (from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge) "nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he;" (from "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray) "Where was heard the mingled measure From the fountain and the caves." (from "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)

meaning, weight, or significance reward a silly or foolish person a small stream the rhythm of a piece of poetry or music

Which two parts in these excerpts from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice illustrate the theme of pride?

that so very fine a young man, with family, fortune, everything in his favour, should think highly of himself. If I may so express it, he has a right to be proud." "That is very true," replied Elizabeth, "and I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine."

The description of the broken windows and dusty curtains in the first paragraph foreshadows the Time Traveller's later discovery that __________. The Time Traveller thinks that the diet of fruit is _______________.

the Eloi are a lethargic and unintelligent race that lacks initiative a tolerable outcome that people seem to have adapted to

This excerpt from Mrs. Dalloway describes Clarissa Dalloway's meeting with Peter Walsh, whose proposal for marriage she turned down years ago. Peter's fidgeting with his pen-knife and Clarissa's use of her scissors during the conversation symbolize _____________. The description of Peter's thoughts suggests that he __________ Clarissa's lifestyle.

the tension between them disapproves of