Abeka Revised World Literature Test 1

(MULTIPLE CHOICE) What poem did Alfred, Lord Tennyson write based on the Battle of Balaklava?

"The Charge of the Light Brigade"

In Epic of Gilgamesh, who is the friend whose death motivates Gilgamesh to travel in search of everlasting life?

Enkidu

What is the name of the Englishman who is on a quest to travel around the world in record time in Around the World in Eighty Days?

Mr. Phileas Fogg

"Sonnet 26: I lived with visions for my company" was written after what important person had come int the author's life?

Robert Browning (her future husband)

(SHORT ANSWER) Who wrote the "Vagabond"

Robert Louis Stevenson

Name the tittle of this selection. Using elements of a close reading, answer the following: What is the significance of the title? Give a least one theme of the poem and explain how the author uses either imagery or metaphor to develop this theme.

Title: "The Gift to Sing" Author: James Waldon Johnson Themes: Suffering, Persistence, and Hope (You can do it from there)

In the Epic of Gilgamesh, who/what took the plant away from Gilgamesh?

a serpent (snake)

In Around the World in Eighty Days, what was the cause of the disturbance in Montgomery Street?

an election

a way analyze literature by using specific evidence in a text to draw a conclusion about the text

close reading

a direct or indirect hint at an event that will take place in the future

foreshadow

The words "I will come back to America find him....it would not be right for an Englishman to permit himself to be treated that way, without retaliating" is an example of what theme of "Around the World in Eighty Days"?

honor

the use of words that appeal to the senses

imagery

In "Around the World in Eighty Days", the lines "he had not proceeded two-hundred steps, however, when, 'by the greatest chance in the world,' he met Fix" exemplifies what literary devices?

irony

(MATCHING) what the author seeks to communicate

message

(MATCHING) comparison in which one thing is stated in terms of another

metaphor

a comparison in which human qualities are given to an inanimate object or animal

personification

the perspective from which the story a told

point of view

where and when the action of a work takes place

setting

In the Epic of Gilgamesh, what did Gilgamesh desire to do with the plant that was believed to restore youth?

take it to Uruk to give to the old man

At the end of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh's destiny is to be given "EVERLASTNG LIFE"

the kingship

a center idea which gives a work meaning

theme

In the Epic of Gilgamesh, what was the test which Gilgamesh was given in order to try to gain everlasting life?

to stay awake for six days and seven nights

the writer's or speaker's attitude toward his subject

tone

(TRUE AND FALSE) As a person reads, he should consider what he reads from a "BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW", thinking critically and applying scripture.

true

The cultural background of William Wordsworth's poem, Composed upon Westminster Bridge, reveals the influence of "ROMANTICISM" on the author's view of nature and London.

true

Who best bear his mild yoke, they serve him best, from Milton's Sonnet 19 exemplifies the theme of "SERVICE"

true