BYU 11th Grade English -051 Final Exam
Catherine tells Nick that Tom and Myrtle do not divorce their spouses and get married because ________________________.
Daisy is Catholic
"I judge nothing. [Pause.] He keeps watching Proctor, who tries to meet his gaze. I tell you straight, Mister—I have seen marvels in this court. I have seen people choked before my eyes by spirits; I have seen them stuck by pins and slashed by daggers. I have until this moment not the slightest reason to suspect that the children may be deceiving me. Do you understand my meaning?"
Danforth
Evaluation
Deciding what you believe about an issue by assessing each side
After reading the discussion material in the course, we can infer that President Truman ________.
Did not support McCarthy's efforts
The witches in Macbeth foresee a long line of Banquo's descendants who will become king that "stretch out to the crack of doom." Their vision
Does not accurately reflect the line of King James in history
"Your Honor, I—in that time I were sick. And I—my husband is a good and righteous man. He is never drunk as some are, nor wastin' his time at the shovelboard, but always at his work."
Elizabeth
Interpret the main point the character is trying to express: Elizabeth: It is her dearest hope, John, I know it. There be a thousand names; why does she call mine? There be a certain danger in calling such a name—I am no Goody Good that sleeps in ditches nor Osburn, drunk and half-witted. She'd dare not call out such a farmer's wife but there be monstrous profit in it. She thinks to take my place, John.
Elizabeth believes Abigail is accusing her because she wants Elizabeth dead and to become John's wife.
In "Enemies from Within," McCarthy primarily relies on the emotion of _________________ in his use of pathos.
Fear
Which of the following is NOT a rumor told about Gatsby:
Gatsby went to college at Cambridge
"The proof is there! I have it from an honest man who heard Putnam say it! The day his daughter cried out on Jacobs, he said she'd given him a fair gift of land."
Giles Corey
What author was inspired by the story of the Essex when he wrote Moby Dick?
Herman Melville
Shakespeare wrote for the theatre during the reign of two monarchs. This is significant because
His writings were light and optimistic during the Elizabethan period and dark during the Jacobean period
Elizabeth Proctor was John Proctor's third wife.
Historical fact
My suitcase weighs a million pounds!
Hyperbole
Which line in the story provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? [The old dog]
I would rather encounter all the hours that have brought me the greatest peril than that one minute of the shooting at the shaggy head of the old dog.
"Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet of them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; leave me my name!"
John Proctor
"I—I have no love for Mr. Parris. It is no secret. But God I surely love."
John Proctor
Gatsby is originally from
North Dakota
Why does Mary give Elizabeth the "poppet"?
She is trying to make up for disobeying.
Match the symbols with what they represent in "Young Goodman Brown": The woods
Sin and Darkness
In "Declaration of Conscience," Senator Smith says, "But I do not want to see the Republican party ride to political victory on the Four Horsemen of Calumny—Fear, Ignorance, Bigotry, and Smear." In this sentence, calumny most likely means ________.
Slander
Senator Chase did all of the following in "Declaration of Conscience" except ________.
State that McCarthy threatens American values with his committee
In act three, the girls are brought into court to confront Mary Warren. Read Danforth's words to them below: "The law, based upon the Bible, and the Bible, writ by Almighty God, forbid the practice of witchcraft, and describe death as the penalty thereof. But likewise, children, the law and Bible damn all bearers of false witness. [Slight pause.] Now then. It does not escape me that this deposition may be devised to blind us; it may well be that Mary Warren has been conquered by Satan, who sends her here to distract our sacred purpose. If so, her neck will break for it." Which of the following best states what Danforth is implying?
That Mary is making a mockery of the trial
In "Enemies from Within," McCarthy says that one of the main reasons why the "treason" is occurring in the government is because ________.
The country is numb as a result of World War II
Match the symbols with what they represent in "Young Goodman Brown": Shadowy Gentleman
The devil
What does the traveler mean when he says, "This drum, then, was a kind of mirage of sound."
The drum was the echo of the sand hitting plants and was not warning of danger.
Who or what is described in the following passage from the story? "A form glittered on the wall, the outside wall toward the forest; then it passed against the door, which it seemed to touch with hesitating hand; then we heard nothing for two minutes, which almost drove us out of our senses; then it returned, always rubbing against the wall; and it scratched lightly, as a child does with his nail; then suddenly a head appeared against the glass, a white head, with luminous eyes like those of a deer."
The old dog
Reverend Parris attended Harvard.
A fact that is both in the play and true to history
MACBETH Bring them before us. Exit Attendant To be thus is nothing; But to be safely thus.--Our fears in Banquo Stick deep; and in his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be fear'd: 'tis much he dares; And, to that dauntless temper of his mind, He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour To act in safety. There is none but he Whose being I do fear: and, under him, My Genius is rebuked; as, it is said, Mark Antony's was by Caesar. He chid the sisters When first they put the name of king upon me, And bade them speak to him: then prophet-like They hail'd him father to a line of kings: Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding. If 't be so, For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind; For them the gracious Duncan have I murder'd; Put rancours in the vessel of my peace Only for them; and mine eternal jewel Given to the common enemy of man, To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings! Rather than so, come fate into the list. And champion me to the utterance! Who's there! Macbeth's words which begin with "to be thus is nothing" and that end with "Who's there" represent
A soliloquy
What can we infer about the needle in the poppet?
Abigail saw Mary stick the needle in the poppet but Mary did not mean to frame Elizabeth.
What significant historical event occurred the year before Shakespeare wrote Macbeth?
An assassination plot on the monarch
In the Chronicles of Holinshed, a historical account from the time of Macbeth,
Banquo is a traitor who helps Macbeth murder Duncan
Metacognition
Being aware of how you learn and make decisions
Match the symbols with what they represent in "Young Goodman Brown": Pink ribbons
Innocence; purity
Where is Macbeth's castle located?
Inverness
What is the significance of Daemonologie?
It is the paper King James wrote about the supernatural
"*His unusual brevity has prompted* many conjectures as to abridgement; but there is also evidence of interpolated scenes." How should the sentence be changed to be more grammatically correct?
Its unusual brevity has prompted
What does Macbeth mean by "upon my head they placed a fruitless crown and put a barren scepter in my grip"?
Macbeth has been given a crown and a scepter that the three witches have prophesied will not be passed on to his sons.
MACBETH Bring them before us. Exit Attendant To be thus is nothing; But to be safely thus.--Our fears in Banquo Stick deep; and in his royalty of nature Reigns that which would be fear'd: 'tis much he dares; And, to that dauntless temper of his mind, He hath a wisdom that doth guide his valour To act in safety. There is none but he Whose being I do fear: and, under him, My Genius is rebuked; as, it is said, Mark Antony's was by Caesar. He chid the sisters When first they put the name of king upon me, And bade them speak to him: then prophet-like They hail'd him father to a line of kings: Upon my head they placed a fruitless crown, And put a barren sceptre in my gripe, Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal hand, No son of mine succeeding. If 't be so, For Banquo's issue have I filed my mind; For them the gracious Duncan have I murder'd; Put rancours in the vessel of my peace Only for them; and mine eternal jewel Given to the common enemy of man, To make them kings, the seed of Banquo kings! Rather than so, come fate into the list. And champion me to the utterance! Who's there! In this passage,
Macbeth is deciding to kill Banquo.
The author of this passage believes ________.
Macbeth may have been abridged, but there is no clear evidence of the abridgment
Inference
Making an assumption based on clues and your own knowledge
"I cannot lie no more. I am with God, I am with God."
Mary Warren
Who does John Proctor bring into court with him in the beginning of act three?
Mary Warren
"But writing is not a "natural" act, any more than swinging a tennis racket, (3) carrying a football, or **dancing a pirouette**." Refer to the fourth underlined section. Which of the following changes would make the sentence grammatically correct?
NO CHANGE
How did Tom and Myrtle meet?
On the train to New York
Which of the following would both Maupassant and Walker say is the strongest contributor to our fears?
Our imaginations
"Tonight, when I open my door to leave my house—a dagger clattered to the ground . . . You cannot hang this sort. There is danger for me. I dare not step outside at night!"
Parris
"In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility—I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it—and the glow from that fire can truly light the world. "And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." Which mode of persuasion is John F. Kennedy trying to use here?
Pathos
Abigail was Reverend Parris's niece.
Poetic license
The Putnams lost seven children in infancy.
Poetic license
Interpret the main point the character is trying to express: PROCTOR: Since we built the church there were pewter candlesticks upon the altar; Francis Nurse made them, y'know, and a sweeter hand never touched the metal. But Parris came, and for twenty week he preach nothin' but golden candlesticks until he had them. I labor the earth from dawn of day to blink of night, and I tell you true, when I look to heaven and see my money glaring at his elbows—it hurt my prayer, sir, it hurt my prayer. I think, sometimes, the man dreams cathedrals, not clapboard meetin' houses.
Proctor believes Parris is too concerned with material wealth.
Interpret the main point the character is trying to express: Proctor: What work you do! It's strange work for a Christian girl to hang old women.
Proctor is telling Mary that she is a hypocrite because she is taking part in the trials.
Read the following: "The only completely stationary object in the room was an enormous couch on which two young women were buoyed up as though upon an anchored balloon. They were both in white, and their dresses were rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight around the house. I must have stood for a few moments listening to the whip and snap of the curtains and the groan of a picture on the wall. Then there was a boom as Tom Buchanan shut the rear windows and the caught wind died out about the room, and the curtains and the rugs and the two young women ballooned slowly to the floor." In the passage above, Tom Buchanan probably symbolizes
The tethers that keep the women tied down
Why were the sailors from the Essex stranded in the ocean?
Their ship had been broken by a whale.
Why was the traveler in France?
To hunt
After reading the entire text of the Declaration of Independence, determine which of the following best expresses the document's purpose:
To state the rationale for the revolution
At the dinner party at the beginning of the novel, who keeps calling on the telephone?
Tom's man of business
Interpretation
Understanding something and sharing its meaning with others
Analysis
Understanding something by studying its individual parts
Who does Walker assert are the "characters" in our fears?
Us
Explanation
Using your own perspective to share the meaning of something with others.
Match the symbols with what they represent in "Young Goodman Brown": Goodman Brown's wife
Young Goodman Brown's faith
"What you say is, of course, more important than how you say it, but your manner of presentation can make a world of difference." Refer to the first underlined (**) sentence. This sentence is a ___________ sentence.
compound
Confounded
confused
Martin could not _____________ the board's decision. (except/accept)
accept
Calamity
an event that causes distress
Lady Macbeth: Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry 'Hold, hold!' What is this line an example of?
apostrophe
JULIET O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet. ROMEO **Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this?** In these lines, Juliet is on the balcony and Romeo is hiding below listening. While Juliet speaks, Romeo is listening and speaks to himself in the line written in bold font. What is this bolded (**) line?
aside
Read the line from The Declaration of Independence below and answer the question that follows: "He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages." Jefferson chose to use the word "tyranny" instead of "monarchy" and "cruelty" instead of "unkindness." These word choice decisions were most likely made because of ____________________.
connotation
"There is no inconsistency here, though there may be an indication of some of the *difficulties Macbeth hold for the modern audience*" How should the sentence be changed to be more grammatically correct?
difficulties Macbeth holds for the modern audience
I began to feel the ___________ of the medicine immediately. (effect/affect)
effect
LADY MACBETH: To beguile the time, Look like the time. Bear welcome in your eye, Your hand, your tongue. Look like th' innocent flower, But be the serpent under 't. **He that's coming Must be provided for**; and you shall put This night's great business into my dispatch, Which shall to all our nights and days to come Give solely sovereign sway and masterdom. The bolded (**) phrase is an example of __________________
euphemism
In Julius Caesar, the characters Cassius and Brutus both conspire to kill Caesar. However, Cassius is full of evil ambition and is anxious to do the deed. Brutus only agrees to the plot after a very careful analysis. Brutus is honest and believes he is motivated by his obligations as a Roman. These two characters are an example of a _________
foil
According to the author of this passage, at the end of Macbeth, ________.
good triumphs
"I have no spurTo prick the sides of my intent, but only Vaulting ambition, which o'erleaps itselfAnd falls on the other."
hamartia
Shall *I* com*pare* thee *to* a *sum*mer's *day*? Thou *art* more *love*ly *and* more *tem*per*ate*: Rough *winds* do *shake* the *dar*ling *buds* of *May*, And *sum*mer's *lease* hath *all* too *short* a *date*: (syllables in bold (*) font are stressed) What literary term is evident in this paragraph?
iambic pentameter
Read this paragraph from "Winter Dreams" and then answer the question that follows. "As she took her stance for a short mashie shot, Dexter looked at her closely. She wore a blue gingham dress, rimmed at throat and shoulders with a white edging that accentuated her tan. The quality of exaggeration, of thinness, which had made her passionate eyes and down-turning mouth absurd at eleven, was gone now. She was arrestingly beautiful. The color in her cheeks was centered like the color in a picture--it was not a "high" color, but a sort of fluctuating and feverish warmth, so shaded that it seemed at any moment it would recede and disappear. This color and the mobility of her mouth gave a continual impression of flux, of intense life, of passionate vitality--balanced only partially by the sad luxury of her eyes." What literary device is this paragraph an example of?
imagery
Blasphemy
irreverence; lack of respect for God
"Putting your evidence together effectively--in a coherent and logical order so that your readers' curiosities and questions are answered systematically and fully--**are half the task of developing a persuasive argument.**" Refer to the second underlined (**) section. Which of the following changes would make this sentence grammatically correct?
is half the task of developing a persuasive argument
The bird flew to ________ nest. (its/it's)
its
Ineptly
lacking competence
I will __________ my bag down on the table. (lay/lie)
lay
Nurse What's this? what's this? JULIET A rhyme I learn'd even now Of one I danced withal. One calls within 'Juliet.' Nurse Anon, anon! Come, let's away; the strangers all are gone. **Exeunt** What does the bolded (**) word mean?
more than one character exits the stage
JULIET But to be frank, and give it thee again. And yet I wish but for the thing I have: My bounty is as boundless as the sea, My love as deep; the more I give to thee, The more I have, for both are infinite. Nurse calls within I hear some noise within; dear love, adieu! Anon, good nurse! Sweet Montague, be true. Stay but a little, I will come again. **Exit** What does the bolded (**) word mean?
one character exits the stage
JULIET ...Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical! What is Juliet's line an example of?
oxymoron
JULIET My only love sprung from my only hate! What is this line an example of?
paradox
"But writing is not a "natural" act, any more than swinging a tennis racket,..." Refer to the third underlined section. "swinging a tennis racket" is a
phrase
KING CLAUDIUS Take they fair hour, Laertes; time be thine, And thy best graces spend it at thy will! But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son- HAMLET [Aside] A little more than kin and less than kind. (Note that "kind" can refer to being kind, but it can also refer to "kindred" here.) Hamlet's line is an example of what?
pun
Which rhetorical device is evident in the passage below from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?"? "Fellow-citizens, pardon me, allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us? and am I, therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering to the national altar, and to confess the benefits and express devout gratitude for the blessings resulting from your independence to us?"
rhetorical questions
"Macbeth is the last of the four "great tragedies," and perhaps the darkest. Bradley began his study by pointing out that "almost all the scenes which at once recur to the memory take place either at night or in some dark spot." *That peculiar compression, pregnancy, energy, even violence, which distinguishes the verse is a further contribution to the play's preoccupation with the fears and tensions of darkness." In this sentence, the word "pregnancy" most likely means_____.
significance
Read this sentence from "Winter Dreams" and then answer the question that follows. "When he crossed the hills the wind blew **cold as misery**, and if the sun was out he tramped with his eyes squinted up against the hard dimensionless glare." What literary device is the italicized (**) portion of the sentence an example of?
simile
"Friendship with your reader is better than an adversary relationship." Refer to the fifth underlined section. This sentence is a _________________ sentence.
simple
SCENE III. The same. **Alarums, excursions**, retreat. Enter KING JOHN, QUEEN ELINOR, ARTHUR, the BASTARD, HUBERT, and Lords. KING JOHN [To QUEEN ELINOR] So shall it be; your grace shall stay behind So strongly guarded. To ARTHUR Cousin, look not sad: Thy grandam loves thee; and thy uncle will As dear be to thee as thy father was. The stage directions written in bold (**) font mean ___________
the sound of fighting
KING HENRY V We hope to make the sender blush at it. Therefore, my lords, omit no happy hour That may give furtherance to our expedition; For we have now no thought in us but France, Save those to God, that run before our business. Therefore let our proportions for these wars Be soon collected and all things thought upon That may with reasonable swiftness add More feathers to our wings; for, God before, We'll chide this Dauphin at his father's door. Therefore let every man now task his thought, That this fair action may on foot be brought. Exeunt. **Flourish** The stage directions written in bold (**) font mean _________
the sound of horns or trumpets
Read the following excerpt from FDR's first inaugural address: "If I read the temper of our people correctly, we now realize as we have never realized before our interdependence on each other; that we cannot merely take but we must give as well; that, if we are to go forward, we must move as a trained and loyal army willing to sacrifice for the good of a common discipline, because without such discipline no progress is made, no leadership becomes effective." In the statement above, the word "temper" most likely means:
the state of mind of the American people
The following scene is toward the end of Hamlet: SCENE I. A churchyard. Enter two Clowns, with spades. First Clown: Is she to be buried in Christian burial that wilfully seeks her own salvation? Second Clown: I tell thee she is: and therefore make her grave straight: the crowner hath sat on her, and finds it Christian burial. First Clown: How can that be, unless she drowned herself in her own defence? Second Clown: Why, 'tis found so. First Clown: It must be 'se offendendo;' it cannot be else. For here lies the point: if I drown myself wittingly, it argues an act: and an act hath three branches: it is, to act, to do, to perform: argal, she drowned herself wittingly. What do you think is the purpose of these clowns?
to provide comedic relief
Hamlet Prince Hamlet returns home to Denmark from school to discover that his father has died and his mother has married his father's brother, Claudius. Despite the fact that Hamlet is the heir to the throne, Claudius crowns himself king, and Hamlet suspects that his uncle actually killed his father. Visited by his father's ghost, Hamlet discovers that, indeed, his uncle did poison his father. Hamlet decides to kill his uncle to avenge his father. However, Hamlet is plagued by indecision and the inability to act. Will he become a ghost as well for murdering his uncle? Is the ghost of his father truly a trustworthy ghost? Hamlet's inaction leads to the death of six other people. Additionally, his mother, The Queen, drinks poison from a cup Claudius intended for Hamlet and dies. Hamlet is also lethally cut by a poisoned sword, but before he dies, he finally kills Claudius. What type of play is this?
tragedy
In The Winter's Tale, King Leontes believes his wife, Hermione, has been unfaithful and throws her in prison. When the baby girl is born, Perdita, he gives the order that she should be taken somewhere desolate and abandoned. Leontes' son dies of a broken heart because of the accusations against Hermione, and, heartbroken, Hermione faints. Her death is reported to Leontes who greatly regrets his actions. Sixteen years later, a series of events leads Perdita back to Leontes' court. Leontes is still in great mourning, but he is overjoyed to discover his daughter is still alive, and, suddenly Hermione is revealed as well. The play ends happily. What type of play is this?
tragicomedy
"Macbeth is a play about the eclipse of civility and manhood, the temporary *triumph of evil; when it ends, virtue and justice*" This sentence is currently punctuated correctly. Are any of the following also acceptable ways to punctuate the sentence?
triumph of evil. When it ends, virtue and justice
garrulous
very talkative
