English IV 1142 Self Test

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British preacher Charles Spurgeon was affectionately known as "..."

"Prince of Preachers"

A ... is a poem of fourteen lines

sonnet

... wrote Black Beauty, a children's story about a horse

Anna Sewell

"Oh, to be in ... Now that April's there"

England

Tennyson wrote famous works in the ... known as the idyll

genre

A literary genre written to convey a strong mental picture is the ...

idyll

The ..., meaning "a little picture" was developed by the Greeks

idyll

The volume had leather binding and fine gold along its ...

marge

"Book by book, Tennyson takes the reader from the mysterious beginnings of Arthur's kingdom to its melancholy demise" is a topic sentence for an answer to an essay question requiring one to ... Tennyson's Idylls of the King

summarize

the ... states the main point in simple terms and provides guidance for accurately answering an essay question

thesis statement

... waters along a shoreline usually indicate a low tide

turbid

In days of ..., King Arthur ruled a kingdom called Camelot

yore

During the Victorian Age, the British Empire was at its ...

zenith

The topic sentence of an answer to an essay question requiring one to discuss Spurgeon's view of eccentricity, as found in Eccentric Preachers, could be

Charles Surgeon believed one's view of eccentricity depends entirely on one's ideas of what constitutes normal behavior

A topic sentence of an essay question requiring one to contrast two poets might be

Matthew Arnold and Robert Browning viewed life through two very different sets of eyes

Unlike Matthew Arnold, Robert Browning was ... poet who was convinced of the reality of God's love

an optimistic

One of the false "isms" attacking the Christian faith in Victorian times was ...- the belief that God does not exist

atheism

The ... is the key to understanding the particular kind of written response required by an essay question

command term

Darwin and a ... of colleagues provoked untold controversy

coterie

A poetic genre on the subject of death is an ...

elegy

Love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, faith, meekness, and temperance are evidences of the ... in a Chrisitian's life

fruit of the Spirit

Termed ... literature, the limerick showed the lighter side of Victorian writers

nonsense

Havergal and Bonar were ... in the Victorian Age

poet-hymnists

The ... Camelot was a surly king called Sir Kay

seneschal

From a ... on the English coast, one can see French territory

shingle

An example of padding in an essay discussing humor in Victorian literature might be ...

Dr. Samuel Johnson was somewhat of a humorist in his day

Das Kapital, the definitive book on communism, was authored by ...

Kark Marx

Like ..., Edward Lear was a writer of nonsense literature

Lewis Carroll

The thesis of an essay question requiring one to summarize Robert Browning's view on death might be

Robert Browning believed in facing death with boldness

Russian gunners aimed their guns to ... the British regiment

decimate

"Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and ..."

die

Most people saw Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Caroll) only as a brilliant but ... Cambridge mathematician

diffident

... is repeated or irrelevant material in response to an essay question

padding

The life of Robert Browning was a ... for many Victorians looking for faith in an age of increasing faatihlessness

paradigm

The word "spark" is a ... formed by joining the words, "sport" and "work"

portmanteau

"More things are wrought by ... Than this world dreams of "

prayer

"Written during an age of growing faithlessness, the hymn inspired many Victorians to seek God's best for their lives" is a topic sentence for an answer to an essay question requiring one to ...

relate the impact of Havergal's "Take My Life"

Discerning listeners are not persuaded by politicians using ... and empty promises to win votes

rhetoric

Gareth and his kitchen mates gathered to enjoy a ...

roundelay


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