English Midterm 10 Droz

(P&P)The story contains a number of symbols of death and damnation. Which symbol can be viewed as the best symbol for hell?

The Pit

(P&P) Which of the following statements best explains how the narrator escapes from the bandage that restrains him?

Rats gnawing at the straps for food

The speaker in Stopping by Woods seems to be _________ that the owner of the woods was not there.

Relieved

The repeated use of the word "down" in the story is an example of....

Repetition

What is the climax of "The Pit & The Pendulum"?

Saved by General La Salle

"Stopping by Woods" uses _____ as the primary metaphor

Snow

The setting of "The Pit and the Pendulum" is during the

Spanish Inquisition

Besides being a poet, what were Robert Frost 's other professions during his lifetime?

Teacher, cobbler, farmer

"Stopping by woods" is what type of poem

A death poem

Appositive

A noun or pronoun that identifies another noun or pronoun in the sentence. Consists of an appositive plus its modifiers.

Gerund

A verb ending in -ing that is used as a noun

Participle

A verb form usually ending in -ing or -ed that is used as an adjective

What does the pendulum slow descent, "moving inch by inch" symbolically represent?

Pressure becoming increasingly more stressful as time goes on without acknowledging them

How many Poems did Emily Dickinson write?

Almost 1800

(P&P)During the narrator's trial, the judges are said to wear (what color) _______robes.

Black

What city was Robert Frost born in and where did he move to at age eleven?

Born in San Francisco, moved to New England

The narrator in "The Pit and the Pendulum" narrowly escapes death in the form of a pit, a pendulum, and...

Collapsing walls

The horse is _______ when the speaker stops

Confused/Surprised

Blackness in the story "The Pit & the Pendulum" can symbolize:

Death, depression, fear, loneliness

(P&P) Throughout most of the story, the narrator's literal and figurative direction suggests a repeated ________ movement, emphasized by the diction that Poe repeats throughout the story.

Downward

Which famous poet promoted Robert Frost's work?

Ezra Pound

Who rescues the main character at the end of The Pit and The Pendulum?

General La Salle

The Narrator of "Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening"

Going through some kind of hardship/journey throughout this 'woods' symbolizing life

What type of literature best describes "The Pit & The Pendulum"?

Gothic

Langston Hughes poetry is closely associated with a period known and identified as...

Harlem Renaissance

(P&P) When the narrator first awakens, he is afraid that he will find movement "impeded by the walls of a tomb." In other words, he fears that he...

Has been buried alive

What best describes what the metaphor of the stairs stands for in "Mother to Son"

Life struggles

Langston Hughes attended what local college in Pennsylvania?

Lincoln University

What do the images in "Mother to Son" probably represent?

Living in poverty and pushing through it

In Langston Hughes' poem "Mother to Son" the poet in the following lines "extends" what type of literary device?

Metaphor

(P&P)The crime for which the narrator has been condemned to death is...

Never made clear/Unknown

The poet Langston Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri but is mainly associated with what city?

New York City

What formal degree did Robert Frost earn?

None

Major theme in "Stopping by woods on a Snowy Evening"

One cannot escape their responsibilities

Which part of P&P can best be described as the "exposition"

The main character's trial before he was put into the dungeon

Infinitive

The word "to" + a verb. Can be used as a noun, adjective, or adverb

The Night described in "stopping by woods"

Winter solstice/darkest night of the year