English Semester (Final)!

Match the figures of speech used in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poems to the lines that contain them.

"The Sun came up upon the left,Out of the sea came he!" ~ personification—giving an object human qualities or apersonality to increase poetic effect "The Wedding-Guest stood still,And listens like a three years' child:" ~ simile—comparison of two items using like or as "A damsel with a dulcimer" ~ alliteration—repetition of the same sound at the beginning ofwords for poetic effect "a sunny pleasure dome with caves of ice." ~ antithesis—two opposing ideas or concepts used in the samesentence for contrasting poetic effect. "Below the kirk, below the hill," ~ repetition—repetition of a word for poetic effect

Complete these sentences about the setting of Wuthering Heights. Thrushcross Grange was quite different from Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff and Catherine went there on a Sunday to see how the ___________ children spent their time. The journey that was spurred by curiosity brought another dimension to the story. It exposed Catherine to the luxuries and refined manners of the residents of Thrushcross Grange. She became torn between her love for Heathcliff and her __________ to become part of genteel society.

1.) Linton 2.) Desire

How do these final lines from "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge affect the overall tone of the poem? His flashing eyes, his floating hair! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise. In "Kubla Khan," Coleridge describes the creation and destruction of Kubla Khan's palace in the _________ location of Xanadu, which gives the poem a ____________ quality. Through the _______________________ character of Kubla Khan, Coleridge uses the wild image of the Mongols to suggest that Kubla Khan is insane, implying that all creative actions are the acts of __________________ men. The last lines bring the poem to a _______________________ close. Flashing eyes evoke the image of passionate creativity. By talking about "holy dread," Coleridge suggests that creation is both __________________________ and demonic.

1.) exotic location 2.) dreamlike quality 3.) historical character 4.) mad men 5.) climatic close 6.) sacred and demonic

Mary Shelley makes many allusions to biblical characters in the novel Frankenstein. Match the sentences to the biblical characters they allude to.

Adam ~ "He had come forth from the hands of God a perfect creature,happy and prosperous, guarded by the especial care of his Creator." God ~ "A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me." Satan ~ "like him, when I viewed the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gall of envy rose within me."

Select the correct text in the passage. In which set of lines in this excerpt from T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" does the speaker compare himself to an insect? Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreatsOf restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: Streets that follow like a tedious argument Of insidious intentThe yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening, Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains, Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys, Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap,And seeing that it was a soft October night, Curled once about the house, and fell asleepAnd I have known the eyes already, known them all—The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase,And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, Then how should I beginTo spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways?And how should I presume?And would it have been worth it, after all, After the cups, the marmalade, the tea, Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me, Would it have been worth while,To have bitten off the matter with a smile, ...If one, settling a pillow by her head, Should say: "That is not what I meant at all; That is not it, at all."Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use,Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;

And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,

Which of these Victorian beliefs did Oscar Wilde openly challenge?

Artists should use their work as a call for social reform.

Which two sets of lines in this excerpt from Thomas Hardy's "The Darkling Thrush" signify hope in the midst of despair? I leant upon a coppice gateWhen Frost was spectre-gray,And Winter's dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day. The tangled bine-stems scored the skyLike strings of broken lyres,And all mankind that haunted nighHad sought their household fires. The land's sharp features seemed to beThe Century's corpse outleant,His crypt the cloudy canopy,The wind his death lament.The ancient pulse of germ and birthWas shrunken hard and dry,And every spirit upon earthSeemed fervourless as I. At once a voice arose amongThe bleak twigs overheadIn a full-hearted evensongOf joy illimited;An aged thrust, frail, gaunt, and small,In blast-beruffled plume,Had chosen thus to fling his soulUpon the growing gloom.

At once a voice arose amongThe bleak twigs overheadIn a full-hearted evensong Had chosen thus to fling his soulUpon the growing gloom.

The concern with getting daughters married into good families pervades Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice and forms a large part of the social mannerisms that the novel mocks. In which section of this excerpt does one of the Bennet parents make an ironically false claim about having gone to great lengths to achieve that goal? "What can be the meaning of that emphatic exclamation?" cried he. "Do you consider the forms of introduction, and the stress that is laid on them, as nonsense? I cannot quite agree with you there. What say you, Mary? For you are a young lady of deep reflection, I know, and read great books and make extracts." Mary wished to say something sensible, but knew not how. "While Mary is adjusting her ideas," he continued, "let us return to Mr. Bingley." "I am sick of Mr. Bingley," cried his wife. "I am sorry to hear that; but why did not you tell me that before? If I had known as much this morning I certainly would not have called on him. It is very unlucky; but as I have actually paid the visit, we cannot escape the acquaintance now." The astonishment of the ladies was just what he wished; that of Mrs. Bennet perhaps surpassing the rest; though, when the first tumult of joy was over, she began to declare that it was what she had expected all the while. "How good it was in you, my dear Mr. Bennet! But I knew I should persuade you at last. I was sure you loved your girls too well to neglect such an acquaintance. Well, how pleased I am! and it is such a good joke, too, that you should have gone this morning and never said a word about it till now." "Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as you choose," said Mr. Bennet; and, as he spoke, he left the room, fatigued with the raptures of his wife. "What an excellent father you have, girls!" said she, when the door was shut. "I do not know how you will ever make him amends for his kindness; or me, either, for that matter. At our time of life it is not so pleasant, I can tell you, to be making new acquaintances every day; but for your sakes, we would do anything. Lydia, my love, though you are the youngest, I dare say Mr. Bingley will dance with you at the next ball." "Oh!" said Lydia stoutly, "I am not afraid; for though I am the youngest, I'm the tallest." The rest of the evening was spent in conjecturing how soon he would return Mr. Bennet's visit, and determining when they should ask him to dinner.

At our time of life it is not so pleasant, I can tell you, to be making new acquaintances every day; but for your sakes, we would do anything.

In what way is the theme in this excerpt from "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson similar to the theme of the poem "Ulysses"? Down she came and found a boat Beneath a willow left afloat, And round about the prow she wrote The Lady of Shalott. And down the river's dim expanse Like some bold seër in a trance, Seeing all his own mischance-- With a glassy countenance Did she look to Camelot. And at the closing of the day She loosed the chain, and down she lay; The broad stream bore her far away, The Lady of Shalott.

Both poems explore the idea of pursuing new experiences.

Which sentence in this excerpt from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells indicates that the narrator has little hope for the Time Traveller's return? I felt an unreasonable amazement. I knew that something strange had happened, and for the moment could not distinguish what the strange thing might be. As I stood staring, the door into the garden opened, and the man-servant appeared. We looked at each other. Then ideas began to come. "Has Mr. —— gone out that way?" said I. "No, sir. No one has come out this way. I was expecting to find him here." At that I understood. At the risk of disappointing Richardson I stayed on, waiting for the Time Traveller; waiting for the second, perhaps still stranger story, and the specimens and photographs he would bring with him. But I am beginning now to fear that I must wait a lifetime. The Time Traveller vanished three years ago. And, as everybody knows now, he has never returned.

But I am beginning now to fear that I must wait a lifetime.

Match each satirical quote to its real meaning.

But like a hawk encumber'd with his hood, Explaining Metaphysics to the nation-- I wish he would explain his Explanation.(excerpt from Don Juan by Lord Byron) ~ criticizes the subject for confusing his audience ...he really promised something great, If not intelligible, without Greek Contrived to talk about the Gods of late, Much as they might have been supposed to speak. (excerpt from Don Juan by Lord Byron) ~ criticizes the subject for his half baked knowledge He was a mighty poet—andA subtle-souled Psychologist;All things he seemed to understandOf old or new—of sea or land—But his own mind—which was a mist.(excerpt from Peter Bell the Third by Percy Shelley) ~ criticizes the subject for having abundant knowledge of the world but low self-awareness

Which statement best describes the relationship between Byron and the two romantic poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth?

Byron rejected the style of Coleridge and Wordsworth and broke all social conventions.

What does the passage imply about children and learning?

Children would be best served if allowed to develop as individuals.

Read this excerpt from Winston Churchill's first address to Parliament: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat... You ask, what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. What rhetorical elements make the speech effective?

Churchill asks questions that are designed to get the audience to agree with him, and he repeats key words and phrases.

Which two lines or sets of lines in the poem suggest the preciousness of love? Sonnet 12 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Indeed this very love which is my boast,And which, when rising up from breast to brow,Doth crown me with a ruby large enowTo draw men's eyes and prove the inner cost,—This love even, all my worth, to the uttermost,I should not love withal, unless that thouHadst set me an example, shown me how,When first thine earnest eyes with mine were crossed,And love called love. And thus, I cannot speakOf love even, as a good thing of my own:Thy soul hath snatched up mine all faint and weak,And placed it by thee on a golden throne,—And that I love (O soul, we must be meek!)Is by thee only, whom I love alone.

Doth crown me with a ruby large enow To draw men's eyes and prove the inner cost,— And placed it by thee on a golden throne,—

Read this excerpt from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice: When Jane and Elizabeth were alone, the former, who had been cautious in her praise of Mr. Bingley before, expressed to her sister just how very much she admired him. "He is just what a young man ought to be," said she, "sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!—so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!" "He is also handsome," replied Elizabeth, "which a young man ought likewise to be, if he possibly can. His character is thereby complete." "I was very much flattered by his asking me to dance a second time. I did not expect such a compliment." "Did not you? I did for you. But that is one great difference between us. Compliments always take you by surprise, and me never. What could be more natural than his asking you again? He could not help seeing that you were about five times as pretty as every other woman in the room. No thanks to his gallantry for that. Well, he certainly is very agreeable, and I give you leave to like him. You have liked many a stupider person." "Dear Lizzy!" How is Elizabeth Bennet portrayed in the excerpt?

Elizabeth comes across as intelligent and sharp-tongued.

Read this excerpt from "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A.E. Housman: Smart lad, to slip betimes away,From fields where glory does not stay,And early though the laurel grows,It withers quicker than the rose. What does the metaphor in the line "It withers quicker than the rose" imply?

Fame and honor do not last long.

Read this excerpt from "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Which line describes how the world of the Lady of Shalott differs from that of Camelot? Willow whiten, aspens quiver;Little breezes dusk and shiverThrough the wave that runs foreverBy the island in the riverFlowing down to Camelot.Four gray walls, and four gray towers,Overlook a space of flowers,And silent isle imbowersThe Lady of Shalott.By the margin, willow veil'd, Slide the heavy barges trail'd By slow horses; and unhail'd The shallop flitteth silken-sail'd Skimming down to Camelot: But who hath seen her wave her hand? Or at the casement seen her stand? Or is she known in all the land, The Lady of Shalott?

Four gray walls, and four gray towers,Overlook a space of flowers,And silent isle imbowersThe Lady of Shalott.

What do Rudyard Kipling's works reveal about his political views?

He favored colonization by the British.

What makes Algernon suspect Ernest's identity in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest?

He finds Ernest's cigarette case inscribed with the name Jack.

Read this excerpt from "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning: —and if she letHerself be lessoned so, nor plainly setHer wits to yours, forsooth, and made excuse,—E'en then would be some stooping: and I chooseNever to stoop. Oh, sir, she smiled, no doubt,Whene'er I passed her; but who passed without Much the same smile? This grew; I gave commands;Then all smiles stopped together. What conclusion can you draw about the speaker's character?

He is extremely arrogant.

"The World Is Too Much with Us" is a Petrarchan sonnet written by William Wordsworth. Its first eight lines (the octet) pose a question or problem, and its last six lines (the sestet) give a response or solution. The problem in this sonnet's octet is that humanity has lost its respect for and connection with nature. In the sestet, how does Wordsworth propose to address this problem? The World Is Too Much with Us The world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:Little we see in Nature that is ours;We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!1 This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;The winds that will be howling at all hours,And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;For this, for everything, we are out of tune;It moves us not.—Great God! I'd rather be A Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;So might I, standing on this pleasant lea 2, Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;Have sight of Proteus 3 rising from the sea;Or hear old Triton 4 blow his wreathed horn. 1 favor 2 meadow 3 Greek sea -god who could change his appearance at will 4 Greek sea -god with the head and upper body of a man and the tail of a fish

He wishes that he had been born a pagan so that he would have learned a different way of seeing nature.

In chapter 6 of Wuthering Heights, whose description of Thrushcross Grange does Nelly report?

Heathcliff's

Which of these characters in Wuthering Heights is modeled on Emily Brontë's brother, Patrick Branwell?

Hindley

What was the cause of Hindley's cruel behavior toward Heathcliff?

Hindley felt that his father favored Heathcliff over him.

Match the characters to their famous quotes.

I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. LADY BRACKNELL If you are not too long, I will wait here for you all my life. GWENDOLEN FAIRFAX It is a terrible thing for a man to find out suddenly that all his life he has been speaking nothing but the truth. Can you forgive me? JACK WORTHING Oh, I don't think I would care to catch a sensible man. I shouldn't know what to talk to him about. CECILY CARDEW The truth is rarely pure and never simple. Modern life would be very tedious if it were either, and modern literature a complete impossibility! ALGERNON MONCRIEFF

Which set of lines in this excerpt from "Easter, 1816" by W. B. Yeats suggests that the speaker had only a limited acquaintance with the people he is writing about? I have met them at close of dayComing with vivid facesFrom counter or desk among greyEighteenth-century houses.I have passed with a nod of the headOr polite meaningless words,Or have lingered awhile and said Polite meaningless words, And thought before I had doneOf a mocking tale or a gibeTo please a companionAround the fire at the club,Being certain that they and IBut lived where motley is worn:All changed, changed utterly:A terrible beauty is born.. . .Hearts with one purpose aloneThrough summer and winter seem Enchanted to a stone To trouble the living stream.

I have passed with a nod of the head Or polite meaningless words,Or have lingered awhile and said Polite meaningless words,

Which two sets of lines in this excerpt from Wilfred Owen's poem "Dulce Et Decorum Est" suggest that even after the fighting has ended, soldiers continue to suffer the psychological consequences of war? But someone still was yelling out and stumblingAnd floundering like a man in fire or lime.--Dim, through the misty panes and thick green lightAs under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. If in some smothering dreams you too could paceBehind the wagon that we flung him in,And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,

In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. If in some smothering dreams you too could pace

Which two sets of lines in William Wordsworth's poem reflect the poet's view that nature's beauty can live on in our memories and continue to delight us even after our experience with it has passed? I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud by William Wordsworth I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay,In such a jocund company:I gazed—and gazed—but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils.

In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.

Which two parts of this excerpt from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells suggest that the Time Traveller told a captivating tale? "I can't argue to-night. I don't mind telling you the story, but I can't argue. I will," he went on, "tell you the story of what has happened to me, if you like, but you must refrain from interruptions. I want to tell it. Badly. Most of it will sound like lying. So be it! It's true—every word of it, all the same. I was in my laboratory at four o'clock, and since then ... I've lived eight days ... such days as no human being ever lived before! I'm nearly worn out, but I shan't sleep till I've told this thing over to you. Then I shall go to bed. But no interruptions! Is it agreed?" "Agreed," said the Editor, and the rest of us echoed "Agreed." And with that the Time Traveller began his story as I have set it forth. He sat back in his chair at first, and spoke like a weary man. Afterwards he got more animated. In writing it down I feel with only too much keenness the inadequacy of pen and ink—and, above all, my own inadequacy—to express its quality. You read, I will suppose, attentively enough; but you cannot see the speaker's white, sincere face in the bright circle of the little lamp, nor hear the intonation of his voice. You cannot know how his expression followed the turns of his story! Most of us hearers were in shadow, for the candles in the smoking-room had not been lighted, and only the face of the Journalist and the legs of the Silent Man from the knees downward were illuminated. At first we glanced now and again at each other. After a time we ceased to do that, and looked only at the Time Traveller's face.

In writing it down I feel with only too much keenness the inadequacy of pen and ink—and, above all, my own inadequacy—to express its quality. At first we glanced now and again at each other. After a time we ceased to do that, and looked only at the Time Traveller's face.

In this excerpt from "A Woman's Shortcomings" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, what is the effect of parallelism? Unless you can muse in a crowd all dayOn the absent face that fixed you;Unless you can love, as the angels may,With the breadth of heaven betwixt you;Unless you can dream that his faith is fast,Through behoving and unbehoving;Unless you can die when the dream is past-Oh, never call it loving!

It adds to the high standard the speaker is claiming one must meet to love another.

In this excerpt from "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, how does the repetition of words in the first four lines affect the narrative? She left the web, she left the loom, She made three paces thro' the room, She saw the water lily bloom, She saw the helmet and the plume, She look'd down to Camelot. Out flew the web and floated wide; The mirror crack'd from side to side; "The curse is come upon me," cried The Lady of Shalott.

It builds a sense of anticipation and mystery.

Which of the following is a comparison that this poem makes? Music, When Soft Voices Die (To--) by Percy Bysshe Shelley Music, when soft voices die,Vibrates in the memory.--Odors, when sweet violets sicken,Live within the sense they quicken.-- Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,Are heaped for the beloved's bed--And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,Love itself shall slumber on.

It compares the beloved's thoughts to rose leaves that live longer than the rose itself.

What is the effect of enjambment in this excerpt from "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning? That moment she was mine, mine, fair, Perfectly pure and good: I found A thing to do, and all her hair In one long yellow string I wound Three times her little throat around,And strangled her. No pain felt she;

It enhances the shocking effect.

How does the last sentence of this excerpt from H. G. Wells's The Time Machine affect the reader? As I stood there in the gathering dark I thought that in this simple explanation I had mastered the problem of the world—mastered the whole secret of these delicious people. Possibly the checks they had devised for the increase of population had succeeded too well, and their numbers had rather diminished than kept stationary. That would account for the abandoned ruins. Very simple was my explanation, and plausible enough—as most wrong theories are!

It hints to the reader that unexpected changes in the Time Traveller's view may follow.

What is the effect of the choice of frozen landscapes such as the North Pole and the Swiss Alps as settings in Frankenstein?

It reminds readers of the loneliness and absolute desolation of the characters.

What makes The Importance of Being Earnest a comedy of manners?

It satirizes the behavior of the Victorian aristocracy.

Which of these factors contributed to the popularity of novels during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries?

Most novels depicted the lives of the middle and working classes.

What inference can be drawn in this excerpt from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice? Mr. Bennet's property consisted almost entirely in an estate of two thousand a year, which, unfortunately for his daughters, was entailed, in default of heirs male, on a distant relation; and their mother's fortune, though ample for her situation in life, could but ill supply the deficiency of his. Her father had been an attorney in Meryton, and had left her four thousand pounds.

Mr. Bennet's property cannot pass to his daughters because the law dictates that a male descendant must inherit it.

Which part of this excerpt from Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist suggests a trace of humane feeling in Mr. Bumble's character? For some time, Mr. Bumble drew Oliver along, without notice or remark; for the beadle carried his head very erect, as a beadle always should: and, it being a windy day, little Oliver was completely enshrouded by the skirts of Mr. Bumble's coat as they blew open, and disclosed to great advantage his flapped waistcoat and drab plush knee-breeches. As they drew near to their destination, however, Mr. Bumble thought it expedient to look down, and see that the boy was in good order for inspection by his new master: which he accordingly did, with a fit and becoming air of gracious patronage. "Oliver!" said Mr. Bumble. "Yes, sir," replied Oliver, in a low, tremulous voice. "Pull that cap off your eyes, and hold up your head, sir." Although Oliver did as he was desired, at once; and passed the back of his unoccupied hand briskly across his eyes, he left a tear in them when he looked up at his conductor. As Mr. Bumble gazed sternly upon him, it rolled down his cheek. It was followed by another, and another. The child made a strong effort, but it was an unsuccessful one. Withdrawing his other hand from Mr. Bumble's he covered his face with both; and wept until the tears sprung out from between his chin and bony fingers. "Well!" exclaimed Mr. Bumble, stopping short, and darting at his little charge a look of intense malignity. "Well! Of all the ungratefullest, and worst-disposed boys as ever I see, Oliver, you are the—" "No, no, sir," sobbed Oliver, clinging to the hand which held the well-known cane; "no, no, sir; I will be good indeed; indeed, indeed I will, sir! I am a very little boy, sir; and it is so—so—" "So what?" inquired Mr. Bumble in amazement. "So lonely, sir! So very lonely!" cried the child. "Everybody hates me. Oh! sir, don't, don't pray be cross to me!" The child beat his hand upon his heart; and looked in his companion's face, with tears of real agony. Mr. Bumble regarded Oliver's piteous and helpless look, with some astonishment, for a few seconds; hemmed three or four times in a husky manner; and after muttering something about 'that troublesome cough,' bade Oliver dry his eyes and be a good boy. Then once more taking his hand, he walked on with him in silence.

Mr. Bumble regarded Oliver's piteous and helpless look, with some astonishment, for a few seconds; hemmed three or four times in a husky manner; and after muttering something about 'that troublesome cough,' bade Oliver dry his eyes and be a good boy

Which of the following statements describes the theme of William Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey"?

Nature can help people during difficult times.

Emily Brontë uses the technique of frame narrative in the novel Wuthering Heights. Which statement is true about Nelly as a narrator?

Nelly is an unreliable narrator because her narration is colored with her feelings for the other characters.

Read the excerpt from "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. In which three lines does the poet reveal the monotony of the Lady's existence? No time hath she to sport and play:A charmed web she weaves alway.A curse is on her, if she stayHer weaving, either night or day,To look down to Camelot.She knows not what the curse may be;Therefore she weaveth steadily,Therefore no other care hath she,The Lady of Shalott. She lives with little joy or fear.Over the water, running near,The sheep bell tinkles in her ear.Before her hangs a mirror clear,Reflecting tower'd Camelot.And as the mazy web she whirls,She sees the surly village churls,And the red cloaks of market girlsPass onward from Shalott.

No time hath she to sport and play: she weaveth steadily,Therefore no other care hath she, She lives with little joy or fear.

Which lines in these excerpts from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice are examples of free indirect speech? 1. Within a short walk of Longbourn lived a family with whom the Bennets were particularly intimate. Sir William Lucas had been formerly in trade in Meryton, where he had made a tolerable fortune, and risen to the honour of knighthood by an address to the king during his mayoralty. The distinction had perhaps been felt too strongly. It had given him a disgust to his business, and to his residence in a small market town; and, in quitting them both, he had removed with his family to a house about a mile from Meryton, denominated from that period Lucas Lodge, where he could think with pleasure of his own importance, and, unshackled by business, occupy himself solely in being civil to all the world. For, though elated by his rank, it did not render him supercilious; on the contrary, he was all attention to everybody. By nature inoffensive, friendly, and obliging, his presentation at St. James's had made him courteous. 2. He was quite young, wonderfully handsome, extremely agreeable, and, to crown the whole, he meant to be at the next assembly with a large party. Nothing could be more delightful! To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love; and very lively hopes of Mr. Bingley's heart were entertained. "If I can but see one of my daughters happily settled at Netherfield," said Mrs. Bennet to her husband, "and all the others equally well married, I shall have nothing to wish for."

Nothing could be more delightful! To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love; and very lively hopes of Mr. Bingley's heart were entertained.

Read this excerpt from "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. Which group of lines points to the Lady of Shalott's impending death? His broad clear brow in sunlight glow'd;On burnish'd hooves his war-horse trode;From underneath his helmet flow'dHis coal-black curls as on he rode,As he rode down from Camelot. From the bank and from the riverHe flash'd into the crystal mirror,'Tirra lirra, tirra lirra:'Sang Sir Lancelot.She left the web, she left the loomShe made three paces thro' the roomShe saw the water-flower bloom,She saw the helmet and the plume, She look'd down to Camelot. Out flew the web and floated wide;The mirror crack'd from side to side;'The curse is come upon me,' cried The Lady of Shalott.

Out flew the web and floated wide;The mirror crack'd from side to side;'The curse is come upon me,' cried The Lady of Shalott.

Read this excerpt from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde. Then complete the sentence that follows. LADY BRACKNELL (Glares at JACK for a few moments. Then bends, with a practised smile, to CECILY.): Kindly turn round, sweet child. (She turns completely round.) No, the side view is what I want. (Cecily presents her profile.) Yes, quite as I expected. There are distinct social possibilities in your profile. The two weak points in our age are its want of principle and its want of profile. The chin a little higher, dear. Style largely depends on the way the chin is worn. They are worn very high, just at present. Algernon! Lady Bracknell represents typical Victorian views on marriage. According to her, STYLE and APPEARANCE background are the essential qualities for a perfect match for her nephew, Algernon.

STYLE and APPEARANCE

Which of these writers influenced Jane Austen's work?

Samuel Johnson

In this excerpt from Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, identify the text that makes unconventional use of metaphors. What an extraordinary habit that was, Clarissa thought; always playing with a knife. Always making one feel, too, frivolous; empty-minded; a mere silly chatterbox, as he used. But I too, she thought, and, taking up her needle, summoned, like a Queen whose guards have fallen asleep and left her unprotected (she had been quite taken aback by this visit—it had upset her) so that any one can stroll in and have a look at her where she lies with the brambles curving over her, summoned to her help the things she did; the things she liked; her husband; Elizabeth; her self, in short, which Peter hardly knew now, all to come about her and beat off the enemy."Well, and what's happened to you?" she said. So before a battle begins, the horses paw the ground; toss their heads; the light shines on their flanks; their necks curve. So Peter Walsh and Clarissa, sitting side by side on the blue sofa, challenged each other. His powers chafed and tossed in him. He assembled from different quarters all sorts of things; praise; his career at Oxford; his marriage, which she knew nothing whatever about; how he had loved; and altogether done his job.

So before a battle begins, the horses paw the ground; toss their heads; the light shines on their flanks; their necks curve. So Peter Walsh and Clarissa, sitting side by side on the blue sofa, challenged each other.

In the passage, what does the metaphor of a bird soaring in ecstasy signify?

Stephen's joy at having a sudden realization

Which two sections show Safie's quest for independence? Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (excerpt) Taking with her some jewels that belonged to her, and a small sum of money, she quitted Italy, with an attendant, a native of Leghorn, but who understood the common language of Turkey, and departed for Germany. She arrived in safety at a town about twenty leagues from the cottage of De Lacey, when her attendant fell dangerously ill. Safie nursed her with the most devoted affection; but the poor girl died, and the Arabian was left alone, unacquainted with the language of the country, and utterly ignorant of the customs of the world. She fell, however, into good hands. The Italian had mentioned the name of the spot for which they were bound; and, after her death, the woman of the house in which they had lived took care that Safie should arrive in safety at the cottage of her lover. Presently I found, by the frequent recurrence of one sound which the stranger repeated after them, that she was endeavouring to learn their language; and the idea instantly occurred to me, that I should make use of the same instructions to the same end. The stranger learned about twenty words at the first lesson, most of them indeed were those which I had before understood, but I profited by the others.

Taking with her some jewels that belonged to her, and a small sum of money, she quitted Italy she was endeavouring to learn their language

Match the words in bold to their meanings within the context of the excerpts.

That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloy'd,(excerpt from "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats) ~ overly sentimental One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace(excerpt from "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron) ~ partially damaged What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?(excerpt from "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats) ~ reluctant or unwilling

Which of the following statements describes the relationship of William Blake and Thomas Gray to William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge?

The first pair were transitional authors with romantic and neoclasssical characteristics. The second pair were the first to identify themselves as romantics.

Read this excerpt from "The Last Duchess" by Robert Browning: Too easily impressed; she liked whate'erShe looked on, and her looks went everywhere.Sir, 'twas all one! My favour at her breast,The dropping of the daylight in the West,The bough of cherries some officious foolBroke in the orchard for her, the white muleShe rode with round the terrace—all and eachWould draw from her alike the approving speech What is the main complaint of the speaker against the lady referred to in the poem?

The lady did not value the Duke enough and treated him like she treated everyone else.

Which element of the romantic movement is present in this excerpt from the "The Solitary Reaper" by William Wordsworth? Will no one tell me what she sings?--Perhaps the plaintive numbers flowFor old, unhappy, far-off things,And battles long ago:Or is it some more humble lay,Familiar matter of to-day?Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain,That has been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the Maiden sangAs if her song could have no ending;I saw her singing at her work,And o'er the sickle bending;--I listened, motionless and still;And, as I mounted up the hill,The music in my heart I bore,Long after it was heard no more.

The poem explores the inner world of an individual.

Read this excerpt from "The Lady of Shalott" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. How is the isolation of the Lady emphasized through the poem's settings? On either side the river lieLong fields of barley and of rye,That clothe the wold and meet the sky;And thro' the field the road runs by To many-tower'd Camelot;And up and down the people go,Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there below,The island of Shalott.

The town has fields and roads, but she lives in a secluded tower.

There have been many film adaptations of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. How do most film adaptations differ from the original text version of the story?

They are less complex because they lack the multiple perspectives of the novel.

Which of these excerpts from Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice highlights the condescending attitude of upper-class characters? 1. Her report was highly favourable.Sir William had been delighted with him. He was quite young, wonderfully handsome, extremely agreeable, and, to crown the whole, he meant to be at the next assembly with a large party. Nothing could be more delightful! To be fond of dancing was a certain step towards falling in love; and very lively hopes of Mr. Bingley's heart were entertained. 2. Jane was as much gratified by this as her mother could be, though in a quieter way. Elizabeth felt Jane's pleasure. Mary had heard herself mentioned to Miss Bingley as the most accomplished girl in the neighbourhood; and Catherine and Lydia had been fortunate enough never to be without partners, which was all that they had yet learnt to care for at a ball. They returned, therefore, in good spirits to Longbourn, the village where they lived, and of which they were the principal inhabitants. They found Mr. Bennet still up. 3. They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town, had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank, and were therefore in every respect entitled to think well of themselves, and meanly of others. They were of a respectable family in the north of England; a circumstance more deeply impressed on their memories than that their brother's fortune and their own had been acquired by trade.4. The manner in which they spoke of the Meryton assembly was sufficiently characteristic. Bingley had never met with more pleasant people or prettier girls in his life; everybody had been most kind and attentive to him; there had been no formality, no stiffness; he had soon felt acquainted with all the room; and, as to Miss Bennet, he could not conceive an angel more beautiful. Darcy, on the contrary, had seen a collection of people in whom there was little beauty and no fashion, for none of whom he had felt the smallest interest, and from none received either attention or pleasure. Miss Bennet he acknowledged to be pretty, but she smiled too much.

They were rather handsome, had been educated in one of the first private seminaries in town, had a fortune of twenty thousand pounds, were in the habit of spending more than they ought, and of associating with people of rank, and were therefore in every respect entitled to think well of themselves, and meanly of others. They were of a respectable family in the north of England; a circumstance more deeply impressed on their memories than that their brother's fortune and their own had been acquired by trade.

What does the speaker in this poem say will happen to "thy thoughts, when thou art gone"? Music, When Soft Voices Die (To--)by Percy Bysshe Shelley Music, when soft voices die,Vibrates in the memory.--Odors, when sweet violets sicken,Live within the sense they quicken.-- Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,Are heaped for the beloved's bed--And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,Love itself shall slumber on.

They will live on forever for the speaker.

Which two phrases in this excerpt from "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats suggest that the urn represents everlasting art? O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with bredeOf marble men and maidens overwrought,With forest branches and the trodden weed;Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thoughtAs doth eternity: Cold pastoral!When old age shall this generation waste,Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe,Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou sayst,"Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is allYe know on earth, and all ye need to know."

Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thought As doth eternity: When old age shall this generation waste,Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe

Match the traits to the respective manors.

Thrushcross grange: illuminated, well maintained, sophisticated residents Wuthering heights: dark interiors, gloomy, uncongeial residents

In this excerpt from "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning, which lines suggest that the speaker doubts the depth of Porphyria's love? And spread, o'er all, her yellow hair, Murmuring how she loved me—she Too weak, for all her heart's endeavour, To set its struggling passion free From pride, and vainer ties dissever, And give herself to me for ever. But passion sometimes would prevail, Nor could to-night's gay feast restrain A sudden thought of one so pale For love of her, and all in vain: So, she was come through wind and rain.

Too weak, for all her heart's endeavour, To set its struggling passion free From pride, and vainer ties dissever,

Two excerpts from Victor's conversation with Walton at different points in the novel Frankenstein are quoted here. The excerpts relate to the theme of dangerous knowledge. What do the excerpts indicate about his motive for creating the creature?

Victor created the creature because he wanted glory and fame.

In the novel Frankenstein, what is the significance of Walton's letters to his sister at the beginning of the narrative?

Walton's letters speak of his thirst for knowledge and his loneliness, and they introduce the novel's main themes.

Which part of this passage from chapter 6 of Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights illustrates that Hindley's wife did not belong to the upper class? Mr. Hindley came home to the funeral; and—a thing that amazed us, and set the neighbours gossiping right and left—he brought a wife with him. What she was, and where she was born, he never informed us: probably, she had neither money nor name to recommend her, or he would scarcely have kept the union from his father.She was not one that would have disturbed the house much on her own account. Every object she saw, the moment she crossed the threshold, appeared to delight her; and every circumstance that took place about her: except the preparing for the burial, and the presence of the mourners. I thought she was half silly, from her behaviour while that went on: she ran into her chamber, and made me come with her, though I should have been dressing the children: and there she sat shivering and clasping her hands, and asking repeatedly—"Are they gone yet?" Then she began describing with hysterical emotion the effect it produced on her to see black; and started, and trembled, and, at last, fell a-weeping—and when I asked what was the matter, answered, she didn't know; but she felt so afraid of dying! I imagined her as little likely to die as myself. She was rather thin, but young, and fresh-complexioned, and her eyes sparkled as bright as diamonds. I did remark, to be sure, that mounting the stairs made her breathe very quick; that the least sudden noise set her all in a quiver, and that she coughed troublesomely sometimes: but I knew nothing of what these symptoms portended, and had no impulse to sympathise with her. We don't in general take to foreigners here, Mr. Lockwood, unless they take to us first.

What she was, and where she was born, he never informed us: probably, she had neither money nor name to recommend her, or he would scarcely have kept the union from his father.

What viewpoint on men and women does Victor's description of Elizabeth reflect in the passage from Frankenstein?

Women are less interested in concrete ideas than men are.

Which aspect of industrialized Britain does Charles Dickens criticize in this excerpt from Oliver Twist? Mr. Gamfield's countenance brightened, as, with a quick step, he returned to the table, and said, "What'll you give, gen'l'men? Come! Don't be too hard on a poor man. What'll you give?" "I should say, three pound ten was plenty," said Mr. Limbkins. "Ten shillings too much," said the gentleman in the white waistcoat. "Come!" said Gamfield; "say four pound, gen'l'men. Say four pound, and you've got rid of him for good and all. There!" "Three pound ten,'"repeated Mr. Limbkins, firmly. "Come! I'll split the diff'erence, gen'l'men," urged Gamfield. "Three pound fifteen." "Not a farthing more," was the firm reply of Mr. Limbkins. "You're desperate hard upon me, gen'l'men," said Gamfield, wavering. "Pooh! pooh! nonsense!" said the gentleman in the white waistcoat. "He'd be cheap with nothing at all, as a premium. Take him, you silly fellow! He's just the boy for you. He wants the stick, now and then: it'll do him good; and his board needn't come very expensive, for he hasn't been overfed since he was born. Ha! ha! ha!"

a lack of compassion of all classes toward the suffering of the poor

And all her silken flanks with garlands drest?(excerpt from "Ode on a Grecian Urn" by John Keats) Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,(excerpt from "Ozymandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley) Of cloudless climes and starry skies;(excerpt from "She Walks in Beauty" by Lord Byron)

a person's face (Percy Bysshe Shelley) regions with relation to their weather patterns (Lord Byron) a side of the body (John Keats)

What is the rhyme scheme in this excerpt from the poem "The Voice" by Thomas Hardy? Can it be you that I hear? Let me view you, then,Standing as when I drew near to the townWhere you would wait for me: yes, as I knew you then,Even to the original air-blue gown! Or is it only the breeze, in its listlessnessTravelling across the wet mead to me here,You being ever dissolved to wan wistlessness,Heard no more again far or near? Thus I; faltering forward,Leaves around me falling,Wind oozing thin through the thorn from norward,And the woman calling.

abab

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" most reflects which romantic ideal?

belief in the supernatural

How does H. G. Wells refute the theory of social Darwinism in The Time Machine?

by showing that both the upper and lower classes have evolved into degraded forms

Which three lines in this excerpt from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" best reflect the theme of chaos and excitement in creation? But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slantedDown the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!A savage place! as holy and enchantedAs e'er beneath a waning moon was hauntedBy woman wailing for her demon-lover!And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,A mighty fountain momently was forced :Amid whose swift half-intermitted burstHuge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail :And 'mid these dancing rocks at once and everIt flung up momently the sacred river.

ceaseless turmoil seething, A mighty fountain momently was forced : It flung up momently the sacred river.

Read these excerpts from Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist and identify the meaning of the words in bold based on their context. Now, Mr. Bumble was a fat man, and a choleric; so, instead of responding to this open-hearted salutation in a kindred spirit, he gave the little wicket a tremendous shake, and then bestowed upon it a kick which could have emanated from no leg but a beadle's. ..... Oliver, having had by this time as much of the outer coat of dirt which encrusted his face and hands, removed, as could be scrubbed off in one washing, was led into the room by his benevolent protectress. ..... The boys polished them with their spoons till they shone again; and when they had performed this operation (which never took very long, the spoons being nearly as large as the bowls), they would sit staring at the copper, with such eager eyes, as if they could have devoured the very bricks of which it was composed; employing themselves, meanwhile, in sucking their fingers most assiduously, with the view of catching up any stray splashes of gruel that might have been cast thereon.

choleric = bad-tempered encrusted = covered assiduously = eagerly

Which of these themes recurs in Jane Austen's novels?

class distinctions

Which of Noah Claypole's character traits is revealed in this excerpt from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens? Noah, whose top waistcoat-button might have been somewhere on a level with the crown of Oliver's head, rubbed his eyes with the inside of his wrists while this commiseration was bestowed upon him, and performed some affecting tears and sniffs.

deceptiveness

In Jane Austen's time, the law dictated that a man's property was inherited by his closest male heir instead of by the women in his family. What was this law known as?

entailment

Which themes of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist does this excerpt from the novel touch on? The houses on either side were high and large, but very old, and tenanted by people of the poorest class: as their neglected appearance would have sufficiently denoted, without the concurrent testimony afforded by the squalid looks of the few men and women who, with folded arms and bodies half doubled, occasionally skulked along. . . . Some houses which had become insecure from age and decay, were prevented from falling into the street, by huge beams of wood reared against the walls, and firmly planted in the road; but even these crazy dens seemed to have been selected as the nightly haunts of some houseless wretches, for many of the rough boards which supplied the place of door and window, were wrenched from their positions, to afford an aperture wide enough for the passage of a human body. The kennel was stagnant and filthy. The very rats, which here and there lay putrefying in its rottenness, were hideous with famine.

extreme poverty

Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. Read the passage and then complete these sentences. The narrator is full of grief. The poem ends on a pessimistic tone, which is common to many of Housman's poems.

grief pessimistic

Read this excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim in which Kim responds to the lama's questions. Then complete the sentences that follow. "So they made the triple trial of strength against all comers. And at the test of the Bow, our Lord first breaking that which they gave Him, called for such a bow as none might bend. Thou knowest?" "It is written. I have read." "And, overshooting all other marks, the arrow passed far and far beyond sight. At the last it fell; and, where it touched earth, there broke out a stream which presently became a River, whose nature, by our Lord's beneficence, and that merit He acquired ere He freed himself, is that whoso bathes in it washes away all taint and speckle of sin." . . . "If I knew, think you I would not cry it aloud?" "By it one attains freedom from the Wheel of Things," the lama went on, unheeding. "The River of the Arrow! Think again! Some little stream, maybe—dried in the heats? But the Holy One would never so cheat an old man." "I do not know. I do not know." The lama is looking for "The River of the Arrow" because he thinks he will be purified spiritually when he finds ithe thinks he will find his master on its bankshe believes his master's grave lies on its bankshe believes he will see God when he finds it. The excerpt shows that Kim is under the lama's spell and eager to help him find the riverKim has no regard for the lama and does not listen to himKim is eager to show the lama that he does not know where the river is locatedKim thinks the lama's story is true and listens with interest so he can find the river himself.

he thinks he will be purified spiritually when he finds it Kim is eager to show the lama that he does not know where the river is located

Match the excerpts from Frankenstein to the themes they reflect.

isolation: "If I am assailed by disappointment, no one will endeavor to sustain me in dejection.I shall commit my thoughts to paper, it is true; but that is a poor medium for the communication of feeling." dangerous knowledge: "They have acquired new and almost unlimited powers; they can command the thunders of heaven, mimic the earthquake, and even mock the invisible world with its own shadows." deceptive appearances: "I found a fire which had been left by some wandering beggars, and was overcome with delight at the warmth I experienced from it. In my joy I thrust my hand into the live embers, but quickly drew it out again with a cry of pain." revenge: "From that moment I declared everlasting war against the species, and, more than all,against him who had formed me and sent me forth to this insupportable misery."

In this excerpt from Hard Times by Charles Dickens, which three sections include images of the horrors of industrialization? It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage. It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever, and never got uncoiled. It had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with ill-smelling dye, and vast piles of building full of windows where there was a rattling and a trembling all day long, and where the piston of the steam-engine worked monotonously up and down, like the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness. ... You saw nothing in Coketown but what was severely workful. If the members of a religious persuasion built a chapel there - as the members of eighteen religious persuasions had done - they made it a pious warehouse of red brick, with sometimes (but this is only in highly ornamental examples) a bell in a birdcage on the top of it. The solitary exception was the New Church; a stuccoed edifice with a square steeple over the door, terminating in four short pinnacles like florid wooden legs.

it was a town of unnatural red and black like the painted face of a savage. serpents of smoke trailed themselves for ever and ever, and never got uncoiled. black canal in it, and a river that ran purple with ill-smelling dye

What aspect of nature does the star represent in the poem? Bright Star by John Keats Bright star, would I were stead fast as thou art-- Not in lone splendour hung aloft the night And watching, with eternal lids apart,Like nature's patient, sleepless Eremite,The moving waters at their priest like task Of pure ablution round earth's human shores,Or gazing on the new soft-fallen mask Of snow upon the mountains and the moors--No—yet still stead fast, still unchangeable,Pillow'd upon my fair love's ripening breast,To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,And so live ever—or else swoon to death.

its constancy in contrast to the rapid changes the speaker undergoes

Read this excerpt from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens: This was rather too violent exercise to last long. When they were all wearied out, and could tear and beat no longer, they dragged Oliver, struggling and shouting, but nothing daunted, into the dust-cellar, and there locked him up. This being done, Mrs. Sowerberry sunk into a chair, and burst into tears. "Bless her, she's going off!" said Charlotte. "A glass of water, Noah, dear. Make haste!" "Oh! Charlotte," said Mrs. Sowerberry: speaking as well as she could, through a deficiency of breath, and a sufficiency of cold water, which Noah had poured over her head and shoulders. "Oh! Charlotte, what a mercy we have not all been murdered in our beds!" "Ah! mercy indeed, ma'am," was the reply. "I only hope this'll teach master not to have any more of these dreadful creatures, that are born to be murderers and robbers from their very cradle. Poor Noah! He was all but killed, ma'am, when I come in." Complete the paragraph. In this excerpt, Charlotte and Mrs. Sowerberry are reacting to what the reader sees as Oliver's desire to find out about his parentsactions from a poor justifiable anger toward Noah intolerance of authority figures. Noah most likely pours water on Mrs. Sowerberry because he misunderstands Charlottedoesn't like herspills it accidentallywants to calm her. Charlotte's reference to creatures "born to be murderers and robbers" suggests that she is contemptuous of the working classaspires to rise sociallytries to impress her mistressis not a good judge of character.

justifiable anger towards noah misunderstands Charlotte is not a good judge of character

Which of these factors helped to fuel the Industrial Revolution in Britain?

migration of landless farmers to urban regions

Because of the status of female writers in the Victorian age, many women published their works under a pseudonym. The Brontë sisters wrote under the names of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell.

pseudonym ellis

Which literary device is used in the title of Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest?

pun

Identify the meanings of the bolded words in the passage based on the context. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (excerpt) I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition, or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy; and a churchyard was to me merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm. The astonishment which I had at first experienced on this discovery soon gave place to delight and rapture. After so much time spent in painful labour, to arrive at once at the summit of my desires, was the most gratifying consummation of my tolls. But this discovery was so great and overwhelming, that all the steps by which I had been progressively led to it were obliterated, and I beheld only the result.

receptacle: container consummation: completion obliterated: destroyed

Which of these themes is central to Wuthering Heights?

revenge

Read this excerpt from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde and complete the sentences that follow. ALGERNON: Good heavens! Is marriage so demoralising as that? LANE: I believe it is a very pleasant state, sir. I have had very little experience of it myself up to the present. I have only been married once. That was in consequence of a misunderstanding between myself and a young person. ALGERNON (Languidly.): I don't know that I am much interested in your family life, Lane. LANE: No, sir; it is not a very interesting subject. I never think of it myself. ALGERNON: Very natural, I am sure. That will do, Lane, thank you. LANE: Thank you, sir. (Lane goes out.) ALGERNON: Lane's views on marriage seem somewhat lax. Really, if the lower orders don't set us a good example, what on earth is the use of them? They seem, as a class, to have absolutely no sense of moral responsibility. Algernon believes that the lower classes should learn frombe educated likeset an example forrespect the upper classes, yet he labels them as lacking moral responsibilitybasic lifestyle rulesunderstanding of moralityconcern for their employers

set an example for moral responsibility

Read this excerpt from A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens: In England, there was scarcely an amount of order and protection to justify much national boasting. Daring burglaries by armed men, and highway robberies, took place in the capital itself every night; families were publicly cautioned not to go out of town without removing their furniture to upholsterers' warehouses for security; the highwayman in the dark was a City tradesman in the light, and, being recognised and challenged by his fellow- tradesman whom he stopped in his character of "the Captain," gallantly shot him through the head and rode away; the mall was waylaid by seven robbers, and the guard shot three dead, and then got shot dead himself by the other four, "in consequence of the failure of his ammunition:" after which the mall was robbed in peace; that magnificent potentate, the Lord Mayor of London, was made to stand and deliver on Turnham Green, by one highwayman, who despoiled the illustrious creature in sight of all his retinue; Complete the sentences. The excerpt is a description from a Victorian novel. The author engages in social criticism in a critical tone. The excerpt suggests that the novel is written in a realist style.

social criticism a critical tone realist

What is the Victorian theme in the poem "Beautiful City" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson? Beautiful city, the centre and crater of European confusion,O you with your passionate shriek for the rights of an equalhumanity,How often your Re-volution has proven but E-volutionRoll'd again back on itself in the tides of a civic insanity!

social justice

Read this excerpt from The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde and complete the sentences that follow. JACK: Gwendolen, will you marry me? (Goes on his knees.) GWENDOLEN: Of course I will, darling. How long you have been about it! I am afraid you have had very little experience in how to propose. JACK: My own one, I have never loved any one in the world but you. GWENDOLEN: Yes, but men often propose for practice. I know my brother Gerald does. All my girl-friends tell me so. What wonderfully blue eyes you have, Ernest! They are quite, quite, blue. I hope you will always look at me just like that, especially when there are other people present. Gwendolen portrays Victorian qualities of being superficial. Gwendolen's lines imply that her brother is flirtatious.

superficial flirtatious

Read these excerpts from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens and identify the meaning of each bolded word based on its context. Child as he was, he was desperate with hunger, and reckless with misery. He rose from the table; and advancing to the master, basin and spoon in hand, said: somewhat alarmed at his own temerity: "Please, sir. I want some more." The shop-boys in the neighbourhood had long been in the habit of branding Noah in the public streets, with the ignominious epithets of "leathers," "charity," and the like; and Noah had bourne them without reply It cannot be expected that this system of farming would produce any very extraordinary or luxuriant crop. Oliver Twist's ninth birthday found him a pale thin child, somewhat diminutive in stature, and decidedly small in circumference. temerity = boldness ignominious = disgraceful diminutive = short

temerity = boldness ignominious = disgraceful diminutive = short

Which two groups fought the Boer War?

the Dutch Afrikaners and the British

Which two sections of text in these excerpts from Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway deal with the motif of water? How fresh, how calm, stiller than this of course, the air was in the early morning; like the flap of a wave; the kiss of a wave; chill and sharp and yet (for a girl of eighteen as she then was) solemn, feeling as she did, standing there at the open window, that something awful was about to happen; looking at the flowers, at the trees with the smoke winding off them and the rooks rising, falling; standing and looking until Peter Walsh said, "Musing among the vegetables?"—was that it?—"I prefer men to cauliflowers"—was that it? He must have said it at breakfast one morning when she had gone out on to the terrace—Peter Walsh. (June had drawn out every leaf on the trees. The mothers of Pimlico gave suck to their young. Messages were passing from the Fleet to the Admiralty. Arlington Street and Piccadilly seemed to chafe the very air in the Park and lift its leaves hotly, brilliantly, on waves of that divine vitality which Clarissa loved. To dance, to ride, she had adored all that.)

the air was in the early morning; like the flap of a wave; the kiss of a wave; on waves of that divine vitality

Which of these themes are you most likely to encounter in a modernist poem?

the difficulty of determining what is real

Which two attributes of this poem by Ezra Pound are characteristic of modernist poetry? In a Station of the Metro The apparition of faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough.

the economic use of language a precise image conveyed through an unexpected metaphor

Which of the following influenced the outlook of the romantic poets of Byron's generation?

the increased freedom of ordinary people after the French Revolution

What modernist theme does the excerpt highlight?

the search for self

This excerpt is from "The Poet" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The poem describes a poet's consciousness and perception. Which three lines suggest the richness of a poet's thoughts? Thus truth was multiplied on truth, the worldLike one great garden show'd,And thro' the wreaths of floating dark upcurl'd,Rare sunrise flow'd. And Freedom rear'd in that august sunriseHer beautiful bold brow,When rites and forms before his burning eyesMelted like snow. There was no blood upon her maiden robesSunn'd by those orient skies;But round about the circles of the globesOf her keen eyes And in her raiment's hem was traced in flameWISDOM, a name to shakeAll evil dreams of power--a sacred name. And when she spake, Her words did gather thunder as they ran,And as the lightning to the thunderWhich follows it, riving the spirit of man,Making earth wonder, So was their meaning to her words.No swordOf wrath her right arm whirl'd, But one poor poet's scroll, and with 'his' wordShe shook the world.

the worldLike one great garden show'd, And Freedom rear'd in that august sunrise Her words did gather thunder as they ran,

Why did Oscar Wilde most likely use stock characters such as dandies in his works?

to attack the fake morality and superficiality of Victorian society