Praxis Practice Test English 5038

d. Compound-complex

83. The questions in this test can give you an idea of what kinds of questions you might find on the actual test; however, they are not duplicates of the actual test questions, which cover the same knowledge but may differ somewhat in form and content. The preceding sentence is which of the following sentence types? a. Simple b. Complex c. Compound d. Compound-complex

c. Euphemism.

84. Doctors perform surgery and the patient dies. A doctor reporting this says the surgery had a "negative patient outcome." This is best identified as an example of... a. Jargon. b. Ambiguity. c. Euphemism. d. Connotation.

b. Reflection

85. Which of the following is NOT typically categorized as a prewriting process? a. Planning b. Reflection c. Visualization d. Brainstorming

d. Four or more authors.

96. The MLA guidelines for citing multiple authors of the same source in the in-text citations of a research paper are to use the first author's name and "et al" for the other(s) in the case of ... a. More than one author. b. Two or three authors. c. Three or more authors. d. Four or more authors.

c. AABB.

Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields. 24. The rhyme scheme of this stanza is ... a. ABAB. b. ABBA. c. AABB. d. ABCD.

c. Mortality.

I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown. 47. The second excerpt is speaking about... a. Indecision. b. A vacation. c. Mortality. d. Drowning.

b. You should consider how your readers are likely to use what you write.

100. When you have a writing assignment, which of the following is true about your reader audience? a. You need not identify the audience because it is the assigning teacher. b. You should consider how your readers are likely to use what you write. c. You should know your writing purpose more than a reader's purposes. d. You are overthinking to wonder about readers' likely attitude/reaction.

b. Renaissance

21. William Shakespeare wrote during which historical and literary period? a. Medieval b. Renaissance c. Restoration d. Enlightenment

a. John Bunyan

22. Which of the following was the author of The Pilgrim's Progress? a. John Bunyan b. William Congreve c. Daniel Defoe d. Samuel Butler

d. All of the above

25. The legend of Faust has been treated in literature by which of the following? a. Christopher Marlowe b. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe c. Thomas Mann d. All of the above

d. None of the above

26. Of the following works by Alexander Pope, which was written in prose? a. An Essay on Criticism b. The Rape of the lock c. The Universal Prayer d. None of the above

a. 5/7/5 syllables per line

39. A distinguishing feature of the form known as haiku is... a. 5/7/5 syllables per line b. An ABA rhyme scheme c. Perfectly regular meter d. Lengthy epic narratives

b. A non-fictional Dutch journal influenced by World War II

40. Which of the following accurately identifies The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank? a. A fictional novel of a 1920s American debutante's diary b. A non-fictional Dutch journal influenced by World War II c. A long, episodic poem depicting childhood schizophrenia d. A British record documenting a sociological diary project

d. Drouet is morally decent but unaware; Hurstwood is the opposite.

42. Which of the following statements is most accurate regarding the characters of Drouet and Hurstwood in Theodore Dreiser's novel Sister Carrie? a. Drouet has the awareness to be decent, but he lacks the morality. b. Hurstwood has the morality, but not the awareness, for decency. c. Only one of these characters is representative of the middle class. d. Drouet is morally decent but unaware; Hurstwood is the opposite.

c. The Miller's Tale

51. Which of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is an example of the literary form known as the fabliau? a. The Physician's Tale b. The Wifeof Bath's Tale c. The Miller's Tale d. The Pardoner's Tale

d. The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald and To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

52. Which of the following pairs are NOT both written in the form of frame tales? a. The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer and The Decameron by Giovanni Bocaccio b. The Mahabharata by Veda Vyasa and The Parlement of Foules by Geoffrey Chaucer c. Frankenstein by Mary W. Shelley and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte d. The Great Gatsby by F.Scott Fitzgerald and To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

c. La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy) by Dante Alighieri

53. Which of the following works was the first ever published in vernacular Italian? a. De re publica (On the Republic) by Marcus Tullius Cicero b. Il Decameron (The Decameron) by Giovanni Bocaccio c. La Divina Commedia (The Divine Comedy) by Dante Alighieri d. Il Nome de/la Rosa (The Name of the Rose) by Umberto Eco

c. Syntactic

57. In the Three Cueing Systems model of word recognition in reading instruction, which system most relates to how words are assembled into meaningful language? a. Phonological b. Semantic c. Syntactic d. Pragmatic

d. The semantic system

58. In the word-recognition model of the Three Cueing Systems used in teaching reading, which of the following is most associated with the meanings of words? a. Using pragmatic cues b. Phonological system c. The syntactic system d. The semantic system

c. Phonological cues

59. In the model known in reading instruction as the Three Cueing Systems, which of these relate most to how sounds are used to communicate meaning? a. Syntactic cues b. Semantic cues c. Phonological cues d. Pragmatic cues

b. Pragmatic cues

60. In reading instruction, the Three Cueing Systems is one model used. Which of the following represent a valid reading strategy that is NOT a system in the Three Cueing Systems model? a. Syntactic cues b. Pragmatic cues c. Semantic cues d. Phonological cues

d. All of the above

61. Relative to reading, we should teach students to activate their prior knowledge at which time(s)? a. Before reading b. During reading c. After reading d. All of the above

c. Proficient readers; independently

62. Which choice most appropriately fills the blanks in this statement? "Teaching children which thinking strategies are used by and helping them use those strategies ___ creates the core of teaching reading." (Mosaic of Thought, Keene and Zimmerman, 1997) a. Reading teachers; in different ways b. Beginning students; with assistance c. Proficient readers; independently d. Published writers; more creatively

a. "These mythic gods have more power, but feel and act like humans."

63. Scholars have identified three kinds of major connections that students make when reading: connecting text to self, text to the world, and text to text. Which of the following student statements best reflect(s) the connection of text to the world? a. "These mythic gods have more power, but feel and act like humans." b. "This novel is set during a period I learned about in my history class." c. "I can relate to how the main character felt about being controlled." d. All three statements equally reflect connection of text to the world.

c. Metacognition.

64. When students are taught to use effective reading comprehension strategies, they not only achieve deeper understanding, they also learn to think about how they think when reading. This is known as... a. Schemata. b. Scaffolding. c. Metacognition. d. Metamorphosis.

b. Why the activity is done

65. Activity settings (Tharp and Gallimore, 1988) are aspects of the sociocultural context that affect how students learn and read. Of five activity settings, one is participant identity, or who the students are. Of the other four, which is most related to motivation? a. When the activity is done b. Why the activity is done c. Where the activity is done d. How the activity is done

a. The process involves the text, the reader, and the context in which reading occurs.

66. Some experts maintain that teaching reading comprehension entails not just the application of skills, but the process of actively constructing meaning. This process they describe as interactive, strategic, and adaptable. Which of the following best defines the interactive aspect of this process? a. The process involves the text, the reader, and the context in which reading occurs. b. The process involves readers' using a variety of strategies in constructing meaning. c. The process involves readers' changing their strategies to read different text types. d. The process involves changing strategies according to different reasons for reading.

b. L2 learners undergo all stages, but are urged to skip the first stage more than in Lls.

67. ln first-language (Ll) and second-language (L2) acquisition, which of the following is true about developmental stages? a. L2 learners do not undergo the first stage called the Silent Period as Ll learners do. b. L2 learners undergo all stages, but are urged to skip the first stage more than in Lls. c. L2 learners do not undergo the second stage of Formulaic Speech as Ll learners do. d. L2 learners undergo the third stage of Structural and Semantic Simplifications later.

c. Variations in L2 proficiency can result from the different contexts of learning the L2s.

68. Which statement is most accurate about social contexts of Ll and L2 acquisition? a. Both Ll and L2 learning can occur in equally varied natural and educational contexts. b. Lls are only learned in natural contexts, while L2s are learned in educational contexts. c. Variations in L2 proficiency can result from the different contexts of learning the L2s. d. L2s are not a speaker's natural language and so are never learned in natural contexts

d. The process of fossilization

69. Which of the following is found to be unique to second-language learning? a. Zone of proximal development b. The critical period hypothesis c. Marked/unmal<ked features d. The process of fossilization

c. Incompatible nature and rules of the Ll are transferring to the L2.

70. An ESL student whose Ll is Chinese tends to omit plural endings and articlesbefore nouns. Of the following. which is the best explanation for these errors? a. The student has not yet learned these English grammatical forms. b. Omission avoids having to choose among irregular English forms. c. Incompatible nature and rules of the Ll are transferring to the L2. d. The student does not understand how the Ll and L2 forms relate.

b. They are often seen as less socially acceptable.

71. Which of the following is the most accurate characterization of dialects? a. They are non-standard versions of any language. b. They are often seen as less socially acceptable. c. They include linguistic features that are incorrect d. They indicate poor/incomplete language learning.

a. The formal Standard English applies to written language.

72. Of the following. which statement is correct regarding Standard English? a. The formal Standard English applies to written language. b. Standard English is universal in English-speaking nations. c. Speech communities use the Standard English of writing. d. The Standard English construct does not include dialects.

c. 5th to 18th centuries

73. The Great Vowel Shift occurred during which time span? a. 10th to 13th centuries b. 12th to 15th centuries c. 5th to 18th centuries d. 16th to 19th centuries

b. Higher up.

74. The Great Vowel Shift caused the pronunciation of long vowels in English to shift: a. Farther back. b. Higher up. c. Lower down. d. Farther front.

a. William Shakespeare

75. Of the following authors, whose English existed during the Great Vowel Shift? a. William Shakespeare b. Geoffrey Chaucer c. Emily Dickinson d. The Pearl Poet

b. Eight

76. Linguists generally analyze the Great Vowel Shift as having transpired in steps. a. Ten b. Eight c. Six d. Four

d. All the above

77. Which of the following areas has been affected in the long term by the Great Vowel Shift? a. Written spelling b. Teaching reading c. Text comprehension d. All the above

c. From Latin etymology.

78. The source of the silent b in the English word debt was originally ... a. A Middle English word. b. A voiced Old English b. c. From Latin etymology. d. The Greek etymology

b. Star-crossed.

79. We are familiar with the modern English meanings of the word "disaster." But in the 16th century, this word meant ... a. Catastrophe. b. Star-crossed. c. A misfortune. d. Unflowerlike.

a. Salt.

80. The English word "salary" has a 2,000-year-old etymology to a word meaning ... a. Salt. b. Celery. c. Money. d. Earnings.

b. Brunch

81. Which of the following is an example of a portmanteau? a. Fax b. Brunch c. Babysitter d. Saxophone

c. Neologisms

82. The English language word "quark" is an example of the result of which linguistic process? a. Blending b. Conversion c. Neologisms d. Onomatopoeia

a. Prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing

86. Which of the following correctly represents the sequence of stages or steps in the writing process? a. Prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, publishing b. Prewriting, drafting, editing, publishing, revising c. Prewriting, editing, drafting, revising, publishing d. Prewriting, drafting, editing, revising, publishing

b. Students often incorporate new ideas when they rewrite

87. Research has found which of the following outcomes occur for students via revision and rewriting? a. Students only correct their mechanical errors in revisions. b. Students often incorporate new ideas when they rewrite. c. Students retain their original writing goals during revision. d. Students' planning in prewriting is unaffected in rewriting.

c. Children stop writing when they cannot adequately articulate their knowledge.

88. Which of the following have researchers learned about children's writing? a. Children's writing reflects as much knowledge as they have on any given topic. b. Children stop writing when they have run out of things they want to articulate. c. Children stop writing when they cannot adequately articulate their knowledge. d. Children's writing commonly covers more than they actually know about a topic.

d. A peer review.

89. Arthur writes a paper. One classmate identifies ideas and words that resonated with her when she read it. Another describes how reading the paper changed his thinking. A third asks Arthur some questions about what he meant by certain statements in the paper.A fourth suggests a portion of the paper that needs more supporting information. This description is most typical of... a. A portfolio assessment. b. A holistic scoring. c. A scoring rubric. d. A peer review.

c. It is the skill set required for the finding, retrieval, analysis, and use of information.

90. Which of the following is the best definition of Information Literacy? a. It is the set of skills required for reading and comprehending different information. b. It is the cognitive skill set necessary to amass a comprehensive base of knowledge. c. It is the skill set required for the finding, retrieval, analysis, and use of information. d. It is the set of skills necessary for effectively communicating information to others.

b. Because there are more sources and outputs of information than ever before

91. What is the primary reason the early 21"century has been referred to as the Information Age? a. Because educational and governmental agencies require greater information b. Because there are more sources and outputs of information than ever before c. Because students can now learn all they need to know in four years of college d. Because college students today are much more interested in new information

a. Students accessing information must critically evaluate it and its sources before using it.

92. Of the following statements, which adheres to Information Literacy standards? a. Students accessing information must critically evaluate it and its sources before using it. b. Students accessing information can ascertain how much of it they need after they find it. c. Students accessing information efficiently sacrifice broader scope and incidental learning. d. Students accessing information ethically must eschew using it to attain specific purposes.

b. MLA in-text citations in a paper

93. According to the MLA system for documenting sources in literature, which of the following typically combines signal phrases and parenthetical references? a. An MLA list of the works cited b. MLA in-text citations in a paper c. Adding MLA information notes d. All of the above

c. Author names are often on websites, but need additional looking to discover.

94. According to MLA guidelines for writing research papers, which of the following is correct regarding citations of Web sources if you cannot immediately see the name of a source's author? a. Assume the author is not named, as this is a common occurrence on the Web. b. Do not name an agency or corporation as author if it is the sponsor of the source. c. Author names are often on websites, but need additional looking to discover. d. It is not permissible to cite the book or article title in lieu of an author's name.

d. If the Web source is a PDF file, it is recommended to cite page numbers in your citations.

95. When making in-text citations in a research paper, which of the following reflects MLA guidelines for citing Web sources with regard to page numbers? a. If a Web source does not include pagination, you are advised to avoid citing that source. b. If page numbers appear on a printout from a website, include these numbers in citations. c. In-text citations of online sources in research papers should never include page numbers. d. If the Web source is a PDF file, it is recommended to cite page numbers in your citations.

c. Persuasion

97. A movie review is one example of what type and purpose of writing? a. Narration b. Description c. Persuasion d. Exposition

b. Persuasive

98. Of the following writing types and purposes, which one can often be the hardest to write? a. Expository b. Persuasive c. Descriptive d. Narrative

a. They are all examples of the narrative type and purpose of writing.

99. Which of the following do The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank, and The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe have in common? a. They are all examples of the narrative type and purpose of writing. b. They are all examples of a purely descriptive writing type/purpose. c. They are all examples of works of primarily expository writing type. d. They are all examples of writing of the persuasive type and purpose.

c. Lighthearted, humorous, and gently ironic

Because I could not stop for Death - He kindly stopped for me - The Carriage held but just Ourselves - And Immortality. We slowly drove -He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility - We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess - in the Ring - We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain - We passed the Setting Sun - Or rather - He passed Us - The Dews drew quivering and chill - For only Gossamer, my Gown - My Tippet - only Tulle - We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground - The Roof was scarcely visible - The Cornice -in the Ground - Since then -'tis Centuries - and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses' Heads Were toward Eternity - 37. Irrespective of its topic, the tone of this poem would best be described as... a. Serious, grave, and portentously dark b. Detached, alienated, and numb of feeling c. Lighthearted, humorous, and gently ironic d. Frantic, agitated, and with a frenzy of fear

b. A grave

Because I could not stop for Death - He kindly stopped for me - The Carriage held but just Ourselves - And Immortality. We slowly drove -He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility - We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess - in the Ring - We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain - We passed the Setting Sun - Or rather - He passed Us - The Dews drew quivering and chill - For only Gossamer, my Gown - My Tippet - only Tulle - We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground - The Roof was scarcely visible - The Cornice -in the Ground - Since then -'tis Centuries - and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses' Heads Were toward Eternity - 38. What is described in the fifth stanza? a. A home b. A grave c. A church d. A school

a. Alliteration

Call the roller of big cigars, The muscular one, and bid him whip In kitchen cups concupiscent curds. Let the wenches dawdle in such dress As they are used to wear, and let the boys Bring flowers in last month's newspapers. Let be be finale of seem. The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream. 9. Which literary device is shown in the third line of the excerpted stanza? a. Alliteration b. Hyperbole c. Onomatopoeia d. Metonymy

c. Plato's Dialogues

Call the roller of big cigars, The muscular one, and bid him whip In kitchen cups concupiscent curds. Let the wenches dawdle in such dress As they are used to wear, and let the boys Bring flowers in last month's newspapers. Let be be finale of seem. The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream. 10. The line "Let be be finale of seem" can be interpreted as reflecting a concept from which of the following? a. Ovid's Metamorphoses b. Dante's Divine Comedy c. Plato's Dialogues d. Homer's Iliad

a. Carpe diem.

Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day. But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. 6. This poem reflects a thematic tradition known as... a. Carpe diem. b. Classicism. c. Cinquain. d. Conceit.

d. Tetrameter

Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day. But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. 7. What is the meter of the couplets in this poem? a. Pentameter b. Heptameter c. Hexameter d. Tetrameter

c. 18th

I AM assured by our Merchants, that a Boy or a Girl before twelve Years old, is no saleable Commodity; and even when they come to this Age, they will not yield above [an amount of money] at most, on the Exchange; which cannot turn to Account ...to the Parents ...; the Charge of Nutriment and Rags, having been at least four Times that Value. I SHALL now therefore humbly propose my own Thoughts; which I hope will not be liable to the least Objection. I HAVE been assured by a very knowing American of my Acquaintance in London; that a young healthy Child, well nursed, is, at a Year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome Food; whether Stewed, Roasted, Baked, or Boiled; and, I make no doubt, that it will equally serve in a Fricasie, or Ragoust 12. The excerpted work was published in which century? a. 20th b. 19th c. 18th d. 17th

d. Gulliver's Travels

I AM assured by our Merchants, that a Boy or a Girl before twelve Years old, is no saleable Commodity; and even when they come to this Age, they will not yield above [an amount of money] at most, on the Exchange; which cannot turn to Account ...to the Parents ...; the Charge of Nutriment and Rags, having been at least four Times that Value. I SHALL now therefore humbly propose my own Thoughts; which I hope will not be liable to the least Objection. I HAVE been assured by a very knowing American of my Acquaintance in London; that a young healthy Child, well nursed, is, at a Year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome Food; whether Stewed, Roasted, Baked, or Boiled; and, I make no doubt, that it will equally serve in a Fricasie, or Ragoust 13. The author of the excerpted piece also wrote which of the following? a. The Canterbury Tales b. The Faerie Queene c. Paradise lost d. Gulliver's Travels

b. The poet means he is one with and an integral part of nature.

I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. 44. Which of the following is the best interpretation of the excerpted lines? a. The poet means that he will be dead and buried in the future. b. The poet means he is one with and an integral part of nature. c. The poet means the person addressed is above him in station. d. The poet means the recipient stepped on/walked all over him.

a. 19th

I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. 45. The excerpted work was published in which century? a. 19th b. 20th c. 18th d. 21st

b. Her own mental illness.

I knew I should be grateful to Mrs. Guinea, only l couldn't feel a thing. If Mrs. Guinea had given me a ticket to Europe, or a round-the-world cruise, it wouldn't have made one scrap of difference to me, because wherever l sat on the deck of a ship or at a street cafe in Paris or Bangkok- I would be sitting under the same glass bell jar, stewing in my own sour air. I sank back in the gray, plush seat and closed my eyes. The air of the bell jar wadded round me and l couldn't stir. [Following a successful shock treatment:] All the heat and fear had purged itself. I felt surprisingly at peace. The bell jar hung, suspended, a few feet above my head. I was open to the circulating air. "We'll take up where we left off, Esther," she [her mother] had said, with her sweet, martyr's smile. "We'll act as if all this were a bad dream." A bad dream. To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream. Valerie's last, cheerful cry had been "So long! Be seeing you." "Not if I know it," I thought. But I wasn't sure. I wasn't sure at all. How did I know that someday—at college, in Europe, somewhere, anywhere—the bell jar, with its stifling distortions, wouldn't descend again? From The Bell jar by Sylvia Plath, copyright© 1971 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. 19. In this book, Plath uses a bell jar to symbolize ... a. The strictures of reality. b. Her own mental illness. c. A case of writer's block. d. A disorder of breathing.

d. She wrote The Bell Jar about her initial breakdown almost a decade later.

I knew I should be grateful to Mrs. Guinea, only l couldn't feel a thing. If Mrs. Guinea had given me a ticket to Europe, or a round-the-world cruise, it wouldn't have made one scrap of difference to me, because wherever l sat on the deck of a ship or at a street cafe in Paris or Bangkok- I would be sitting under the same glass bell jar, stewing in my own sour air. I sank back in the gray, plush seat and closed my eyes. The air of the bell jar wadded round me and l couldn't stir. [Following a successful shock treatment:] All the heat and fear had purged itself. I felt surprisingly at peace. The bell jar hung, suspended, a few feet above my head. I was open to the circulating air. "We'll take up where we left off, Esther," she [her mother] had said, with her sweet, martyr's smile. "We'll act as if all this were a bad dream." A bad dream. To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream. Valerie's last, cheerful cry had been "So long! Be seeing you." "Not if I know it," I thought. But I wasn't sure. I wasn't sure at all. How did I know that someday—at college, in Europe, somewhere, anywhere—the bell jar, with its stifling distortions, wouldn't descend again? From The Bell jar by Sylvia Plath, copyright© 1971 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. 20. Which of the following statements is accurate about Sylvia Plath? a. The Bell Jar was her last in a long series of novels, all of them successful. b. She ultimately recovered, lived a long life, and wrote many more novels. c. Plath wrote only a few poems, but The Bell jar was the first of her books. d. She wrote The Bell Jar about her initial breakdown almost a decade later.

c. Syntax.

I like to see it lap the Miles - And lick the Valleys up - And stop to feed itself at Tanks - And then -prodigious step Around a pile of Mountains - And supercilious peer In Shanties - by the sides of Roads - And then a Quarry pare To fit its Ribs And crawl between Complaining all the while In horrid -hooting stanza - Then chase itself down Hill - And neigh like Boanerges - Then -punctual as a Star Stop - docile and omnipotent At its own stable door - 32. An amazing feat in this poem is that the structure of the subject described is mirrored in the poem's ... a. Vocabulary. b. Rhythms. c. Syntax. d. Tone.

d. The Civil War.

I like to see it lap the Miles - And lick the Valleys up - And stop to feed itself at Tanks - And then -prodigious step Around a pile of Mountains - And supercilious peer In Shanties - by the sides of Roads - And then a Quarry pare To fit its Ribs And crawl between Complaining all the while In horrid -hooting stanza - Then chase itself down Hill - And neigh like Boanerges - Then -punctual as a Star Stop - docile and omnipotent At its own stable door - 31. This poem was written around the time of ... a. The American Revolution. b. The French Revolution. c. The War of 1812. d. The Civil War.

d. Contrasting.

I like to see it lap the Miles - And lick the Valleys up - And stop to feed itself at Tanks - And then -prodigious step Around a pile of Mountains - And supercilious peer In Shanties - by the sides of Roads - And then a Quarry pare To fit its Ribs And crawl between Complaining all the while In horrid -hooting stanza - Then chase itself down Hill - And neigh like Boanerges - Then -punctual as a Star Stop - docile and omnipotent At its own stable door - 33. The adjectives "docile and omnipotent" in the penultimate line were chosen because they are... a. Synonymous. b. Nonsensical. c. Mechanical. d. Contrasting.

b. A New Testament reference to a fiery, strong-voiced preacher/orator

I like to see it lap the Miles - And lick the Valleys up - And stop to feed itself at Tanks - And then -prodigious step Around a pile of Mountains - And supercilious peer In Shanties - by the sides of Roads - And then a Quarry pare To fit its Ribs And crawl between Complaining all the while In horrid -hooting stanza - Then chase itself down Hill - And neigh like Boanerges - Then -punctual as a Star Stop - docile and omnipotent At its own stable door - 34. What is the source of the phrase "And neigh like Boanerges" in the last stanza? a. A Greek myth about a creature that inhabits Hades (the underworld) b. A New Testament reference to a fiery, strong-voiced preacher/orator c. An Old Testament reference to a wrathful prophet seeking vengeance d. A Roman name for a mythological animal that lived within a labyrinth

c. Prosody; emphasis

I like to see it lap the Miles - And lick the Valleys up - And stop to feed itself at Tanks - And then -prodigious step Around a pile of Mountains - And supercilious peer In Shanties - by the sides of Roads - And then a Quarry pare To fit its Ribs And crawl between Complaining all the while In horrid -hooting stanza - Then chase itself down Hill - And neigh like Boanerges - Then -punctual as a Star Stop - docile and omnipotent At its own stable door - 35. This poet famously used dashes for and capitals for a. Punctuation; honor b. Separation; names c. Prosody; emphasis d. Continuity; names

d. The answers choices in (A) and (C) are valid interpretations.

I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown. 48. Which of the following is/are the best interpretation(s) of the meaning in the first excerpt? a. The speaker's existence is as significant as the life of a crab. b. The speaker loves the sea and wishes he could live under it c. The scavenger can create beauty by reconstructing garbage. d. The answers choices in (A) and (C) are valid interpretations.

a. Because he feels the despair of existence.

I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown. 49. Why does the speaker say, "I do not think that they will sing to me"? a. Because he feels the despair of existence. b. Because he is becoming deaf with old age. c. Because he knows mermaids are not real. d. Because he is on the beach, not in the sea.

b. The dream of art is ruined by the intrusion of reality.

I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown. 50. Which of the following is the best interpretation of the final line? a. Mermaids protect us from drowning; humans ruin it b. The dream of art is ruined by the intrusion of reality. c. Dreaming of mermaids is part of death by drowning. d. Mermaids bewitch us from knowing that we drown.

a. A sonnet

Leda and the Swan A sudden blow: the great wings beating still Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill, He holds her helpless breast upon his breast. How can those terrified vague fingers push The feathered glory from her loosening thighs? And how can body, laid in that white rush, But feel the strange heart beating where it lies? A shudder in the loins engenders there The broken wall, the burning roof and tower And Agamemnon dead. Being so caught up, So mastered by the brute blood of the air, Did she put on his knowledge with his power Before the indifferent beak could let her drop? William Butler Yeats, 1923 55. In what form is this poem? a. A sonnet b. Villanelle c. Free verse d. A sestina

b. Human knowledge and power are necessarily incomplete.

Leda and the Swan A sudden blow: the great wings beating still Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill, He holds her helpless breast upon his breast. How can those terrified vague fingers push The feathered glory from her loosening thighs? And how can body, laid in that white rush, But feel the strange heart beating where it lies? A shudder in the loins engenders there The broken wall, the burning roof and tower And Agamemnon dead. Being so caught up, So mastered by the brute blood of the air, Did she put on his knowledge with his power Before the indifferent beak could let her drop? William Butler Yeats, 1923 56. The poet's final question best suggests which of the following ideas? a. Humans get godlike knowledge and power from the gods. b. Human knowledge and power are necessarily incomplete. c. Humans in ancient Greece interacted differently with gods. d. Humans conceiving from gods got power, not knowledge.

c. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Question 41 refers to the following excerpt: When I got to camp I warn't feeling very brash, there warn't much sand in my craw; but I says, this ain't no time to be fooling around. So I got all my traps into my canoe again so as to have them out of sight, and I put out the fire and scattered the ashes around to look like an old last-year's camp, and then dumb a tree. 41. This passage is taken from which of the following? a. The Mysterious Stranger b. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer c. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn d. The Prince and the Pauper

b. Finnegans Wake.

Questions 1-4 are based on the following excerpt: riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. 1. This is the opening sentence of ... a. Ulysses. b. Finnegans Wake. c. Adventures in the Skin Trade. d. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.

b. Satire.

Questions 11-13 refer to the following excerpt: I AM assured by our Merchants, that a Boy or a Girl before twelve Years old, is no saleable Commodity; and even when they come to this Age, they will not yield above [an amount of money] at most, on the Exchange; which cannot turn to Account ...to the Parents ...; the Charge of Nutriment and Rags, having been at least four Times that Value. I SHALL now therefore humbly propose my own Thoughts; which I hope will not be liable to the least Objection. I HAVE been assured by a very knowing American of my Acquaintance in London; that a young healthy Child, well nursed, is, at a Year old, a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome Food; whether Stewed, Roasted, Baked, or Boiled; and, I make no doubt, that it will equally serve in a Fricasie, or Ragoust 11. The literary form used in the excerpted piece is... a. Persuasion . b. Satire. c. Exposition . d. Bathos.

d. Metaphor.

Questions 14-17 refer to the following poem: The Thought-Fox I imagine this midnight moment's forest: Something else is alive Beside the clock's loneliness And this blank page where my fingers move. Through the window I see no star: Something more near Though deeper within darkness Is entering the loneliness: Cold, delicately as the dark snow A fox's nose touches twig, leaf; Two eyes serve a movement, that now And again now, and now, and now Sets neat prints into the snow Between trees, and warily a lame Shadow lags by stump and in hollow Of a body that is bold to come Across clearings, an eye, A widening deepening greenness, Brilliantly, concentratedly, Coming about its own business Till, with a sudden sharp hot stink of fox, It enters the dark hole of the head. The window is starless still; the clock ticks, The page is printed. From Ted Hughes: Selected Poems 1957-1967. Copyright © 1972 by Ted Hughes, Harper& Row Publishers, Inc. 14. The primary literary device used by the poet here is... a. Foreshadowing. b. Irony. c. Cliches. d. Metaphor.

c. A metaphor

Questions 18-20 refer to the following excerpts: I knew I should be grateful to Mrs. Guinea, only l couldn't feel a thing. If Mrs. Guinea had given me a ticket to Europe, or a round-the-world cruise, it wouldn't have made one scrap of difference to me, because wherever l sat on the deck of a ship or at a street cafe in Paris or Bangkok- I would be sitting under the same glass bell jar, stewing in my own sour air. I sank back in the gray, plush seat and closed my eyes. The air of the bell jar wadded round me and l couldn't stir. [Following a successful shock treatment:] All the heat and fear had purged itself. I felt surprisingly at peace. The bell jar hung, suspended, a few feet above my head. I was open to the circulating air. "We'll take up where we left off, Esther," she [her mother] had said, with her sweet, martyr's smile. "We'll act as if all this were a bad dream." A bad dream. To the person in the bell jar, blank and stopped as a dead baby, the world itself is the bad dream. Valerie's last, cheerful cry had been "So long! Be seeing you." "Not if I know it," I thought. But I wasn't sure. I wasn't sure at all. How did I know that someday—at college, in Europe, somewhere, anywhere—the bell jar, with its stifling distortions, wouldn't descend again? From The Bell jar by Sylvia Plath, copyright© 1971 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc. 18. The bell jar the author refers to is an example of which literary device? a. A simile b. An allusion c. A metaphor d. Personification

b. Christopher Marlowe.

Questions 23-24 are based on the following excerpt: Come live with me and be my love, And we will all the pleasures prove That valleys, groves, hills, and fields, Woods, or steepy mountain yields. 23. This is the first stanza of a poem written by ... a. Andrew Marvell. b. Christopher Marlowe. c. Sir Walter Raleigh. d. William Shakespeare.

c. They are all villanelles.

Questions 27-29 refer to the following excerpts: [First stanza:] I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go. [Last stanza:] This shaking keeps me steady. I should know. What falls away is always. And is near. I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I learn by going where l have to go. from The Waking by Theodore Raethke, in Raethke: Collected Poems, Doubleday & Company, Inc. copyright© 1937-1966 by Beatrice Raethke as Administratrix of the Estate of Theodore Raethke; copyright© 1932-1961 by Theodore Raethke. (First stanza:] I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again. (I think I made you up inside my head.) [Last stanza:] I should have loved a thunderbird instead; At least when spring comes they roar back again. I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. (I think I made you up inside my head.) From Mad Girl's Love Song by Sylvia Plath, copyright © 1954 by Sylvia Plath, in A Biographical Note, in The Bell jar, Copyright© 1971by Harper & Row, Publishers. Mad Girl's Love Song first appeared In Mademoiselle, August 1953 issue. [First stanza:] Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. [Last stanza:]And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, right now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. From Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas, copyright© 1951, From The Poems of Dylan Thomas, Copyright© 1937-1967 the Trustees for the Copyrights of Dylan Thomas. Copyright© 1938- 1971 New Directions Publishing Corp. 27. Which is true of all three excerpted poems? a. They are all ballads. b. They are all sonnets. c. They are all villanelles. d. They are all different forms.

b. The recently invented railroad train

Questions 30-35 refer to the following poem: I like to see it lap the Miles - And lick the Valleys up - And stop to feed itself at Tanks - And then -prodigious step Around a pile of Mountains - And supercilious peer In Shanties - by the sides of Roads - And then a Quarry pare To fit its Ribs And crawl between Complaining all the while In horrid -hooting stanza - Then chase itself down Hill - And neigh like Boanerges - Then -punctual as a Star Stop - docile and omnipotent At its own stable door - 30. This poem describes which of the following? a. An aristocratic thoroughbred horse b. The recently invented railroad train c. An incredible mythological monster d. The subject cannot be determined

d. Personification

Questions 36-38 refer to the following poem: Because I could not stop for Death - He kindly stopped for me - The Carriage held but just Ourselves - And Immortality. We slowly drove -He knew no haste And I had put away My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility - We passed the School, where Children strove At Recess - in the Ring - We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain - We passed the Setting Sun - Or rather - He passed Us - The Dews drew quivering and chill - For only Gossamer, my Gown - My Tippet - only Tulle - We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground - The Roof was scarcely visible - The Cornice -in the Ground - Since then -'tis Centuries - and yet Feels shorter than the Day I first surmised the Horses' Heads Were toward Eternity - 36. The descriptions of Death, of the "Fields of Gazing Grain," and of the setting sun all employ which literary device? a. Analogy b. Hyperbole c. Alliteration d. Personification

c. Song of Myself

Questions 43- 45 refer to the following excerpt: I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love, If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles. 43. What is the title of the poem from which this is taken? a. To You b. Thou Reader c. Song of Myself d. One's-Self I Sing

b. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

Questions 46-50 refer to the following excerpts: I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of silent seas. Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. I do not think that they will sing to me. We have lingered in the chambers of the sea By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown Till human voices wake us, and we drown. 46. What is the title of the work from which these excerpts are taken? a. The Waste Land b. The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock c. Notes Toward the Definition of Culture d. The Hollow Men

b. Andrew Marvell

Questions 5-7 refer to the following excerpts: Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day. But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. 5. Who is the author of this poem? a. John Donne b. Andrew Marvell c. George Herbert d. Henry Vaughan

b. The Trojan War.

Questions 54-56 are based on the following poem: Leda and the Swan A sudden blow: the great wings beating still Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill, He holds her helpless breast upon his breast. How can those terrified vague fingers push The feathered glory from her loosening thighs? And how can body, laid in that white rush, But feel the strange heart beating where it lies? A shudder in the loins engenders there The broken wall, the burning roof and tower And Agamemnon dead. Being so caught up, So mastered by the brute blood of the air, Did she put on his knowledge with his power Before the indifferent beak could let her drop? William Butler Yeats, 1923 54. "The broken wall, the burning roof and tower/And Agamemnon dead" refer to... a. The Punic Wars. b. The Trojan War. c. The Peloponnesian War. d. A murder but no war.

c. The 20th century.

Questions 8-10 refer to the following excerpt: Call the roller of big cigars, The muscular one, and bid him whip In kitchen cups concupiscent curds. Let the wenches dawdle in such dress As they are used to wear, and let the boys Bring flowers in last month's newspapers. Let be be finale of seem. The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream. 8. The excerpted poem was written in ... a. The 17th century. b. The 19th century. c. The 20th century. d. The 18th century.

c. The process of being inspired to write

The Thought-Fox I imagine this midnight moment's forest: Something else is alive Beside the clock's loneliness And this blank page where my fingers move. Through the window I see no star: Something more near Though deeper within darkness Is entering the loneliness: Cold, delicately as the dark snow A fox's nose touches twig, leaf; Two eyes serve a movement, that now And again now, and now, and now Sets neat prints into the snow Between trees, and warily a lame Shadow lags by stump and in hollow Of a body that is bold to come Across clearings, an eye, A widening deepening greenness, Brilliantly, concentratedly, Coming about its own business Till, with a sudden sharp hot stink of fox, It enters the dark hole of the head. The window is starless still; the clock ticks, The page is printed. 15. Which of these does this poem really describe? a. The process of a fox's natural actions b. The process of being inspired by nature c. The process of being inspired to write d. The process of being attacked by a fox From Ted Hughes: Selected Poems 1957-1967. Copyright © 1972 by Ted Hughes, Harper& Row Publishers, Inc.

b. The poet is a passive recipient of the thought.

The Thought-Fox I imagine this midnight moment's forest: Something else is alive Beside the clock's loneliness And this blank page where my fingers move. Through the window I see no star: Something more near Though deeper within darkness Is entering the loneliness: Cold, delicately as the dark snow A fox's nose touches twig, leaf; Two eyes serve a movement, that now And again now, and now, and now Sets neat prints into the snow Between trees, and warily a lame Shadow lags by stump and in hollow Of a body that is bold to come Across clearings, an eye, A widening deepening greenness, Brilliantly, concentratedly, Coming about its own business Till, with a sudden sharp hot stink of fox, It enters the dark hole of the head. The window is starless still; the clock ticks, The page is printed. 16. Which of the following best characterizes how this poem portrays the creative process? a. The poet exercises tight control of a thought. b. The poet is a passive recipient of the thought. c. The poet carefully guides the thought to him. d. The poet imagines a fox to help him to write. From Ted Hughes: Selected Poems 1957-1967. Copyright © 1972 by Ted Hughes, Harper& Row Publishers, Inc.

a. In the free verse form

The Thought-Fox I imagine this midnight moment's forest: Something else is alive Beside the clock's loneliness And this blank page where my fingers move. Through the window I see no star: Something more near Though deeper within darkness Is entering the loneliness: Cold, delicately as the dark snow A fox's nose touches twig, leaf; Two eyes serve a movement, that now And again now, and now, and now Sets neat prints into the snow Between trees, and warily a lame Shadow lags by stump and in hollow Of a body that is bold to come Across clearings, an eye, A widening deepening greenness, Brilliantly, concentratedly, Coming about its own business Till, with a sudden sharp hot stink of fox, It enters the dark hole of the head. The window is starless still; the clock ticks, The page is printed. 17. In which of the following forms is this poem written? a. In the free verse form b. Rhymed and metered c. Unrhymed and metered d. Rhymed and unmetered From Ted Hughes: Selected Poems 1957-1967. Copyright © 1972 by Ted Hughes, Harper& Row Publishers, Inc.

b. The first and second

[First stanza:] I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go. [Last stanza:] This shaking keeps me steady. I should know. What falls away is always. And is near. I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I learn by going where l have to go. from The Waking by Theodore Raethke, in Raethke: Collected Poems, Doubleday & Company, Inc. copyright© 1937-1966 by Beatrice Raethke as Administratrix of the Estate of Theodore Raethke; copyright© 1932-1961 by Theodore Raethke. (First stanza:] I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again. (I think I made you up inside my head.) [Last stanza:] I should have loved a thunderbird instead; At least when spring comes they roar back again. I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. (I think I made you up inside my head.) From Mad Girl's Love Song by Sylvia Plath, copyright © 1954 by Sylvia Plath, in A Biographical Note, in The Bell jar, Copyright© 1971by Harper & Row, Publishers. Mad Girl's Love Song first appeared In Mademoiselle, August 1953 issue. [First stanza:] Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. [Last stanza:]And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, right now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. From Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas, copyright© 1951, From The Poems of Dylan Thomas, Copyright© 1937-1967 the Trustees for the Copyrights of Dylan Thomas. Copyright© 1938- 1971 New Directions Publishing Corp. 28. Which of the excerpted poems focus on the nature of reality vs. the imagination? a. The second and third b. The first and second c. The first and third d. All three

a. The third

[First stanza:] I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I feel my fate in what I cannot fear. I learn by going where I have to go. [Last stanza:] This shaking keeps me steady. I should know. What falls away is always. And is near. I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow. I learn by going where l have to go. from The Waking by Theodore Raethke, in Raethke: Collected Poems, Doubleday & Company, Inc. copyright© 1937-1966 by Beatrice Raethke as Administratrix of the Estate of Theodore Raethke; copyright© 1932-1961 by Theodore Raethke. (First stanza:] I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my lids and all is born again. (I think I made you up inside my head.) [Last stanza:] I should have loved a thunderbird instead; At least when spring comes they roar back again. I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead. (I think I made you up inside my head.) From Mad Girl's Love Song by Sylvia Plath, copyright © 1954 by Sylvia Plath, in A Biographical Note, in The Bell jar, Copyright© 1971by Harper & Row, Publishers. Mad Girl's Love Song first appeared In Mademoiselle, August 1953 issue. [First stanza:] Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light. [Last stanza:]And you, my father, there on the sad height, Curse, bless, right now with your fierce tears, I pray. Do not go gentle into that good night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light. From Do not go gentle into that good night by Dylan Thomas, copyright© 1951, From The Poems of Dylan Thomas, Copyright© 1937-1967 the Trustees for the Copyrights of Dylan Thomas. Copyright© 1938- 1971 New Directions Publishing Corp. 29. Which of the excerpted poems deal(s) directly with the subject of death? a. The third b. The second and third c. The first and third d. All three

a. Vicinity

riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. 2. In the excerpted sentence, the word "vicus" represents which of the following? a. Vicinity b. Vico Way c. Giambattista Vico d. All of the above

c. It forms the completion of the novel's unfinished last sentence.

riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. 3. Why does this opening sentence begin with an uncapitalized word? a. This was to make it stand out to the reader as different. b. It is really the continuation of the author's previous novel. c. It forms the completion of the novel's unfinished last sentence. d. A typesetting error in the original edition was preserved in perpetuity.

a. Stream-of-consciousness.

riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. 4. The author of the excerpted work is famous for using a literary technique known as... a. Stream-of-consciousness. b. The unreliable narrator. c. The author surrogate. d. First-person narration.