Access English 12 Term 2 Final

In line 15, the speaker refers to "the narrow cell." "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard". What is that? grave, jail, house church

Grave

What war did Tolstoy fight in? Question options: 1) Crimean War 2) Korean War 3) World War I 4) Spanish-American War

1 Crimean War

What is Modernism? Question options: 1) a literary and artistic movement developed in the early 1900s 2) a new way of watching films 3) a type of car where the engines ran on modernist fuel

1 a literary and artistic movement developed in the early 1900s

In the short story "Shooting an Elephant," where is an elephant supposed to be shot to kill it quickly? Question options: 1) in the ear hole 2) in the left leg 3) through the nose

1 in the ear hole

If a poet repeats "I" in his poem, he probably Question options: 1) wishes he were there at the setting of the poem. 2) Is arrogant. 3) Wants readers to remember him.

1 or 2

In the short story "The Demon Lover," why does Mrs. Drover need to call a taxi? Question options: 1) She has too many things to carry them back to the train. 2) She didn't want to get wet in the thunderstorm. 3) She enjoyed riding in the taxis in London.

1 she has too many things to carry them back to the train

In the short story "A Haunted House," who are the protagonists? Question options: 1) the ghost couple 2) the living couple 3) the house because it's haunted

1 the ghost couple

In "When You are Old," what is the speaker asking of the lady? Question options: 1) to think about how he loved her when they were younger 2) to read through the book and decide what she wants for dinner 3) to think about their last vacation to Innisfree

1 to think about how he loved her when they were younger

Language in a story can best be described as Question options: 1) The foreign language used in the story. 2) Author's use of diction. 3) Author's use of profanity

2 Author's use of diction

What other writer influenced Charlotte Bronte? Question options: 1) Charles Dickens 2) Lord Byron 3) Queen Victoria 4) Matthew Arnold

2 Lord Byron

In the short story "Shooting an Elephant," what could the elephant symbolize? Question options: 1) the large problems of the villagers 2) the British empire 3) Orwell's quest for bigger novels to write

2 The British empire

In the short story "A Cup of Tea," what is the climax of the story? Question options: 1) when the husband comes home 2) when Rosemary sends Miss Smith away 3) when Philip makes it across the lake

2 When Rosemary sends Miss Smith away

In Jane Eyre, what does Mr. Brocklehurst give Jane before he leaves? Question options: 1) a book of poems for her to enjoy 2) a book about how children should behave 3) a necklace to remember him by 4) a kiss on the cheek

2 a book about how children should behave

In the short story "The Demon Lover," what does Mrs. Drover find on the hall table? Question options: 1) an unopened bottle of perfume 2) a letter with today's date on it 3) an invitation to a party she wanted to attend

2 a letter with today's date on it

In Lawrence's short story, "The Rocking Horse Winner," the young boy symbolically goes to a Question options: 1) Carnival 2) horse race 3) Toy shop

2 horse race

What is the mood of the poem "Jabberwocky"? Question options: 1) scary 2) humorous 3) sad 4) jealousy

2 humorous

How does Ulysses feel about his son, Telemachus, in the poem "Ulysses"? Question options: 1)disapproves of his lifestyle 2) respects him 3) thinks he is immature 4) wants to teach him to sail

2 respects him

In the short story "The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth Bowen, what about the last part of the story adds some fright to the story? Question options: 1) The fact that she got hit by a grenade. 2) The fact that she is trapped in the taxi. 3) The fact that her husband has caught her at the house.

2 the fact that she is trapped in the taxi

Character can best be described as Question options: 1) Characteristics of person in the story. 2) the person in the story. 3) Characteristics of the story.

2 the person in the story

How many times did Charles Dickens come to America? Question options: 1) once 2) twice 3) five times 4) He never visited.

2 twice

In the short story "A Haunted House," what is the setting? Question options: 1) Ireland 2) United States 3) England

3 England

In the short story "A Cup of Tea," what season is it? Question options: 1) Spring 2) Summer 3) Winter

3 Winter

Tone in a story can best be described as Question options: 1) Connecting plots of the story. 2) Rhythmical qualities of the story. 3) the speaker's attitude.

3 connecting plots of the story

In stanza 5, what does the boy do to the Jabberwock in the poem "Jabberwocky"? Question options: 1) ties it up 2) runs it into the wooded area 3) cuts its head off 4) cuts off his big toe

3 cuts its head off

What is the Red Flower in The Jungle Book? Question options: 1) passion fruit 2) a pomegranate 3) fire 4) a pretty girl

3 fire

In "Ulysses," what does Ulysses want more than anything? Question options: 1) a son who will respect him 2) a faithful wife 3) one last voyage 4) to sing with the mermaids

3 one last voyage

In the short story "The Demon Lover" by Elizabeth Bowen, how does the weather play a part in the mood? Question options: 1) The sunshine shows that the war has ended. 2) The clouds mean that she will be protected. 3) The storm shows her fear about the situation with the letter.

3 the storm shows her fear about the situation with the letter

In the poem "Sailing to Byzantium," why are they going to Byzantium? Question options: 1) to help work on the mosaics in the walls 2) to place bets on the races 3) to meet the sages and ask them for a better artificial body

3 to meet the sages and ask them for a better artificial body

Setting can best be described as Question options: 1) Controlling idea of the story 2) The way the speaker is presented 3) where the story takes place

3 where the story takes place

Why are children considered a big part of romantic poetry? 1) They are small. 2. They can write love songs, 3. They are innocent and uncorrupted by society. 4. They love nature.

3. They are innocent and uncorrupted by society.

How many houses have been burned before Pepys awakes? 1, 100, 300, 3000

300

In "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" what is the speaker going to build? Question options: 1) a new road into the town 2) an outhouse for his grandmother 3) a small cabin

3A small cabin

In The Jungle Book, who speaks up on behalf of Mowgli so that he can stay with Father and Mother Wolf? Question options: 1) Bagheera 2) Baloo 3) Shere Khan 4) Baloo and Akela

4 Baloo and Akela

In Jane Eyre, what book of the Bible does Jane not like? Question options: 1) Ecclesiastes 2) Song of Solomon 3) Malachi 4) Psalms

4 Psalms

In "Ode on a Grecian Urn," what is one particular image on the urn? 1) a bird 2) a bride 3) a bumblebee 4) a biscuit

A bride

What happens on September 2, 1666? flood, fire tornado, earthquake

A fire

The Rape of the Lock

Alexander Pope

Identify the literary device in the passage below. "Whether the nymph shall break Diana's law, Or some frail China jar receive a flaw;"

Allusion

What is the theme of the poem "The World is Too Much With Us"? Question options: 1) There is too much daylight in the summer. 2) Army personnel have to fight in the world war. 3) Children need to play outside often. 4) When people forget nature, they are spiritually bankrupt.

Army personnel have to fight in the world war

Simile

Comparing two unlike objects using the owrds like or as

What washes up on the shore of Lilliput? Gulliver's hat, boat, friends luggage)

Gulliver's hat

What is the Mariner's penance for killing the albatross? Question options: 1) He has to stay on the ship for another year. 2) He has to contact all of the shipmen's families about the wreck. 3) He has to tell his story for eternity. 4) There is no penance for this small crime.

He has to tell his story for eternity.

How does Gulliver arrive on Lilliput? a bird, he and crew land there, he can't remember, he swims ashore after a wreck

He swims ashore after a shipwreck.

What is the theme of "Ozymandias"? Question options: 1)He was a mighty king. 2)Human power is not permanent. 3)Kings usually fall. 4)an apostrophe is effective in poetry.

Human power is not permanent

In "When We Two Parted" by Lord Byron, what does the speaker feel when he parted from his lover? Question options: 1) in silence and tears 2) with heartburn 3) with elation 4) in anger and melancholy

In silence and tears

Paradise Lost

John Milton

What can the lover on the urn never do? 1 )kiss his bride 2) go hunting 3) find an arrowhead 4) go home

Kiss his bride

"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" What do the famous lines 55-56 mean? "Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,/And waste its sweetness on the desert air."

Many people have talents; however, they are undiscovered.

A Vindication of Rights of Woman

Mary Wollstonecraft

When do we sing "Auld Lang Syne"? Question options: 1) at graduations 2) at funerals 3) at corner hot dog stands 4) on New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve

What type of poet was Samuel Taylor Coleridge? 1) Romantic 2) Victorian 3) New Englander 4) Utopian

Romantic

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Samuel Pepys

Ted was as nervous as a cat with a long tail in a room full of rocking chairs. This sentence is an example of Question options: 1) simile 2) metaphor 3) neither 4) both

Simile

What is the main clause in the lines from Paradise Lost? "So spake the apostate angel, though in pain,/Vaunting aloud, but racked with deep despair;"

So spake the apostate angel

"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"

Thomas Gray

What does William Blake ask in the first line of "The Tyger"? 1) How did he get his strips? 2) Why does he prowl at night? 3) Where are his cubs? 4) Who made him?

Who made him?

How do the Lilliputians decide who will take a high position in the court? thumb wrestling foot races elections are held a tight-rope jumping contest

a tight-rope jumping contest

allusion

an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly

symbolism

an object represents itself and something beyond itself

Paradise Lost. Which characteristic of the Neoclassical period did the author use to write Paradise Lost? blank verse ballad rhyming couplets heroic couplets

blank verse

What type of sentence is the following from Gulliver's Travels? "I lay all this while, as the reader may believe, in great uneasiness."

complex

What type of sentence is the following from Gulliver's Travels? "My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the third of five sons."

compound

The argument between the Big-Endians and the Small-Endians was about ( ships, eggs, shoes, horses

eggs

What is the genre, or type of the poem Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard? Ballad, epic, elegy pastoral

elegy

personification

giving inanimate objects human characteristics

Stanza

group of consecutive lines in a poem that

What happens to Pahom at the end of this story? Question options: 1) He gets the land. 2) He dies. 3) He steals his money back. 4) He divorces his wife.

he dies

What type of literary device is used in the following lines? "Resolv'd to win, he meditates the way, By force to ravish, or by fraud betray; For when success a Lover's toil attends, Few ask, if fraud or force attain'd his ends."

heroic couplet

What type of story did Mary Shelley want to write? Question options: 1) horror 2) dramatic 3) love 4) non-fiction

horror

What happened to Tom Dacre's hair in "The Chimney Sweeper"? Question options: 1) It changed color. 2) It got shaved off. 3) It got cut like a punk rocker. 4) It got caught in the chimney.

it got shaved off

Iambic Pentameter

line of poetry that contains five iambs or metrical feet.

The Rape of the Lock. In The Rape of the Lock, what prized possession does the Baron steal from Belinda? locket she wears around her neck key to a treasure chest her right shoe a lock of her hair

lock of her hair

The Rape of the Lock. what is the author satirizing in the poem Two families arguing over insignificant things Irish citizens who need a stronger political system neoclassicism mockery

neoclassicism mockery

Blank Verse

poetry written in unrhymed iambic pentameter.

In "My Heart Leaps Up," what makes the speaker's heart leap up? 1) a wind storm 2) the Grand Canyon 3) a purple orchid 4) a rainbow

rainbow

How long is the Mariner on the ship before help arrives? Question options: 1) five days 2) seven days 3) nine days 4) No help ever came.

seven days

What type of sentence is the following from Gulliver's Travels? "I heard a confused noise about me"

simple

The people of Lilliput are very (small, big, huge, think)

small

Alliteration

sounds at the beginning of words that are close together in a poem

Paradise Lost .What is an allegorical reference in Paradise Lost? How to gain paradise the love of Angels How to avoid Satan The fall from innocence or grace

the fall from innocence or grace

Rhyme Scheme

the pattern of rhymes in a poem

The country of Lilliput is _________ the country of Blefuscu. under a long way from friendly with at war with

under

Satire

using wit, humor, or irony to attack errors or human vices

Speaker

voice that is talking to us in a poem.

verbal irony

when someone says something different from what they really mean

What do you think the flowers symbolize in Elizabeth Browning's "Sonnet 44"? Question options: 1)a new generation 2) a child is being born 3) their growing and beautiful love 4) Valentine's Day

3 their growing and beautiful love

What is odd about Hardy's burial? Question options: 1) He was buried at sea. 2) He was buried in a cave. 3) He was beheaded before death. 4) His heart is buried separate from his ashes.

4 His heart is buried separate from his ashes

Who is digging on the grave in "Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?" Question options: 1) her lover 2) her friend 3) her enemy 4) a dog is burying a bone

4 a dog is burying a bone

"Lines Composed A Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey" is about an adult who is remembering his past experiences with nature. How long has it been since the speaker has been to Tintern Abbey? 1) 1 year 2) 5 years 3) 7 years 4) It doesn't say.

5 years

"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" How does the poem idealize the "common man"? speaker praises the dead for the honest and simple lives they lived, speaker is alone meditating on human life and death, the speaker says "remember that you must die." All of the above

All of the Above.

What is the season in "The Darkling Thrush"? Question options: 1) Winter 2) Summer 3) Fall 4) Spring

Winter

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Which of the following statements is true? Women will never need men again. Women will still be dependent upon men in some areas of life. Men will become the subordinate sex. Men and women will be exact equals in all areas.

Women will still be dependent upon men in some areas of life.

motif

a distinctive feature or a dominant idea in literature

At the beginning of the The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, where are the three men headed? Question options: 1) to a funeral 2) to a birthday party 3) to a wedding 4) to a house warming party

to a wedding

How long did it take Pahom to pay off the debts to the lady and to his brother-in-law in the short story "How Much Land Does a Man Need?" Question options: 1) three months 2) two years 3) within one year 4) he never did

within one year

In Oliver Twist, why is Oliver sad to be leaving the orphanage? Question options: 1) It is the only security he has known. 2) It is in his old neighborhood. 3) His grades will not transfer. 4) He just bought new furniture.

1 It is the only security he has known

What is realism? Question options: 1) the depiction of real events or situations 2) using dialect in the conversation 3) making the characters use irony 4) writing with stream of consciousness

1 the depiction of real events or situations

The Victorian Period was a time of great industrial expansion. Question options: 1) True 2) False

1 true

How is love like a rose in "Red, Red Rose"? Question options: 1) It causes people to grow. 2) It is salty and can be broken. 3) It makes girls blush. 4) It is new and fragile.

It is new and fragile

What happens to the lock of hair at the end of the poem?

It is turned into a star

What did the Romantics think about imagination? Question options: 1) It was a reflection of the inner self and emotions. 2) It was fruity and did not matter much. 3) Everyone had one. 4) It was the same as rational thought.

It was a reflection of the inner self and emotions.

Gulliver's Travels

Jonathan Swift

Where did the fire begin? king baker's Kitchen, Pepys's house, mayor's office, Duke of York's office

The king's baker's kitchen

What is the tone of "She Walks in Beauty"? 1)regretful 2) melancholy 3) tender 4) upset

Tender

Who did William Wordsworth primarily write for? 1) the common man 2) the upper class 3) the middle upper class 4) anyone who would read his work

The common man

Which of the following adjectives best describe the mood of the poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"? peaceful, gloomy, solemn, desolate

solemn ?

How do the Lilliputians hurt Gulliver when they first find him? let animals attack him shoot tiny arrows at him stone him pull his hair

They shoot tiny arrows at him.

The section of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" that we read is an apostrophe. What is this? Question options: 1) a figure of speech where the speaker addresses something not alive or a person who is absent 2) a punctuation mark used to show that someone owns something 3) a figure of speech where a comparison is made 4) a special letter written to a lover who is very far away

a figure of speech where the speaker addresses something not alive or a person who is absent

Epic Poem

a long narrative poem in grand style.

allegory

a piece of work that can be interpreted to reveal hidden meaning

"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard".What is the rhyme scheme to the following lines? " Now fades the glimm'ring landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds."

abab

The Rape of the Lock. Identify the literary device in the passage below. "While melting music steals upon the sky, And soften'd sounds along the waters die;" personification alliteration rhyming couplet all of the above

all of the above

What type of sentence is the following from Gulliver's Travels? "Soon after my return from Leyden, I was recommended by my good master, Mr. Bates." simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex

complex

What type of sentence is the following from Gulliver's Travels? "But the creatures ran off a second time, before I could seize them; whereupon there was a great shout in a very shrill accent, and after it ceased, I heard one of them cry aloud."

compound-complex

Paradise Lost. What type of genre is Paradise Lost? novel epic poem short story play

epic poem

In "To a Skylark," what is Shelley's attitude toward the bird? Question options: 1) He wants to kill it as a trophy. 2) He just looks at it with no emotion. 3) He almost worships it. 4) The poem really does not indicate an attitude.

he almost worships it

How did Gulliver scare the people of Lilliput? (he clapped his hands, he sneezed, he fired his pistol, he stomped his foot)

he fired his pistol

What does Wollstonecraft say about physical superiority A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.? men are physically superior she does not address it women are physically superior both sexes are equal.

men are physically superior

This bar of soap was a slippery eel during the dog's bath. This sentence is an example of Question options: 1) simile 2) metaphor 3) neither 4) both

metaphor

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. What social class of women is she primarily addressing? No women all women middle class first class

middle class

The Rape of the Lock. genre of the poem is: mock heroic elegy essay sonnet

mock heroic