English 10 test 1

"Why did I make this bet? What's the good? The lawyer loses fifteen years of his life and I throw away two millions. Will it convince people that capital punishment is worse or better than imprisonment for life? No, no! all stuff and rubbish. On my part, it was the caprice of a well-fed man; on the lawyer's pure greed of gold." According to the excerpt, what motivated the lawyer to wager the bet?

desire for money

Which term is defined as the continuation of a line of poetry to the next line without punctuation or pause?

enjambment

Among the company was a lawyer, a young man of about twenty-five. On being asked his opinion, he said: "Capital punishment and life-imprisonment are equally immoral; but if I were offered the choice between them, I would certainly choose the second. It's better to live somehow than not to live at all." There ensued a lively discussion. The banker who was then younger and more nervous suddenly lost his temper, banged his fist on the table, and turning to the young lawyer, cried out: "It's a lie. I bet you two millions you wouldn't stick in a cell even for five years." Which type of conflict occurs in the excerpt above?

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Source: Berryman, John. "The Ball Poem." Collected Poems: 1937 - 1971. Ed. Charles Thornbury. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1991. Google Books. Web. 06 June 2011. What is the structure of this poem?

free verse

What is conflict?

the struggle between forces in the plot

Define the ballad form and explain the difference between a literary ballad and a folk ballad.

A folk ballad has been passed down orally; a literary ballad has a known author

Source: Lorde, Audre. "Hanging Fire." The Black Unicorn: Poems. New York: Kitchen Table: Women of Color Press, 1978. El Camino College. Web. 06 June 2011. Which statement is the most accurate comparison of the two poems?

Both poems deal with adolescence but from different perspectives.

Why does analyzing character motivation matter? Give an example using something that you've seen or read recently.

Character motivation shows the reaction of the characters in certain conflicts and in situation against them. While reading the story, the reader calculates the possible resolutions. In the short story of "Bet", the banker asks questions from himself, namely he selfjudges himself. His thoughts on the issue make the reader learn more about him and certainly understand his motives. When he thinks that "On my part, it was the caprice of a wellfed man", it reveals his motivation for the bet. It was aimed for the purpose of entertainment.

Which of the following techniques is a specific type of figurative language? I. conceit II. personification III. metonymy

II and III

Analyze how character motivations and behaviors impact the outcome of the short story "The Bet" by Anton P. Chekhov.

The Bet is a story that revolves around citizens belonging to high societies who were invited to a party by a banker debated and bet about which among death penalty and lifetime imprisonment is more moral and human. The banker was firm in his choice that death penalty is more humane. However, this was changed when he met a man who made him realize that living is better than not living at all.

Analyze conflict in the short story "The Bet" by Anton P. Chekhov.

The conflict is that a person makes a bet and he loses it but he doesnt have the money.

Source: Hernandez, David. "Happiness Epidemic." Casa Poema. Casa Poema, n.d. Web. 06 June 2011. Identify the main poetic techniques used in this poem. Refer to specific lines in the poem to illustrate the technique.

The poetic technique that is illustrated throughout the entire poem "Happiness Epidemic" would be metonymy, although it varies slightly at the very end.

Lake of Dismal Swamp Identify the rhyme scheme and metrical pattern of this poem.

The rhyme pattern is ABAAB, and the meter is iambic.

Source: Keats, John. "La Belle Dame sans Merci: A Ballad." Poetry Foundation. Poetry Foundation, n.d. Web. 24 June 2011. Which of the following describes the meter of this poem best?

iambic

During the first year of imprisonment, the lawyer, as far as it was possible to judge from his short notes, suffered terribly from loneliness and boredom. From his wing day and night came the sound of the piano. He rejected wine and tobacco. "Wine," he wrote, "excites desires, and desires are the chief foes of a prisoner; besides, nothing is more boring than to drink good wine alone," and tobacco spoils the air in his room. Which type of conflict occurs in the excerpt above?

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