English 10 UNIT 3 Half Test
Which sentence most accurately describes Mr. Beighton in "Cupid's Arrows"?
"He was an easy-going man."
meter
A regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry
end rhyme
A word at the end of one line rhymes with a word at the end of another line
In Kipling's story "Cupid's Arrows," Kitty's nickname refers to
Diana
In "Sir Francis Drake," Hayman alludes to _______ in describing Drake.
Elijah
Hayman alludes to ________________ Drake's great deeds.
Elijah's gifts
The best interpretation of the following line from "The Progress of Poesy": "The mount is mute, the channel dry."
In old age, the poet loses both poetic inspiration and imaginative creativity.
What is the atmosphere of a work?
It is the overall emotion pervading the work, an emotion which the reader often shares with the characters of the story.
What is a literary persona?
It is the person created by the author to tell the story, affecting the way a story is told.
The girl in "maggie and milly and molly and may" whose response symbolizes her tenderheartedness is _
Milly in her response to the starfish with "five languid fingers"
Arnold's "The Progress of Poesy" alludes to events in the life of
Moses
Arnold's poem "The Progress of Poesy" alludes to events in the life of which biblical character?
Moses
Consonance
Repetition of a consonant sound within two or more words in close proximity.
Alliteration
Repetition of initial consonant sounds
Assonance
Repetition of vowel sounds
perfect rhyme
Rhymes involving sound that are exactly the same (ex: love, dove)
In "Cupid's Arrows," which statement does not describe Kitty Beighton's feelings toward Barr-Saggott?
She was able to overlook his ugliness.
Cummings's assertion in "maggie and milly and molly and may" that we find ourselves in the sea implies in a broader sense that __________.
responses reveal personality or character
slant rhyme
rhyme in which the vowel sounds are nearly, but not exactly the same (i.e. the words "stress" and "kiss"); sometimes called half-rhyme, near rhyme, or partial rhyme
eye rhyme
rhyme that appears correct from spelling but does not rhyme because of pronunciation
Allusions are based primarily on
shared knowledge
In the "Progress of Poesy," each stanza discusses a different
stage of life
The Bible uses
symbolism in the stories
Which adjective best describes Kipling's tone toward Kitty in "Cupid's Arrows"?
sympathetic
The tone of "Cupid's Arrows" is
sympathetic toward the young.
The tone of a literary work is
the writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience.
Cummings's poetry is often unconventional in its use of all the following elements except
theme
The persona of a work may sometimes be
untrustworthy.
symbols can be...
used for imaginative comparisons.
O'Neill presents his argument
using the inductive method.
The persona of "Sir Francis Drake" is
very close to the poet.
Symbols in a literary work are usually
y deeply connected to the work's themes.
In "Cupid's Arrows," Kitty Beighton can be described by all of the following adjectives
mercenary
O'Neill's thesis in "Outta My Way, Grandpa!" is that
people should compete for their own benefit rather than solely to win
Which of the following is probably least likely to be alluded to by an author trying to write a lasting work?
pop culture
Name one of the two sources (discussed in the unit introduction) that were for centuries prime sources of allusion for English language authors.
he Bible and the ancient Greek and Roman classics
In order for an allusion to be most successful, what must be true of its audience?
They must share a knowledge of the topic being alluded to.
Hayman uses a pun to compare Drake to
a dragon
All but which of the following objects are symbols in Cummings's poem "maggie and milly and molly and may"?
a jellyfish
According to its literary definition, what does a symbol represent?
a person, place, thing, or idea within a narrative or a poem that means something in addition to itself
O'Neill alludes to _________ in his essay
a poem, a song, and a movie.
The title "maggie and milly and molly and may" illustrates the poetic device called
alliteration
Christ used ______ in his Gospels
allusions
Which sport does Kitty excel at in "Cupid's Arrows"?
archery
In Matthew Arnold's "The Progress of Poesy," the fount symbolizes
artistic inspiration
The title of Kipling's work is an allusion to
classical mythology.
rhyme
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words, especially when these are used at the ends of lines of poetry.
The atmosphere of Arnold's poem is best described as
fatalistic
According to "Sir Francis Drake," Hayman
fears there will be no more men like Drake
O'Neill's ________ allusions help raise the essay to great literature.
greek and biblical