English Midterm

In the Whisperers, Which sentence from the excerpt most strongly supports the answer to Question 3?

"'We were performing our revolutionary duty.'"

In Fahrenheit 451, Which of the following sentences from the text best supports the idea that Clarisse is rebellious?

"Do you ever read any of the books you burn?"

Which line from the poem, Fate Slew Him, best supports the theme of the Man's inner strength?

"Fate slew Him, but He did not drop—"

In Luck is not Chance, Which of the following lines most strongly supports the answer to Question 3?

"Fortune's expensive smile"

In Fahrenheit 451, Which sentence from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 5?

"Houses have always been fireproof, take my word for it."

In Invictus, Which line from the poem most strongly supports the answer to Question 3?

"I am the master of my fate:" ( This line expresses and supports the poem's theme of self-determination)

In "If", Which couplet from the text best supports the correct answer to Question 3?

"Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, / And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:"

In Fahrenheit 451, Which excerpt from the text most strongly supports the answer to Question 7?

"The last few nights he had had the most uncertain feelings about the sidewalk just around the corner here, moving in the starlight toward his house. He had felt that a moment prior to his making the turn, someone had been there."

In the Whisperers, what was most closely an intended outcome of the Five Year Plan its "militant world-view"?

A struggle that would create a new society

Order of Events in the Whisperers

Klavdiia's father is imprisoned and his property is seized Officials arrive to take the Rublyova children to an orphanage Klavdiia Rublyova helps to sell the family's remaining possessions Klavdiia Rublyova takes her youngest sibling to Kansk.

In Fahrenheit 451, Which of these inferences about the government is best supported by the text?

One reason the government is destroying books is because it is rewriting history.

Which of the following selections best illustrates a paradox, or contradiction, at the heart of the poem, Luck is not chance?

People who are considered lucky are usually not seen as hard workers.

In "If", Which of the following figures of speech is best exemplified in the following lines? If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same;

Personification

Literary Device to "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster."

Personification

The answer to the previous question in the poem, Fate Slew Him, is mainly an example of ___________.

Personification

In Fahrenheit 451, Which of these inferences about the Clarisse is best supported by the text?

She has been following Guy around before they met.

In Fahrenheit 451, Which of the following statements best explains why Guy seems to enjoy the company of Clarisse?

She talks to him in a way that he is not used to.

In the Whisperers, what is most closely a central idea of the excerpt?

The collectivizers justify the persecution of the kulaks as necessary in the pursuit of political change.

In Invictus, Which of the following inferences about the speaker is best supported by the following stanza? Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

The speaker is not entirely optimistic ( The speaker is "unafraid" but does not have an entirely optimistic outlook)

In Fahrenheit 451, Which of these inferences about the setting is best supported by the text?

The story takes place in the future.

In the Whisperers, what is most likely the author's purpose for including paragraph 1 in the excerpt?

To introduce a family that personalizes the plight of the peasantry

What is most likely the speaker's intent in lines 5-7 of the poem? The Father of the Mine Is that old-fashioned Coin We spurned—

To reinforce the theme by stating that a mine only gets dug when someone sees the possibility of getting something out of it

Which of the following meanings of fell most closely matches its meaning in the following stanza of "Invictus"? In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed.

adjective | cruel or terrible (Fell in this passage means cruel or terrible)

What is being compared to a minstrel man?

face covered in soot

What is being compared to a great python?

firehose

In the poem, Fate Slew Him, the struggle between 'Him' and 'Her' is best described as a struggle ___________.

for control

The author of Luck is not Chance uses personification mainly to describe __________.

fortune

In Luck is not chance, Which of the following best replaces toil as it is used in line 2? Luck is not chance— It's Toil—

hard work

floor of a fireplace

hearth

frenzied, overwhelming

hysterical

Literary Device to "Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools"

imagery

sensuously pleasurable

luxurious

The author of "If" gives a sense that the subject of the poem has experienced hardship mainly by ____________.

making repeated references to loss

What is being compared to charcoal ruins of history?

Books that have been burned

What is being compared to two shining drops of bright water?

Clarisse's eyes

'She' in the poem, Fate Slew Him, most directly refers to ____________.

Fate

Fate: Impaled Him on Her fiercest stakes—

Free Will: He did not drop—

Fate: She felled—

Free Will: He did not fall-

Fate: Fate Slew Him

Free Will: He neutralized them all—

In Fahrenheit 451, what do the first two paragraphs of the text reveal about Guy?

He very much enjoys his work.

"Invictus" is written mainly in the ____________ tense, from a ____________ point of view.

present tense; first-person

Literary Device to "If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim"

repetition

Literary Device to "If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, If all men count with you, but none too much"

rhyme

The poem "If" is written from the __________ point of view.

second person (The poem uses the second person point of view, typified by the "you" pronoun)

Which of the following best explains the speaker's source of hope in the poem, Invictus?

self-determination (Self-determination is ultimately what helps the speaker keep going and remain hopeful)

emotionless

stolid