Mr. McLin-English Literature and Composition Section 1-Credit recovery

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Which of the following description is an example of the narrator's irony?

A. "he was unluckily endowed with a good name" (lines 6-7)

Which of the following best describes the effect produced by the repetition of the words "seeming" and "seemed" throughout the passage?

A. It serves to emphasize john's particular, individual perspective on the events described.

Which of the following pairs of words refers to different entities?

B. "shadow" (line 8) and "shadow" (line 12)

The use of the word "satisfaction" in line 22 is an examples of which of the following?

B. An ironic reference to the price Sir Patt had to pay for his business management

Which of the following pairs of phrases most probably refers to the same moment in the sequence of events in the poem?

C. "within a while" (line 7).. "When" (line 13)

The poem contains which of the following?

C. I and III only

The qualifiers "for them" (lines 28-29) and "so everyone said" (lines 55-56) suggest that

C. John feels himself to be isolated from the rest of the congregation.

In line 38, the cause of the aunt's death is described in language most similar to that used by the speaker to describe

C. Moths

Which of the following terms is (are) meant to be taken ironically?

D. I and II only

Which of the following phrases most pointedly refers to Sir Patt's parsimonious character?

E. "invincible repugnance to paying anybody" (lines 52-53)

The object of "to" in line 32 is

A. "look" (line 29)

In line 21, "I know thee right" is best paraphrased as

B. my understanding of your feelings is correct

In context, the adjective "close" (line 15) is best interpreted as meaning

C. overly cautious in spending

The narrators attitude toward Sir Pitt can be best described as one of

C. sardonic condemnation

The style of the passage as a whole is characterized by

C. sentences that contain several modifying phrases and subordinate clauses

For the speaker, the rose-breasted grosbeak and the whippoorwill are similar in that they both

C. stand out as individuals amid their surroundings

In the poem as a whole, the speaker views nature as being essentially

C. unfathomable

In lines 28-29, the pronoun "it" in the phrase "it was, for them" refers to

D. "joy the felt" line 26

In the context of the poem, the phrase "whilst 'tis so" Line 1 is best paraphrased as while

D. "picture" (line 16) and "it" (line 18)

Which of the following is LEAST important to the theme of the poem?

D. "well-wrought" (line 13)

Lines 14-17 describe an example of

A. animation

It can be inferred from the phrase "with terror in the heart, and wonder" line 24 that john

B. Responded strongly but ambivalently to the church service

Lines 44-53 have all of the following functions EXCEPT to

D. emphasize the chaotic quality of natural events

In context "the saints" (line 23). "bread of life" (line 29), and "arms outstretched like wings" (lines 44-45) serve to

A. Evoke an otherworldly atmosphere resonant of the bible

Which of the following best describes the effect of the last paragraph?

A. It illustrates how Sir Pitt's political and family affairs reflect his character

The speaker makes a categorical assertion at all of the following places in the poem EXCEPT

A. lines 1-2

The tone throughout the poem is best described as one of

A. playful seriousness

The passage is primarily concerned with

A. Johns attitude toward the sunday service

Which of the following statements best defines Sir Pitt's relationship with his son?

B. Sir Pitt makes a display of loving his son because of the debt he owes his son

The diction used to describe moths in lines 19-21 suggests that

B. The speaker finds some aspects of nature alien to her

The point of view in the passage is that of a

B. Third-person narrator who is aware of johns thoughts

How many reasons does the speaker give to try to explain why the whippoorwill "would have come in closer" (line 8)?

B. Two

The grandfather's words (lines 52-53) convey a sense of

B. awe

When the speaker says the artist will deny ever having seen him (lines 5-6), he means that

B. not even the artist's precise knowledge of him could detect any likeness

The attention the speaker pays to the details of sound serves primarily to

B. offer the reader a physical sense of the church service

The whippoorwill is most probably called a "voice of obsession" (line 7) because it

B. repeats itself

In the context of the poem, the expression "bright looks" (line 14) is best interpreted to mean

C. affectionate interest and personal beauty

In the final stanza, the speaker anticipates

C. his beloved's preference for the insubstantial

The depiction of John's father's "prophetic wrath" and his mothers "long suffering" serves what specific function in the narrative progress of the passage?

C. it provides a specific example of a preceding general description.

Which of the following best describes the effect produced by the repitition of the phrase "there had never been a time when" in line 5

D. It emphasizes the persuasiveness of the sunday service in John's memory

The irony in the passage as a whole rests chiefly on the conflict between

D. Johns acute observation of religious ecstasy and his inability to participate in it

In the first stanza, the whippoorwill is presented chiefly as?

D. an annoyance

In line 34, the speaker implies that the aunt

D. preferred not to face certain realities about nature

The narrator attributes Sir Pitt's attitude and behavior to which of the following factors?

D. Social rank and flawed character

In lines 12-14, the words "perhaps someone coughed, or the sound of a car horn, or a curse from the streets came in"....

E. They emphasize, by contrast, the hushed silence in church

A principal purpose of the use of "shadow" (line 12) is to

E. contrast with the meaning of "substance" (line 12)

By the expression "but my picture's picture be" (line 24), the speaker means that he will have

E. declined ini vitality so that he is more lifeless than a picture

The image of "a planet rocking in space" (line 52) suggests all of the following EXCEPT the

E. despair of those who are bound to earth

In context of the sentence, the phrases "pleasant, sly, laughing mood" (line 35) and "good humour" (line 38) are used to show Sir Pitt's

E. duplicity and capacity for treachery

The poem dramatizes the moment when the speaker

E. faces the imminent departure of his beloved

The speaker hypothesizes that moths might be

E. food for whippoorwills

In line 26, "what's disjunct" refers to something that

E. is not incorporated in a larger entity

Which of the following lines contains an example of personification

E. line 51

The passage suggests that, as a member of Parliment, Sir Pitt was

E. using his position for selfish ends

The style of the passage as a whole can be best characterized as

E. witty and analytical


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