AP Lit Unit 7: Explain the function of character. Quiz

In the eighth through the twelfth paragraphs ("Hi, Vera . . . slyly"), the fact that the farmer converses only with the shopkeeper suggests that Mrs. Chandler is

isolated socially from the rest of the town

Which of the following textual details best shows consistency in Mrs. Chandler's character?

"her own car . . . facing in the wrong direction" (paragraph 7)

Which choice best expresses the change in the speaker during the course of the poem?

He experiences an imaginative transformation of reality.

As the poem progresses, the speaker's opening question about the news of a death (line 1) unfolds to reveal

deep grief and an intimate friendship

The metaphor implied in lines 29-31 ("And up . . . identity") is best interpreted as assigning the "endless altered people" the qualities of a

recurring wave eroding a shoreline

The details in the fourth sentence of the first paragraph ("Dorcas, while . . . might go") suggest that Dorcas commits to leaving primarily because

she believes that she brings whatever she needs most along with her

In the context of the second stanza, the "sharp tender shock" (line 11) suggests that the

speaker has had a significant realization