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