Abeka Revised World Literature Test 1
(MULTIPLE CHOICE) What poem did Alfred, Lord Tennyson write based on the Battle of Balaklava?
"The Charge of the Light Brigade"
In Epic of Gilgamesh, who is the friend whose death motivates Gilgamesh to travel in search of everlasting life?
Enkidu
What is the name of the Englishman who is on a quest to travel around the world in record time in Around the World in Eighty Days?
Mr. Phileas Fogg
"Sonnet 26: I lived with visions for my company" was written after what important person had come int the author's life?
Robert Browning (her future husband)
(SHORT ANSWER) Who wrote the "Vagabond"
Robert Louis Stevenson
Name the tittle of this selection. Using elements of a close reading, answer the following: What is the significance of the title? Give a least one theme of the poem and explain how the author uses either imagery or metaphor to develop this theme.
Title: "The Gift to Sing" Author: James Waldon Johnson Themes: Suffering, Persistence, and Hope (You can do it from there)
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, who/what took the plant away from Gilgamesh?
a serpent (snake)
In Around the World in Eighty Days, what was the cause of the disturbance in Montgomery Street?
an election
a way analyze literature by using specific evidence in a text to draw a conclusion about the text
close reading
a direct or indirect hint at an event that will take place in the future
foreshadow
The words "I will come back to America find him....it would not be right for an Englishman to permit himself to be treated that way, without retaliating" is an example of what theme of "Around the World in Eighty Days"?
honor
the use of words that appeal to the senses
imagery
In "Around the World in Eighty Days", the lines "he had not proceeded two-hundred steps, however, when, 'by the greatest chance in the world,' he met Fix" exemplifies what literary devices?
irony
(MATCHING) what the author seeks to communicate
message
(MATCHING) comparison in which one thing is stated in terms of another
metaphor
a comparison in which human qualities are given to an inanimate object or animal
personification
the perspective from which the story a told
point of view
where and when the action of a work takes place
setting
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, what did Gilgamesh desire to do with the plant that was believed to restore youth?
take it to Uruk to give to the old man
At the end of the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh's destiny is to be given "EVERLASTNG LIFE"
the kingship
a center idea which gives a work meaning
theme
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, what was the test which Gilgamesh was given in order to try to gain everlasting life?
to stay awake for six days and seven nights
the writer's or speaker's attitude toward his subject
tone
(TRUE AND FALSE) As a person reads, he should consider what he reads from a "BIBLICAL WORLDVIEW", thinking critically and applying scripture.
true
The cultural background of William Wordsworth's poem, Composed upon Westminster Bridge, reveals the influence of "ROMANTICISM" on the author's view of nature and London.
true
Who best bear his mild yoke, they serve him best, from Milton's Sonnet 19 exemplifies the theme of "SERVICE"
true
