Cumulative Exam English 12 part B (68%)
Check all that apply. Claims must always be supported by evidence such as
1,3,4,5 facts. statistics. quotations. examples.
Which statements are true of both a political speech and a printed political advertisement? Check all that apply.
1,3,5 They utilize diction as rhetoric. They seek to inspire. They attempt to persuade.
Read the excerpt from Roosevelt's State of the Union address. Fortunately, there are only a few Americans who place appetite above patriotism. The overwhelming majority realize that the food we send abroad is for essential military purposes, for our own and Allied fighting forces, and for necessary help in areas that we occupy. How does the parallel structure of these sentences help Roosevelt achieve his purpose?
A) The varied structure serves to keep the audience alert and engaged.
Read the passage from The War of the Worlds. I turned and, running madly, made for the first group of trees, perhaps a hundred yards away; but I ran slantingly and stumbling, for I could not avert my face from these things. The author uses paradox in the sentence to create a sense of
A) amusement
Read the excerpt from a paper on The War of the Worlds. And then he perceived that, very slowly, the circular top of the cylinder was rotating on its body. It was such a gradual movement that he discovered it only through noticing that a black mark that had been near him five minutes ago was now at the other side of the circumference. Even then he scarcely understood what this indicated, until he heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so. Then the thing came upon him in a flash. The cylinder was artificial—hollow—with an end that screwed out! Something within the cylinder was unscrewing the top! Wells creates an aesthetic impact on the reader by
A) describing the scene factually to create a sense of detachment in the reader.
Read the passage from The War of the Worlds. There were really, I should think, two or three hundred people elbowing and jostling one another, the one or two ladies there being by no means the least active. In this passage, the author uses humor to comment on the
A) foolishness of people.
Read the lines from "Song VII" by Rabindranath Tagore. My poet's vanity dies in shame before thy sight. O master poet, I have sat down at thy feet. Which words show that the lyric poem is written from the perspective of a single speaker?
B) "my" and "I"
Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Well, sir, the two ran into one another naturally enough at the corner; and then came the horrible part of the thing; for the man trampled calmly over the child's body and left her screaming on the ground. It sounds nothing to hear, but it was hellish to see. It wasn't like a man; it was like some damned Juggernaut. I gave a few halloa, took to my heels, collared my gentleman, and brought him back to where there was already quite a group about the screaming child. He was perfectly cool and made no resistance, but gave me one look, so ugly that it brought out the sweat on me like running. How is Mr. Hyde characterized in the excerpt?
B) As Cruel and unfeeling
Which sentence uses a subjective pronoun correctly?
C) Her sister is planning a trip to visit colleges over the break.
Luiza is writing this paragraph about Sudanese Slit Drum. In "Sudanese Slit Drum," Neil MacGregor traces the origins of a slit drum from Central Africa. He uses the drum to trace the Sudanese struggle for independence and to explain the battle that Kitchener's Anglo-Egyptian army fought against the Sudanese. Luiza's paragraph can best be described as a(n)
C) Objective summary
Read the line from Act II of The Importance of Being Earnest. Algernon. Well, one must be serious about something, if one wants to have any amusement in life. The literary device used in this line is a(n)
C) Paradox
Read the sentence. The shop next door, which is family owned, creates specially made, chocolate covered desserts. Which part of the sentence should be hyphenated?
D) Chocolate covered
Read the excerpt from the climax of The Tell-Tale Heart. "Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed!—tear up the planks! here, here!—It is the beating of his hideous heart!" Which theme does this climax most connect with?
D) Evil cannot stay hidden for long.
Which sentence should be revised to include commas to set off a nonrestrictive element?
D) The TV show which we watch together airs on Friday nights.
Both "The Tiger" and "The Lamb" convey similar messages, also called
D) Themes
When Emma studies the atmosphere and feelings created by "Christabel," she studies the poem's .
Mood
Look at the poster. Which persuasive techniques are used in this poster? Check all that apply.
2,3,4 a simple solution to a problem fear over a possible outcome association with a positive idea
Which line from "Ode to the West Wind" is an example of a metaphor?
A) "O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being
Which line from "She Walks in Beauty" describes the woman in an unusual way?
A) "Which heaven to gaudy day denies"
Read the passage from "Christabel." From cliff and tower, tu—whoo! tu—whoo! Tu—whoo! tu—whoo! from wood and fell! To create the rhythm, Coleridge relies on
B) Diction
Read the passage from "The Lamb." Little lamb, who made thee? By regularly repeating this line in the poem, Blake uses the line as a
B) Refain
Read the haiku by Buson. Lighting the lantern— the yellow chrysanthemums lose their color. What motif is presented in the second line of the haiku?
C) Nature
Carmelo is writing a thesis for a media analysis essay. The Recycling Commission says in its posters that viewers will make a better world by correctly recycling items in their homes. Which is the most accurate and precise way to rewrite this sentence?
C) The Recycling Commission expresses through its posters that it is possible to live in a safer, better world through proper recycling, because recycling is a key part of helping the environment.
Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart." Now this is the point. You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing. But you should have seen me. You should have seen how wisely I proceeded—with what caution—with what foresight—with what dissimulation I went to work! I was never kinder to the old man than during the whole week before I killed him. And every night, about midnight, I turned the latch of his door and opened it—oh so gently! And then, when I had made an opening sufficient for my head, I put in a dark lantern, all closed, closed, that no light shone out, and then I thrust in my head. Oh, you would have laughed to see how cunningly I thrust it in! I moved it slowly—very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man's sleep. It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so far that I could see him as he lay upon his bed. What features of gothic literature does the excerpt include? Check all that apply.
1,2,3 a focus on fear and horror an exploration of strong emotions a reliance on mystery and suspense
Read the excerpt from "Benin Plaque: The Oba with Europeans." Made in what is now modern Nigeria in the sixteenth century, the Benin plaques are actually made of brass, not bronze. They are each about the size of an A3 piece of paper and show figures in high relief that celebrate the victories of the Benin ruler, the Oba, and the rituals of the Oba's court. Which phrases from the excerpt provide visual details? Check all that apply.
1,3,4 "modern Nigeria" "actually made of brass" "the size of an A3 piece of paper"
Read the excerpt from "A Defence of Poetry." Poetry thus makes immortal all that is best and most beautiful in the world; it arrests the vanishing apparitions which haunt the interlunations of life, and veiling them, or in language or in form, sends them forth among mankind, bearing sweet news of kindred joy to those with whom their sisters abide—abide, because there is no portal of expression from the caverns of the spirit which they inhabit into the universe of things. Poetry redeems from decay the visitations of the divinity in man. Which details from the excerpt provide more information about Shelley's idea that poetry "makes immortal all that is best and most beautiful in the world"? Check all that apply.
1,3,6 arrests the vanishing apparitions sends them forth among mankind, bearing sweet news redeems from decay the visitations of the divinity in man
Read the excerpt from Act III of The Importance of Being Earnest. Lady Bracknell. Come here. Sit down. Sit down immediately. Hesitation of any kind is a sign of mental decay in the young, of physical weakness in the old. [Turns to Jack.] Apprised, sir, of my daughter's sudden flight by her trusty maid, whose confidence I purchased by means of a small coin, I followed her at once by a luggage train. Her unhappy father is, I am glad to say, under the impression that she is attending a more than usually lengthy lecture by the University Extension Scheme on the Influence of a permanent income on Thought. I do not propose to undeceive him. Indeed I have never undeceived him on any question. I would consider it wrong. But of course, you will clearly understand that all communication between yourself and my daughter must cease immediately from this moment. On this point, as indeed on all points, I am firm. What traits does Lady Bracknell show in this excerpt? Check all that apply.
2,3,5 She is involved in her daughter's life. She is reluctant to take action. She is willing to withhold certain truths
Read the passage from "Christabel." It was a lovely sight to see The lady Christabel, when she Was praying at the old oak tree. Amid the jaggéd shadows Of mossy leafless boughs, Kneeling in the moonlight, To make her gentle vows; Her slender palms together prest, Heaving sometimes on her breast; Her face resigned to bliss or bale— Her face, oh call it fair not pale, And both blue eyes more bright than clear, Each about to have a tear. Which lines contain diction that creates the overall tone? Check all that apply.
3,5 To make her gentle vows Each about to have a tear
Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. My provision of the salt, which had never been renewed since the date of the first experiment, began to run low. I sent out for a fresh supply and mixed the draught; the ebullition followed, and the first change of colour, not the second; I drank it and it was without efficiency. You will learn from Poole how I have had London ransacked; it was in vain; and I am now persuaded that my first supply was impure, and that it was that unknown impurity which lent efficacy to the draught. What is the complication in this excerpt?
A) Dr. Jekyll's formula will work only with an impure salt he can no longer find.
Read this conclusion. When people carelessly discard plastic, the word's oceans suffer. Marine life must share space with water bottles and sandwich bags. Sea creatures often mistake plastic waste for food, and they suffer dire consequences. Do not contribute to this growing problem. Which sentence best completes this conclusion with a relevant call to action?
A) Make an effort to properly dispose of plastic trash and recyclables.
Read the passage from "Christabel." No doubt, she hath a vision sweet. What if her guardian spirit 'twere, What if she knew her mother near? But this she knows, in joys and woes, That saints will aid if men will call: For the blue sky bends over all! Which line from the passage best summarizes the theme of the passage?
A) No doubt, she hath a vision sweet.
Read the passages from The War of the Worlds. But very early in the morning poor Ogilvy, who had seen the shooting star and who was persuaded that a meteorite lay somewhere on the common between Horsell, Ottershaw, and Woking, rose early with the idea of finding it. Find it he did, soon after dawn, and not far from the sand pits. . . . A large piece suddenly came off and fell with a sharp noise that brought his heart into his mouth. For a minute he scarcely realised what this meant, and, although the heat was excessive, he clambered down into the pit close to the bulk to see the Thing more clearly. What does the reader learn about Ogilvy from the passages?
A) Ogilvy's curiosity tends to overcome his better judgment.
Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. It is useless, and the time awfully fails me, to prolong this description; no one has ever suffered such torments . . . How does this excerpt connect to the theme "Secrets isolate people"?
A) The author creates a scene of loneliness.
Read the excerpt from Sudanese Slit Drum. It is another document of the enduring geopolitical fault-line around the Nile cataracts that we have encountered twice before: in the sphinx of Taharqo (Chapter 22) and the head of Augustus (Chapter 35). This drum is part of the history of indigenous African culture, of the East African slave trade centred on Khartoum, and of the European scramble for Africa at the end of the nineteenth century. Since the passage shows how MacGregor perceives and discusses the topic of the Sudanese slit drum, it is an example of a
B) Summary
Read the excerpt from H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds. It was such a gradual movement that he discovered it only through noticing that a black mark that had been near him five minutes ago was now at the other side of the circumference. Even then he scarcely understood what this indicated, until he heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so. Then the thing came upon him in a flash. The cylinder was artificial—hollow—with an end that screwed out! Something within the cylinder was unscrewing the top! In this excerpt, Wells entertains readers by
B) using vivid sensory details.
Read the passage from "The Tiger." Tiger, tiger, burning bright In the forests of the night, What immortal hand or eye Could frame thy fearful symmetry? The author uses imagery to help the reader
B) visualize the tiger in the forest as beautiful but dangerous.
Read the excerpt from "Benin Plaque: The Oba with Europeans." They and their Dutch and English competitors, who followed later in the sixteenth century, carried gold and ivory to Europe and in return brought commodities from all over the world that were greatly valued by the Oba's court . . . What word(s) offer context clues about the meaning of the word commodities?
C) "gold and ivory"
Read the excerpt from Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest. Lane. I attribute it to the superior quality of the wine, sir. I have often observed that in married households the champagne is rarely of a first-rate brand. Algernon. Good heavens! Is marriage so demoralising as that? This excerpt best illustrates which feature of a comedy of manners?
C) Commentary on marriage
Read this prompt. Create a multimedia presentation about curfew laws for teenagers. Use research and evidence to support your opinion. Use persuasive techniques and a variety of visual aids in your presentation. Which is an effective claim for this prompt?
C) Curfew laws are ineffective and costly, and they should be abolished.
Read the last stanza of "Mutability." It is the same!—For, be it joy or sorrow, The path of its departure still is free: Man's yesterday may ne'er be like his morrow; Nought may endure but Mutability. Which of Shelley's ideas from "A Defence of Poetry," is most reflected in this stanza?
C) Life is fleeting and constantly changing.
Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart." TRUE!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story. Which statement best explains how the reader can determine that the narrator of this passage is unreliable?
C) The narrator says he is not mad, but he claims he can hear all the sounds on heaven and earth.
Consider the painting and the related poem. The Harvesters by Bruegel "The Corn Harvest" by William Carlos Williams Summer ! the painting is organized about a young reaper enjoying his noonday rest completely relaxed from his morning labors sprawled in fact sleeping unbuttoned on his back the women have brought him his lunch perhaps a spot of wine they gather gossiping under a tree whose shade carelessly he does not share the resting center of their workaday world. Which statement best describes how Williams's poem represents the painting?
C) Williams narrates the scene by describing characters' actions.
Read the excerpt from chapter 4 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. At this moment, however, the rooms bore every mark of having been recently and hurriedly ransacked; clothes lay about the floor, with their pockets inside out; lock-fast drawers stood open; and on the hearth there lay a pile of grey ashes, as though many papers had been burned. From these embers the inspector disinterred the butt end of a green cheque book, which had resisted the action of the fire; the other half of the stick was found behind the door; and as this clinched his suspicions, the officer declared himself delighted. Based on this excerpt, which detail would create the most suspense about the nature of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde's relationship?
C) the fact that the room has been ransacked
Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. [T]he inmates of my house were locked in the most rigorous hours of slumber; and I determined, flushed as I was with hope and triumph, to venture in my new shape as far as to my bedroom. I crossed the yard, wherein the constellations looked down upon me, I could have thought, with wonder, the first creature of that sort that their unsleeping vigilance had yet disclosed to them . . . What do Dr. Jekyll's thoughts reveal about him in this excerpt?
D) He is proud and enthusiastic about his initial results.
Read the excerpt from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. The court was very cool and a little damp, and full of premature twilight, although the sky, high up overhead, was still bright with sunset. The middle one of the three windows was half-way open; and sitting close beside it, taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner, Utterson saw Dr. Jekyll. "What! Jekyll!" he cried. "I trust you are better." "I am very low, Utterson," replied the doctor drearily, "very low. It will not last long, thank God." Which theme does this passage best support?
D) Hiding a secret can be painful.
Read the excerpt from chapter 4 of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Presently her eye wandered to the other, and she was surprised to recognise in him a certain Mr. Hyde, who had once visited her master and for whom she had conceived a dislike. He had in his hand a heavy cane, with which he was trifling; but he answered never a word, and seemed to listen with an ill-contained impatience. And then all of a sudden he broke out in a great flame of anger, stamping with his foot, brandishing the cane, and carrying on (as the maid described it) like a madman. The old gentleman took a step back, with the air of one very much surprised and a trifle hurt; and at that Mr. Hyde broke out of all bounds and clubbed him to the earth. And next moment, with ape-like fury, he was trampling his victim under foot and hailing down a storm of blows, under which the bones were audibly shattered and the body jumped upon the roadway. At the horror of these sights and sounds, the maid fainted. Which action best illustrates a character vs. character conflict?
D) Mr. Hyde clubs and tramples the old gentleman to death in the street.
Consider the poems. "She Walks in Beauty" by George Gordon Byron An excerpt from "To Helen" by Edgar Allan Poe She walks in Beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellowed to that tender light Which Heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impaired the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express, How pure, how dear their dwelling-place. And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent! Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, wayworn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome. Lo! in yon brilliant window-niche How statue-like I see thee stand, The agate lamp within thy hand! Ah, Psyche, from the regions which Are Holy Land! How is Poe's word choice different than Byron's?
D) Poe confesses more about shortcomings than Byron.
Read the sentence. After we heard the way he played the song on his guitar, we bought it. Which analysis correctly identifies the pronoun error and solution?
D) The pronoun "it" should be changed to "the song."
Read the passage from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. On the 8th of January Utterson had dined at the doctor's with a small party; Lanyon had been there; and the face of the host had looked from one to the other as in the old days when the trio were inseparable friends. On the 12th, and again on the 14th, the door was shut against the lawyer. "The doctor was confined to the house," Poole said, "and saw no one." On the 15th, he tried again, and was again refused; and having now been used for the last two months to see his friend almost daily, he found this return of solitude to weigh upon his spirits. Which prediction is most supported by the passage?
D) Utterson will suspect that Jekyll is once again involved with Hyde.
Read the excerpt from "The Tell-Tale Heart". TRUE!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! and observe how healthily—how calmly I can tell you the whole story. The narrator says that other people characterize him as .
Insane
