English 12 Unit 3 Evaluation
How come the Lady of Shalott cannot leave her island?
A curse is on her that forbids her doing so.
Determine the meaning of line 13 of stanza 130 in In Memoriam, A.H.H.: "Far off thou art, but ever nigh."
Although A.H.H. is dead, the speaker holds his memory close.
Read the following quote from Hard Times and determine what it suggests about education in Victorian England: "The scene was a plain, bare, monotonous vault of a school-room,...swept with their eyes the inclined plane of little vessels then and there arranged in order, ready to have imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim."
Education reflected the growing influence of factories.
What does Mr. M'Choakumchild's name suggest about his teaching style?
He forces students to learn one way or another.
What does the speaker plan to do in "Ulysses"?
He plans to board his ship and sail away.
How do we learn about the speaker's mental state in "Porphyria's Lover"?
He speaks of strangling Porphyria, showing that he is unstable.
What Victorian message is portrayed by "The Lady of Shalott"?
Her duty is to stay in the castle and weave.
What question does the speaker answer in "Sonnet 43"?
In what ways do I love you?
Utilitarianism, seen in Dickens' Hard Times, emerged during the
Industrial Revolution.
What is the theme of In Memoriam, A.H.H.?
Love lasts even after death.
What is the main idea of "Tears, Idle Tears"?
Memories cause sadness.
Based on the description of the woman in "Porphyria's Lover," how do her feelings compare to his?
She is actively pursuing him and trying to win his love.
In what way is the lady in "The Lady of Shalott" like an artist?
She weaves a magic web.
What is one important message Tennyson tries to communicate in "The Lady of Shalott"?
Society makes loners of artists.
In Hard Times, what is the basis of Thomas Gradgrind's teaching?
Teach nothing but facts.
Which answer choice best describes the speaker in In Memoriam, A.H.H.?
Tennyson addresses a departed friend in the work.
What is the purpose of didacticism in Victorian writing?
The Victorians used it to teach or educate readers.
Determine what the speaker means in line 16 from "Tears, Idle Tears": "Dear as remembered kisses after death. . ."
The memory of kisses of someone who has died is sweet.
Which answer best characterizes the persona's attitude toward Death in In Memoriam, A.H.H.?
The persona does not blame Death, even though it has made him miserable.
How do you know "My Last Duchess" is a dramatic monologue?
The speaker addresses a silent listener.
From the details in "Dover Beach," what conclusion can you draw about the speaker's attitude about the "Sea of Faith"?
The speaker believes that people no longer have faith.
Determine the meaning of the following lines from "Dover Beach": "With tremulous cadence slow, and bring / The eternal note of sadness in."
The waves reflect his isolation and human misery.
What is the speaker's view of the world in "Dover Beach"?
The world is a place of sadness, misery, and violence.
Who is the speaker in the poem "Ulysses"?
Ulysses himself
In the excerpt from Hard Times, what is Bitzer asked to define for Sissy Jupe?
a horse
What kind of speaker would have the OPPOSITE personality as the speaker in "My Last Duchess."
a speaker who believed he could win any woman's heart
What is Dickens's object of social criticism in the excerpt from Hard Times that you read?
a system of education that treats children like machines
Who is the speaker talking to in "My Last Duchess"?
an agent for the father of the woman he wants to marry
The loves expressed in "Porphyria's Lover" and "Sonnet 43" are both
centered on one person.
Dickens uses didacticism in Hard Times to
express concerns over the mechanization of education.
In "Porphyria's Lover," what does the speaker use to strangle Porphyria?
her hair
What is the subject of the speaker's monologue in "My Last Duchess"?
his deceased wife
Charles Dickens based elements of his stories on all of the following except
his mother's cruel temperament.
The speaker from In Memoriam, A.H.H. senses his friend in all of the following places except
in the woods around his house.
Determine Dickens's purpose in describing Mr. M'Choakumchild in this line: "He and some one hundred and forty other schoolmasters had been lately turned at the same time, in the same factory, on the same principles, like so many pianoforte legs."
informing readers that teachers were all educated in exactly the same way
In form and content, "The Lady of Shalott" recalls
medieval romances.
What emotional words does Arnold use in the passage about the "Sea of Faith" to create mood?
melancholy, withdrawing, retreating
Compare the following two lines and determine what the speakers have in common: ". . . I gave commands; / Then all smiles stopped together . . ." (from "My Last Duchess," lines 45 and 46) and "That moment she was mine, mine, fair" (from "Porphyria's Lover," lines 36).
possessiveness
What is the main idea of "My Last Duchess"?
power
What does the speaker in "Porphyria's Lover" say keeps Porphyria from loving him forever?
pride and vanity
"My Last Duchess" shows social criticism in all of the following ways except
the Duke's admiration of his first wife's independence.
Consider the following quote from lines 11 and 12 of "Sonnet 43": "I love thee with a love I seemed to lose / With my lost saints. . ." A person who was very devout and valued religion over love would be
the opposite of the speaker in "Sonnet 43".
Why does the speaker strangle Porphyria?
the reader does not know
Determine what Tennyson means by "state to state" in stanza 82, lines 5 and 6 from In Memoriam, A.H.H.: "Eternal process moving on, / From state to state the spirit walks . . ."
the stages of life and death
In "Dover Beach" Arnold uses the sea to represent faith, which he perceives
to be withdrawing from the world.
Why did Tennyson write In Memoriam, A.H.H.?
to honor a friend who died
The theme of "Sonnet 43" concerns the
transcendent value of romantic love.
In "The Lady of Shalott," what does the Lady of Shalott spend her time doing?
weaving
In "Porphyria's Lover," there is a contrast between
what the speaker says he feels and what he talks of doing.
Gradgrind shows his disrespect for children and their thoughts in all of the following ways except
when he beats them for saying the wrong answer.
