English 12B Unit 2 Exam
Read the passage from The Faerie Queene. Now gan the golden Phoebus for to steepHis fiery face in billows of the west,And his faint steeds watered in Ocean deep,Whiles from their journal labors they did rest,When that infernal Monster, having castHis weary foe into that living well,Can high advance his broad discolored breastAbove his wonted pitch, with countenance fell,And clapped his iron wings, as victor he did dwell. Which responses accurately explain the impact of this description on the poem? (Select all that apply.)
The depiction of the dragon "with countenance fell" and who "clapped his iron wings" creates a triumphant tone and shows the dragon's fierce and cruel reaction to his perceived victory. The description of the sunset's grandeur as Phoebus's "fiery face in billows of the west" creates an epic tone that heightens the drama of this moment in the plot.
Read the excerpt from The Faerie Queene. The morrow next gan early to appear,That Titan rose to run his daily race;But early ere the morrow next gan rearOut of the sea fair Titan's dewy face,Up rose the gentle virgin from her place,And looked all about, if she might spyHer loved knight to move his manly pace:For she had great doubt of his safety,Since late she saw him fall before his enemy. Which response most accurately explains how the author uses the setting described in the excerpt to create a certain tone?
The description "Out of the sea fair Titan's dewy face" creates a peaceful tone, even though Lady Una has cause to worry.
Which quotations from The Faerie Queene clearly demonstrate Lady Una's perspective that God is the reason for good events in the world? (Select all that apply.)
The knight himself even trembled at his fall,So huge and horrible a mass it seem'd,And his dear Lady, that beheld it all,Durst not approach for dread, which she misdeem'd;But yet at last, when as the direful fiendShe saw not stir, off-shaking vain affright,She nigher drew, and saw that joyous end:Then God she praised, and thanked her faithful knight,That had achieved so great a conquest by his might. When gentle Una saw the second fallOf her dear knight, who weary of long fight,And faint through loss of blood, mov'd not at all,But lay, as in a dream of deep delight,Besmeared with precious Balme, whose virtuous mightDid heal his wounds, and scorching heat allay,Again she stricken was with sore affright,And for his safety gan devoutly pray,And watch the noyous night, and wait for joyous day.
Reread "Death Be Not Proud." Which response most clearly identifies the speaker's perspective in this sonnet?
The speaker feels confident mocking death because his faith in an afterlife assures him that death will not defeat him.
Read the lines from the sonnet "Death Be Not Proud." Death be not proud, though some have called theeMighty and dreadfull, for, thou art not soe, ... Which response accurately explains the effect of the personification of death?
The speaker is able to talk to death directly, which allows him to make a philosophical argument about the power of death.
Reread "Sonnet 55." Which response most clearly supports the inference that the speaker's lover might already be dead?
The speaker suggests that his lover will live on in the poem and in lovers' eyes until Judgment Day, which implies that his lover is already dead.
Which sentence clearly explains how the author uses conflict to develop characters in The Faerie Queene?
The successive rounds of battle with the dragon show the Redcrosse Knight's stamina and faith.
Which three excerpt from The Faerie Queene clearly show how the development of Una's character sets up the Redcrosse Knight's conflict with the dragon? (Select all that apply.)
Their scepters stretched from East to Western shore,And all the world in their subjection held;Till that infernal fiend with foul uproarForwasted all their land, and them expelled:Whom to avenge, she had this Knight from far compelled. Whereto when as they now approached near,With hearty words her knight she gan to cheer,And in her modest manner thus bespake;Dear knight, as dear as ever knight was dear,That all these sorrows suffer for my sake,High heaven behold the tedious toil ye for me take. And pointing forth, Lo yonder is (said she)The brazen tower in which my parents dearFor dread of that huge fiend imprisoned be,Whom I from far, see on the walls appear,Whose sight my feeble soul doth greatly cheer:
Read the lines from the sonnet "Death Be Not Proud." Thou art slave to Fate, Chance, kings, and desperate men,And dost with poyson, warre, and sicknesse dwell,And poppie, or charmes can make us sleepe as well,And better than thy stroake; why swell'st thou then? Which response most clearly explains the impact of the words poyson, warre, and sicknesse?
They have unappealing connotations, which helps the speaker use a mocking tone to insult death by saying he is usually found in unappealing places.
Read the lines from Shakespeare's "Sonnet 55." So till the judgment that your self arise,You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes. Which response explains the speaker's perspective in the lines?
This poem is the speaker's way of keeping his beloved alive until the end of time.
Read the lines from Shakespeare's "Sonnet 55." When wasteful war shall statues overturn,And broils root out the work of masonry,Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quick fire shall burnThe living record of your memory. Which response most accurately explains the meaning of the lines?
War, represented metaphorically by the god Mars, cannot harm a poetic tribute of love.
Read the lines from The Tempest. And 'twixt the green sea and the azured vaultSet roaring war: to the dread rattling thunderHave I given fire, and rifted Jove's stout oakWith his own bolt; the strong-based promontoryHave I made shake, and by the spurs plucked upThe pine and cedar: graves at my commandHave waked their sleepers, oped, and let 'em forthBy my so potent art. Which responses effectively explain how Shakespeare's word choices in the lines affect Prospero's speech? (Select all that apply.)
Words like roaring war, dread rattling, rifted, bolt, shake, and potent create a forceful, emphatic tone and convey the powerful nature of Prospero's magic. Words like green sea, azured vault, promontory, thunder, oak, and pine and cedar create a natural tone and show how Prospero uses his powers to bend nature to his will.
Read the passage from The Faerie Queene. He cried, as raging seas are wont to roar,When wintry storm his wrathful wreck does threatThe roaring billows beat the ragged shore,As they the earth would shoulder from her seat,And greedy gulf does gape, as he would eatHis neighbor element in his revenge: Which response correctly identifies the type of figurative language used to describe the sound of the dragon's cry?
a simile, comparing the dragon's cry to an ocean's roar
Read the excerpt from The Tempest. PROSPERO.O, was she so? I mustOnce in a month recount what thou hast been,Which thou forget'st. This damned witch Sycorax,For mischiefs manifold, and sorceries terribleTo enter human hearing, from Algiers,Thou know'st, was banished. For one thing she didThey would not take her life. Is not this true? Which response most accurately defines manifold?
many, various, and assorted
Reread "Sonnet 55." Which quotations from "Sonnet 55" most clearly support the inference that the speaker believes his words of love will exist eternally? (Select two that apply.)
the living record of your memory shall outlive this powerful rhyme
Read the lines from the sonnet "Death Be Not Proud." From rest and sleepe, which but thy pictures bee,Much pleasure, then from thee, much more must flow, ... Which response most clearly explains how the lines use analogy to help express the main idea of the poem?
xxx They compare rest and sleep to death, indicating that it would be possible to die on any night, so people should savor life. try They compare death to rest and sleep to ironically make the point that death and sleep actually have very little in common.
Read the lines from Shakespeare's "Sonnet 55." Not marble, nor the gilded monumentsOf princes shall outlive this powerful rhyme,But you shall shine more bright in these contentsThan unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. Which response most clearly describes the impact of the words unswept and besmeared?
xxx They have a connotation of cleaning and manual labor, which shows that maintaining a relationship requires hard work.
How does Shakespeare use dialogue to further the plot of The Tempest? (Select all that apply.)
0.5 of 1 Prospero reveals his backstory to Miranda, which introduces a conflict with Antonio. Ariel resists following Prospero's orders but Prospero reminds her of his debt, which establishes her conflict with Sycorax. xxx Ariel argues with Caliban after the death of his mother, Sycorax, which establishes a conflict.
Which quotation most clearly supports the idea that Shakespeare used settings in The Tempest in order to develop the reader's sense of Ariel's power?
ARIEL. The mariners all under hatches stowed,Who, with a charm joined to their suffered labour,I have left asleep. And for the rest o'th' fleet,Which I dispersed, they all have met again,And are upon the Mediterranean float,Bound sadly home for Naples;Supposing that they saw the King's ship wrecked,And his great person perish.
Which quotations from The Tempest most clearly show how Shakespeare portrays Prospero's transformation from someone who wants revenge to someone who understands that certain powers over others are too strong to use? (Select all that apply.)
But this rough magicI here abjure; and, when I have requiredSome heavenly music,—which even now I do,—To work mine end upon their senses, thatThis airy charm is for, I'll break my staff,Bury it certain fathoms in the earth,And deeper than did ever plummet soundI'll drown my book. ... Though with their high wrongs I am struck to th' quick,Yet with my nobler reason 'gainst my furyDo I take part: the rarer action isIn virtue than in vengeance: they being penitent,The sole drift of my purpose doth extendNot a frown further. Go release them, Ariel:My charms I'll break, their senses I'll restore,And they shall be themselves.
Reread "Sonnet 55." Which quotations from this sonnet clearly support the theme that poetry is a timeless and universal form of expression? (Select all that apply.)
But you shall shine more bright in these contentsThan unswept stone, besmeared with sluttish time. So till the judgment that your self arise,You live in this, and dwell in lovers' eyes. Nor Mars his sword, nor war's quick fire shall burnThe living record of your memory.
Read the lines from The Faerie Queene. I wote not, whether the revenging steelWere hardened with that holy water dew,Wherein he fell, or sharper edge did feel,Or his baptized hands now greater grew;Or other secret virtue did ensue;Else never could the force of fleshly arm,Nor molten metal in his blood embrew;For till that stownd could never wight him harm,By subtlety, nor slight, nor might, nor mighty charm. Which response correctly explains the meaning of ensue in the lines?
Ensue means "result from something"; in this case, it means that perhaps an unknown power came from the Redcrosse Knight or his weapon.
Which response correctly uses the word enmity?
Ever since I called her out for copying my speech, Cammy won't talk to me and glares at me with complete enmity whenever she sees me.
Which statement accurately states a theme of The Faerie Queene?
Great deeds are possible when one fights for good against evil.
Which response clearly explains how the author uses tone as the plot of The Faerie Queene progresses?
He alternates between violent, intense tones and tones of divine peace and strength as the Redcrosse Knight and the dragon repeatedly fight one another.
Which response most clearly explains how Shakespeare relates the conflict in The Tempest to the story's settings?
He uses the island and the storm as reasons for Prospero to tell Miranda his backstory, which introduces the audience to the story's central conflict.
Which quotation most clearly demonstrates Shakespeare's use of an emotionally intense tone in Prospero's conversation with Miranda to propel the plot of The Tempest?
MIRANDA. O, my heart bleedsTo think o'th' teen that I have turned you to,Which is from my remembrance! Please you, farther.
Which quotation from The Tempest most clearly shows how Shakespeare uses the conflict of the shipwreck to introduce Miranda's kind nature?
O, I have suffer'dWith those that I saw suffer! a brave vessel,Who had, no doubt, some noble creature in her,Dash'd all to pieces.
Reread "Death Be Not Proud." Which quotation from "Death Be Not Proud" most clearly supports the central idea that in the religious context the author is writing about, death is only temporary?
One short sleepe past, wee wake eternally,And death shall be no more; death, thou shalt die.
Which responses accurately state a central idea of The Tempest? (Select all that apply.)
Revenge can be an intoxicating mission and can sometimes have unforeseen consequences. The power of magic can be a force for good, but it is also complicated and too great a responsibility for any single person.
