Literature Final Exam Review

Which quotation best illustrates the idea that aspiring to a dream shapes one's identity?

"... if we are true to plan/ Our statutes touch the skies"

Which of the words in the following sentence is acting as an adverb?: " The bird inside the cage wishes to live outside."

Adverb: Outside

Which word best describes the hocken family at the end of the story?

Apprehensive

The man in the seat next to Rosa Parks (BLANK) with the bus driver's request.

Complies

Which of the following definitions explains how the suffix -ful- affects the meaning of the word sorrowful?

Filled with sorrow

Zaroff doesn't coincided his sport immoral because he?

Believes that the weak were put on earth to give the strong pleasure.

The best synonym for warp is?

Bend or twist

Why does Nat suddenly worry about birds of prey?

Birds of prey are likely to be more dangerous than other birds.

When the sea is placid, it is?

Calm

Which word is most nearly The same in meaning a Sullen?

Gloomy

Which word best describes Zaroff's practices on the Island?

Grotesque

Which of the following sentences best describes Zaroff's problem?

He cares only for hunting but hunting has begun to bore him.

Why does nat work only three days a week at the farm?

He has a wartime disability and a pension.

In which of the following ways does the author make the plot more suspenseful?

He has rainsford injure zaroff during the hunt.

Nat seems disgusted when he hears the news from London on he wireless. Why?

He imagined that people weren't taking this situation seriously.

In "shoulders", why is the man carrying "sensitive cargo" so careful crossing the street?

He is caring for his son.

On the morning after the first attack, why does Nat walk his daughter to the bus?

He is concerned for her safety.

Rainsford succeeds largely because?

He is resourceful and refuses to play by Zaroff's rules.

How does Nat keep his wife from worrying?

He keeps her busy making meals and attending to the children.

Why does Nat refuse the farmer's offer of a gun?

He realized that guns would be of no use against bird attack.

Which of the following statements best explains why the bird sings in "Caged bird"?

He sings because it is his only way of expressing himself.

What is the poet's purpose in "Sympathy" for using words and phrases such as cool bars, bruised, sore, and old, old scars?

He wants the reader to feel and to visualize the pain of captivity.

Which of the following best states Chief Dan George's purpose for writing "There Is A Longing......."?

He wants to express the needs and desires of Native Americans.

Why does the general seem to be studying rainsford during their first dinner together?

He's trying to determine what kind of foe rainsford would make.

Choose the item that correctly identifies pronouns and their antecedents in the following sentences: " the general smiled. No, he said. Hunting tigers ceased to interest me some years ago. I've exhausted their possibilities, you see."

He/the general; their/tigers

The best synonym for imbued is?

Inspired

The speech " I️ have a dream" reveals that king was a?

Leader who is deeply concerned about the future of black people.

What does the "dawn-bright lawn" in "Caged Bird" symbolize?

A new beginning

In the following lines from " The Spear-thrower," what is she throwing? : " And throws into/the bullying dark/ her javelin of light/ her singing Sign."

A poetic wish

In the following sentence, which labeled correctly describes themselves? : he watched the birds fling themselves into the wind.

A reflexive pronoun

What is the first attack the birds make?

A single bird jabs at nat when he opens his bedroom window.

Which of the following is an example of determination?

A young child tries again and again to put his own socks on.

In "We Never Know How High We Are," the skies symbolize?

Limitless possibility

As you read "the birds," a reasonable prediction to make is that Mr. and Mrs. triggs Will suffer a terrible attack from the birds. Which of the following details does not support such a prediction?

Mr.Triggs gives Jill a ride home.

In which sentence is herself used as an intensive pronoun?

Nan herself played the flute solo.

What ideas expressed in the following lines from "Caged Bird"? "A bird that stalks/ down his narrow cage/ cans seldom see through/ his bars of rage."

Negative thinking can defeat our dreams

Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to bizarre?

Ordinary.

Which of the words in the following sentence is a preposition? "The bird flew over the trees where he'd never flown before."

Over

In addition to being defeated by rainsfords hunting skills, Zaroff is also defeated by his own?

Overconfidence

"Sympathy" is mostly about?

People who live without freedom

Choose the phrase that best describes the workers mentioned in " I️ Hear America Singing".

People working hard and being satisfied by their work.

Komunyakaa's "Slam, Dunk, & Hook" is a poem about?

Playground basketball in his youth.

The word that most closely matches the meaning of the word faint is?

Pretense

When belief are perpetuated, they are ?

Prolonged

When Komunyakka says the boys were "Glistening with sweat," the image ?

Provides a precise picture of the players.

What occurs at the resolution of the story? (The most dangerous game)

Rainsford appears in Zaroff's bedroom.

Which of the following events comes first in the most dangerous game?

Rainsford falls Overboard

What makes the end of the story surprising? (The Interlopers)

The figures in the woods are not what they appeared to be.

According to the speaker in "Caged Bird", who or what " dares to claim the sky"?

The free bird.

The lines " We outmaneuvered the footwork/ Of bad angels" in " Slam, Dunk, & Hook" mean that?

The game distracted them from troubles.

The lines "Trouble/ Was there slapping a blackjack/ Against an open palm" in "Slam, Dunk, & Hook" suggest that?

The possibility of harm awaited in the surrounding world.

What is being foreshadowed in the following passage from the birds?: " covering his head with his arms, he ran toward the cottage. They kept coming at him from the air, silence save for the beating wings... Each stab of a swooping beak tore his flesh. If only he could keep them from his eyes... They had not learned yet how to cling to a shoulder, how to rip clothing, how to dive in mass upon the head, upon he body."

The time when the birds will learn how to cling and rip and dive in mass.

Which of the following best describes foreshadowing?

The use of clues to suggest events to come.

When Dr.King uses the word oppression, he means?

The white people's improper use of power over black people.

What does mean in the sentence: " he saw that all the lights were in one in Enormous building- a lofty structure with pointed towers plunging upward into the gloom."

Towers plunging upward

Which of these is an example of external conflict?

Ulrich Threatening Georg.

The speaker in "Sympathy" ?

Understands how the caged bird feels.

In "Sympathy," the beating its wings against the bars of the cage is a symbol of?

Useless struggle

How does the author create suspense at the very beginning of the story?

Whitney described to Rainsford the mysterious reputation of he island that the boat is passing.

The first two lines of "The Spear-thrower" by Lillian Morrison are "She walks alone/ to the edge of the park." Why is the woman alone?

Women interested in athletics have often been ignored.

In "shoulders," what is the meaning of the lines " nowhere does his jacket say FRAGILE,/HANDLE with care"?

We often pay too little attention to the things that should be most special.

Which conclusion can one draw in the following in "We Never Know How High We Are"? : " The heroism we recite/ would be a normal thing/ did not ourselves the cubits warp: for fear to be a king-"

We prevent ourselves from reaching our goals when we listen to our fears.

In the beginning of his speech, Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes the bill of rights to?

Stress that certain rights are guaranteed by the Constitution

Which of the following statements by general Zaroff adds to the suspense of the story?

"To date I️ have not lost."

What is the theme, or message, that Whiteman conveys in "I️ Hear America Singing"?

America is the sum of different contributions from many people.

"The most Dangerous Game" is best described as?

Deadly contest between twohunters

Which of the following is most nearly opposite in meaning to surge?

Decrease

I'm "Slam, Dunk, & Hook," Komunyakka write that when " Sonny boy's mama died/ He played nonstop all day, so hard/ Our backboard splintered." Why did it splinter?

Taking out his grief in play, Sonny Boy broke the board by repeated slams with the ball or his hand.

Choose the sentence in which all the pronouns and antecedents agree.

Each of the hunters was proud of his skills.

The Speaker in "We Never Know How High We Are" believes that dreaming?

Enables us to achieve greatness

The ending of "I️ have a dream" evokes a strong feeling of?

Hope and optimism

Which word is most nearly the same meaning as futile?

Hopeless

What context clue helps determine what deliberately means in the following: " The hunter move slowly and deliberately as he attempted to creep up silently on the resting lion."

Hunter moved slowly

Choose the sentence that contains an action verb.

Rosa Parks stayed in her seat.

The following consists of a related pair of words in capital letters followed by 4 lettered pairs of words. Choose the pair that best expresses a relationship lar to the expressed in the pair of capital letters: DIFFICULT: FUTILE::

Sad: grief-stricken

When rainsford argues against Zaroff's idea of hunting, we know that Rainsfords is?

Scrupulous

What evidence would support the conclusion that the author of "In My Place" is a determined, goal-minded individual?

She spent 2 1/2 years in court to earn the right to enroll at the University of Georgia

Why does the bus driver ask Rosa parks to give up her seat?

She's in the front of the "black section" and a white man doesn't have a seat to sit in

In "Sympathy" and "Caged Bird," what do the bars of the birdcage symbolize?

Slavery and imprisonment

Why does Rosa Parks explain " why kind of tired" she was?

So people will know she chose not to give up her seat.

When Komunyakka writes of the players driving to the basket and gliding " like a sparrow hawk," he suggests the grace of flight in the players' moves. Why might he have selected a sparrow hawk for this image rather than a dove?

Sparrow hawk use quick, aggressive moves and dives do not.

Which of the following is not a linking verb?

Speaks

King quotes from the song "My country, 'Tis of thee" to illustrate that?

The United States was founded on people fighting for their freedom

Which of the following sentences contains an incorrect form of the verb win?

The basketball team has winnned.

Which of the following details supports the prediction that Nat will survive the attack?

The birds do not tear his eyes.

What does King mean when he says that one day " every hill and mountain shall be made low."

The need to struggle for basic rights will no longer exist

Choose the best description of Chief Dan George's idea of new native American warriors.

The new warriors will have skills that will give them a sense of worth and purpose.

In "shoulders," the line "his ear fills up its breathing" creates?

The sense of what it feels like to have a bike asleep on your shoulder.

What were the drowning and crashing noise the hockens heard?

The sounds of planes crashing.

What was Rosa Parks's purpose in writing her autobiography Rosa Parks: My Story?

To share her experiences and increase readers' understanding of African Americans

In "The Spearthrower," how does the line "get quick laps" demonstrate Morrison's theme about women's athletics?

The word "her" emphasizes that the "runner" is a woman, for the reader who might assume "runner" means a man".

What is the meaning of the line : " each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else" in " I️ Hear America Singing" ?

The workers put their own meaning and their own feelings into the songs they sing

Which of the following details supports the prediction that the birds to attack?

There are more of them and they are more daring than usual.

Komunyakka writes " we were metaphysical when girls/Cheered on the sidelines." The word metaphysical in this sense means ?

They felt spiritually moved

In "In My Place," how did many white students react to Charlayne Hunter-Gault's first day on the University of Georgia campus?

They formed mobs and staged a riot

At times in the story, Nat and his wife look at each other without speaking. What does this tell you about their relationship?

They know each other so well they can communicate without speaking

The past participle of the irregular verb throw is?

Thrown

What is it that Chief Dan George's people long for?

To be able to participate fully and survive in modern society

What is King's Intended effect in the speech "I️ have a dream"?

To challenge people to improve the civil rights of all Americans

Why does Morrison list the types of athletes by the names of their events in the following lines? " that the sprinter surge/ And the hurdler leap/ that the vaulter soar."

To have the reader see the athletes as women.