Post Test: The Modern Era (Unit 3)
Which two sections of text in these excerpts from Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway deal with the motif of water? How fresh, how calm, stiller than this of course, the air was in the early morning; like the flap of a wave; the kiss of a wave; chill and sharp and yet (for a girl of eighteen as she then was) solemn, feeling as she did, standing there at the open window, that something awful was about to happen; looking at the flowers, at the trees with the smoke winding off them and the rooks rising, falling; standing and looking until Peter Walsh said, "Musing among the vegetables?"—was that it?—"I prefer men to cauliflowers"—was that it? He must have said it at breakfast one morning when she had gone out on to the terrace—Peter Walsh. (June had drawn out every leaf on the trees. The mothers of Pimlico gave suck to their young. Messages were passing from the Fleet to the Admiralty. Arlington Street and Piccadilly seemed to chafe the very air in the Park and lift its leaves hotly, brilliantly, on waves of that divine vitality which Clarissa loved. To dance, to ride, she had adored all that.)
Correct (both) - the air was in the early morning; like the flap of a wave; the kiss of a wave; on waves of that divine vitality
Which two attributes of this poem by Ezra Pound are characteristic of modernist poetry? In a Station of the Metro The apparition of faces in the crowd;Petals on a wet, black bough. the economic use of language the absence of allusions to other works the lack of any indication of what the speaker thinks a precise image conveyed through an unexpected metaphor the close relation between the title and the poem
Correct (both) - the economic use of language a precise image conveyed through an unexpected metaphor
Which two sets of lines in this excerpt from Wilfred Owen's poem "Dulce Et Decorum Est" suggest that even after the fighting has ended, soldiers continue to suffer the psychological consequences of war? But someone still was yelling out and stumblingAnd floundering like a man in fire or lime.--Dim, through the misty panes and thick green lightAs under a green sea, I saw him drowning. In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. If in some smothering dreams you too could paceBehind the wagon that we flung him in,And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
Correct (both)- In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning. If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Which two common themes of war literature are reflected in this excerpt? If in some smothering dreams you too could paceBehind the wagon that we flung him in,And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;If you could hear, at every jolt, the bloodCome gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cudOf vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,—My friend, you would not tell with such high zestTo children ardent for some desperate glory,The old Lie: Dulce et decorum estPro patria mori. (Wilfred Owen, "Dulce Et Decorum Est")
Correct (both)- anger at the ignorance of civilians and leaders at home the innocence and ignorance of enlisted soldiers
In this excerpt from Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway, identify the text that makes unconventional use of metaphors. What an extraordinary habit that was, Clarissa thought; always playing with a knife. Always making one feel, too, frivolous; empty-minded; a mere silly chatterbox, as he used. But I too, she thought, and, taking up her needle, summoned, like a Queen whose guards have fallen asleep and left her unprotected (she had been quite taken aback by this visit—it had upset her) so that any one can stroll in and have a look at her where she lies with the brambles curving over her, summoned to her help the things she did; the things she liked; her husband; Elizabeth; her self, in short, which Peter hardly knew now, all to come about her and beat off the enemy. "Well, and what's happened to you?" she said. So before a battle begins, the horses paw the ground; toss their heads; the light shines on their flanks; their necks curve. So Peter Walsh and Clarissa, sitting side by side on the blue sofa, challenged each other. His powers chafed and tossed in him. He assembled from different quarters all sorts of things; praise; his career at Oxford; his marriage, which she knew nothing whatever about; how he had loved; and altogether done his job.
Correct - So before a battle begins, the horses paw the ground; toss their heads; the light shines on their flanks; their necks curve. So Peter Walsh and Clarissa, sitting side by side on the blue sofa, challenged each other.
In which set of lines in this excerpt from T.S. Eliot's "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" does the speaker compare himself to an insect? Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreatsOf restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: Streets that follow like a tedious argument Of insidious intentThe yellow fog that rubs its back upon the window-panes,The yellow smoke that rubs its muzzle on the window-panes Licked its tongue into the corners of the evening, Lingered upon the pools that stand in drains, Let fall upon its back the soot that falls from chimneys, Slipped by the terrace, made a sudden leap,And seeing that it was a soft October night, Curled once about the house, and fell asleepAnd I have known the eyes already, known them all—The eyes that fix you in a formulated phrase,And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall, Then how should I beginTo spit out all the butt-ends of my days and ways? And how should I presume?And would it have been worth it, after all, After the cups, the marmalade, the tea, Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me, Would it have been worth while,To have bitten off the matter with a smile, ...If one, settling a pillow by her head, Should say: "That is not what I meant at all; That is not it, at all."Am an attendant lord, one that will do To swell a progress, start a scene or two, Advise the prince; no doubt, an easy tool, Deferential, glad to be of use,Politic, cautious, and meticulous; Full of high sentence, but a bit obtuse;
Correct- And when I am formulated, sprawling on a pin,When I am pinned and wriggling on the wall,
Which two sets of lines in this excerpt from Thomas Hardy's "The Darkling Thrush" signify hope in the midst of despair? I leant upon a coppice gateWhen Frost was spectre-gray,And Winter's dregs made desolate The weakening eye of day. The tangled bine-stems scored the skyLike strings of broken lyres,And all mankind that haunted nighHad sought their household fires. The land's sharp features seemed to beThe Century's corpse outleant,His crypt the cloudy canopy,The wind his death lament.The ancient pulse of germ and birthWas shrunken hard and dry,And every spirit upon earthSeemed fervourless as I. At once a voice arose amongThe bleak twigs overheadIn a full-hearted evensongOf joy illimited;An aged thrust, frail, gaunt, and small,In blast-beruffled plume,Had chosen thus to fling his soulUpon the growing gloom. Next
Correct- At once a voice arose among The bleak twigs overhead In a full-hearted evensong Had chosen thus to fling his soul Upon the growing gloom.
Read this excerpt from Winston Churchill's first address to Parliament: I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat... You ask, what is our policy? I will say: It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, with all our might and with all the strength that God can give us; to wage war against a monstrous tyranny, never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy. You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word: It is victory, victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory, however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival. What rhetorical elements make the speech effective
Correct- Churchill asks questions that are designed to get the audience to agree with him, and he repeats key words and phrases.
Read this excerpt from "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A.E. Housman: Smart lad, to slip betimes away,From fields where glory does not stay,And early though the laurel grows,It withers quicker than the rose. What does the metaphor in the line "It withers quicker than the rose" imply?
Correct- Fame and honor do not last long.
What do Rudyard Kipling's works reveal about his political views?
Correct- He favored colonization by the British.
Which set of lines in this excerpt from "Easter, 1816" by W. B. Yeats suggests that the speaker had only a limited acquaintance with the people he is writing about? I have met them at close of dayComing with vivid facesFrom counter or desk among greyEighteenth-century houses.I have passed with a nod of the headOr polite meaningless words,Or have lingered awhile and said Polite meaningless words, And thought before I had doneOf a mocking tale or a gibeTo please a companionAround the fire at the club,Being certain that they and IBut lived where motley is worn:All changed, changed utterly:A terrible beauty is born.. . .Hearts with one purpose aloneThrough summer and winter seem Enchanted to a stone To trouble the living stream.
Correct- I have passed with a nod of the headOr polite meaningless words,Or have lingered awhile and said Polite meaningless words,
How does the last sentence of this excerpt from H. G. Wells's The Time Machine affect the reader? As I stood there in the gathering dark I thought that in this simple explanation I had mastered the problem of the world—mastered the whole secret of these delicious people. Possibly the checks they had devised for the increase of population had succeeded too well, and their numbers had rather diminished than kept stationary. That would account for the abandoned ruins. Very simple was my explanation, and plausible enough—as most wrong theories are!
Correct- It hints to the reader that unexpected changes in the Time Traveller's view may follow.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (excerpt) His heart trembled; his breath came faster and a wild spirit passed over his limbs as though he was soaring sunward. in the passage, what does the metaphor of a bird soaring in ecstasy signify?
Correct- Stephen's joy at having a sudden realization
Which two parts of this excerpt reflect Winston Churchill's belief that the Nazis could be overcome only through the collaboration of Great Britain and its allies? Speech to the House of Commons of the British Parliament, 4 June 1940 by Winston Churchill (excerpt) That is the resolve of His Majesty's Government, every man of them. That is the will of Parliament and the nation. The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and their need, will defend to the death their native soils, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength, even though a large tract of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule. We shall not flag nor fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France and on the seas and oceans; we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air. We shall defend our island whatever the cost may be; we shall fight on beaches, landing grounds, in fields, in streets and on the hills. We shall never surrender and even if, which I do not for the moment believe, this island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, will carry on the struggle until in God's good time the New World with all its power and might, sets forth to the liberation and rescue of the Old.
Correct- The British Empire and the French Republic, linked together in their cause and their need, will defend to the death their native soils, aiding each other like good comrades to the utmost of their strength, even though a large tract of Europe and many old and famous States have fallen or may fall into the grip of the Gestapo and all the odious apparatus of Nazi rule. WRONG- We shall not flag nor fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France and on the seas and oceans; we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air.
Which sentence in this excerpt from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells indicates that the narrator has little hope for the Time Traveller's return? I felt an unreasonable amazement. I knew that something strange had happened, and for the moment could not distinguish what the strange thing might be. As I stood staring, the door into the garden opened, and the man-servant appeared. We looked at each other. Then ideas began to come. "Has Mr. —— gone out that way?" said I. "No, sir. No one has come out this way. I was expecting to find him here." At that I understood. At the risk of disappointing Richardson I stayed on, waiting for the Time Traveller; waiting for the second, perhaps still stranger story, and the specimens and photographs he would bring with him. But I am beginning now to fear that I must wait a lifetime. The Time Traveller vanished three years ago. And, as everybody knows now, he has never returned.
Correct- but I am beginning now to fear that I must wait a lifetime.
How does H. G. Wells refute the theory of social Darwinism in The Time Machine?
Correct- by showing that both the upper and lower classes have evolved into degraded forms
Which of these themes are you most likely to encounter in a modernist poem?
Correct- the difficulty of determining what is real
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf (excerpt) She felt very young; at the same time unspeakably aged..... What modernist theme does the excerpt highlight?
Correct- the search for self
Read this excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's novel Kim in which Kim responds to the lama's questions. Then complete the sentences that follow. "So they made the triple trial of strength against all comers. And at the test of the Bow, our Lord first breaking that which they gave Him, called for such a bow as none might bend. Thou knowest?" "It is written. I have read." "And, overshooting all other marks, the arrow passed far and far beyond sight. At the last it fell; and, where it touched earth, there broke out a stream which presently became a River, whose nature, by our Lord's beneficence, and that merit He acquired ere He freed himself, is that whoso bathes in it washes away all taint and speckle of sin." . . . "If I knew, think you I would not cry it aloud?" "By it one attains freedom from the Wheel of Things," the lama went on, unheeding. "The River of the Arrow! Think again! Some little stream, maybe—dried in the heats? But the Holy One would never so cheat an old man." "I do not know. I do not know."
The Lama is looking for "The River of the Arrow because HE THINKS HE WILL BE PURIFIED SPIRITUALLY-correct The excerpt shows that WRONG - Kim has no regard for the lama and does not listen to him....
Which two parts of this excerpt from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells suggest that the Time Traveller told a captivating tale? "I can't argue to-night. I don't mind telling you the story, but I can't argue. I will," he went on, "tell you the story of what has happened to me, if you like, but you must refrain from interruptions. I want to tell it. Badly. Most of it will sound like lying. So be it! It's true—every word of it, all the same. I was in my laboratory at four o'clock, and since then ... I've lived eight days ... such days as no human being ever lived before! I'm nearly worn out, but I shan't sleep till I've told this thing over to you. Then I shall go to bed. But no interruptions! Is it agreed?" "Agreed," said the Editor, and the rest of us echoed "Agreed." And with that the Time Traveller began his story as I have set it forth. He sat back in his chair at first, and spoke like a weary man. Afterwards he got more animated. In writing it down I feel with only too much keenness the inadequacy of pen and ink—and, above all, my own inadequacy—to express its quality. You read, I will suppose, attentively enough; but you cannot see the speaker's white, sincere face in the bright circle of the little lamp, nor hear the intonation of his voice. You cannot know how his expression followed the turns of his story! Most of us hearers were in shadow, for the candles in the smoking-room had not been lighted, and only the face of the Journalist and the legs of the Silent Man from the knees downward were illuminated. At first we glanced now and again at each other. After a time we ceased to do that, and looked only at the Time Traveller's face.
Wrong-Most of it will sound like lying. So be it! It's true—every word of it, all the same. Correct- In writing it down I feel with only too much keenness the inadequacy of pen and ink—and, above all, my own inadequacy—to express its quality.
