Seeing and Knowing Quiz - English II Honors

In "On His Blindness", having lost sight, what does the speaker still have?

"A colorless, formless, luminous mist" and words

Theme - ...? In the letter, Helen Keller explains to Dr Finley her experience of '_______' the view from the Empire State Building. While others portray the scenery as _____ and _____________, she sees it as "a ___________ ___________" with the solar system embracing the magnificent view of Manhattan. Suffice to say, Helen Keller tells Dr. Finley how __________ allows humans to _________ more than sight can. In other words, one can '_____' more without _________

-"One can 'see' more without seeing" -Seeing, dull, materialistic, romantic structure, blindness, imagine, see, seeing

Interpret in lines 10-12 of "the Blind Seer of Ambon," why does the speaker claim that he "may have seemed somewhat strange"?(b) Analyze why might the speaker have thought that this behavior seemed strange to others?

-He cared for other living things that have no value that we know -We live in a world where some people only care about themselves and not others. Humans can be materialistic so we don't care

In "Blind" what does the speaker mean by "He told her that the soul can transcend earthly life / If freed from the retina" in lines 10-11.(b)What does the speaker mean by "And ignorance is / A lost paradise" in lines 20-21?

-The speaker means without seeing you can rise and go beyond earth and life -The speaker means you can "see" more without seeing because there are no restrictions on reality. Now that she can see, that paradise is lost

In "On His Blindness", what does the speaker long to see just once?

A human face

In "Blind", according to the speaker, how does the poem 's main character ("she") gain the sense of sight?

After surgery

According to Keller, how does a Frenchman describes the way Americans imagine themselves?

As demigods, or gods. He says this because only gods never tire of extraordinary things, such as the Empire State Building.

Who accompanies Helen Keller to the top of the Empire State Building?

By her blind friend and either a guide or many guides.

In "Blind", what was her first experience of seeing objects with her eyes like?(extra)

Everything just looked shadows with no defined edges.

In "On His Blindness", how does the speaker feel about his loss of sight? Explain.

He is now in a darkness. He is mournful about it and upset he can't see things like a human face, birds, and he also can't read. He feels he can only has half the world that other people live in

What does the speaker mean in line 51 of "The Blind Seer of Ambon" when he states, "it is all awake now in the darkness"?

He understands more now since he is blind than he did while seeing

Keller saw blindness as a way to bring out...(extra)

Her deeper vision

In "Blind", after she regains her sight, what does she find missing from the world?

Ignorance/not knowing

Word Choice and Tone The tone of this letter is ____________ and full of ____________. For instance, the word choice "____________ __________" describes how the author thinks the scenery is like and _________ and awe-inspiring ___________, and appreciates the "_________ ____________" that came along with the view. The author continues to describe the Empire State Building with words like ________, ______________, ___________. Even though other people see the Structure as "________ ____________", she is optimistically because(get)

Optimistic, appreciation, marvelous tapestry, intricate, masterpiece, thrilling experience, poetry, mysticism, inspiration, sordid materialism

What symbolic meaning does Keller find in the Empire State Building?

Poetry- mysticism- inspiration

Summary In this letter, Helen Keller ansers Dr Finley's questions, "What Did you Think of the sight when you were on top of the Empire State Building". Even though she couldn't ____, Helen Keller, said that her imagination created "___________ and ___________ that reach to the end of the world". In the end, those who have ______ see ________, but the author sees the ________, _________, and ________. Ultimately, her answer to Dr Finley's question is: Blindness allows _______________ to stretch as far as the __________ and as deep as the ________ core, beyond all the limits of _______

See, distances, horizons, eyes, vanity, universe, beauty, marvel, imagination, universe, earth's, sight

In "Blind", how did she feel about being able to see with her eyes?(extra)

She felt her world was lost; she no longer recognized objects as she had when she did not have the use of her eyes. She was disappointed that reality was not as she hadimagined it to be.

In "The Bind Seer of Ambon", what happends to the speaker's houses?

The house is destroyed by an earthquake

What question is Helen Keller answering in her letter?

What she thought her trip to the top of the Empire State Building.

In "The Blind Seer of Ambon", whom does the speaker lose?

Wife and daughter