Study Lit
Which of the following indicates the major shift in the development of the speaker's exposition?
"It is not so" (line 29)
The antecedent of the word "them" (line 19) is
"summits of the rocky mountains" (line 9)
In line 8, "its" refers to
"the sky" (line 7)
A major rhetorical shift in the poem occurs in line
13
An example of the literary device of apostrophe is found in line
13
Which of the following are the most prominent images in the passage?
Darkness, light, and the cross
Which of the following is the most logical deduction from the speaker's assertions?
Labor alone is not sufficient for a full life.
The first sentence (lines 1-6) of the passage is characterized by which of the following?
Romantic diction and imagery
In the passage, the cross functions as
a symbol of the villagers' plight
The chief effect of the diction in the sentence "Enter the street ... soul" (lines 32-34) is to provide
a vivid contrast to the description of the traveler's approach to the scene (lines 21- 26)
The final stanza of the poem primarily expresses the speaker's
adomition
The predominant tone of the speaker toward the villagers is one of
condescension and pity
The central rhetorical strategy of the passage is to
contrast the setting and its inhabitants
The succession of phrases "all flushed ... golden clouds" in lines 10-19 emphasizes the
dramatic and melancholy quality of the mountains
The description in the last sentence (lines 53-68) is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT
ironic wit
Which of the following lines is closest in meaning to lines 6 and 20?
line 8
The function of the sentence beginning "To glean their meadows" (lines 43-50) is to
provide examples of "Love, patience, hospitality, faith" (line 42)
The description "except only ... mountain air" (lines 54-56) serves to
qualify a previous generalization about the villagers' lives
The speaker characterizes the life of the mountain village as
severe but patiently endured
The speaker implies that there is a similarity between the
situation of the falcon and that of the lady
The speaker implies that the lady is
troubled by the falcon's loss of liberty
