Test 4

Of the Imitation of Christ

"If you would understand Christ's words fully and taste them truly, you must strive to form your whole life after His pattern."

past participle

When forming principle parts, always use a helping verb with the ____.

substantive

Which is not a kind of verbal: gerund, participle, substantive, or infinitive?

Thomas a Kempis

Who believed that to despise the world and aim at the Kingdom of Heaven is the highest wisdom?

Ernest

Who fulfilled the prophecy of the Great Stone Face?

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Who is the only American poet to receive the honor of having his bust placed in the Poet's Corner of Westminister Abbey?

Mrs. Valiant

Who rescued her neighbor from dangerous relatives?

Much-Afraid

Who wanted to go to the High Places with the Chief Shepherd?

Jimmy Valentine

Who was the bank robber?

Mr. Gessler

Who was the bootmaker?

past perfect tense

Use the ____ to express action that occurred before some other past action?

hope, love, and faith

What are the three words of strength?

Friedrich von Schiller

What author is considered to be the greatest of all German dramatists?

Ralph Spenser

What does Jimmy Valentine change his name to in "A Retrieved Reformation"?

verbal irony

What is saying the opposite of what is meant?

satire

What is the ridicule of human folly or vice with the purpose of correcting it?

progressive

What tense form shows continuing action?

transitive

What type of verb is followed by a receiver of the action?

crooked face and crooked legs

What were Much-Afraid's two physical defects?

The Elixir

"Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see, And what I do in any thing, To do it as for Thee."

Work

"This is my work; my blessing, not my doom; Of all who live, I am the one by whom This work can be best done in the right way."

Brother Lawrence

Who wrote "The Practice of the Presence of God"?

Henry Van Dyke

Who wrote "Work"?

imperative

Write your name on each page of the test. What is the mood of "Write"?

active

ACTIVE OR PASSIVE: Sarah hopes to get an A.

America

What country was Hawthorne from?

excelsior

What word means "still higher" or "ever upward"?

Ben Price

Who was the eminent detective?

Old Blood-and-Thunder

Who was the heroic military leader?

Old Stony Phiz

Who was the statesman from "The Great Stone Face"?

Mr. Gathergold

Who was the wealthy merchant from "The Great Stone Face"?

O. Henry

Who wrote "A Retrieved Reformation"?

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Who wrote "Excelsior"?

subjunctive

I had hoped that he would be here on time. What is the mood of "would be"?

passive

ACTIVE OR PASSIVE: Mark was granted permission to leave the table.

active

ACTIVE OR PASSIVE: Natalie is visiting her friends in Vermont.

passive

ACTIVE OR PASSIVE: We have been given the privilege of praying to God.

labor

According to "Pleasures of Knowledge," the miracle of genius is actually the miracle of what?

incorrect

CORRECT OR INCORRECT: A biography of Julius Caesar, didn't we read a portion of it?, is also included in that work.

incorrect

CORRECT OR INCORRECT: For centuries, the mummy had been laying undisturbed in his tomb.

incorrect

CORRECT OR INCORRECT: From our conversation earlier, I implied that you intended to go with us.

incorrect

CORRECT OR INCORRECT: In a book called "Parallel Lives", Plutarch writes of Alexander the Greats life.

incorrect

CORRECT OR INCORRECT: John has already wrote his essay for history class.

incorrect

CORRECT OR INCORRECT: Mother did you know that we will be reading this play soon? asked Megan.

correct

CORRECT OR INCORRECT: Please bring your things with you when you come.

correct

CORRECT OR INCORRECT: Samantha and I rose early to watch the sun rise.

incorrect

CORRECT OR INCORRECT: Shakespeare used Plutarch's biography as a source for his play "Julius Caesar."

to wash

FIND THE VERBAL: Aunt Charlotte volunteered to wash the dishes.

walking

FIND THE VERBAL: For most people, walking is the best form of exercise.

Humming

FIND THE VERBAL: Humming a tune, Margaret went about her work.

grazing

FIND THE VERBAL: The horses grazing in the fields belong to my uncle.

read and write

In "My Father's Hands," what had the father never learned to do?

subject

In passive voice, what is the receiver of the action?

allegory

What is a narrative or description in which the characters, places, and other items are symbols?

theme

What is the central idea which gives the story meaning?

will be giving

What is the future progressive of give?

tone

What is the manner in which the writer deals with his subject?

did give

What is the past emphatic of give?

gave

What is the past of give?

has given OR have given

What is the present perfect of give?

Thomas a Kempis

Who wrote "Of the Imitation of Christ"?

George Herbert

Who wrote "The Elixir"?

Nathaniel Hawthorne

Who wrote "The Great Stone Face"?