UNIT TEST (6) 92%
Read the poem "The Purple Cow," by Gelett Burgess. The Purple Cow (Reflections on a Mythic Beast Who's Quite Remarkable, at Least.) I never saw a Purple Cow; I never hope to See One; But I can Tell you, Anyhow, I'd rather See than Be One. What is the main similarity between "The Purple Cow" and Frost's poem "Mending Wall"? Both use humorous language. Both use iambic pentameter. Both use blank verse. Both use strict meter.
Both use humorous language.
Read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." The 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 asleep. The excerpt is an example of what type of narration? allusion stream of consciousness dramatic monologue dramatic dialogue
stream of consciousness
Which excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper" contradicts the narrator's belief that she is improving? I really do eat better, and am more quiet than I was. Life is very much more exciting now than it used to be. You see I have something more to expect, to look forward to, to watch. I don't sleep much at night, for it is so interesting to watch developments; but I sleep a good deal in the daytime. John is so pleased to see me improve! He laughed a little the other day, and said I seemed to be flourishing in spite of my wall-paper.
I don't sleep much at night, for it is so interesting to watch developments; but I sleep a good deal in the daytime.
Which lines from "Mending Wall" best indicate that the speaker is amused while repairing the wall? We wear our fingers rough with handling them. Oh, just another kind of out-door game, No one has seen them made or heard them made, But at spring mending-time we find them there. And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, "Good fences make good neighbours." We have to use a spell to make them balance: "Stay where you are until our backs are turned!"
We have to use a spell to make them balance: "Stay where you are until our backs are turned!"
Read the excerpt from "Rhapsody on a Windy Night." I could see nothing behind that child's eye. I have seen eyes in the street Trying to peer through lighted shutters, And a crab one afternoon in a pool, An old crab with barnacles on his back, Gripped the end of a stick which I held him. The excerpt is an example of what type of narration? dramatic dialogue third-person, all knowing second person, limited stream of consciousness
stream of consciousness
Why did Gilman most likely choose an unreliable narrator to tell the story of "The Yellow Wallpaper"? It helps the reader understand that the narrator is not getting the help she needs. It encourages the reader to question every detail of the story. It helps the reader understand the necessity of the narrator's treatment. It encourages the reader to sympathize more with all of the other characters.
It helps the reader understand that the narrator is not getting the help she needs.
There are many time references in "Rhapsody on a Windy Night," such as Twelve o'clock. Half-past one, Half-past three, The lamp said, "Four o'clock, What is the most likely explanation for these repeated references? The narrator can't sleep and checks his watch often. The narrator wants time to move more quickly. The narrator is taking a long, late-night walk. The narrator is in the midst of a dream.
The narrator is taking a long, late-night walk.
Read the excerpt from "Rhapsody on a Windy Night." The lamp hummed: "Regard the moon, La lune ne garde aucune rancune, She winks a feeble eye, She smiles into corners. She smoothes the hair of the grass. The moon has lost her memory. The French line "La lune ne garde aucune rancune" translates to "The moon never holds a grudge." Which best describes the meaning of this line? The narrator has met people he wants to forget. Each night is new; previous events do not matter. The narrator has met people he wants to remember. Each night is the same, repeating events.
Each night is new; previous events do not matter.
Read the paragraph from "Wilson's War Message to Congress." Gentlemen of the Congress: I have called the Congress into extraordinary session because there are serious, very serious, choices of policy to be made, and made immediately, which it was neither right nor constitutionally permissible that I should assume the responsibility of making. Wilson's word choice in the paragraph supports the idea that calling Congress into session has major consequences. he is worried about making this decision on his own. he understands the magnitude of the decision the country is faced with. the president cannot make serious decisions without input from Congress.
he understands the magnitude of the decision the country is faced with.
Read the excerpt from "Rhapsody on a Windy Night." Twelve o'clock. Along the reaches of the street Held in a lunar synthesis, Whispering lunar incantations Dissolve the floors of memory And all its clear relations, Its divisions and precisions, Every street lamp that I pass Beats like a fatalistic drum, And through the spaces of the dark Midnight shakes the memory As a madman shakes a dead geranium. Which phrase from the excerpt best indicates that the narrator is lost in thought? Along the reaches of the street Held in a lunar synthesis Midnight shakes the memory Every street lamp that I pass
Midnight shakes the memory
Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell." Then he turned his back on me, and went on talking to his wife; and I knew what that meant, too. I was not the kind of morsel he was after. The typhoid had served me well enough in one way: it kept that kind of gentleman at arm's-length. What does the narrator mean when she refers to Mr. Brympton as "that kind of gentleman"? She does not trust Mr. Brympton. She believes Mr. Brympton to be impatient. She thinks Mr. Brympton is too critical. She does not think Mr. Brympton is handsome.
She does not trust Mr. Brympton.
In "The Yellow Wallpaper," what does the narrator's focus on the spreading smell of the wallpaper indicate is happening? She has become obsessed with the wallpaper. She does not think that Jennie is a good housekeeper. She resents John for renting a house in the country. She prefers fog and rain to other weather.
She has become obsessed with the wallpaper.
What is the best summary of the first paragraph of "How We Entered World War I"? The United States was not considered a great power until it entered World War I, thus beginning its continual involvement in world affairs. The Spanish-American War gave the United States a basis of power so it could enter World War I as a great power. The United States entered World War I as a great power but has not influenced world affairs in the same way since. The United States has always been considered a great power, despite its desire to withdraw from world affairs.
The United States was not considered a great power until it entered World War I, thus beginning its continual involvement in world affairs.
Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell." I had been near a week at Brympton before I saw my master. Word came that he was arriving one afternoon, and a change passed over the whole household. It was plain that nobody loved him below stairs. Mrs. Blinder took uncommon care with the dinner that night, but she snapped at the kitchen-maid in a way quite unusual with her; and Mr. Wace, the butler, a serious, slow-spoken man, went about his duties as if he'd been getting ready for a funeral. He was a great Bible-reader, Mr. Wace was, and had a beautiful assortment of texts at his command; but that day he used such dreadful language that I was about to leave the table, when he assured me it was all out of Isaiah; and I noticed that whenever the master came Mr. Wace took to the prophets. Which best describes a gothic element in the excerpt and the social attitude it reveals? The arrival of Mr. Brympton causes fear, revealing that men are powerful in the world. Mrs. Blinder prepares a dinner well, revealing that cooking is considered the highest art. Mr. Wace reads the Bible, revealing that religion is no longer a respected institution. The servants do not like the master, revealing that having servants is no longer acceptable.
The arrival of Mr. Brympton causes fear, revealing that men are powerful in the world.
Read the excerpt from Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare. If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again! it had a dying fall: O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, That breathes upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour! Now read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." For I have known them all already, known them all: Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, I have measured out my life with coffee spoons; I know the voices dying with a dying fall Beneath the music from a farther room. What does the phrase "dying fall" most likely mean in both excerpts? The noise is jarring. The noise is soothing. The sounds are fading. The sounds are too loud.
The sounds are fading.
Read the excerpt from John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address. To that world assembly of sovereign states, the United Nations, our last best hope in an age where the instruments of war have far outpaced the instruments of peace, we renew our pledge of support—to prevent it from becoming merely a forum for invective—to strengthen its shield of the new and the weak—and to enlarge the area in which its writ may run. Based on context, what is the most likely definition for "invective"? thanks praise criticism questions
criticism
Read the poem "Roses," by George Eliot. You love the roses—so do I. I wish The sky would rain down roses, as they rain From off the shaken bush. Why will it not? Then all the valley would be pink and white And soft to tread on. They would fall as light As feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be Like sleeping and like waking, all at once! What is the main style difference between "Roses" and "Night"? "Roses" uses a more modern form. "Night" uses a rhyme scheme. "Night" uses trochaic pentameter. "Roses" uses iambic pentameter.
"Roses" uses iambic pentameter.
Read the excerpt from "Poetry." When they become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the same thing may be said for all of us, that we do not admire what we cannot understand Based on context, what is the most likely definition for "derivative"? unique inventive unusual unoriginal
unoriginal
Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell." But that wasn't the only queer thing in the house. The very next day I found out that Mrs. Brympton had no nurse; and then I asked Agnes about the woman I had seen in the passage the afternoon before. Agnes said she had seen no one, and I saw that she thought I was dreaming. To be sure, it was dusk when we went down the passage, and she had excused herself for not bringing a light; but I had seen the woman plain enough to know her again if we should meet. I decided that she must have been a friend of the cook's, or of one of the other women servants: perhaps she had come down from town for a night's visit, and the servants wanted it kept secret. Some ladies are very stiff about having their servants' friends in the house overnight. At any rate, I made up my mind to ask no more questions. Which statement describes a gothic element in this excerpt that reflects a social attitude of Wharton's time? The narrator feels inadequate when she reports seeing a supernatural being and nobody believes her. The narrator feels like she lacks control of her own fate when her superiors refuse to answer her questions. The narrator is dismissed by her superiors when she asks questions about an occurrence that may have been supernatural. The narrator fears that she may be doomed when she witnesses a strange woman walking around the home.
The narrator feels like she lacks control of her own fate when her superiors refuse to answer her questions.
Read the excerpt from "The Lady Maid's Bell." But that wasn't the only queer thing in the house. The very next day I found out that Mrs. Brympton had no nurse; and then I asked Agnes about the woman I had seen in the passage the afternoon before. Agnes said she had seen no one, and I saw that she thought I was dreaming. To be sure, it was dusk when we went down the passage, and she had excused herself for not bringing a light; but I had seen the woman plain enough to know her again if we should meet. I decided that she must have been a friend of the cook's, or of one of the other women servants: perhaps she had come down from town for a night's visit, and the servants wanted it kept secret. Some ladies are very stiff about having their servants' friends in the house overnight. At any rate, I made up my mind to ask no more questions. How does this excerpt support the idea that the story is told by an unreliable narrator? The narrator does not trust what she has seen. The narrator does not trust what Agnes tells her. The narrator wants to meet the servants' visiting friends. The narrator wants to know who Mrs. Brympton's nurse is.
The narrator wants to meet the servants' visiting friends.
Which best describes the speaker of "Rhapsody on a Windy Night"? the moon watching from above a street lamp that can talk the woman observing from a doorway a person wandering in the street
a person wandering in the street
What is the purpose of President Woodrow Wilson's speech "War Message to Congress"? to compare the current war to other wars that were fought against Germany to persuade Congress that the nation should enter the war against Germany to inform Congress about the problems happening overseas to explain an internal conflict among the people of the United States
to persuade Congress that the nation should enter the war against Germany
Read the excerpt from "Rhapsody on a Windy Night." So the hand of a child, automatic, Slipped out and pocketed a toy that was running along the quay. I could see nothing behind that child's eye. I have seen eyes in the street Trying to peer through lighted shutters What theme is reflected in this excerpt? Young people especially enjoy living in a city. It is impossible to be left alone in the city. City life offers many cultural experiences. City life can be alienating and lonely.
City life can be alienating and lonely.
Read the excerpt from "Rhapsody on a Windy Night." Twelve o'clock. Along the reaches of the street Held in a lunar synthesis, Whispering lunar incantations Dissolve the floors of memory And all its clear relations, Its divisions and precisions, Every street-lamp that I pass Beats like a fatalistic drum, And through the spaces of the dark Midnight shakes the memory As a madman shakes a dead geranium. What does this excerpt from the poem describe? a thought-provoking walk at night a ring of street lights surrounding a park a lunar eclipse a party held at midnight
a thought-provoking walk at night
Read the excerpt from the final paragraph of "Wilson's War Message to Congress." But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts—for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments. . . The most likely purpose of including this in the last paragraph is to establish a sense of patriotism and support for the war. explain why the United States has a system of democracy describe the economic interest the United States has in the war. convince citizens to dedicate themselves to the war effort.
establish a sense of patriotism and support for the war.
