1. An epic simile can be defined as (1 point)
a comparison that describes the epic hero.
an extended comparison that uses like or as.
a comparison that uses lofty words and imposing language.
an extended comparison that says that one entity is something else.
an extended comparison that uses like or as.
3. In The Odyssey, Penelope best displays loyalty when she (1 point)
weeps in her bed at night.
devises a plan to delay her marriage in Odysseus’s absence.
finishes sewing a burial shroud for Odysseus’s father.
announces that she will marry the winner of the archery contest.
devises a plan to delay her marriage in Odysseus’s absence.
4. Which event foreshadows the resolution of "The Cask of Amontillado" and creates mystery in
the story?
(1 point)
Montresor tells Fortunato he has bought a large barrel of amontillado.
Fortunato has a severe cold, which seems to concern Montresor.
Montresor drinks to Fortunato's health with a bottle of MĂ©doc.
Fortunato asks Montresor if he is a Mason.
Montresor tells Fortunato he has bought a large barrel of amontillado.
5. In “The Most Dangerous Game,” how does Rainsford’s survival depend on his adventurous,
bold nature?
(1 point)
He has no sympathy for the animals he hunts.
He is resourceful and refuses to play by Zaroff's rules.
He considers Zaroff's "sport" cold-blooded murder.
He believes life is for the strong, to be lived by the strong.
He is resourceful and refuses to play by Zaroff's rules.
6. Read the following lines from Edgar Allan Poe’s poem “The Raven”:
“Suddenly there came a tapping, / As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber
door.”
Which poetic device does Poe use in these lines?
(1 point)
consonance
hyperbole
metaphor
onomatopoeia
onomatopoeia.
7. Which quote from “The Morning of June 28, 1948” best supports the conclusion that the
public strongly disliked “The Lottery?”
(1 point)
“This, as any writer of stories can tell you, is not a usual thing.”
“Your story has kicked up quite a fuss around the office.”
“Later that day there was a call from one of the magazine’s editors; they had had a couple of people
phone in about my story, he said, and was there anything I particularly wanted him to say if there were
any more calls?”
“One of the most terrifying aspects of publishing stories and books is the realization that they are going
to be read, and read by strangers.”
“Later that day there was a call from one of the magazine’s editors; they had had a couple of people
phone in about my story, he said, and was there anything I particularly wanted him to say if there were
any more calls?”
8. Read the following passage from Shirley Jackson’s "The Morning of June 28, 1948, and 'The
Lottery'":
I had written the story three weeks before, on a bright June morning when summer
seemed to have come at last, with blue skies and warm sun and no heavenly signs to
warn me that my morning's work was anything but just another story.
Which phrase best contributes to the tone of the story?
(1 point)
three weeks before
blue skies and warm sun
on a bright June morning
no heavenly signs to warn me
no heavenly signs to warn me.
9. In “The Necklace,” the struggle for something that proves to be useless is an example of (1 point)
metaphor.
flashback.
irony.
point of view.
irony.
10. For what reason does Shirley Jackson likely use stock characters in “The Lottery?” (1 point)
to draw attention to the story’s plot and theme
to teach readers about stock characters
to order events in the story
to create irony throughout the story
to draw attention to the story’s plot and theme.
11. Which of the following lines from Marge Piercy’s poem “To Be of Use” best demonstrates the
speaker’s view that work is gratifying?
(1 point)
“Botched, it smears the hands, crumbles to dust.”
“Greek amphoras for wine or oil,”
“The pitcher cries for water to carry”
“and a person for work that is real.”
“and a person for work that is real.”
12. Which of the following lines from “I Hear America Singing” best expresses the poem’s theme
that many people contribute to America?
(1 point)
“I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,”
“The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank or beam,”
“The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,”
“The day what belongs to the day—at night the party of young fellows,
robust, friendly,”
“I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,”
13. Which phrase from Marge Piercy’s “To Be of Use” best illustrates the poem’s celebratory tone
toward hard work?
I want to be with people who submerge
in the task, who go into the fields to harvest
and work in a row and pass the bags along,
who are not parlor generals and field deserters
but move in a common rhythm
when the food must come in or the fire be put out.
(1 point)
“who go into the fields”
“parlor generals and field deserters”
“move in a common rhythm”
“food must come in
“move in a common rhythm”
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary,
Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore—
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door.
“’is some visitor,” I muttered, “Tapping at my chamber door—
Only this, and nothing more.”
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December,
And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor.
What mood do the underlined words help create?
anger
anxiousness
despair
restlessness
restlessness.
15. Why might an author use a metaphor to enhance the meaning of fiction or poetry? (1 point)
to create an image in readers’ minds
to represent a larger thought or idea
to give a story or poem a song-like quality
to help set the mood of the story or poem
to represent a larger thought or idea.
16. Which of the following shows the correct parenthetical citation from page 30 of an article in
the July 1999 issue of Starburst magazine called "I Robot," written by Melissa J. Perenson?
(1 point)
(I Robot 30)
(Starburst 30)
(Perenson 30)
("I Robot," Starburst 30
(Perenson 30)
17. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
One of the girls left ____ tennis shoes in the gym.
(1 point)
her
hers
their
them
her.
18. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
Sandra went to the movies with David and
(1 point)
me.
I.
we.
they.
me.
19. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.
The first in line at the theater were ____.
(1 point)
we
them
us
she and him