A)
In W.G. Wetherell’s short story “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant,” the narrator is torn
between pursuing a fish and continuing his date with Sheila. What type of conflict is shown
here?
(1 point)
man vs. nature
man vs. man
man vs. family
man vs. himself
man vs. himself
A)
Which of the following sentences from The Call of the Wild is an example of dialect?
(1 point)
“Buck did not read the newspapers, or he would have known that trouble was brewing, not
alone for himself, but for every tide-water dog, strong of muscle and with warm, long hair, from
Puget Sound to San Diego.”
“'Answers to the name of Buck,' the man soliloquized, quoting from the saloon-keeper’s letter
which had announced the consignment of the crate and contents.”
“‘Wot I say?’ the dog driver cried to Perrault. ‘Dat Buck for sure learn queek as any’ting.’”
“His muscles became hard as iron, and he grew callous to all ordinary pain.
“‘Wot I say?’ the dog driver cried to Perrault. ‘Dat Buck for sure learn queek as any’ting.’”
A)
What is the primary purpose of the detailed descriptions Barry Holstun Lopez includes in the
excerpt from Of Wolves and Men?
(1 point)
to inform the reader about what the forest is like from the wolf’s perspective
to persuade the reader that people should work to conserve unspoiled land in Canada
to express the author’s personal feelings about the beauty of the Arctic forests
to entertain the reader with a fast-paced description of how a wolf hunts a caribou
to inform the reader about what the forest is like from the wolf’s perspective
A)
Which two poetic devices are used in the title of E.E. Cummings’s poem “Spring is like a
perhaps hand”?
(1 point)
simile and metaphor
metaphor and imagery
personification and simile
imagery and alliteration
simile and metaphor
A)
Multiple Choice
Reading and Literature
Choose the best answer for questions 1–22.
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
A)
In Betty Bonham Lies’s retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, how is the narrator’s
description of Orpheus’s music an example of hyperbole?
(1 point)
The narrator retells old myths about Orpheus’s powers.
The narrator exaggerates the effects of Orpheus’s music.
The narrator compares Orpheus’s music to the sound of rivers.
The narrator attributes human characteristics to animals and objects