Multiple Choice: Type your answer choice in the blank. _____1. Which allegorical element do both “In Memory of W. B. Yeats” and “Muse des Beaux Arts” share? A. a character with no symbolic meaning B. a character that looks to the past C. a character that stands for something beyond himself D. a character that symbolizes the conscience of the world ________________________________________ _____2. What does Clarke mean when he writes, “Space can be mapped and crossed and occupied without definable limit; but it can never be conquered”? A. We will never have all of space under our control. B. There are too many warring factions to overcome in order to conquer. C. Our technology is so limited we won’t make it very far. D. It is in our best interest to stay on planet Earth. ________________________________________ _____3. Why does a wartime setting make a ghost story believable? A. Amid violent fighting, innocent people often get hurt. B. So many people die that having ghosts as characters seems reasonable. C. Once the expectation of normality is gone, anything can happen. D. Deserted houses are appropriate settings for ghosts. ________________________________________ _____4. “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” is a poem that celebrates the power of ____. A. analysis B. deduction C. memory D. prophecy ________________________________________ _____5. A person who views things cynically likely A. distrusts people. B. enjoys company. C. is wise. D. is hopeful ________________________________________ _____6. Which of the following sentences is correctly written in the active voice? A. The report will be written and edited tomorrow by me. B. The report will be written by me and edited by me tomorrow. C. I will write the report and it will be edited by me tomorrow. D. I will write and edit the report tomorrow. ________________________________________ _____7. Which statement best translates the passage? How dare ye set your fit upon her, / Sae fine a lady? / Gae somewhere else, and seek your dinner / On some poor body. / Swith! In some beggar’s haffet squattle; A. This lady must have found you in a beggar’s house. B. You should live on a beggar, not a wealthy lady. C. You attack wealthy and poor people both. D. You should not depend on others for your dinner. _____8. Which is an example of a memorable phrase Clarke uses to convince readers of his viewpoint? A. “The ants have covered the world but have they conquered it …?” B. “Such a statement may sound ludicrous, now that our rockets are already 100 million miles beyond the moon….” C. “… radio and light waves travel at the same limited speed of 186,000 miles a second.” D. “Imagine a vast ocean, sprinkled with islands—some desert, others perhaps in habited.” ________________________________________ _____9. Which best describes the characters’ relatio.

1. Multiple Choice: Type your answer choice in the blank.
_____1.
Which allegorical element do both “In Memory of W. B. Yeats”
and “Muse des Beaux Arts” share?
A. a character with no symbolic meaning
B. a character that looks to the past
C. a character that stands for something beyond himself
D. a character that symbolizes the conscience of the world
________________________________________
_____2.
What does Clarke mean when he writes, “Space can be mapped
and crossed and occupied without definable limit; but it can
never be conquered”?

2. A. We will never have all of space under our control.
B. There are too many warring factions to overcome in order to
conquer.
C. Our technology is so limited we won’t make it very far.
D. It is in our best interest to stay on planet Earth.
________________________________________
_____3.
Why does a wartime setting make a ghost story believable?
A. Amid violent fighting, innocent people often get hurt.
B. So many people die that having ghosts as characters seems
reasonable.

3. C. Once the expectation of normality is gone, anything can
happen.
D. Deserted houses are appropriate settings for ghosts.
________________________________________
_____4.
“Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” is a poem
that celebrates the power of ____.
A. analysis
B. deduction
C. memory
D. prophecy
________________________________________

4. _____5.
A person who views things cynically likely
A. distrusts people.
B. enjoys company.
C. is wise.
D. is hopeful
________________________________________
_____6.
Which of the following sentences is correctly written in the
active voice?
A. The report will be written and edited tomorrow by me.
B. The report will be written by me and edited by me tomorrow.

5. C. I will write the report and it will be edited by me tomorrow.
D. I will write and edit the report tomorrow.
________________________________________
_____7.
Which statement best translates the passage?
How dare ye set your fit upon her, / Sae fine a lady? / Gae
somewhere else, and seek your dinner / On some poor body. /
Swith! In some beggar’s haffet squattle;
A. This lady must have found you in a beggar’s house.
B. You should live on a beggar, not a wealthy lady.
C. You attack wealthy and poor people both.

6. D. You should not depend on others for your dinner.
_____8.
Which is an example of a memorable phrase Clarke uses to
convince readers of his viewpoint?
A. “The ants have covered the world but have they conquered it
…?”
B. “Such a statement may sound ludicrous, now that our rockets
are already 100 million miles beyond the moon….”
C. “… radio and light waves travel at the same limited speed of
186,000 miles a second.”
D. “Imagine a vast ocean, sprinkled with islands—some desert,
others perhaps in habited.”
________________________________________

7. _____9.
Which best describes the characters’ relationship to the
Wilcoxes?
A. The boys are the best of friends.
B. The parents admire and respect the Wilcoxes.
C. The parents are in competition with the Wilcoxes.
D. The parents are quite fond of the Wilcoxes.
________________________________________
_____10.
The “lion body and the head of a man” and “a rocking cradle” in
“The Second Coming” symbolize:
A. Yeats's ideas of communism and capitalism.
B. systems of philosophy alternating in power.

8. C. adult knowledge and childhood innocence.
D. England and Ireland's political relationship.
________________________________________
Short Answer Questions: Type your answer below each
question. Use full sentences, correct grammar, and correct
spelling.
11.

9. In line 18 of Auden’s “In Memory of W. B. Yeats.” The poet
Yeats is described as being “scattered among a hundred cities”
after his death. Explain what the speaker means by this phrase.
________________________________________
12.

10. Explain what point Gordimer is trying to illustrate through the
contrast in “The Train from Rhodesia” between the description
of the wooden figures and the description of the begging
children.
________________________________________

11. 13.
What can you conclude that the Shadow represents in Part V of
“The Hollow Men”? Use one or two details from the poem to
support your interpretation.
________________________________________
14.
After she reads the letter, Mrs. Drover in “The Demon Lover”

12. examines her reflection in the mirror. What do we learn about
Mrs. Drover, based on what she sees in the mirror? Support
your answer with an example from the story.
________________________________________
15.
Reread lines 9-16 of In Memoriam, A. H. H. Analyze the poet’s
philosophical assumptions and beliefs, and compare them to
your own observations and experiences. What is your evaluation
of the poet’s assumptions?

13. ________________________________________
16.
In “On Making an Agreeable Marriage,” when Austen writes
that “Mr. J. P.” has an “amiable mind, strict principles, just
notions, and good habits,” what kind of persuasive appeal is she
making to Fanny?

14. ________________________________________
17.
Use your own words to explain why Helen’s thoughts do not
wander when Miss Temple is teaching her.
________________________________________
18.

15. In “Ulysses,” the speaker declares,“I am a part of all that I have
met:/Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough/Gleams that
untraveled world, whose margin fades/Forever and forever when
I move” (lines 18-21). What does this quotation tell readers
about what Ulysses is thinking?
________________________________________
19.
In the excerpt from Hard Times, Dickens refers to an
“adversary.” What is the meaning of this word? In the context
of the final paragraph of the excerpt, who or what is the
adversary being discussed?

16. ________________________________________
20.
Describe the tone of the final line in “Anthem for Doomed
Youth.” What specific words help to establish this tone?