English semester 2 exam

His purpose was to show that nonviolent resistance is .... as response to injustice

I pondered some time without fully comprehending the reason for this.

In the phrase "Like most old-fashioned pulpits, it was a very lofty one" ... "lofty" means

The foremost American novelist of this period, ... of American prose literature, was

When Bradbury claims, “Thus I fell into surprise” (line 46), he’s most nearly referring to the:

Of the following, the statement that best describes Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography is:

was leader of India’s struggle for independence from British rule from 1920s to the mid-1940s.

Using context only, the most logical ... "leaving him impregnable in his little Quebec" is

This poem may be best classified as

The facet of William Cullen Bryant’s poem “Thanatopsis” that makes it a good example ... is

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poem “Paul Revere’s Ride” .... belief in the importance of

93. was: that Susan

Select the best paraphrase ... from Moby-Dick: "From thence it is the storm of God's wrath ..."

In the seventh paragraph of Passage A (lines 30-37), Bradbury explains his habit ...

One of ideas that these 3 writers have in common is the idea of civil disobedience, means

87. was extensive: over one thousand

The main purpose of Patrick Henry's Speech to the Virginia Convention is to

His purpose was to convince audience that it was their duty to refuse to support a law .. wrong

The meter of the lines above is

the imitation of the sound of soldiers marching in the rhythm of the line "And the measured ..

94. feedback on her work

As literary models, American Romantic poets used

This author - American Transcendentalist philosopher, lived in MA, wrote during the mid-1800s.

92. friends whom had died

"The watchful night wind creeping from tent to tent/ Whispering"

Another idea all three writers share is that of passive resistance, which means

"With each mast and spar/ Across the moon like a prison bar"

The journey in American Romantic literature can best be characterized as

Bradbury’s claim “I would then take arms against the word, or for it” (line 12) suggests ...

The picture that fits the description of the pulpit in this passage is

American Romantic writers believed that poetry was

In the poem "The Chambered Nautilus", the speaker speaks directly ...

Unlike European Romantic novelists, American Romantic novelists were particularly inspired by

This poem contains all of the following EXCEPT:

The best paraphrase (the one closest to the original meaning) of the passage is

gave speech titled On Nonviolent Resistance to his supporters about principle of satyagraha

The first line above would be correctly scanned as follows:

While based on a historical event, the poem does contain the following historical inaccuracies

Within Passage B, the image in lines 74-76 functions figuratively to suggest that:

"Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet"

88. As a young woman she wrote, of

Each of the lines above contains all of the following except:

The section where Thoreau tells his readers that they should refuse to support laws their ...

wrote an open letter from jail titled “Letter from Birmingham City Jail”

The sentence that uses the word "dexterity" as the correct part of speech is:

Underlying the arguments of all three writers is the idea that

Thoreau builds .......... “It does not … It does not … It does not…”

90. Dickinson stayed in contact with correspondents for many years.

The sentence that states an opinion held by American Romantic writers is

95. poems, composed at their home in Amherst, Massachusetts.

The best reference source to use if you need a definition of allegory (..to litarary work) is

Washington Irving's short story "Rip Van Winkle" is built around the common folk-tale motif of

"That government is best which governs not at all.” This is a paradox because

Based on Bradbury’s description in Passage A of his writing process, which of the following...

wrote an essay “Resistance to Civil Government” based on his experience spending night in jail

In the first paragraph of Passage B (lines 52-63), narrator describes John Huff in manner that:

Rationalists believed that all people

According to the Deists, the best form of worship was

Both Passage A and Passage B highlight Bradbury’s use of:

Of the following excerpts from ... Declar. of Ind., the best example of parallel structure is:

Passage A indicates that Bradbury believes all beginning writers think that they can:

A word in this passage that is a synonym for "bow" is

An antonym for this meaning of “bow” included in the dictionary entry is

To reinforce one of his points, Paine uses a brief story about ... . This is an example of

In The Crisis, No. 1, T. Paine makes analogy between British king & thief, which implies that

100. Perhaps, this legacy of letters

Crevecoeur’s definition of an American “What Is an American? ... Rationalist beliefs because

Select the best paraphrase of the passage below: "Ah, noble ship," the angel seemed to say, ...

Rhetoric is

Passage A explains that when writing about the character John Huff, Bradbury had:

86. ... own poor health, whose correspondence was

98. length -- reveals the

Thoreau presents a logical line of reasoning when he uses unpopular Spanish-American War ...

Through Gothic novels, Romantic writers explored

96. who read the poem

Noah Webster’s American Dictionary was

All of the following are the poets known as the "Fireside Poets" except:

The synonym listed in the thesaurus entry for sober below from Moby-Dick is

"Beneath, in the churchyard, lay the dead/ In their night encampment on the hill"

The spelling of the word "connexion" is an indication that this passage was probably written by

All of the following elements of “Paul Revere’s Ride” are typical of Romantic poetry EXCEPT:

97. wrote two other

Based on what you know [...] prefix epi means ”upon”, you can infer that an epitaph must be

“I felt as if I alone of all my townsmen had paid my tax,” is a paradox because

Thoreau states that while he was in jail, “I saw that, if there was a wall ...

was an American civil rights leader of the 1960s, to end .. segregation in Birmingham, Alabama.

American Romantic writers rejected rationalism because they believed that

The point, or big idea, of reading and comparing the work of these three ... authors was to see

The typical American Romantic hero was

The usage label that indicates the word thence is no longer in current use is

"And lo!/ He springs to the saddle, the bridle he turns"

Of the following statements from Henry's speech, the best example of persuasion through logos:

his purpose was to explain to others why he advocating breaking some laws but obeying others.

The American national anthem, "The Star Spangled Banner", was written during

91. solemn; speaking

99. depth of one's connection

89. and of visiting the Chinese