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What is mood?
How old is Mr. Nussen?
English 11 Midterm Quiz
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1
How old is Mr. Nussen?
31
33
34
32
2
What is mood?
The emotional atmosphere of a work
The setting of a work
The moral or lesson of work
The attitude of an author toward his or her work
3
Which form of poem contains an octet and sestet?
Italian Sonnet
Elegy
English Sonnet
Lyric
4
Both "O Captain! My Captain" and "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd" are about whom?
Abraham Lincoln
George Washington
Jesus Christ
Ralph Waldo Emerson
5
True or false: The Romantics generally had a favorable opinion of the Middle Ages.
True
False
6
What is the difference between a metaphor and simile?
A metaphor is a comparison that, unlike a simile, uses "like" or "as"
A simile compares two concrete things; a metaphor compares abstract things
A simile is a comparison that, unlike a metaphor, uses "like" or "as"
A metaphor compares two concrete things; a simile compares abstract things
7
Which work involves the "sublime"?
Moby-Dick
"I Hear America Singing"
Walden
To a Waterfowl
8
Which setting in
The Scarlet Letter
is most strongly associated with Romanticism?
The ocean
The forest
The town
The mountains
9
"Transcend" means
to go beyond
to change
to go alongside of
to go below
10
In what century did the American Romanticism movement take place?
1700s
1800s
1900s
1600s
11
What was America's first major literary movement?
Realism
Victorianism
Modernism
Romanticism
12
The poem "Sonnet---To Science" is a celebration of science
False
True
13
In what order should works be cited on a Works Cited page?
length of citation (longest to shortest)
alphabetical
chronological (date of publication)
order of importance (most to least)
14
Who wrote the sonnet sequence called "Sonnets from the Portuguese?
Robert Browning
Gerard Manley Hopkins
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
15
Who wrote A Christmas Carol?
Dr. Seuss
Charles Dickens
Thorton Wilder
Oscar Wilde
16
What is irony?
The same thing as suspense
When what happens is the opposite of what you expect
The same thing as satire
When what happens is exactly what you expect
17
In
Moby-Dick
, the sea is Romantically as being
soothing
divine
sublime
beautiful
18
Who wrote
Walden
?
Henry David Thoreau
Nathaniel Hawthorne
William Cullen Bryant
Ralph Waldo Emerson
19
Which is NOT a feature of lyric poetry?
Poignant
Epic
Musical
Brief
20
American Romantics had a favorable opinion of modern science and industry.
False
True
21
True or false: A dynamic character changes over the course of a story
True
False
22
The following sentence is written in which point of view?: "I never understood why Atticus read so much."
Third person omniscient
First person
Third person limited
Second person
23
How does the "sublime" differ from the "beautiful"?
The sublime involves calmness and tranquility
The sublime is the opposite of the beautiful
The sublime involves terror and awe
The sublime is the same as the beautiful
24
Matthew Arnold was the poet laureate of England
False
True
25
What is a paraphrase?
An in-text citation.
A parenthetical citation.
A word-for-word quotation.
A rephrasing of a quotation
26
Which is a prominent idea or topic in "To a Waterfowl"?
Sublimity
Providence
Imagination
Sin
27
The word "Romanticism" is primarily a reference to
The Romance languages
Ancient Rome
Someone named Roman
Romantic love
28
What is an allusion?
An indirect reference to something, such as person, literary work, event
A story that contains both a literal and deeper, ymbolic meaning
A hint or warning about what's going to happen in the future
A direct reference to something, such as a person, literary work, or event
29
A common idea in both "God's Grandeur" and "Spring" is
the fall and corruption of the natural world
the redemptive action of God in the world
all of the above
the beauty of nature
30
Which is NOT an element of MLA format?
Header
Double spacing
Page numbering
"References" page
31
Which of the following was NOT happening during the American Romanticism movement?
Westward expansion of the country
Technological development
Civil War
Revoltionary War
32
The Victorian period is named after
Queen Victoria
Victoria, Australia
King Victor
"Victory"
33
Which poem ends with the line "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield"?
"God's Grandeur"
"Spring"
"Ulysses"
"Dover Beach"
34
Which work features an unreliable narrator?
A Christmas Carol
"The Black Cat"
Fahrenheit 451
The Importance of Being Earnest
35
A round character is two-dimensional
False
True
36
True or false: Montag is a dynamic character.
True
False
37
Who is the chief villain in
The Scarlet Letter
?
Chillingworth
Hester Prynne
Mistress Hibbens
Governor Bellingham
38
Which of the following elements does NOT belong in an intro paragraph?
Restatement of thesis
Hook
Transition/background/context
Subpoint summary
39
What is a symbol?
An abstract idea that represents another abstract idea
An abstract idea that represents a concrete thing
A concrete thing that represents an abstract idea
A concrete thing that represents another concrete thing
40
In
Fahrenheit 451
, the government banned books because people wanted censorship.
True
False
41
Nathaniel Hawthorne was a "Romantic Pessimist" or "Dark Romantic"
True
False
42
Which of the following contains gothic elements?
"The Black Cat"
B and C
None of the above
A Christmas Carol
43
Who put Emerson's teachings into practice?
Henry David Thoreau
William Cullen Bryant
Herman Melville
Nathaniel Hawthorne
44
The Scarlet Letter
is often interpreted as as critique of what?
The Church of England
Americans
Puritanism
Rationalism
45
In Memoriam is
a sonnet
an epic poem
an elegy
a novella
46
True or false:
Fahrenheit 451
is a work of science fiction.
True
False
47
A thesis statement should contain
Textual evidence
A parenthetical citation
A hook
A claim
48
Transcendentalism is _____ Romanticism
an extreme version of
the same as
the opposite of
a watered down version of
49
What is assonance?
The repetition of internal consonant sounds in nearby words
The repetition of initial consonant sounds in nearby words
The repetition of ending sounds in nearby words
The repetition of internal vowel sounds in nearby words
50
In relation to the American Romantic period, the Victorian period happend
at the same time
earlier
later
time is an illusion
51
What is the rhyme scheme of an English sonnet?
aabb ccdd eeff gg
abab cdcd efef gg
abbaabba cdecde
abab abab cdcd ee
52
Which is NOT a form of irony we studied?
Tragic irony
Situational irony
Dramatic irony
Verbal irony
53
Which poem features cataloging?
"To a Waterfowl"
"Ulysses"
"Sonnet---To Science"
"I Hear America Singing"
54
What is satire?
The use of humor to praise
An fierce and humorless attack on something
The use of humor to critize or mock
The imitation of someone or something
55
Much of Victorian optimism was fueled by
the expansion of the British Empire
scientific development
all of the above
industrial prosperity
56
Which character says the following? "I'd strike the sun if it insulted me."
Scrooge
Chillingworth
Ishmael
Captain Ahab
57
What is personification?
Speaking about a dead person as if he were alive
Giving inanimate or impersonal things personal qualities
A reference to a person from the past
Comparing persons to animals
58
Who wrote The Importance of Being Earnest?
Oscar Wilde
Thornton Wilder
Matthew Arnold
Charles Dickens
59
In which poem does the speaker lament the receding of the "Sea of Faith"?
"Spring"
"Dover Beach"
"God's Grandeur"
"Ulysses"
60
Which of the following was NOT an anti-Christian movement that arose during the Victorian period?
Darwinism
Marxism
Oxford Movement
Utilitarianism
61
Which punctuation mark is used to modify a direct quotation?
Carets
Parentheses
Brackets
Asterisks
62
How is a theme different from a topic?
A topic is a word or phrase, while a theme is a sentence about a topic
They're the same
A topic is a message or lesson, while a theme is a general idea
A theme is a word or phrase, while a topic is a sentence about a theme
63
Romanticism was a revolt against the values of the
Neoclassical (Englightenment) period
Modern period
Victorian period
Medieval period
64
True or False: An author's first and last name should be used each time you reference the author in a paper.
False
True
65
Which best describes Whitman's view of immortality?
We are "immortalized" through the memories of our loved ones
The soul survives death and ascends to heaven
The body is recylced into the earth and "reborn" as vegetation
After death, the soul immediately migrates into the body of an animal
66
Who wrote
Fahrenheit 451
?
H.G. Wells
Thornton Wilder
Kurt Vonnegut
Ray Bradbury
67
Which is NOT a major topic in
Fahrenheit 451
?
Power
Knowledge
Technology
Ethnic conflict
68
Who famously wrote the following? "Trust thyself; every heart vibrates to that iron string."
Walt Whitman
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Henry David Thoreau
Ralph Waldo Emerson
69
True or false: Romantics generally believed in the biblical doctrine of the Fall of Man.
False
True
70
Who is considered the "father of free verse"?
Walt Whitman
Tennyson, Lord Alfred
William Cullen Bryant
Edgar Allan Poe
71
What is irony?
When expect one thing to occur, and that thing does occur
When you expect one thing to occur, and something different occurs
When you expect one thing to occur, but it never does
When you expect one thing to occur, but the opposite occurs
72
Which of the following works is a novella?
A Christmas Carol
Fahrenheit 451
Nature
Our Town
73
Which element does NOT belong in a conclusion paragraph?
Restatement of thesis
Hook
Subpoint summary
Provocative thought
74
What is the rhyme scheme of an Italian sonnet?
abbaabba cdecde
abab cdcd efef gg
aabbaabb cdcdcd
abbaabba ababab
75
Where does
The Scarlet Letter
take place?
1500s New York
1600s Chicago
1700s Philadelphia
1600s Boston
76
Which of the following parenthetical citations is correctly punctuated and formatted?
Scout says, "I don't know why Atticus reads so much" (Lee 34).
Scout says, "I don't know why Atticus reads so much." (Lee 34)
Scout says, "I don't know why Atticus reads so much." (Lee 34).
Scout says, "I don't know why Atticus reads so much" (Lee, 34).
77
In the poem "God's Grandeur," the sestet
continues the elaboration of the problem set out in the octet
repeats the idea expressed in the octet
has the same rhymes as the octet
solves the problem set out in the octet
78
Which theme is expressed in the poem "Thanatopsis"?
Death is the gateway to heaven and so should not be feared
Death is evil and so should be lamented and resisted
Death is inevitable and so should be accepted with equanimity (calmness)
There really is no death; our bodies are recycled and "reborn" as grass
79
Which is NOT a symbolic association of the color (or shade) of whiteness in
Moby-Dick
?
Death
Nothingness
Purity
Jealousy
80
"Ulysses" is another name for
Achilles
Icarus
Prometheus
Odysseus
81
Free verse is the same thing as blank verse
False
True
82
In a literary analysis essay, every claim should be supported by
a theme
textual evidence
a thesis
a hook
83
Which of the following is NOT a Romantic cornerstone?
Reason
Nature
Individualism
Imagination
84
Herman Melville authored
Moby-Dick
False
True
85
"Ulysses" is an example of a
dramatic monologue
elegy
sonnet
lyric
86
Suspense is associated with which feeling, emotion, or experience?
Happiness
Laughter
Anxiety
Sorrow
87
Which of the following does NOT belong in a body paragraph?
Hook
Textual evidence
Conclusion/transition sentence
Subpoint or topic sentence
88
Which of the following is a properly punctuated and formatted indirect quotation?
"We should play Kahoot," Michael said.
Michael said, "We should play Kahoot."
Michael suggested "we play Kahoot."
Michael suggested we play Kahoot.
89
What is an elegy?
A poem that addresses, with second-person pronouns ("you"), a dead person
A poem that critiques or satirizes someone or something
A mournful poem, usually lamenting the death of someone
A poem that celebrates the accomplishments of someone
90
True or false: a thesis statement should be arguable
True
False
91
Who believed that the death of a beautiful young woman is the "most poetical" topic?
Edgar Allan Poe
Matthew Arnold
Walt Whitman
William Cullen Bryant
92
Whitman's "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" is a celebration of the science of astronomy.
False
True
93
What are the two kinds of direct quotations?
Formal and paraphrased
Formal and flow
Formal and paraphrased
Informal and flow
94
What is the meaning of "dystopia"?
"Good place"
"Bad place"
"Future place"
"No place"
95
Every body paragraph should begin with a
quotation
hook
subpoint (or topic) sentence
conclusion sentence
96
Which is NOT a symbol in
The Scarlet Letter
Color red
Scarlet Letter
Mulberry tree
Rose-bush
97
Which of the following works uses irony to mock upper-clas Victorian society?
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
"God's Grandeur" by Gerard Manley Hopkins
In Memoriam by Alred, Lord Tennyson
"Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold
98
Who was known as the "Sage of Concord"?
Walt Whitman
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Henry David Thoreau
99
Who wrote the poem "Ulysses"?
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Matthew Arnold
Homer
Oscar Wilde
100
What is the purpose of a hook?
To support the thesis
To leave the reader with something interesting to ponder after reading
To state the main idea of an essay
To grab the reader's attention
101
How many syllables are in an iambic foot?
One
Two
Three
Four
102
Which of the following is an example of a properly punctuated and formatted direct quotation?
Michael said, "We should play Kahoot".
Michael said "We should play Kahoot."
Michael said, "We should play Kahoot."
Michael said we should play Kahoot.
103
Who understood God as the "Over-Soul"?
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nathaniel Hawthorne
William Cullen Bryant
Herman Melville
