stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
Lit Ac Dec 24-25 Sec 4-5 Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
Lit Ac Dec 24-25 Sec 4-5
Lit Ac Dec 24-25 Sec 4-5
41 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
4 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
41 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
41
Answers
1
Earthrise” begins with an image of
astronauts
the moon coming over the horizon
someone looking in a mirror
sunsets
2
Terry Bison(Toxic Donut guy) self-identifies as a member of what political movement?
Marxist
Far Right
Republican
New Left
3
In “The Air Smelled Dirty, ” the speaker’s attitude toward the basement and the furnace is
fear
boredom
curiosity
resentment
4
How was Kim chosen as the consumer in The Toxic Donut?
She bought a lottery ticket
She committed a crime
She was selected by the President.
Someone bought a lottery ticket for her
5
How does “The Machine Stops” end?
The Machine stops working
Vashti and Kuno decide to live on Earth
Kuno accepts his punishment and lives alone
An air ship crashes into the city.
6
The lines “it will serve / as its own storage” in the poem “Webcam the World” refer to
human drive to document nature using digital tools rather than experience
digital consciousness that works to preserve itself by growing
none of them
the world acting as a vessel for humanity and vice versa
7
In “Epiphany in the Beans, ” why does the speaker teach her daughters how to garden?
So they can learn to run a farm
so they can connect to their roots
So they will have a mother in the earth after she is gone
So they can help her
8
Heather McHugh’s poems are known for their
complex metrics
view point shifts
word play
acrostics
9
What is the primary theme explored in “Freeway 280” by Lorna Dee Cervantes?
analysis of traffic patterns
representations of Urban and rural space
Exploration of a highway
Advocacy for road safety
10
In “Different Ways to Pray, ” the destination of the pilgrims in buses is
Jerusalem
Mecca
Santiago de Compostela
Rome
11
What event does the speaker flashback to in “Evergreen”?
Their Wedding
a graduation ceremony
the birth of a child
a suicide attempt
12
What day did E. B. White’s family arrive at the lake every summer?
July 1
Sept 1
August 1
June 1
13
In “Space Leek, ” what chemical is specifically mentioned to be the source of leek’s spicy odor?
Allyl methyl sulfide
Citric acid
Polyphenylene sulfide
Polyphenylene methyl sulfide
14
A Petrarchan sonnet’s(like The World is too much with us) has
last six lines provide a response to the first eight lines
last 7lines provide a response to the first 7 lines
last five lines provide a response to the first 9
last four lines provide a response to the first 10
15
How does the speaker in “Epiphany in the Beans” prove to herself that her garden loves her?
using rational evidence
by listing loving behaviors
showing off a good harvest
by recalling indigenous creation stories
16
What is Kuno and Vashti’s relationship in “The Machine Stops?” They are
mother and son
mother and dauther
friends
cousins
17
The poem “Earthrise” is dedicated to
Al Gore
Buzz Aldrin
Kennedy
Neil Armstrong
18
William Wordsworth’s “The World Is too Much with Us” is an example of a poem from what era of poetry?
Neoclassical
Enlightenment
Romanticism
Colonialism
19
The poem “Webcam the World” uses what type of rhyming scheme?
Internal
Couplets
Half Rhymes
Triplets
20
What variant of leek did Shengnan bring into space?
Shandong leek
Hainan leek
Shenzhen leek
Cantonese leek
21
“The World Is Too Much With Us” is an example of a(n)
Sonnet
Ballad
Rhyme
Limerick
22
What is the toxic donut made from?
all of the toxic wastes collected during the fiscal year
all of the smog collected through the year
hazardous chemicals from industrial waste
regular donut ingredients
23
According to “The World Is Too Much With Us,” among the things that people ignore when they are preoccupied is
forest
love
the sea
birdsong
24
In relation to coal what is a clinker
leftover matrix on coal chunks
waste caused by combustion and heating
lumps of coal that did not ignite
residue from the furnace
25
What theme is most present in The Blue(the one about Smith's butterfly)
defiance
redemption
curiosity
loss
26
In “The Machine Stops,” those who are homeless in the story live
on the surface of earth
on city streets
in space
underground
27
What is the main source of food for Smith’s blue butterfly (from California)?
Cherry blossoms
Ice plants
Seacliff buckwheat
Pinking blossoms
28
How did Kuno manage to get to the surface of the Earth? He
disguises himself as a worker
hacks into the machine to open a door
sneaks out through an air shaft
uses an escape pod
29
"The furnace it fed stood in the dankbasement, its many arms upraised like Godzilla or some other monster." is...
oxymoron
allegory
anaphora
personification
30
Which of the following is NOT one of the awards won by Heather McHugh?
MacArthur Genius Award
Pulitzer Prize for Journalism
Pushcart Prize for Poetry
Guggenheim Fellowship
31
How many stanzas does the poem “Webcam the World” have?
7
5
4
6
32
Who is the author of “Different Ways to Pray”?
Robin Wall Kimmerer
Chen Qiufan
Heather McHugh
Naomi Shihab Nye
33
How long does the TV program in “The Toxic Donut” run for?
1 hour
1 minute
30 minutes
1 hour and 30 minutes
34
Where was Marge Piercy born?
Los Angeles
Boston
New York City
Detroit
35
In “Space Leek, ” what is the name of the spaceship the speaker is on?
Xiangong 2
Yutu 3
Apollo-37C
Tiangong
36
What comparison does the speaker in “Evergreen” make between themselves and the evergreen? They are
resilient and enduring
growing and changing
fragile and delicate
harsh and unforgiving
37
What photograph is central to the poem “Earthrise”? The first photograph of
black hole from space
earth from space
solar eclipse from earth
the moon from space
38
What philosophical theme does “The Machine Stops” explore through the conflict between Vashti and Kuno?
Darwinism
Rationalism vs empiricism
Tradition vs innovation
Cartesian Dualism
39
A sign of resurgence in “Freeway 280” isA
vigorous plant life
new homes being built
the building of new freeways
people owning cars
40
What month does the speaker in “Epiphany in the Beans” attribute the taste of beans to?
May
July
September
August
41
Where did Shihab Nye move to as a teenager?
Palestine
Egypt
Syria
Israel