Unit 3: Allusion and Symbol (Elements of Literature)

The conclusion of "Outta My Way, Grandpa!" is that ________ matters.

Cupid, the boy god

Why is "Outta My Way, Grandpa!" an anticlimax?

In Matthew Arnold's "The Progress of Poesy," what does the fount symbolize?

What is NOT true about repetition of and in "maggie and milly and molly and may"?

"God isn't finished with me yet"

What word best describes the atmosphere of Borges's poem?

Symbols in a literary work are usually deeply connected to the work's themes.

What word best describes the atmosphere of Arnold's poem?

What is the main theme of "Cupid's Arrows"?

Which of the following is NOT a true statement about allusions?

What is the general atmosphere of "The Listeners"?

What does Chesterton use the color white to symbolize?

Poe wants his readers to sympathize with Prospero and his courtiers.

In "The Masque of the Red Death," Poe alludes to which of the following Bible stories?

Which of the following details does NOT reinforce the atmosphere of Poe's story?

Poe's overall tone in "The Masque of the Red Death" does not support a biblical worldview.

The lack of information in "The Listeners" adds to the poem's air of mystery and heightens the story's symbolic nature.

Objects or persons in an allegory qualify as symbols.

What do the special rooms in the Prince's abbey symbolize?

What do the house and the door symbolize in "The Listeners"?

Arnold's "The Progress of Poesy" alludes to events in the life of Noah.

John Donne's Meditation XVII

In "Cupid's Arrows," Kitty's nickname highlights her beauty, her status as a maiden, and her skill at archery.

Which of the following is NOT one of the objects that is a symbol in Cummings's "maggie and milly and molly and may"?

In Chesterton's essay "A Piece of Chalk," what word describes the main conflict?

The persona in "Sir Francis Drake" is very close to the poet.

In Kipling's story "Cupid's Arrows," who does Kitty's nickname refer to?

What are allusions primarily based on?

Which question do we know the answer to in "The Listeners"?

What does the Traveler in the poem seem to symbolize?

"I hummed the Rocky theme."

The overall atmosphere of "Outta My Way, Grandpa!" is confrontational.

Kipling's tone toward Kitty is one of disapproval.

The persona of Kipling's story "Cupid's Arrows" is Kipling himself.

Which of the following is NOT true of literary symbols?

What is the primary symbol in Borges's poem "Afterglow"?

"How primeval and how poetical are the things one carries in one's pocket" exemplifies what sound devices?

In "Sir Francis Drake," who does Hayman refer to in describing Drake?

Kumbaya

O'Neill's pop culture allusions help raise the essay to great literature.

What is O'Neill's thesis in "Outta My Way, Grandpa!"?

The primary conflict of "Afterglow" is internal

In "The Masque of the Red Death," the Prince and his courtiers symbolize those who desperately try to escape death.

Allusions sometimes make use of symbols.