MSL Prep 2 (Spring 2014)

Editor Bennett Cerf challenged Dr. Seuss to write a book using exactly 50 words. The result?

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1) What is the speaker saying in lines 9–12 of “A Psalm of Life”?

9) The two poems are different because

11) The speaker shows a positive attitude toward Richard Cory when the speaker

8) What does the repetitive rhyme scheme emphasize in “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls”?

16) Richard Cory's appearance

In the 1980's, what oddity was elected mayor of Lajitas, Texas?

10) The speaker in “Richard Cory” is a

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5) What is the basic meaning of the first stanza of the traditional poem “The Tide Rises..."

21) What does Miniver Cheevy do to deal with his sadness?

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15) What does the speaker mean when he or she says that Miniver was “born too late” in line 29?

3) Reread the 6th stanza of Psalm. What two things does the speaker say you need to live fully?

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6) What time frame do the events of “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls” happen in?

17) In line 6, the description of the way that Richard Cory talks most likely means that he

Which animal is responsible for killing more humans annually than lions, crocodiles, or snakes?

19) What does Miniver Cheevy most want to do?

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12) What could the “light” be that the speaker references in line 13 of “Richard Cory”?

7) Lines 6–7 of “The Tide Rises, the Tide Falls” most likely highlight Longfellow’s view that

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18) What method does the speaker use to characterize Richard Cory as an unhappy man?

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13) Lines 1–4 of “Miniver Cheevy” reveal that the speaker

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In 1973, Chinese leader Mao Zedong offered to give US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger what?

14)Reread lines 25–28 of “Miniver Cheevy.” How do these add to the characterization of Miniver?

Which country is responsible for eating more donuts per capita than any other country?

4) In the traditional poem Psalm, Longfellow most likely uses end rhyme in lines 29 and 31 to

2) Longfellow may use the rhyme scheme in the fifth stanza of “A Psalm of Life” to help you...

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20) You can tell that the speaker thinks that Miniver Cheevy is dishonest with himself when...

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