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CFA Review (CER): Allegory of the Cave and We Grow Accustomed to the Dark
What does this poem celebrate?
What are the prisoners looking at?
CFA Review (CER): Allegory of the Cave and We Grow Accustomed to the Dark
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What are the prisoners looking at?
Puppets
Shadows
Prison guards
Fire
2
What does this poem celebrate?
Sadness
Perservering through a difficult time
Emily Dickinson
The nighttime
3
Why does the freed prisoner turn back as he leaves the cave?
The fire was too hot
The light hurt his eyes
He needed to put clothes on
He was waiting for his friend
4
The prisoner can immediately look at the light and sun when he leaves.
False
True
5
Why does the prisoner go back to the cave?
He is forced to return
He forgot something
He wants to tell the other prisoners about the real world
His eyes hurt
6
In the 3rd stanza, what are "evenings of the brain"?
Our self-doubt/sadness
Sleep
Trivia nights
A migraine
7
What is the deeper meaning of the allegory?
Protect your friends
Seek knowledge and truth
Always follow the light
Avoid illegal activity
8
In the second stanza, what does it mean to "fit our vision to the dark"?
We adjust to the darkness
We use a flashlight
We run away from the dark
We take off our sunglasses
9
What happens when the freed prisoner shares returns to the cave?
He frees the other prisoners
He is rejected by the other prisoners
He becomes a prison guard
He gets locked back up
10
What is an ALLEGORY?
A person who is extremely happy
A comparison between to things, using like or as
Someone who is loyal or faithful
A story with a deeper/hidden meaning
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What is the "darkness" in the poem referring to?
Loneliness/Depression
Evil
Nighttime
Shadows
12
There are prisoners in the cave
False
True
13
Who wrote "Allegory of the Cave"?
Mrs. Le
Shakespeare
Socrates
Plato
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Who is the "we" Dickinson refers to in "We Grow Accustomed to the Dark"?
People who work at night
Her friends
People in general/everyone
Her family
15
Who is Glaucon?
A man with an eye problem
Socrates' prisoner
Socrates' follower
Plato's brother
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The shadows represent a false reality
True
False
