Quizzes
1. Who is Guy Montag?
A) a librarian
B) the mayor
C) a doctor
D) a fireman
E) none of the above
2. Describe Clarisse McClellan
A) shy and slightly handicapped
B) a young girl who likes to think and talk
C) extremely rigid and law-abiding
D) a flirt whose only concern is getting men to like her
E) a femme fatale who has a fetish for scent of kerosene
3. Early in the story, what smells like perfume to Montag?
A) printers ink on books
B) cooking fumes from restaurants
C) kerosene
D) smoke from the fireplace
E) synthetic coffee
4. Who is Mildred?
A) Clarisse's mother
B) Montag's self-absorbed wife
C) a doctor at Emergency Hospital
D) a writer who has gone underground
E) a woman incinerated in a house fire
5. Early in the story, what happens to Mildred?
A) She is captured and sent to a prison camp.
B) She contracts a fatal, contagious disease and has to be quarantined.
C) She takes an overdose of sleeping pills and has to have her stomach and blood pumped
clean.
D) She has just been promoted to a position of power in the government.
E) She is invited to participate in a reality show.
6. What are "parlor walls"?
A) They are a kind of surround television with which the audience can interact.
B) They are portable partitions that can be repositioned to create a variety of living spaces.
C) They are hidden microphones that can monitor conversations.
D) They are concrete barricades that separate one neighborhood from another.
E) none of the above
7. What is the name of the robotic animal equipped with a steel needle, and programmed to hunt and kill?
A) the dragon
B) the hound
C) the lion
D) the rattlesnake
E) the mosquito
8. Clarisse is part of the old society where talking and thinking were appreciated. How is this viewed by the others?
A) She is revered as a holy one.
B) She is thought to be insane.
C) She is considered anti-social.
D) She is tolerated with amusement.
E) none of the above
9. Where does Clarisse get most of her information about the way life used to be?
A) Her uncle tells her.
B) She watches old videos.
C) She learns it in history class.
D) She has secretly read her grandmother's diaries, which she has hidden in her room.
E) none of the above
10. Who is Captain Beatty?
A) Montag's boss at work
B) a retired naval officer who often tells old sea stories
C) the mayor
D) Clarisse's uncle
E) Mildred's secret lover
11. Who is Faber?
A) Montag's brother-in-law, and another sympathizer
B) second in command after Beatty
C) Clarisse's uncle
D) chief physician at Emergency Hospital
E) none of the above
12. What does Captain Beatty believe?
A) people should be masters of their own destinies
B) books put upsetting thoughts in people's minds and kept them from being happy and satisfied
C) firemen should be the highest paid workers because they do the most important job in society
D) the world is about to end because of all of the greed and corruption
E) none of the above
13. What is Montag afraid will happen when the captain comes to visit?
A) The captain will eat all of his (Montag's) food rations for the whole week.
B) The captain will see how well he (Montag) is living, and reduce his pay.
C) He is afraid the captain will find the book he has stolen from the old lady.
D) He is afraid the captain will stay for a long visit. (Montag is shy, and was very nervous about having guests.)
E) none of the above
14. What does Montag do after the visit by Captain Beatty?
A) He sits and cries.
B) He disinfects everything the captain has touched.
C) He goes out for a long walk.
D) He shows Mildred the books he has been stealing and hiding.
E) none of the above
15. What is the significance of the title Fahrenheit 451?
A) It is the maximum temperature of most ovens.
B) It is the temperature at which to cook Soylent Green.
C) It is the temperature at which paper ignites and burns.
D) It is the temperature at which an Easy-Bake oven self-destructs.
E) It is the temperature used to cremate humans.
16. According to mythology, what is the salamander’s relation to fire?
A) It lives in it.
B) It eats it.
C) It hates it.
D) It is delicious roasted in it.
E) It is the god of fire.
17. According to mythology, how many times can the phoenix be reborn from its ashes?
A) one
B) three
C) nine
D) an unlimited number
E) none of the above
18. What are the earplug radios in the novel called?
A) seashells
B) whistlers
C) flutes
D) white clowns
E) none of the above
19. What animal metaphor does Montag use to describe the stomach pump and blood-replacement machine used on Mildred?
A) hound
B) fish
C) salamander
D) snake
E) leech
20. What is the name of the toothpaste advertised on the subway?
A) Crain’s Crest
B) Finchman’s Fluoride Wonder
C) Abelson’s AquaFresh
D) Denham’s Dentifrice
E) Cyrus' Sensodyne
x. Which of Clarisse’s relatives influenced her the most?
A) Her mother
B) Her father
C) Her uncle
D) Her grandfather
E) none of the above
x. What was the occupation of Granger’s grandfather?
A) Fireman
B) Sculptor
C) Racecar driver
D) Senator
E) none of the above
x. Which of the following Shakespeare tragedies does Beatty quote immediately before his death?
A) Hamlet
B) Macbeth
C) Othello
D) Julius Caesar
E) none of the above
x. Which of the following books of the Bible does Faber read to Montag over the radio?
A) Ecclesiastes
B) The Book of Job
C) Revelations
D) Deuteronomy
E) none of the above
x. Which woman cries when Montag reads poetry?
A) Mildred
B) Clarisse
C) Mrs. Phelps
D) Mrs. Bowles
E) none of the above
x. What is Clarisse’s last name?
A) McClellan
B) Faber
C) Phelps
D) Granger
E) none of the above
x. How does Mildred claim Clarisse is killed?
A) In a fire
B) By a car
C) By a drug overdose
D) By the Hound
E) none of the above
x. How many legs does the Hound have?
A) Eight
B) Six
C) Four
D) Three
E) none of the above
x. Which drug does the Hound inject into Montag?
A) Codeine
B) Procaine
C) Morphine
D) Psilocybin
E) none of the above
x. In whose home does Montag plant books?
A) Black’s
B) Stoneman’s
C) Beatty’s
D) McClellan’s
E) none of the above
x. What position did Faber hold before he retired?
A) Printer
B) Librarian
C) Professor of history
D) Professor of English
E) none of the above
x. Which poem does Montag read to Mildred and her friends?
A) “The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock”
B) “Ode on a Grecian Urn”
C) “Dover Beach”
D) “The Flea”
E) none of the above
x. What colors are the firemen’s uniforms?
A) Blue and red
B) Black and orange
C) Yellow and gray
D) Orange and red
E) none of the above
x. What kind of liquor does Faber give Montag before he flees to the country?
A) Whiskey
B) Vodka
C) Rum
D) Gin
E) none of the above
x. How long a time period does the novel cover?
A) About two months
B) About a year
C) Three days
D) A little over three weeks
E) none of the above
x. What does Granger’s group do before heading for the city after the bombing?
A) Eat breakfast
B) Pray
C) Burn their books
D) Hold hands
E) none of the above
x. What does Montag follow to reach the Book People in the country?
A) The river and the railroad tracks
B) The river and the highway
C) The river and the cowpath
D) The artery tunnel and the highway
E) none of the above
x. What happens to the old woman whose house is burned by the firemen?
A) She refuses to leave and dies in the fire.
B) She is taken to a mental institution.
C) She is put in jail.
D) She disappears mysteriously.
25. In what city did Montag meet Mildred?
(A) The unspecified city in which the novel is set
(B) New York
(C) Philadelphia
(D) Chicago
5. Billy Pilgrim is from the town of
Ilium, New York
Athens, Georgia
Gomorrah, Maine
New York, New York
6. The name of Billy's hometown is an allusion to
the American Dream
the doomed city of Troy
the Old Testament story of Lot
the golden age of Greece
7. Billy believes he has been abducted by aliens from
Narnia
Trafalmadore
Mars
the Soviet Union
8. Billy travels through time because
he has a chip in his brain
he has become "unstuck in time"
he is an alien
he has a special machine
9. Billy's physicality could best be described as
tall and muscular
tall but strong
tall and weak
short and fat
10. Billy was trained to be a/an
paratrooper
anti-tank gunner
chaplain's assistant
scout
11. Billy first gets shipped to Europe in the middle of
the Battle of Britain
the Battle of Stalingrad
the Battle of the Bulge
the Normandy invasion
12. Wandering behind enemy lines, Billy falls in with
Bernard O'Hare and Kurt Vonnegut
two scouts and an anti-tank gunner
three scouts called the "Three Musketeers"
none of the above
13. Roland Weary could best be described as
a pacifist
a scrappy fighter who knows how to survive behind enemy lines
fat, stupid, and mean
a true and faithful friend
14. Roland imagines that he is
enemies with Billy, called "devil-child"
good friends with the scouts; they call themselves the "Three Musketeers"
Napoleon
a ninja warrior called Saboro
15. Billy and Roland are captured by
an all-female combat unit
German irregulars
SS troops
Russians
16. Roland dies of
gangrene in his feet
cancer
a bullet wound
electrocution
17. On the train, none of the men wants to sleep next to Billy because
he's black
he smells
he talks and kicks in his sleep
all of the above
18. Trafalmadorians experience time
backwards
all at once, with all things happening simultaneously
forwards, then backwards
backwards, then forwards
19. Billy's attitude toward everything that befalls him could best be described as
angry and violent
passive and accepting
resentful and defiant
happy and sad
20. Billy's father dies
in a hunting accident
at Normandy
at Auschwitz
from suicide
21. Billy eventually becomes a
optometrist
gynecologist
ambassador to China
Catholic priest
22. The Trafalmadorians put Billy in
a terrarium-like habitat made to look like an earthling's home
suspended animation
a dog kennel
an underwater habitat
23. In his habitat, Billy wears
nothing
a clown suit
his old military uniform
a business suit
24. Billy marries
Svetlana, a Russian girl
Kurt Vonnegut's sister, Clarice
Montana Wildhack, an alien princess
Valencia, the daughter of his optometry school's owner and founder
25. Paul Lazarro is
a former car thief who threatens to have people killed after the war
the pseudonym of Billy's alien kidnapper
an Italian doctor who help Billy to escape
a high school teacher from Ilium
1. Edgar Derby is
a former car thief who threatens to have people killed after the war
the pseudonym of Billy's alien kidnapper
an Italian doctor who help Billy to escape
a high school teacher who ends up being shot for taking a teapot
2. Billy's father
tries to teach him how to swim by throwing him into the pool
has a watch with a radium dial that glows in Carlsbad Caverns
both tries to teach him how to swim by throwing him into the pool and has a watch with a radium dial that glows in Carlsbad Caverns
converts to Christianity from Judaism
1: What position does Billy Pilgrim hold in the U.S. Army?
a. Cavalry
b. Scout
c. Chaplain's assistant
d. Infantry
2: According to the Tralfamadorians, out of 100 inhabited planets, only the people of Earth talk about what?
a. Free will
b. War
c. Revenge
d. Death
3: Who is in the bed next to Billy's during his stay in the mental wing of the veterans' hospital?
a. No one; he is alone.
b. Kilgore Trout
c. Eliot Rosewater
d. Paul Lazzaro
4: After the war, Billy begins a career as what?
a. A writer
b. A pilot
c. A chaplain
d. An optometrist
5: Who is Howard W. Campbell?
a. An English prisoner of war
b. An American prisoner of war
c. An American Nazi
d. A Red Cross representative
6: Who stands up to Howard W. Campbell?
a. Billy Pilgrim
b. Edgar Derby
c. Paul Lazzaro
d. Roland Weary
7: How does Billy's wife Valencia die?
a. Carbon monoxide poisoning
b. Airplane crash
c. Brain aneurysm
d. Heart attack
8: What was Montana Wildhack's profession on Earth?
a. Porn actress
b. Secretary
c. Dignitary
d. Optometrist
9: How does Edgar Derby die?
a. He is shot by German soldiers for plundering.
b. He is killed during the bombing of Dresden.
c. He is shot by an American fighter plane.
d. He dies of starvation.
10: Which character is described in this quotation: "He is in a constant state of stage fright . . . because he never knows what part of his life he is going to have to act in next."
a. Edgar Derby
b. Paul Lazzaro
c. Kilgore Trout
d. Billy Pilgrim
11: Billy is elected president of what Ilium, New York, organization?
a. Rotary Club
b. Lions Club
c. American Optometric Association
d. Association of Professional Chaplains
12: Who is the only character who takes Billy's talk about Tralfamadorians seriously?
a. Valencia Merdle Pilgrim
b. Bertram Rumfoord
c. Kilgore Trout
d. Eliot Rosewater
13: The verses from "Away in a Manger" in the novel's Epigraph create a connection between Billy Pilgrim and
a. the three wise men.
b. the Virgin Mary.
c. Jesus Christ.
d. cattle.
14: When Billy has his picture taken with German soldiers, what is the picture to be used for?
a. As a war souvenir for the German soldiers.
b. As Proof in his court martial.
c. As Proof that Billy was captured but is still alive.
d. For German propaganda.
15: Billy is kidnapped by Tralfamadorians on the night of what event?
a. The bombing of Dresden
b. His son's induction into the Green Berets
c. His father's funeral
d. His daughter's wedding
1. What do the Tralfamadorians resemble?
(A) Windshield wipers
(B) Toilet plungers
(C) Humans
(D) Golliwogs
2. Where is Billy Pilgrim from?
(A) Ilium, New York
(B) Ithaca, New York
(C) New York, New York
(D) Schenectady, New York
3. Of how many dimensions are Tralfamadorians aware?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
4. Who lends Billy his science-fiction books?
(A) Eliot Rosewater
(B) Howard J. Campbell, Jr.
(C) Bertram Copeland Rumfoord
(D) Kilgore Trout
6. Following which event is Billy taken prisoner?
(A) The bombing of Dresden
(B) The Battle of the Bulge
(C) The Children’s Crusade
(D) The Battle of Kursk
7. Why do the Tralfamadorians compare Billy to a bug trapped in amber?
(A) Because Billy is skinny like a bug
(B) Because Billy is trapped on Tralfamadore
(C) Because Billy has no control over his fate
(D) Because Billy’s mother’s birthstone is amber
8. Whom should one ask for when one is in Cody, Wyoming, according to the novel?
(A) Wild Bill Hickock
(B) Wild Bob
(C) Captain Safety
(D) Buffalo Bill Cody
9. In what city does Kurt Vonnegut work for General Electric?
(A) Indianapolis, Indiana
(B) Chicago, Illinois
(C) Iowa City, Iowa
(D) Schenectady, New York
10. How many children does Billy have with his wife?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) Four
11. Which of the following is the title of a Kilgore Trout novel?
(A) The Big Board
(B) Bluebeard
(C) The Clever Man and the Cutout
(D) Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt
12. What single event in the war makes Billy cry?
(A) The death of Roland Weary
(B) Tasting a spoonful of malt syrup
(C) The sight of crippled men walking with crutches
(D) The condition of the horses that pull the green wagon
13. In what year does Billy die?
(A) 1967
(B) 1968
(C) 1970
(D) 1976
14. Where do Billy and Valencia go on their honeymoon?
(A) Cape Cod, Massachusetts
(B) Cape Ann, Massachusetts
(C) Sugarbush Mountain, Vermont
(D) Niagara Falls
15. Where does the author show up at the POW camp?
(A) In the latrine
(B) In the hospital
(C) In the production of Cinderella
(D) In the shower room
16. What is Edgar Derby tried and executed for stealing?
(A) A diamond
(B) A clock in the shape of the Eiffel Tower
(C) A teapot
(D) A denture
17. Which of the following happens to Billy for the first time in Dresden?
(A) He gets kidnapped by aliens
(B) He comes unstuck in time
(C) He sees a naked woman
(D) He feels “animal magnetism”
18. Why did Valencia think that no one would marry her?
(A) Because her father is an optometrist
(B) Because she is shy
(C) Because all the eligible men were away at war
(D) Because she is fat
19. What does Billy’s doctor prescribe to help him sleep?
(A) Shock therapy
(B) A Magic Fingers vibrator
(C) Sleeping pills
(D) A vacation to Vermont
20. Why is it ironic that the Serenity Prayer hangs in Billy’s office?
(A) Because he is skeptical of religion and views the prayer as a farce
(B) Because he recovered it from the ashes of Dresden
(C) Because it suggests the possibility of improving the world, which Billy believes impossible
(D) Because it is a prayer for deliverance from evil, a concept that the novel undermines
21. How does Bertram Copeland Rumfoord respond to Billy’s claim that he was in Dresden at the time of the firebombing?
(A) He calls Billy a liar
(B) He asks Billy for proof
(C) He tries to change the subject
(D) He asks to interview Billy for the book he’s writing
22. What is inscribed in Montana Wildhack’s silver locket?
(A) The Serenity Prayer
(B) The Lord’s Prayer
(C) “Billy Pilgrim”
(D) “Tralfamadore”
23. In what format are Tralfamadorian books composed?
(A) They are all composed on tape in audio format
(B) They are all composed in small booklike computers that can change at will
(C) They are composed of short telegram-like groups of symbols separated by stars
(D) None. Tralfmadorians don’t read books
24. On which U.S. city does Billy say China will drop a hydrogen bomb in 1976?
(A) New York City
(B) Chicago
(C) Los Angeles
(D) Washington, D.C.
25. What question does Billy ask the aliens when he is abducted?
(A) “Where are we going?”
(B) “What is the meaning of life?”
(C) “How does the world end?”
(D) “Why me?”
. How do the Tralfamadorans make Billy climb the ladder?
A) They poke him with long sticks.
B) They ask him politely.
C) They threaten him with death.
D) They shoot a ray at him.
. How does Roland Weary die?
A) From gangrene in his feet
B) By shooting himself in the head
C) Killed by a German guard
D) Killed by the other prisoners
. Why did Billy, Paul, and Edgar have to go to the theater from the hospital?
a) To figure out how to built a new latrine
b) To see another performance of Cinderella
c) To help elect a leader for their group
d) To plan how to survive for the next month
1. Who is Bertram Rumfoord?
a) Billy Pilgrim's father-in-law
b) A professor and official Air Force Historian
c) Another survivor of the Dresden bombing
d) Another optometrist in the airplane crash
2. Who used to live in the room where Billy stays?
a) Truman Capote
b) George Jean Nathan
c) Alexander Woolcott
d) Dorothy Parker
3. Why does Billy return to Dresden after the war ends?
a) To find the body of Edgar Derby
b) To look for survivors
c) To look for souvenirs
d) To take a picture of his old home
1. Where does Billy work while he is in Dresden?
a) In a library
b) In a railroad station
c) In a factory
d) In a kitchen
2. Who, according to Campbell, would the Americans be fighting if they joined him?
a) American Communists
b) Jewish people
c) Russian Communists
d) Nazi Socialists
3. What does Campbell offer the prisoners if they join the Nazis?
a) Freedom
b) Power
c) Glory
d) Food
4. What present does Billy give his wife at their eighteenth wedding anniversary?
a) Diamond earrings
b) A sapphire necklace
c) A cocktail ring
d) A tennis bracelet
1. What complaint is Billy's doctor trying to relieve?
a) It takes Billy hours to fall asleep at night.
b) Billy is unable to focus on his work.
c) Billy has no appetite and has lost too much weight.
d) Billy finds himself weeping for no reason.
2. What does the Marine major tell Billy at the Lion's Club?
a) Billy should not have allowed himself to be captured.
b) Billy should be proud of his son for joining the Green Berets.
c) Billy was a great soldier and should be proud of that.
d) Chaplains are silly and unnecessary in the army.
1. What is Billy's position in the war?
a) Corporal in Support Services
b) Second lieutenant
c) Private in the Infantry
d) Chaplain's assistant
1. How many novels has Kilgore Trout written?
a) At least seventy-five
b) Three hundred
c) Twenty-five
d) Two dozen
2. Why was Trout so surprised to meet Billy?
a) He had never met a fan before.
b) He learned that he needed glasses.
c) He had never met an optometrist before.
d) He had heard about Billy from friends.
3. What do the American pilots do when they see the prisoners of war walking through Dresden after the bombing?
a) Drop packages of food
b) Drop leaflets about freedom
c) Fire bullets at them
d) Stop to rescue them
2. By the time they reach Luxembourg, Roland Weary is reduced to wearing. . .
a) handcuffs on his wrists.
b) a blanket instead of a coat.
c) clogs instead of boots.
d) his hair in a ponytail.
2. This took place in:
a) Rome
b) Dresden
c) Munich
d) Paris
3. Where in the city are the prisoners of war kept during the bombing?
a) In a slaughterhouse
b) In an empty school
c) In a baby food factory
d) In a deserted zoo
1. How does Roland Weary die?
a) By shooting himself in the head
b) Killed by a German guard
c) Killed by the other prisoners
d) From gangrene in his feet
2. What does Billy's doctor advise him to do every day?
a) Take a long walk
b) Pray
c) Take a nap
d) Take anti-depressants
3. Who promises to avenge Roland?
a) Edgar Derby
b) The Three Musketeers
c) Paul Lazzaro
d) Billy Pilgrim
Read the following passage carefully before you choose your answers.
PETER STOCKMANN: To my mind the whole thing only seems to mean that you are seeking another outlet for your combativeness. You want to pick a quarrel with your superiors—an old habit of yours. You cannot put up with any authority over you. You look askance at anyone who occupies a superior official position; you regard him as a personal enemy, and then any stick is good enough to beat him with. But now I have called your attention to the fact that the town's interests are at stake—and, incidentally, my own too. And therefore, I must tell you, Thomas, that you will find me inexorable with regard to what I am about to require you to do.
DR. STOCKMANN: And what is that?
PETER STOCKMANN: As you have been so indiscreet as to speak of this delicate matter to outsiders, despite the fact that you ought to have treated it as entirely official and confidential, it is obviously impossible to hush it up now. All sorts of rumours will get about directly, and everybody who has a grudge against us will take care to embellish these rumours. So it will be necessary for you to refute them publicly.
DR. STOCKMANN: I! How? I don't understand.
PETER STOCKMANN: What we shall expect is that, after making further investigations, you will come to the conclusion that the matter is not by any means as dangerous or as critical as you imagined in the first instance.
DR. STOCKMANN: Oho!—so that is what you expect!
30. One can infer from the dialogue between Peter Stockmann and Dr. Stockmann that their relationships is
A) friendly
B) adversarial
C) conspiratorial
D) familial
E) neutral
31. Which of the following is a metaphor used by Peter Stockmann when speaking to Dr. Stockmann?
A) “put up with any authority over you”
B) “any stick is good enough to beat him with”
C) “the town's interests are at stake”
D) “so indiscreet as to speak of this delicate matter”
E) “rumors will get about directly”
32. In context, the word “directly” most closely means which of the following?
A) “in a straightforward manner”
B) “constantly”
C) “to many different people”
D) “maliciously”
E) “soon”
33. The tone of the last line is best described as
A) sarcastic
B) enthusiastic
C) didactic
D) melodramatic
E) mysterious
34. The tone of the line, “As you have been so indiscreet as to speak of the delicate matter to outsiders,” can best be described as
A) ambiguous
B) benevolent
C) amused
D) disdainful
E) understanding
B
B
E
A
D
A
ANTICIPATION GUIDE
1. No one is born evil. We are born good and pure, but society corrupts us.
2. When people are alienated (feel they are different and do not belong to a group), they will try to make other people suffer.
3. Revenge is always destructive, for both those targeted and those pursuing it.
FRANKENSTEIN QUIZ
FRANKENSTEIN
1. Robert Walton is a
A) doctor.
B) scientist.
C) sea captain.
D) merchant.
E) none of the above
2. Walton's goal on his expedition is to
A) find the creature.
B) find a new country.
C) find gold.
D) find a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific.
E) none of the above
3. To whom does Walton address his letters?
A) Victor Frankenstein
B) Margaret Saville
C) Elizabeth Lavenza
D) Justine Moritz
E) none of the above
4. Walton narrates the story and writes letters to
A) his mother.
B) his sister.
C) his fiancee.
D) his aunt.
E) none of the above
5. Where does the expedition find Victor Frankenstein?
A) at the bottom of the ship, stowing away
B) in a cave
C) on a floating piece of ice in the ocean
D) in a lifeboat
E) none of the above
6. Who is Beaufort?
A) Victor's grandfather
B) The father of Caroline
C) The dear departed friend of Victor's father
D) All of the above
E) none of the above
7. The marriage between Victor's parents comes about after
A) the move to Switzerland.
B) the death of Beaufort.
C) the departure of Wallace.
D) the birth of Victor.
E) none of the above
8. Who is Elizabeth Lavenza?
A) a girl taken in by an Italian peasant family
B) both the adopted daughter of the Frankensteins and a girl taken in by an Italian peasant family
C) a serving girl
D) the adopted daughter of the Frankensteins
E) none of the above
9. The Frankensteins’ family home is in
A) Luxembourg.
B) Geneva.
C) Chamounix.
D) Ingolstadt.
E) none of the above
10. Henry Clerval is
A) a merchant.
B) a relative of the Frankenstein family.
C) Victor's closest childhood friend.
D) a professor.
E) none of the above.
11. Victor's initial interest in science is sparked at age 13 when he reads
A) the works of Cornelius Agrippa.
B) the works of Plato.
C) the works of Galileo.
D) the works of da Vinci.
E) none of the above
12. Which of the following is not one of the alchemists whom Victor studies in his adolescence?
A) Cornelius Agrippa
B) Lucretius
C) Albertus Magnus
D) Paracelsus
E) none of the above
13. What event introduces Victor to the study of electricity and galvanism?
A) discussion with his father
B) his reading of Cornelius Agrippa, Albert Magnus, and Paracelsus’ theories
C) a conversation with Clerval
D) a violent thunderstorm and subsequent conversation with a famous researcher
E) none of the above
14. Victor Frankenstein attends university in
A) Germany.
B) Geneva.
C) Edinburgh.
D) Paris.
E) none of the above
15. At the University in Ingolstadt, Victor becomes interested in
A) chemistry.
B) the elixir of life.
C) both chemistry and the elixir of life.
D) neither A nor B
16. What is the name of the professor at Ingolstadt who first teaches Victor the methods of modern science?
A) Krempe
B) Clerval
C) Waldman
D) Beaufort
E) all of the above
17. What causes Victor to change his negative opinions toward modern chemists?
A) M. Krempe shows enthusiasm for Victor’s new program of studies.
B) M. Waldman lectures on the state of modern science.
C) Like old masters of science, modern chemists search for the elixir of life.
D) At Ingolstadt, Victor meets students who introduce him to the extraordinary developments achieved by modern chemists.
E) none of the above
18. Caroline succumbs to
A) diptheria
B) scarlet fever.
C) chicken pox
D) polio
E) none of the above
19. Caroline dies peacefully with the assurance of
A) a union between Elizabeth and William.
B) a union between Victor and Justine.
C) a union between Ernest and Elizabeth.
D) a union between Victor and Elizabeth.
E) none of the above
20. Ultimately, Victor's schooling results in his obsession for
A) knowledge.
B) supernatural.
C) money.
D) power.
E) none of the above
21. Armed with scientific knowledge, Victor decides upon the artificial creation of
A) a human.
B) a robot.
C) a monster.
D) an animal.
E) none of the above
22. How often does Victor visit his family while in school?
A) Rarely
B) Occasionally
C) Frequently
D) Never
E) none of the above
23. After Victor animates his creation, he
A) meets Clerval the next morning.
B) runs away.
C) tries to hide.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
24. Who helps Victor produce the creature?
A) Henry
B) Alphonse
C) Igor
D) Waldman
E) none of the above
25. Who takes care of Victor when he falls ill after creating the creature?
A) Elizabeth
B) Henry
C) Alphonse
D) M. Waldman
E) none of the above
26. Who is William?
A) a child
B) Victor Frankenstein's younger brother
C) one of the creature's murder victims
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
27. Victor and Henry learn of William's death via
A) letter.
B) telegram.
C) express messenger.
D) premonition.
E) none of the above
28. Why is Justine accused of William's murder?
A) She confessed her guilt
B) She was framed.
C) The picture of Caroline was found in her dress
D) B & C
E) none of the above
29. After Justine's condemnation, in order to mitigate his guilt and sadness, Victor
A) starts a new experiment.
B) spends time with his family.
C) wanders the mountains and valleys.
D) returns to Ingolstadt.
E) none of the above
30. When Victor meets up with his creation in the mountains, how much time has passed?
A) four years
B) three years
C) a year
D) two years
E) none of the above
31. Henry Clerval might best be described as
A) practical and intelligent
B) cold and calculating
C) passionate and romantic.
D) insensitive and callous
E) none of the above
32. Why does Victor remain in the creature's ice cave to hear his tale?
A) It is too cold outside.
B) He cannot find his way home.
C) He hopes to hear that the creature was not responsible for William's death.
D) He is scared to leave.
E) none of the above
33. After being abandoned by his maker, the creature initially subsists on
A) small animals.
B) roots and berries.
C) stolen food.
D) tree bark.
E) none of the above
34. Who is convicted of the murder of William?
A) Alphonse Frankenstein
B) Victor Frankenstein
C) Justine Moritz
D) Frankenstein’s monster
E) none of the above
35. Who is accused of the murder of Henry Clerval?
A) Victor Frankenstein
B) Robert Walton
C) Frankenstein’s monster
D) Justine Moritz
E) none of the above
36. To whom is Victor taken after Henry is murdered?
A) M. Kempe
B) His father
C) Professor Waldman
D) Mr. Kirwin
E) none of the above
37. What is the name of the professor at Ingolstadt who first teaches Victor the methods of modern science?
A) Krempe
B) Clerval
C) Waldman
D) Beaufort
E) none of the above
38. With what is Walton obsessed?
A) creating life
B) reaching the North Pole
C) finding a passage to the East
D) discovering the source of the Earth’s magnetism
E) all of the above
39. Where does Victor first have a conversation with his creature?
A) in Victor’s apartment in Ingolstadt
B) in a field outside of Geneva
C) on a desolate island off Scotland
D) on a glacier near Montanvert, France
E) none of the above
40. How does the creature learn to speak?
A) by listening to Felix teach Safie his language
B) by reading Victor’s journal of his creation of the creature
C) by learning from Victor
D) he doesn’t; he is born knowing how to speak.
E) none of the above
41. To which character(s) in Paradise Lost does the creature compare himself?
A) Adam and Eve
B) Satan
C) Adam
D) Adam and Satan
E) none of the above
42. What does the creature think causes Felix, Agatha, and De Lacey to be unhappy?
A) the death of De Lacey’s wife
B) the loss of Safie
C) poverty
D) his own presence
E) all of the above
43. Why are Felix, Agatha, and De Lacey so poor?
A) They were born poor.
B) Safie’s father stripped them of their fortune.
C) The French court took their fortune and exiled them from France for helping Safie’s father escape from prison.
D) Felix spent the family’s money courting Safie.
E) none of the above
44. What is the creature’s reward for saving a girl from drowning?
A) He is shot.
B) He is given a meal and a room and place to stay.
C) He is beaten and chased away.
D) He is cursed and ignored.
E) none of the above
45. Who are the creature’s first two victims?
A) Father DeLacey and William
B) William and a little girl in the forest
C) William and Justine
D) William and Felix
E) none of the above
46. What does the creature want Victor to do to heal his loneliness?
A) create a female monster to be his companion
B) accept him into his family
C) destroy him
D) work to make him appear less hideous
E) none of the above
47. Why does Victor accompany Henry Clerval on a voyage to England and Scotland?
A) for entertainment
B) to track down and destroy the creature
C) to work on creating a female creature
D) to study science
E) none of the above
48. Why does Victor destroy the nearly finished female creature?
A) He cannot find enough parts to finish the project.
B) Clerval returns unexpectedly from Scotland, and Victor does not have enough time to finish.
C) Victor imagines the creature and his mate producing a race of monsters.
D) Victor receives a letter from Elizabeth asking him to return immediately to Geneva.
E) none of the above
49. How does Victor react to seeing Henry’s corpse?
A) He has no reaction.
B) He denies that he is the murderer.
C) He cries.
D) He falls into a long, feverish illness.
E) none of the above
50. The creature becomes enraged at Victor for breaking his promise, and at the prospect of his own continued solitude. He curses and vows revenge, then departs, swearing that he will be with Victor on
A) his birthday.
B) his honeymoon.
C) his return to Geneva.
D) his wedding night.
E) none of the above
51. Who summons Victor’s father from Switzerland to visit Victor in prison?
A) A nurse who is taking care of Victor while he is sick
B) Mr. Kirwin, an old and benevolent magistrate
C) Daniel Nugent, a fisherman who appears as a witness
D) Elizabeth
E) none of the above
52. What do Elizabeth and Alphonse assume is the source of Victor’s unhappiness?
A) disappointment in his studies at Ingolstadt
B) guilt about creating a monster
C) grief over the death of Beaufort
D) lack of desire to marry Elizabeth
E) none of the above
53. Why doesn’t Victor protect his wife, Elizabeth, from the creature’s attack on the night of their wedding?
A) He does not think that the creature will come.
B) He thinks that Elizabeth can protect herself.
C) He misunderstands the creature’s warning.
D) He doesn’t love Elizabeth anymore.
E) none of the above
54. Where does Victor follow the creature?
A) on a deserted island in Scotland
B) through Europe
C) into Russia and the polar regions
D) to Africa
E) none of the above
55. What does Walton do after Victor dies?
A) He continues toward the North Pole.
B) He remains stuck in the Arctic ice.
C) He returns to England.
D) He pursues Frankenstein’s monster.
E) none of the above
56. Why does Victor tell Walton his story?
A) He wants Walton to write and publish his unusual story in England.
B) He recognizes that he shares with Walton the same fascination with forbidden knowledge.
C) He considers Walton a brother.
D) He wants Walton to pursue the creature and punish him.
E) none of the above
57. Who says the following: “But it is true that I am a wretch. I have murdered the lovely and the helpless; I have strangled the innocent as they slept, and grasped to death his throat who never injured me or any other living thing.”
A) Henry Clerval
D) the creature
C) Victor Frankenstein
D) Robert Walton
E) none of the above
58. Who says the following: “Think not Walton, that in the last moments of my existence I feel the burning hatred, and ardent desire of revenge, I once expressed, but I feel myself justified in desiring the death of my adversary.”
A) the creature
B) Victor Frankenstein
C) Felix
D) Elizabeth Lavenza
E) none of the above
59. Who says the following: “If the multitude of mankind knew of my existence, they would so as you do, and arm themselves for my destruction. Shall I not then hate them who abhor me?”
A) Victor Frankenstein
B) Robert Walton
C) the creature
D) Henry Clerval
E) none of the above
60. Who says the following: “I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight.”
A) Victor Frankenstein
B) Robert Walton
C) the creature
D) Henry Clerval
E) none of the above
61. Identify the speaker: “I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly and exult in the agony of the torturing flames.”
A) Victor Frankenstein
B) Robert Walton
C) the creature
D) Henry Clerval
E) none of the above
62. Identify the speaker: “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me.”
A) Victor Frankenstein
B) Robert Walton
C) the creature
D) Henry Clerval
E) none of the above
FRANKENSTEIN QUIZ KEY
1. Robert Walton is a
A) doctor.
B) scientist.
C) sea captain.*
D) merchant.
E) none of the above
2. Walton's goal on his expedition is to
A) find the creature.
B) find a new country.
C) find gold.
D) find a passage between the Atlantic and Pacific.*
E) none of the above
3. To whom does Walton address his letters?
A) Victor Frankenstein
B) Margaret Saville*
C) Elizabeth Lavenza
D) Justine Moritz
E) none of the above
4. Walton narrates the story and writes letters to
A) his mother.
B) his sister.*
C) his fiancee.
D) his aunt.
E) none of the above
5. Where does the expedition find Victor Frankenstein?
A) at the bottom of the ship, stowing away
B) in a cave
C) on a floating piece of ice in the ocean*
D) in a lifeboat
E) none of the above
6. Who is Beaufort?
A) Victor's grandfather
B) The father of Caroline
C) The dear departed friend of Victor's father
D) All of the above*
E) none of the above
7. The marriage between Victor's parents comes about after
A) the move to Switzerland.
B) the death of Beaufort.*
C) the departure of Wallace.
D) the birth of Victor.
E) none of the above
8. Who is Elizabeth Lavenza?
A) a girl taken in by an Italian peasant family
B) both the adopted daughter of the Frankensteins and a girl taken in by an Italian peasant family*
C) a serving girl
D) the adopted daughter of the Frankensteins
E) none of the above
9. The Frankensteins’ family home is in
A) Luxembourg.
B) Geneva.*
C) Chamounix.
D) Ingolstadt.
E) none of the above
10. Henry Clerval is
A) a merchant.
B) a relative of the Frankenstein family.
C) Victor's closest childhood friend.*
D) a professor.
E) none of the above.
11. Victor's initial interest in science is sparked at age 13 when he reads
A) the works of Cornelius Agrippa.*
B) the works of Plato.
C) the works of Galileo.
D) the works of da Vinci.
E) none of the above
12. Which of the following is not one of the alchemists whom Victor studies in his adolescence?
A) Cornelius Agrippa
B) Lucretius*
C) Albertus Magnus
D) Paracelsus
E) none of the above
13. What event introduces Victor to the study of electricity and galvanism?
A) discussion with his father
B) his reading of Cornelius Agrippa, Albert Magnus, and Paracelsus’ theories
C) a conversation with Clerval
D) a violent thunderstorm and subsequent conversation with a famous researcher*
E) none of the above
14. Victor Frankenstein attends university in
A) Germany.*
B) Geneva.
C) Edinburgh.
D) Paris.
E) none of the above
15. At the University in Ingolstadt, Victor becomes interested in
A) chemistry.
B) the elixir of life.
C) both chemistry and the elixir of life.*
D) neither A nor B
16. What is the name of the professor at Ingolstadt who first teaches Victor the methods of modern science?
A) Krempe
B) Clerval
C) Waldman*
D) Beaufort
E) all of the above
17. What causes Victor to change his negative opinions toward modern chemists?
A) M. Krempe shows enthusiasm for Victor’s new program of studies.
B) M. Waldman lectures on the state of modern science.*
C) Like old masters of science, modern chemists search for the elixir of life.
D) At Ingolstadt, Victor meets students who introduce him to the extraordinary developments achieved by modern chemists.
E) none of the above
18. Caroline succumbs to
A) diptheria
B) scarlet fever.*
C) chicken pox
D) polio
E) none of the above
19. Caroline dies peacefully with the assurance of
A) a union between Elizabeth and William.
B) a union between Victor and Justine.
C) a union between Ernest and Elizabeth.
D) a union between Victor and Elizabeth.*
E) none of the above
20. Ultimately, Victor's schooling results in his obsession for
A) knowledge.*
B) supernatural.
C) money.
D) power.
E) none of the above
21. Armed with scientific knowledge, Victor decides upon the artificial creation of
A) a human.*
B) a robot.
C) a monster.
D) an animal.
E) none of the above
22. How often does Victor visit his family while in school?
A) Rarely
B) Occasionally
C) Frequently
D) Never*
E) none of the above
23. After Victor animates his creation, he
A) meets Clerval the next morning.
B) runs away.
C) tries to hide.
D) all of the above*
E) none of the above
24. Who helps Victor produce the creature?
A) Henry
B) Alphonse
C) Igor
D) Waldman
E) none of the above*
25. Who takes care of Victor when he falls ill after creating the creature?
A) Elizabeth
B) Henry*
C) Alphonse
D) M. Waldman
E) none of the above
26. Who is William?
A) a child
B) Victor Frankenstein's younger brother
C) one of the creature's murder victims*
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
27. Victor and Henry learn of William's death via
A) letter.*
B) telegram.
C) express messenger.
D) premonition.
E) none of the above
28. Why is Justine accused of William's murder?
A) She confessed her guilt
B) She was framed.
C) The picture of Caroline was found in her dress
D) B & C*
E) none of the above
29. After Justine's condemnation, in order to mitigate his guilt and sadness, Victor
A) starts a new experiment.
B) spends time with his family.
C) wanders the mountains and valleys.*
D) returns to Ingolstadt.
E) none of the above
30. When Victor meets up with his creation in the mountains, how much time has passed?
A) four years
B) three years
C) a year
D) two years*
E) none of the above
31. Henry Clerval might best be described as
A) practical and intelligent
B) cold and calculating
C) passionate and romantic.*
D) insensitive and callous
E) none of the above
32. Why does Victor remain in the creature's ice cave to hear his tale?
A) It is too cold outside.
B) He cannot find his way home.
C) He hopes to hear that the creature was not responsible for William's death.*
D) He is scared to leave.
E) none of the above
33. After being abandoned by his maker, the creature initially subsists on
A) small animals.
B) roots and berries.
C) stolen food.*
D) tree bark.
E) none of the above
34. Who is convicted of the murder of William?
A) Alphonse Frankenstein
B) Victor Frankenstein
C) Justine Moritz*
D) Frankenstein’s monster
E) none of the above
35. Who is accused of the murder of Henry Clerval?
A) Victor Frankenstein*
B) Robert Walton
C) Frankenstein’s monster
D) Justine Moritz
E) none of the above
36. To whom is Victor taken after Henry is murdered?
A) M. Kempe
B) His father
C) Professor Waldman
D) Mr. Kirwin*
E) none of the above
37. What is the name of the professor at Ingolstadt who first teaches Victor the methods of modern science?
A) Krempe
B) Clerval
C) Waldman*
D) Beaufort
E) none of the above
38. With what is Walton obsessed?
A) creating life
B) reaching the North Pole*
C) finding a passage to the East
D) discovering the source of the Earth’s magnetism
E) all of the above
39. Where does Victor first have a conversation with his creature?
A) in Victor’s apartment in Ingolstadt
B) in a field outside of Geneva
C) on a desolate island off Scotland
D) on a glacier near Montanvert, France*
E) none of the above
40. How does the creature learn to speak?
A) by listening to Felix teach Safie his language*
B) by reading Victor’s journal of his creation of the creature
C) by learning from Victor
D) he doesn’t; he is born knowing how to speak.
E) none of the above
41. To which character(s) in Paradise Lost does the creature compare himself?
A) Adam and Eve
B) Satan
C) Adam
D) Adam and Satan*
E) none of the above
42. What does the creature think causes Felix, Agatha, and De Lacey to be unhappy?
A) the death of De Lacey’s wife
B) the loss of Safie
C) poverty*
D) his own presence
E) all of the above
43. Why are Felix, Agatha, and De Lacey so poor?
A) They were born poor.
B) Safie’s father stripped them of their fortune.
C) The French court took their fortune and exiled them from France for helping Safie’s father escape from prison.*
D) Felix spent the family’s money courting Safie.
E) none of the above
44. What is the creature’s reward for saving a girl from drowning?
A) He is shot.*
B) He is given a meal and a room and place to stay.
C) He is beaten and chased away.
D) He is cursed and ignored.
E) none of the above
45. Who are the creature’s first two victims?
A) Father DeLacey and William
B) William and a little girl in the forest
C) William and Justine
D) William and Felix
E) none of the above
46. What does the creature want Victor to do to heal his loneliness?
A) create a female monster to be his companion*
B) accept him into his family
C) destroy him
D) work to make him appear less hideous
E) none of the above
47. Why does Victor accompany Henry Clerval on a voyage to England and Scotland?
A) for entertainment
B) to track down and destroy the creature
C) to work on creating a female creature*
D) to study science
E) none of the above
48. Why does Victor destroy the nearly finished female creature?
A) He cannot find enough parts to finish the project.
B) Clerval returns unexpectedly from Scotland, and Victor does not have enough time to finish.
C) Victor imagines the creature and his mate producing a race of monsters.*
D) Victor receives a letter from Elizabeth asking him to return immediately to Geneva.
E) none of the above
49. How does Victor react to seeing Henry’s corpse?
A) He has no reaction.
B) He denies that he is the murderer.
C) He cries.
D) He falls into a long, feverish illness.*
E) none of the above
50. The creature becomes enraged at Victor for breaking his promise, and at the prospect of his own continued solitude. He curses and vows revenge, then departs, swearing that he will be with Victor on
A) his birthday.
B) his honeymoon.
C) his return to Geneva.
D) his wedding night.*
E) none of the above
51. Who summons Victor’s father from Switzerland to visit Victor in prison?
A) A nurse who is taking care of Victor while he is sick
B) Mr. Kirwin, an old and benevolent magistrate*
C) Daniel Nugent, a fisherman who appears as a witness
D) Elizabeth
E) none of the above
52. What do Elizabeth and Alphonse assume is the source of Victor’s unhappiness?
A) disappointment in his studies at Ingolstadt
B) guilt about creating a monster
C) grief over the death of Beaufort
D) lack of desire to marry Elizabeth*
E) none of the above
53. Why doesn’t Victor protect his wife, Elizabeth, from the creature’s attack on the night of their wedding?
A) He does not think that the creature will come.
B) He thinks that Elizabeth can protect herself.
C) He misunderstands the creature’s warning.*
D) He doesn’t love Elizabeth anymore.
E) none of the above
54. Where does Victor follow the creature?
A) on a deserted island in Scotland
B) through Europe
C) into Russia and the polar regions*
D) to Africa
E) none of the above
55. What does Walton do after Victor dies?
A) He continues toward the North Pole.
B) He remains stuck in the Arctic ice.
C) He returns to England.*
D) He pursues Frankenstein’s monster.
E) none of the above
56. Why does Victor tell Walton his story?
A) He wants Walton to write and publish his unusual story in England.
B) He recognizes that he shares with Walton the same fascination with forbidden knowledge.*
C) He considers Walton a brother.
D) He wants Walton to pursue the creature and punish him.
E) none of the above
57. Who says the following: “But it is true that I am a wretch. I have murdered the lovely and the helpless; I have strangled the innocent as they slept, and grasped to death his throat who never injured me or any other living thing.”
A) Henry Clerval
D) the creature*
C) Victor Frankenstein
D) Robert Walton
E) none of the above
58. Who says the following: “Think not Walton, that in the last moments of my existence I feel the burning hatred, and ardent desire of revenge, I once expressed, but I feel myself justified in desiring the death of my adversary.”
A) the creature
B) Victor Frankenstein*
C) Felix
D) Elizabeth Lavenza
E) none of the above
59. Who says the following: “If the multitude of mankind knew of my existence, they would so as you do, and arm themselves for my destruction. Shall I not then hate them who abhor me?”
A) Victor Frankenstein
B) Robert Walton
C) the creature*
D) Henry Clerval
E) none of the above
60. Who says the following: “I try in vain to be persuaded that the pole is the seat of frost and desolation; it ever presents itself to my imagination as the region of beauty and delight.”
A) Victor Frankenstein
B) Robert Walton*
C) the creature
D) Henry Clerval
E) none of the above
61. Identify the speaker: “I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly and exult in the agony of the torturing flames.”
A) Victor Frankenstein
B) Robert Walton
C) the creature*
D) Henry Clerval
E) none of the above
62. Identify the speaker: “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me.”
A) Victor Frankenstein*
B) Robert Walton
C) the creature
D) Henry Clerval
E) none of the above
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41. What book does Felix use to teach Safie French?
A) Milton’s Paradise Lost
B) Goethe’s Sorrows of Werter
C) Voney’s Ruins of Empires
D) Plutarch’s Lives
E) none of the above
How old is Walton at the beginning of the story?
A) 28
B) 34
C) 21
D) 40
E) none of the above
Why doesn’t the Russian sailor marry the woman he loves?
A) He is poor and cannot afford to marry a rich lady.
B) Her father wants her to marry another man.
C) She is in love with another man.
D) She does not want to marry the sailor.
E) none of the above
50. Which of the following books is not one of those read by the creature?
A) Paradise Lost
B) The Sorrows of Werter
C) Plutarch’s Lives
D) The Inferno*
E) none of the above
21. The creature's chance encounter with William in the forest might be described as
A) poetic justice
B) irony
C) both poetic justice and Irony
D) the ends justify the means
E) none of the above
29. The relationship between Victor and the creature can be likened to that between
A) God and Adam.*
B) Cain and Abel.
C) Jacob and Rachel.
D) Esau and Jacob.
E) none of the above
NIGHT
Night was written by
A) Anne Frank
B) Elie Wiesel
C) Markus Zusak
D) Thomas Keneally
E) none of the above
Moshe the Beadle warns the Sighet Jews that Nazi aggressors will soon threaten the serenity of their lives, but Elie and the other villagers
A) believe that he is trying to scare them
B) conclude that he has lost his mind
C) simply ignore him
D) do not trust the authenticity of his eyewitness account
E) none of the above
What does a German decree require Jews to wear to identify themselves?
A) A yellow cloth star, to symbolize the Star of David
B) Badly fitting prison clothes
C) The traditional Jewish yarmulke
D) Phylacteries
E) none of the above
According to Elie, who forsakes the prisoners?
A) God
B) They forsake each other.
C) Their fellow countrymen
D) The Kapo
E) none of the above
What town do Eliezer and his family come from?
A) Gleiwitz
B) Sighet
C) Haifa
D) Budapest
E) none of the above
ONE FLEW OF THE CUCKOO'S NEST
1. Who are the “black boys”?
A) The morning cleaning crew
B) Doctors
C) The afternoon entertainment
D) Patients
2. What is another name for the Bromden?
A) Billy
B) Chief Broom
C) McMurphy
D) Big Nurse
3. When does the novel begin?
A) Friday
B) Wednesday
C) Monday
D) Tuesday
4. Who is the newest admission to the ward?
A) McMurphy
B) Cheswick
C) Billy Bibbit
D) Harding
5. Which character has been a patient on the ward the longest?
A) Chief Bromden
B) R.P. McMurphy
C) Colonel Matterson
D) Cheswick
E) Harding
6. Who is the narrator of the novel?
A) Big George
B) Randle McMurphy
C) Chief Bromden
D) Billy Bibbit
7. McMurphy is a war hero who
A) Led a group of escapees from a Korean War prison camp
B) Commanded a submarine during World War II
C) Led a successful raid against a North Vietnamese ammunitions dump in the Vietnam War
D) Drove an ambulance in the Vietnam War
8. To what has McMurphy dedicated his life, according to him?
A) Poker
B) Booze
C) Religion
D) Women
E) Fighting
9. What does the Chief call the huge conspiracy that controls everything?
A) The Combine
B) The Black Iron Prison
C) The Man
D) The Conspiracy
10. Why does Chief Bromden fakes muteness and deafness?
A) It enables him to spy on Nurse Ratched
B) He has grown accustomed to being ignored
C) He fears language cannot accurately convey human thoughts
D) He likes the drugs that they give him for it
11. Bromden reminisces often about which river?
A) Allegheny
B) Mississippi
C) Columbia
D) Oregon
E) Colorado
12. What is Nurse Ratched’s only inconsistent physical trait?
A) Her large breasts
B) Her smooth skin
C) Her orange nail polish
D) Her full lips
13. What criterion does Nurse Ratched use to determine who works on her ward?
A) Physical size
B) Fear
C) Cruelty
D) Anger
14. What is the reward for snitching on a fellow patient?
A) Sleeping late
B) An extra pack of cigarettes
C) An Accompanied Pass
D) Skipping the Group Meeting
15. Who are those who still have hope of being cured in the mental hospital?
A) Acutes
B) Chronics
C) No one
D) Disturbed
16. Harding and McMurphy banter to decide who the biggest ______________ is in the hospital.
A) Mess
B) Bull goose loony
C) Coward
D) Jerk
17. What is main subject during the first therapy session?
A) Martini’s gambling
B) Taber skipping medication
C) Harding’s problems with his wife
D) Billy and his mother
18. To what does Harding compare the patients?
A) Chickens at a pecking party
B) Rabbits
C) Cows at a slaughterhouse
D) Sheep
19. Which bet does McMurphy not make with the other patients?
A) He bets that he can get Nurse Ratched to show some sign of weakness within a week.
B) He bets that a person can move the control panel in the tub room.
C) He bets that he can get Chief Bromden to speak.
D) He bets that he can hit the clock with a dab of butter.
20. What is McMurphy’s first complaint to Nurse Ratched?
A) That the bathrooms are dirty
B) That the music is played too loudly
C) That he has no privacy
D) That he cannot smoke the cigarettes he bought
21. Why does McMurphy request that Nurse Ratched change the men’s schedule?
A) So they can go on a deep-sea fishing trip
B) So they can listen to their choice of music in the ward
C) So they can listen to the Super Bowl on the radio
D) So they can watch the World Series on television
22. Who finally raises their hand to help make for a majority?
A) A chronic
B) Chief Bromden
C) Nurse Ratched
D) Pete
23. What is McMurphy’s excuse for breaking through the glass of the Nurses’ Station?
A) The glass was so clean he did not see it
B) Voices in his head told him to
C) The patients bet him he would not do it
D) He tripped
24. Why does Nurse Ratched usually not respond harshly to McMurphy’s rebellion against her?
A) She knows that she ultimately controls his fate and can determine his release.
B) She is intimidated by McMurphy and can only respond through indirect means.
C) She knows that she can send McMurphy to another ward whenever he becomes too problematic.
D) She is secretly planning to lobotomize McMurphy.
25. Who tells McMurphy that Nurse Ratched determines when he leaves the institution?
A) Geever
B) A Lifeguard
C) Washington
D) Dale Harding
26. What does McMurphy do as a result of the swimming trip?
A) Chokes Nurse Ratched
B) Tries to escape
C) Becomes even louder and more obnoxious
D) Stops being loud and rebellious
27. How does Charles Cheswick die?
A) He falls off the boat during the fishing trip and drowns
B) He drowns in the hospital swimming pool
C) He receives too many electroshock treatments
D) He has an epileptic seizure
28. Who commits suicide by cutting off his own testicles?
A) Rawler
B) Harding
C) Bromden
D) Bibbit
29. What is another name the patients have for EST?
A) Electric Delight
B) Quiet Buzz
C) Shock Shop
D) Brain Meltdown
30. McMurphy believes that electroshock treatment is
A) making the fog thicker.
B) making the fog thinner.
C) charging his battery.
D) making him weaker.
E) a total “trip.”
31. Why does Doctor Spivey drive the patients and accompany them on the fishing trip?
A) It is hospital policy to have a member of the staff accompany, and Ratched refuses to go
B) The original driver, Sandy, does not show up
C) Spivey is a former fisherman who insists he can show McMurphy how it is done
D) He loses a bet to McMurphy and has no choice
32. Which character, a former seaman, captains the fishing boat?
A) Colonel Matterson
B) George Sorensen
C) Doctor Spivey
D) Dale Harding
33. Why is Billy Bibbit in the hospital?
A) He is afraid of the opposite sex
B) He has attempted suicide
C) He has threatened a doctor
D) He thinks he is famous
34. Since almost all the Acutes are voluntarily there, why don't they leave as soon as they are dissatisfied?
A) They want to prove they’re tough enough to remain.
B) They don’t even realize there is an outside world.
C) They truly enjoy it at the ward.
D) They are afraid of the outside world.
E) They cannot leave due to state regulations.
35. Who else does Nurse Ratched count in the vote that makes the current vote NOT in favor of the World Series?
A) The black boys
B) The Disturbed patients
C) The nurses
D) The Chronics
36. Who wrote the novel?
A) Ken Kesey
B) Saul Zaentz
C) Boris Pasternak
D) Bo Goldman
37. The opening line of the novel, "They're out there" displays
A) McMurphy's distinction between Good and Evil
B) the Chief's paranoia
C) Nurse Ratched's vision of the patients as subhumans
38. The best way to survive in the ward is to
A) flatter Nurse Ratched
B) conform
C) pay off the orderlies
39. The novel draw numerous parallels between McMurphy and which biblical character?
A) Jesus
B) Solomon
C) Moses
D) Sampson
40. Which of the characters is NOT a war veteran?
A) Charles Cheswick
B) R.P. McMurphy
C) Colonel Matterson
D) Chief Bromden
41. Which bet does McMurphy not make with the other patients?
A) He bets that he can get Nurse Ratched to show some sign of weakness within a week.
B) He bets that a person can move the control panel in the tub room.
C) He bets that he can get Chief Bromden to speak.
D) He bets that he can hit the clock with a dab of butter.
42. Which character is most likely a closeted homosexual?
A) Chief Bromden
B) Nurse Ratched
C) Dale Harding
D) Billy Bibbit
43. What do the men begin to question as McMurphy continues to be rebellious?
A) The logic of the rules at the hospital
B) Nurse Ratched's uniforms
C) McMurphy's motives
D) Harding's plans
44. Who used to be a football player?
A) Billy
B) Scanlon
C) Doctor Spivey
D) Chief Bromden
45. What pattern covers McMurphy’s boxer shorts?
A) White whales
B) Hearts
C) Rabbits
D) Kisses
46. Which of the following symbolizes Bromden’s insanity?
A) The flock of geese
B) The loud music
C) The monopoly board
D) The fog machine
47. What important information does the lifeguard give McMurphy?
A) That Doctor Spivey is addicted to opiates
B) That he was once in the NFL
C) That committed patients can leave only at the staff’s discretion
D) That Bromden is crazy
48. What punishment do McMurphy and Bromden receive for fighting with the aides?
A) They have to clean the latrines
B) They have to give up card games in the tub room
C) They are given electroshock therapy
D) They are given lobotomies
49. What does the nurse in Disturbed say about Nurse Ratched?
A) She should have retired years ago.
B) She is the only one who cares.
C) She is the best nurse there is.
D) She is right.
50. After the party in the ward, which two people were still sleeping when roll was taken?
A) Sandy and Bill
B) Sandy and McMurphy
C) Sandy and Candy
D) Candy and McMurphy
E) Candy and Billy
51. What does McMurphy do to Nurse Ratched after Billy commits suicide?
A) He punches her in the face
B) He rips open her shirt and strangles her
C) He rips off her clothes and rapes her
D) He calls her vulgar names to her face
52. Why doesn’t Harding want to escape with McMurphy?
A) He wants to leave via the correct procedures, to prove that he can
B) He is afraid of the outside and prefers the hospital
C) He is too drunk and he passes out
D) He promised his wife that he would stay another year
53. How does Chief Bromden leave the hospital?
A) He leaves with Candy and Sandy through the window
B) He checks himself out
C) He makes Doctor Spivey drive him away
D) He breaks through a window and runs away
54. How does Charles Cheswick die?
A) He falls off the boat during the fishing trip and drowns
B) He drowns in the hospital swimming pool
C) He receives too many electroshock treatments
D) He has an epileptic seizure
55. What might the white whales on McMurphy’s boxers symbolize?
A) An obsessive search for evil
B) The power of nature
C) God
D) All of the above
56. Which event symbolizes that Bromden is regaining his sense of self?
A) He watches the dog outside his window
B) He smashes the glass of the Nurse’s Station
C) He helps McMurphy win a bet by lifting the control panel
D) He sweeps the floor during a Group Meeting
57. Who is found wrapped in sheets like a mummy?
A) Harding
B) Mr. Turkle
C) McMurphy
D) Billy
58. Who eventually kills McMurphy?
A) Nurse Ratched
B) McMurphy commits suicide
C) Doctor Spivey
D) Bromden
59. Which of Nurse Ratched’s patients dies in the novel?
A) Billy Bibbit
B) Charles Cheswick
C) Randle McMurphy
D) All of the above
60. Who is the one who "accidentally" drowns?
A) Cheswick
B) Harding
C) George
D) Billy
61. Who cuts his throat with a tool he found in the doctor's office?
A) Harding
B) Frederickson
C) Billy Bibbit
D) Scanlon
E) Cheswick
62. What is one thing McMurphy did NOT do to Big Nurse?
A) tried to strangle her
B) poked her eyes out
C) broke her office window
D) ripped her attire open
E) threw a party on her ward
63. The major themes of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest include all of the following EXCEPT
A) freedom versus control
B) the importance of father-son bonds
C) self-sacrifice
D) the importance of sexuality
E) the need to fight dear
Repetition is a device used in poetry and prose for effect. It can involve repeating (or almost repeating) a word, phrase, line, refrain, or entire stanze.
WORD REPETITION
Read, read, read, 'till your
eyes are weak and blurred;
Talk, talk, talk, 'till your
speech is slow and slurred.
--Judie Strouf
PHRASE REPETITION
Into the heart, into the heart,
Into the hear it came,
Piercing and probing,
And settling aflame.
--Judie Strouf
LINE REPETITION
When life is done,
And shadows fall,
Pray do not weep,
Just let me sleep.
When life is done,
I've no regrets,
I've done my best,
And now--I rest.
When life is done
I shall be free,
The battle's won
When life is done
--Alida Federspiel Hockey
Alliteration consists of recurring constant sounds at the beginnings of adjacent or nearby words. Some are accidental; others create special effects for an author by creating a mood with the particular sound.
awful arguments
beastly bulls
cheerful cherubs
dull and dill
easily eaten
full of fun
ghastly ghoul
hit, hurt, and harm
icy island
jumbled jargon
lion's lair
mother's milk
never so numb
onerous odor
portly paunch
quaint and quiet
rest and recuperation
slimy, slithering snake
tight and taunt
uselessly Utopian
vim and vigor
wend out way
xeroxed xylophones
yin and yang
zany zebras
Assonance is the use of vowel sounds in stressed syllables to create a desired effect.
GLOOM OR MYSTERY
bassoon
boo
bowel
croon
doom
dragoon
festoon
foul
ghoul
goon
growl
howl
lagoon
loon
moon
owl
prowl
swoon
voodoo
yowl
SHARPNESS OR HARSHNESS
beat
bite
blight
cleat
cleaver
fate
fight
fright
gloat
goat
grate
hate
ignite
mote
night
plight
sleight
smite
spite
tight
wait
SOFTNESS OR FLUIDITY
azure
cotton
demure
fog
fur
hollow
masseur
meadow
mellow
narrow
pleasure
purr
sallow
satin
shadow
smog
sparrow
swallow
velour
velvet
wallow
JOVIALITY OR LIGHTNESS
dippy
ditty
fibbing
filly
flitty
frilly
giddy
giggle
happy
hippie
jiggle
nitty-gritty
peppy
preppy
sappy
silly
squiggle
tipsy
wiggle
witty
wriggle
Onomatopoeia is the use of words in poetry or prose that sound like what they represent. Words such as these are called onomatopoeic.
arf
bang
bark
beep
bing bong
bleat
blip
bobwhite
bong
boom
bop
bow-wow
bray
bump
bumpity-bump-bump
burp
buzz
caw
cheep
chirp
chomp
chortle
chug
clang
clap
clash
clatter
click
clickety-clack
clink
clip-clop
clippety-clop
clomp
cluck
coo
crash
crunch
ding-a-ling
ding dong
drip
drop
drum
fizz
fling
flush
flutter
gargle
glug
gong
groan
growl
grunt
gurgle
gusher
guzzle
hiss
honk
howl
hum
hush
kerplunk
meow
mew
moan
moo
neigh
nip
oink
ouch
ping
ping pong
plod
plop
plunk
pop
purr
quack
ruff-ruff
rumble
rumble
rum-te-tum-tum
rustle
screech
shriek
shush
sh
sip
sizzle
slap
slosh
slurp
slush
smack
snarl
snort
spit
splash
splat
splunk
squeak
squeal
squish
swish
tap
thud
thump
tick-tock
tinkle
twang
tweet
wail
whack
whine
whinny
whir
whisper
whiz
woof
zap
zing
zip
zoom
Ballads, in literary usage, are short, narrative poems and one of the earliest poetic forms. Many were handed down by word of mouth long before they were written. They are suitable for singing and sometimes are danced to because of their simple rhythm.
They usually consist of four lines per stanza. Typically, the first and third lines of each verse have four metrical feet (sometimes rhyming), and the second and fourth lines have three feet (almost always rhyming). Not all ballads have this pattern.
Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge
La Dame sans Merci, John Keats
The Lady of Shalott, Alfred Lord Tennyson
The White Ship, D. G. Rosetti
Tommy, Rudyard Kipling
Lochinvar, Sir Walter Scott
Yankee Doodle
The Skeleton in Armor, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Singing Leaves, James Russell Lowell
The Three Musketeers
Billy Pilgrim
Edgar Derby
Paul Lazzaro
2)What did the corpses start to smell like? (from Chapter 10)
Vinegar and bleach
Mustard gas and roses
Melted wax
Axle grease
3)What do stars look like to Tralfamadorans? (from Chapter 5)
Strings of luminous spaghetti
Pulsating circles of light
Hexagonal specks of light
Glowing bouncing balls
4)Where does Billy time travel to while in the showers? (from Chapter 4)
He returns to the Lion's Club dinner in 1957.
He goes back to the night when he was kidnapped.
He recalls nearly drowning in the swimming pool.
He becomes an infant being washed by his mother.
5)How long had the British soldiers been prisoners of war? (from Chapter 5)
A year and a half
Two years
Four years
Eight months
6)When does Billy believe that he will die? (from Chapter 6)
January 25th, 1982
February 13th, 1976
September 17th, 1979
October 12th, 1980
7)What do they find in the ruins of a building? (from Chapter 10)
One small child who survived the fires
An American prisoner who had been missing
The body of a priest clutching a rosary
Dozens of unmarked corpses
8)Where is Dresden located when Vonnegut goes to visit it? (from Chapter 10)
West Germany
France
East Germany
Russia
9)What is Paul Lazzaro most proud of? (from Chapter 6)
He never stole anything in his life.
He never told a lie to another.
He was able to fight as a boxer.
He never hurt an innocent bystander.
10)What do humans look like to the Tralfamadorans? (from Chapter 5)
Butterflies
Pale worms
Millipedes
Chimpanzees
11)Who wrote a fan letter to Kilgore Trout? (from Chapter 8)
Paul Lazzaro
Kurt Vonnegut
Billy Pilgrim
Eliot Rosewater
12)What do the American prisoners find at the railroad station? (from Chapter 6)
The hobo's body in the weeds
More prisoners coming into camp
The American army advancing
Several people from the nearby town
13)Why does one of the Germans beat up an American prisoner of war? (from Chapter 5)
He was trying to escape from the POW camp.
He said something that the German did not like.
He was making fun of Billy Pilgrim.
He was mimicking one of the other guards.
14)What decision does Billy come to while he is in the hospital after surgery? (from Chapter 9)
To tell the world about Tralfamadore
To protest the Vietnam War
Never to get into another airplane
Never to get married again
15)What does the Tralfamadoran compare a moment in time to? (from Chapter 4)
The reflection in a mirror
A flickering flame
A sheet of ice
A bug trapped in amber
16)What response does Campbell get from most of the prisoners? (from Chapter 8)
No response
Scorn
Disgust
Curiosity
17)What does Billy do when Rumfoord tells him that Dresden did need to be bombed? (from Chapter 9)
He agrees.
He starts crying.
He says it was a pity.
He gets angry.
18)What do Billy, Werner, and Edgar find instead of a kitchen? (from Chapter 7)
A library stuffed with old books
A room that holds luggage from refugees
A large shower with naked girls in it
A pen filled with the bodies of animals
19)Which Earthling do the Tralfamadorans find the most interesting? (from Chapter 10)
Billy Pilgrim
Charles Darwin
Jesus Christ
Kilgore Trout
20)Of those below, who was not busy in Dresden after the bombing? (from Chapter 10)
Billy Pilgrim
Werner Gluck
Bernard O'Hare
Edgar Derby
21)What, according to Paul Lazzaro, is the sweetest thing on Earth? (from Chapter 6)
Family
Vanilla Ice Cream
Sex
Revenge
22)How does Billy help Edgar? (from Chapter 7)
He gives him a syrup lollipop.
He offers to do Edgar's work.
He reads to him at night.
He hides things for him.
23)Why does the Head Englishman envy the Americans? (from Chapter 6)
They are young and will forget war sooner.
The German guards like the Americans better.
They are moving out from the camp to Dresden.
They are going to be exchanged soon and go home.
24)Who does Barbara Pilgrim say she would like to kill? (from Chapter 8)
Howard J. Campbell
Eliot Rosewater
Kilgore Trout
Edgar Derby
25)What was Edgar Derby's job before he joined the army? (from Chapter 4)
He was a high school teacher.
He was an advertising executive.
He drove a forklift in a warehouse.
He worked in a toothpaste factory.
13. Where does the title 'Slaughterhouse-Five' come from?
That is the number of slaughterhouses blown up in the story
That is where the American soldiers where held captive during the bombing
That is where Billy Pilgrim worked
That is where Billy was concieved
12. What phrase is repeated several times in 'Slaughterhouse-Five'?
There can be only one
Time travel makes you sick
That's how it was at the slaughterhouse
So it goes
What is name of the man that kills Billy Pilgrim?
Howard Campbell
Edgar Derby
Paul Lazzaro
Luca Brazi
Where does Billy stay when he is on Tralfamadore?
A dome in an Tralfamadorian zoo
An earth simulation chamber on the sea of Trios
His own castle
With the ruler of Tralfamadore
What phrase was used to describe time travel in 'Slaughterhouse-Five'?
Coding the time
Going back to the future
Unstuck in time
Going the distance
What is the name of the woman Billy is on Tralfamadore with?
Montana Wilder
Kay Corleone
Valencia Juice
Montana Wildhack
What is the name of Billy's wife?
Kay
Montana
Valencia
Sheryl
What is the name of the lead character in 'Slaughterhouse-Five'?
Wade Wilson
William Rumford
Clarence Norman
Billy Pilgrim
What is the nickname that Weary comes up with for himself and his pals?
A.
The Three Musketeers
B.
Dynamic Duo
C.
Weary and the Third Wheels
Q.8) How are Billy and the other separated from the rest of the platoon?
A.
They get lost
B.
They have an argument
C.
They are ditched
Q.9) Vonnegut hat his breath smells writes that his breath smells like what?
A.
coffee and cigarettes
B.
mustard gas and roses
C.
hot peppers and salsa
15. What color light did Billy sense when visiting his own death in the future?
Red
Only darkness
White
Violet
14. Provide the missing word: "Billy is __________ in time, has no control over where he is going next, and the trips aren't necessarily fun."
spastic
stuck
moving
traveling
13. What refrain does Vonnegut use repeatedly after mentioning death?
Amen
Requiescat in pace
Rest in peace
So it goes
12. According to the narrator, what is a lovely thing for a woman to be?
Rebellious
A teacher
A nurse
A housewife
11. The narrator tells us "It was all they had, and they'd wrecked it". What was he referring to?
A black ghetto in upstate New York
A Jewish temple in Dresden
German youth forced to fight near the end of the war
The American fifth division
10. When Billy visited 1965, he was at his mother's side. What did she whisper tearfully to him?
"I thought you were dead."
"Why are you here?"
"How did I get so old?"
"Who are you?"
9. What did the dying colonel on the German side of the Luxemburg border want to be called by his men?
Red
Ace
Killer
Wild Bob
8. What was the fate of the two scouts who abandoned Billy and Roland Weary in the creek bed?
We are not told
They reach safety in France
They are captured and reunited with Billy and Weary
They are shot in a German ambush
7. What was not a bumper sticker on Billy's Cadillac El Dorado Coupe de Ville when he visited 1967?
Visit Ausable Chasm
Support Your Police Department
Peace Now
Impeach Earl Warren
6. At a New Year's Eve party in 1958, why couldn't a drunken Billy find the steering wheel of his car?
He had passed out and was dreaming
Someone had stolen it to prevent him driving in his condition
He was sitting in the back seat
He wasn't actually in the car
What made a "ripping sound like the opening of the zipper on the fly of God Almighty"?
A 57 mm Anti-Tank Gun
Becoming Unstuck in Time
A Panzer Tank
A V2 Rocket
14. Without which of the following could humans not successfully reproduce according to the Tralfamdorians?
Male Homosexuals
All of these
Women Over 65
Other Recent Newborns
We are told, "there was a lot that Billy said that was gibberish to the Tralfamadorians." What is one thing they didn't understand, according to the narrator?
Billy's idea of death
All of these
How time looked to Billy
The concept of warfare
13. How many sexes on Earth did the Tralfamadorians identify to Billy's astonishment?
7
5
3
1
12. How many genders were there on Tralfamadore?
5
4
3
2
11. While on Tralfamadore, he was asked a number of questions by visitors. One of the questions was "Are you happy here?" How did Billy respond?
"About as happy as I was on Earth."
"Yes, why?"
"Um."
"It's nice."
Where was Billy kept on Tralfamadore?
A prison cell
A zoo exhibit
A laboratory
A dank basement
9. What did Billy always do when his mother came to see him in the hospital mental ward in 1948?
Tell stories of the war
Smoke
Cover his head
Cry
8. The man in bed next to Billy at the mental ward in 1948 introduced Billy to what literary genre?
Narrative History
Science Fiction
Romance
Mystery
6. What show did the British put on for the American POWs joining them in camp?
The Nutcracker
Cinderella
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Sound of Music
Billy was taken to the hospital shed after he began to shriek uncontrollably during the British show. When Billy was under the influence of morphine, what did he dream he had become?
A giraffe
A tree being cut down
A young boy
A slab of concrete
What was the Tralfamadorian decribing, when he/she said "There is no beginning, no middle, no end, no suspense, no moral, no causes, no effects"?
Time
Tralfamadorian Literature
Life
Space
What did the aliens first ask Billy after he was forced aboard their ship?
"What is your name?"
"Do you know why we've taken you?"
"Any questions?"
"Comfy?"
On the night of his daughter's wedding, Billy became "unstuck in time" and watched a movie backwards. What was the movie about?
Alien Abductions
American Bombers in World War II
Time Travel
None of These
20.The first chapter of Slaughterhouse-Five does NOT
A) function as a preface or introduction to the novel
B) seem to contain many biographical details of the author
C) warn the reader of the nonlinear plot structure of the novel
D) offer background information about the protagonist
E) introduce a catchphrase repeated after each report of a death in the novel
19. The narrator compares himself to which biblical character?
A) Christ
B) Judas
C) Lot's wife
D) Moses
E) none of the above
18. In the first chapter, the narrator alludes to all of the following authors except--
A) the American poet Theodore Roethke
B) the French writer, physician, and First World War veteran Louis-Ferdinand Céline
C) the German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
D) the Scottish writer Charles Mackay
E) the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
17. According to the narrator, the story begins with _____ and ends with _____?
A) Billy...war
B) Time...so it goes
C) Now...never
D) Listen...Poo-tee-weet
E) none of the above
16. Who says, "And they'll [wars] be fought by babies like the babies upstairs."?
A) Billy Pilgrim
B) Billy's Mother
C) Mary O'Hare
D) the narrator
E) none of the above
15. In his novel, the narrator promises not to present any
A) Individuals
B) Germans
C) Americans
D) Heroes
E) Villains
14. The narrator vows to depict war as
A) unappealing
B) exciting
C) strategic
D) scintillating
E) naive
13. Slaughterhouse-Five is also known under another title. What is it?
A) The Bombing of Dresden
B) The Children's Crusade: a duty dance with death
C) The Joys of Travelling through Space and Time
D) Welcome to the Slaugherhouse
12. According to the narrator, how does his friend’s wife react to his idea to write a war book? She is
A) happy.
B) upset
C) humored
D) apathetic
11. To whom does the narrator make the promise that he will call his book The Children’s Crusade?
A) Bertram Copeland Rumfoord
B) Lily Rumfoord
C) Mary O’Hare
D) Gerhard Müller
10. In that same hotel room, the narrator feels like something very strange is happening to
A) to his wife, hundreds of miles away
B) in New York City
C) all of the clocks and watches
D) all of the words on his newspaper
9. In a hotel room in Boston, the narrator reads which Bible story?
A) the story of Adam and Eve and the expulstion from Paradise
B) the story of Esther and how she saved the Jews
C) the story of Jesus and his trip to Mount Sinai
D) the story of Sodom and Gomorrah and the fate of Lot's wife
8. What did Harrison Starr, the movie maker, say when the narrator said he was writing an anti-war book?
A) He made no comment.
B) "Have you nothing better to do with your time?"
C) "Why don't you write an anti-glacier book instead?"
D) "Let me know when you're done. Perhaps we can make a movie of it."
6. Why does the narrator stop at the Hudson River on the way to see his friend Bernard O'Hare?
A) It reminds him of the Danube River.
B) He wants to see if he can catch a trout.
C) They want to go swimming in the water.
D) His daughter had never seen a river before.
7. How did the narrator once write an outline for a book?
A) In the back of a flatbed truck
B) On a roll of wallpaper with a crayon
C) On a matchbook cover by candlelight
D) Typing on a continuous roll of paper
5. The narrator tracks down Bernard O'Hare to
A) look up Billy Pilgrim
B) kill him
C) try to remember things that happened in the war, to help the narrator write his book on Dresden
D) find O'Hare's wife, with whom Vonnegut had fallen in love
4. "Mustard gas and roses" describes
A) Bad food
B) Bad breath
C) Bad clothing
D) Bad love affair
E) Bad battle
3. According to the narrator, one of his war buddies, Edgar Derby, was killed for
A) attacking a guard.
B) stealing food.
C) taking a teapot.
D) breaking an egg.
2. Slaughterhouse-Five focuses on the bombing of
A) Berlin
B) London
C) Hiroshima
D) Dresden
1. The novel is mostly devoted to examining events in which war?
A) Civil War
B) World War I
C) World War II
D) American Revolution
E) French Indian War
Which word is derived from the name of the
mountain in Greece where the mythological god
Zeus resides?
A atlantic
B olympic
C chaotic
D phonetic
The word volcano is derived from which of the
following names for the god of fire?
A Odin
B Hephaestus
C Vulcan
D Pele
Which word is derived from the name of the
nymph in Greek mythology who pined away for
Narcissus until all that was left was her voice?
A vocal
B echo
C larynx
D articulate
LITERARY AND RHETORICAL ELEMENTS
His writing was replete with ---- like “miserably wretched” or “an original prototype.”
(A) hyperboles
(B) apologies
(C) tautologies
(D) metonymies
(E) synecdoches
KAPLAN SAT VOCABULARY
The two artists differed markedly in their temperaments; Palmer was reserved and courteous, Frazer ____ and boastful.
A) phlegmatic
B) choleric
C) constrained
D) tractable
E) stoic
We live in a ____ age; everyone thinks that maximizing pleasure is the point of life.
A) ubiquitous
B) propitious
C) sporadic
D) corrupt
E) hedonistic
He may think of himself as ________, but all of his decisions today have been wrong.
A) sagacious
B) salacious
C) malleable
D) quiescent
E) indolent
He's a ________ old man who will fly into a rage at the slightest provocation.
A) precocious
B) prudent
C) tenacious
D) captious
E) querulous
She found that fame was both elusive and ________; not only was it difficult to get her book published, but when she did, members of the media quickly lost interest in it.
A) counterproductive
B) gratifying
C) deleterious
D) ephemeral
E) subtle
The voters first thought the candidate was principled, so they were horrified to discover the level of his ________.
A) veracity
B) nonchalance
C) perfidy
D) wantonness
E) turpitude
The new CEO of the company is both ________ and ________; he works twelve hours a day and has never had an alcoholic beverage.
A) eccentric...permissive
B) diligent...indulgent
C) assiduous...abstinent
D) admirable...noteworthy
E) intrepid...nonchalant
The ______ of the explorers was reflected in their refusal to give up.
A) tenacity
B) degradation
C) greed
D) harassment
E) sociability
Although he was punished harshly for his lies, in retrospect the decision was probably a mistake, since there were _________ circumstances.
A) orthogonal
B) flection
C) sanguine
D) partible
E) extenuating
Only the most ____________ mountain climbers would dare to climb Mt. Everest because of all of the many dangers on the mountain.
A) intrepid
B) ignoble
C) fugacious
D) laureate
E) monolith
The children were told that they should be ---- of strangers offering candy.
A) weary
B) wary
C) envious
D) considerate
E) happy
Elder statesmen used to be ---- for their wisdom when respect for age was an integral part of the value structure.
A) known
B) venerated
C) exiled
D) abused
E) used
Cigarette smoking is ---- to your health.
A) disengaging
B) deleterious
C) delectable
D) irrespective
E) irrelevant
Whereas Gerald was always the frivolous one, Bernard felt compelled to compensate for his brother’s indiscretions by exercising profound
moral ------.
A) hysteria
B) embarrassment
C) prudence
D) acceptance
E) equivocation
The “life” of some subatomic particles is so ---- it has to be measured in
nanoseconds.
A) contrived
B) finite
C) ephemeral
D) circumscribed
E) macroscopic
The shark’s ---- hold on life is unrivaled; it can remain viable even after half a day out
of water.
A) constant
B) tenacious
C) relative
D) tenuous
E) transient
(11.8)
In the vast majority of cases a person will be happier if he has no rigid and arbitrary notions, for gardens are moody, particularly with the novice rather than the expert. If plants grow and thrive, he should be happy; and if the plants that thrive chance not to be the ones that he planted, they are plants nevertheless, and nature is satisfied with them.
The word novice in the first sentence means
A) adept
B) mature
C) beginner
D) impatient
E) austere
TONE WORDS
The voters show their ---- by staying away from the polls.
A) interest
B) usury
C) apathy
D) serendipity
E) registration
If you are a contentious person, you
a. are usually right.
b. believe in “an eye for an eye.”
c. always try to keep the peace.
d. are very competitive and quarrelsome.
A prosecutor’s trenchant closing statement would be
a. a very effective closing statement.
b. a very offensive closing statement.
c. a very weak closing statement.
d. a very confusing closing statement
Plaintive cries would be
a. musical, soothing.
b. plain, uninteresting.
c. loud, jarring.
d. sorrowful, mournful.
Aswad has such a caustic sense of humor that most people find his
jokes upsetting rather than humorous.
Caustic means:
a. bitingly sarcastic.
b. relentlessly funny.
c. refreshingly honest.
d. original, cutting edge.
e. arrogant, vain.
Marva has become rather apathetic
about her studies, daydreaming in
class and skipping school.
Apathetic means:
a. uninterested, indifferent
b. overly concerned, worried
An acrimonious relationship is one that:
a. has existed for a long time.
b. is extremely friendly.
c. exists only in the imagination.
d. is bitter or resentful.
e. is enlightened.
obsequious
a. ensconced
b. meandering
c. blasé
d. fawning
e. mundane
blasé
a. commonplace
b. unconventional
c. unconcerned
d. factual
e. opportune
OBNOXIOUS
(A) dreamy
(B) visible
(C) angry
(D) daring
(E) objectionable
URBANE
(A) well-dressed
(B) polished
(C) rural
(D) friendly
(E) prominent
STILTED
(A) stiffly formal
(B) talking much
(C) secretive
(D) fashionable
(E) senseless
FACETIOUS
(A) obscene
(B) shrewd
(C) impolite
(D) complimentary
(E) witty
Polls indicate that many prospective voters in
the next presidential election are ____ about the
outcome; they do not seem to care who wins.
(A) enthusiastic
(B) inadequate
(C) antagonistic
(D) apathetic
(E) suspicious
Though Phil had expected to feel overawed
when he met Joe Montana, he found the world-
famous quarterback friendly and ____.
(A) querulous
(B) acerbic
(C) domineering
(D) unintimidating
(E) taciturn
Excited and unafraid, the ____ child examined
the stranger with bright-eyed curiosity.
(A) apathetic
(B) drowsy
(C) timorous
(D) inquisitive
(E) hesitant
An unattractive feature of this memoir is the
casually dismissive, often downright ____,
comments the author makes about almost all
of her former colleagues.
(A) elegiac
(B) euphemistic
(C) objective
(D) contemptuous
(E) laudatory
He was habitually so docile and ____ that his
friends could not understand his sudden out-
burst against his employers.
(A) submissive
(B) incorrigible
(C) contemptuous
(D) erratic
(E) hasty
Leavening his decisions with humorous, down-
to-earth anecdotes, Judge Wapner was not at all
the ____ legal scholar.
(A) considerate
(B) pedantic
(C) indecisive
(D) competent
(E) pragmatic
Madison was not ____ person and thus made
few public addresses; but those he made were
memorable, filled with noble phrases.
(A) a reticent
(B) a stately
(C) an inspiring
(D) an introspective
(E) a communicative
Egocentric, at times vindictive when he believed
his authority was being questioned, White could
also be kind, gracious, and even ____ when the
circumstances seemed to require it.
(A) self-deprecating
(B) authoritarian
(C) provocative
(D) taciturn
(E) disdainful
Helen valued people who behaved as if they
respected themselves; nothing irritated her
more than an excessively ____ waiter or a
fawning salesclerk.
(A) austere
(B) domineering
(C) grave
(D) obsequious
(E) contentious
Genevieve usually remains -------- even when
she hears bad news, but when she lost her job,
there was no cheering her up.
A) impassive
B) pessimistic
C) duplicitous
D) chronic
E) sanguine
Callie thought her cousin Amanda was the most
-------- girl she had ever met; in other words, she
found Amanda the height of sophistication.
a. brave
b. genuine
c. urbane
d. benevolent
e. erudite
She pretended to be ________ about her
upcoming performance, but secretly she was
very excited.
a. agitated
b. receptive
c. candid
d.blasé
We knew everything about the newest mem-
ber of our group; she was very ________.
a. expressive
b. brash
c. reserved
d. egotistical
The audience puzzled over the ________
remark made by the mayoral candidate.
a. obvious
b. cryptic
c. shrewd
d. conniving
Her ________ remarks were not taken seri-
ously by anyone on the nominating com-
mittee.
a. porous
b. obsessive
c. frivolous
d.durable
She had a reputation as a ________ hostess
and could always be found in the midst of a
group telling a humorous story or joke.
a. jovial
b.maudlin
c. predominant
d. tractable
Waving broadly at the still-applauding crowd,
the speaker was highly ____ by the ____
response to her talk.
(A) exasperated...vehement
(B) gratified...enthusiastic
(C) bewildered...profound
(D) intimidated...sincere
(E) delighted....skeptical
For numbers 301–310, you will find sentences that describe a per-
sonality type or character trait. Read each sentence carefully and then
circle the vocabulary word that best describes the person or charac-
ter trait. (If you do not own this book, please write your answers on
a separate piece of paper.)
301. To please her boyfriend, Charlotte changed the way she dressed to
a style that he preferred.
Charlotte is being
a. apathetic.
b. flippant.
c. complaisant.
d. impetuous.
302. Although he failed another exam, Ivan didn’t seem to care.
Ivan is being
a. adamant.
b. apathetic.
c. querulous.
d. imperious.
Susan absolutely insisted that we come along; she wouldn’t take no
for an answer.
Susan was being
a. adamant.
b. querulous.
c. peremptory.
d. audacious.
To please her boyfriend, Charlotte changed the way she dressed to
a style that he preferred.
Charlotte is being
a. apathetic.
b. flippant.
c. complaisant.
d. impetuous.
When working at the scene of an accident, rescue workers often
hide their emotions and maintain a professional countenance.
The rescue workers are being
a. audacious.
b. morose.
c. apathetic.
d. impassive.
Which kind of person would most likely make the best judge?
a. someone who is diffident
b. someone who is sagacious
c. someone who is sanguine
d. someone who is saturnine
Which of the following traits is most desirable in a roommate?
a. bumptious
b. personable
c. pretentious
d. puerile
Which kind of person would most likely be the best companion
when you are feeling sad?
a. someone who is bumptious
b. someone who is irascible
c. someone who is puerile
d. someone who is sanguine
The cranky old coach yelled, “You call that a pitch? I’ve seen
rookies with better aim.”
This remark is
a. derisive.
b. sententious.
c. voluble.
d. effusive.
“Well, son, I’ve got news for you: You win some, you lose some.
Besides, it’s not whether you win or lose that counts. It’s how you
play the game,” my old-fashioned dad said.
This remark is
a. sententious.
b. sardonic.
c. eloquent.
d. derisive.
“Oh, wow! I just can’t believe it! I’m so excited! This is the best
thing ever! I am very, very happy,” the new homeowner declared.
This remark is
a. bombastic.
b. eloquent.
c. effusive.
d. sardonic.
“You are hopeless! I cannot believe your files are in such disorder,”
the irritable supervisor shouted.
This remark is
a. effusive.
b. sententious.
c. bombastic.
d. opprobrious.
“My future mother-in-law continually gives me suggestions on
planning my wedding. She even ordered the flowers without
consulting me first.”
The mother-in-law is being
a. officious.
b. flippant.
c. ebullient.
d. complaisant.
“It’s my way or the highway!” said George.
George is being
a. impassive.
b. facetious.
c. morose.
d. peremptory.
Mistakenly believing his boss was speaking ill of him, Angelo burst
through the door and yelled: “I quit!” to his boss.
Angelo was being
a. imperious.
b. ebullient.
c. impetuous.
d. querulous.
“You fatuous boor! You’ve ruined my life! I never want to see you
again!”
This statement is
a. morose.
b. vitriolic.
c. insouciant.
d. apathetic.
For the following questions, choose the person who would most likely
have the characteristic or attitude noted in italics.
51. blithe
a. a soldier in combat
b. a young child in a playground
c. the mother of a very sick child
d. a surgeon during an operation
saturnine
a. someone who just won the lottery
b. someone who has just fallen in love
c. someone who has just had a loved one end a relationship
d. someone who is sleeping
lugubrious is most
opposite to
a. quick
b. cheerful
c. salubrious
d. dry
pensive
a. oppressed
b. caged
c. thoughtful
d. happy
Choose the pair that expresses a relationship most similar to that
expressed in the capitalized pair.
jocund : lugubrious ::
a. ignorant : wise
b. shy : outgoing
c. sober : drunk
d. joyous : miserable
HELPFUL : OFFICIOUS ::
(A) difficult : incorrigible
(B) maudlin : sardonic
(C) apathetic : zealous
(D) true : contrary
(E) friendly : amiable
candid : indirect :: honest : ________
a. frank
b.wicked
c. truthful
d.devious
Select the word that is most dissimilar in meaning to the
word provided.
frivolous
a. pious
b. inexpensive
c. serious
d. contemptuous
earnest is most dissimilar to
a. cheap
b. frivolous
c. release
d. civilized
candid is most opposite to
a. unkind
b. blunt
c. valid
d. dishonest
LUGUBRIOUS (opposite):
(A) flexible
(B) unblemished
(C) ebullient
(D) concilatory
(E) impertinent
polite
A) courteous
B) kind
C) thoughtful
D) rude
gloomy
A) dark
B) sad
C) happy
D) distant
Quiz 1
1. Define abbreviate.
A) to criticize harshly
B) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
C) to shorten;abridge
D) to harm the reputation of, dishonor or disgrace
E) none of the above
2. Define abstinence.
A) trust; sociability amongst friends
B) the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking
C) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
D) extremely dry or deathly boring
E) none of the above
3. Define adulation.
A) trust; sociability amongst friends
B) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
C) short, usually funny account of an event
D) high praise
E) none of the above
4. Define adversity.
A) the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking
B) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
C) the state of separate elements joining or coming together
D) misfortune; an unfavorable turn of events
E) none of the above
5. Define aesthetic.
A) friendly and helpful
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E) none of the above
6. Define amicable.
A) friendly and helpful
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) pertaining to beauty or the arts
D) friendly; agreeable
E) none of the above
7. Define anachronistic.
A) pertaining to beauty or the arts
B) indirect; taking the longest route
C) extremely dry or deathly boring
D) out-of-date; not attributed to the correct historical period
E) none of the above
8. Define anecdote.
A) misfortune; an unfavorable turn of events
B) pertaining to beauty or the arts
C) short, usually funny account of an event
D) the state of separate elements joining or coming together
E) none of the above
9. Define anonymous.
A) nameless; without a disclosed identity
B) extremely dry or deadly boring
C) indirect; taking the longest route
D) possessing an attitude of superiority
E) none of the above
10. Define antagonist.
A) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
B) misfortune; an unfavorable turn of events
C) extremely dry or deathly boring
D) foe; opponent; adversary
E) none of the above
11. Define arid.
A) the state of separate elements joining or coming together
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) possessing an attitude of superiority patronizing
D) persistent, hard-working
E) none of the above
12. Define assiduous.
A) extremely dry or deathly boring
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) possessing an attitude of superiority patronizing
D) persistent, hard-working
E) none of the above
13. Define asylum.
A) trust; sociability amongst friends
B) a crowd of people; an assembly
C) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
D) sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge
E) none of the above
14. Define benevolent.
A) friendly and helpful
B) friendly; agreeable
C) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E) none of the above
15. Define camaraderie.
A) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
B) high praise
C) wisdom
D) trust; sociability amongst friends
E) none of the above
16. Define censure.
A) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
B) to criticize harshly
C) to shorten; abridge
D) to cooperate, work together
E) none of the above
17. Define circuitous.
A) friendly; agreeable
B) indirect, taking the longest route
C) out-of-date; not attributed to the correct historical period
D) depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract
E) none of the above
18. Define clairvoyant.
A) indirect; taking the longest route
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) nameless; without a disclosed identity
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E. none of the above
19. Define collaborate.
A) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
B) to improve; bring to a greater level of intensity
C) to imitate; follow an example
D) to cooperate, work together
E) none of the above
20. Define compassion.
A) misfortune; an unfavorable turn of events
B) high praise
C) trust; sociability amongst friends
D) decency; honesty; wholeness
E) none of the above
21. Define compromise.
A) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
B) to improve; bring to a greater level of intensity
C) to imitate; follow an example
D) to cooperate, work together
E) none of the above
22. Define condescending.
A) depending on a condition; e.g., in a contract
B) nameless, without a disclosed identity
C) possessing an attitude of superiority; patronizing
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E) none of the above
23. Define conditional.
A) depending on a condition; e.g., in a contract
B) persistent; hard-working
C) harmful; destructive; detrimental
D) trust; sociability amongst friends
E) none of the above
24. Define conformist.
A) foe; opponent; adversary
B) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
C) lecturer; speaker
D) apprentice; beginner
E) none of the above
25. Define congregation.
A) the act of turning aside; straying from the main point, esp. in a speech or argument
B) the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking
C) sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge
D) a crowd of people; an assemby
E) none of the above
26. Which statement uses an example of a simile?
A) I like ice cream with swirls of caramel or chocolate or bits of cookies in it.
B) Then Cam Newton transferred to Auburn and Nick Fairley decided to play like a beast on the defensive line, allowing Chizik to have a breakout season.
C) That success did not go unnoticed, as she was honored by the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee.
D) The rookie of out Oklahoma State was a beast in the preseason, averaging 6.6 yards per carry.
E) none of the above
27. Which statement uses an example of a metaphor?
A) I think that this general idea of what teenagers are like is on the whole a misconceived conception.
B) Elliott said the morning went "just as slick as a whistle."
C) The Delta Junction football team are a bunch of animals.
D) The sun was everywhere on the Twin Forks this week and smiled on the Hampton Classic.
E) none of the above
28. Identify the literary element.
I. metaphor
II. pun
III. personification
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. II and III
F. I, II, and III
29. Identify the literary element.
I. situational irony
II. verbal irony
III. dramatic irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) I and III
F) I, II, and III
30. Identify the literary element.
I. situational irony
II. verbal irony
III. dramatic irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
Quiz 2
1. Define abstinence.
A) the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking
B) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
C) extremely dry or deathly boring
D) misfortune; an unfavorable turn of events
E) none of the above
2. Define adulation.
A) trust; sociability amongst friends
B) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
C) short, usually funny account of an event
D) high praise
E) none of the above
3. Define adversity.
A) the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking
B) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
C) the state of separate elements joining or coming together
D) misfortune; an unfavorable turn of events
E) none of the above
4. Define aesthetic.
A) friendly and helpful
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E) none of the above
5. Define amicable.
A) friendly and helpful
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) pertaining to beauty or the arts
D) friendly; agreeable
E) none of the above
6. Identify the literary element.
I. metaphor
II. pun
III. personification
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
7. Define anachronistic.
A) pertaining to beauty or the arts
B) indirect; taking the longest route
C) extremely dry or deathly boring
D) out-of-date; not attributed to the correct historical period
E) none of the above
8. Define anecdote.
A) misfortune; an unfavorable turn of events
B) pertaining to beauty or the arts
C) short, usually funny account of an event
D) the state of separate elements joining or coming together
E) none of the above
9. Define antagonist.
A) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
B) misfortune; an unfavorable turn of events
C) extremely dry or deathly boring
D) foe; opponent; adversary
E) none of the above
10. Define arid.
A) the state of separate elements joining or coming together
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) possessing an attitude of superiority patronizing
D) persistent, hard-working
E) none of the above
11. Identify the literary element.
I. pun
II. personification
III. allusion
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
12. Define assiduous.
A) extremely dry or deathly boring
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) possessing an attitude of superiority patronizing
D) persistent, hard-working
E) none of the above
13. Define asylum.
A) trust; sociability amongst friends
B) a crowd of people; an assembly
C) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
D) sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge
E) none of the above
14. Define benevolent.
A) friendly and helpful
B) friendly; agreeable
C) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E) none of the above
15. Define camaraderie.
A) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
B) high praise
C) wisdom
D) trust; sociability amongst friends
E) none of the above
16. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. verbal irony
III. dramatic irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
17. Define censure.
A) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
B) to criticize harshly
C) to shorten; abridge
D) to cooperate, work together
E) none of the above
18. Define circuitous.
A) friendly; agreeable
B) indirect, taking the longest route
C) out-of-date; not attributed to the correct historical period
D) depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract
E) none of the above
19. Define clairvoyant.
A) indirect; taking the longest route
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) nameless; without a disclosed identity
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E. none of the above
20. Define collaborate.
A) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
B) to improve; bring to a greater level of intensity
C) to imitate; follow an example
D) to cooperate, work together
E) none of the above
21. Identify the literary element.
I. pun
II. personification
III. allusion
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
22. Define compromise.
A) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
B) to improve; bring to a greater level of intensity
C) to imitate; follow an example
D) to cooperate, work together
E) none of the above
23. Define condescending.
A) depending on a condition; e.g., in a contract
B) nameless, without a disclosed identity
C) possessing an attitude of superiority; patronizing
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E) none of the above
24. Define conditional.
A) depending on a condition; e.g., in a contract
B) persistent; hard-working
C) harmful; destructive; detrimental
D) trust; sociability amongst friends
E) none of the above
25. Define conformist.
A) foe; opponent; adversary
B) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
C) lecturer; speaker
D) apprentice; beginner
E) none of the above
26. Identify the literary element.
I. pun
II. metaphor
III. irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
27. Which statement uses an example of an allusion?
A) The offense was plagued by stupid penalties that killed drives and made this game agonizingly close.
B) In a game against Ukraine, he just played like a boss and gave the Ukrainians a good footballing lesson.
C) Take note: More than thirty years ago, Jerry Rafshoon and all the king's men couldn't put Jimmy Carter back together again.
D) A person could murder another without legal or moral consequence, just as a fox can kill a rabbit.
E) none of the above
28. Which statement uses an example of personification?
A) Today is the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the Lion of the Panjshir.
B) I have zillions of pictures drawn that need scanned--they're begging to be scanned--but the stupid computer won't cooperate!
C) High performance CPUs and GPUs suck down power like a fat kid sucks down cake.
D) The start of the game was delayed 56 minutes by a rain that never really stopped.
E) none of the above
29. Which statement uses an example of simile?
A) After 30 years, Sade retains all of her signature strengths, most significantly in how she balances power and fragility, her voice like a silk thread that can somehow hold the weight of a broken heart.
B) The dinner table is the glue of families.
C) Your Romeo is right in front of you.
D) The pilots had orders from the White House to take out any plane that refused to heed warnings and land.
E) none of the above
30. Which statement uses an example of metaphor?
A) Gaddafi himself remains on the run and a handful of towns in Libya remain under the control of his followers.
B) Obama Vows to go where no man has gone before: passing and signing climate and energy legislation.
C) The mind is a machine.
D) A female tiger has killed her mate at a West Texas zoo, authorities said on Friday, in a rare attack that came after months of simmering jealousy in a feline love triangle.
E) none of the above
Quiz 2 (AP & LIT III/IV)
1. Define abstinence.
A) the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking
B) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
C) extremely dry or deathly boring
D) misfortune; an unfavorable turn of events
E) none of the above
2. Define adulation.
A) trust; sociability amongst friends
B) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
C) short, usually funny account of an event
D) high praise
E) none of the above
3. Define adversity.
A) the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking
B) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
C) the state of separate elements joining or coming together
D) misfortune; an unfavorable turn of events
E) none of the above
4. Define aesthetic.
A) friendly and helpful
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) the act of refraining from pleasurable activity, e.g., eating or drinking
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E) none of the above
5. Define amicable.
A) friendly and helpful
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) pertaining to beauty or the arts
D) friendly; agreeable
E) none of the above
6. Identify the literary element.
I. situational irony
II. verbal irony
III. dramatic irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
7. Which statement uses an example of an allusion?
A) The offense was plagued by stupid penalties that killed drives and made this game agonizingly close.
B) In a game against Ukraine, he just played like a boss and gave the Ukrainians a good footballing lesson.
C) Take note: More than thirty years ago, Jerry Rafshoon and all the king's men couldn't put Jimmy Carter back together again.
D) A person could murder another without legal or moral consequence, just as a fox can kill a rabbit.
E) none of the above
8. Which statement uses an example of personification?
A) Today is the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the Lion of the Panjshir.
B) I have zillions of pictures drawn that need to be scanned--they're begging to be scanned--but the stupid computer won't cooperate!
C) High performance CPUs and GPUs suck down power like a fat kid sucks down cake.
D) The start of the game was delayed 56 minutes by a rain that never really stopped.
E) none of the above
9. Which statement uses an example of simile?
A) After 30 years, Sade retains all of her signature strengths, most significantly in how she balances power and fragility, her voice like a silk thread that can somehow hold the weight of a broken heart.
B) The dinner table is the glue of families.
C) Your Romeo is right in front of you.
D) The pilots had orders from the White House to take out any plane that refused to heed warnings and land.
E) none of the above
10. Which statement uses an example of metaphor?
A) Gaddafi himself remains on the run and a handful of towns in Libya remain under the control of his followers.
B) Obama Vows to go where no man has gone before: passing and signing climate and energy legislation.
C) The mind is a machine.
D) A female tiger has killed her mate at a West Texas zoo, authorities said on Friday, in a rare attack that came after months of simmering jealousy in a feline love triangle.
E) none of the above
11. Define censure.
A) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
B) to criticize harshly
C) to shorten; abridge
D) to cooperate, work together
E) none of the above
12. Define circuitous.
A) friendly; agreeable
B) indirect, taking the longest route
C) out-of-date; not attributed to the correct historical period
D) depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract
E) none of the above
13. Define clairvoyant.
A) indirect; taking the longest route
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) nameless; without a disclosed identity
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E. none of the above
14. Define collaborate.
A) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
B) to improve; bring to a greater level of intensity
C) to imitate; follow an example
D) to cooperate, work together
E) none of the above
15. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. verbal irony
III. dramatic irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
16. Define empathy.
A) irritation; frustration
B) the state of separate elements joining or coming together
C) the act of turning aside; straying from the main point, esp. in a speech or argument
D) identification with the feelings of others
E) none of the above
17. Define enervating.
A) momentary; transient; fleeting
B) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
C) weakening; tiring
D) persistent; hard-working
E) none of the above
18. Define demagogue.
A) foe; opponent; adversary
B) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
C) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
D) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
E) none of the above
19. Define hedonist.
A) foe; opponent; adversary
B) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
C) leader; rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
D) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
E) none of the above
20. Identify the literary element.
I. pun
II. personification
III. allusion
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
21. Define florid.
A) harmful; destructive; detrimental
B) weakening; tiring
C) thrifty; cheap
D) red-colored; flushed; gaudy; ornate
E) none of the above
22. Define disdain.
A) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
B) the state of separate elements joining or coming together
C) momentary; transient; fleeting
D) identification with the feelings of others
E) none of the above
23. Define exasperation.
A) irritation; frustration
B) the state of separate elements joining or coming together
C) to regard with scorn or contempt
D) identification with the feelings of others
E) none of the above
24. Define impetuous.
A) outstanding; an example to others
B) cliched; worn-out by overuse
C) harmful; destructive; detrimental
D) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
E) none of the above
25. Identify the literary element.
I. pun
II. allusion
III. metaphor
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
26. Identify the literary element.
I. irony
II. simile
III. personification
Summer grass aches and whispers
It wants something: it calls and sings; it pours
out wishes to the overhead stars.
The rain hears; the rain answers; the rain is slow
coming; the rain wets the face of the grass.
--Carl Sandburg, “Summer Grass”
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. II and III
F. I, II, and III
27. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. pun
III. irony
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. I and III
F. I, II, and III
28. Identify the literary element.
I. situational irony
II. verbal irony
III. dramatic irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
29. Why do authors typically use allusions?
A) to add depth and complexity of meaning to their work
B) to stimulate ideas and associations in the reader's mind
C) to offer short cuts by which the reader may identify themes and characters
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
30. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. pun
III. irony
There was this snail who wanted to be a Formula One racing driver. He went along to the track and asked if he could drive. The racing team manager said, "Yes, but you can't have a number on your car. You can only have an 'S' because you are a snail." The snail was okay about this is so he entered the race. The race started and the snail's car was at the back...but suddenly he sped to the front, over-taking all the cars and won! As the spectators saw the snail speed past them, they yelled "Wow, look at that S-car go!"
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. II and III
F. I, II, and III
AP English/Lit III/IV Class Competition #1
1. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. allusion
III. irony
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. I, II, and III
2. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. irony
III. metaphor
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. I, II, and III
3. Identify the literary element.
I. simile
II. metaphor
III. personification
We must not hope to be mowers,
And to gather the ripe gold ears,
Unless we have first been sowers
And watered the furrows with tears.
It is not just as we take it,
This mystical world of ours,
Life’s field will yield as we make it
A harvest of thorns or of flowers
-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Perseverance”
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. I, II, and III
4. Identify the literary element.
I. simile
II. metaphor
III. personification
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge
--Wilfred Owen, "Dulce et Decorum Est"
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. I, II, and III
5. Identify the literary element.
I. pun
II. allusion
III. metaphor
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. I, II, and III
6. Identify the literary element.
I. situational irony
II. dramatic irony
III. verbal irony
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. I, II, and III
7. Identify the literary element.
I. pun
II. allusion
III. irony
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. I, II, and III
8. Identify the literary element.
I. irony
II. allusion
III. pun
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. I, II, and III
9. Which statement uses an example of personification?
A) Gaddafi himself remains on the run and a handful of towns in Libya remain under the control of his followers.
B) Obama Vows to go where no man has gone before: passing and signing climate and energy legislation.
C) The mind is a machine.
D) A female tiger has killed her mate at a West Texas zoo, authorities said on Friday, in a rare attack that came after months of simmering jealousy in a feline love triangle.
E) none of the above
10. Which statement uses an example of metaphor?
A) After 30 years, Sade retains all of her signature strengths, most significantly in how she balances power and fragility, her voice like a silk thread that can somehow hold the weight of a broken heart.
B) The dinner table is the glue of families.
C) Your Romeo is right in front of you.
D) The pilots had orders from the White House to take out any plane that refused to heed warnings and land.
E) none of the above
Quiz 3 (AP)
1. Identify the classical allusion.
A) Sisyphus
B) Prometheus
C) Theseus
D) Cronus
E. none of the above
2. She foresaw the downfall of Troy by use of the Trojan Horse but a curse placed on her prevented anyone from believing her predictions.
A) Cassandra
B) Helen
C) Persephone
D) Hippolyta
E) none of the above
3. He was a beautiful youth much loved by the goddess Aphrodite. While hunting he was attacked and killed by a wild boar.
A) Stentor
B) Icarus
C) Adonis
D) Pygmalion
E) none of the above
4. Considered the most beautiful woman in the world, her abduction by Paris from her husband Menelaus caused the Trojan War.
A) Aphrodite
B) Persephone
C) Helen
D) Leda
E) none of the above
5. Identify the classical allusion.
A) Pan
B) Bacchus
C) Hermes
D) Cronus
E. none of the above
A) Aeneas
B) Antaeus
C) Atlas
D) Achilles
E) none of the above
6. Identify the classical allusion.
A) Atlas
B) Aeneas
C) Achilles
D) Apollo
E) none of the above
7. a delicious or sweet-smelling food
A) Antaeus
B) Ambrosia
C) Argus
D) Aeneas
E) none of the above
8. He depended for his strength on being in contact with the earth, so when Hercules held him off the ground, he was powerless to prevent himself being strangled to death.
9. Identify the classical allusion.
A) Aphrodite
B) Persephone
C) Helen
D) Leda
E) none of the above
10. The phrase, "Beware of Greeks bearing gifts" is adapted from his warning to his fellow Trojans.
A) Antaeus
B) Laocoön
C) Hector
D) Aeneas
E) none of the above
11. Define tenacious.
A) careful; cautious
B) considerate; skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
C) determined; keeping a firm grip on
D) respected because of age
E) none of the above
12. Define transient.
A) careful; cautious
B) considerate; skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
C) determined; keeping a firm grip on
D) respected because of age
E) none of the above
13. Define reclusive.
A) preferring to live in isolation
B) bitter; hateful
C) complaining; irritable
D) careful; cautious
E) none of the above
14. Define impetuous.
A) outstanding; an example to others
B) cliched; worn-out by overuse
C) harmful; destructive; detrimental
D) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
E) none of the above
15. Define aesthetic.
A) friendly and helpful
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) considerate; skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
D) cliched; worn-out by overuse
E) none of the above
16. Define impute.
A) to observe carefully
B) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
C) to verify, confirm, provide supporting evidence
D) to attribute an action to particular person or group
E) none of the above
17. Define wary.
A) careful; cautious
B) considerate; skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
C) determined; keeping a firm grip on
D) respected because of age
E) none of the above
18. Define hackneyed.
A) cliched; worn-out by overuse
B) preferring to live in isolation
C) bitter; hateful
D) respected because of age
E) none of the above
19. Define mundane.
A) calm; casual; seeming unexcited
B) cliched; worn-out by overuse
C) thrifty; cheap
D) ordinary; commonplace
E) none of the above
20. Define deleterious.
A) harmful, destructive, detrimental
B) weakening, tiring
C) arrogant and condescending
D) unimportant, trivial
E) none of the above
21. Define enervating.
A) momentary; transient; fleeting
B) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
C) weakening; tiring
D) persistent; hard-working
E) none of the above
22. Define demagogue.
A) foe; opponent; adversary
B) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
C) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
D) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
E) none of the above
23. Define hedonist.
A) lecturer; speaker
B) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
C) leader; rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
D) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
E) none of the above
24. Define precocious.
A) unusually advanced or talented at an early age
B) persistent; hard-working
C) careful; cautious
D) certain; unavoidable
E) none of the above
25. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. allusion
III. pun
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. I, II, and III
26. Identify the literary element.
I. simile
II. metaphor
III. irony
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. I, II, and III
27. Identify the literary element.
I. situational irony
II. verbal irony
III. dramatic irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) I, II, and III
28. Identify the literary element.
I. simile
II. irony
III. ambiguity
I. metaphor
II. allusion
III. ambiguity
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) I, II, and III
29. Identify the literary element.
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) I, II, and III
30. Define zeitgeist.
A) a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character's own conduct
B) in a literary work or film, a person, place, thing or idea that represents something else
C) brief, alternating lines of dialogue spoken in rapid-fire succession
D) the general set of ideas, beliefs, and feelings which is typical of a particular period in history, especially as it is reflected in literature, art, and philosophy
E) none of the above
Quiz 3 (Lit I/II and Lit III/IV)
1. He was a beautiful youth much loved by the goddess Aphrodite. While hunting he was attacked and killed by a wild boar.
A) Aeneas
B) Argus
C) Adonis
D) Antaeus
E) none of the above
A) Aeneas
B) Antaeus
C) Atlas
D) Achilles
E) none of the above
2. Identify the classical allusion.
A) Atlas
B) Aeneas
C) Achilles
D) Apollo
E) none of the above
3. a delicious or sweet-smelling food
A) Antaeus
B) Ambrosia
C) Argus
D) Aeneas
E) none of the above
4. He depended for his strength on being in contact with the earth, so when Hercules held him off the ground, he was powerless to prevent himself being strangled to death.
A) Aeneas
B) Antaeus
C) Atlas
D) Achilles
E) none of the above
5. Identify the classical allusion.
A) Aphrodite
B) Ambrosia
C) argonaut
D) Amazon
E) none of the above
6. The legendary forefather of the Romans, he was a Trojan prince who escaped the fall of Troy and embarked on a long and arduous voyage in search of a new home.
A) Atlas
B) Aeneas
C) Achilles
D) Ambrosia
E) none of the above
7. a seafarer, especially one who embarks in a spirit of adventure
A) Adonis
B) Antaeus
C) Amazon
D) argonaut
E) none of the above
8. The Greek and Roman god of poetry, prophecy, medicine, and light, he represented all aspects of civilization and order. Zeus was his father, and Artemis was his sister.
9. Identify the classical allusion.
A) Adonis
B) Antaeus
C) Amazon
D) argonaut
E) none of the above
10. He was made invulnerable as a baby by being dipped into the River Styx.
A) Antaeus
B) Ambrosia
C) Argus
D) Aeneas
E) none of the above
11. Define assiduous.
A) extremely dry or deathly boring
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) possessing an attitude of superiority patronizing
D) persistent, hard-working
E) none of the above
12. Define asylum.
A) trust; sociability amongst friends
B) a crowd of people; an assembly
C) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
D) sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge
E) none of the above
13. Define benevolent.
A) friendly and helpful
B) friendly; agreeable
C) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E) none of the above
14. Define camaraderie.
A) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
B) high praise
C) wisdom
D) trust; sociability amongst friends
E) none of the above
15. Define censure.
A) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
B) to criticize harshly
C) to shorten; abridge
D) to cooperate, work together
E) none of the above
16. Define circuitous.
A) friendly; agreeable
B) indirect, taking the longest route
C) out-of-date; not attributed to the correct historical period
D) depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract
E) none of the above
17. Define clairvoyant.
A) indirect; taking the longest route
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) nameless; without a disclosed identity
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E. none of the above
18. Define collaborate.
A) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
B) to improve; bring to a greater level of intensity
C) to imitate; follow an example
D) to cooperate, work together
E) none of the above
19. Define impetuous.
A) outstanding; an example to others
B) cliched; worn-out by overuse
C) harmful; destructive; detrimental
D) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
E) none of the above
20. Define aesthetic.
A) friendly and helpful
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) considerate; skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
D) cliched; worn-out by overuse
E) none of the above
21. Define deleterious.
A) harmful, destructive, detrimental
B) weakening, tiring
C) arrogant and condescending
D) unimportant, trivial
E) none of the above
22. Define enervating.
A) momentary; transient; fleeting
B) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
C) weakening; tiring
D) persistent; hard-working
E) none of the above
23. Define demagogue.
A) foe; opponent; adversary
B) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
C) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
D) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
E) none of the above
24. Define hedonist.
A) foe; opponent; adversary
B) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
C) leader; rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
D) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
E) none of the above
25. Define hackneyed.
A) cliched; worn-out by overuse
B) preferring to live in isolation
C) bitter; hateful
D) respected because of age
E) none of the above
26. Identify the literary element.
I. situational irony
II. verbal irony
III. dramatic irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) I, II, and III
27. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. verbal irony
III. dramatic irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) I, II, and III
28. Identify the literary element.
I. simile
II. metaphor
III. personification
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge
--Wilfred Owen, "Dulce et Decorum Est"
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) I, II, and III
29. Identify the literary element.
I. simile
II. metaphor
III. personification
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) I, II, and III
30. Identify the literary element.
I. irony
II. simile
III. personification
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) I, II, and III
Punitive Quiz #1
1. Identify the literary element.
I. metaphor
II. pun
III. personification
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
2. Identify the literary element.
I. irony
II. simile
III. personification
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
3. Identify the literary element.
I. simile
II. metaphor
III. pun
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
4. Identify the literary element.
I. simile
II. metaphor
III. personification
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge
--Wilfred Owen, "Dulce et Decorum Est"
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
5. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. verbal irony
III. dramatic irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
6. Identify the literary element.
I. situational irony
II. verbal irony
III. dramatic irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
7. Identify the literary element.
I. simile
II. irony
III. ambiguity
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
8. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. allusion
III. pun
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
9. Identify the literary element.
I. metaphor
II. pun
III. personification
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
10. Identify the literary element.
I. simile
II. metaphor
III. irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
11. Identify the literary element.
I. situational irony
II. verbal irony
III. dramatic irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
12. Identify the literary element.
I. pun
II. personification
III. allusion
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
13. Identify the literary element.
I. pun
II. allusion
III. metaphor
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
14. Identify the literary element.
I. pun
II. allusion
III. metaphor
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
15. Identify the literary element.
I. irony
II. simile
III. personification
Summer grass aches and whispers
It wants something: it calls and sings; it pours
out wishes to the overhead stars.
The rain hears; the rain answers; the rain is slow
coming; the rain wets the face of the grass.
--Carl Sandburg, “Summer Grass”
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. II and III
F. I, II, and III
16. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. pun
III. irony
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. I and III
F. I, II, and III
17. Which statement uses an example of personification?
A) Gaddafi himself remains on the run and a handful of towns in Libya remain under the control of his followers.
B) Obama Vows to go where no man has gone before: passing and signing climate and energy legislation.
C) The mind is a machine.
D) A female tiger has killed her mate at a West Texas zoo, authorities said on Friday, in a rare attack that came after months of simmering jealousy in a feline love triangle.
E) none of the above
18. Which statement uses an example of metaphor?
A) After 30 years, Sade retains all of her signature strengths, most significantly in how she balances power and fragility, her voice like a silk thread that can somehow hold the weight of a broken heart.
B) The dinner table is the glue of families.
C) Your Romeo is right in front of you.
D) The pilots had orders from the White House to take out any plane that refused to heed warnings and land.
E) none of the above
19. Which statement uses an example of an allusion?
A) The offense was plagued by stupid penalties that killed drives and made this game agonizingly close.
B) In a game against Ukraine, he just played like a boss and gave the Ukrainians a good footballing lesson.
C) Take note: More than thirty years ago, Jerry Rafshoon and all the king's men couldn't put Jimmy Carter back together again.
D) A person could murder another without legal or moral consequence, just as a fox can kill a rabbit.
E) none of the above
20. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. pun
III. irony
There was this snail who wanted to be a Formula One racing driver. He went along to the track and asked if he could drive. The racing team manager said, "Yes, but you can't have a number on your car. You can only have an 'S' because you are a snail." The snail was okay about this is so he entered the race. The race started and the snail's car was at the back...but suddenly he sped to the front, over-taking all the cars and won! As the spectators saw the snail speed past them, they yelled "Wow, look at that S-car go!"
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. II and III
F. I, II, and III
AP QUIZ #4
1. Define Romanticism.
A) an art and literature movement of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that intentionally split from earlier conservative traditions and rejected traditional forms and styles for more experimental techniques
B) a movement in literature and the arts, and an approach to philosophy, which aims at accuracy and objectivity and cultivates realistic and even sordid portrayals of people and their environment
C) a movement in literature, music, and painting in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, that stressed the essential goodness of human beings, celebrated nature rather than civilization, and valued emotion and imagination over reason
D) an elite cultural movement of intellectuals in eighteenth century Europe, that sought to mobilize the power of reason in order to reform society and advance knowledge
E) none of the above
2. Romanticism is often characterized by five words beginning with I. Which of the following is not one of them
A) Imagination
B) Idealism
C) Iconolatry
D) Inspiration
E) Individuality
3. Define noble savage.
A) a young man of sensitive and passionate disposition, whose brilliance is unappreciated by humanity
B) an idealized notion of uncivilized man, who symbolizes the innate goodness of one not exposed to the corrupting influences of civilization
C) an idealistic but deeply flawed protagonist who challenges authority and conventional morality, and becomes paradoxically ennobled by his peculiar rejection of virtue
D) an aesthetic feeling aroused by experiences too overwhelming in scale to be appreciated as beautiful by the senses
E) none of the above
4. Define Faustian bargain.
A) a choice between two persons or things that will result in the death or destruction of the person or thing not chosen
B) extreme pride or arrogance which ultimately causes the transgressor's ruin
C) a victory that is accompanied by enormous losses and leaves the winners in as desperate shape as if they had lost
D) an extreme sacrifice for power or knowledge without considering the ultimate cost
E) none of the above
5. According to legend, who was Faust?
A) a legendary magician and alchemist, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for youth, knowledge, and power
B) a British Romantic poet, noted also for his passionate and disastrous love affairs
C) a person who created a creature that could be controlled and which brought about his ruin
D) a titan who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life
E) none of the above
6. Define Promethean.
A) someone who is life-bringing, creative, or courageously original
B) someone or something that is serene, harmonious, or ordered
C) an awareness of impending or imminent danger
D) something that requires tremendous effort or strength
E) none of the above
7. Who was Cerberus?
A) a ravenous, filthy monster with a woman's head and a bird's body
B) a fire-breathing she-monster made up of the front parts of a lion, the middle parts of a goat, and the tail of a snake
C) a nine-headed serpent slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labors
D) a female sea monster
E) none of the above
8. Who was Tantalus?
A) a king who was granted one wish by the god Dionysus, that everything he touched would turn to gold
B) the Greek god of fields and woods and shepherds and flocks
C) a king who offended the gods and was condemned to suffer eternal hunger and thirst in Hades
D) a mythical Greek giant who was a thief and a murderer
E) none of the above
9. Who was Laocoön?
A) the god of sleep and dreams
B) a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan horse
C) an ancient sea god who served Poseidon
D) a hero of the city of Athens who killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and made war on the Amazons
E) none of the above
10. Who was Nike?
A) the goddess of victory in Greek mythology
B) the messenger and herald of the gods
C) the goddess of divine retribution
D) a poet-musician whose music had the power to move even inanimate objects
E) none of the above
11. The legendary forefather of the Romans, he was a Trojan prince who escaped the fall of Troy and embarked on a long and arduous voyage in search of a new home.
A) Aeneas
B) Antaeus
C) Atlas
D) Achilles
E) none of the above
12. a seafarer, especially one who embarks in a spirit of adventure
A) Adonis
B) Antaeus
C) Amazon
D) argonaut
E) none of the above
13. The Greek and Roman god of poetry, prophecy, medicine, and light, he represented all aspects of civilization and order. Zeus was his father, and Artemis was his sister.
A) Atlas
B) Aeneas
C) Achilles
D) Ambrosia
E) none of the above
14. He was a beautiful youth much loved by the goddess Aphrodite. While hunting he was attacked and killed by a wild boar.
A) Stentor
B) Icarus
C) Adonis
D) Pygmalion
E) none of the above
15. Considered the most beautiful woman in the world, her abduction by Paris from her husband Menelaus caused the Trojan War.
A) Aphrodite
B) Persephone
C) Helen
D) Leda
E) none of the above
16. Define superfluous.
A) quick to recover; bounce back
B) extra; more than enough; redundant
C) careful; cautious
D) respected because of age
E) none of the above
17. Define precocious.
A) unusually advanced or talented at an early age
B) showy; displaying wealth
C) ordinary; commonplace
D) unimportant; trivial
E) none of the above
18. Define perfidious.
A) bitter; hateful
B) certain; unavoidable
C) faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy
D) tending to provoke a response, e.g., anger or disagreement
E) none of the above
19. Define fortuitous.
A) happening by luck; fortunate
B) outstanding; an example to others
C) arrogant and condescending
D) weakening, tiring
E) none of the above
20. Define spurious.
A) hard to detect or describe; perceptive
B) determined; keeping a firm grip on
C) quick to recover; bounce back
D) lacking authenticity; false
E) none of the above
21. Define deleterious.
A) harmful, destructive, detrimental
B) weakening, tiring
C) arrogant and condescending
D) unimportant, trivial
E) none of the above
22. Define enervating.
A) momentary; transient; fleeting
B) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
C) weakening; tiring
D) persistent; hard-working
E) none of the above
23. Define demagogue.
A) foe; opponent; adversary
B) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
C) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
D) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
E) none of the above
24. Define extenuating.
A) excusing; lessening the seriousness of guilt or crime, e.g., of mitigating factors
B) quickly fading, short-lived, esp. an image
C) outstanding, an example to others
D) careful and hard-working
E) none of the above
25. Define ephemeral.
A) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
B) pertaining to beauty or the arts
C) outstanding, an example to others
D) momentary, transient, fleeting
E) none of the above
26. What is a symbol?
A) a comparison, of two unlike things, that uses the word "like" or "as"
B) a person, place, thing or idea that represents something else
C) a brief reference, explicit or indirect, to a person, place or event, or to another literary work or passage
D) a comparison, of two unlike things, that uses the word "like" or "as"
E) none of the above.
27. Define zeitgeist.
A) a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character's own conduct
B) in a literary work or film, a person, place, thing or idea that represents something else
C) brief, alternating lines of dialogue spoken in rapid-fire succession
D) the general set of ideas, beliefs, and feelings which is typical of a particular period in history, especially as it is reflected in literature, art, and philosophy
E) none of the above
28. Identify the literary element.
I. metaphor
II. verbal irony
III. dramatic irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
29. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. symbolism
III. allusion
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
30. Identify the literary element.
I. metaphor
II. ambiguity
III. verbal irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
AP Quiz #5
1. Define noble savage.
A) a young man of sensitive and passionate disposition, whose brilliance is unappreciated by humanity
B) an idealized notion of uncivilized man, who symbolizes the innate goodness of one not exposed to the corrupting influences of civilization
C) an idealistic but deeply flawed protagonist who challenges authority and conventional morality, and becomes paradoxically ennobled by his peculiar rejection of virtue
D) an aesthetic feeling aroused by experiences too overwhelming in scale to be appreciated as beautiful by the senses
E) none of the above
2. Define Faustian bargain.
A) a choice between two persons or things that will result in the death or destruction of the person or thing not chosen
B) extreme pride or arrogance which ultimately causes the transgressor's ruin
C) a victory that is accompanied by enormous losses and leaves the winners in as desperate shape as if they had lost
D) an extreme sacrifice for power or knowledge without considering the ultimate cost
E) none of the above
3. According to legend, who was Faust?
A) a legendary magician and alchemist, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for youth, knowledge, and power
B) a British Romantic poet, noted also for his passionate and disastrous love affairs
C) a person who created a creature that could be controlled and which brought about his ruin
D) a titan who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life
E) none of the above
4. Define Promethean.
A) someone who is life-bringing, creative, or courageously original
B) someone or something that is serene, harmonious, or ordered
C) an awareness of impending or imminent danger
D) something that requires tremendous effort or strength
E) none of the above
5. Define Romanticism.
A) an art and literature movement of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that intentionally split from earlier conservative traditions and rejected traditional forms and styles for more experimental techniques
B) a movement in literature and the arts, and an approach to philosophy, which aims at accuracy and objectivity and cultivates realistic and even sordid portrayals of people and their environment
C) a movement in literature, music, and painting in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, that stressed the essential goodness of human beings, celebrated nature rather than civilization, and valued emotion and imagination over reason
D) an elite cultural movement of intellectuals in eighteenth century Europe, that sought to mobilize the power of reason in order to reform society and advance knowledge
E) none of the above
6. Define acumen.
A) quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight
B) strongly disinclined
C) something that cures; a remedy
D) possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
E) none of the above
7. Define ambivalent.
A) quarrelsome
B) simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
C) producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous
D) shrewd; clever
E) none of the above
8. Define derogatory.
A) quarrelsome
B) strongly disinclined
C) shrewd; clever
D) tending or intending to belittle
E) none of the above
9. Define dogmatic.
A) stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
B) simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
C) strongly disinclined
D) the representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order
E) none of the above
10. Define extirpate.
A) to criticize severely; blame
B) to agree; to be of the same opinion
C) to discover with certainty, as through examination or experimentation
D) to destroy totally; to pull up by the roots
E) none of the above
11. Define superfluous.
A) quick to recover; bounce back
B) extra; more than enough; redundant
C) careful; cautious
D) respected because of age
E) none of the above
12. Define precocious.
A) bitter; hateful
B) showy; displaying wealth
C) ordinary; commonplace
D) unimportant; trivial
E) none of the above
13. Define perfidious.
A) bitter; hateful
B) certain; unavoidable
C) faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy
D) tending to provoke a response, e.g., anger or disagreement
E) none of the above
14. Define fortuitous.
A) happening by luck; fortunate
B) outstanding; an example to others
C) arrogant and condescending
D) weakening, tiring
E) none of the above
15. Define spurious.
A) hard to detect or describe; perceptive
B) determined; keeping a firm grip on
C) quick to recover; bounce back
D) lacking authenticity; false
E) none of the above
16. Define enervating.
A) momentary; transient; fleeting
B) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
C) weakening; tiring
D) persistent; hard-working
E) none of the above
17. Define demagogue.
A) foe; opponent; adversary
B) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
C) leader; rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
D) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
E) none of the above
18. Define hedonist.
A) foe; opponent; adversary
B) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
C) leader; rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
D) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
E) none of the above
19. Define surreptitious.
A) considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
B) secret; stealthy
C) bitter; hateful
D) preferring to live in isolation
E) none of the above
20. Who was Laocoön?
A) the god of sleep and dreams
B) a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan horse
C) an ancient sea god who served Poseidon
D) a hero of the city of Athens who killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and made war on the Amazons
E) none of the above
21. Who was Nike?
A) the goddess of victory in Greek mythology
B) the messenger and herald of the gods
C) the goddess of divine retribution
D) a poet-musician whose music had the power to move even inanimate objects
E) none of the above
22. The phrase "sword of Damocles" refers to
A) an awareness of impending or imminent danger.
B) the saying "Don't trust your enemies."
C) the sword used by Alexander to untie the Gordian knot.
D) something that contains many reoccurring obstacles or simply something that has many parts, divisions, or facets.
E) none of the above
23. An adjective, derived from his story, refers to obsessive focus on oneself, particularly one’s physical appearance.
A) Adonis
B) Hercules
C) Tantalus
D) Narcissus
E) none of the above
24. Identify the allusion.
A) Scylla and Charybdis
B) harpies
C) Furies
D) Sirens
E) none of the above
25. He killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and made war on the Amazons, whose queen, Hippolyta, he subsequently married.
A) Theseus
B) Hercules
C) Tantalus
D) Damocles
E) none of the above
26. a powerful sorceress who turned people into swine. On the way home from Troy, the crew of Odysseus fell prey to her spells.
A) Hecate
B) Medusa
C) Circe
D) Medea
E) none of the above
27. a setting that is rustic, pastoral, harmonious, and idealized
A) Concordia
B) Arcadia
C) Delphi
D) Atlantis
E) none of the above
28. the god of sleep and dreams
A) Concordia
B) Orpheus
C) Morpheus
D) Erebus
E) none of the above
29. Identify the literary element.
I. symbolism
II. metaphor
III. allusion
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
30. Define zeitgeist.
A) a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character's own conduct
B) in a literary work or film, a person, place, thing or idea that represents something else
C) brief, alternating lines of dialogue spoken in rapid-fire succession
D) the general set of ideas, beliefs, and feelings which is typical of a particular period in history, especially as it is reflected in literature, art, and philosophy
E) none of the above
Quiz #5
1. Define assiduous.
A) extremely dry or deathly boring
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) possessing an attitude of superiority patronizing
D) persistent, hard-working
E) none of the above
2. Define asylum.
A) trust; sociability amongst friends
B) a crowd of people; an assembly
C) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
D) sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge
E) none of the above
3. Define benevolent.
A) friendly and helpful
B) friendly; agreeable
C) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E) none of the above
4. Define camaraderie.
A) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
B) high praise
C) wisdom
D) trust; sociability amongst friends
E) none of the above
5. Define censure.
A) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
B) to criticize harshly
C) to shorten; abridge
D) to cooperate, work together
E) none of the above
6. Define circuitous.
A) friendly; agreeable
B) indirect, taking the longest route
C) out-of-date; not attributed to the correct historical period
D) depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract
E) none of the above
7. Define clairvoyant.
A) indirect; taking the longest route
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) nameless; without a disclosed identity
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E. none of the above
8. Define collaborate.
A) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
B) to improve; bring to a greater level of intensity
C) to imitate; follow an example
D) to cooperate, work together
E) none of the above
9. Define impetuous.
A) outstanding; an example to others
B) cliched; worn-out by overuse
C) harmful; destructive; detrimental
D) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
E) none of the above
10. Define aesthetic.
A) friendly and helpful
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) considerate; skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
D) cliched; worn-out by overuse
E) none of the above
11. Define deleterious.
A) harmful, destructive, detrimental
B) weakening, tiring
C) arrogant and condescending
D) unimportant, trivial
E) none of the above
12. Define enervating.
A) momentary; transient; fleeting
B) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
C) weakening; tiring
D) persistent; hard-working
E) none of the above
13. The man is a pure ----; he thinks that maximizing pleasure is the point of life.
A) demagogue
B) hedonist
C) conformist
D) novice
E) none of the above
14. Cigarette smoking is ---- to your health.
A) mundane
B) deleterious
C) hackneyed
D) prudent
E) none of the above
15. The children were told that they should be ---- of strangers offering candy.
A) haughty
B) wary
C) intrepid
D) intuitive
E) none of the above
16. Identify the allusion.
A) Argus
B) Antaeus
C) Circe
D) Chimera
E) none of the above
17. Identify the allusion.
A) Ambrosia
B) Echo
C) Circe
D) Furies
E) none of the above
18. a setting that is rustic, pastoral, harmonious, and idealized
A) Concordia
B) Arcadia
C) Delphi
D) Atlantis
E) none of the above
19. The phrase "sword of Damocles" refers to
A) an awareness of impending or imminent danger.
B) the saying "Don't trust your enemies."
C) the sword used by Alexander to untie the Gordian knot.
D) something that contains many reoccurring obstacles or simply something that has many parts, divisions, or facets.
E) none of the above
20. a seafarer, especially one who embarks in a spirit of adventure
A) Adonis
B) Antaeus
C) Amazon
D) argonaut
E) none of the above
21. Which statement uses an example of a simile?
A) I like ice cream with swirls of caramel or chocolate or bits of cookies in it.
B) Then Cam Newton transferred to Auburn and Nick Fairley decided to play like a beast on the defensive line, allowing Chizik to have a breakout season.
C) That success did not go unnoticed, as she was honored by the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee.
D) The rookie of out Oklahoma State was a beast in the preseason, averaging 6.6 yards per carry.
E) none of the above
22. Which statement uses an example of a metaphor?
A) I think that this general idea of what teenagers are like is on the whole a misconceived conception.
B) Elliott said the morning went "just as slick as a whistle."
C) The Delta Junction football team are a bunch of animals.
D) The sun was everywhere on the Twin Forks this week and smiled on the Hampton Classic.
E) none of the above
23. Which statement uses an example of an allusion?
A) The offense was plagued by stupid penalties that killed drives and made this game agonizingly close.
B) In a game against Ukraine, he just played like a boss and gave the Ukrainians a good footballing lesson.
C) Take note: More than thirty years ago, Jerry Rafshoon and all the king's men couldn't put Jimmy Carter back together again.
D) A person could murder another without legal or moral consequence, just as a fox can kill a rabbit.
E) none of the above
24. Which statement uses an example of personification?
A) Gaddafi himself remains on the run and a handful of towns in Libya remain under the control of his followers.
B) Obama Vows to go where no man has gone before: passing and signing climate and energy legislation.
C) The mind is a machine.
D) A female tiger has killed her mate at a West Texas zoo, authorities said on Friday, in a rare attack that came after months of simmering jealousy in a feline love triangle.
E) none of the above
25. Identify the literary element.
I. situational irony
II. verbal irony
III. dramatic irony
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. II and III
F. I, II, and III
26. Identify the literary element.
I. situational irony
II. verbal irony
III. allusion
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. II and III
F. I, II, and III
27. Identify the literary element.
I. situational irony
II. verbal irony
III. dramatic irony
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
28. Identify the literary element.
I. metaphor
II. pun
III. personification
A) Aeneas
B) the Minotaur
C) Atlas
D) Argus
E) none of the above
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
29. Identify the literary element.
I. irony
II. simile
III. personification
The park is filled with night and fog,
The veils are drawn about the world,
The drowsy lights along the paths
Are dim and pearled.
Gold and gleaming the empty streets,
Gold and gleaming the misty lake,
The mirrored lights like sunken swords,
Glimmer and shake.
--Sara Teasdale, from "Spring Night"
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. II and III
F. I, II, and III
30. Identify the literary element.
I. pun
II. allusion
III. personification
Dough Boy Dies
Veteran Pillsbury spokesman Pop N. Fresh died Wednesday of a severe yeast infection. He was 71.
He was buried Friday in one of the biggest funerals in years. Dozens of celebrities turned out including Mrs. Butterworth, the California Raisins, Hungry Jack, Betty Crocker, and the Hostess Twinkies. The graveside was piled high with flours, as longtime friend Aunt Jemima delivered the eulogy, describing Fresh as a man who "never knew he was kneaded".
Fresh rose quickly in show business, but his later life was filled with turnovers. He was not considered a smart cookie, and wasted much of his dough on half-baked schemes. Still, even as a crusty old man, he was a roll model to millions. Fresh is survived by his second wife. They had two children, and one in the oven.
The funeral was at 3:50 for 20 minutes.
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. II and III
F. I, II, and III
QUIZ #6 (AP and LIT III/IV)
1. Define acumen.
A) quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight
B) strongly disinclined
C) something that cures; a remedy
D) possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
E) none of the above
2. Define derogatory.
A) quarrelsome
B) strongly disinclined
C) shrewd; clever
D) tending or intending to belittle
E) none of the above
3. Define ambivalent.
A) quarrelsome
B) simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
C) producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous
D) shrewd; clever
E) none of the above
4. Define dogmatic.
A) stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
B) simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
C) strongly disinclined
D) the representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order
E) none of the above
5. Define extirpate.
A) to criticize severely; blame
B) to agree; to be of the same opinion
C) to discover with certainty, as through examination or experimentation
D) to destroy totally; to pull up by the roots
E) none of the above
6. Covering a war by drawing sketches of it seems as ----- as fighting a war by using a bow and arrow. --CBS News, October 5, 2011
A) dogmatic
B) arboreal
C) anachronistic
D) acumen
E) none of the above
7. We Connecticut residents love our tree-lined streets--until there's a significant storm. Then the oaks, maples, hickories and countless other ----- varieties found here become more nuisance than nicety, as branches and even entire trees crash down on electric power lines. --Hartford Courant, September 15, 2011
A) ambivalent
B) arboreal
C) averse
D) contentious
E) none of the above
8. The feelings of Americans about their national government have been ----- since the founding of the nation. While they recognize the need for government in an organized society, they also inherently distrust and fear its authority. --Yuma Sun, October 8, 2011
A) derogatory
B) dogmatic
C) ambivalent
D) astute
E) none of the above
9. A typical dive-bar experience might involve a curmudgeonly bartender, ----- second-hand smoke and a guy who drunkenly yells, "Play Freebird!" every time someone feeds the jukebox. --STLToday.com, October 7, 2011
A) ambivalent
B) arboreal
C) astute
D) copious
E) none of the above
10. She was decades ahead of the curve when it came to believing in the ----- powers of exercise, and thought sugar could kill you. --Huffington Post, October 5, 2011
A) curative
B) averse
C) anachronistic
D) arboreal
E) none of the above
11. Define superfluous.
A) quick to recover; bounce back
B) extra; more than enough; redundant
C) careful; cautious
D) respected because of age
E) none of the above
12. Define precocious.
A) unusually advanced or talented at an early age
B) showy; displaying wealth
C) ordinary; commonplace
D) unimportant; trivial
E) none of the above
13. Define perfidious.
A) bitter; hateful
B) certain; unavoidable
C) faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy
D) tending to provoke a response, e.g., anger or disagreement
E) none of the above
14. Define spurious.
A) hard to detect or describe; perceptive
B) determined; keeping a firm grip on
C) quick to recover; bounce back
D) lacking authenticity; false
E) none of the above
15. Define surreptitious.
A) considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
B) secret; stealthy
C) bitter; hateful
D) preferring to live in isolation
E) none of the above
16. Who was Laocoön?
A) the god of sleep and dreams
B) a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan horse
C) an ancient sea god who served Poseidon
D) a hero of the city of Athens who killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and made war on the Amazons
E) none of the above
17. Who was Nike?
A) the goddess of victory in Greek mythology
B) the messenger and herald of the gods
C) the goddess of divine retribution
D) a poet-musician whose music had the power to move even inanimate objects
E) none of the above
18. The phrase "sword of Damocles" refers to
A) an awareness of impending or imminent danger.
B) the saying "Don't trust your enemies."
C) the sword used by Alexander to untie the Gordian knot.
D) something that contains many reoccurring obstacles or simply something that has many parts, divisions, or facets.
E) none of the above
19. The mother of Eros (Cupid) and Aeneas, she was thought to have been born out of the foam of the sea and is thus often pictured rising from the water.
A) Aphrodite
B) Ambrosia
C) Arcadia
D) Cassandra
E) none of the above
20. identified in Roman mythology as the goddess of peace and harmony
A) Concordia
B) Arcadia
C) Delphi
D) Atlantis
E) none of the above
21. According to Greek mythology, the gods on Olympus fed on such food, which gave them immortality.
A) Arcadia
B) Cronus's children
C) Proteus
D) chicken and waffles
E) none of the above
22. For his strength, he depended on being in contact with the earth, so when Hercules held him off the ground, he was powerless to prevent himself being strangled to death.
23. Identify the allusion.
A) Ambrosia
B) Echo
C) Circe
D) Furies
E) none of the above
24. Identify the allusion.
A) Adonis
B) Aeneas
C) Demeter
D) Damocles
E) none of the above
25. Identify the allusion.
A) Damocles
B) Aeneas
C) Demeter
D) Proteus
E) none of the above
26. What is a symbol?
A) a comparison, of two unlike things, that uses the word "like" or "as"
B) a person, place, thing or idea that represents something else
C) a brief reference, explicit or indirect, to a person, place or event, or to another literary work or passage
D) a comparison, of two unlike things, that uses the word "like" or "as"
E) none of the above
27. Which sentence does not contain a pun?
A) The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
B) The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
C) A cardboard belt would be a waist of paper.
D) He says the group was not able to stay together.
E) none of the above
28. Identify the literary element.
I. pun
II. personification
III. allusion
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
29.
I. symbolism
II. pun
III. allusion
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
30. Identify the literary element.
I. symbolism
II. pun
III. allusion
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
QUIZ #6 (LIT I/II)
1. Define assiduous.
A) extremely dry or deathly boring
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) possessing an attitude of superiority patronizing
D) persistent, hard-working
E) none of the above
2. Define asylum.
A) trust; sociability amongst friends
B) a crowd of people; an assembly
C) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
D) sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge
E) none of the above
3. Define benevolent.
A) friendly and helpful
B) friendly; agreeable
C) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E) none of the above
4. Define camaraderie.
A) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
B) high praise
C) wisdom
D) trust; sociability amongst friends
E) none of the above
5. Define censure.
A) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
B) to criticize harshly
C) to shorten; abridge
D) to cooperate, work together
E) none of the above
6. Define circuitous.
A) friendly; agreeable
B) indirect, taking the longest route
C) out-of-date; not attributed to the correct historical period
D) depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract
E) none of the above
7. Define clairvoyant.
A) indirect; taking the longest route
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) nameless; without a disclosed identity
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E. none of the above
8. Define collaborate.
A) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
B) to improve; bring to a greater level of intensity
C) to imitate; follow an example
D) to cooperate, work together
E) none of the above
9. Define impetuous.
A) outstanding; an example to others
B) cliched; worn-out by overuse
C) harmful; destructive; detrimental
D) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
E) none of the above
10. Define aesthetic.
A) friendly and helpful
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) considerate; skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
D) cliched; worn-out by overuse
E) none of the above
11. The man is a pure ----; he thinks that maximizing pleasure is the point of life.
A) demagogue
B) hedonist
C) conformist
D) novice
E) none of the above
12. Cigarette smoking is ---- to your health.
A) mundane
B) deleterious
C) hackneyed
D) prudent
E) none of the above
13. The children were told that they should be ---- of strangers offering candy.
A) haughty
B) wary
C) intrepid
D) intuitive
E) none of the above
14. The game is simply too cliched to be horrific. For example, the voice acting of the characters is extremely overdone and -----.
A) haughty
B) deleterious
C) hackneyed
D) prudent
E) none of the above
15. The results show that frogs can use condensation to hydrate themselves. And in a place as ----- as the Australian savannahs during the dry season, where there is essentially no rain from June through August, every little bit counts. --The American Naturalist, September 29, 2011
A) amicable
B) arid
C) mundane
D) florid
E) none of the above
16. Identify the allusion.
A) Ambrosia
B) Echo
C) Circe
D) Furies
E) none of the above
17. Identify the allusion.
A) Adonis
B) Aeneas
C) Demeter
D) Damocles
E) none of the above
18. a setting that is rustic, pastoral, harmonious, and idealized
A) Concordia
B) Arcadia
C) Delphi
D) Atlantis
E) none of the above
19. identified in Roman mythology as the goddess of peace and harmony
A) Concordia
B) Arcadia
C) Delphi
D) Atlantis
E) none of the above
20. According to Greek mythology, the gods on Olympus fed on such food, which gave them immortality.
A) Arcadia
B) Cronus's children
C) Proteus
D) chicken and waffles
E) none of the above
21. For his strength, he depended on being in contact with the earth, so when Hercules held him off the ground, he was powerless to prevent himself being strangled to death.
A) Aeneas
B) the Minotaur
C) Atlas
D) Argus
E) none of the above
22. Identify the allusion.
A) Argus
B) Antaeus
C) Circe
D) Chimera
E) none of the above
23. She foresaw the downfall of Troy by use of the Trojan Horse but a curse placed on her prevented anyone from believing her predictions.
A) Cassandra
B) Helen
C) Persephone
D) Hippolyta
E) none of the above
24. He was a beautiful youth much loved by the goddess Aphrodite. While hunting he was attacked and killed by a wild boar.
A) Stentor
B) Icarus
C) Adonis
D) Pygmalion
E) none of the above
25. Identify the classical allusion.
A) Pan
B) Bacchus
C) Hermes
D) Cronus
E. none of the above
26. Which statement uses an example of metaphor?
A) Gaddafi himself remains on the run and a handful of towns in Libya remain under the control of his followers.
B) Obama Vows to go where no man has gone before: passing and signing climate and energy legislation.
C) The mind is a machine.
D) A female tiger has killed her mate at a West Texas zoo, authorities said on Friday, in a rare attack that came after months of simmering jealousy in a feline love triangle.
E) none of the above
27. Which statement uses an example of personification?
A) Today is the tenth anniversary of the assassination of Ahmad Shah Massoud, the Lion of the Panjshir.
B) I have zillions of pictures drawn that need scanned--they're begging to be scanned--but the stupid computer won't cooperate!
C) High performance CPUs and GPUs suck down power like a fat kid sucks down cake.
D) The start of the game was delayed 56 minutes by a rain that never really stopped.
E) none of the above
28. Identify the literary element.
A) allusion
B) pun
C) metaphor
D) irony
E) none of the above
29. Which sentence does not contain a simile?
A) Curley was flopping like a fish on a line.
B) When he got the tools out, he was as precise and thorough as a surgeon.
C) The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
D) The very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric.
E) none of the above
30. Which sentence does not contain a pun?
A) The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
B) The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
C) A cardboard belt would be a waist of paper.
D) He says the group was not able to stay together.
E) none of the above
Inter-class Competition #3 (David v. Goliath)
1. She foresaw the downfall of Troy by use of the Trojan Horse but a curse placed on her prevented anyone from believing her predictions.
A) Athena
B) Cassandra
C) Aphrodite
D) Concordia
E) none of the above
2. The mother of Eros (Cupid) and Aeneas, she was thought to have been born out of the foam of the sea and is thus often pictured rising from the water.
A) Aphrodite
B) Ambrosia
C) Arcadia
D) Cassandra
E) none of the above
A) Aeneas
B) Antaeus
C) Atlas
D) Achilles
E) none of the above
7. a seafarer, especially one who embarks in a spirit of adventure
A) Adonis
B) Antaeus
C) Amazon
D) argonaut
E) none of the above
8. The Greek and Roman god of poetry, prophecy, medicine, and light, he represented all aspects of civilization and order. Zeus was his father, and Artemis was his sister.
A) Atlas
B) Aeneas
C) Achilles
D) Ambrosia
E) none of the above
9. He was a beautiful youth much loved by the goddess Aphrodite. While hunting he was attacked and killed by a wild boar.
A) Stentor
B) Icarus
C) Adonis
D) Pygmalion
E) none of the above
10. Identify the classical allusion.
3. Who was Cerberus?
A) a ravenous, filthy monster with a woman's head and a bird's body
B) a fire-breathing she-monster made up of the front parts of a lion, the middle parts of a goat, and the tail of a snake
C) a nine-headed serpent slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labors
D) a female sea monster
E) none of the above
4. a setting that is rustic, pastoral, harmonious, and idealized
A) Concordia
B) Arcadia
C) Delphi
D) Erebus
E) none of the above
5. The personification of dark, the brother of Nyx (night) and son of Chaos, his name was later applied to the gloomy caverns through which the souls of the dead had to pass on their way to Hades and eventually became more or less synonymous with hell.
A) Erebus
B) Arcadia
C) Cerberus
D) Charon
E) none of the above
6. The legendary forefather of the Romans, he was a Trojan prince who escaped the fall of Troy and embarked on a long and arduous voyage in search of a new home.
A) Antaeus
B) Bacchus
C) Chimera
D) Demeter
E. none of the above
QUIZ #7 (AP & LIT III/IV)
A) Aeneas
B) Antaeus
C) Atlas
D) Achilles
E) none of the above
26. Identify the allusion.
1. Define acumen.
A) quickness, accuracy, and keenness of judgment or insight
B) strongly disinclined
C) something that cures; a remedy
D) possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
E) none of the above
2. Define diffidence.
A) quarrelsome
B) ready and willing to be taught; teachable
C) possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
D) timidity or shyness
E) none of the above
3. Define ambivalent.
A) quarrelsome
B) simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
C) producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous
D) shrewd; clever
E) none of the above
4. Define dogmatic.
A) stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
B) simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
C) strongly disinclined
D) the representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order
E) none of the above
5. Define euphemism
A) simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
B) the interaction of two or more agents or forces so that their combined effect is greater than the sum of their individual effects
C) the act or an example of substituting a mild, indirect, or vague term for one considered harsh, blunt, or offensive
D) persistence
E) none of the above
6. A(n) ----- dental hygienist does more than just remove plaque from teeth. In monitoring oral health, a hygienist can see the effects diet and overall health have on the teeth and gums. --Reading Eagle, October 15, 2011
A) dogmatic
B) astute
C) anachronistic
D) contentious
E) none of the above
7. Covering a war by drawing sketches of it seems as ----- as fighting a war by using a bow and arrow. --CBS News, October 5, 2011
A) dogmatic
B) arboreal
C) anachronistic
D) acumen
E) none of the above
8. New Jersey's top court has ----- a law-firm associate for falsifying his law-school transcript and misleading an ethics committee investigator who reviewed the incident. --Reuters, October 10, 2011
A) censured
B) bolstered
C) concurred
D) extirpated
E) none of the above
9. We Connecticut residents love our tree-lined streets--until there's a significant storm. Then the oaks, maples, hickories and countless other ----- varieties found here become more nuisance than nicety, as branches and even entire trees crash down on electric power lines. --Hartford Courant, September 15, 2011
A) ambivalent
B) arboreal
C) averse
D) contentious
E) none of the above
10. We believe in performance (not verbose talk) and it is the reason our website demonstrates -----; it is succinct and instantly gets to the point.
A) dogmatic
B) brevity
C) averse
D) contiguous
E) none of the above
11. The feelings of Americans about their national government have been ----- since the founding of the nation. While they recognize the need for government in an organized society, they also inherently distrust and fear its authority. --Yuma Sun, October 8, 2011
A) derogatory
B) dogmatic
C) ambivalent
D) astute
E) none of the above
12. A typical dive-bar experience might involve a curmudgeonly bartender, ----- second-hand smoke and a guy who drunkenly yells, "Play Freebird!" every time someone feeds the jukebox. --STLToday.com, October 7, 2011
A) ambivalent
B) arboreal
C) astute
D) copious
E) none of the above
13. The Kansas City Chiefs' wide receiver is about the most ----- football player you'll ever come across. Sure, he gets feisty for games, and his energy in practice is downright infectious. But in the locker room and away from the playing field, Breaston is about as chill as they come. --Winnipeg Free Press, October 15, 2011
A) astute
B) copious
C) curative
D) docile
E) none of the above
14. She was decades ahead of the curve when it came to believing in the ----- powers of exercise, and thought sugar could kill you. --Huffington Post, October 5, 2011
A) curative
B) averse
C) anachronistic
D) arboreal
E) none of the above
15. Some 20,000 mourners chanted slogans ----- the ruling military during a funeral procession overnight for 17 Christians killed in a Cairo protest. They accused the army of bearing primary responsibility for the worst violence since Egypt's uprising eight months ago. --Fox News, October 11, 2011
A) denouncing
B) ascertaining
C) bolstering
D) flagging
E) none of the above
16. Define surreptitious.
A) considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
B) secret; stealthy
C) bitter; hateful
D) preferring to live in isolation
E) none of the above
17. ----- was evident along the Federal Way Eagles' sideline after a victory of monumental importance. --The News Tribune, October 13, 2011
A) jubilation
B) exasperation
C) sagacity
D) abstinence
E) none of the above
18. Define enervating.
A) momentary; transient; fleeting
B) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
C) weakening; tiring
D) persistent; hard-working
E) none of the above
19. By taking the downright aggressive route, this snooty Bollywood queen has proved that she is incapable of being ----- and polite. --Bollywood Life, October 13, 2011
A) rancorous
B) ostentatious
C) provocative
D) tactful
E) none of the above
20. Define hackneyed.
A) cliched; worn-out by overuse
B) preferring to live in isolation
C) bitter; hateful
D) respected because of age
E) none of the above
21. a herald with a powerful voice who died after he lost a shouting contest with Hermes
A) Aeneas
B) Stentor
C) Tantalus
D) Procrustes
E) none of the above
22. According to Greek mythology, they were minor deities of the forest, depicted as having the bodies of unusually hairy men, the legs and feet of goats and short horns on their head.
A) centaurs
B) sirens
C) harpies
D) satyrs
E) none of the above
23. a setting that is rustic, pastoral, harmonious, and idealized
A) Concordia
B) Arcadia
C) Delphi
D) Erebus
E) none of the above
24. The personification of dark, the brother of Nyx (night) and son of Chaos, his name was later applied to the gloomy caverns through which the souls of the dead had to pass on their way to Hades and eventually became more or less synonymous with hell.
A) Erebus
B) Arcadia
C) Cerberus
D) Charon
E) none of the above
25. The legendary forefather of the Romans, he was a Trojan prince who escaped the fall of Troy and embarked on a long and arduous voyage in search of a new home.
I. personification
II. verbal irony
III. pun
A) Damocles
B) Echo
C) Demeter
D) Cassandra
E) none of the above
27. Identify the literary element.
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
28. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. symbolism
III. allusion
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
29. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. symbolism
III. pun
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
30. Identify the literary element.
I. allusion
II. personification
III. simile
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
QUIZ #7 (LIT I/II)
1. Define assiduous.
A) extremely dry or deathly boring
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) possessing an attitude of superiority patronizing
D) persistent, hard-working
E) none of the above
2. Define asylum.
A) trust; sociability amongst friends
B) a crowd of people; an assembly
C) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
D) sanctuary, shelter, place of refuge
E) none of the above
3. Define camaraderie.
A) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
B) high praise
C) wisdom
D) trust; sociability amongst friends
E) none of the above
4. Define censure.
A) to settle a dispute by terms agreeable to both sides
B) to criticize harshly
C) to shorten; abridge
D) to cooperate, work together
E) none of the above
5. Define circuitous.
A) friendly; agreeable
B) indirect, taking the longest route
C) out-of-date; not attributed to the correct historical period
D) depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract
E) none of the above
6. Define clairvoyant.
A) indirect; taking the longest route
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) nameless; without a disclosed identity
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E. none of the above
7. Define surreptitious.
A) considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
B) secret; stealthy
C) bitter; hateful
D) preferring to live in isolation
E) none of the above
8. ----- was evident along the Federal Way Eagles' sideline after a victory of monumental importance. --The News Tribune, October 13, 2011
A) jubilation
B) exasperation
C) sagacity
D) abstinence
E) none of the above
9. Define enervating.
A) momentary; transient; fleeting
B) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
C) weakening; tiring
D) persistent; hard-working
E) none of the above
10. By taking the downright aggressive route, this snooty Bollywood queen has proved that she is incapable of being ----- and polite. --Bollywood Life, October 13, 2011
A) rancorous
B) ostentatious
C) provocative
D) tactful
E) none of the above
11. Define hackneyed.
A) cliched; worn-out by overuse
B) preferring to live in isolation
C) bitter; hateful
D) respected because of age
E) none of the above
12. The man is a pure ----; he thinks that maximizing pleasure is the point of life.
A) demagogue
B) hedonist
C) conformist
D) novice
E) none of the above
13. Define adulation.
A) trust; sociability amongst friends
B) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
C) short, usually funny account of an event
D) high praise
E) none of the above
14. Cigarette smoking is ---- to your health.
A) mundane
B) deleterious
C) hackneyed
D) prudent
E) none of the above
15. Define perfidious.
A) bitter; hateful
B) certain; unavoidable
C) faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy
D) tending to provoke a response, e.g., anger or disagreement
E) none of the above
16. She foresaw the downfall of Troy by use of the Trojan Horse but a curse placed on her prevented anyone from believing her predictions.
A) Athena
B) Cassandra
C) Aphrodite
D) Concordia
E) none of the above
17. The mother of Eros (Cupid) and Aeneas, she was thought to have been born out of the foam of the sea and is thus often pictured rising from the water.
A) Aphrodite
B) Ambrosia
C) Arcadia
D) Cassandra
E) none of the above
A) Aeneas
B) Antaeus
C) Atlas
D) Achilles
E) none of the above
22. a seafarer, especially one who embarks in a spirit of adventure
A) Adonis
B) Antaeus
C) Amazon
D) argonaut
E) none of the above
23. The Greek and Roman god of poetry, prophecy, medicine, and light, he represented all aspects of civilization and order. Zeus was his father, and Artemis was his sister.
A) Atlas
B) Aeneas
C) Achilles
D) Ambrosia
E) none of the above
24. He was a beautiful youth much loved by the goddess Aphrodite. While hunting he was attacked and killed by a wild boar.
A) Stentor
B) Icarus
C) Adonis
D) Pygmalion
E) none of the above
25. Identify the classical allusion.
18. Who was Cerberus?
A) a ravenous, filthy monster with a woman's head and a bird's body
B) a fire-breathing she-monster made up of the front parts of a lion, the middle parts of a goat, and the tail of a snake
C) a nine-headed serpent slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labors
D) a female sea monster
E) none of the above
19. a setting that is rustic, pastoral, harmonious, and idealized
A) Concordia
B) Arcadia
C) Delphi
D) Erebus
E) none of the above
20. The personification of dark, the brother of Nyx (night) and son of Chaos, his name was later applied to the gloomy caverns through which the souls of the dead had to pass on their way to Hades and eventually became more or less synonymous with hell.
A) Erebus
B) Arcadia
C) Cerberus
D) Charon
E) none of the above
21. The legendary forefather of the Romans, he was a Trojan prince who escaped the fall of Troy and embarked on a long and arduous voyage in search of a new home.
A) Antaeus
B) Bacchus
C) Chimera
D) Demeter
E. none of the above
26. Identify the literary element.
A) allusion
B) pun
C) metaphor
D) irony
E) none of the above
27. Identify the literary element.
I. allusion
II. personification
III. simile
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
28. Which statement uses an example of simile?
A) After 30 years, Sade retains all of her signature strengths, most significantly in how she balances power and fragility, her voice like a silk thread that can somehow hold the weight of a broken heart.
B) The dinner table is the glue of families.
C) Your Romeo is right in front of you.
D) The pilots had orders from the White House to take out any plane that refused to heed warnings and land.
E) none of the above
29. Which statement uses an example of metaphor?
A) Gaddafi himself remains on the run and a handful of towns in Libya remain under the control of his followers.
B) Obama Vows to go where no man has gone before: passing and signing climate and energy legislation.
C) The mind is a machine.
D) A female tiger has killed her mate at a West Texas zoo, authorities said on Friday, in a rare attack that came after months of simmering jealousy in a feline love triangle.
E) none of the above
I. personification
II. verbal irony
III. pun
30. Identify the literary element.
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
AP QUIZ #8
1. Define impugn.
A) to attack as false or questionable
B) to agree; to be of the same opinion
C) to buoy up or hearten; to support or prop up
D) to discover with certainty, as through examination or experimentation
E) none of the above
2. Define superfluous.
A) quick to recover; bounce back
B) extra; more than enough; redundant
C) careful; cautious
D) respected because of age
E) none of the above
3. Define ambivalent.
A) quarrelsome
B) simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
C) producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous
D) shrewd; clever
E) none of the above
4. Define fastidious.
A) shrewd; clever
B) possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
C) producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous
D) quarrelsome
E) none of the above
5. Define extirpate.
A) to criticize severely; blame
B) to agree; to be of the same opinion
C) to discover with certainty, as through examination or experimentation
D) to destroy totally; to pull up by the roots
E) none of the above
6. Rumana said he feared that Brennan, who is involved in several lawsuits, might sue him for remarks he makes in an open forum or use his comments against him in other pending legal battles. "Brennan is very -----," Rumana said last week. --The Record, October 18, 2011
A) astute
B) copious
C) contiguous
D) litigious
E) none of the above
7. Define dogmatic.
A) stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
B) simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
C) strongly disinclined
D) the representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order
E) none of the above
8. Define insular.
A) smallness of number; fewness
B) suggestive of the isolated life of an island; narrow or provincial
C) persistence
D) tending or intending to belittle
E) none of the above
9. New Jersey's top court has ----- a law-firm associate for falsifying his law-school transcript and misleading an ethics committee investigator who reviewed the incident. --Reuters, October 10, 2011
A) censured
B) bolstered
C) concurred
D) extirpated
E) none of the above
10. Some 20,000 mourners chanted slogans ----- the ruling military during a funeral procession overnight for 17 Christians killed in a Cairo protest. They accused the army of bearing primary responsibility for the worst violence since Egypt's uprising eight months ago. --Fox News, October 11, 2011
A) denouncing
B) ascertaining
C) bolstering
D) flagging
E) none of the above
11. Define surreptitious.
A) considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
B) secret; stealthy
C) bitter; hateful
D) preferring to live in isolation
E) none of the above
12. Define nonchalant.
A) ordinary; commonplace
B) momentary, transient; fleeting
C) calm; casual; seeming unexcited
D) controlled; repressed; restricted
E) none of the above
13. Define empathy.
A) irritation; frustration
B) the state of separate elements joining or coming together
C) the act of turning aside; straying from the main point, esp. in a speech or argument
D) decency; honesty; wholeness
E) none of the above
14. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are giving a sneak peek inside their ----- Malibu mansion, and you get to see a privileged look inside one of their multi-million dollar mansions.
--Gather Celebs News Channel, October 13, 2011
A) frugal
B) prosaic
C) impetuous
D) opulent
E) none of the above
15. Define precocious.
A) unusually advanced or talented at an early age
B) persistent; hard-working
C) careful; cautious
D) certain; unavoidable
E) none of the above
16. Who was Nike?
A) the goddess of victory in Greek mythology
B) the messenger and herald of the gods
C) the goddess of divine retribution
D) a poet-musician whose music had the power to move even inanimate objects
E) none of the above
17. an ancient goddess associated with the underworld, night, and witchcraft
A) Medusa
B) Circe
C) Hecate
D) Medea
E) none of the above
18. a mythical Greek giant who was a thief and a murderer. He would capture travelers and tie them to an iron bed. If they were longer than the bed, he would hack off their limbs until they fit it. If they were too short, he would stretch them to the right size.
A) Proteus
B) Stentor
C) Tantalus
D) Procrustes
E) none of the above
19. a herald with a powerful voice who died after he lost a shouting contest with Hermes
A) Aeneas
B) Stentor
C) Tantalus
D) Procrustes
E) none of the above
20. was a poet-musician whose music had the power to move even inanimate objects. When his wife Eurydice died he went to Hades to get her back but failed because he broke the injunction not to look back at her until they reach the upper world.
A) Proteus
B) Tantalus
C) Morpheus
D) Erebus
E) none of the above
21. Define Romanticism.
A) an art and literature movement of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries that intentionally split from earlier conservative traditions and rejected traditional forms and styles for more experimental techniques
B) a movement in literature and the arts, and an approach to philosophy, which aims at accuracy and objectivity and cultivates realistic and even sordid portrayals of people and their environment
C) a movement in literature, music, and painting in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, that stressed the essential goodness of human beings, celebrated nature rather than civilization, and valued emotion and imagination over reason
D) an elite cultural movement of intellectuals in eighteenth century Europe, that sought to mobilize the power of reason in order to reform society and advance knowledge
E) none of the above
22. Romanticism is often characterized by five adjectives beginning with I. Which of the following is not one of them
A) Imagination
B) Idealism
C) Inspiration
D) Iconolatry
E) Individuality
23. Define noble savage.
A) a young man of sensitive and passionate disposition, whose brilliance is unappreciated by humanity
B) an idealized notion of uncivilized man, who symbolizes the innate goodness of one not exposed to the corrupting influences of civilization
C) an idealistic but deeply flawed protagonist who challenges authority and conventional morality, and becomes paradoxically ennobled by his peculiar rejection of virtue
D) an aesthetic feeling aroused by experiences too overwhelming in scale to be appreciated as beautiful by the senses
E) none of the above
24. Define Faustian bargain.
A) a choice between two persons or things that will result in the death or destruction of the person or thing not chosen
B) extreme pride or arrogance which ultimately causes the transgressor's ruin
C) a victory that is accompanied by enormous losses and leaves the winners in as desperate shape as if they had lost
D) an extreme sacrifice for power or knowledge without considering the ultimate cost
E) none of the above
25. According to legend, who was Faust?
A) a legendary magician and alchemist, who sold his soul to the devil in exchange for youth, knowledge, and power
B) a British Romantic poet, noted also for his passionate and disastrous love affairs
C) a person who created a creature that could be controlled and which brought about his ruin
D) a titan who taught humankind various arts and was sometimes said to have shaped humans out of clay and endowed them with the spark of life
E) none of the above
26. Define allegory.
A) the general set of ideas, beliefs, and feelings which is typical of a particular period in history, especially as it is reflected in literature, art, and philosophy
B) a literary work where the setting, characters, or action make sense on a literal level, but also convey a figurative level of meaning, which is usually religious or political in nature
C) a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character's own conduct
D) in literature, a movement that stressed the presentation of life as it is, without embellishment or idealization
E) none of the above
27. Which statement uses an example of metonymy?
A) The American Postal Workers Union, which can be as tough as a two-dollar steak, waded in immediately, insisting that people in remote areas of the country would be hit hard by such a move.
B) When William joined the army he disliked the phrase "Fire at will."
C) When the White House promised to answer citizen petitions on the most pressing problems of the day, it may not have had extraterrestrial life in mind.
D) Today is the first day of October, which for many fans of Sarah Palin means her presidential campaign carriage is set to turn back into a pumpkin.
E) none of the above
28. Which statement does not use a euphemism?
A) The past couple of weeks has seen the web filled with tributes to Steve Jobs who passed away on October 5th.
B) During college in New York, she put her curves to work within the peculiar economics of the fashion industry, and as a size 14, she was earning six figures as a plus-size model.
C) In a recurring dream I can never seem to find a rest room.
D) A handful of activists will always scream, "PIGS!" at the cops, while a small percentage of officers will beat protesters with batons.
E) none of the above
29. Which statement uses an example of apostrophe?
A) Dear America, Welcome to the 21th century! Cheers, Your Neighbours to the North
B) At the same time, Egypt has to be frank with the Israelis, and the Americans, and say it can no longer help in keeping the Palestinians where they are.
C) However, weather cleared on 30th September and finally the sun smiled on the mountain permitting the ascent..
D) Ms. Gallagher is a member of the Labor Party, which supports moves to sever ties to the British Crown, but her respect and admiration for the Queen is common among those who believe the country will eventually become a republic.
E) none of the above
30. Which statement does not use an example of symbolism?
A) USC about to put the finishing touches on a 31-17 upset victory, Irish coach Brian Kelly declined to call any timeouts. In a sea of Notre Dame navy, gold and green, the Trojans viewed that as a white flag.
B) Her son Louis wore a bandana with a skull and cross bones design on his head.
C) Jane Sundberg of Dallas and her husband, Larry, came decked out in full red, white and blue.
D) Miranda Kerr gave the paparazzi the middle finger this past week. Was Kerr in a bad mood?
E) none of the above
LIT I/II and LIT III/IV QUIZ #8
1. Define circuitous.
A) friendly; agreeable
B) indirect, taking the longest route
C) out-of-date; not attributed to the correct historical period
D) depending on a condition, e.g., in a contract
E) none of the above
2. Define clairvoyant.
A) indirect; taking the longest route
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) nameless; without a disclosed identity
D) pertaining to beauty or the arts
E. none of the above
3. Define surreptitious.
A) considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
B) secret; stealthy
C) bitter; hateful
D) preferring to live in isolation
E) none of the above
4. Define nonchalant.
A) ordinary; commonplace
B) momentary, transient; fleeting
C) calm; casual; seeming unexcited
D) controlled; repressed; restricted
E) none of the above
5. Define empathy.
A) irritation; frustration
B) the state of separate elements joining or coming together
C) the act of turning aside; straying from the main point, esp. in a speech or argument
D) decency; honesty; wholeness
E) none of the above
6. Define aesthetic.
A) friendly and helpful
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) considerate; skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
D) cliched; worn-out by overuse
E) none of the above
7. Define demagogue.
A) foe; opponent; adversary
B) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
C) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
D) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
E) none of the above
8. Define enervating.
A) momentary; transient; fleeting
B) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
C) weakening; tiring
D) persistent; hard-working
E) none of the above
9. Define perfidious.
A) bitter; hateful
B) certain; unavoidable
C) faithless, disloyal, untrustworthy
D) tending to provoke a response, e.g., anger or disagreement
E) none of the above
10. Define fortuitous.
A) happening by luck; fortunate
B) outstanding; an example to others
C) arrogant and condescending
D) weakening, tiring
E) none of the above
11. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are giving a sneak peek inside their ----- Malibu mansion, and you get to see a privileged look inside one of their multi-million dollar mansions.
--Gather Celebs News Channel, October 13, 2011
A) frugal
B) prosaic
C) impetuous
D) opulent
E) none of the above
12. The results show that frogs can use condensation to hydrate themselves. And in a place as ----- as the Australian savannahs during the dry season, where there is essentially no rain from June through August, every little bit counts. --The American Naturalist, September 29, 2011
A) amicable
B) arid
C) mundane
D) florid
E) none of the above
13. Kendall BeCraft threw for 197 yards — including a 31-yard touchdown — the Bees relied on their ----- defense to hold the Pioneers scoreless and earn a hard-fought 12-0 win at Stinger Stadium. --The News and Advance, October 22, 2011
A) tenacious
B) superficial
C) impetuous
D) nonchalant
E) none of the above
14. Only the most ----- mountain climbers would dare to climb Mt. Everest because of all of the many dangers on the mountain.
A) intrepid
B) querulous
C) intrepid
D) mundane
E) monolith
15. The children were told that they should be ----- of strangers offering candy.
A) haughty
B) wary
C) intrepid
D) intuitive
E) none of the above
16. an ancient goddess associated with the underworld, night, and witchcraft
A) Medusa
B) Circe
C) Hecate
D) Medea
E) none of the above
17. The Greek and Roman god of poetry, prophecy, medicine, and light, he represented all aspects of civilization and order. Zeus was his father, and Artemis was his sister.
A) Apollo
B) Aeneas
C) Achilles
D) Antaeus
E) none of the above
18. Identify the allusion.
A) Damocles
B) Aeneas
C) Hermes
D) Hercules
E) none of the above
19. Identify the allusion.
A) Cassandra
B) Helen
C) Circe
D) Echo
E) none of the above
20. The mother of Eros (Cupid) and Aeneas, she was thought to have been born out of the foam of the sea and is thus often pictured rising from the water.
A) Aphrodite
B) Ambrosia
C) Arcadia
D) Cassandra
E) none of the above
A) Aeneas
B) Antaeus
C) Atlas
D) Achilles
E) none of the above
21. Who was Cerberus?
A) a ravenous, filthy monster with a woman's head and a bird's body
B) a fire-breathing she-monster made up of the front parts of a lion, the middle parts of a goat, and the tail of a snake
C) a nine-headed serpent slain by Hercules as one of his twelve labors
D) a female sea monster
E) none of the above
22. a setting that is rustic, pastoral, harmonious, and idealized
A) Concordia
B) Arcadia
C) Delphi
D) Erebus
E) none of the above
23. The personification of dark, the brother of Nyx (night) and son of Chaos, his name was later applied to the gloomy caverns through which the souls of the dead had to pass on their way to Hades and eventually became more or less synonymous with hell.
A) Erebus
B) Arcadia
C) Cerberus
D) Charon
E) none of the above
24. The legendary forefather of the Romans, he was a Trojan prince who escaped the fall of Troy and embarked on a long and arduous voyage in search of a new home.
25. Define allegory.
A) the general set of ideas, beliefs, and feelings which is typical of a particular period in history, especially as it is reflected in literature, art, and philosophy
B) a literary work where the setting, characters, or action make sense on a literal level, but also convey a figurative level of meaning, which is usually religious or political in nature
C) a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character's own conduct
D) in literature, a movement that stressed the presentation of life as it is, without embellishment or idealization
E) none of the above
26. Which statement does not use an example of personification?
A) The low sales prices pulled me into the store.
B) Police were called to a daycare where a three-year-old was resisting a rest.
C) That piece of chocolate cake is really tempting me.
D) I can see that news travels quickly.
E) none of the above
27. Which statement uses an allusion?
A) The American Postal Workers Union, which can be as tough as a two-dollar steak, waded in immediately, insisting that people in remote areas of the country would be hit hard by such a move.
B) When William joined the army he disliked the phrase "Fire at will."
C) When the White House promised to answer citizen petitions on the most pressing problems of the day, it may not have had extraterrestrial life in mind.
D) Today is the first day of October, which for many fans of Sarah Palin means her presidential campaign carriage is set to turn back into a pumpkin.
E) none of the above
28. Which statement does not use an example of symbolism?
A) USC about to put the finishing touches on a 31-17 upset victory, Irish coach Brian Kelly declined to call any timeouts. In a sea of Notre Dame navy, gold and green, the Trojans viewed that as a white flag.
B) Her son Louis wore a bandana with a skull and cross bones design on his head.
C) Jane Sundberg of Dallas and her husband, Larry, came decked out in full red, white and blue.
D) Miranda Kerr gave the paparazzi the middle finger this past week. Was Kerr in a bad mood?
E) none of the above
29. Which statement does not use an example of a pun?
A) A hole has been found in the nudist camp wall. The police are looking into it.
B) A prisoner's favorite punctuation mark is the period. It marks the end of his sentence.
C) John Deere's manure spreader is the only equipment the company won't stand behind.
D) A boiled egg in the morning is hard to beat.
E) none of the above
30. Identify the literary element.
I. simile
II. irony
III. ambiguity
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) I, II, and III
AP QUIZ #9
1. Define fastidious.
A) shrewd; clever
B) possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
C) producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous
D) quarrelsome
E) none of the above
2. Define extirpate.
A) to criticize severely; blame
B) to agree; to be of the same opinion
C) to discover with certainty, as through examination or experimentation
D) to destroy totally; to pull up by the roots
E) none of the above
3. Define pernicious.
A) tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
B) principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting
C) producing a deep or full sound
D) shrewd; clever
E) none of the above
4. Define paucity.
A) possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
B) persistence
C) timidity or shyness
D) smallness of number; fewness
E) none of the above
5. The drizzle of ----- words continues on the plane, beginning with “this is a no-smoking flight” — please tell us something we don’t already know: smoking on planes has been banned for more than a decade — and ending with the admonition that deplaning passengers should “make sure you have all your belongings.” --The Kansas City Star, October 29, 2011
A) contentious
B) acumen
C) superfluous
D) pernicious
E) none of the above
6. Many people can identify with feeling a little more tired and sluggish in the winter than in warmer seasons. But some people experience extreme symptoms that cause them to hide indoors and become -----. --The Eastern Echo, October 26, 2011
A) mundane
B) reclusive
C) resilient
D) querulous
E) none of the above
7. They are all ----- and will shortly be replaced by other enthusiasms. --The Australian, October 29, 2011
A) mundane
B) tenacious
C) intuitive
D) evanescent
E) none of the above
8. Like the ----- communists before them, the Islamists have only pretended at moderation in order to fool gullible liberals. --Al-Jazeerah.info, October 10, 2011
A) intrepid
B) venerable
C) ephemeral
D) perfidious
E) none of the above
9. Tinker's message, delivered to fellow scientists, community members, US Forest Service personnel and other experts at Friday's summit was a hopeful one: the forest is -----, even after the pine beetle has impacted more than 2 million acres in Colorado. --Summit Daily News, October 30, 2011
A) resilient
B) evanescent
C) parched
D) venerable
E) none of the above
10. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are giving a sneak peek inside their ----- Malibu mansion, and you get to see a privileged look inside one of their multi-million dollar mansions.
--Gather Celebs News Channel, October 13, 2011
A) frugal
B) prosaic
C) impetuous
D) opulent
E) none of the above
11. He killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and made war on the Amazons, whose queen, Hippolyta, he subsequently married.
A) Theseus
B) Hercules
C) Tantalus
D) Damocles
E) none of the above
12. a powerful sorceress who turned people into swine. On the way home from Troy, the crew of Odysseus fell prey to her spells.
A) Hecate
B) Medusa
C) Circe
D) Medea
E) none of the above
13. a setting that is rustic, pastoral, harmonious, and idealized
A) Concordia
B) Arcadia
C) Delphi
D) Atlantis
E) none of the above
14. the god of sleep and dreams
A) Concordia
B) Orpheus
C) Morpheus
D) Erebus
E) none of the above
15. Identify the allusion.
A) Hydra
B) sirens
C) Scylla and Charybdis
D) Kraken
E) none of the above
16. a city, place, society, etc., notorious for corruption or depravity. In the New Testament, it is a symbol for a prosperous human society that has no time for God.
A) Rome
B) Babylon
C) Sinai
D) Jericho
E) none of the above
17. someone who helps another person, perhaps someone of a different race or background
A) sacrificial lamb
B) good shepherd
C) prodigal son
D) Aaron's serpent
E) none of the above
18. a source of revelation, especially one of a miraculous nature
A) burning bush
B) eye of the needle
C) thirty pieces of silver
D) salt of the earth
E) none of the above
19. a farmer who became enraged when God accepted the offering of his brother, a shepherd, in preference to his own. He murdered his brother and was banished by God.
A) Caiaphas
B) Cain
C) Jonah
D) Judas
E) none of the above
20. Identify the allusion.
A) judgment of Solomon
B) massacre of the innocents
C) valley of the shadow of death
D) Lazarus
E) none of the above
20. Which statement uses an example of metonymy?
A) The American Postal Workers Union, which can be as tough as a two-dollar steak, waded in immediately, insisting that people in remote areas of the country would be hit hard by such a move.
B) When William joined the army he disliked the phrase "Fire at will."
C) When the White House promised to answer citizen petitions on the most pressing problems of the day, it may not have had extraterrestrial life in mind.
D) Today is the first day of October, which for many fans of Sarah Palin means her presidential campaign carriage is set to turn back into a pumpkin.
E) none of the above
21. Which statement uses an example of synecdoche?
A) Still, the iconic mega-cafes of that area pull in the first-timers like lambs to the slaughter.
B) A Hawaii spa is calling all hands on deck for its guests.
C) He drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how the Mercedes bends.
D) The bees played hide and seek with the flowers as they buzzed from one to another.
E) none of the above
22. Which statement uses an example of hyperbole?
A) The sputtering economy could make the difference if you're trying to get a deal on a new set of wheels.
B) The flowers waltzed in the gentle breeze.
C) He had a ton of homework to complete.
D) Root canal surgery can be uncomfortable for the dental patient.
E) none of the above
23. Which statement uses an example of understatement?
A) The waffle jumped up out of the toaster.
B) Lightning sometimes shocks people because it just doesn't know how to conduct itself.
C) Give us this day our daily bread.
D) I have to have this operation. It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.
E) none of the above
24. Which statement does not use an example of a pun?
A) The little old woman who lived in a shoe wasn't the sole owner--there were strings attached.
B) The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow.
C) A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
D) Seven days without a pun makes one weak.
E) none of the above
25. Which statement does not use a euphemism?
A) The past couple of weeks has seen the web filled with tributes to Steve Jobs who passed away on October 5th.
B) During college in New York, she put her curves to work within the peculiar economics of the fashion industry, and as a size 14, she was earning six figures as a plus-size model.
C) In a recurring dream I can never seem to find a rest room.
D) A handful of activists will always scream, "PIGS!" at the cops, while a small percentage of officers will beat protesters with batons.
E) none of the above
26. Define Byronic hero.
A) a British Romantic poet, noted also for his passionate and disastrous love affairs
B) a young man of sensitive and passionate disposition, whose brilliance is unappreciated by humanity
C) an idealistic but deeply flawed protagonist who challenges authority and conventional morality, and becomes paradoxically ennobled by his peculiar rejection of virtue
D) a secondary or minor character in a literary work who contrasts with the main character
E) none of the above
27. What is the sublime?
A) an idealized notion of uncivilized man, who symbolizes the innate goodness of one not exposed to the corrupting influences of civilization
B) extreme pride or arrogance which ultimately causes the transgressor's ruin
C) a victory that is accompanied by enormous losses and leaves the winners in as desperate shape as if they had lost
D) an aesthetic feeling aroused by experiences too overwhelming in scale to be appreciated as beautiful by the senses
E) none of the above
28. Define allegory.
A) the general set of ideas, beliefs, and feelings which is typical of a particular period in history, especially as it is reflected in literature, art, and philosophy
B) a literary work where the setting, characters, or action make sense on a literal level, but also convey a figurative level of meaning, which is usually religious or political in nature
C) a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character's own conduct
D) in literature, a movement that stressed the presentation of life as it is, without embellishment or idealization
E) none of the above
29. Which statement uses an example of apostrophe?
A) Dear America, Welcome to the 21th century! Cheers, Your Neighbours to the North
B) At the same time, Egypt has to be frank with the Israelis, and the Americans, and say it can no longer help in keeping the Palestinians where they are.
C) However, weather cleared on 30th September and finally the sun smiled on the mountain permitting the ascent..
D) Ms. Gallagher is a member of the Labor Party, which supports moves to sever ties to the British Crown, but her respect and admiration for the Queen is common among those who believe the country will eventually become a republic.
E) none of the above
30. Which headline does not contain ambiguity?
A) A) Miners refuse to work after death
B) Spartanburg Police: Crack found in man's buttock
C) New openings for gynecologists
D) Marijuana issue sent to a joint committee
E) none of the above
LIT I/II and LIT III/IV QUIZ #9
1. Define surreptitious.
A) considerate, skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
B) secret; stealthy
C) bitter; hateful
D) preferring to live in isolation
E) none of the above
2. Define nonchalant.
A) ordinary; commonplace
B) momentary, transient; fleeting
C) calm; casual; seeming unexcited
D) controlled; repressed; restricted
E) none of the above
3. Define hackneyed.
A) cliched; worn-out by overuse
B) preferring to live in isolation
C) bitter; hateful
D) respected because of age
E) none of the above
4. Define aesthetic.
A) friendly and helpful
B) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
C) considerate; skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
D) cliched; worn-out by overuse
E) none of the above
5. Define camaraderie.
A) sympathy; helpfulness or mercy
B) high praise
C) wisdom
D) trust; sociability amongst friends
E) none of the above
6. Kendall BeCraft threw for 197 yards — including a 31-yard touchdown — the Bees relied on their ----- defense to hold the Pioneers scoreless and earn a hard-fought 12-0 win at Stinger Stadium. --The News and Advance, October 22, 2011
A) tenacious
B) superficial
C) impetuous
D) nonchalant
E) none of the above
7. Only the most ----- mountain climbers would dare to climb Mt. Everest because of all of the many dangers on the mountain.
A) intrepid
B) querulous
C) intrepid
D) mundane
E) monolith
8. Tinker's message, delivered to fellow scientists, community members, US Forest Service personnel and other experts at Friday's summit was a hopeful one: the forest is -----, even after the pine beetle has impacted more than 2 million acres in Colorado. --Summit Daily News, October 30, 2011
A) resilient
B) evanescent
C) parched
D) venerable
E) none of the above
9. Many people can identify with feeling a little more tired and sluggish in the winter than in warmer seasons. But some people experience extreme symptoms that cause them to hide indoors and become -----. --The Eastern Echo, October 26, 2011
A) mundane
B) reclusive
C) resilient
D) querulous
E) none of the above
10. They are all ----- and will shortly be replaced by other enthusiasms. --The Australian, October 29, 2011
A) mundane
B) tenacious
C) intuitive
D) evanescent
E) none of the above
12. a powerful sorceress who turned people into swine. On the way home from Troy, the crew of Odysseus fell prey to her spells.
A) Hecate
B) Medusa
C) Circe
D) Medea
E) none of the above
13. a setting that is rustic, pastoral, harmonious, and idealized
A) Concordia
B) Arcadia
C) Delphi
D) Atlantis
E) none of the above
14. The phrase "sword of Damocles" refers to
A) an awareness of impending or imminent danger.
B) the saying "Don't trust your enemies."
C) the sword used by Alexander to untie the Gordian knot.
D) something that contains many reoccurring obstacles or simply something that has many parts, divisions, or facets.
E) none of the above
21. Which sentence does not contain a simile?
A) Curley was flopping like a fish on a line.
B) When he got the tools out, he was as precise and thorough as a surgeon.
C) When Lee Mellon finished the apple he smacked his lips together like a pair of cymbals.
D) The very mist on the Essex marshes was like a gauzy and radiant fabric.
E) none of the above
22. Which statement does not use a pun?
A) The little old woman who lived in a shoe wasn't the sole owner--there were strings attached.
B) The first rays of morning tiptoed through the meadow.
C) A thief who stole a calendar got twelve months.
D) Seven days without a pun makes one weak.
E) none of the above
23. Which statement uses a metaphor?
A) I think that this general idea of what teenagers are like is on the whole a misconceived conception.
B) Elliott said the morning went "just as slick as a whistle."
C) Life is a journey, purposes are destinations, means are routes, difficulties are obstacles, counselors are guides, achievements are landmarks, choices are crossroads.
D) The sun was everywhere on the Twin Forks this week and smiled on the Hampton Classic.
E) none of the above
24. Which statement does not use a metaphor?
A) The goalkeeper was a rock.
B) Your brother is a pig.
C) You are the sunshine of my life.
D) All the world's a stage.
E) none of the above
25. Define allegory.
A) the general set of ideas, beliefs, and feelings which is typical of a particular period in history, especially as it is reflected in literature, art, and philosophy
B) a literary work where the setting, characters, or action make sense on a literal level, but also convey a figurative level of meaning, which is usually religious or political in nature
C) a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character's own conduct
D) in literature, a movement that stressed the presentation of life as it is, without embellishment or idealization
E) none of the above
26. Which headline does not contain ambiguity?
A) Miners refuse to work after death
B) Spartanburg Police: Crack found in man's buttock
C) Stolen painting found by tree
D) Marijuana issue sent to a joint committee
E) none of the above
Inter-class Competition
1. She was the goddess of fruit, crops, and vegetation.
A) Cassandra
B) Demeter
C) Hecate
D) Concordia
E) none of the above
2. Supposed to have been the strongest man on earth, he was also renowned for completing twelve seemingly impossible tasks.
A) Aeneas
B) Damocles
C) Hercules
D) Hector
E) none of the above
3. a powerful sorceress who turned people into swine. On the way home from Troy, the crew of Odysseus fell prey to her spells.
A) Hecate
B) Cassandra
C) Circe
D) Helen
E) none of the above
4. an ancient goddess associated with the underworld, night, and witchcraft.
A) Hecate
B) Cassandra
C) Circe
D) Helen
E) none of the above
5. nine-headed serpent slain by Hercules When any one of its heads was cut off, it was replaced by two others.
A) Hydra
B) harpy
C) Hecate
D) Circe
E) none of the above
6. a setting that is rustic, pastoral, harmonious, and idealized
A) Concordia
B) Arcadia
C) Delphi
D) Atlantis
E) none of the above
7. three monstrous sisters, commonly represented as having snakes for hair, wings, brazen claws, and eyes that turned anyone looking into them to stone
A) Gorgron
B) Furies
C) Hades
D) harpies
E) none of the above
8. He is represented as wearing winged sandals or a winged helmet.
A) Hercules
B) Hector
C) Hermes
D) Apollo
E) none of the above
9. a delicious or sweet-smelling food
A) Antaeus
B) Ambrosia
C) Argus
D) Aeneas
E) none of the above
10. guarded the entrance to Hades
A) Cronus
B) Charon
C) Cyclopes
D) Erebus
E) none of the above
AP QUIZ #10
1. Define fastidious.
A) shrewd; clever
B) possessing careful attention to detail; difficult to please
C) producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous
D) quarrelsome
E) none of the above
2. Define cosmopolitan.
A) producing or promoting a favorable result; advantageous
B) principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting
C) so sophisticated as to be at home in all parts of the world or conversant with many spheres of interest; pertinent or common to the whole world
D) subject to erratic behavior; unpredictable
E) none of the above
3. Define pernicious.
A) tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly
B) principled, having a strong sense of right and wrong; conscientious and exacting
C) producing a deep or full sound
D) shrewd; clever
E) none of the above
4. Define scrupulous.
A) producing a deep or full sound
B) passing away with time; passing from one place to another to annoy or bother; to perplex
C) producing a deep or full sound
D) the state of being various or manifold
E) none of the above
5. Define dogmatic.
A) stubbornly adhering to insufficiently proved beliefs
B) simultaneously feeling opposing feelings; uncertain
C) strongly disinclined
D) the representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order
E) none of the above
6. Define tactful.
A) considerate; skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
B) controlled; repressed; restricted
C) bitter; hateful
D) respected because of age
E) none of the above
7. Define ostentatious.
A) unusually advanced or talented at an early age
B) showy, displaying wealth
C) thrifty; cheap
D) lacking authenticity; false
E) none of the above
8. Define mundane.
A) calm; casual; seeming unexcited
B) cliched; worn-out by overuse
C) thrifty; cheap
D) ordinary; commonplace
E) none of the above
9. Define haughty.
A) unimportant; trivial
B) showy; displaying wealth
C) arrogant and condescending
D) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
E) none of the above
10. Define spurious.
A) hard to detect or describe; perceptive
B) determined; keeping a firm grip on
C) quick to recover; bounce back
D) lacking authenticity; false
E) none of the above
11. Define opprobrious.
A) showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
B) ashamed; embarrassed
C) expressing severe criticism and blame
D) bitter or scornful
E) none of the above
12. Define gushing.
A) marked by harshly abusive criticism
B) tense; theatrical; writing meant to excite
C) joyous; gay; jolly
D) expressing a positive feeling, especially praise, in such a strong way that it does not sound sincere
E) none of the above
13. Define mirthful.
A) willing to carry out the orders or wishes of another without protest
B) expressing praise
C) calm in a dangerous or frightening situation
D) showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others
E) none of the above
14. Define jingoistic.
A) fanatically patriotic
B) defiantly aggressive
C) characterized by jokes and good humor
D) joyous; gay; jolly
E) none of the above
15. Define salacious.
A) abusive; expressing contempt or ridicule
B) characterized by lust
C) disrespectful towards something regarded as sacred
D) humorously vulgar
E) none of the above
16. a herald with a powerful voice who died after he lost a shouting contest with Hermes
A) Aeneas
B) Stentor
C) Tantalus
D) Procrustes
E) none of the above
17. archetype of a ruthless, hypocritical politician. Caiaphas appears in the Bible as a Jewish high priest who tries Jesus.
A) Caiaphas
B) Cain
C) Jonah
D) Judas
E) none of the above
18. a featureless, desolate place or situation; a place of wandering or exile. According to Genesis 4:16, it was to an area that Cain was exiled after he murdered his brother Abel.
A) Golgotha
B) Garden of Gethsemane
C) east of Eden
D) promised land
E) none of the above
19. The phrase refers to the systematic killing of all male children two years old and younger that according to Matthew 2:1–16 took place in Bethlehem on the orders of Herod the Great in an attempt to stop the prophecy from coming true that one of these boys was destined to become king of the Jews.
A) the quick and the dead
B) lamb to the slaughter
C) kill the fatted calf
D) massacre of the innocents
E) none of the above
20. the evil personification of riches and worldliness, and the god of avarice
A) Mammon
B) Moloch
C) Satan
D) Caiaphas
E) none of the above
21. Which statement uses an example of metonymy?
A) She was only a whisky maker but he loved her still.
B) The pen is mightier than the sword.
C) The hurricane left the town with a little bit of rain.
D) The bees played hide and seek with the flowers as they buzzed from one to another.
E) none of the above
22. Which statement uses an example of synecdoche?
A) The cross-eyed teacher who couldn't control his pupils.
B) Her smile was a mile wide.
C) Friends, Romans, countrymen: lend me your ears.
D) Before I met my husband, I'd never fallen in love. I'd stepped in it a few times.
E) none of the above
23. Which statement does not use an example of hyperbole?
A) The package took forever to arrive in the mail.
B) At three weeks, Paul Bunyan got his family into a bit of trouble kicking around his little tootsies and knocking down something like four miles of standing timber.
C) She was so embarrassed, she thought she might die.
D) I am so tired I could sleep for a year.
E) none of the above
24. What is a doppelganger?
A) a character, group or characters, or institution that represents the opposition against which the protagonist must contendT
B) a fictional character who has become common through repeated use
C) a secondary character who strongly contrasts with the major character, usually the protagonist
D) a twin, shadow, or mirror-image of the protagonist
E) none of the above
25. Identify the literary element.
I. symbolism
II. understatement
III. hyperbole
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. II and III
F. I, II, and III
26. Identify the literary element.
I. situational irony
II. verbal irony
III. metonymy
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. II and III
F. I, II, and III
27. Identify the literary element.
I. pun
II. allusion
III. simile
A. I
B. II
C. III
D. I and II
E. II and III
F. I, II, and III
28. Romanticism is often characterized by five words beginning with I. Which of the following is not one of them
A) Intuition
B) Idealism
C) Inspiration
D) Idiosyncrasy
E) Imagination
29. Define allegory.
A) the general set of ideas, beliefs, and feelings which is typical of a particular period in history, especially as it is reflected in literature, art, and philosophy
B) a literary work where the setting, characters, or action make sense on a literal level, but also convey a figurative level of meaning, which is usually religious or political in nature
C) a literary device in which virtue is ultimately rewarded or vice punished, often in modern literature by an ironic twist of fate intimately related to the character's own conduct
D) in literature, a movement that stressed the presentation of life as it is, without embellishment or idealization
E) none of the above
30. Which statement does not use an example of apostrophe?
A) Death, be not proud, though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so.
B) Where, O death, thy sting? Where, O death, thy victory?
C) Rain, rain, go away come again another day.
D) Is this a dagger which I see before me, / The handle toward my hand? / Come, let me clutch thee! / I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.
E) none of the above
LIT III/IV and LIT I/II QUIZ #10
1. Define deleterious.
A) harmful, destructive, detrimental
B) weakening, tiring
C) arrogant and condescending
D) unimportant, trivial
E) none of the above
2. Define enervating.
A) momentary; transient; fleeting
B) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
C) weakening; tiring
D) persistent; hard-working
E) none of the above
3. Define demagogue.
A) foe; opponent; adversary
B) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
C) exceptionally insightful; able to foresee the future
D) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
E) none of the above
4. Define hedonist.
A) lecturer; speaker
B) person who complies with accepted rules and customs
C) leader; rabble-rouser, usually appealing to emotion or prejudice
D) person who pursues pleasure as a goal
E) none of the above
5. Define tactful.
A) considerate; skillful in acting to avoid offense to others
B) controlled; repressed; restricted
C) bitter; hateful
D) respected because of age
E) none of the above
6. Define ostentatious.
A) unusually advanced or talented at an early age
B) showy, displaying wealth
C) thrifty; cheap
D) lacking authenticity; false
E) none of the above
7. Define mundane.
A) calm; casual; seeming unexcited
B) cliched; worn-out by overuse
C) thrifty; cheap
D) ordinary; commonplace
E) none of the above
8. Define haughty.
A) unimportant; trivial
B) showy; displaying wealth
C) arrogant and condescending
D) rash; impulsive; acting without thinking
E) none of the above
9. Define spurious.
A) hard to detect or describe; perceptive
B) determined; keeping a firm grip on
C) quick to recover; bounce back
D) lacking authenticity; false
E) none of the above
A) Atlas
B) Aeneas
C) Achilles
D) Ambrosia
E) none of the above
10. She was the goddess of fruit, crops, and vegetation.
A) Cassandra
B) Demeter
C) Hecate
D) Concordia
E) none of the above
11. The Greek and Roman god of poetry, prophecy, medicine, and light, he represented all aspects of civilization and order. Zeus was his father, and Artemis was his sister.
A) Aeneas
B) the Minotaur
C) Atlas
D) Argus
E) none of the above
12. Supposed to have been the strongest man on earth, he was also renowned for completing twelve seemingly impossible tasks.
A) Aeneas
B) Damocles
C) Hercules
D) Hector
E) none of the above
13. She foresaw the downfall of Troy by use of the Trojan Horse but a curse placed on her prevented anyone from believing her predictions.
A) Athena
B) Cassandra
C) Aphrodite
D) Concordia
E) none of the above
14. a powerful sorceress who turned people into swine. On the way home from Troy, the crew of Odysseus fell prey to her spells.
A) Hecate
B) Cassandra
C) Circe
D) Helen
E) none of the above
15. guarded the entrance to Hades
A) Cronus
B) Charon
C) Cyclopes
D) Erebus
E) none of the above
16. an ancient goddess associated with the underworld, night, and witchcraft.
A) Hecate
B) Cassandra
C) Circe
D) Helen
E) none of the above
17. For his strength, he depended on being in contact with the earth, so when Hercules held him off the ground, he was powerless to prevent himself being strangled to death.
18. Identify the allusion.
A) Aeneas
B) Janus
C) Laocoön
D) Argus
E) none of the above
19. Identify the allusion.
A) Juno
B) Janus
C) Homer
D) Bacchus
E) none of the above
20. The phrase "sword of Damocles" refers to
A) the saying "Don't trust your enemies."
B) the sword used by Alexander to untie the Gordian knot.
C) an awareness of impending or imminent danger.
D) something that contains many reoccurring obstacles or simply something that has many parts, divisions, or facets.
E) none of the above
21. Which statement uses an example of a metaphor?
A) I think that this general idea of what teenagers are like is on the whole a misconceived conception.
B) Elliott said the morning went "just as slick as a whistle."
C) Her smile was a mile wide.
D) Memory is a crazy woman that hoards colored rags and throws away food.
E) none of the above
22. Which sentence does not contain a simile?
A) The interior of the Earth is rather like an onion, made up of a series of concentric shells or layers.
B) When he got the tools out, he was as precise and thorough as a surgeon.
C) My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.
D) She dealt with moral problems as a cleaver deals with meat.
E) none of the above
23. Which sentence does not contain a pun?
A) The soldier who survived mustard gas and pepper spray is now a seasoned veteran.
B) The dead batteries were given out free of charge.
C) A cardboard belt would be a waist of paper.
D) He says the group was not able to stay together.
E) none of the above
24. Which statement uses an example of an allusion?
A) The offense was plagued by stupid penalties that killed drives and made this game agonizingly close.
B) In a game against Ukraine, he just played like a boss and gave the Ukrainians a good footballing lesson.
C) Take note: More than thirty years ago, Jerry Rafshoon and all the king's men couldn't put Jimmy Carter back together again.
D) A person could murder another without legal or moral consequence, just as a fox can kill a rabbit.
E) none of the above
25. Which statement does not use an example of personification?
A) The wind stood up and gave a shout.
B) Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.
C) The leaves danced frantically in the wind.
D) The washing machine hummed.
E) none of the above
26. Which statement does not use an example of symbolism?
A) USC about to put the finishing touches on a 31-17 upset victory, Irish coach Brian Kelly declined to call any timeouts. In a sea of Notre Dame navy, gold and green, the Trojans viewed that as a white flag.
B) Her son Louis wore a bandana with a skull and cross bones design on his head.
C) Jane Sundberg of Dallas and her husband, Larry, came decked out in full red, white and blue.
D) Miranda Kerr gave the paparazzi the middle finger this past week. Was Kerr in a bad mood?
E) none of the above
27. Which headline does not contain ambiguity?
A) Tiger Woods plays with own balls, Nike says
B) Enraged cow kills farmer with ax
C) Security forces kill at least six in Syria
D) Lawmen from Mexico barbecue guests
E) none of the above
29. Identify the literary element.
I. pun
II. personification
III. symbolism
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
30. Identify the literary element.
I. personification
II. symbolism
III. pun
A) Tantalus
B) Proteus
C) Sisyphus
D) Procrustes
E) none of the above
3. goddess of peace and harmony
A) Concordia
B) Persephone
C) Delphi
D) Proserpina
E) none of the above
4. The souls of the dead were forced to drink of its waters, which made them forget what they had done, said, and suffered when they were alive.
A) Styx
B) Lethe
C) Eridanos
D) Alpheus
E) none of the above
5. a sculptor who at first hated women but then fell in love with a statue he made of a woman. He prayed to Venus that she would find him a woman like the statue. Instead, Venus made the statue come to life.
A) Stentor
B) Icarus
C) Adonis
D) Pygmalion
E) none of the above
6. Considered the most beautiful woman in the world, her abduction by Paris from her husband Menelaus caused the Trojan War.
A) Aphrodite
B) Persephone
C) Helen
D) Leda
E) none of the above
7. Who was Laocoön?
A) the god of sleep and dreams
B) a priest of Apollo at Troy who warned the Trojans of the Trojan horse
C) an ancient sea god who served Poseidon
D) a hero of the city of Athens who killed Procrustes and the Minotaur and made war on the Amazons
E) none of the above
8. one of the rivers of Hades, across which Charon ferried the souls of the dead
A) Styx
B) Lethe
C) Eridanos
D) Alpheus
E) none of the above
9. hideous female monsters who relentlessly pursued evildoers
A) Scylla and Charybdis
B) harpies
C) Furies
D) Sirens
E) none of the above
10. She was the goddess of fruit, crops, and vegetation.
A) Cassandra
B) Demeter
C) Hecate
D) Concordia
E) none of the above
Inter-class Competition #5 (EML Championship)
1. She was the goddess of fruit, crops, and vegetation.
A) Cassandra
B) Demeter
C) Hecate
D) Concordia
E) none of the above
A) Charon
B) Erebus
C) Cronus
D) Proteus
E) none of the above
2. a king who offended the gods and was condemned to suffer eternal hunger and thirst in Hades
A) I
B) II
C) III
D) I and II
E) II and III
F) I, II, and III
"No matter how much I wanted all those things that I needed money to buy, there was some devilish current pushing me off in another direction -- toward anarchy and poverty and craziness. That maddening delusion that a man can lead a decent life without hiring himself out as a Judas Goat."--The Rum Diary, Hunter Thompson
Inter-class Competition #5 (LIT III/IV v. AP Rematch)
1. In art, he is usually depicted with a sickle or scythe (the weapon he used to castrate and depose his father)
2. Considered the most beautiful woman in the world, her abduction by Paris from her husband Menelaus caused the Trojan War.
A) Aphrodite
B) Persephone
C) Helen
D) Leda
E) none of the above
3. goddess of peace and harmony
A) Concordia
B) Persephone
C) Delphi
D) Proserpina
E) none of the above
4. an ancient goddess associated with the underworld, night, and witchcraft.
A) Hecate
B) Cassandra
C) Circe
D) Helen
E) none of the above
5. a setting that is rustic, pastoral, harmonious, and idealized
A) Concordia
B) Arcadia
C) Delphi
D) Proserpina
E) none of the above
6. Today, the term (lowercase) is used as a noun to refer to a blustering, domineering person; a bully. It is also used as a verb (also lowercase) to refer to tormenting or bullying.
A) Hector
B) Gorgon
C) Cerberus
D) Atlas
E) none of the above
7. Today, the term refers to a horrible creature of the imagination or an absurd or impossible idea; a wild fancy.
A) Argus
B) Cerberus
C) Gorgon
D) Chimera
E) none of the above
8. a seafarer, especially one who embarks in a spirit of adventure
A) Adonis
B) Antaeus
C) Amazon
D) argonaut
E) none of the above
9. The Greek and Roman god of poetry, prophecy, medicine, and light, he represented all aspects of civilization and order. Zeus was his father, and Artemis was his sister.
A) Bacchus
B) Aeneas
C) Dionysus
D) Proteus
E) none of the above
10. the messenger and herald of the gods
A) Eros
B) Hermes
C) Herpes
D) Harpies
E) none of the above