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The modern debasement of man has resulted in
A. the belief that man is merely a higher form of animal.
B. the denial of life after death.
C. both A and B.
D. neither A nor B.
C
Each of the following is an effect of Freudianism on modern literature except
A. frank sexual material.
B. stream-of-consciousness fiction.
C. a focus on characters’ thoughts, dreams, and suppressed desire.
D. a resistance of evil impulses.
D
Each of the following ideas is true about the imagist movement except that
A. imagist poetry generally has little or no message.
B. imagist poetry aims at using the exact word and as few words as possible.
C. imagist poetry was strongly influenced by Asian poetry.
D. imagist poetry was eventually rejected by Ezra Pound.
D
What author and book have had the most significant effects on the modern debasement of man? (p. 436)
Origin of species Charles Darwin
blues and jazz poetry
Poems. typically free verse, that imamate the repetition and syncopated rhythms- irregular, often beats of blues and jazz music
diction
Word Choice
dramatic monologue
A lyric poem on which a character (not author) speaks to a silent audience about a critical moment in his life. The poem focus on the character of the speaker, which is revealed entirely
end-stopped line
Poetic lines That end with a natural break or pause such as the end of a sentence or phrase typically indicted by punctuation
imagism
A brief but influential poetic moment of the early 1900s that used her words to draw sharp, concrete images presented without commentary
Italian sonnet
a lyric poem made up of 14 lines split into 8 and 6
oxymoron
Brief phrases that combine contradictory elements for effect
polysyndeton
The repetition of coordinating conjunctions (especially) in close proximity for effect
rhyme scheme
The pattern of rhyme sounds in a poem or in a stanza of poetry described by assigning To each rhyme sound successive letters of the alphabet
synesthesia
Describing one sense experience in terms of another
tenor
The subject of a metaphor
vehicle
The image to which the subject is compared
_____ Much of E. A. Robinson’s poetry
A. emphasizes characters who succeed despite difficult circumstances.
B. expresses a traditional view of religion.
C. both A and B.
D. neither A nor B.
D
What word best characterizes Miniver Cheevy?
A. visionary
B. dreamer
C. optimist
D. seeker
B
How do the townspeople view Richard Cory?
A. as a gentleman
B. as a king
C. as an ideal man
D. all of the above
D
Each of the following ideas illustrates the identification of Robert Frost as a poet of contradictions except that his poems
A. are focused on settings that he never experienced personally.
B. are simple on the surface yet combined with complex underlying meaning.
C. are traditional in form but modern in content.
D. are regional in style but universal in content.
A
_____ What meter was used in the line “The land was ours before we were the land’s” from “The Gift Outright”?
A. iambic trimeter
B. iambic tetrameter
C. iambic pentameter
D. iambic hexameter
C
In “The Road Not Taken,” what does the speaker doubt?
A. that the choice of road is very important
B. that he has made the right choice
C. that he will ever come back to his location
D. that other travelers have had the same attitude he does
C
In “Birches,” why does the speaker dream of “going back” to being a “swinger of birches”?
The struggles of adulthood became too heavy
_____ Each of the following ideas is true about Edna St. Vincent Millay except which one?
A. She is a symbol of the liberated woman of the 1920s.
B. She is a master of the sonnet.
C. She gave poetry later in life because of an unhappy marriage.
D. She had a traditional style.
C
“Sonnet XXVI” is an example of
A. the Italian sonnet.
B. the English sonnet.
C. the Plutonian sonnet.
D. all of the above.
A
“Sonnet XXVI” emphasizes
A. that love should be based on a spiritual or mental communion.
B. that love should not be based on physical attraction.
C. both A and B.
D. neither A nor B.
C
_____“In a Station of the Metro”
A. functions as a haiku.
B. serves as an implied metaphor.
C. avoids sound and rhythmical patterning
D. conveys thought through abstract concepts.
B
The poem “Ars Poetica” claims that a poem should be
A. mute.
B. wordless.
C. motionless.
D. all of the above.
D
What is the thesis of Ars Poetica”?
“A poem should not mean/ But be”
_____ Each of the following ideas is true about T. S. Eliot except which one?
A. He changed his country of citizenship from England to the United States.
B. He converted from Unitarianism to Anglicanism.
C. He received Britain’s highest award, the Order of Merit.
D. He prescribes Christianity as a remedy for modern ills.
B
Does Eliot’s “Journey of the Magi” concern disillusionment or transformation?
i don’t know, I think transformation
Each of the following ideas is true about Carl Sandburg except which one?
A. He became unpopular later in life, but his critical reputation increased.
B. He worked a great variety of jobs as he was growing up and gained firsthand knowledge of a common people.
C. He is called the “laureate of industrial America.”
D. He wrote an important biography of Abraham Lincoln.
A
Is Sandburg’s depiction of Chicago positive or negative overall?
Positive
Each of the following ideas is true about E. E. Cumming’s poetry except that it
A. attempts to help readers see the familiar in a new way.
B. focuses primarily on the themes of death and the disintegration of society.
C. employs metaphor and oxymoron.
D. uses unique visual designs to indicate Cumming’s artistic bent.
B
_____ In Cummings’s “Somewhere i have never travelled,” the speaker implicitly compares himself to (p. 480)
A. a heart.
B. a flower.
C. the moon.
D. a boat.
B
The following excerpt from Cummings’s “Somewhere i have never travelled” is an example of what figurative device?
“your eyes have their silence”
A. oxymoron
B. synecdoche
C. paradox
D. synesthesia
D
What season does Cummings’s “In Just-“ celebrate?
Spring
What is the main idea of Countée Cullen’s “Yet Do I Marvel?
A. God is kind.
B. God’s ways are inscrutable.
C. Sometimes God’s ways may seem contradictory.
D. Life is hard.
B
Which sonnet type has three quatrains, a distinct rhyme scheme, and a concluding couplet?
English Sonnet
Name two things that Langston Hughes compares to a dream deferred in “Harlem [2].”
A sore, and a raisin
Short Essay: In one paragraph, explain in what way Langston Hughes’s “I, Too” is a response to “I Hear America Singing” by Walt Whitman. (pp. 216, 491))
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True/False: Frost’s poetry is primarily concerned with nature.
True
True/False: In Frost’s “The Death of the Hired Man,” Warren tries to convince Mary to let Silas stay at their home.
False
True/False: Hilda Doolittle is known as the founder of the imagist movement
False
True/False: “My Papa Waltz” describes a very pleasant atmosphere
False
True/False: Claude McCay uses the simile “like hogs” to describe his people and their vulnerable position in society
True
True/False: Hughes’s “Dream Variations” expresses a desire for a culture’s embrace of equality between ethnicities
True
Essay: For the test, in two or more paragraphs, completely answer one of the questions below, using examples from selections in the chapter.
Referring to “The Gift Outright,” “The Road Not Taken,” and “Mending Wall,” discuss the theme of individuality versus conformity. (pp. 450, 451, 459)
or
Compare and contrast two different authors and their works from this chapter, particularly in how they portray society and/or community, whether it is on an individual or national level.
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