Ap lit Unit 4 quiz

Which of the following best conveys Altaf's emotional relationship to his home village?

C.) "He would have been more comfortable travelling in a lungi" (paragraph 5)

The narrator's comments about the children near the end of the passage divulge all of the following about Altaf EXCEPT his

A.) exasperation

In the sixth paragraph, the description of the setting ("When he . . . Home") establishes a

E.) sense of familiarity and comfort

The tone created by the use of italics and hyphens throughout the passage helps express which of the following perspectives?

A.) the children's excitement at the unexpected arrival of a stranger

The events of the passage are ordered according to the familiar literary pattern of

A.) A journey home

In the final sentence of the passage, the pairing of the verbs "balanced" and "leaped" suggest what fine distinction regarding the character of Altaf?

E.) He is poised between two worlds but eager to be home.

In the context of the fifth paragraph of the passage, the comment by Shiraj, "They think you are an Englishman," suggests a conflict between the

C.) native Bengalis and English rule

The speaker's depiction of the scene of Randal at his forge in the final two lines of the poem primarily serves to

C.) express Randal's vigor in life

In the final stanza of the poem, the dramatic situation of the speaker's expression of grief is resolved by

A.) remembering the positive aspects of Randal's life

The expression "How far from then forethought of" (line 12) remarks on the contrast between the farrier's

B.) Might and weakness

The speaker of the poem is best described as

E.) a recent caretaker

In the context of the second stanza, the near rhyming of "mended" (line 5) and "tendered" (line 8) serves to depict a relationship in which

A.) the speaker gently ministers to the farrier's soul

The syntax in line 9 ("This . . . endears") serves to underscore the speaker's perspective that

A.) tending the sick is mutually rewarding

At the end of the twelfth paragraph ("For a moment . . . falling"), Matilda's mother's memory of how she didn't know whether to look at an airplane or a coconut recalls her

D.) Disoriented perspective

At the beginning of the passage ("I sat . . . shoulders"), the narrator can most accurately be described as

B.) a spiteful child

In the fourteenth paragraph, Matilda's mother's disclosure that "I didn't know if I was looking at a bad man or a man who loved me" provokes what response from her daughter?

B.) Matilda recognizes her mother's weakness.

In the context of the passage as a whole, the narrator is best described as a reader who

D.) uses the stories she reads to help contextualize her own experience

In the fourth paragraph, Matilda, as the narrator, makes the remark that "A new silence was about to open up between us," which exposes the origin of a distance between mother and daughter caused by

A.) her mother's apology for Matilda's father's behavior

In the second paragraph, the question with which the narrator confronts her mother ("I took . . . my dad") reveals which of the following about their contrasting values?

B.) Her mother's leniency is at odds with Matilda's more objective point of view.

In the sixteenth paragraph ("I miss . . . one"), the specific details in her observations about sea horses and parrot fish suggest which of the following about the motives of Matilda's mother?

C.) She perceives Matilda's keen attention.

The presentation of setting in the first paragraph of the passage establishes an atmosphere of

A.) interpersonal tension

In the last two paragraphs of the passage, the narrator's shift to discussing the contrast between her mother and Miss Havisham conveys a

E.) sign of the narrator's perceptive insight

In the first and final paragraphs, respectively, the narrator's allusions to "Aladdin's palace" and "Jack's beanstalk" contribute to which of the following contrasts developed in the passage as a whole?

D.) Meaning and insignificance

Which of the following identifies the principal contrast between the characters of Miss Peecher and Mr. Headstone?

C.) She loves him, while he does not love her.

In the first sentence of the second paragraph, the narrator's reference to the "Gospel according to Monotony" indicates which of the following perspectives?

A.) Critical distance

The narrator's description of Miss Peecher's home in the final sentence of the second paragraph ("It came . . . school-books") serves to

C.) reveal her romantic nature

At the beginning of the third paragraph ("Small . . . gate"), the narrator's repetition of the adjective "little" suggests that Miss Peecher has which of the following?

C.) A trivial life

In the first paragraph, the narrator's depiction of the district leading to the Thames as a "toy neighbourhood" helps establish an atmosphere of

A.) haphazard disarray

The transition at the beginning of the second paragraph ("But even") marks the passage's shift to a presentation of a

E.) familiar archetype