English IV Final Exam Review

What is avarice?

• greed
• terror
• gold
• dishonesty

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CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What terrible news do the three rioters hear at the tavern?

• an old man has died
• the fourth rioter has been arrested
• one of their friends has died
• Death had died

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

What does the youngest rioter plan to do to the other two?

• drown them in a lake
• shoot them
•  poison them
• stab them

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

What do the two older rioters plan to do to the younger one?

• stab him
• shoot him
• poison him
• drown him

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

How does the woman in sonnet 75 ("One day I wrote her name upon the strand") feel about the speaker?

• he is vain to think that he can immortalize that which is mortal
• he is the greatest man on earth
• he is stupid to be in love with her when she cares so little for him
• they will both die soon, so they may as well not be in love

How does the speaker in sonnet 75 ("One day I wrote her name upon the strand") respond to the woman's criticism?

• he says he doesn't love her anymore
• he says that she will live forever through his verses
• he says he is okay with loving her more than she loves him
• he says he wants to marry her

What two opposing objects does the speaker compare himself and his lady love to in Spenser's Sonnet 30?

• love and hate
• smoke and steam
• fire and ice
• oil and water

Which of the following is a paradox in Spenser's Sonnet 30?

• The colder she gets, the hotter he becomes.
• He loves her, but she loves another man.
• She loves him, but he loves another woman.
• He hates her although she loves him.

What is the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 130 ("My mistresses' eyes are nothing like the sun")?

• Ugly people need love, too.
• His girlfriend is not as beautiful as some others.
• Although his lady his far from perfect, their love is beautiful and rare.
• We should love everyone, whether they deserve it or not.

What is the theme of Shakespeare's Sonnet 29 ("when in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes")?

• Even when life is horrible, love can make it bearable.
• Love bears all things and endures all things.
• Sometimes when you love, you lose.
• Being envious of others' lives can lead you down the wrong path.