MC 1 Walden

The consonance and onomatopoeia in 'the faint hum of a mosquito making its invisible and unimaginable tour' (lines 6-7) create the effect of the...

• a. glory of the past ages

• b. irritation of an insect's noise

• c. freedom and liveliness of the insect

• d. religious fervor that morning inspires

• e. sound of the insect which inspires the author

In the reference to the Iliad and the Odyssey (line 10), the author uses

• a. pun

• b. simile

• c. metaphor

• d. allusion

• e. personification

In the clause 'It was Homer's requiem' (line 9), 'it' refers to

• a. 'the heroic ages' (line 5)

• b. 'the faint hum of a mosquito' (line 6)

• c. 'earliest dawn' (lines 7-8)

• d. 'any trumpet that ever sang of fame' (line 9)

• e. 'wrath and wanderings' (lines 10-11)

The word 'cosmical' (line 11) most likely means

• a. generous

• b. hilarious

• c. disorderly

• d. infrequent

• e. spiritual

The words 'a standing advertisement' (lines 11-12) function as

• a. gerund phrase

• b. an absolute phrase

• c. a participial phrase

• d. an appositive phrase

• e. a prepositional phrase

The word 'somnolence' (line 14) most likely means

• a. attitude

• b. laziness

• c. weakness

• d. sleepiness

• e. reverence

That 'the darkness bear its fruit' (lines 18-19) means that

• a. morning is always a welcome relief

• b. the dawn quickly follows the darkness

• c. sleep and night produce beneficial aspects

• d. nighttime is not as sacred a time as morning

• e. plants must have a period of rest to produce fruit

The sentence 'That man who does not believe that each day contains an earlier, more sacred, and auroral hour that he has yet profaned...' (lines 19-22) contain all these elements EXCEPT

• a. alliteration

• b. compound verbs

• c. parallel structure

• d. dependent clauses

• e. colloquial diction

In context, the word 'elastic' (line 24) most likely means

• a. relaxed

• b. bendable

• c. adaptable

• d. strenuous

• e. breakable

The structure of the sentence 'To him whose elastic and vigorous thought keeps pace with the sun, the day is a perpetual morning' (lines 24-25) is

• a. simple

• b. periodic

• c. balanced

• d. cumulative

• e. antithetical