English IV cumulative review Fall 2018

Read the passage from "An Essay on Man.”

Sedate and quiet the comparing lies,

Formed but to check, deliberate, and advise.

Self-love still stronger, as its objects nigh;

Reason’s at distance, and in prospect lie:

From the context clues, the reader can determine that deliberate means to

• avoid telling the complete truth.

• think about something seriously.

• develop a logical philosophy.

• gain perspective on a topic.

Read the passage from An Essay on Man.

Self-love and reason to one end aspire,

Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire;

But greedy that, its object would devour,

This taste the honey, and not wound the flow'r

The author contrasts words with positive and negative connotations to

• create humor.

• encourage debate

• clarify his argument

• make an emotional appeal

Read the sentence from a paper on Gulliver's Travels.

Swift wrote Gulliver’s Travels so he could humorously criticize the government.

This statement describes Swift’s____

• belief

• purpose

• style

• theme

Which is an example of a proper focus for an essay?

• the history of weather science

• the study of extreme weather events

• the average temperature of snow

• the biggest snowstorms of the decade

Which sentence should be revised to have a formal style and objective language?

• The colorful autumn foliage in New England attracts tourists each year.

• The long winters in New England sometimes feel like they last forever.

• Once the spring thaw begins, a variety of flowers bloom in New England.

• In contrast to winter, summer in New England can be both hot and humid.

Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet.

Horatio: Hail to your lordship!

Hamlet: I am glad to see you well: Horatio, or I do forget myself.

Which is the best adaptation of the underlined part of the excerpt?

• have I forgotten my own name

• have you forgotten what to say

• have I forgotten your name

• have you forgotten how to address me

Read the passage from Act V of Hamlet.

Hamlet: Let me see.—[Takes the skull.]—Alas! poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft.

The main topic of the passage is

• anatomy

• death

• humor

• infatuation

A reader using a historical lens to analyze a text will be most concerned with___

• the role of women.

• the use of language.

• culture and events.

• gender stereotypes.