Midterm Review 10th Grade Lit

The theme of a literary work is best described as —

• what happens in the work
•  the truth or insight the writer reveals about life
• the topic or subject
• the time and place of the action

Symbol or Allusion?: a man who cannot open a jar refers to his frustrated future

• Symbol

• Allusion

Symbol or Allusion?: A man calls another man "smarter than the average bear," referring to the TV show Yogi Bear

• Symbol

• Allusion

What is a person, place, thing, or idea within a narrative or poem that means something in addition to itself?

• sound

• atmosphere

• symbol

• allusion

What is a reference in a work to something else?

• symbol

• allusion

• atmosphere

• syntax

What is one allusion from "The Masque of the Red Death"?

• Belshazzar's Feast

• Jonah and the whale

• Job

• Noah's Ark

In "The Masque of the Red Death", what did the black room symbolize?

• birth

• old age

• death

• answer not listed

In "The Masque of the Red Death", what did the white room symbolize?

• birth

• old age

• death

• answer not listed

In "The Masque of Red Death", what did the blue room symbolize?

• old age

• death

• birth

• answer not listed

In "Maggie and milly and molly and may", which sees value in what she finds?

• maggie

• milly

• molly

• may