English 2 Final

"Nothing Gold Can Stay": Which of the following best identifies a theme of the text?

• Love is unpredictable and inconsistent.

• The most beautiful moments of life are brief.

• Perfection and paradise are unattainable.

• It is dangerous to forget that we will all die at some point.

What does the color "gold" most likely represent in the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?

• purity and beauty

• wealth and riches

• warmth and kindness

• strength and power

Which phrase from the poem best supports what "gold" most likely represents in the poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay"?

• “Her early leaf's a flower” (Lines 3-4)

• “Then leaf subsides to leaf” (Line 5)

• “So Eden sank to grief” (Line 6)

• "So Dawn goes down to day” (Line 7)

"Forever Young": Which of the following best states the central idea of the text?

• Younger generations are at a disadvantage because they have lost the skills that made older generations creative and innovative.

• Older generations need to better instruct young people in order to preserve expertise in various subjects.

• The media’s portrayal of the cosmetic surgery industry is ruining American culture because it makes people forget about the elderly.

• Many Americans place too much value on youth because technology has lessened the importance of age and wisdom.

"Forever Young": According to the author, how does aging in contemporary society compare to aging in previous decades?

• Society appreciates older people less now than in past decades.

• Society values both physical age and emotional age equally.

• For the first time, older people must prove their wisdom through technological knowledge.

• It is easier to live into old age today than in previous decades because of advances in technology.

"The Seven Ages of Man": Shakespeare compares all men and women with players in a —

• game of polo

• theatrical production/play

• card game

• child’s game

"The Seven Ages of Man": "The Seven Ages of Man" describes —

• stories that start in the middle and then go back in time

• acts in a play, ending with a conclusion

• a popular, old English team sport related to soccer

• human life from infancy to old age

"The Seven Ages of Man": According to the poem, the second stage in a man’s life is the —

• schoolboy

• justice

• infant

• old age

"The Seven Ages of Man": The man who is “full of wise saws” is the —

• soldier

• shrinking man

• old man

• justice

An extended metaphor is a(n) —

• series of lines where each line is a separate metaphor

• comparison developed over several lines or throughout an entire poem or work

• analogy that is used in the first and third stanzas of a poem

• metaphor comparing two obvious things in a single image