American Lit Final Exam

4.

PART B: Which TWO of the following quotes best support the answer to Part A?

• “‘Tis some visitor,’ I muttered, ‘tapping at my chamber door — / Only this and nothing more.’” ( Lines 5-6)

• “Eagerly I wished the morrow; — vainly I had sought to borrow / From my books surcease of sorrow — sorrow for the lost Lenore — ” ( Lines 9-10)

• “Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking / Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore — / What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore / Meant in croaking 'Nevermore.'” ( Lines 69-72)

• “‘Prophet!’ said I, ‘thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil! — / Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore’” ( Lines 85-86)

• “And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s that is dreaming, / And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor; / And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor / Shall be lifted — nevermore!” ( Lines 105-108)

What does Son ...resonne mean?

• "His hear us a lute strung tight: As soon as one touches it, resounds."

• grass-like plants

• a small mountain lake

• abbreviation for manuscript

• persistent, especially to the point of annoyance or intrusion

What does sedges mean?

• "His hear us a lute strung tight: As soon as one touches it, resounds."

• grass-like plants

• a small mountain lake

• abbreviation for manuscript

• persistent, especially to the point of annoyance or intrusion

What does aught mean?

• "His hear us a lute strung tight: As soon as one touches it, resounds."

• anything at all

• a small mountain lake

• abbreviation for manuscript

• persistent, especially to the point of annoyance or intrusion

What does tarn mean?

• "His hear us a lute strung tight: As soon as one touches it, resounds."

• anything at all

• a small mountain lake

• abbreviation for manuscript

• persistent, especially to the point of annoyance or intrusion

What does MS mean?

• "His hear us a lute strung tight: As soon as one touches it, resounds."

• anything at all

• a small mountain lake

• abbreviation for manuscript

• persistent, especially to the point of annoyance or intrusion

What does importunate?

• "His hear us a lute strung tight: As soon as one touches it, resounds."

• anything at all

• a small mountain lake

• abbreviation for manuscript

• persistent, especially to the point of annoyance or intrusion

What does munificent mean?

• (of a gift or sum of money) larger or more generous than is usual or necessary

• a person having the same descent in a family as another but by a different line

• property inherited from one's father or male ancestor

• open to more than one interpretation

• a name or title

What does collateral mean?

• (of a gift or sum of money) larger or more generous than is usual or necessary

• a person having the same descent in a family as another but by a different line

• property inherited from one's father or male ancestor

• open to more than one interpretation

• a name or title

What does patrimony mean?

• (of a gift or sum of money) larger or more generous than is usual or necessary

• a person having the same descent in a family as another but by a different line

• property inherited from one's father or male ancestor

• open to more than one interpretation

• a name or title