english 12 test 1

Which line from "To a Mouse" contains dialect?

• "Thou thought to dwell"

• "That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble"

  
  

• "In proving foresight may be vain"

• "I'm truly sorry man's dominion"

Who is the speaker in "The Lamb"?

• an old man

• a lamb

• a child

• a man

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How is the Romantic quality of emotion demonstrated in Burns' "To a Mouse'?

• The speaker is happy with the progress he is making during planting season.

• The speaker displays remorse over the destruction of the mouse's home.

• The speaker does not allow emotion to play a role in this poem.

• The speaker is angry with the mice that live in his fields.

What is the main idea of "To a Louse"?

• It would do us all good if we could see ourselves as others do.

• 
  Lice are very common on people of the upper class.

• Usually, only people of the lower class have lice.

• We should make more effort to hide our faults from others.

How is an interest in the common people demonstrated in Burns' "To a Louse"?

• The focus of the poem is on a group of farmers in their fields.

• The louse in the poem represents the common man in Scotland.

• The poem's focus is on an outbreak of lice among the Scottish people.

• The speaker argues against having different social classes.

What is the main philosophical idea of "The Lamb"?

• that earth is beautiful

• life is a mystery

• god is kind

• the universe is large

What does the tiger symbolize in "The Tyger"?

• power

• peace

• love

• hope

In "The Tyger," how does Blake incorporate an interest in the natural world?

• He does so by looking at the working class of England.

• "The Tyger" is Blake's exploration of the English countryside.

• He discusses the tyger's natural environment in depth.

• Blake incorporates religion when discussing the tyger and the lamb.

How does the father react to the child's birth in "Infant Sorrow"?

• he groans

• he leaves

• he cries

• he leaps for joy

Blake's "The Tyger" implies that lambs and tigers

• are more than mammals

• could not have been made by the same God.

• were both made by a powerful, though at times mysterious, God.

• are more alike than we think