Literature Section 3 Quiz

The first line of Poe's "Sonnet - To Science" contains

• a. apostrophe
• b. personification
• c. cacophony
• d. anaphora
• e. both a and b

In " Sonnet - To Science," the references to Diana, a Hamadryad, and a Naiad are references to

• a. Celtic mythology
• b. Norse mythology
• c. Greek and Roman mythology
• d. the Bible
• e. European history

In "The Pylons," the speaker's view of the future of technology is that it will

• a. connect people around the globe
• b. dominate mankind
• c. improve the environment
• d. reach into outer space
• e. destroy the earth

The ship, Mauretania, is used to symbolize the scope and power of technology in the work by

• a. Edgar Allan Poe
• b. Rudyard Kipling
• c. Volker Hirsch
• d. Steve Brown
• e. John F. Kennedy

Negative effects of technology are emphasized most in the works by

• a. Brown and Hirsch
• b. Vonnegut and Bradbury
• c. Poe and Hirsch
• d. Kennedy and Brown
• e. Vonnegut and Hirsch

In "There Will Come Soft Rains," the reader first knows what has happened to the people in the house when

• a. a thrown ball never comes down
• b. a tree branch breaks a window
• c. the city shows a radioactive glow
• d. dog comes home
• e. the house reads a poem

The most dystopian world is portrayed in the work by

• a. Edgar Allan Poe
• b. Rudyard Kipling
• c. Kurt Vonnegut
• d. Volker Hirsch
• e. Ray Bradbury

In Rudyard Kipling's "The Secret of Machines," the speaker notes that machines can contribute in each of the following ways EXCEPT

• a. covering great distances
• b. moving great weight
• c. saving time
• d. improving safety
• e. expanding agriculture

George Bergeron's fear that society will fall apart if he removes his handicaps shows primarily that he

• a. understands the reasoning of laws
• b. believes in social responsibility
• c. is brainwashed
• d. does not want to be an outcast
• e. both a and b

Poe's sonnet contains the rhyme scheme and iambic pentameter of a Shakespearean sonnet expressed in the required number of lines for a sonnet. The number of lines is

• a. eight
• b. ten
• c. twelve
• d. fourteen
• e. sixteen