Literary Analysis Quiz

An abundant shower of curates" is an example of

• satire

• metaphor

• oxymoron

• irony

• paradox

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Lines 6–9, "present years are dusty, sunburnt, hot, arid; we will evade the noon, forget it in siesta, pass the midday in slumber, and dream of dawn," most likely serve all of the following purposes EXCEPT

• disengaging the reader from the present that opens the passage

• exerting a hypnotic spell on the reader via parallelism

• equating novel reading with sleep and dreaming

• exercising authorial control

• characterizing the past as arid and dusty

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

The tone of the description of the curates in paragraphs 1 and 2 is

• realistic

• admiring

• surprised

• arch

• fearful

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which best describes the difference in the way the reader is addressed in paragraph 1 versus paragraph 4?

• The reader is told the type of tale versus confidingly brought into a specific scene

• The reader is promised an exotic romance versus given a prosaic scene

• The reader is subtly placed on the side of the curates versus invited to laugh at them

• The narrator is straightforward at first and ironic later

• The narrator is trying to win the reader to her point of view versus distancing the reader from it

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

What does "lowly" in line 14 most nearly mean in context?

• Mean

• Poor

• Prosaic

• Meek

• Humble

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which of the following best conveys the effect of the references to curates in lines 30–37, "successors of the apostles," "disciples of Dr. Pusey and tools of the Propaganda," "specially sanctified successor of St. Paul, St. Peter, or St. John" in the context of paragraph 4?

• They reinforce the earlier reference to Passion Week and Easter.

• The tone is admiring of the effort to keep religious beliefs alive in the current day.

• The phrase uses parallelism and alliteration to convey the progression of religious life through history.

• The exalted comparisons mock curates in the current day.

• The curates are ennobled by comparison with religious figures.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

The narrator's perspective in this passage is

• disinterested journalist

• diffident investigator

• ironic chronicler

• sentimental storyteller

• nonplussed resident

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

The settings toward the end of the passage are described as a “neat garden-house” (47–48) a “little parlour” (48–49), and the “habitation of ... a small clothier” (52–53). What do these settings primarily convey?

• The middle-class, bourgeois existence of the curates

• A diminishment from the religious predecessors of the curates

• The stifling and confining propriety the curates must abide by

• The historical conditions of nineteenth-century England

• A realistic portrayal of the north of England

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

The word “affluent” in line 28 most nearly means

• abundant

• wealthy

• liquid

• streaming

• opulent

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

What do the last two paragraphs indicate about the characters of the curates Mr. Donne, Mr. Malone, and Sweeting?

• They are virtually indistinguishable from each other

• They are exuberant and boisterous

• They are devoted to their duties

• They are dull and monotonous

• They are sociable with each other

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2