TEST 22 - Ulysses, Byzantium, The Thought Fox

In Ulysses, the line “I am a part of all that I have met” best reflects which theme?

• Isolation and alienation
• The accumulation of experience
• The inevitability of death
• The futility of travel

In Ulysses, the phrase “To rust unburnish’d, not to shine in use” employs which literary device?

• Synecdoche
• Antithesis
• Metaphor
• Chiasmus

In Ulysses, the word “smite” in the phrase “And smite the sounding furrows” most nearly means:

• Strike forcefully
• Glide gently
• Observe silently
• Retreat quickly

In Ulysses, Telemachus is described as:

• A daring warrior eager to explore
• A patient ruler suited to governance
• A treacherous son who betrays Ulysses
• A prophet warning against the sea voyage

Assertion (A): In Ulysses, the speaker views old age as a barrier to adventure. Reason (R): He believes physical decline negates the value of striving.

• Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
• Both A and R are true, but R is NOT the correct explanation of A.
• A is true, R is false.
• A is false, R is true.

Ulysses was published in which year?

• 1833
• 1834
• 1835
• 1842

In Ulysses, which line expresses the desire to continue seeking new experiences despite aging?

• “We are not now that strength which in old days”
• “Yet all experience is an arch wherethro’”
• “To follow knowledge like a sinking star”
• All of the above

The phrase “To sail beyond the sunset” in Ulysses is an example of:

• Hyperbole
• Alliteration
• Personification
• Symbolism

In Ulysses, “vessel” in “my mariners, souls that have toil’d and wrought and thought with me” most likely means:

• Container for liquids
• Ship
• Lifeboat
• Heart

Which mythological figure is implied when Ulysses speaks of “the Happy Isles” in Ulysses?

• Achilles
• Odysseus
• Hector
• Perseus