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WorksheetsStevens English 11 Midterm Review 2018
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 16mins
Identify the early American belief system: GOD ALMIGHTY in His most holy and wise providence, hath so disposed of the condition of mankind, as in all times some must be rich, some poor, some high and eminent in power and dignity; others mean and in submission.
Puritan
Rationalist
Identify the early American belief system: God, who hath given the world to men in common, hath also given them reason to make use of it to the best advantage of life, and convenience. The earth, and all that is therein, is given to men for the support and comfort of their being.
Puritan
Rationalist
Identify the early American belief system: Men living together according to reason, without a common superior on earth, with authority to judge between them, is properly the state of nature.
Puritan
Rationalist
Identify the early American belief system: Thirdly, that every man might have need of others, and from hence they might be all knit more nearly together in the bonds of brotherly affection. All men being thus (by divine providence) ranked into two sorts, rich and poor; under the first are comprehended all such as are able to live comfortably by their own means duly improved; and all others are poor according to the former distribution.
Puritan
Rationalist
Who said that?
“I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character.”
Putnam
Proctor
Parris
Hale
Who said that?
“My name is good in the village! I will not have it said my name is soiled! Goody Proctor is a gossiping liar!”
Elizabeth
Mary Warren
Abigail
Mrs. Putnam
Who said that?
“Abby, we’ve got to tell. Witchery's a hangin' error, a hangin' like they done in Boston two year ago! We must tell the truth, Abby! You'll only be whipped for dancin', and the other things!”
Abigail
Tituba
Mary Warren
Hale
Who said that?
“You think it God's work you should never lose a child, nor grandchild either, and I bury all but one? There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!”
Rebecca Nurse
Mrs. Putnam
Hale
Parris
Who said that?
“We cannot look to superstition in this. The Devil is precise; the marks of his presence are definite as stone, and I must tell you all that I shall not proceed unless you are prepared to believe me if I should find no bruise of Hell upon her.”
Hale
Parris
Proctor
Putnam
Who said that?
No! I don't hate that man. I don't want kill that man." But he say, "You work for me and I make you free! I give you pretty dress to wear, and put you way high up in the air, and you gone fly back to Barbados!" And I say, "You lie, Devil, you lie!
Abigail
Tituba
Parris
Mrs. Putnam
Who said that?
I may think of you softly from time to time. But I will cut off my hand before I’ll ever reach for you again. Wipe it out of mind.
Parris
Abigail
Proctor
Elizabeth
Identify the theme:
ABIGAIL, pulling her away from the window: I told him everything; he knows now, he knows everything we—
BETTY: You drank blood, Abby! You didn't tell him that!
ABIGAIL: Betty, you never say that again! You will never—
BETTY: You did, you did! You drank a charm to kill John Proctor's wife! You drank a charm to kill Goody Proctor!
ABIGAIL, smashes her across the face: Shut it! Now shut it!
Respect and Reputation
Religion
Lies and Deceit
Identify the theme:
PARRIS, studies here, then nods, half convinced: Abigail, I have fought here three long years to bend these stiff-necked people to me, and now, just now when some good respect is rising for me in the parish, you compromise my very character. I have given you a home, child. I have put clothes upon your back—now give me an upright answer. Your name in the town—it is entirely white, is it not?
ABIGAIL, with an edge of resentment: Why, I am sure it is, sir. There be no blush about my name.
Respect and Reputation
Religion
Lies and Deceit
Identify the theme:
PROCTOR: Can you speak one minute without we land in Hell again? I am sick of Hell!
PARRIS: It is not for you to say what is good for you to hear!
PROCTOR: I may speak my heart, I think!
[…]
PARRIS, now he's out with it: There is a party in this church. I am not blind; there is a faction and a party.
PROCTOR: Against you?
PUTNAM: Against him and all authority!
PROCTOR: Why, then I must find it and join it.
Respect and Reputation
Religion
Lies and Deceit
Identify the theme:
MRS. PUTNAM: Tituba knows how to speak to the dead, Mr. Parris.
PARRIS: Goody Ann, it is a formidable sin to conjure up the dead!
MRS. PUTNAM: I take it on my soul, but who else may surely tell us what person murdered my babies?
PARRIS, horrified: Woman!
MRS. PUTNAM: They were murdered, Mr. Parris! And mark this proof! Last night my Ruth were ever so close to their little spirits; I know it, sir. For how else is she struck dumb now except some power of darkness would stop her mouth? It is a marvelous sign, Mr. Parris!
Jealousy
The Supernatural
Justice
Identify the theme:
DANFORTH: “Now hear me, and beguile yourselves no more. I will not receive a single plea for pardon or postponement. Them that will not confess will hang. Twelve are already executed; the names of these seven are given out, and the village expects to see them die this morning. Postponement now speaks a floundering on my part; reprieve or pardon must cast doubt upon the guilt of them that died till now. While I speak God’s law, I will not crack its voice with whimpering. If retaliation is your fear, know this- I should hang ten thousand that dared to rise against the law, and an ocean of salt tears could not melt the resolution of the statuses.
Jealousy
The Supernatural
Justice
Identify the theme:
ABIGAIL, with a bitter anger: Oh, I marvel how such a strong man may let such a sickly wife be—
PROCTOR, angered at himself as well: You'll speak nothin' of Elizabeth!
ABIGAIL: She is blackening my name in the village! She is telling lies about me! She is a cold, sniveling woman, and you bend to her! Let her turn you like a—
Jealousy
The Supernatural
Justice
Exhibits a settled apathy, a gradual wasting away of the person, and frequent although transient affections of a partially cataleptical character; whose decease will leave but one of the ancient race of the House of Usher
The House of Usher
Roderick Usher
Narrator
Madeline Usher
Unnamed; travels on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; responds to a letter requesting a visit, with a view of attempting, by the cheerfulness of his society, some alleviation of a childhood friend’s malady
The House of Usher
Roderick Usher
Narrator
Madeline Usher
Of excessive antiquity; covered with minute fungi; has influenced the nature of, and come to be interchangeable in the minds of the local peasants with, the owners; around which a pestilent and mystic vapor, dull, sluggish, faintly discernible, and leaden-hued, had reeked up from the decayed trees, and the gray wall, and the silent tarn
The House of Usher
Roderick Usher
Narrator
Madeline
Has an excessive nervous agitation, suffers from a morbid acuteness of the senses; believes plants and even the stones of the house are sentient; the last in a direct line of descent; has a twin
The House of Usher
Roderick Usher
Narrator
Madeline Usher
Choose the best use of the vocabulary word
pervaded
The magnolia had pervaded a surprisingly large area with fragrance, particularly on warm, moist evenings.
Every summer, the island is pervaded by mainlanders.
Choose the best use of the vocabulary word
sojourn
After a sojourn in Charlestown, Winthrop and many of his immediate associates settled in Boston in the autumn of 1630.
The summer sojourn and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country.
Choose the best use of the vocabulary word
discernible
High gas prices are expected to have a discernible effect on the number of road trips taken this summer.
We called in a discernible expert on legal issues.
Choose the best use of the vocabulary word
scrutinize
Students quickly scrutinize what is acceptable to the teacher.
Her employer decided to carefully scrutinize her performance.
Choose the best use of the vocabulary word
profuse
Having no way to profuse, she followed him to the campfire of their host.
Profuse sweating is often a sign of a high fever.
Choose the best use of the vocabulary word
demeanor
Her gentle demeanor reveals nothing of the brutality she experienced at the hands of Iraqi prison guards.
The special counsel dug deeper into the alleged financial demeanor of his campaign staff.
Choose the best use of the vocabulary word
potency
School isn't of much potency to the student, so he doesn't try very hard.
Sunscreen can lose its potency if left over winter in the bathroom cabinet.
Choose the quote which best supports the theme of madness
The now ghastly pallor of the skin, and the now miraculous lustre of the eye, above all things startled and even awed me.
He was enchained by certain superstitious impressions in regard to the dwelling which he tenanted, and whence, for many years, he had never ventured forth.
Much of the peculiar gloom which thus afflicted him could be traced to a more natural and far more palpable origin—to the severe and long-continued illness—indeed to the evidently approaching dissolution—of a tenderly beloved sister, his sole companion for long years, his last and only relative on earth.
imperceptible
So slight, gradual, or subtle as not to be perceived.
Not able to occur, exist, or be done.
lucid
Showing or having the ability to think clearly, especially in intervals between periods of confusion or insanity.
Unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect.
tumultuous
Showing or suffering from nervousness or a lack of confidence.
Excited, confused, or disorderly; making an uproar or loud, confused noise.
prostrate
Lying stretched out on the ground with one's face downwards.
Turn or hold (a hand, foot, or limb) so that the palm or sole is facing downward or inward.
lethargy
A lack of energy and enthusiasm.
A man who behaves selfishly and irresponsibly in his sexual relationships with women.
proximity
Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.
Nearness in space, time, or relationship.
averted
Turn away one's eyes or thoughts; Prevent or ward off an undesirable occurrence.
Put upside down or in the opposite position, order, or arrangement.
Choose the quote which best illustrates the theme: The thin line between unconsciousness and consciousness.
“Groping about the masonry just below the margin, I succeeded in dislodging a small fragment, and let it fall into the abyss.”
“I thrust my arms wildly above and around me in all directions. I felt nothing; yet dreaded to move a step, lest I should be impeded by the walls of a tomb.”
“In the return to life from the swoon there are two stages; first, that of the sense of mental or spiritual; secondly, that of the sense of physical, existence.”
Choose the quote which best illustrates the theme:
The passage of time
“The sweep of the pendulum had increased in extent by nearly a yard. As a natural consequence, its velocity was also much greater. But what mainly disturbed me was the idea that had perceptibly descended.”
“Demon eyes, of a wild and ghastly vivacity, glared upon me in a thousand directions, where none had been visible before."
“At first the ravenous animals were startled and terrified at the change -- at the cessation of movement.”
