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Pre-AP Test 1

Total questions: 65

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a life lesson in a piece of literature called?

a)

Moral

b)

Motif

c)

Theme

d)

Central Idea

2.

A comparison of two unlike things without using like or as is a

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Hypberbole

d)

Irony

3.

In stories, Birds are an archetype that symbolize what?

a)

Christianity

b)

Fear

c)

Spiritual

d)

Freedom

4.

What kind of verbs are: is, are, was, and were?

a)

Linking

b)

Helping

c)

Action

d)

Coordinating

5.

What type of sentence has one independent and one dependent clause?

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Complex

d)

Compound-Complex

6.

Which character in F451 has a deadly nose?

a)

Beatty

b)

Clarisse

c)

Montag

d)

Mechanical Hound

7.

The stomach pump that sucks out the evil from Mildred is symbolically referred to as which animal?

a)

Hound

b)

Snake

c)

Bird

d)

Salamander

8.

The structure of a sentence is called

a)

Variety

b)

Syntax

c)

Subordinating

d)

Independent Clause

9.

The sentence in an essay that includes your position and the major divisions you will be writing about is called what?

a)

Main Idea

b)

Theme

c)

Hook

d)

Thesis

10.

Of the verbals, which ends in "ing" or "ed" and is used as an adjective? (example: The singing bird.)

a)

Gerund

b)

Participle

c)

Infinitive

11.

Which type of conjunction is "Because"?

a)

Coordinating

b)

Subordinating

12.

Which type of conjunction is "but"?

a)

Coordinating

b)

Subordinating

13.

Which book does Montag take to Faber?

a)

Bible

b)

Tom Sawyer

c)

Jefferson's book

d)

It does not say

14.

What are symbols, characters, settings, or images that shows up over and over again in different stories called?

a)

Archetypes

b)

Symbols

c)

Motifs

d)

Paradox

15.

What do you call the circle pattern that all stories tend to follow?

a)

The Hero's Quest

b)

The Story Cycle

c)

The Hero's Journey

d)

Plot

16.

What kind of clause has a subject and a verb and represents a complete thought?

a)

Dependent

b)

Independent

c)

Participial

d)

Gerund

17.

Which verbal is a verb form plus the word "to"?

a)

Gerund

b)

Participle

c)

Infinitive

18.

Which verbal acts as a noun and ends in "ing"?

a)

Gerund

b)

Participle

c)

Infinitive

19.

What is it called when something in literature stands for something else?

a)

Motif

b)

Archetype

c)

Paradox

d)

Symbol

20.

What is it called when a literary work references another literary work?

a)

Illusion

b)

Allusion

c)

Storyception

d)

Alliteration

21.

What are the eight parts of speech?

a)

Noun, verb, preposition, participle, gerund, verbals, infinitive, adverb

b)

Noun, verb, preposition, conjunction, participle, coordinating, infinitive, gerund

c)

Noun, verb, preposition, interjection, coordinating, adverb, verb, broccoli

d)

Noun, verb, preposition, interjection, adverb, adjective, conjunction, pronoun

22.

What is it called when you have a compulsion to set things on fire?

a)

murmuring

b)

avenged

c)

pyromaniac

d)

pulverized

23.

To reduce powder to dust

a)

Pulverized

b)

Pawn

c)

Particple

d)

Pyromaniac

24.

A foul smell

a)

Olfactory

b)

Odious

c)

Odysseus

d)

Pulverized

25.

Person serving as security or hostage

a)

Olfactory

b)

Porcelain

c)

Pawn

d)

Sieve

26.

Relating to your sense of smell

a)

Odious

b)

Odor

c)

Olfactory

d)

Proboscis

27.

Curve and motion of a projectile

a)

Ballistics

b)

Trajectory

c)

Pawn

d)

Avenged

28.

Stealthy, treacherous, and deceitful

a)

Avenged

b)

Murmuring

c)

Multifaceted

d)

Insidious

29.

To take revenge for

a)

Avenged

b)

Trajectory

c)

Pawn

d)

Olfactory

30.

Low, continuous sound

a)

Porcelain

b)

Projectile

c)

Murmuring

d)

Avenged

31.

Translucent, ceramic material

a)

Pawn

b)

Pulverized

c)

Projectile

d)

Porcelain

32.

Instrument with perforated bottom

a)

Sieve

b)

Sand

c)

Porcelain

d)

Olfactory

33.

Fatty tissue used to make soap and candles

a)

Talcom

b)

Tallow

c)

Porcelain

d)

Pawn

34.

Having many aspects or faces

a)

Multiplexed

b)

Multitude

c)

Olfactory

d)

Multifaceted

35.

In the dog house

a)

Phrase

b)

Clause

36.

Because you loved me

a)

Phrase

b)

Clause

37.

Into the woods

a)

Phrase

b)

Clause

38.

Running the game

a)

Phrase

b)

Clause

39.

I ran

a)

Phrase

b)

Clause

40.

the one with the waggily tail

a)

phrase

b)

clause

41.

Dancing in the moonlight

a)

Phrase

b)

Clause

42.

When I was ten

a)

Phrase

b)

Clause

43.

If I had money

a)

Phrase

b)

Clause

44.

Under my plate

a)

phrase

b)

clause

45.

my best friend

a)

phrase

b)

clause

46.

Situational irony is when you expect one thing to happen, but something opposite happens.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

This sentence has correct punctuation: I'd like to go, but, I don't have time.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

A phrase has a subject and a verb.

a)

True

b)

False

49.

This is a compound sentence: Because there is so much to know, it is hard to finish this test.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

The word in all caps in the following sentence is a gerund: SWIMMING in the lake is fun.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

Select the comma spots that are essential from the following list. (KNOW ALL 5 for the test!)

a)

Commas in dates, locations, and titles

b)

Commas before an after a name

c)

Commas after interrupters

d)

Commas after of FANBOYS

e)

Commas after an introductory phrase or clause

52.

Which character in F451 is perceptive and starts to suspect Montag?

a)

Clarisse

b)

Beatty

c)

Mildred

d)

Hound

53.

Which character in F451 used to be a professor?

a)

Beatty

b)

Mildred

c)

Clarisse's Uncle

d)

Faber

54.

Which character in F451 is a killer of rats, cats, and chickens?

a)

Montag

b)

Hound

c)

Beatty

d)

Mildred

55.

Which character from F451 finds a book under Montag's pillow?

a)

Mildred

b)

Clarisse

c)

Beatty

d)

Hound

56.

Which character from F451 is described as having fried hair, reddened lips, and skin like white bacon?

a)

Montag

b)

Clarisse

c)

Mildred

d)

Faber

57.

Which character from F451 is described as antisocial and dangerous?

a)

Montag

b)

Beatty

c)

Faber

d)

Clarisse

58.

Which character seems to wear Kerosene like cologne?

a)

Beatty

b)

Montag

c)

Mildred

d)

Faber

59.

Which character is scared of Montag at first?

a)

Mildred

b)

Clarisse

c)

Faber

d)

Beatty

60.

Which character will serve as Montag's mentor figure?

a)

Beatty

b)

Faber

c)

Mildred

d)

Clarisse

61.

Which character tries to memorize the entire Bible?

a)

Montag

b)

Faber

c)

Mildred

d)

Beatty

62.

Which genre of stories features big government, unequal citizens, and hopelessness?

a)

Dystopia

b)

Utopia

c)

Science Fiction

63.

Which genre of literature features futuristic technology, robots, and elements based in science?

a)

Dystopia

b)

Utopia

c)

Science Fiction

64.

Which genre of literature features a council working for the common good, equality, and seemingly happy citizens?

a)

Dystopia

b)

Utopia

c)

Science Fiction

65.

Which archetype usually stands for destruction, rebirth, and transformation?

a)

Water

b)

Fire

c)

Earth

d)

Wind