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English 11 Sem 1 Final Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

John Proctor had an affair with:

a)

Ruth Putnam

b)

Mary Warren

c)

Abigail Williams

d)

Betty Parris

2.

Which of the following character is the HEAD judge of the Salem Witch Trials?

a)

Judge Hathorne

b)

Deputy Governor Danforth

c)

Reverend Hale

d)

Reverend Parris

3.

Who is the Reverend over the town of Salem?

a)

Judge Hathorne

b)

Reverend Hale

c)

Reverend Parris

d)

Deputy Governor Danforth

4.

John Proctor states that he is 100% sure his wife had never done which of the following in her life?

a)

Murdered someone

b)

Cast spells

c)

Lied

d)

Ever had poppets in her life

5.

Who said the following quotation: “Because it is my name! Because I may not have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies!”

a)

Reverend Hale

b)

John Proctor

c)

Danforth

d)

Reverend Parris

6.

Which of the following happens at the end of the play?

a)

Proctor admits he is a witch, but he doesn’t want to sign the paper

b)

Proctor doesn’t want the signed paper posted in front of the church

c)

Proctor doesn’t want his name (reputation) to be blackened

d)

All of the above

7.
What happened between John Proctor and Abigail Williams prior to the opening of the play?
a)
they got divorced
b)
they had an affair
c)
they ran away together
d)
they wrote letters to each other
8.
Why did Abigail drink blood?
a)
To conjure spirits
b)
To make John Proctor fall in love with her
c)
To kill Elizabeth Proctor
d)
To turn herself into a witch
9.
Who is the leader of the accusers in court? 
a)
Tituba 
b)
Dept. Gov. 
c)
John 
d)
Abigail
10.
Who does Reverend Parris send for to investigate the possibility of witches in Salem?
a)
John Proctor
b)
Francis Nurse
c)
Rebecca Nurse
d)
Reverend Hale
11.
Which commandment does John Proctor forget 
a)
To not take the lords name in vein
b)
To not commit adultery
c)
To not steal
d)
To not kill or murder
12.
In Act 2, what gift does Mary Warren give to Elizabeth Proctor?
a)
a cookie
b)
a yellow bird
c)
a poppet
d)
a letter
13.
What happens to John Proctor at the end of Act 3? Why?
a)
he is hanged
b)
he forgets one of the commandments
c)
he runs away
d)
he declares "God is dead" and he gets arrested 
14.
Says: "He have his goodness now. God forbid I take it from him!"
a)
Parris
b)
Hale
c)
Elizabeth
d)
Danforth
15.
Says: "I have given you my soul; leave me my name!"
a)
Giles Corey
b)
Francis Nurse
c)
John Proctor
d)
None of these
16.
The Crucible is a parallel of the Salem witch hunt and the:
a)
Communist hunt and Red Scare
b)
Andover witch trials
c)
American Revolution
d)
none of these
17.
Which adjective best describes the character of John Proctor?
a)
stubborn
b)
laidback
c)
no-nonsence
d)
cowardly
18.
Why did Rev. Parris care about what type of candlesticks he had? 
a)
he wanted to be famous
b)
he is selfless
c)
he is greedy
d)
he wanted to look good for Abigail
19.
In The Crucible, what does Parris see in the woods?
a)
Betty drinking blood.
b)
Abigail drinking blood.
c)
Mercy Lewis dancing naked.
d)
None of these choices
20.
In The Crucible, Parris wants to postpone the hangings because:
a)
he is trying to save Rebecca Nurse
b)
he is afraid of riots and retribution
c)
he wants everyone to confess
d)
he wants to re-try John Proctor
21.
In The Crucible, everyone who is convicted of witchcraft:
a)
is hanged
b)
is female
c)
confesses
d)
none of these
22.
Alliteration
a)
A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
b)
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
c)
A word that sounds like what it means.
d)
A single line of poetry.
23.
Allusion
a)
A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art. 
b)
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as 
c)
The attitude the poem’s narrator 
d)
The author’s specific word choice.
24.
Assonance
a)
The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.
b)
A story/narrative in poetic form.
c)
The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text
d)
The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text.
25.
Consonance
a)
The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text.
b)
The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text.
c)
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
d)
This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line
26.
Metaphor
a)
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”
b)
The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.
c)
The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text.
d)
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”
27.
Onomatopoeia
a)
A word that sounds like what it means.
b)
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”
c)
The repetition of vowel sounds in a chunk of text
d)
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
28.
Simile
a)
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”
b)
A single line of poetry.
c)
A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
d)
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”
29.
Stanza
a)
A unified group of lines in poetry. This is often marked by spacing between sections of the poem.
b)
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.
c)
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”
d)
This occurs when one line ends without a pause or any punctuation and continues onto the next line.
30.
Symbol
a)
The repetition of consonant sounds, but not vowels, in a chunk of text.
b)
The measured arrangement of sounds/beats in a poem, including the poet’s placement of emphasis and the number of syllables per line.
c)
An object or action that means something more than its literal meaning.
d)
The attitude the poem’s narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character
31.
Theme
a)
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.
b)
A word that sounds like what it means
c)
The central meaning or dominant message the poet is trying to deliver to the reader.
d)
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things without using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”
32.
Tone
a)
A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two things using connecting words, such as “like” or “as.”
b)
The attitude the poem’s narrator (this may or may not be the actual poet) takes towards a subject or character: 
c)
A brief reference to a real or fictional person, event, place, or work of art. 
d)
The author’s specific word choice.
33.
Verse
a)
Poetry that does not rhyme or have a measurable meter.
b)
A word that sounds like what it means.
c)
The author’s specific word choice
d)
A single line of poetry.
34.

What type of literary device is shown?

Darcy daringly dove down the deep ditch.

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

onomatopoeia

d)

personification

35.

What type of literary device is shown?

The run down house looked depressed.

a)

personification

b)

idiom

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole

36.

Figurative Language: Choose the metaphor.

a)

The sky is low, the clouds are mean

b)

Down in their cabins, the sailors are sheep

c)

The stormy seas as dark as coal

37.

What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?


We can't find the cat,

We don't know where she's at,

Oh, where did she go?

Does anyone know?

Let's ask this walking hat.

a)

abbba

b)

aabba

c)

ababa

d)

babab

38.
descriptive language that appeals to our senses
a)
imagery
b)
sonnet
c)
metaphor
39.

Rhyming which occurs at the end of the line of poetry

a)

Metaphor

b)

End Rhyme

c)

Simile

d)

Internal Rhyme

40.

In "The Raven," at first, the speaker thinks the noise he hears is —

a)

his enemy stalking him

b)

the wind blowing the door open

c)

someone at the door

d)

his friends playing tricks on him

41.

In "The Raven," readers can infer from the poem's conclusion that the speaker will

a)

die soon

b)

never escape his despair

c)

be reunited with Lenore

d)

make his sorrow the subject of a great poem

42.
In which quotation below are the underlined words an example of sound effects created by alliteration?
a)
“What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore / Meant in croaking ‘Nevermore.’”
b)
“Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! / Leave my loneliness unbroken!—quit the bust above my door!”
c)
“Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, / Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before.”
d)
“On this home by Horror haunted—tell me truly, I implore— / Is there—is there balm in Gilead?—tell me—tell me, I implore!”
43.
Where is the raven at the end of the poem?
a)
outside the speaker’s house in a storm 
b)
on the bust above the speaker’s door
c)
near the speaker’s velvet chair
d)
ashore on a deserted island
44.
"As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door" is an example of which sound device
a)
repetition
b)
rhyme
c)
alliteration
d)
suspense
45.
What does the Raven symbolize in this poem?
a)
The speaker's grief and lonliness
b)
The evil that haunts him
c)
The love that he had for Lenore
d)
Nature and how it affects human emotions
46.

In "O Captain, My Captain!" the speaker says that the Captain's death

"is some dream" because he

a)

has had many dreams about the Captain.

b)

has only imagined that the Captain is dead.

c)

wishes the Captain's death were a dream.

d)

realizes that the Captain has been sleeping.

47.
One extended metaphor in the poem is the comparison of 
a)
a journey to a ship's deck.
b)
a ship to the country.
c)
a captain to a ship.
d)
a captain to a victory.
48.
What does the phrase "the prize we sought is won" refer to?
a)
President Lincoln's death
b)
winning the Civil War
c)
discovery of a treasure
d)
the ship's arrival in port
49.
What is the message of Whitman's  "O Me! O Life!"?
a)
Life is not too hard
b)
We contribute to humanity by simply being alive
c)
Some people live a very sad life.
d)
Think about yourself before others. 
50.

In "O Me! O Life!" what is the tone of the line, "Of the empty and useless years"

a)

Happy

b)

Sarcastic

c)

Pessimistic

d)

Optimistic