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Worksheets2020 English 9 Final Exam Review
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 13hrs 45mins
If a character dies, he is considered dynamic.
True
False
The narrator from "The Tell-Tale Heart" experiences a conflict that is mostly... .
Man vs. man
Man vs. nature
Man vs. self
Man vs. society
Which of the following does NOT relate to exposition?
Provides background information
Is at the beginning of a story
Leads to rising action
Includes further conflict that challenges a character
Climax includes
When a story's action/intensity has reached its highest point
When a story's suspense has reached its highest point
When a story's characters reach their inability to handle the plot's conflict any longer
When a story's themes are most evident
During the rising action, ... .
A character's conflicts are resolved
A character may experience complications to his conflict
A text's themes are most evident
A character will always endure an internal change
A text's falling action... .
Never includes conflict
Always gradually introduces minor characters
Always has less tension than the rising action
Never has less complications than the rising action
Which of the following does NOT necessarily match with "resolution?"
Is the very end of a story
The main conflict has some degree of closure
The characters are finally satisfied
The main elements of suspense are mostly gone
Which of the following would NOT be considered an example of a theme?
Fear of the unknown
Contentment
The love of literature
A journey to find a treasure
Which of the following is the MAIN purpose of satire?
Exposing a flaw to move for change in society
Making readers laugh for enteratainment
Creating character that are over the top
Captivate readers through incorporating irony into a text
A theme for "The Gift of the Magi" could be... .
Buying combs and a watch chain
Sadness
Shock
Inner vs. outer beauty
Which of the following is not an element that can CREATE suspense in a text?
Satire
High stakes
Dramatic irony
Uncertainty of outcomes
The type of conflict that is most evident in "The Most Dangerous Game" is... .
Man vs. man
Man vs. nature
Man vs. self
Man vs. society
"Abstract" means... .
Traceable throughout a text
Tangible (perceivable with the senses)
Intangible (not perceivable with the senses)
An inference
A theme must be... .
Directly stated
Connected to a character's desires
A character trait
Abstract
Satire is... .
Only in one section of a text
Embodied throughout an entire text
Concrete
Directly stated
A confidante is... .
Often a minor character who interacts with the protagonist to reveal more about the protagonist to the readers
Often a minor character who interacts with the antagonist to reveal more about the antagonist to the readers
Often a major character who interacts with the protagonist to reveal more about the protagonist to the readers
Often a major character who interacts with the antagonist to reveal more about the antagonist to the readers
Ms. Buschke called themes "golden threads" because... .
Themes are abstract
Themes are traceable throughout a text
Themes are directly stated
Themes are an inference
Choose the BEST answer to fill in the blank to the given statement.
A static character... .
Is typically round
Is typically flat
Remains the same, internally and externally
Remains the same, internally and sometimes externally
Choose the BEST answer to fill in the below blank.
Whitney speaking with Rainsford about Ship-Trap island is an example of exposition because... .
It foreshadows Rainsford's fate
It is at the beginning of the story
It captivates the attention of the reader
It provides background information that sets up the rest of the story
Harrison and Zaroff are similar in that... .
They are strong-willed
They want to rule
They have past conflict with the government
They do not value human life
There can be more than one protagonist.
True
False
There cannot be more than one climax to a text.
True
False
The setting of "The Most Dangerous Game" is... .
The Bahamas
The Caribbean
The Amazon
Rio de Janeiro
The ironic aspect of the handicaps in "Harrison Bergeron" is... .
They are effective
No one knows that they are wearing them
They are somewhat ineffective
No one wants to wear them
Choose the answer that BEST completes the given statement.
A round character typically... .
Is one-dimensional
Has some degree of development
Is constantly conflicted
Mirrors humans of everyday life
The narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" is... .
Edgar Allan Poe
The individual telling the reader the story
Edgar Allan Poe's publisher
The individual who mainly endures man vs. man conflict in "The Tell-Tale Heart."
Second person includes:
He
She
It
Your
The number of feet in an iamb is:
One
Two
Three
Four
An iamb consists of:
A stressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
A word with two syllables followed by a word with one syllable
An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
A word with one syllable followed by a word with two syllables
In the word "symbol," which syllable is stressed?
The first (i.e. "sym")
The second (i.e. "bol")
Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
The building, a towering mountain, loomed over the city.
The building, as tall as a towering mountain, loomed over the city.
The building, mountainous, loomed over the city.
The building, like a towering mountain, loomed over the city.
Which of the following connects to or is an example of imagery?
"Experience" and "old age" are the thoughts that I associate with the term "wise."
The silky fur of the cat brushed against my hand.
"How they knew what we/Must know/Without knowing a page/Of it/Themselves."
"Such waltzing was not easy."
Which syllable is stressed in the term "problem?"
The first syllable (i.e., "prob")
The second syllable (i.e., "lem")
The author of "The Gift of the Magi:"
Kurt Vonnegut
Edgar Allan Poe
Richard Connell
O. Henry
In Night, Elie completely loses his faith by the end of the text.
True
False
In the beginning of Night, Elie's father is unkind/oppressive towards Elie.
True
False
The author of "Women:"
Maya Angelou
William Wordsworth
Theodore Roethke
Alice Walker
In Night, when the woman on the train screams "Fire, fire!" this is an example of what literary device?
Imagery
Foreshadowing
Metaphor
Simile
First person includes:
I
You
He
She
Third person includes:
I
You
He
We
A round character:
Has thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits
Changes internally throughout a text
Stays the same internally throughout a text
Does not have thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits
A flat character:
Has thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits
Changes internally throughout a text
Stays the same internally throughout a text
Does not have thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits
A static character:
Has thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits
Changes internally throughout a text
Stays the same internally throughout a text
Does not have thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits
A dynamic character:
Has thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits
Changes internally throughout a text
Stays the same internally throughout a text
Does not have thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits
Suspense in literature may be created through
Uncertainty of outcomes
Pacing
High Stakes
All of the above
None of the above
When a character struggles against nature:
Man vs. man
Man vs. nature
Man vs. self
When a character struggles against himself/herself (such as struggling to make a decision, etc.):
Man vs. man
Man vs. nature
Man vs. self
When a character struggles against another human:
Man vs. man
Man vs. nature
Man vs. self
The setting of a story includes both time and place.
True
False
Connotation is:
Vivid language that activates any of the five senses
A comparison of two unlike things
The thoughts and emotions connected to a word or phrase
Giving human qualities to nonhuman things
"But I hung on like death
Such waltzing was not easy"
Number of stressed syllables in the above quote:
Three
Seven
Four
Six
