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2020 English 9 Final Exam Review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 13hrs 45mins

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Class
Date
1.

If a character dies, he is considered dynamic.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The narrator from "The Tell-Tale Heart" experiences a conflict that is mostly... .

a)

Man vs. man

b)

Man vs. nature

c)

Man vs. self

d)

Man vs. society

3.

Which of the following does NOT relate to exposition?

a)

Provides background information

b)

Is at the beginning of a story

c)

Leads to rising action

d)

Includes further conflict that challenges a character

4.

Climax includes

a)

When a story's action/intensity has reached its highest point

b)

When a story's suspense has reached its highest point

c)

When a story's characters reach their inability to handle the plot's conflict any longer

d)

When a story's themes are most evident

5.

During the rising action, ... .

a)

A character's conflicts are resolved

b)

A character may experience complications to his conflict

c)

A text's themes are most evident

d)

A character will always endure an internal change

6.

A text's falling action... .

a)

Never includes conflict

b)

Always gradually introduces minor characters

c)

Always has less tension than the rising action

d)

Never has less complications than the rising action

7.

Which of the following does NOT necessarily match with "resolution?"

a)

Is the very end of a story

b)

The main conflict has some degree of closure

c)

The characters are finally satisfied

d)

The main elements of suspense are mostly gone

8.

Which of the following would NOT be considered an example of a theme?

a)

Fear of the unknown

b)

Contentment

c)

The love of literature

d)

A journey to find a treasure

9.

Which of the following is the MAIN purpose of satire?

a)

Exposing a flaw to move for change in society

b)

Making readers laugh for enteratainment

c)

Creating character that are over the top

d)

Captivate readers through incorporating irony into a text

10.

A theme for "The Gift of the Magi" could be... .

a)

Buying combs and a watch chain

b)

Sadness

c)

Shock

d)

Inner vs. outer beauty

11.

Which of the following is not an element that can CREATE suspense in a text?

a)

Satire

b)

High stakes

c)

Dramatic irony

d)

Uncertainty of outcomes

12.

The type of conflict that is most evident in "The Most Dangerous Game" is... .

a)

Man vs. man

b)

Man vs. nature

c)

Man vs. self

d)

Man vs. society

13.

"Abstract" means... .

a)

Traceable throughout a text

b)

Tangible (perceivable with the senses)

c)

Intangible (not perceivable with the senses)

d)

An inference

14.

A theme must be... .

a)

Directly stated

b)

Connected to a character's desires

c)

A character trait

d)

Abstract

15.

Satire is... .

a)

Only in one section of a text

b)

Embodied throughout an entire text

c)

Concrete

d)

Directly stated

16.

A confidante is... .

a)

Often a minor character who interacts with the protagonist to reveal more about the protagonist to the readers

b)

Often a minor character who interacts with the antagonist to reveal more about the antagonist to the readers

c)

Often a major character who interacts with the protagonist to reveal more about the protagonist to the readers

d)

Often a major character who interacts with the antagonist to reveal more about the antagonist to the readers

17.

Ms. Buschke called themes "golden threads" because... .

a)

Themes are abstract

b)

Themes are traceable throughout a text

c)

Themes are directly stated

d)

Themes are an inference

18.

Choose the BEST answer to fill in the blank to the given statement.


A static character... .

a)

Is typically round

b)

Is typically flat

c)

Remains the same, internally and externally

d)

Remains the same, internally and sometimes externally

19.

Choose the BEST answer to fill in the below blank.


Whitney speaking with Rainsford about Ship-Trap island is an example of exposition because... .

a)

It foreshadows Rainsford's fate

b)

It is at the beginning of the story

c)

It captivates the attention of the reader

d)

It provides background information that sets up the rest of the story

20.

Harrison and Zaroff are similar in that... .

a)

They are strong-willed

b)

They want to rule

c)

They have past conflict with the government

d)

They do not value human life

21.

There can be more than one protagonist.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

There cannot be more than one climax to a text.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

The setting of "The Most Dangerous Game" is... .

a)

The Bahamas

b)

The Caribbean

c)

The Amazon

d)

Rio de Janeiro

24.

The ironic aspect of the handicaps in "Harrison Bergeron" is... .

a)

They are effective

b)

No one knows that they are wearing them

c)

They are somewhat ineffective

d)

No one wants to wear them

25.

Choose the answer that BEST completes the given statement.


A round character typically... .

a)

Is one-dimensional

b)

Has some degree of development

c)

Is constantly conflicted

d)

Mirrors humans of everyday life

26.

The narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" is... .

a)

Edgar Allan Poe

b)

The individual telling the reader the story

c)

Edgar Allan Poe's publisher

d)

The individual who mainly endures man vs. man conflict in "The Tell-Tale Heart."

27.

Second person includes:

a)

He

b)

She

c)

It

d)

Your

28.

The number of feet in an iamb is:

a)

One

b)

Two

c)

Three

d)

Four

29.

An iamb consists of:

a)

A stressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

b)

A word with two syllables followed by a word with one syllable

c)

An unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

d)

A word with one syllable followed by a word with two syllables

30.

In the word "symbol," which syllable is stressed?

a)

The first (i.e. "sym")

b)

The second (i.e. "bol")

31.

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

a)

The building, a towering mountain, loomed over the city.

b)

The building, as tall as a towering mountain, loomed over the city.

c)

The building, mountainous, loomed over the city.

d)

The building, like a towering mountain, loomed over the city.

32.

Which of the following connects to or is an example of imagery?

a)

"Experience" and "old age" are the thoughts that I associate with the term "wise."

b)

The silky fur of the cat brushed against my hand.

c)

"How they knew what we/Must know/Without knowing a page/Of it/Themselves."

d)

"Such waltzing was not easy."

33.

Which syllable is stressed in the term "problem?"

a)

The first syllable (i.e., "prob")

b)

The second syllable (i.e., "lem")

34.

The author of "The Gift of the Magi:"

a)

Kurt Vonnegut

b)

Edgar Allan Poe

c)

Richard Connell

d)

O. Henry

35.

In Night, Elie completely loses his faith by the end of the text.

a)

True

b)

False

36.

In the beginning of Night, Elie's father is unkind/oppressive towards Elie.

a)

True

b)

False

37.

The author of "Women:"

a)

Maya Angelou

b)

William Wordsworth

c)

Theodore Roethke

d)

Alice Walker

38.

In Night, when the woman on the train screams "Fire, fire!" this is an example of what literary device?

a)

Imagery

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Metaphor

d)

Simile

39.

First person includes:

a)

I

b)

You

c)

He

d)

She

40.

Third person includes:

a)

I

b)

You

c)

He

d)

We

41.

A round character:

a)

Has thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits

b)

Changes internally throughout a text

c)

Stays the same internally throughout a text

d)

Does not have thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits

42.

A flat character:

a)

Has thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits

b)

Changes internally throughout a text

c)

Stays the same internally throughout a text

d)

Does not have thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits

43.

A static character:

a)

Has thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits

b)

Changes internally throughout a text

c)

Stays the same internally throughout a text

d)

Does not have thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits

44.

A dynamic character:

a)

Has thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits

b)

Changes internally throughout a text

c)

Stays the same internally throughout a text

d)

Does not have thoroughly developed internal (personality) traits

45.

Suspense in literature may be created through

a)

Uncertainty of outcomes

b)

Pacing

c)

High Stakes

d)

All of the above

e)

None of the above

46.

When a character struggles against nature:

a)

Man vs. man

b)

Man vs. nature

c)

Man vs. self

47.

When a character struggles against himself/herself (such as struggling to make a decision, etc.):

a)

Man vs. man

b)

Man vs. nature

c)

Man vs. self

48.

When a character struggles against another human:

a)

Man vs. man

b)

Man vs. nature

c)

Man vs. self

49.

The setting of a story includes both time and place.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

Connotation is:

a)

Vivid language that activates any of the five senses

b)

A comparison of two unlike things

c)

The thoughts and emotions connected to a word or phrase

d)

Giving human qualities to nonhuman things

51.

"But I hung on like death

Such waltzing was not easy"


Number of stressed syllables in the above quote:

a)

Three

b)

Seven

c)

Four

d)

Six