WorksheetsFinal Exam Practice
Total questions: 76
Worksheet time: 53mins
"Who dares insult us with this blasphemous mockery?"
What does blasphemous mean?
fearless
courageous
profane; disrespectful
infectious
Poe characterizes the Prince as happy and dauntless and sagacious.
Which means ...
happy and brave and wise
happy and crazy and fearless
happy and brave and frightening
happy and scared and wise
The mummer arrives at midnight.
What does mummer mean?
fan of exciting games
owner of the abbey
party guest
actor who communicates by gestures and facial expression
To describe the mummer's appearance, Poe uses the word habiliments. What does habiliments mean?
bravery
clothing
decorations
hallucinations
Which word below describes a festival or feast?
disapprobation
fete
dissolution
dominion
The masquerade is described as a "voluptuous scene."
Which word does NOT mean voluptuous?
delightful
appealing
indulgent
horrendous
When the disease hits, there is profuse bleeding and then the pores break down or separate. Poe uses which word to explain that.
dauntless
dominion
dissolution
disconcert
A costume party is filled with phantasms or
decorations
party food
hallucinations
candlesticks
Grand, magnificent
grotesque
wanton
bizarre
august
The revelers refused to believe they were susceptible to contagion.
disapprobation
poison, infection
supremacy
immoral behavior
reveries
candelabrum
phantasms
mummer
To be upset or frustrated; bothered
disconcert
august
sedated
piquancy
All of the following describe sedate except ....
somber
solemn
sacrilegious
serious
Immoral; sinful
wanton
sagacious
contagion
piquancy
to hold dominion over all
submission
weakness
festival
control; supremacy
Which word means pleasantly sharp quality?
voluptuous
piquancy
contagion
dominion
Which word mean disapproval?
disapprobation
phantasms
fete
dissolution
Fancy decorations
reveries
habiliments
embellisments
phantasms
bizarre or distorted
wanton
grotesque
arabesque
piquancy
Choose all that apply: dissolution
liquify
wrong
decompose
debauchery
mummer
contagion
grotesque
arabesque
sawyer (more than one answer)
last name
lumber mill operator
beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees
battlement
swath (more than one answer)
a lawn mower path
a path made by a scythe
smashing
bravest
necronomicon(more than one answer)
fiction
book of magic
written by Lovecraft
technical manual
swath (more than one answer)
open space preserve
mower path
scythe path
path of destruction
occult (more than one answer)
a group of Laker fans
a group of hippies
hidden
magical
jargon(more than one answer)
a basketball shot
terminology
specific words
a joke
prodigious(more than one answer)
little
just enough
a large amount
a lot of
imperceptibly (2 answers)
sensible
insensible
invisible
blind
disquieting (2 answers)
noisy
unrest
uneasy
soothing
precociousness (3 answers)
mature
late
quickly learning
early in development
conjecture (3 answers)
unknown
educated guess
estimate
surmise
extirpation (3 answers)
to wipe out
to destory
to amend
to cut out
Based on the following excerpt from the text, which word is the best definition for the word maiden:
“That a maiden there lived whom you may know
By the name of Annabel Lee”
kid
young girl
housekeeper
nurse
Based on the text "With a love that the wingèd seraphs of Heaven," which is the best definition of the underlined word?
love
demons
angels
birds
Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.
"And neither the angels in Heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;"
put together
see
imagine
tear apart
Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.
"Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee...
...In her tomb by the sounding sea."
place to bury dead
monument
finger
house
Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.
"And neither the angels in heaven above
Nor the demons down under the sea"
bad people
elves
evil spirits
good creatures
Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.
"For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise but I feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so all the night-tide I lie down by the side
Of my darling — my darling — my life and my bride"
sunrise
night time
high tide
life
Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.
"So that her highborn kinsmen came
And bore her away from me,"
from a rich background
from the high lands
riding high horses
doctors
Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.
"In this kingdom by the sea
A wind blew out of a cloud chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me"
kings and queens
assistants
criminals
family members
Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.
"A wind blew out of a cloud chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me
To shut her up in a sepulcher
In this kingdom by the sea."
room
hospital
tomb
tower
Based on the excerpt from the text, choose the best definition for the underlined word.
"But we loved with a love that was more than love —
I and my Annabel Lee;
With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her and me"
envied
hide
hated
loved
