Worksheets12ENG Modern Test Review
Total questions: 66
Worksheet time: 33mins
To regard as worthless, with contempt; scorn
brazen
capacious
disdain
empathy
feeling someone else's feelings:
capitulate
condescending
capacious
empathy
something unusual, different from the norm
aberration
anachronistic
abdicate
asylum
harmful, injurious-
arid
deleterious
digress
uncanny
Agreeable
amicable
arid
abdicate
abhor
strange, mysterious, weird, beyond explanation
asylum
digress
uncanny
anochronistic
to really hate
abhor
apathy
abdicate
brazen
give up a position
digress
amicable
disdain
abdicate
Which author wrote A Farewell to Arms?
Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
H.G. Wells
C.S. Lewis
Rudyard Kipling
Which author wrote Sense and Sensibility?
Bram Stoker
Lewis Carroll
Jane Austen
Charlotte Bronte
Roald Dahl
Which author wrote The Great Gatsby?
Charles Dickens
Ernest Hemingway
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bram Stoker
Rudyard Kipling
Which author wrote Jane Eyre?
Charles Dickens
CS Lewis
Jane Austen
JK Rowling
Charlotte Bronte
Which author wrote A Christmas Carol & Oliver Twist?
Charles Dickens
F. Scott Fitzgerald
H.G. Wells
C.S. Lewis
Rudyard Kipling
Which author wrote Charlie & the Chocolate Factory & The BFG?
Charles Dickens
F. Scott Fitzgerald
H.G. Wells
Roald Dahl
Rudyard Kipling
Which author wrote Kim & The Jungle Book?
George Orwell
CS Lewis
Rudyard Kipling
JK Rowling
JRR Tolkien
Which author wrote Animal Farm?
George Orwell
CS Lewis
Rudyard Kipling
JK Rowling
JRR Tolkien
Which author wrote The Narnia Series?
Bram Stoker
CS Lewis
Lewis Caroll
JK Rowling
JRR Tolkien
Which author wrote The Hobbit & Lord of the Rings?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
CS Lewis
HG Wells
JK Rowling
JRR Tolkien
Which author wrote Harry Potter?
F. Scott Fitzgerald
CS Lewis
HG Wells
JK Rowling
JRR Tolkien
My aunt, a huge music fan, attended the concert last night.
The underlined portion is
a clause
a phrase
a prepositional phrase
an adverb opener
Which sentence has a correctly stated -ing sentence opener?
I watched as my husband drove away, his car chugging down the dirt road.
His heart pounding in his chest, Steven knocked on the door.
Having read the book already, Shawna knew the movie would be sad.
Pascal noticed his father wiping a tear from his eye.
I don’t know who gave me this lovely gift.
The underlined part of the sentence represents a
clause
phrase
prepositional phrase
none of these
Erin loves her brother.
This is an example of
an independent clause
a dependent clause
a phrase
Around the world,
This is an example of
an independent clause
a dependent clause
a phrase
When I come home,
This is an example of
a dependent clause
an independent clause
a phrase
The dog ran off, but I didn't care.
This is a
simple sentence
compound sentence
complex sentence
compound-complex sentence
The dog ran off to Jim and Dianne's house.
This is a
simple sentence
compound sentence
complex sentence
compound-complex sentence
The dog, who needs a bath, ran off to Jim and Dianne's house, and I miss him.
This is a
simple sentence
compound sentence
complex sentence
compound-complex sentence
The student, who is a great athlete, has straight A's in science.
simple
sentence
compound sentence
complex sentence
compound-complex sentence
A group of words that does NOT contain both a subject and a verb:
a dependent clause
an independent clause
a phrase
What is something that has occurred more in post-modern literature than in other time periods of literature?
short stories became more prevalent
more medieval characters & themes
increase in the gothic genre
book to movie adaptations
theater performances are stronger
Ernest Hemingway was known for using very vivid
settings
characterization
themes
imagery
Modern literature was less about nature and more about
fiction
satire
spirital aspects
reality
A term for a short novel or a long, short story (such as A Christmas Carol):
novella
metafiction
frame story
collage
ode
Which author wrote Ode to the West Wind?
Lord Byron
Percy Shelley
Ernest Hemingway
Jane Austen
Which author wrote Apostrophe to the Ocean?
Lord Byron
Rudyard Kipling
Ernest Hemingway
Jane Austen
Multiple perspectives were given in the modern era, due to the fact that _____ affected their writings.
personal experience
wars
unfair treatment
satire
In Modern Literature, when writers mixed images & themes from past & present:
apochrophil
collage
frame story
metafiction
T.S. Elliot and James Joyce wrote in ______ narration, which detailed the inner workings of thought processes.
frame story
metafiction
sonnet
stream of consciousness
personal
Which period of British literature are we currently in?
Modern
Post-modern
Romantic
Victorian
What type of genre would the original novel, Alice in Wonderland, be considered?
romantic
gothic
sci-fi
fantasy
Lewis Carroll and Lord Byron used pen names, or
connundrums.
pseudoauthors.
pseudonyms.
synonyms.
antonyms.
Since Alice in Wonderland begins with a story at her home, while then switching to another story of her adventure, it is referred to as
foreshadowing.
a flashback.
metafiction.
a frame story.
Many authors, such as Charles Dickens, wrote publications in parts, or a
trilogy.
serial collection.
saga.
frame story.
sonnet.
Which is NOT one of the things Charles Dickens was known for, in his writings?
writing on personal war experiences
strong imagery
use of emotions
understanding of the poor
In the 19th century, what was the leading form of literature?
poetry
short stories
novels
folk tales
During the Modern Era of literature, why did many women authors use pen names?
to make more money
to give them more notoriety
increase awareness of women writers
lack of women's rights
Which is NOT an element of Victorian literature?
focus on problematic conditions
pessimistic & dark
allegories for children
part reference/ part fiction
Victorian poetry often reveals the themes of Romanticism, such as an appreciation for
medieval romances
nature & the supernatural
knights & chivalry
war and heroes of war
In Sense & Sensibility, Mrs. Dashwood gives multiple reasons why she believes her husband should not give his family any inheritance money. We can infer that she is stingy and greedy. This represents
direct characterization
indirect characterization
dramatic irony
2nd person point of view
Jane Austen’s writings reflect _______, exposing the negative aspects of the social hierarchy of her time.
satire and irony
romanticism and fantasy
hierarchy and nobility
justice and good
What is a form of lyrical poetry that expresses emotions using rich, descriptive language, praising or glorifying an event or individual?
Sonnet
Elegy
Ode
Blank verse poetry
What is the term for a rhyming verse stanza that consists of an interlocking, 3-line rhyme scheme (ABA, BCB, CDC)?
couplet
quatrain
terza rima
sonnet
What is the term for the basic, rhythmic structure of a line in a poem, based on its syllables?
stress
stanza
verse
meter
In Sense & Sensibility, what seems to be Mrs. Dashwood's main problem?
fear
lying
stealing
the love of money
Who is considered the most prominent of English, romantic poets?
Percy Shelley
Ernest Hemingway
William Wordsworth
John Milton
Lord Byron
What style of literature is a return to Roman & Greek, with satire & controversy?
Metafiction
Neoclassical
Victorian
Romantic
What is the term for the 2 lines of poetry at the end of a poem?
coups
couplet
quatrain
verse
stanza
What type of literature uses ridicule or humor as a means of exposing something/someone?
satire
irony
allegory
free verse poetry
blank verse poetry
Which author wrote Composed Upon Westminster Bridge and London, 1802?
Lord Byron
Percy Shelley
William Wordsworth
Ernest Hemingway
"Oh, weeping willow, with your purple flowers, you seem so sad." is an example of
personification
pathetic fallacy
apostrophe
"Lightning danced across the sky." is an example of
personification
pathetic fallacy
apostrophe
"Waves, stop crashing on me, this instant!" is an example of
personification
pathetic fallacy
apostrophe
What type of conflict is found in Apostrophe to the Ocean?
Man vs Man
Man vs Self
Man vs Nature
Man vs Society
What is considered the beginning point of the Romantic Period in British literature?
When Wordsworth composed a ballad with Samuel Coleridge
When Queen Victoria passed away & left instructions for new literature
When books began to be converted to other forms of entertainment
When WWI began
Which is NOT one of the characteristics of Romantic Literature?
celebration of nature & spirituality
isolation & melancholy
interest in the common man
idealization of women
vivid characterization & fantasy
