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Throughout "A Poison Tree", the speaker compares his escalating anger to--
a forest
growing an apple tree
plowing a field
building a water fountain
In Blake's A Poison Tree,
And I sunned it with smiles,
And with soft deceitful wiles.
These two lines convey to the reader—
The speaker’s way of pretending to be friendly in order to bring their enemy closer.
How the sun makes the speaker smile.
The speaker’s explanation for his rage.
Why the speaker seeks revenge against his friends.
In Blake's A Poison Tree, why does the speaker’s anger grow?
He refuses to name his enemy.
He doesn’t tell his enemy why he was angry.
He realizes that his friend has become his foe.
He refuses to face his enemy.
In stanza two of Blake's A Poison Tree, the words “watered” and “sunned” his anger create an image of
a flower garden
the speaker feeding his emotions
an unhappy person
the sun and rain
What is the theme of Blake's A Poison Tree,?
Gardening helps people let go of anger.
Patience and tolerance are important to solve problems.
It is important to express anger or it will only intensify and get worse.
Allowing anger to grow can be considered healthy.
only faith can set a person free
What is the purpose of the industrial imagery in The Tyger?
To glorify industrialization
To make the tyger frightening
As a reference to the industrial revolution and the effect society has on the individual
To promote the harmony between the industrial and nature
What is the tone of The Tyger?
Gentle
Questioning
Destructive
Playful
In The Tyger, the speaker questions
If the Tyger should be chained up
Why the Tyger was made
Whether the Lamb and Tyger had the same creator
What the Tyger will do when free
How did the speaker of Blake's The Chimney Sweeper get his job?
he ran away from home to take it up
his father sold him into it
he was discovered by a talent scout
it is the family business
In "Flowers by the Sea", William Carlos Williams echoes the sound of the sea and the wind in the flowers using what poetic device?
rhyme
sibilance
personification
enjambment
In "Flowers by the Sea", the phrase "sharp pasture's edge" suggests what geographic feature?
a sea wall
a fence
a cliff
a river
In "Flowers by the Sea", the colours of chicory and daisies evoke what natural element?
forests
a wildfire
the sea
the sky
The use of punctuation dashes in "Flowers by the Sea" makes the speakers thoughts seem...?
free and flowing
uneducated
restricted
restless
In "Last Words of My English Grandmother", what does the grandmother demand over and over again?
To climb a tree
To play Warcraft
To be fed
To be allowed outside
In "Last Words of My English Grandmother" What does the grandmother say about the young?
that they don't bathe enough
that she wishes she was one of them
that they don't know anything
that she hates them
"The Last Words of my English Grandmother" is a great example of the way Williams wanted his poetry to be distinctly_____ .
unusual
American
English
sad
Which of the following is used to paint a grim picture of the grandmother's sickroom?
Sense imagery
Enjambment
Consonance
metaphor
"Raleigh was Right" was written as a response to a poetic argument between Sir Walter Raleigh and which other Elizabethan poet?
William Shakespeare
Francis Bacon
Ben Jonson
Christopher Marlowe
"Raleigh was Right" is written in what poetic form?
iambic tetrameter
quatrains
free verse
rhyming couplets
In "Raleigh was Right", how does the description of the flowers in the first stanza contribute to the tone of the poem?
The description of the flowers as "small" and "furry" stemmed uses adjectives that are not typically thought of as beautiful and this creates a tone that is more objective than Marlowe's romantic view.
The flowers are described as "small" with "furry stems" which emphasizes details that make the countryside seem nonthreatening and cosy.
Which phrase from "Raleigh was Right" suggests that life in the country has never been as idyllic as Marlowe describes it?
"the country will bring us no peace"
"if ever this were true"
"roots in a parched ground"
"It was long ago / long ago"
"A Temporary Matter": What are the characters' names?
Shoba
Shukumar
Jhumpa
Lahiri
"A Temporary Matter": How do the characters find themselves in the dark?
Their power is shut off because they are moving.
Their power is shut off because they are behind in payments.
Their power is shut off for routine maintenance.
Their power is shut off because it is a tradition to eat by candlelight.
"A Temporary Matter": What tradition do the characters start at dinnertime?
The husband cooks dinner.
They eat in front of the TV together.
The compliment each other.
They each tell a secret.
"A Temporary Matter": What does the wife reveal at the end?
She is moving out.
She never wanted kids.
She shouldn't have married him.
She misses her family.
"A Temporary Matter": What does the husband reveal at the end?
Their stillborn child was a girl.
Their stillborn child was a boy.
He had an affair.
He didn't love her anymore.
"A Temporary Matter" tells the story of a failing (a) as a couple struggle to over the loss of a child.
Gives the reader a hint of something that is going to happen later in the story
Personification
Foreshadowing
Irony
Imagery
Attaches human traits and characteristics to inanimate objects/non-human things or animals
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Allusion
Compares two unlike things using “like” or “as”
Personification
Imagery
Metaphor
Simile
Creates a mental image/feeling for the reader by relying on any of the five senses
Personification
Simile
Foreshadowing
Imagery
The following quote is an example of which literary device?:
"Cheeks like peppermint candy, eyes like bright blue agate marbles"
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Foreshadowing
The story begins in early part of ____.
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
"Parson's Pleasure": Looking down from the top of the hill, the countryside below appeared like ____.
a blanket of clouds
a crowded street
a green carpet
a mighty ocean
"Parson's Pleasure": Who is Mr Boggis?
a clergyman
an antique dealer
a gardener
a tourist
"Parson's Pleasure": What event leads Mr Boggis to discover two fifteenth century armchairs?
a cracked engine
a flat tyre
a broken fanbelt
running out of petrol
"Parson's Pleasure": Mr Boggis decided to exclude a big white eighteenth century house from his list to be visited because ___.
big houses don't own old furniture
the house was too far
he had visited the house before
there was no point in visiting the rich
"Parson's Pleasure": Mr Boggis has considerable fame among his friends because ___.
of his ability to find rare items on regular basis
he has become extremely rich
he talks intelligently and interestingly
he is able to trick country people easily
"Parson's Pleasure": One day Mr Boggis was returning home after ___ when all of a sudden his car broke down.
checking out the farm houses
purchasing expensive furniture
meeting his girlfriend
visiting his mother
"Parson's Pleasure": Which of the following statements is true about Mr Boggis?
He is interested in both new and old furniture
In the past he never knew how to spend his Sundays.
He had two wives.
He operates many furniture shops all over London.
"Parson's Pleasure": Mr Boggis disguises himself as a vicar because ____.
people from the countryside are very suspicious by nature
he will be respected
he wants to spend his Sundays with the farmers in the church
people from the countryside are very religious
"Parson's Pleasure": Mr Boggis does not like people to ____ before the deal is completed.
know that he is a furniture dealer
see his car
know that he is rich man
insult him
"Parson's Pleasure": What is the commode made of?
maple
oak
mahogany
white paint
"Parson's Pleasure": When were the Chippendale Commodes made?
in the 18th century
in the 10th century
in the 20th century
in the 19th century
"Parson's Pleasure": What does Mr Boggis use to trick the three men?
a string
a hinge
a screw
"Parson's Pleasure": 'We don't have any. You are wasting your time.' Who says this?
Mr Boggis
a woman
Rummins
Claud
"Parson's Pleasure": "Yes, it was painted white, but that didn't make the slightest difference. Some fool had done that." Who is the fool?
Robert Adam
Bert
Boggis
Claud
"Parson's Pleasure": Mr Boggis lied that his ___ has a problem.
throat
lung
stomach
heart
"Parson's Pleasure": Before Mr Boggis found the latest Chippendale furniture, there had been only ____ famous pieces of eighteenth century English furniture known as 'The Chippendale Commodes'.
one
two
three
four
Which of the following is correct about the Chippendale furniture Mr Boggis found? "Parson's Pleasure":
It has four legs and six drawers.
It has four legs and four drawers.
It has three legs and six two drawers.
It has three legs and one drawer.
"Parson's Pleasure": The legs of Mr Boggis' table in his home were damaged ___.
in a fire accident
when his young son carelessly knocked the table against the wall
by the foolish men who removed them when he moved his house
by rats
"Parson's Pleasure": What reason does Boggis give for visiting houses in the country?
He wants to buy cheap antique furniture
He is president of a society to preserve rare furniture
He is bored in London
He likes to discuss politics
"Parson's Pleasure": Why is Claud visiting Rummins?
to blackmail Rummins into giving him free meat
to discuss the new vicar
to talk about old furniture
to walk his dogs
"Parson's Pleasure": What does Boggis pretend he will do if he finds an antique?
sell it
buy it
paint it
write about it
"Parson's Pleasure": How much does Boggis think the Chippendale commode might be worth?
10,000 pounds
5,000 dollars
12,000 pounds
100,000 pounds
"Parson's Pleasure": Why does Boggis suggest the commode is not very valuable?
It's covered in white paint
It's in a dirty old farmhouse
It's a copy made by a machine
It's made in Chippenham not by Chippendale
"Parson's Pleasure": What does Boggis say he wants from the commode?
The whole thing (it's worth loads of money!)
the top only to make a cupboard
just the legs
the back so that he can make another one
"Parson's Pleasure": Where did Rummins say he got the commode from?
London at a fancy antique shop
at an auction at the Manor House
on ebay
it was left to him by his father
"Parson's Pleasure": Why does Rummins think the commode is older than 20 years?
He has a note signed by Thomas Chippendale, the man who made it.
He remembers seeing one like it on television
He is an expert in antique furniture
He has a receipt from the shop that sold it to him
"Parson's Pleasure": What does Boggis tell the men is way to tell if patina is old?
fake patina feels cold
real patina feels cold
real patina has a warm colour
fake patina looks like white paint
"Parson's Pleasure": How does Boggis trick the men with a screw?
He switches an old screw from the commode for a new one
He distracts them by dropping a screw on the floor
He uses a screw to scrape paint of the commode
"Parson's Pleasure": How much does Boggis agree to pay for the commode?
15 pounds
20 pounds
35 pounds
50 pounds
"Parson's Pleasure": Why does Rummins worry about Boggis's car?
He thinks it will be to big to drive up to the farmhouse.
He thinks it will be so clean that Boggis won't want to put a dirty commode in it.
He thinks it has broken down.
He thinks it will be too small to fit the commode into.
"Parson's Pleasure": What is the first thing the 3 men do with the commode?
strip the white paint off
burn it
saw it's legs off
clean it
"Parson's Pleasure": What does Claud say about the commode as he destroys it?
"The parson will be so glad he's got all this firewood."
"I wish we'd painted it green, white is so boring."
"The was a bloody good carpenter put this job together."
"This Chippendale is really difficult to chop up."
"Rebecca": In the opening dream sequence, how is the narrator able to get through the gate to Manderley?
The gate is not locked.
She is flying.
It's all a dream - she can go anywhere.
The gate is so old she can break the lock.
"Rebecca": Who or what is Jasper?
The narrator's husband
a dog
a cat
another name for the house
"Rebecca": In the opening dream sequence, which room in the house does the narrator imagine she visits?
her old bedroom
the kitchen
the library
the conservatory
"Rebecca": What is the name of the narrator's husband?
Maxim de Winter
Danvers
Van Hopper
Favell
"Rebecca": In the opening scenes of the novel, what does the narrator read about to her husband to stop him thinking about the past?
cricket
the English countryside
Manderley
Angel cake
"Rebecca": Why is the narrator initially scared of Mrs Danvers?
She compares the narrator to Rebecca
she is always angry
she is bigger than the narrator
she is a ghost
"Rebecca": Who is Mrs Van Hopper?
the narrator's previous employer
the owner of Manderley
the owner of the hotel
a dog
"Rebecca": In which wing of Manderley was Rebecca's bedroom?
the west wing
the south wing
the east wing
the north wing
"Rebecca": Who is Ben?
the overseer of Manderley
a man with learning difficulties at Monte Carlo
a man with learning difficulties who lives near Manderley
Beatrice's husband
"Rebecca": What is the name of Maxim's sister?
Lavinia
Beatrice
Daisy
Lady Crowan
"Rebecca": In the opening dream sequence, how is the narrator able to get through the gate to Manderley?
The gate is not locked.
She is flying.
It's all a dream - she can go anywhere.
The gate is so old she can break the lock.
"Rebecca": Chapter 1: What things are personified in the chapter? (Check all that apply.)
The plants around the house.
The house.
Jasper
the moon
"Rebecca": In the opening dream sequence, which room in the house does the narrator imagine she visits?
her old bedroom
the kitchen
the library
the conservatory
"Rebecca": What is a 'sepulchre'?
a tomb
a type of car
a ghost
a type of tree
"Rebecca": What is Jack Favell's relationship to Rebecca?
Ex-husband
Cousin
Brother
He has no relation to her
"Rebecca": Who suggests the narrator's costume for the Manderley costume ball?
Mrs. Danvers
Maxim
Beatrice
Mrs. Van Hopper
"Rebecca": At one point in the book, Mrs. Danvers urges the heroine to jump from the window. What interrupts the scene?
Rockets go off to celebrate the end of the party
Rockets go off to signal that a ship has run aground
Maxim walks in on the two women
Frank walks in on the two women
"Rebecca": What is the name of the butler at Manderley?
Bunter
Nestor
Frith
Stevens
"Rebecca": What does everyone believe was the cause of Rebecca's death?
A hunting accident
Cancer
Drowning
Poison
"Rebecca": How did Rebecca really die?
By drowning
By suicide
Maxim shot her
Favell shot her
"Rebecca": The night she died, what did Rebecca tell Maxim?
That she was pregnant
That she was sleeping with Favell
That she was dying
That she was going to kill herself
"Rebecca": The coroner's verdict, after Rebecca's body turns up, is that she died:
By suicide
By murder
By accident
By poison
"Rebecca": What does Favell accuse Maxim of having done?
Bribed the coroner
Murdered Rebecca
Tried to murder him
Tried to murder the heroine
"Rebecca": Who does Favell try to get to testify against Maxim?
Frank Crawley
The heroine
Frith
Ben
"Rebecca": Where do Maxim and the heroine first encounter the name "Baker"?
In Rebecca's will
In Rebecca's letter to Favell
In Rebecca's appointment book
In Maxim's diary
"Rebecca": What does Dr. Baker reveal?
Rebecca was dying of cancer
Rebecca was pregnant
Rebecca was a man
He never examined Rebecca
"Rebecca": What else does the doctor reveal?
That Favell was not the father of Rebecca's child
That Rebecca was sterile
That he gave Rebecca poison
That Rebecca said she was going to kill herself
"Rebecca": When Maxim and the heroine drive home from London, what do they find?
Police are waiting to arrest Maxim
Mrs. Danvers has killed herself
Rebecca's ghost has been seen walking the halls of Manderley
Manderley is burning
In what year was Rebecca published?
1839
1938
1943
1950
What does "Rebecca"'s narrative take the form of?
A flashback
A flash-forward
A series of diary entries
A series of interviews
"Rebecca": Where did the heroine and Maxim first meet?
Nice
Monte Carlo
Capri
Rome
"Rebecca": What two words describe the heroine?
Jealous, greedy
Ambitious, cunning
Shy, self-conscious
Outgoing, wicked
"Rebecca": How did Mrs. Danvers feel about Rebecca?
Devoted
Dismayed
Neutral
Jealous
"Rebecca": What is the name of Rebecca's cousin?
Jack Black
Will Farrell
Jim Carrey
Jack Favell
"Rebecca": Who is a friendly, outgoing woman with a passion for horses?
Clarice
Lady Crowan
Beatrice
Mrs. Van Hopper
"Rebecca": What does Lady Crowan suggest Maxim and the heroine hold?
A music recital
A costume ball
A boat race
A feast
"Rebecca": At the beginning of the novel, where are the narrator and her husband staying as they travel through Europe?
With friends
Hostels
Small hotels
Grand hotels
"Rebecca": While they are at Monte Carlo, what does the heroine accuse Maxim of that makes him furiously angry?
Charity
Stealing
Posing
Lying
"Rebecca": When the narrator spends time with Maxim at the beginning of the novel, what excuse does she give Mrs. Van Hopper for her absences?
Taking long walks
Taking piano lessons
A romantic affair
Taking tennis lessons
"Rebecca": Where does Mrs. Van Hopper decide to leave Monte Carlo for?
New York
Paris
London
Rome
"Rebecca": In what way does Maxim propose marriage to the heroine?
Indifferently
Brusquely
Romantically
Comically
"Rebecca": Where do Maxim and the heroine go on their honeymoon?
Italy and Switzerland
Italy and Spain
Italy and France
England
"Rebecca": How does the heroine feel in the halls of Manderley?
Lost
Comfortable
Angry
Indifferent
"Rebecca": What does Beatrice not advise the heroine to do?
Buy new clothes
Stand up for herself
Find a hobby
Find a job
"Rebecca": What does Maxim call the beautiful valley where a stream runs through a bed of azaleas?
The Dirt Patch
Shadow Valley
The Secret Garden
Happy Valley
"Rebecca": What does Frank Crawley say Rebecca used to host in the boathouse?
Costume balls
Moonlight picnics
Supper parties
Card nights
"Rebecca": What does the heroine break and then hide?
A china vase
A china figure
A clock
A cigar cutter
"Rebecca": How does Maxim feel about the incident with the broken ornament?
Nothing
Out of place
Enraged
Amused
"Rebecca": What does Maxim go to London for in early June?
A book launch
An awards ceremony
A public dinner
A conference
"Rebecca": To what animal does Ben compare Rebecca?
A dog
A snake
A cow
A bird
"Rebecca": What does the narrator think Jack Favell might be?
A thief
A lover
A cook
A postman
"Rebecca": Who do Beatrice and the heroine drive to visit?
Beatrice's husband
Maxim's cousin
Grandad
Gran
"Rebecca": To what century does the painting pointed out by Mrs. Danvers as a costume inspiration date?
17th century
18th century
14th century
19th century
"Rebecca": How does Maxim respond when he sees the heroine dressed in her costume for the ball?
He turns white
He grins
He does nothing
He bursts into tears
"Rebecca": What does the ball conclude with?
Fireworks
Applause
A dance
Kayaking in the cove
"Rebecca": Who does Mrs. Danvers say Rebecca had the spirit of?
A boy
A pirate
A general
An angel
"Rebecca": What does Mrs. Danvers urge the heroine to do?
Run away
Kill herself
Turn herself into Rebecca
Kill Maxim
"Rebecca": Where did Maxim shoot Rebecca?
The boathouse
On the boat
The cove
In the house
"Rebecca": Where do Maxim and the heroine discuss the story of Rebecca and Maxim's marriage?
The library
The parlour
The west wing
The boathouse
"Rebecca": What was Maxim and Rebecca's marriage from the beginning?
True love
A sham
Amusing
Poignant
"Rebecca": How did Maxim sink the sailboat?
Ran it aground
Set it on fire
Put holes in it
Blew it up
"Rebecca": What does the heroine do after she hears Maxim's confession?
Cries in terror
Slaps Maxim
Runs away
Embraces Maxim
"Rebecca": How does the heroine act the next, day after the revelations of Maxim and Rebecca's marriage?
Assertively
Fearfully
Angrily
Peacefully
"Rebecca": What do the de Winters, Colonel Julyan and Frank Crawley discuss over lunch?
Gothic novels
The weather
The upcoming inquest
Rebecca's murder
"Rebecca": What does the heroine do in the inquest when it seems as though Maxim will be found out?
Faints
Accuses Maxim of murder
Runs from the room
Cries piteously
"Rebecca": What verdict does the coroner settle on?
Accidental death
Misadventure
Murder
Suicide
"Rebecca": What about Jack Favell inclines Colonel Julyan to disbelieve his words?
His vindictiveness
His drunkenness
His demeanor
His slickness
"Rebecca": What does Mrs. Danvers say that Rebecca felt for Jack Favell?
Friendly warmth
Passionate love
Nothing
Loathing
"Rebecca": What was the surname of the doctor that Rebecca had an appointment with in London?
Butcher
Baker
Smith
Turner
"Rebecca": What was the assumed name Rebecca used with the doctor?
Mrs. Danvers
Mrs. de Winter
Mrs. Watson
Mrs. D
"Rebecca": What does Frith say has happened to Mrs. Danvers when Maxim calls him?
She is very irritable
She has gone mad
She is dead
She has vanished
Who is the narrator of "The Things They Carried"?
"The Things They Carried": What constantly distracts Lt. Jimmy Cross from his job?
"The Things They Carried": Which character is the platoon's RTO?
"The Things They Carried": Why does Rat Kiley, the medic, carry M&Ms candy?
"The Things They Carried": Who is the would-be girlfriend of Jimmy Cross?
Marlene
Martha
Margaret
None of the above
"The Things They Carried": What is the favorite food of Henry Dobbins?
Canned peaches
Pound cake
Canned peaches over pound cake
Chocolate bar
"The Things They Carried": Whose death is foreshadowed in this chapter?
Ted Lavender
Tim O'Brien
Jimmy Cross
Norman Bowker
"The Things They Carried": What does Jimmy carry for good luck?
Rabbit's foot
Four-leaf clover
Baseball hat
None of the above
"The Things They Carried": Which character carries a copy of the New Testament?
Tim O'Brien
Jimmy Cross
Rat Kiley
Kiowa
"The Things They Carried": What is Dobbins constantly seeking?
Gold
Moral
Morale
All of the above
"The Things They Carried": Toward the end of the story, the narrator refers to "that big silver freedom bird"; to what does this phrase allude?
American bald eagle
Airplane
Spaceship
Type of popular car at the time
"The Things They Carried": What does Jimmy Cross do the morning after he loses one of his soldiers?
Cries
Buries his body
Burns letters from his would-be girlfriend
Burns photographs of his would-be girlfriend
"The Things They Carried": What topic is conspicuously absent in Martha's letters?
college
the war
feelings of affection
her daily routine
"The Things They Carried": "Hump it" means what?
The war stories in The Things They Carried take place during...
World War II
the Gulf War
the Korean War
the Vietnam War.
"The Things They Carried": "They carried all the emotional baggage of men who might die. Grief, terror, love, longing..." were examples of
tangible weights.
intangible weights.
"The Things They Carried": The soldier's greatest fear, was the fear of _______ ."
sweating
crying
blushing
singing
"The Things They Carried": "Lieutenant Jimmy Cross reminded himself that his obligation was not to be loved but to ______ ."
love
laugh
lie
lead
"The Things They Carried": "The things they carried were determined to some extent by superstition." What example supports this idea from the text?
Dave Jensen carried a rabbit's foot.
They carried Black Flag insecticide.
Lee Strunk made a funny ghost sound.
They carried stationery and pencils and pens.
"The Things They Carried": "Boom down" described the sound of _____ ?
fighting
death
marching
singing
"The Secret Life of Walter Mittty": How fast is Walter driving when his wife wakes him from his daydream?
"The Secret Life of Walter Mittty": Who does Walter imagine himself as at the start of the story?
"The Secret Life of Walter Mittty": What is Mrs. Mitty doing in town?
"The Secret Life of Walter Mittty": What happens in the car park?
"The Secret Life of Walter Mittty": In his daydream about the hospital, what does Walter do when the anesthetizer machine doesn't work?
"The Secret Life of Walter Mittty": What has Walter's wife asked him to get in town?
"The Secret Life of Walter Mittty": What does Walter claim he can do in his third daydream?
"The Secret Life of Walter Mittty": What noise can Walter hear in each of his daydreams?
"The Secret Life of Walter Mittty": What is Walter drinking in his war daydream?
"The Secret Life of Walter Mittty": What happens to Walter in his last daydream?
