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Unit 5 Pre Test

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What lesson does the speaker learn in Emerson's poem "Each and All?

a)

the reason seashells shine like pearls

b)

not to separate parts from the whole

c)

when to accept someone else's beliefs

d)

how to earn a woman's love

2.

According to Thoreau, how would people's lives change if they rejected conformity?

a)

They would live more fully

b)

The would earn public respect

c)

The would feel more emotionally isolated

d)

They would recognize the value of cities

3.

In "The Birthmark", what does Georgiana represent?

a)

the price of madness

b)

evil and greed

c)

the rewards of hard work

d)

Feminine perfection

4.

Emerson and Thoreau both believe that society ______

a)

provides people with important opportunities

b)

prevents people from being free

c)

is the best place to gain an education

d)

encourages people to be unique

5.

How is the setting of "The Raven" related to the mood of the piece?

a)

The bleak setting helps create the poem's melancholic mood

b)

The natural beauty of the poem's setting creates its uplifting mood

c)

The bright, busy setting creates a strong contrast with the poem's sad mood

d)

The setting has no relation to the mood of the poem

6.

Unlike the Transcendentalists, the Dark Romantics _______

a)

believed in the innocence of all people

b)

revered reason over intuition or imagination

c)

denied the spiritual side of nature

d)

explored the darker sides of the human soul

7.

In "The Birthmark," why is Georgiana willing to risk her life to get rid of the mark?

a)

She knows that neither she nor her husband will have peace if the birthmark remains

b)

She understands that it will lead her husband to his greatest scientific achievement.

c)

She wants to experience life as a beautiful woman rather than as an ugly one

d)

She recognizes that the world will not accept her as she is

8.

In "Concord Hymn", why does the speaker appeal to time and nature?

a)

to encourage readers to be buried nearby

b)

to ask them to preserve the memorial

c)

to question their presence in the world

d)

to urge them to wash away anything man- made

9.

The speaker in "The Raven" is tormented by the thought that _______

a)

he has wasted his life in study

b)

he will never see Lenore again

c)

the raven has been sent by his enemy

d)

he will never understand the books he read

10.

What did Thoreau seek to do at Walden Pond?

a)

contemplate sin

b)

live consciously

c)

escape his enemies

d)

to learn to garden