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2ndQTRfinalEXAm

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

One of the distinctive features of poetry is that it is meant to be read aloud. How poetry sounds matters, and even more, it's fun to say! It has a music of its own.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

Edward Taylor remarried and had four more children.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Find the correct spelling of the word

a)

Cotidien

b)

Qoutidian

c)

Quotidian

d)

Quotidien

4.

Find the correct spelling of the word

a)

Promolgate

b)

Promulegate

c)

Promulgate

d)

Pramulgate

5.

Find the correct spelling of the word

a)

Racalcitrant

b)

Ricalcitrant

c)

Recalcitrant

d)

Recalcitrent

6.

Find the correct spelling of the word

a)

Ubicuitous

b)

Ubiquitus

c)

Ubiquitous

d)

Ubequitous

7.

Find the correct spelling of the word

a)

Vicisitude

b)

Vecissitude

c)

Vicissitude

d)

Vecissitude

8.

“To My Dear and Loving Husband”  

1 If ever two were one, then surely (a)  

9.

“To My Dear and Loving Husband”  

2 If ever man were loved by (a)   , then thee.

10.

“To My Dear and Loving Husband”  

3 If ever wife was (a)   in a man

11.

“To My Dear and Loving Husband”  

7 My love is such that rivers cannot (a)   .

12.

“To My Dear and Loving Husband”  

10 The heavens reward thee (a)   , I pray.

13.

America’s first (woman) poet

a)

Anne Bradsheet

b)

Ann Bradsheet

c)

Anne Dudley

d)

both a & b

14.

Edward Taylor's father was a steward for the Earl of Lincoln, and a Puritan leader. 

a)

true

b)

false

15.

At 15, Anne married Simon Bradstreet.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

Find the correct spelling of the word

a)

Fatuos

b)

Fatous

c)

Fatuous

d)

Fachuous

17.

Find the correct spelling of the word

a)

Liberterian

b)

Libertarien

c)

Libertarian

d)

Libretarian

18.

 Is the following sentence an example of formal or informal writing?

I didn’t need any help.

a)

formal

b)

informal

c)

neither

19.

Is the following sentence an example of formal or informal writing?

We found out when they met up.

a)

formal

b)

informal

c)

neither

20.

Is the following sentence an example of formal or informal writing?

Many children in the world lack adequate food and housing.

a)

formal

b)

informal

c)

neither

21.

Is the following sentence an example of formal or informal writing?

To top it all off, I have an essay to write by Monday.

a)

formal

b)

informal

c)

neither

22.

"Every thought a person dwells upon, whether he expresses it or not, either (a)   or improves his life."

23.

Narrative writing is a type of writing that is told in great detail and focuses solely on the practice of telling stories.

a)

true

b)

false

24.

Narrative accounts are useful to librarians and other researchers as primary or secondary sources.

a)

true

b)

false

25.

Even though firsthand accounts are written by witnesses or participants, they may be objective or even biased due to the writer's one-sided viewpoint.

a)

true

b)

false

26.

Christopher Columbus' Italian name

a)

Cristofer Colombo

b)

Kristoforo Colombo

c)

Cristoforo Colombo

d)

Cristoforo Kolombo

27.

Christopher Columbus' Spanish name

a)

Kristóbal Colón

b)

Cristóbal Colón

c)

Cristóbal Kolón

d)

Kristóbal Colón

28.

Man had turned greedy over time. They asked the birds toallow them to fly; when they refused, man had cut the wingsoff every bird they could find to be able to. Man asked to begiven wisdom by monkeys; when they refused, man tookparts of their brains to seek the wisdom they so hoped for. 


a)

King of Langaws

b)

Little People

c)

Celestial Lights

d)

Why Humans Can't Talk to Animals

29.

Colonial Period paved the way for the rest of the country’s literature

a)

true

b)

false

30.

Colonial Period paved the way for the rest of the country’s literature

a)

true

b)

false

31.

What comes after the colonial period?

a)

Regionalism

b)

Age of Reason

c)

Romanticism

d)

Realism

32.

Chronology is important to historians because the exact order in which the events occur help us to understand the cause and effect of those events.

a)

true

b)

false

33.

“The Earth on Turtle’s Back 

and “When Grizzlies Walked Upright” are examples of Puritan Literature.

a)

true

b)

false

34.

A myth is a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but  unauthenticated.

a)

true

b)

false

35.

Myth is a traditional story especially one concerning the early history of people or explaining a natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events. 

a)

true

b)

false

36.

Myths talk about historical figures and events, which are exaggerated.

a)

true

b)

false

37.

The writings during the colonial period centered on religious, (a)   or historical themes.

38.

The following are the similarities between a myth and a legend except for one.

a)

They are both passed from one generation to another

b)

Both usually have larger than life characters

c)

Tell tales of heroism and significant events

d)

They are both based on facts

39.

If we wonder often, the gift of (a)   will come. – Arapaho

40.

The _________ is a series of wars in Greek mythology.

a)

Tetanomachy

b)

Titanomachy

c)

Tatanomachi

d)

Tytanomachy

41.

Identify the correct spelling of the word

a)

Caquelicot

b)

Calequicot

c)

Colequicot

d)

Coquelicot

42.

"The Earth on Turtle's Back" explains the origin of?

a)

The sky

b)

The sea

c)

The Earth

d)

Where animals come from

43.

 

Who uprooted the Great Tree?

a)

young men of the the Skyland

b)

The Great Chief

c)

The Wife

d)

the turtle

44.

According to “When Grizzlies Walked Upright,” The Modocs do not kill grizzly bears since they consider them to be their ancestors,

a)

True

b)

False

45.

In punishing the grizzlies, the Chief of the Sky Spirits shows

a)

compassion.

b)

vengeance

c)

godlike wisdom.

d)

fairness and objectivity.

46.

Experiential learning is an engaged learning process whereby students “learn by doing” and by reflecting on the experience.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

Social learning has to do with the people around you. That is, you learn from and about others by watching and interacting with them. 

a)

True

b)

False

48.

 

(Noun) It is defined as small, trivial and unimportant detail.

a)

minucia

b)

menutia

c)

manutia

d)

minutia

49.

(Adjective) made in an intricate shape or decorated with complex patterns.

a)

design

b)

flak

c)

ornate

d)

mensch

50.

(Verb) 

Release from a restraining or inhibiting force.

a)

caulk

b)

unfetter

c)

salient

d)

envoy

51.

(Adjective) 

Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious.

a)

magnanimous

b)

enigmatic

c)

garble

d)

orate

52.

 

Infamous is the antonym of notorious.

a)

true

b)

false

53.

A small monastery or nunnery that is governed by a prior or prioress.

a)

prioree

b)

priory

c)

praiory

d)

priori

54.

The direct definition of the word that you find in the dictionary is called denotation.

a)

true

b)

false

55.

The denotative meaning of "hot" means extremely attractive.

a)

true

b)

false

56.

The denotative meaning of "dead" means an unusually quiet setting.

a)

true

b)

false

57.

The denotative meaning of "dead" means an unusually quiet setting.

a)

true

b)

false

58.

The semicolon introduces a new, related piece of information. Notice that the second thought always starts with an uppercase letter.

a)

true

b)

false

59.

The Mexican tribes revered the divine Quetzalcoatl, a god of the Toltecs and Aztecs.

a)

true

b)

false

60.

 

We are Americans __we should be able to speak and write in any way we choose.

a)

, comma

b)

: colon

c)

; semicolon