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WorksheetsEnglish 8 Final Review
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 41mins
In The Most Dangerous Game, which event happens first?
Rainsford's trap kills Ivan.
Rainsford falls overboard.
Rainsford sleeps in Zaroff's bed.
Rainsford leaps into the sea.
In The Most Dangerous Game, which answer best describes the problem General Zaroff has before he invents his game?
He hates Ivan, but he needs his help for the hunt.
He loves hunting, but he hates to see animals suffer.
He cares only for hunting, but hunting has begun to bore him.
He hates Rainsford, but he must be hospitable to get him to stay.
In The Most Dangerous Game, what is the game that Zaroff invents?
He invites the world's greatest hunters to compete against one another.
He hunts human beings; sailors he lures to the island.
He invites other hunters to compete against Ivan.
He and Ivan compete against each other in tracking animals.
In The Most Dangerous Game, how does Rainsford finally defeat General Zaroff?
He makes a Malay mancatcher using a dead tree.
He digs a pit lined with stakes and conceals it with branches.
He refuses to participate in Zaroff's hunt any longer.
He swims back to Zaroff's house and ambushes him there.
In The Most Dangerous Game, what does General Zaroff list as important attributes of the animal he wishes to hunt?
It must be exceptionally strong, cunning, and able to reason.
It must be able to reason, be large, and cunning.
It must be cunning, courageous, and be able to reason.
It must be very large, strong and prey on animals.
What is the meaning of appraising in the following sentence from The Most Dangerous Game? Base your answer on the context clues.
Whenever he looked up from his plate he found the general studying him, appraising him narrowly.
informing
avoiding him
evaluating
envying
What is the meaning of quarry in the following passage from "The Most Dangerous Game?" Base your answer on context clues.
"I wanted the ideal animal to hunt, "explained the general. "So I said" 'What are the attributes of an ideal quarry?"'
animal that is hunted
animal that is hunting
person who is hunting
desire to go hunting
What is the meaning of futile in the following sentence from "The Most Dangerous Game?" Base your answers on context clues.
Now he had got a grip on himself, had stopped, and was taking stock of himself and the situation. He saw that straight flight was futile; inevitably it would bring him face to face with the sea.
direct
useless
obvious
understandable
In "The Most Dangerous Game," why does General Zaroff think he is justified in playing his game?
He feels rich people have more rights than the poor people
He resents the loss of his home in the Russian Revolution
He feels that people have the right to use whatever power they have.
He wishes to share the pleasure he feels in the game with others.
In The Most Dangerous Game,"which factor contributes most to General Zaroff's defeat at Rainsford's hands?
Zaroff's loss of Ivan
Zaroff's overconfidence
Zaroff's reliance on his dogs
Zaroff's inferior hunting skills.
“The lights of the yacht became faint and ever-vanishing fireflies” contains an example of
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
“Sleep had given him new vigor; a sharp hunger was picking at him.” This line contains
simile
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
What figurative language can be found in this line: “giant rocks with razor edges crouch like a sea monster with wide-open jaws”?
metaphor
personification
simile and personification
simile
“He lived a year in a minute” is an example of what type of figurative language?
simile
metaphor
personification
hyperbole
Which of the following passages from the story foreshadows danger?
"You've good eyes," Whitney said.
"It will be light in Rio," promised Whitney
"What island is it?" Rainsford asked.
"The old charts call it Ship-Trap Island," Whitney replied.
What is the setting for most of the story?
A yacht
A castle
A jungle
The sea
Which of the following events happened first?
Rainsford kills Ivan.
Rainsford kills one of Zaroff's dogs.
Rainsford wounds Zaroff.
Rainsford dives into the sea.
Which of the following best describes the primary conflict introduced in the story?
Rainsford vs. Zaroff
Rainsford vs. the ocen
Ivan vs. Zaroff
Rainsford vs.Ivan
Who is the protagonist of "The Most Dangerous Game?"
Rainsford
Zaroff
Ivan
The reader
Which quote about The Most Dangerous Game could be labeled as irony?
"The paddling sound of feet on the soft earth..."
"He lived a year in a minute..."
"The world famous game hunter was now being hunted as game himself..."
"The impulse to cry aloud with joy..."
Rainsford jumping off the cliff is the story's _____.
exposition
climax
conflict
resolution
What can we infer at the end of the story.
Rainsford slept in Zaroff's bed and Zaroff had lost
Rainsford went home and Zaroff had lost
Zaroff won the fight and Rainsford was fed to the dogs
Rainsford cares too much for the finer points of life
Classify the following sentence. I will wrap the package tomorrow. What is the adverb?
ADV tomorrow
ADV will wrap
Classify the following sentence. I will wrap the package tomorrow. What is the SP (subject pronoun)?
SP I
SP package
Identify the capitals in the following sentence. (dr and mrs jones went to california for a vacation.)
Capitals: Dr. Mrs. Jones
Capitals: Dr., Mrs. Jones, California
Read the following sentence.
The very excited puppies barked loudly today.
Choose the part of speech for the word very.
noun
adjective
adverb
verb
Read the following sentence.
The very excited puppies barked loudly today.
Choose the part of speech for the word excited.
noun
verb
adjective
adverb
logy
the study of
heat
along side
bottom
bio
tooth
bottom
life
birds
photo
light
before
life
bread
graph
to see
sing
sleep
write
The root CRED means
believe
money
people
star
The root AUD means
hear
star
man
book
The root CHRONO means
star
against
time
to cut
What does "ant-" or "anti-" mean?
over, excessive
against
same, together with
city, citizen
around, near
What is the meaning of -ology
the study of
to know
to hear
to see
What is the meaning of hydr-?
cirlce
around
water
sea
An audience's role is to ___?
hear
look
see
say
The kind gentleman was __________ of saying a bad thing.
What does "ambi" mean?
before
both sides
opposite
water
What does "anti" mean?
same or both
opposite
before
hear or listen
Which word belongs in the blank?
When she got the flu, her doctor prescribed an ______________.
aquifer
autobiography
beneficial
antibiotic
Which word belongs in the blank?
Conner visited the ____________ when he was in town and was surprised to see so many tropical fish.
auditorium
aquarium
aquifer
audience
The VIGILANT guards stayed up all night to make sure no one came near the castle.
disguised
watchful
superior
youthful
The scared rock climber balanced precariously on the edge of the cliff.
happily
dangerously
gracefully
hopefully
We often travel to New England in autumn to see the bright colors of the foliage.
buildings
trees
mountains
leaves
The impudent boy was assigned a detention for his inappropriate behavior that occurred during the guest speaker's presentation.
silly
young
rude
unhappy
An implied comparison between two unlike things that have something important in common
simile
metaphor
allusion
onomatopoeia
Giving inanimate objects human characteristics
hyperbole
symbole
mood
personification
A device where the speaker refers to something that the reader needs prior knowledge of or experience with in order to understand.
apostrophe
allusion
allegory
antonym
The author’s message about the nature of the human condition.
theme
mood
symbol
juxtaposition
An exaggeration for dramatic effect.
metaphor
simile
allusion
hyperbole
Her head was spinning from all of the new information.
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
personifcation
You're a couch potato.
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
personification
The sun greeted me this morning.
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
personification
You are my sunshine.
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
personification
Brave as a lion.
hyperbole
metaphor
simile
personification
The pattern of end rhyme in a poem is called _________________ and is labeled using letters of the alphabet.
rhyme pattern
rhyme organization
rhyme scheme
rhyme form
Which type of poem has exactly 14 lines?
Narrative
Ode
Sonnet
Ballad
"An old silent pond…
A frog jumps into the pond,
splash! Silence again."
What type of poem is shown above?
Limerick
Haiku
Elegy
Epitaph
repeating the same beginning sound in more than two words
alliteration
rhyme
onomatopoeia
personification
seven snakes slithered silently
alliteration
onomatopoeia
rhyme
rhythm
words that sound like the object or actions they refer to
onomatopoeia
alliteration
rhyme
similie
giving non-human objects human qualities
personification
alliteration
simile
metaphor
words that have the same ending sounds
rhyme
simile
metaphor
alliteration
repetition of vowel sounds followed by different consonants as in "blade" and "maze"
assonance
consonance
meter
rhyme
A form of poetry that originated in Japan and uses three lines. The first line has 5 syllables, the second line has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables.
haiku
concrete
ballad
narrative
