WorksheetsEnglish 10: First Semester Review
Total questions: 93
Worksheet time: 47mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This author’s most chilling stories comment on the human consequences of progress.
a)
Kurt Vonnegut Jr
b)
Guy de Maupassant
c)
Ray Bradbury
d)
Edgar Allan Poe
2.
Although he wrote several novels, his specialty was the short story, a form he helped popularize.
a)
Kurt Vonnegut Jr
b)
Guy de Maupassant
c)
Ray Bradbury
d)
Edgar Allan Poe
3.
The publication of his eerie poem “The Raven” made him famous.
a)
Kurt Vonnegut Jr
b)
Guy de Maupassant
c)
Ray Bradbury
d)
Edgar Allan Poe
4.
He is one of the most acclaimed satiric writers in America.
a)
Kurt Vonnegut Jr
b)
Guy de Maupassant
c)
Ray Bradbury
d)
Edgar Allan Poe
5.
She is most often remembered as an author for young people.
a)
Joan Aiken
b)
Saki
c)
Shirley Jackson
d)
Alice Walker
6.
She frequently suffered from panic attacks, and writing was one mean of combating the condition.
a)
Joan Aiken
b)
Saki
c)
Shirley Jackson
d)
Alice Walker
7.
She has written more than 20 books, including The Color Purple, which won a Pulitzer Prize.
a)
Joan Aiken
b)
Saki
c)
Shirley Jackson
d)
Alice Walker
8.
Many of this author’s short stories are satires and often feature a surprise ending.
a)
Joan Aiken
b)
Saki
c)
Shirley Jackson
d)
Alice Walker
9.
In the story, "Harrison Bergeron", Harrison symbolizes the spirit of
a)
conformity
b)
family values
c)
dependence
d)
rebellion
10.
The theme of "Harrison Bergeron" is mainly concerned with the
a)
Dangers of trying to make everyone equal.
b)
Hope that we can someday achieve real equality.
c)
Importance of enforcing laws.
d)
Importance of a close family.
11.
What is communicated through the figurative language in this quotation: "It seems to me that I have talked to white men always with one foot raised in flight"?
a)
The narrator's sense of humor
b)
The narrator's distrust of white men
c)
The narrator's admiration for white men
d)
The narrator's sense of superiority toward white men
12.
An appropriate theme for "Searching for Summer" would be:
a)
Be optimistic and nurture happiness
b)
Don't be afraid of death
c)
Money is the root of all evil
d)
Marriage is the only way to find happiness
13.
Describe how the village looks on the day of the lottery.
a)
Very metropolitan with shiny glass commercial buildings everywhere.
b)
Neat houses, green lawns and flowers everywhere.
c)
Gloomy and cold with gray houses.
d)
Dusty, dry with paint peeling off the house.
14.
What is Jackson's main theme in "the Lottery"?
a)
The foolishness of blindly following tradition.
b)
The value of human life.
c)
The need for tradition in small towns.
d)
The need for change in a community.
15.
What literary device does Maupassant use throughout "Two Friends"?
a)
Flashbacks
b)
Allusions
c)
Epithets
d)
Irony
16.
Which sentence from the story best explains Miss Strangeworth’s motivation for sending the letters?
a)
“Many people seemed disturbed recently, Miss Strangeworth thought.”
b)
“Miss Strangeworth never delayed when things had to be done.”
c)
“The town where she lived had to be kept clean and sweet.”
d)
“Miss Strangeworth had never had any self-consciousness before the children.”
17.
You can infer that Miss Strangeworth mailed her letters after the post office closed because
a)
she was too busy during business hours
b)
she wanted to avoid talking to the postal clerk
c)
she didn’t want people to find out she was sending the letters
d)
she wanted the letters to arrive early the next day
18.
Based on details in "There Will Come Soft Rains", you can conclude that the family
a)
knew they were going to die
b)
did not like living in their house
c)
started a nuclear war
d)
did not expect to die
19.
Who are “the gods” referred to in this passage from the story?
“The house was an altar with ten thousand attendants, big, small, servicing, attending, in choirs. But the gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly.”
a)
the mother, father, and children who lived in the house
b)
politicians who began a war and then fled to safety
c)
the inventors responsible for creating the house
d)
scientists who developed the nuclear bomb
20.
Georg and Ulrich react to being trapped under the tree by
a)
making their peace
b)
laughing at their situation
c)
keeping very quiet
d)
building a small fire
21.
How does the title “The Interlopers” illustrate the theme of the story?
a)
Interlopers are people who share with each other
b)
Hunters upset the balance of nature by interloping
c)
The rescuers were too late to save the interlopers
d)
The interlopers could not win out over nature.
22.
"They carefully placed each fish into a fine-meshed net which was suspended in the water at their feet. And as they did so they were overcome by a delightful sense of joy, the kind of joy you only experience when you resume something you really love after being deprived of it for so long."
a)
The Lottery
b)
The Interlopers
c)
Two Friends
d)
Everyday Use
e)
Harrison Bergeron
23.
"The villagers kept their distance, leaving a space between them and the stool."
a)
The Lottery
b)
The Interlopers
c)
Two Friends
d)
Everyday Use
e)
Harrison Bergeron
24.
"You just don't understand," she said. "What don't I understand?" I wanted to know. "Your heritage," she said.
a)
The Lottery
b)
The Interlopers
c)
Two Friends
d)
Everyday Use
e)
Harrison Bergeron
25.
“I’ve some to think we’ve been rather fools; there are better things in life than getting the better of a boundary dispute. Neighbor, if you will help me to bury the old quarrel I - I will ask you to be my friend.”
a)
The Lottery
b)
The Interlopers
c)
Two Friends
d)
Everyday Use
e)
Harrison Bergeron
26.
"The year was 2081, and everyone was finally equal. They weren't only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way."
a)
The Lottery
b)
The Interlopers
c)
Two Friends
d)
Everyday Use
e)
Harrison Bergeron
27.
“[She] would have been genuinely shocked if there had been anything between Linda Stewart and the Harris boy, but, as long as evil existed unchecked in the world, it was [her] duty to keep her town alert to it.”
a)
Searching for Summer
b)
The Possibility of Evil
c)
There Will Come Soft Rains
d)
The Pit and the Pendulum
28.
"Going to find a bit of sun and have our honeymoon in it."
a)
Searching for Summer
b)
The Possibility of Evil
c)
There Will Come Soft Rains
d)
The Pit and the Pendulum
29.
"The five spots of paint - the man, the woman, the children, the ball - remained. The rest was a thin charcoaled layer."
a)
Searching for Summer
b)
The Possibility of Evil
c)
There Will Come Soft Rains
d)
The Pit and the Pendulum
30.
“My worst thoughts, then, were confirmed. The blackness of eternal night encompassed me. I struggled for breath. The intensity of the darkness seemed to oppress and stifle me.”
a)
Searching for Summer
b)
The Possibility of Evil
c)
There Will Come Soft Rains
d)
The Pit and the Pendulum
31.
The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader.
a)
Mood
b)
Theme
c)
Inference
d)
Foreshadowing
e)
Irony
32.
The central idea or message in a work of literature.
a)
Theme
b)
Inference
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Mood
e)
Irony
33.
A writer's use of hints or clues to indicate events that will occur later in a narrative.
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Theme
c)
Inference
d)
Mood
e)
Irony
34.
Occurs when a character is pitted against an outside force.
a)
External Conflict
b)
Theme
c)
Inference
d)
Foreshadowing
e)
Mood
35.
Attitude a writer takes towards the subject.
a)
Tone
b)
Theme
c)
Inference
d)
Foreshadowing
e)
Mood
36.
Occurs when the conflict takes place within a character.
a)
Internal Conflict
b)
Theme
c)
Inference
d)
Foreshadowing
e)
Mood
37.
A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning.
a)
Inference
b)
Theme
c)
Foreshadowing
d)
Mood
e)
Irony
38.
Cries after hearing a poem
a)
Mrs. Phelps
b)
Captain Beatty
c)
Clarisse McClellan
d)
Professor Faber
e)
Mildred Montag
39.
Burns some of Montag's books
a)
Mildred Montag
b)
Captain Beatty
c)
Clarisse McClellan
d)
Professor Faber
e)
Guy Montag
40.
Has a dream where he debates books
a)
Captain Beatty
b)
Clarisse McClellan
c)
Professor Faber
d)
Mildred Montag
e)
Guy Montag
41.
Thinks of self as a coward for not turning society around
a)
Professor Faber
b)
Captain Beatty
c)
Clarisse McClellan
d)
Mildred Montag
e)
Guy Montag
42.
Seen as antisocial
a)
Clarisse McClellan
b)
Captain Beatty
c)
Professor Faber
d)
Mildred Montag
e)
Guy Montag
43.
Thinks taking care of kids is like doing laundry; put them in front of the TV and shut the lid.
a)
Mrs. Bowles
b)
Captain Beatty
c)
Clarisse McClellan
d)
Professor Faber
e)
Mildred Montag
44.
Shows Montag the hound killing an innocent man
a)
Granger
b)
Captain Beatty
c)
Clarisse McClellan
d)
Professor Faber
e)
Mildred Montag
45.
Is upset when a woman is burned in her house
a)
Guy Montag
b)
Captain Beatty
c)
Clarisse McClellan
d)
Professor Faber
e)
Mildred Montag
46.
Which quote corresponds to how Montag feels about being a fireman in the beginning of the book?
a)
“It was a pleasure to burn.”
b)
“He tossed and turned, upset about Mildred.”
c)
“Are you happy?”
d)
“He kicked the crystal bottle.”
47.
What question from Clarisse troubles Montag the most?
a)
Do you ever read any of the books you burn?
b)
Does the smell of kerosene bother you?
c)
Why don’t you have a dog?
d)
Are you happy?
48.
Why did the Emergency Hospital send technicians instead of a doctor to treat the patient?
a)
The patient didn’t have enough insurance coverage to merit a doctor’s care
b)
Doctors only treated men
c)
There weren’t enough doctors, so none ever left the hospital
d)
That kind of medial procedure was so common that technician-operated machines had been developed to treat the patient
49.
What were parlor walls?
a)
They were a kind of surround television with which the audience could interact
b)
They were portable partitions that could be repositioned to create a variety of living spaces
c)
They were hidden microphones that could monitor conversations
d)
They were barricades that separated one neighborhood from another
50.
What does Clarisse say has happened to all of her friends?
a)
They all think she’s too rude to be her friend
b)
They have all gone off to college
c)
They have all been shot or killed in car wrecks
d)
They left her because she is anti-social
51.
Clarisse was part of the old society where talking and thinking were appreciated. How was this viewed by others?
a)
She was seen as a holy one
b)
She was thought to be infected
c)
She was considered anti-social
d)
She was tolerated with amusement
52.
How did the firemen know which houses had books?
a)
The books all had bar codes on the back covers. These could be read for up to one mile away by special computerized track
b)
They conducted random searches
c)
Neighbors, family members, and friends became informants and telephoned the authorities
d)
The mechanical hound could sniff them out
53.
What happened to Clarisse?
a)
She was hit by a car
b)
She was hypnotized and forced to change her thinking
c)
She was attacked by a back of mechanical animals
d)
She escaped to the wilderness and joined the rebels
54.
Faber felt that three elements were missing from life. Which of these was NOT one of the elements?
a)
Quality and texture of information
b)
The satisfaction of choosing one’s own job
c)
Leisure time to think
d)
The right to carry out actions based on the other two items
55.
Which of the following reasons is not one Beatty gives for burning books?
a)
None of the books agreed with each other
b)
It is the law
c)
The people in the books never lived
d)
Books are environmentally wasteful
56.
What was the destination of the alarm on the night Montag returned to work at the firehouse after he was “sick”?
a)
The town library
b)
Montag's home
c)
The hospital
d)
Faber's home
57.
Why did Montag kill Captain Beatty?
a)
Montag was insane because Beatty kept pushing him.
b)
It was an accident, Montag’s finger slipped on the safety catch on the flame thrower, and Beatty got in the way
c)
Beatty was aware that Montag was wearing a radio transmitter, and he was determined to find out who was on the other end
d)
He wanted to stop the firemen from burning more books.
58.
During the manhunt for Montag, why did the camera identify an innocent man as Montag?
a)
Faber deliberately misled them to get them off of Montag’s trail
b)
The computer that was tracking Montag malfunctioned and identified the wrong man
c)
Nobody really knew that he looked like, so they didn’t know whom to chase
d)
The firemen needed to look good, and put a neat ending on the day’s work
59.
How were these men, the hobos, preserving literature?
a)
They had built a secret fireproof library underground and quietly collecting books
b)
Each carried a backpack full of books. It was his duty to safeguard them
c)
They were burying books in holes along the railroad tracks.
d)
Each man had memorized a piece of literature to be written down at a later time
60.
What literature did Montag preserve?
a)
War and Peace
b)
Book of Ecclesiastes
c)
Constitution of the United States
d)
Romeo and Juliet
61.
A long speech delivered by a single person in the presence of other characters
a)
Monologue
b)
Dialogue
c)
Soliloquy
d)
Aside
e)
Ode
62.
A character turns aside to speak a few words directly to the audience or another character
a)
Aside
b)
Dialogue
c)
Monologue
d)
Soliloquy
e)
Ode
63.
A song chanted or sung by the chorus for the purpose of explaining or commenting on the action
a)
Ode
b)
Dialogue
c)
Monologue
d)
Soliloquy
e)
Aside
64.
Conversation between at least two characters
a)
Dialogue
b)
Monologue
c)
Soliloquy
d)
Aside
e)
Ode
65.
A scene which is used to introduce the main conflict of a play
a)
Prologue
b)
Dialogue
c)
Monologue
d)
Soliloquy
e)
Aside
66.
A character makes an extended speech while alone on stage
a)
Soliloquy
b)
Dialogue
c)
Monologue
d)
Aside
e)
Ode
67.
The area of an amphitheater where much of the dancing and acting took place during a play
a)
Orchestra
b)
Dionysius
c)
Tragic Flaw
d)
Tragic Hero
e)
Sophocles
68.
The god of revelry, wine, and fertility
a)
Dionysius
b)
Tragic Flaw
c)
Tragic Hero
d)
Sophocles
e)
Orchestra
69.
Three related plays
a)
Trilogy
b)
Dionysius
c)
Tragic Flaw
d)
Tragic Hero
e)
Sophocles
70.
A fundamental character weakness
a)
Tragic Flaw
b)
Dionysius
c)
Tragic Hero
d)
Sophocles
e)
Orchestra
71.
A character who possesses a tragic flaw and has a downfall because of this tragic flaw
a)
Tragic Hero
b)
Dionysius
c)
Tragic Flaw
d)
Sophocles
e)
Orchestra
72.
Won his first drama competition at the age of 27. Wrote Antigone.
a)
Sophocles
b)
Dionysius
c)
Tragic Flaw
d)
Tragic Hero
e)
Orchestra
73.
The current ruler of Thebes
a)
Creon
b)
Eurydice
c)
Sentry
d)
Ismene
e)
Antigone
74.
Sister of Antigone
a)
Ismene
b)
Eurydice
c)
Sentry
d)
Creon
e)
Antigone
75.
Seer or prophet
a)
Teiresias
b)
Eurydice
c)
Sentry
d)
Creon
e)
Ismene
76.
Son of Creon
a)
Haemon
b)
Eurydice
c)
Sentry
d)
Creon
e)
Ismene
77.
Mother of Haemon
a)
Eurydice
b)
Sentry
c)
Creon
d)
Ismene
e)
Antigone
78.
Antigone's royal father
a)
Oedipus
b)
Eurydice
c)
Sentry
d)
Creon
e)
Ismene
79.
Proposer of a plan to bury Polyneices
a)
Antigone
b)
Eurydice
c)
Sentry
d)
Creon
e)
Ismene
80.
Messenger
a)
Sentry
b)
Eurydice
c)
Creon
d)
Ismene
e)
Antigone
81.
Creon has forbidden Polyneices’s burial because Creon views him as
a)
A traitor
b)
A coward
c)
insignificant
d)
cursed by the gods
82.
The penalty for disobeying Creon’s order is
a)
death
b)
exile
c)
payment of a fine
d)
flogging
83.
Ismene believes that to disobey Creon is
a)
disrespectful
b)
madness
c)
necessary
d)
brave
84.
Antigone’s determination to bury Polyneices is based mainly on the feeling of
a)
hatred for Creon
b)
disloyalty to Thebes
c)
loyalty for her brother
d)
anger at the insult to her family
85.
The Chorus initially thinks that Polyneices’s burial is the work of
a)
Ismene
b)
The gods
c)
The sentry
d)
Antigone
86.
What does Antigone refuse to let Ismene do?
a)
Beg for Antigone's freedom
b)
Be humiliated
c)
Claim to have helped her
d)
Murder Creon
87.
What is Creon's final decision about Ismene?
a)
Spare her life
b)
Execute her with Antigone
c)
Exile her
d)
Whip her as punishment
88.
When his offerings fail to burn, Teiresias concludes that
a)
Antigone is doomed to die
b)
Haemon will seek revenge
c)
the gods are angry
d)
the gods are pleased
89.
What is the conflict between Creon and Teiresias?
a)
Teiresias advice conflicts with Creon’s decision
b)
Teiresias does not believe that Creon should be king
c)
Creon knows that Teiresias has been bribed to lie
d)
Teiresias is sympathetic toward Antigone
90.
Creon is finally convinced to change his decision by
a)
Antigone's death
b)
Eurydice's pleas
c)
Teiresias's prophecies
d)
Haemon's death
91.
Haemon chooses to
a)
die with Antigone
b)
leave Thebes
c)
assassinate his father
d)
bury Polyneices
92.
Eurydice reacts to the news of her son’s death with
a)
wails of sorrow
b)
silence
c)
rage
d)
denial
93.
How does Creon respond to the death of his wife and son?
a)
He blames the gods
b)
He blames Antigone
c)
He blames Teiresias
d)
He blames himself
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