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English Book Quiz 1

Total questions: 111

Worksheet time: 1hrs 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Virgina Woolf

3 Eras Discussed

a)

Elizabethan

b)

Georgian

c)

Edwardian

d)

Victorian

2.

Virginia Woolf

"Breach" between generations

a)

reniassance

b)

industrial revolution

c)

war of 1812

d)

revolutionary war

3.

Virgina Woolf

Empty cradles symbolize

a)

famine

b)

lower birth rates

c)

death from plague

4.

Virginia Woolf

What impacts the way people read?

a)

literacy rate

b)

age

c)

plot

d)

technology

5.

Virginia Woolf

AOEs related to this essay

a)

Intertextuality and connecting texts

b)

reader writer text

c)

time and space

6.

why we dont read +value novels/read them correctly

a)

boredom/impatience

b)

losing threads of the story

c)

they are made up of familiar real life things

d)

we learn more form dramas and plays

7.

Virginia Woolf

poetry is ________ (not only for the _____)

a)

universal, elite

b)

difficult, public

c)

universal, public

d)

elitist, lower class

8.

Virginia Woolf

we learn more from classic books

a)

true

b)

false

9.

Virginia Woolf

list 2 temptations when reading a novel (there are 4 total)

4 lines
10.

Virginia Woolf

what does the author critique?

a)

nonfiction books with structure

b)

literary devices

c)

books having a specfiic "form"

d)

books having emotion

11.

Virginia Woolf

why is it important to annotate?

a)

we dont remember our first impressions of the book

b)

for fun and enjoyment

c)

to analyze the book and its devices

12.

Virginia Woolf

two connotations of words

a)

literally

b)

metaphorically

c)

figuratively

d)

rhetorically

13.

Virginia Woolf

what part of the book gives us our "bearings"? (first impressions)

a)

critical reviews

b)

summary

c)

title

d)

first words

14.

Virginia Woolf

a good writer...

a)

guides you from afar

b)

tells all the answers at the end

c)

holds your hand

d)

lets you figure things out by yourself

15.

Virginia Woolf

sudden realization why the book was written

a)

realization

b)

epiphany

c)

eureka

d)

euphoria

16.

Virginia Woolf

reading a book is not "form," but.....

a)

value

b)

analysis

c)

emotion

d)

psychology

17.

Virginia Woolf

reading or writing a bad book all the way through is ____

a)

patience

b)

a valuable skill

c)

a waste of time

d)

freeing

18.

Virginia Woolf

danger of reading with too much emotion

a)

limit between safety and disillusionment, 2 extremes

b)

being too related to the book

c)

over analyzing the book on accident and not enjoying it

19.

Virginia Woolf

drama v.s. novel

a)

drama is 100s of years older/advanced

b)

drama is much newer than a novel

c)

novels are much older and more detailied than dramas

d)

novels have more political content than dramas

20.

Virginia Woolf
what all readers should pay attention to

a)

the plot

b)

author's perspective

c)

literary devices

d)

vocabulary

21.

Virginia Woolf

novels add to....

a)

our academic understanding of the world around us

b)

the classics of literature

c)

the big life story of all of us (history)

d)

our own intelligence/
knowledge

22.

Virginia Woolf

each _____ brings us more lessons/good books

a)

reader

b)

generation

c)

storyline

d)

author

23.

Virginia Woolf

youth v.s. maturity of books + authors

a)

youth has vigour and splendour

b)

maturity has virtues

c)

youth has fresher ideas

d)

maturity has deeper morals and meanings

24.

Virginia Woolf

old novels help with...

a)

literary devices and plots

b)

wisdom for youth

c)

knowledge

d)

fresh views on things

25.

Virgina Woolf

like dramas, we need to...

a)

train ourselves for the art of reading a novel

b)

pay attention to our emotions more when reading

c)

value the author's perspective and beliefs/lessons

d)

take lessons from them to apply to real life

26.

Civil Rights Movement

why will the movement never die?

a)

the movement is powerful and political leaders back it up

b)

there will always be people alive who represent it

c)

it is a sensation among all races

27.

Civil Rights Movement

What has been gained by it? (according to alice walker)

4 lines
28.

Civil Rights Movement

from our parents or the outside world, we await a...

a)

knowledge

b)

supporting hand

c)

lesson

d)

spark

29.

Civil Rights Movement

what awakened alice

a)

a very valuable friend

b)

discrimination at school

c)

MLK

d)

her mother

30.

Civil Rights Movement

to ____ is to ____

a)

see, feel

b)

feel, exist

c)

know, exist

d)

exist, know

31.

Modest Proposal

setting & time

a)

england during war

b)

ireland during famine

32.

Modest Proposal

swift's solution to hunger, poverty, and useless people

a)

eating children/babies

b)

selling children

c)

sending them to war

33.

Modest Proposal

swift equates women to

a)

men

b)

workers/slaves

c)

livestock/cattle

d)

impoverished people

34.

Modest Proposal

less men = ______

a)

more likely a rebellion because more children are being sold

b)

more babies to eat

c)

less likely a rebellion against england (women cant fight as much)

d)

less babies to eat

35.

Modest Proposal

according to swift, there are more people born 9 months after...

a)

new years

b)

lent

c)

christmas

36.

Modest Proposal

english think its a privelige to leave ireland

a)

true

b)

false

37.

Modest Proposals

if tennants have no money, landlords can...

a)

sell them

b)

kick them out

c)

charge rent by taking their babies

d)

eat their babies

38.

The Ecchoing Green Poem

references a book we read last year

a)

sun also rises

b)

fiela's child

c)

candide

d)

things they carried

39.

The Ecchoing Green

spring symbolizes...

a)

youth

b)

elderly

c)

new beginnings

d)

sadness

40.

Ecchoing Green

a "green" is...

a)

sports field

b)

town square

c)

field in the middle of the village

41.

Ecchoing Green

"old john" has...

a)

knowledge

b)

youth

c)

perspective

d)

wisdom

42.

Ecchoing Green

sun descending means...

a)

getting older/cycle of life

b)

light is fading

c)

death

d)

the end of the day

43.

Such Such Were the Joys

name 1 logos, 1 ethos, 1 pathos example orwell uses in the whole passage

4 lines
44.

Such Such Were the Joys

age orwell started wetting the bed

a)

7

b)

10

c)

8

d)

9

45.

Such Such Were the Joys

vocab: portentious

a)
happy or blissful
b)
lighthearted or carefree
c)
ominous or foreboding
d)
joyful or cheerful
46.

Such Such Were the Joys

orwell's school

a)

st cyprians

b)

bournemouth

c)

eton

d)

harrow

47.

Such Such Were the Joys

connection to ib exams

a)

competitive exams for scholarships

b)

rigor and difficulty

c)

school environment

d)

teachers

48.

Such Such Were the Joys

typical teenager descriptions

a)

dichotomy with parents

b)

procrastination

c)

running away from home

d)

fear mongering

49.

Such Such Were the Joys

what parents guilt trip kids with

a)

the opportunity to get an education

b)

growing old

c)

the monetary costs of raising the child

50.

Such Such Were the Joys

a child has little sense of _______ or _______

a)

awareness, knowledge

b)

proportion, probability

c)

empathy, proportion

d)

probability, sense

51.

Such Such Were the Joys

why writing about childhood is tricky

a)

exaggeration/self pity

b)

memory is worse as one grows older

c)

emotion

d)

bias/own lens

52.

Such Such Were the Joys

according to orwell, boyhood is the age of _______

a)

protest

b)

disgust

c)

emotion

d)

hardships

53.

Such Such Were the Joys

vocab: capricious

a)

stable and predictable

b)

strict and serious demeanor

c)

boring and dull

d)

unpredictable or whimsical

54.

Such Such Were the Joys

orwell felt a feeling of dread and doom because...

a)

he cheated on a test

b)

he did not know what he or the others might have done

c)

he snuck around the school

d)

he stood up to a bully

55.

Such Such Were the Joys

all rich kids went to vacation in...

a)

england

b)

scotland

c)

ireland

d)

france

56.

Such Such Were the Joys

according to orwell, people back then thought money could...

a)

give you high class in society

b)

stop adults from beating children

c)

buy your way into heaven

d)

keep people's secrets

57.

Such Such Were the Joys

doing whatever you can to survive even if you feel you dont deserve to live --> connection to...

a)

candide/old lady

b)

silas marner

c)

fiela's child/benjamin

58.

Such Such Were the Joys

irony of protection

a)

only way to stop a bully is to fight them

b)

only way to protect someone is to leave them alone

c)

only way to stop a bully is to let them bully you

d)

only way to protect yourself is to bully others

59.

Such Such Were the Joys

parents have to learn...

a)

to forget about their children when they grow older

b)

that unconditional love is not mutual

c)

that they need to let their child go

d)

to discipline their children forever

60.

Lou Gehrig Baseball

gehrig's reason for retirement

a)

due to a knee injury

b)

tto pursue a coaching career

c)

ALS (loss of muscle/voluntary control)

d)

heart condition

61.

Lou Gehrig Baseball

gehrig's nickname

a)

iron horse

b)

iron fist

c)

lucky

d)

yankee

62.

Lou Gehrig Baseball

reason for his speech

a)

frame the disease as a horrible disaster

b)

gain extra pity

c)

to deflect pity/show life goes on

d)

show gratitude

63.

Lou Gehrig Baseball

audience he addresses

a)

fans

b)

children

c)

fellow athletes

d)

coach

64.

Lou Gehrig Baseball

length of his career

a)

20 years

b)

17 years

c)

15 years

d)

21 years

65.

Lou Gehrig Baseball

who he shows gratefulness to

a)

mom & dad

b)

teammates

c)

future generations

d)

himself

66.

Queen Elizabeth's Speech

her father and mother

a)

Henry VIII

b)

king edward

c)

catherine of aragon

d)

anne boleyn

67.

Queen Elizabeth's Speech

elizabeth had/did...

a)

a large ego and no empathy

b)

smart advisors

c)

emptied prisons

d)

fought on the battlefield with soldiers

68.

Queen Elizabeth's Speech

heart and stomach of a king

a)

logos (men are biologically stronger)

b)

ethos (associate to strong leadership)

c)

pathos (get soldiers emotional about her commitment)

69.

Queen Elizabeth's Speech

list her best interests/lay down for...

4 lines
70.

Queen Elizabeth's Speech

"enemies of my God..." means

a)

giving ultimate authority to God, us against them

b)

faith to her people

c)

that whoever doesnt fight is a traitor

71.

Queen Elizabeth's Speech

audience

a)

her loving people

b)

british monarchs

c)

spain

72.

Queen Elizabeth's Speech

their enemy/enemies

a)

spanish (Phillip II)

b)

scottish (Kenneth II)

c)

irish (Sechnaill I)

d)

french (Charles IV)

73.

Shooting an Elephant

location

a)

Philippines

b)

Thailand

c)

Cambodia

d)

Burma

74.

Shooting an Elephant

irony of orwell's job

a)

police officer enforces peace but ends up the one mistreated

b)

meant to enforce peace but instead casues violence

c)

he hates the citizens there and the citizens love him

75.

Shooting an Elephant

irony of bhuddist priests

a)

they love all except for their own people

b)

they hate some but love others

c)

holy figures treat others bad = unholy

76.

Shooting an Elephant

why british empire is better than the ones coming after it

a)

new empire is much larger than the old one

b)

more cruel empires

c)

left with a power vaccum

d)

younger empires dont know how to rule

77.

Shooting an Elephant

.44 winchester v.s. elephant significance

a)

symbolizes how oppressors cannot control their subjects

b)

symbolizes how orwell is so small compared to the elephant

c)

symbolizes how orwell feels so small in this country

d)

symbolizes burma not able to triumph over england

78.

Shooting an Elephant

elephant symbolizes 3 things (list)

4 lines
79.

Shooting an Elephant

dead man imagery significance

a)

how orwell's fate might end up later

b)

like the body of Christ/martyr

c)

the strength of the elephant

d)

the insignificance of human life in the grand scheme of things

80.

Shooting an Elephant

huge and costly piece of machinery =

a)

industrial machines

b)

england

c)

elephant

d)

people of burma

81.

Shooting an Elephant

significance of tusks of elephant after it dies

a)

empire's last triumph before its fall (WWII)

b)

empire is profitable

c)

elephant is only used for monetary purposes

d)

lack of humanity

82.

Shooting an Elephant

the empire/elephant takes no notice of you if you...

a)

run away

b)

join it

c)

leave it alone

d)

fight it

83.

Shooting an Elephant

the story of the elephant represents...

a)

colonialism

b)

value of nature and resources

c)

human life cycle

d)

the cycle of an empire

84.

Shooting an Elephant

when the tyrant tries to appease the people, he...

a)

loses himself

b)

gains more power

c)

manipulates the people

d)

goes insane

85.

Shooting an Elephant

mad dog metaphor for:

a)

an empire at its peak point in history

b)

a crazy person

c)

a "mad" englishman (orwell himself)

d)

an elephant gone wild

86.

Sojourner Truth Ain't I a Woman

"children" audience

a)

logos (there were children present at the convention)

b)

ethos (women commonly referred to as children)

c)

pathos (visualize children of the women)

87.

Sojourner Truth Ain't I a Woman

sojourner gaints ethos/authority by...

a)

calling out men's behavior

b)

putting everyone on the same level

c)

equating herself to the white woman

d)

calling out systemic neglect

88.

Sojourner Truth Ain't I a Woman

pint and quarts

a)

pathos (empathy for the less fortunate)

b)

ethos (knowledge of fairness)

c)

logos (inequality should be corrected, objectively less)

89.

Sojourner Truth Ain't I a Woman

ethos example in text

a)

"Old" sojourner

b)

Christ came fron God and a Woman

c)

Women are strong enough to turn the world

90.

I Will Right No More Forever Chief Joseph

"dead" repetition

a)

ethos (if everyone is dead, he is the only one left and should take authority)

b)

logos (people die from hunger and freezing)

c)

pathos (empathy for all the children who died)

91.

I Will Right No More Forever Chief Joseph

chief joseph was banished to...

a)

idaho

b)

oklahoma

c)

ohio

d)

colorado

92.

I Will Right No More Forever Chief Joseph

one example of pathos from the text

4 lines
93.

Patrick Henry Liberty or Death

civil discourse is...

a)

the reason why the war will start

b)

important for disagreements

c)

the heart of democracy

d)

treason

94.

Patrick Henry Liberty or Death

"no time for ceremony" =

a)

sad times

b)

depression

c)

civility

d)

urgency

95.

Patrick Henry Liberty or Death
"responsibility we hold to God and our country"

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

96.

Patrick Henry Liberty or Death

siren allusion to...

a)

the Bible

b)

shakespeare

c)

greek mythology

97.

Patrick Henry Liberty or Death

temporal salvation (salvation on earth in this life) is not achieved by covering...

a)

nose

b)

mouth

c)

eyes

d)

ears

98.

Patrick Henry Liberty or Death

"lamp by which feet are guided" and "lamp of experience" allusion to...

a)

Elderly Wisdom of those who came before

b)

Silas Marner

c)

path of Christ, past experiences

d)

Angels

99.

Patrick Henry Liberty or Death

what happened over the ten years leading up to this speech to make the Americans mad?

a)

intolerable acts (taxing, no rep in parliament)

b)

boston tea party

c)

french and indian war

100.

Patrick Henry Liberty or Death

"insidious smile" allusion to

a)

Hamlet

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

Othello

d)

King Lear

101.

Patrick Henry Liberty or Death

"betrayed with a kiss" allusion

a)

Judas

b)

Romeo and Juliet

c)

The Godfather

d)

Adam and Eve

102.

Patrick Henry Liberty or Death

the two sides of the story (in relation to England)

a)

petitions

b)

war preparations

c)

intolerable acts

d)

internal conflict

103.

Patrick Henry Liberty or Death

storm coming on metaphor

a)

the revolutionary war/fighting

b)

more opressive rule

c)

new settlements

d)

Native Americans

104.

Patrick Henry Liberty or Death

ultimate message

a)

death > liberty

b)

liberty > slavery

c)

liberty > death

d)

slavery > death

105.

Logos appeals to...

a)

reason

b)

credibility/character

c)

emotions

106.

Ethos appeals to...

a)

reason

b)

credibility/character

c)

emotions

107.

Pathos appeals to...

a)

reason

b)

credibility/character

c)

emotions

108.

2 elements to the rhetoric method (when using logos, ethos, and pathos, keep these in mind...)

a)

credibility

b)

perspective

c)

purpose

d)

audience

109.

[greek] Logos literally means...

a)

"character"

b)

"suffering/
experience"

c)

"word"

d)

"logic"

110.

[greek] Ethos literally means...

a)

"character"

b)

"suffering/
experience"

c)

"word"

d)

"logic"

111.

[greek] Pathos literally means...

a)

"character"

b)

"suffering/
experience"

c)

"word"

d)

"logic"