WorksheetsFinal Exam: Winter 2025
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
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1.
1. Review the following excerpt from "The Story of an Hour":
“She could see in the open square before her house the tops of trees that were all aquiver with the new spring life. The delicious breath of rain was in the air. In the street below a peddler was crying his wares. The notes of a distant song reached her faintly, and countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.”
“She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death; but she saw beyond that bitter moment a long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely. And she opened and spread her arms out to them in welcome.”
What is the narrator suggesting about Mrs. Mallard’s emotional reaction?
a)
She is looking forward to the changes that lie ahead.
b)
She is overwhelmed by memories of her husband’s kindness.
c)
She feels uncertain about how she will manage alone.
d)
She is frightened by the changes that lie ahead.
2.
2. Which evidence best supports the answer to question 1?
a)
“She knew that she would weep again when she saw the kind, tender hands folded in death;"
b)
“A long procession of years to come that would belong to her absolutely.”
c)
“The delicious breath of rain was in the air.”
d)
“Countless sparrows were twittering in the eaves.”
3.
3. Which detail from the excerpt most strongly suggests renewal or rebirth?
a)
“A peddler was crying his wares.”
b)
“The tops of trees…aquiver with new spring life.”
c)
“The notes of a distant song reached her faintly.”
d)
“She opened and spread her arms out to them.”
4.
4. Review the following excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper":
“There are things in that paper that nobody knows but me, or ever will. Behind that outside pattern the dim shapes get clearer every day.”
“I didn’t realize for a long time what the thing was that showed behind that dim pattern, but now I am quite sure it is a woman. By daylight she is subdued, quiet. I fancy it is the pattern that keeps her so still. It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping.”
What is the narrator beginning to believe?
a)
The wallpaper is hiding a trapped woman.
b)
The pattern was drawn by a previous occupant.
c)
Her husband created the pattern to calm her.
d)
The shapes are a trick of the light.
5.
5. Which evidence best supports the answer to question 4?
a)
“The dim shapes get clearer every day.”
b)
“I am quite sure it is a woman.”
c)
“By daylight she is subdued, quiet.”
d)
“It is the pattern that keeps her so still.”
6.
6. What does the woman behind the wallpaper most likely symbolize?
a)
The narrator’s growing anger at the room
b)
A ghost haunting the house
c)
The narrator’s sense of confinement and repression
d)
A real woman living in the walls
7.
7. Review the following excerpt from "The Lottery":
“The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions; most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around.”
“Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones. The pile of stones the boys had made earlier was ready.”
What idea about tradition is suggested by the excerpt?
a)
Traditions help people feel safe in difficult times.
b)
Traditions are ignored when they become inconvenient.
c)
Traditions are constantly being improved over time.
d)
Traditions are followed even when their meaning is forgotten.
8.
8. Which evidence best supports the answer to question 7?
a)
“The pile of stones…was ready.”
b)
“Most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around.”
c)
“...the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones.”
d)
“They only half listened to the directions.”
9.
9. Which sentence most strongly shows mindless acceptance?
a)
“Most of them were quiet.”
b)
“They had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions"
c)
“The boys had made a pile of stones.”
d)
“They lost the original black box.”
10.
10. Review the following excerpt from "To Build a Fire":
"The trouble with him was that he was without imagination. He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances. Fifty degrees below zero meant eighty odd degrees of frost. Such fact impressed him as being cold and uncomfortable, and that was all. It did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty as a creature of temperature, and upon man's frailty in general, able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold; and from there on it did not lead him to the conjectural field of immortality and man's place in the universe."
What is the narrator suggesting about the man?
a)
He is experienced and confident in extreme conditions.
b)
He doesn't consider the limits of his abilities.
c)
He enjoys testing himself against the wilderness.
d)
He is afraid of confronting the Yukon terrain.
11.
11. Which two pieces of evidence could support the answer to question 10?
a)
"He was quick and alert in the things of life...”
b)
“Fifty degrees below zero stood for a bite of frost…”
c)
"It did not lead him to meditate upon his frailty..."
d)
“The trouble with him was that he was without imagination.”
12.
12. Which detail from the story MOST clearly foreshadows trouble?
a)
“He was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things..."
b)
“Fifty degrees below zero was to him nothing...That it should be more important...never entered is head."”
c)
“He did not meditate upon his frailty as a creature...able only to live within certain narrow limits of heat and cold;"
d)
"...a bite of frost that hurt and that must be guarded against with the use of mittens..."
13.
13. Review the following excerpt from The Great Gatsby:
“He smiled understandingly—much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it… It faced—or seemed to face—the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor.”
“Precisely at that point it vanished—and I was looking at an elegant young rough-neck, a year or two over thirty, whose elaborate formality of speech just missed being absurd.”
What contrast about Gatsby does the narrator reveal?
a)
Gatsby dislikes meeting new people.
b)
Gatsby is confident in public but insecure in private.
c)
Gatsby appears both deeply charming and faintly artificial.
d)
Gatsby is older and harsher than he seems.
14.
14. Which evidence best supports the answer to question 13?
a)
“It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it…”
b)
“...then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor."
c)
“I was looking at an elegant young rough-neck a year or two over thirty…”
d)
“...whose formality of speech just missed being absurd.”
15.
15. What does Gatsby’s smile symbolize in the excerpt?
a)
His uncertainty about his origins
b)
His ability to project whatever version of himself others desire
c)
His anger at being misunderstood
d)
His pride in his wealth
16.
16. Which statement best expresses a central claim about Gatsby?
a)
Gatsby’s wealth guarantees his success in society.
b)
Gatsby is uninterested in Daisy’s opinion of him.
c)
Gatsby is driven by a dream that can never be fully realized.
d)
Gatsby regrets his rise to wealth.
17.
17. Which quotation best supports your answer to question 16?
a)
“He stretched out his arms toward the dark water…”
b)
“He had one of those rare smiles…”
c)
“I was within and without…”
d)
“Can’t repeat the past?… Why of course you can!”
18.
18. Which piece of evidence best demonstrates that Daisy will not leave Tom?
a)
Daisy cries when Gatsby shows her his shirts.
b)
Daisy chooses not to speak to Nick after the accident.
c)
Daisy retreats into the protection of her marriage after Myrtle’s death.
d)
Daisy does not attend Gatsby’s funeral.
19.
19. Choose two of the following that are examples of Gatsby trying to impress Daisy?
a)
Gatsby buys a mansion in West Egg.
b)
Gatsby leaves to fight in the war.
c)
Gatsby throws extravagant parties every weekend.
d)
Gatsby changes his name from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby.
20.
20. Which detail best demonstrates that Tom feels threatened by Gatsby?
a)
Tom eats dinner with Nick and Daisy.
b)
Tom insists on driving Gatsby’s car to New York.
c)
Tom flirts with other women at Gatsby's party.
d)
Tom plays polo in East Egg.
21.
21. Which piece of evidence BEST reveals Nick’s role as a nonjudgmental narrator?
a)
Nick moves to New York to learn the bond business.
b)
Nick rents a small house next to Gatsby.
c)
Nick receives invitations to Gatsby’s parties.
d)
Nick says he is “within and without.”
22.
22. Which detail BEST shows Myrtle’s desire to escape her life in the valley of ashes?
a)
Myrtle changes her clothes and behavior in Tom’s apartment.
b)
Myrtle’s sister Catherine visits often.
c)
Myrtle buys a dog on a whim.
d)
Myrtle argues with Tom about going to the city.
23.
23. Which evidence BEST supports that Gatsby has been waiting for Daisy for years?
a)
Gatsby refuses to drink at his own parties.
b)
Gatsby's collection of newspaper articles about Daisy.
c)
Gatsby fires his servants.
d)
Gatsby uses the phrase “old sport.”
24.
24. Which detail best demonstrates George Wilson's heartbreak about Myrtle's affair?
a)
George borrows Tom’s car.
b)
George rarely visits West Egg.
c)
George works long hours at the garage.
d)
George becomes physically ill.
25.
25. Which piece of evidence BEST shows that Daisy struggles to make decisions?
a)
Daisy cries over Gatsby’s shirts.
b)
Daisy says she hopes her daughter will be a “beautiful little fool.”
c)
Daisy watches Tom and Gatsby argue about her in the hotel room.
d)
Daisy drives Gatsby’s car back from New York.
26.
26. Which evidence best shows that Gatsby lives in an illusion?
a)
Gatsby believes he can recreate the past with Daisy.
b)
Gatsby calls everyone “old sport.”
c)
Gatsby is generous with his belongings.
d)
Gatsby claims he went to Oxford.
27.
27. Which quote is the BEST evidence that Tom is hypocritical about loyalty and morality?
a)
"Civilization's going to pieces," broke out Tom violently.
b)
"Nowadays people begin by sneering at family life and family institutions..."
c)
"Tom's got some woman in New York."
d)
"I suppose you've got to make your house into a pigsty...--in the modern world."
28.
28. Gatsby repeatedly insists that Daisy declare she “never loved Tom.” What deeper theme does this reveal?
a)
A. He wants to expose Tom publicly.
b)
B. He needs Daisy to confirm his idealized dream of the past, even if it isn't real.
c)
C. He seeks reassurance after years of loneliness.
d)
D. He fears Daisy will leave him for Nick.
29.
29. Select the correctly embedded quote from the two options below.
a)
The narrator reveals the man’s fatal flaw when he notes that he had “no imagination” and therefore could not grasp “the real consequences” of the cold, showing his dangerous lack of foresight (London 67).
b)
The narrator reveals the man was not imaginative. “No imagination.” The man didn’t understand the cold could be dangerous, which is a fatal flaw (London 67).
30.
30. Select the correctly embedded quote from the two options below.
a)
“A woman stooping down and creeping around behind the wallpaper.” This shows she is getting more and more insane (Gilman 3).
b)
As the narrator descends further into obsession, she admits she has begun to see “a woman stooping down and creeping around behind” the wallpaper pattern, illustrating her deteriorating mental state (Gilman 3).
31.
31. Select the correctly embedded quote from the two options below.
a)
Chopin signals Louise’s unexpected emotional shift when she whispers, “free, free, free!” revealing her sudden realization that her husband’s death offers her an escape from confinement.
b)
Louise was happy and I know this because she said she was. “Free, free, free!” She said this after she found out her husband was killed in a train wreck. This shows that she feels she will be free from now on because he is dead and in this time she would have had to be under her husband’s rule.
32.
32. Select the correctly embedded quote from the two options below.
a)
Tom and Daisy are careless when dealing with other people and things. “They smashed up things and creatures.” They are always refusing to take responsibility for the harm they cause others.
b)
Nick exposes Daisy and Tom’s carelessness when he observes that they, “smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money,” emphasizing their refusal to take responsibility for the harm they cause.
33.
33. Select the option with the best commentary.
a)
Jackson quietly builds suspense when she notes that, “the children had stones already, and someone gave little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles,” highlighting how normalized the violence has become in the community (Jackson 7).
b)
Jackson quietly builds suspense when she notes that, “the children had stones already, and someone gave little Davy Hutchinson a few pebbles,” highlighting how the children enjoy playing with rocks (Jackson 7).
34.
34. Select the option with the best commentary:
a)
When commiserating with Nick after Daisy doesn’t like his party, Gatsby explains that he is going to “fix everything just the way it was before…she’ll see” (Fitzgerald 110). Gatsby thinks he can fix everything and make Daisy love him just like she used to.
b)
When commiserating with Nick after Daisy doesn’t like his party, Gatsby explains that he is going to “fix everything just the way it was before…she’ll see” (Fitzgerald 110). Gatsby’s belief that the past can be changed highlights his refusal to accept reality.
35.
35. Select the option with the best commentary.
a)
“They’re a rotten crowd’, I shouted across the lawn. ‘You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together" revealing Nick's feelings towards Gatsby (Fitzgerald 162).
b)
After Nick leaves Gatsby at his house alone he turns back, “They’re a rotten crowd’, I shouted across the lawn. ‘You’re worth the whole damn bunch put together" revealing Nick's affection and respect towards Gatsby (Fitzgerald 162).
36.
36. Identify the literary device used in the following quote: “The exhilarating ripple of her voice was a wild tonic in the rain" (Fitzgerald 82).
a)
Allusion
b)
Imagery
c)
Simile
d)
Metaphor
37.
37. Identify the literary device in the following quote: “Breathing dreams like air” (Fitzgerald 24).
a)
Personification
b)
Simile
c)
Metaphor
d)
Symbolism
38.
38. Identify the literary device in the following quote: “Possibly it had occurred to him the colossal significance of that light had now vanished forever. [...] It had seemed as close as a star to the moon. Now it was a green light on a dock. His count of enchanted objects had diminished by one" (Fitzgerald 93).
a)
Symbolism
b)
Allusion
c)
Metaphor
d)
Paradox
39.
39. Identify the literary device in the following quote: “So when the blue smoke of brittle leaves was in the air and the wind blew the wet laundry stiff on the line, I decided to come back home" (Fitzgerald 178).
a)
Symbolism
b)
Personification
c)
Imagery
d)
Juxtaposition
40.
40. Identify the literary device(s) used in the following quote: “In his blue gardens men and girls came and went like moths among the whisperings and the champagne and the stars.”
a)
Metaphor
b)
Simile
c)
Imagery
d)
Allusion
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