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English
9th
grade
"A Blessing" by James Wright Multiple Choice EOC review
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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which definition best matches the use of the word "contain" in line 9?
1. to hold or be capable of holding within a fixed limit or area
2. to consist of; comprise
3. to keep (one’s feelings, behavior, etc.) within bounds; restrain
4. to prevent (enemy forces) from operating beyond a certain level or area
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which line from the poem provides context that supports the meaning of the word grazing in line 8? A Line 4 B Line 9 C Line 14 D Line 17
Line 4
Line 9
Line 14
Line 17
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of these lines contains poetic language that conveys a sense of gentleness?
And the eyes of those two Indian ponies Darken with kindness.
At home once more, They begin munching the young tufts of spring in the darkness.
We step over the barbed wire into the pasture Where they have been grazing all day, alone.
She is black and white, Her mane falls wild on her forehead,
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which of these best describes the structure of the poem?
regular pattern of rhyming couplets
Triplets of three successive rhyming lines
Unrhymed lines all in the same meter
Free verse with no rhyme or meter
- 5. Multiple Choice
Read line 12 from the poem:
There is no loneliness like theirs
What tones are conveyed by this line?
Mournful and intimate
Bitter and disgusted
Scornful and cynical
Resigned and baffled
- 6. Multiple Choice
Lines 13 and 14 suggest that the ponies---
have traveled far
are in a comfortable and familiar place
have not had a chance to eat for a while
are excited to see their visitors
- 7. Multiple Choice
In line 7, the act of stepping over barbed wire represents the speaker’s —
increasing self-awareness
imagined hardships
desire to embrace nature
ability to forgive mankind
- 8. Multiple Choice
The simile in line 11 —
suggests that the ponies have been in the rain
describes how the speaker and his friend interact with the ponies
presents the ponies as timid and graceful
reflects the ponies’ fearful behavior
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