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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why have the palace clocks stopped?
There are no servants to take care of them.
Midas has transformed them into gold.
No one has remembered to wind them.
Midas has smashed them in frustration.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why does Midas tell the Princess and Queen to keep away from him?
He prefers to be with his gold instead of with his family.
He does not want them to share in his riches.
He wants to make sure they do not turn into gold.
He does not want them to see his riches.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Why is Midas upset about his dog and cat?
They are dead because he touched them.
They are always fighting.
They no longer feel loyal to him.
They bring in too little money when he sells them.
- 4. Multiple Choice
At the end of his speech, what does Midas ask the god Dionysus to do?
make him a poor person
rid him of the golden touch
protect him from enemies
make him a kinder person
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which words best describe the attitude or feelings that the Queen expresses in the selection? Choose two.
hopeful
unhappy
patriotic
amused
sarcastic
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which of these people typically wears a suit of mail?
a business tycoon
a pastry chef
a champion swimmer
a medieval knight
- 7. Multiple Choice
Where would ore most likely be found?
in a mine
in a castle
in the sea
in a sailboat
- 8. Multiple Choice
What would an obdurate person be most likely to do?
give generously to charity
fail to adapt to new circumstances
leave many tasks unfinished
change his or her mind often
- 9. Multiple Choice
How does Midas feel about all his wealth?
is very proud of it.
takes it for granted
prefers it to poverty
comes to hate it
- 10. Multiple Choice
In “The Princess’s Song” section of the selection from “King Midas,” with which of these things is the Princess most clearly pleased?
her mother’s attitude toward her father
aspects of the world of nature
songs played by the god Apollo
her father’s ability to generate wealth
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of these major ideas is most clearly conveyed by the three speakers in the selection from “King Midas”?
The pursuit of wealth can lead to unhappiness.
Leaders should have their nations’ best interests at heart.
Children may not have the same goals as their parents.
Beauty does not endure forever.
- 12. Multiple Choice
What sort of stanza is the following, which appears in the selection from “King Midas”?
I praise the bird, the river, and the tree.
If I were deaf or dumb, I could not see
Imagination is the heart of me.
a couplet
a tercet
a quatrain
a sestet
- 13. Multiple Choice
In the selection from “King Midas,” “The King’s Speech” consists of eight-line stanzas. Which of the following terms identifies a stanza of that length?
sestet
quatrain
octave
tercet
- 14. Multiple Choice
In this excerpt from “King Midas,” how many pairs of end rhymes are exact rhymes?
I rather would be blind than see this world
All affluent in yellow, bought and sold
By Kings that hammer roses into gold:
I did not know I loved their warring thorns
Until they flowered into spikes so hard
My blood made obdurate the rose’s stem.
My God was generous. O much too much!
The nearest rose is now beyond my reach.
one
three
two
none
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of these pairs of end rhymes in the selection from “King Midas” is an example of slant rhyme?
gone / then
by / I
mourn/ born
sold / gold
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is the rhyme scheme of these four lines from “King Midas”?
Princess, come no closer; my rigid kiss,
Though it is royal still, will make you this
Or that kind of a statue. And my Queen,
Be armed against this gold paralysis….
aaab
abab
aaba
abbb
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the meaning of the Latin root -dur-?
short and simple
strong and lasting
fast and steady
slow and quiet
- 18. Multiple Choice
The suffix -able means “capable of.” Using this information and your knowledge of the Latin root -dur-, choose the phrase that describes a durable fabric.
bright and shiny
thin and flimsy
faded from its original color
difficult to wear out
- 19. Multiple Choice
How many iambs does this line from “King Midas” contain?
A falling leaf in fall’s a thing to mourn.
two
five
one
three
- 20. Multiple Choice
Where does enjambment take place in these lines, which begin the selection from “King Midas”?
The palace clocks are stiff as coats of mail.
Time stopped; I flicked it with my fingernail.
My taste is shattered on these works of art
It fathers by a touch….
after mail, after fingernail, and after art
after mail and after fingernail
only after art
only after stopped
- 21. Multiple Choice
In which of these ways is the selection from Moss’s poem “King Midas” different from Hawthorne’s retelling of the myth of King Midas in “The Golden Touch”? Choose two options.
The poem shows Midas’s love for his daughter in greater detail.
The poem shows little about the regret that Midas eventually feels.
The poem shows the Queen’s view of her husband’s Golden Touch.
The poem shows only what happens after Midas receives the Golden Touch.
The poem shows more about the specific items that Midas turns to gold.
- 22. Multiple Choice
Of these elements generally found in short stories, which one appears in Hawthorne’s story “The Golden Touch” but is absent from the selection from Moss’s poem “King Midas”?
a plot
a conflict
a narrator
a setting
- 23. Multiple ChoiceHow did King Midas change from the beginning of the story to the end of the story.?He quit feeling sad and began feeling angry.He quit feeling bored and started feeling selfish.He learned that he shouldn't trust his servants.He quit feeling greedy and became content with what he had.
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the theme of this story?Shoot for the stars.Hard work is its own reward.Be careful what you wish for.Treat others as you would like to be treated.
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.RhymeLinesRhyme schemeIdk
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