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- 1. Multiple Choice
Read the passage.
Márgarét, áre you gríeving
Over Goldengrove unleaving
Which best interprets how Hopkins' use of the underlined imagery creates meaning in the poem?
It shows the reader how the seasons change slowly.
It illustrates the idea that autumn is a time of death.
It reveals that fallen leaves symbolize fallen soldiers.
It shows that the forest is a mysterious and dangerous place.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Read the passage.
Áh! ás the heart grows older
It will come to such sights colder
By and by, nor spare a sigh
Though worlds of wanwood leafmeal lie
Which best interprets how Hopkins' use of imagery helps create meaning in the poem?
It shows the reader how the seasons change slowly.
It illustrates the point that over time, people are less and less affected by death.
It reveals that fallen leaves symbolize fallen soldiers.
It shows that the forest is a mysterious and dangerous place.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which best expresses the theme of "Spring and Fall"?
Everyone must face his or her own death eventually.
Nature is the best place to meditate.
Children cannot understand death.
Innocence is best left in childhood.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which best expresses the theme of "Spring and Fall"?
The loss of a child's innocence should be mourned.
Nature is the best place to meditate.
Children cannot understand death.
Innocence is best left in childhood.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which best explains how the regretful tone creates meaning in "Spring and Fall"?
It reveals that the author regrets writing the poem.
It shows that regret can eat at one's soul.
It helps the reader to understand the theme of loss of innocence.
It illustrates the regret of the speaker for allowing the girl to cry.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which best explains how the author's voice creates meaning in "Spring and Fall"?
It illustrates the author's strong emotions about loss of innocence.
It shows that regret can eat at one's soul.
It helps the reader to understand the use of meter.
It illustrates the love of nature that the author has.
- 7. Multiple Choice
mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful
Which best identifies the literary device represented by these terms and interprets its effect?
These are examples of personification; they describe the balloon man to readers.
These are examples of sensory language; they capture the appearance and mood of the world in early spring.
These are examples of similes; they depict the movement of the children in the poem.
These are examples of allusion; they establish the rhyme scheme of the poem.
- 8. Multiple Choice
"lilies ... / Bow to the butterfly" and "poppies flame in the rye" in "July"?
Which best identifies the literary device represented by these phrases and interprets its effect?
The lines uses similes and remind readers of the sweet aromas of the flowers
The lines use personification and help readers visualize the shape and color of the flowers.
The lines use metaphors and describe how the heat affects the flowers.
The lines use personification and explain which flowers bloom in summer.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which best explains a clue that the poem "in Just" is written in free verse?
Its lines are all the same length.
It has a distinct rhyme pattern.
It does not have regular rhyme or meter.
It uses an internal rhyme scheme.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which meter is used in the poem "In Just"?
iambic pentameter
An ABAB rhyme scheme
free verse
that of a sonnet
- 11. Multiple Choice
whistles far and wee
Which best explains how the structure of this line contributes to the structure of the poem?
It follows a strict pattern of syllables.
It is the same length as the other lines.
It uses gaps between words to guide the reader.
It emphasizes action words.
- 12. Multiple Choice
whistles far and wee
Which best explains how the structure of this line contributes to the structure of the poem?
It follows a strict pattern of syllables.
It is the same length as the other lines.
It emphasizes certain words.
It emphasizes action words.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which word has the most similar definition to the Spanish word acento?
accent
centipede
scientific
cent
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which word has the most similar definition to the Spanish word seguridad?
security
segment
crawdad
senior
- 15. Multiple Choice
Read the passage.
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;
Which best explains how the mood in this passage creates meaning in the poem "To Autumn"?
The sad mood emphasizes the coming of winter.
The happy mood emphasizes the arrival of spring.
The joyful mood tells the reader that death is only a stage of life.
The resentful mood supports the idea that life goes by too quickly.
- 16. Multiple Choice
Read the passage.
While barred clouds bloom the soft-dying day,
And touch the stubble-plains with rosy hue;
Which best explains how the mood in this passage creates meaning in the poem, "To Autumn"?
The sad mood emphasizes that the fall must transition to the cold death of winter.
The happy mood emphasizes that spring will soon arrive.
The joyful mood tells the reader that the joy of rebirth is near.
The resentful mood supports the idea that nature is uncontrollable.
- 17. Multiple Choice
When the tangled cobweb pulls
The cornflower's cap awry,
And the lilies tall lean over the wall
To bow to the butterfly,
It is July.
Which best identifies and interprets the device underlined in the passage?
It is an appeal to hearing, as a cap is an outdated term for a hearing aide.
It is personification, as a cobweb is described as "pulling" and a cornflower is described as wearing a cap.
It is a metaphor, as the cobweb actually represents the world the poet has created.
It is an appeal to the reader's sense of touch, as one can almost feel the sticky fibers of the tangled cobweb.
- 18. Multiple Choice
When the heat like a mist veil floats,
And poppies flame in the rye,
And the silver note in the streamlet's throat
Has softened almost to a sigh,
It is July.
Which best identifies and interprets the device underlined in the passage?
The device is a metaphor; it compares water to silver.
The device is a simile; It appeals to the sense of sound by comparing the water to a sigh.
The device is sensory language; it appeals to hearing by suggesting the creek is mostly quiet because the heat of Summer has dried up its water.
The device is a motif; It creates a sense of softness due to the repetition of the ssound.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Read the passage from "It Sifts from Leaden Sieves."
It reaches to the Fence -
It wraps it Rail by Rail
Till it is lost in Fleeces -
Which poetic device is demonstrated in the passage? What is its meaning?
simile; snow is like a fence
metaphor; snow is a bully
imagery; the snow if deep
personification; snow reaches
- 20. Multiple Choice
Read the passage from "It Sifts from Leaden Sieves."
It Ruffles Wrists of Posts
As Ankles of a Queen -
Then stills its Artisans - like Ghosts -
Denying they have been -
Which poetic device is demonstrated in the passage? What is its meaning?
simile; snow protects like a high fence
metaphor; snow is a schoolyard bully
imagery; the snow is deep and slippery
personification; the snow commands its workers
- 21. Multiple Choice
It fills with Alabaster Wool
The Wrinkles of the Road---
Which best interprets the purpose of this imagery?
It creates an image of the snow as soft and fluffy.
It shows that snow is falling slowly.
It creates an image of sheep.
It shows that snow is falling heavily.
- 22. Multiple Choice
It makes an Even Face
Of Mountain, and of Plain--
Which best interprets the purpose of this imagery?
It creates an image of the snow falling uniformly like a blanket.
It shows that snow is falling slowly.
It creates an image of a human face.
It shows that snow is falling heavily.
- 23. Multiple Choice
It sifts from Leaden Sieves---
It powders all the Wood.
Which best analyzes how the metaphor in the passage creates meaning?
The metaphor compares the snow drifting downward to baker's flour as it is sifted; this creates the idea that the snow is falling steadily and evenly.
The metaphor compares the snow to facial powder dusting the world; this creates the idea that each snowstorm offers a fresh new world.
The metaphor compares the snow to leaden sieves; this creates the idea that surviving a snowstorm requires serious preparation.
The metaphor compares the snow to powdered wood; this creates the idea that the powdery snow is falling on top of a layer of thick, frozen ice.
- 24. Multiple Choice
It sifts from Leaden Sieves---
It powders all the Wood.
Which best analyzes how the metaphor in the passage creates meaning?
The metaphor compares the falling snow to baker's flour being sifted; this creates the meaning that the snow is drifting downward and blanketing the earth.
The metaphor compares the snow to leaden sieves; this creates the idea that surviving a snowstorm requires serious preparation.
The metaphor compares the snow to powdered wood; this creates the idea that the powdery snow is falling on top of a layer of thick, frozen ice.
The metaphor compares the snow to facial powder dusting the world; this creates the idea that each snowstorm offers a fresh new world.
- 25. Multiple Choice
Which has the most positive connotation?
ordered
informed
commanded
demanded
- 26. Multiple Choice
Which has the most positive connotation?
chubby
plump
fat
dumpy
- 27. Multiple Choice
Read the passage from "A Night Ride in a Prairie Schooner."
He was a small edition of his father. He wore the same color and check in his hickory shirt and his long pantaloons of blue denim had suspenders precisely like those of the men. Indeed, he considered himself a man, notwithstanding the tear-stains on his brown cheeks
.
Which best interprets the purpose of the underlined imagery?
It shows the reader that the boy is not very tough.
It suggests that the boy is unhappy with this move.
It reveals that the boy's mother is not taking care of him.
It allows the reader to understand abuse.
- 28. Multiple Choice
Read the passage from "A Night Ride in a Prairie Schooner."
He could hardly look over the wild oats, which tossed their gleaming bayonets in the wind, and
when he dashed out into the blue joint and wild sunflowers, to bring the cattle into the road, he could be traced only by the ripple he made, like a trout in a pool
.
Which best identifies and interprets the underlined imagery?
It contains personification; it shows the reader that the boy is not very tough.
it contains a simile; it reveals that the boy is small and insignificant on the vast prairie.
It contains a metaphor; it reveals that the boy's mother is not taking care of him.
It contains an allusion; it allows the reader to understand prairie life.
- 29. Multiple Choice
Which sentence uses homophones correctly?
After Fred said goodbye, he went by the market to buy spaghetti Sauce.
The fruit cellar at the farmer's market said I could store apples for months in the seller.
When I am chili after a day of skiing, nothing tastes better than a big bowl of chilly.
Everyone nose that the human knows never stops growing.
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