2011 Spring Exam Review Game

Honors English IIZachary Woodman

Poetry

Which of the following is an example of Alliteration?

Sally sells seashells by the seashore

Sally wants a white little boat

Sally is a breath of fresh air

Sally looks like an angel

Poetry

Which is an example of assonance?

This isn’t it

Raccons click and clack on the roof

None of the above

Dan does do what he does

Poetry

Which literary device uses persons, places or things as an embodiment of another entity?

Symbolism

Alliteration

Onomatopoeia

Assonance

Poetry

What was the theme of the poem Do not go Gentle into that Good Night?

Die fighting

Tell the truth, but sensitively

If you tell someone what they are enough, it will become true

Don’t let the dead die in vain

Poetry

What is the rhythm of Sonnets?

Iambic Pentameter

ABABCDCDEFEFGG

No particular rhythm

Couplet

1984

True/False: 1984 was just condemnation of totalitarian states?

False

True

1984

What did Winston jokingly call Julia’s form of rebellion?

“…only a rebel from the waste down.”

“Intellectual”

“…only a rebel in her mind, not in actions.”

“Passionate”

1984

What were the means of numbing misery for the people living in the dystopia of 1984?

Victory Gin

Marijuana

Chocolate

Steamers

1984

Why does Winston admit to things he knows he didn’t do after he left the Ministry of Truth?

He was brainwashed into believing it.

Out of fear of torture

None of the above

Because he was ill

1984

True/False: Winston loved Big Brother at the end of 1984

True

False

To Kill a Mocking Bird

Where does Jem say the events of that summer begin?

The summer Dill came

When they tried to make Boo come out

Jem never says

When Tom Robinson was accused of Rape

To Kill a Mocking Bird

True/False: Scout calls Atticus a “n****r lover.”

False

True

To Kill a Mocking Bird

Which of the following would be considered a “mocking bird?”

Tom Robinson

Atticus

Bob Ewell

Blue Jays

To Kill a Mocking Bird

True/False: The Cunninghams are really “trash.”

False

True

To Kill a Mocking BirdTrue/ False: The story Atticus read at the end of the novel to Scout was similar in theme to that of To Kill a Mocking Bird.

True

False

Anthem

What is the epistemological belief of objectivism?

Reason

Self-interest

Altruism

Egoism

Anthem

What would be Ayn Rand’s metaphysical Creed?

Objective reality external of Man’s consciousness, which the mind is to perceive via reason.

The mind creates reality, therefore reason is a farce

Altruism

Relativism

Anthem

True/False: The intended theme of Anthem is identical to that of 1984.

False

True

AnthemTrue/False: The word “we” is God

False

True

Anthem

What did Equality change his name to, and why is it fitting in Ayn Rand’s words? Promethus “…after bringing the

fire of the Gods to man’s vultures, he gave up until man

withdrew his vultures and chains.”

The Golden One “We love you…we alone…we love you.”

The unconquered “I am. I think. I will.”

Gaea “Because she worshipped the word ‘we.”

Caesar

Who is Caesar’s wife?

Calpurnia

Porsche

None of the Above

Decius

Caesar

T/F Caesar’s Wife is Infertile

True

False

Caesar

What is Brutus’s tragic flaw?

Naivety

Arrogance

None of the above

Enviousness

Caesar

What is Caesar’s flaw?

Arrogance

Stupidity

Sexism

Naivety

Caesar

Why does Caesar go to the capitol?

He was flattered into it by Decius

Calpurnia told him to

To kill Cassius

To take care of business with the Senators

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