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2nd 9 Weeks Exam (DOK 2)
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  • 1. Coveted means
A) to state clearly
B) not important
C) to urge on
D) to wish for
  • 2. "So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a _________ of brown waters."
A) vestibule
B) prudence
C) chronicle
D) cascade
  • 3. Which of the following is the best possible theme in the story?
A) Buy good gifts.
B) Appreciate others.
C) Manage your money wisely.
D) Hard work is rewarded.
  • 4. Jesse always ____________ fights between her friends.
A) instigates
B) coveted
C) chronicle
D) predominating
  • 5. The _____________ cat lunged after its prey.
A) predominating
B) agile
C) inconsequential
D) prudence
  • 6. An historical account of events is a/an:
A) cascade
B) assertion
C) vestibule
D) chronicle
  • 7. Who is the author of "The Black Cat"?
A) Frank Stockton
B) Richard Connell
C) Saki
D) Edgar Allan Poe
  • 8. What point of view does the author use in "The Black Cat"?
A) 2nd
B) 3rd limited
C) 3rd omniscient
D) 1st
  • 9. Poe is known as the "Father of __________."
A) Short Stories
B) Poetry
C) Horror
D) Literature
  • 10. During what time period did "The Black Cat" take place?
A) 1800s
B) 1700s
C) 2000s
D) 1900s
  • 11. Who does the man blame for Virginia's murder in "The Black Cat"?
A) the cat
B) the devil
C) Virginia
D) himself
  • 12. Virginia Poe dies from ______________.
A) natural causes
B) pneumonia
C) cancer
D) tuberculosis
  • 13. Who is the author of "The Raven"?
A) James Joyce
B) Frank Connell
C) Saki
D) E.A. Poe
  • 14. "While I pondered over many a ___________ and curious forgotten lore."
A) quaint
B) beguiling
C) respite
D) desolate
  • 15. Pallid means:
A) strange
B) rest
C) pale
D) charming
  • 16. What is the setting of "The Raven"?
A) snowy Winter
B) bright Spring
C) humid June
D) bleak December
  • 17. Who was "Lenore"?
A) Poe
B) the raven
C) a character in the book
D) Poe's wife Virginia
  • 18. What year was Edgar Allan Poe born?
A) 1809
B) 1800
C) 1900
D) 1803
  • 19. In poetry, what is the use, again and again, of a word or phrase?
A) figurative language
B) refrain
C) rhyme
D) repetition
  • 20. When the word or phrase appears in all the stanzas it is termed a:
A) rhyme
B) simile
C) repetition
D) refrain
  • 21. The the statement about life that the author is communicating through a literay work is
A) meaning
B) message
C) theme
D) rhythm
  • 22. _________________ is the way a poem is organized.
A) Subject
B) Mood
C) Structure
D) Stylistic device
  • 23. ______________ is a form of poetic paragraphs. They indicate separate thoughts and are separated from one another by spaces.
A) Style
B) Stanza
C) Rhythm
D) Alliteration
  • 24. When reading poetry, one should:
A) watch the audience
B) read it several times
C) read it once
D) perform the poem
  • 25. The musical quality created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is ________________.
A) assonance
B) emotion
C) rhythm
D) onomatopoeia
  • 26. The use of words that sound like their meaning is:
A) alliteration
B) rhyme
C) onomatopoeia
D) assonance
  • 27. _______________ is the repetition of similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
A) Rhythm
B) Onomatopoeia
C) Assonance
D) Alliteration
  • 28. To understand a poem, readers should consider the following: subject of poem, mood, author's purpose, and emotional effect.
A) disagree
B) agree
  • 29. The literary methods used by the author to create a particular effect is:
A) stanza
B) tone
C) structure
D) stylistic devices
  • 30. Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
A) Suzy sold seashells by the seashore.
B) Did you spill the milk?
C) Twinkle, twinkle little star.
D) Tommy ate a piece of cake.
  • 31. An example of assonance is:
A) Timmy told a tale to the teacher.
B) Every elephant eats eggs in the early evening.
C) The car crashed into the ocean.
D) Bah, bah, black sheep.
  • 32. Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?
A) The car crashed into the ocean.
B) The boy ate a bag of potato chips.
C) The bell tinkled all night long.
D) The log crackled in the fireplace.
  • 33. An example of end rhyme is:
A) Twinkle, twinkle little star/How I wonder what you are.
B) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
C) The girl crunched a bag of potato chips.
D) Love is a flower.
  • 34. The rhyme of words within a line of poetry is:
A) internal rhyme
B) end rhyme
C) structure
D) rhythm
  • 35. In "The Bells", what stylistic device is used in line 4 "How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle?"
A) onomatopoeia
B) rhythm
C) rhyme
D) assonance
  • 36. Who is the author of "The Bells"?
A) Frank Stockton
B) Richard Connell
C) Edgar A. Poe
D) Elvin Alex Poe
  • 37. Benevolence means:
A) good will
B) self-control
C) social justice
D) patience
  • 38. Extremely poor is:
A) forbearance
B) compassion
C) welfare
D) destitute
  • 39. Scrooge has a/an _______________ of wealth to share with the world.
A) abundance
B) suffering
C) mercy
D) individual
  • 40. Which spirits haunt Scrooge?
A) Past, Present, Future
B) Marley, Past, Present, Future
C) Marley, Present, Future
D) wife, sister
Altres proves d'interés :
Romeo & Juliet (Act I)
Romeo and Juliet (Act II)
Romeo and Juliet (Act IV)
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