2nd 9 Weeks Exam (DOK 1)
  • 1. Coveted means
A) to wish for
B) to urge on
  • 2. "So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a _________ of brown waters."
A) cascade
B) chronicle
  • 3. Which of the following is the best possible theme in the story?
A) Appreciate others.
B) Manage your money wisely.
  • 4. Jesse always ____________ fights between her friends.
A) instigates
B) coveted
  • 5. The _____________ cat lunged after its prey.
A) agile
B) predominating
  • 6. An historical account of events is a/an:
A) vestibule
B) chronicle
  • 7. Who is the author of "The Black Cat"?
A) Richard Connell
B) Edgar Allan Poe
  • 8. What point of view does the author use in "The Black Cat"?
A) 2nd
B) 1st
  • 9. Poe is known as the "Father of __________."
A) Horror
B) Short Stories
  • 10. During what time period did "The Black Cat" take place?
A) 1700s
B) 1800s
  • 11. Who does the man blame for Virginia's murder in "The Black Cat"?
A) the cat
B) himself
  • 12. Virginia Poe dies from ______________.
A) natural causes
B) tuberculosis
  • 13. Who is the author of "The Raven"?
A) Saki
B) E.A. Poe
  • 14. "While I pondered over many a ___________ and curious forgotten lore."
A) quaint
B) beguiling
  • 15. Pallid means:
A) pale
B) charming
  • 16. What is the setting of "The Raven"?
A) bright Spring
B) bleak December
  • 17. Who was "Lenore"?
A) Poe's wife Virginia
B) the raven
  • 18. What year was Edgar Allan Poe born?
A) 1809
B) 1800
  • 19. In poetry, what is the use, again and again, of a word or phrase?
A) refrain
B) repetition
  • 20. When the word or phrase appears in all the stanzas it is termed a:
A) refrain
B) rhyme
  • 21. The the statement about life that the author is communicating through a literay work is
A) message
B) theme
  • 22. _________________ is the way a poem is organized.
A) Structure
B) Stylistic device
  • 23. ______________ is a form of poetic paragraphs. They indicate separate thoughts and are separated from one another by spaces.
A) Rhythm
B) Stanza
  • 24. When reading poetry, one should:
A) read it several times
B) read it once
  • 25. The musical quality created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is ________________.
A) rhythm
B) emotion
  • 26. The use of words that sound like their meaning is:
A) alliteration
B) onomatopoeia
  • 27. _______________ is the repetition of similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
A) Alliteration
B) Assonance
  • 28. To understand a poem, readers should consider the following: subject of poem, mood, author's purpose, and emotional effect.
A) agree
B) disagree
  • 29. The literary methods used by the author to create a particular effect is:
A) structure
B) stylistic devices
  • 30. Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
A) Suzy sold seashells by the seashore.
B) Twinkle, twinkle little star.
  • 31. An example of assonance is:
A) Every elephant eats eggs in the early evening.
B) The car crashed into the ocean.
  • 32. Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?
A) The boy ate a bag of potato chips.
B) The bell tinkled all night long.
  • 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.
  • 34. The rhyme of words within a line of poetry is:
A) internal rhyme
B) end rhyme
  • 35. In "The Bells", what stylistic device is used in line 4 "How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle?"
A) assonance
B) onomatopoeia
  • 36. Who is the author of "The Bells"?
A) Edgar A. Poe
B) Elvin Alex Poe
  • 37. Benevolence means:
A) good will
B) social justice
  • 38. Extremely poor is:
A) destitute
B) compassion
  • 39. Scrooge has a/an _______________ of wealth to share with the world.
A) individual
B) abundance
  • 40. Which spirits haunt Scrooge?
A) Past, Present, Future
B) Marley, Past, Present, Future
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