| How do these final lines from “Kubla Khan” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge affect the overall tone of the poem?His flashing eyes, his floating hair! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise. | In “Kubla Khan,” Coleridge describes the creation and destruction of Kubla Khan’s palace in the EXOCTIC location of Xanadu, which gives the poem a DREAMLIKE quality. Through the HISTORICAL character of Kubla Khan, Coleridge uses the wild image of the Mongols to suggest that Kubla Khan is insane, implying that all creative actions are the acts of MAD men.The last lines bring the poem to a CLIMACTIC close. Flashing eyes evoke the image of passionate creativity. By talking about “holy dread,” Coleridge suggests that creation is both SACRED and demonic. |
| Which lines in William Wordsworth’s poem reflect the poet’s view that nature’s beauty can live on in our memories and continue to delight us even after our experience with it has passed?I wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden daffodils;Beside the lake, beneath the trees,Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.Continuous as the stars that shineAnd twinkle on the milky way,They stretched in never-ending lineAlong the margin of a bay:Ten thousand saw I at a glance,Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.The waves beside them danced; but theyOut-did the sparkling waves in glee:A poet could not but be gay,In such a jocund company:I gazed—and gazed—but little thoughtWhat wealth the show to me had brought:For oft, when on my couch I lieIn vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeWhich is the bliss of solitude;And then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils. | In vacant or in pensive mood,They flash upon that inward eyeAnd then my heart with pleasure fills,And dances with the daffodils. |
| Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” most reflects which romantic ideal?importance of memorybelief in the supernaturalfocus on the individualexpression of emotionimportance of nationalism | Belief in the supernatural |
| “The World Is Too Much with Us” is a Petrarchan sonnet written by William Wordsworth. Its first eight lines (the octet) pose a question or problem, and its last six lines (the sestet) give a response or solution. The problem in this sonnet’s octet is that humanity has lost its respect for and connection with nature. In the sestet, how does Wordsworth propose to address this problem?The World Is Too Much with UsThe world is too much with us; late and soon,Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers:Little we see in Nature that is ours;We have given our hearts away, a sordid boon!1This Sea that bares her bosom to the moon;The winds that will be howling at all hours,And are up-gathered now like sleeping flowers;For this, for everything, we are out of tune;It moves us not.—Great God! I’d rather beA Pagan suckled in a creed outworn;So might I, standing on this pleasant lea2,Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;Have sight of Proteus3 rising from the sea;Or hear old Triton4 blow his wreathed horn.1 favor2 meadow3 Greek sea -god who could change his appearance at will4 Greek sea -god with the head and upper body of a man and the tail of a fishHe wishes for Proteus and Triton to destroy the current world so that a new one can be built.He wishes that he had been born a pagan so that he would have learned a different way of seeing nature.He wishes to be a painter so he could paint Greek gods to ease his sadness.He wishes to be a child again so that he could turn to the mythological heroes of his youth.He wishes that Proteus and Titan would make him a pagan and show him the sights of paradise. | He wishes that he had been born a pagan so that he would have learned a different way of seeing nature. |
| In the novel Frankenstein, what is the significance of Walton’s letters to his sister at the beginning of the narrative?Walton’s letters are full of descriptions of adventure and mystery and are an easy way to gain the reader’s attention.Walton’s letters contain an interesting background story and descriptions that are useful for the reader.Walton’s letters help to introduce the main characters of the novel, making it easy for people to understand them.Walton’s letters speak of his thirst for knowledge and his loneliness, and they introduce the novel’s main themes.Walton’s letters describe his bravery and his heroic actions, and they act as a contrast to Victor’s cowardly actions. | Walton’s letters speak of his thirst for knowledge and his loneliness, and they introduce the novel’s main themes. |
| Match the excerpts from Frankenstein to the themes they reflect. | isolation- “If i am assailed by disappointment, no one will endeavor to sustain me…”Dangerous knowledge- “They have acquired new and almost unlimited powers; they can..”Deceptive appearance- “I found a fire which had been left by some wandering beggars…”Revenge- “From that moment I declared everlasting war against the species |
| Identify the meanings of the bolded words in the passage based on the context.Frankensteinby Mary Shelley (excerpt)I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition, or to have feared the apparition of a spirit. Darkness had no effect upon my fancy; and a churchyard was to me merely the receptacle of bodies deprived of life, which, from being the seat of beauty and strength, had become food for the worm.The astonishment which I had at first experienced on this discovery soon gave place to delight and rapture. After so much time spent in painful labour, to arrive at once at the summit of my desires, was the most gratifying consummation of my tolls. But this discovery was so great and overwhelming, that all the steps by which I had been progressively led to it were obliterated, and I beheld only the result. | receptacle- Container consummation- CompletionObliterated- Destroyed |
| What is the effect of the choice of frozen landscapes such as the North Pole and the Swiss Alps as settings in Frankenstein?It warns readers that past deeds have the power to affect us in any location.It shows the influence of nature on the desires and actions of the characters.It reminds readers of the loneliness and absolute desolation of the characters.It shows that nature punishes those who try to discover its secrets.It reminds readers of the unnatural nature of the characters’ projects. | It reminds readers of the loneliness and absolute desolation of the characters. |
| Which phrases in this excerpt from “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats suggest that the urn represents everlasting art?O Attic shape! Fair attitude! with bredeOf marble men and maidens overwrought,With forest branches and the trodden weed;Thou, silent form, dost tease us out of thoughtAs doth eternity: Cold pastoral!When old age shall this generation waste,Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe, Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou sayst,”Beauty is truth, truth beauty, – that is allYe know on earth, and all ye need to know.” | [When old age shall this generation waste,Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe]– I KNOW IS RIGHT (just put this the first time) |
| Match each word in bold to its meaning within the context of the sentence.And all her silken flanks with garlands drest?(excerpt from “Ode on a Grecian Urn” by John Keats)Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,(excerpt from “Ozymandias” by Percy Bysshe Shelley)Of cloudless climes and starry skies;(excerpt from “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron) | Flanks- side of a bodyVisage- a person’s faceClimes- regions with relation to their weather patterns |
| What aspect of nature does the star represent in the poem?Bright Star by John KeatsBright star, would I were stedfast as thou art– Not in lone splendour hung aloft the nightAnd watching, with eternal lids apart,Like nature’s patient, sleepless Eremite,The moving waters at their priestlike taskOf pure ablution round earth’s human shores,Or gazing on the new soft-fallen maskOf snow upon the mountains and the moors–No—yet still stedfast, still unchangeable,Pillow’d upon my fair love’s ripening breast,To feel for ever its soft fall and swell,Awake for ever in a sweet unrest,Still, still to hear her tender-taken breath,And so live ever—or else swoon to death.its vastness as it looks down upon the mountains, as if they were mere actors wearing masksits spiritual importance as the overseer of all of earth, cleansing life of its impuritiesits indifference toward the trivial details that constitute human life on earthits constancy in contrast to the rapid changes the speaker undergoesits difference from the speaker’s love, who unfortunately will not live forever | its constancy in contrast to the rapid changes the speaker undergoes |
| Which of the following is a comparison that this poem makes?Music, When Soft Voices Die (To–)by Percy Bysshe ShelleyMusic, when soft voices die,Vibrates in the memory.–Odors, when sweet violets sicken,Live within the sense they quicken.–Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,Are heaped for the beloved’s bed–And so thy thoughts, when thou art gone,Love itself shall slumber on.It compares music to memories, which keep it alive in the form of vibrations.It compares the beloved’s thoughts to rose leaves that live longer than the rose itself.It compares the intensity of the beloved to the lingering fragrance of violets.It compares human mortality to the inevitable need to sleep at night.It compares the beloved’s nature to delicate things like sweet violets and rose petals. | It compares the beloved’s thoughts to rose leaves that live longer than the rose itself.i dont think this is right |
| What inference can be drawn in this excerpt from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice?Mr. Bennet’s property consisted almost entirely in an estate of two thousand a year, which, unfortunately for his daughters, was entailed, in default of heirs male, on a distant relation; and their mother’s fortune, though ample for her situation in life, could but ill supply the deficiency of his. Her father had been an attorney in Meryton, and had left her four thousand pounds.Mr. Bennet inherited property from his father-in-law because Mrs. Bennet was an only child without any brothers.Mr. Bennet was originally an attorney in Meryton but gave up the profession to become a clergyman.Mr. Bennet’s property cannot pass to his daughters because the law dictates that a male descendant must inherit it.Mrs. Bennet has ample fortune to support her unmarried daughters for the rest of their lives.Mr. Bennet is a man of considerable fortune and belongs to the upper class of the landed gentry. | Mr. Bennet’s property cannot pass to his daughters because the law dictates that a male descendant must inherit it. |
| In Jane Austen’s time, the law dictated that a man’s property was inherited by his closest male heir instead of by the women in his family. What was this law known as?dowryentailmentcurtailmentannulmentalimony | entailment |
| Which lines in this excerpt from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice illustrate Miss Bingley’s growing dislike for Elizabeth Bennet?”Your picture may be very exact, Louisa,” said Bingley; “but this was all lost upon me. I thought Miss Elizabeth Bennet looked remarkably well when she came into the room this morning. Her dirty petticoat quite escaped my notice.””You observed it, Mr. Darcy, I am sure,” said Miss Bingley;”and I am inclined to think that you would not wish to see your sister make such an exhibition.””Certainly not.””To walk three miles, or four miles, or five miles, or whatever it is, above her ankles in dirt, and alone, quite alone! What could she mean by it? It seems to me to show an abominable sort of conceited independence, a most country-town indifference to decorum.””It shows an affection for her sister that is very pleasing,” said Bingley.”I am afraid, Mr. Darcy,” observed Miss Bingley in a half whisper, “that this adventure has rather affected your admiration of her fine eyes.” | It seems to me to show an abominable sort of conceited independence, a most country-town indifference to decorum.” |
| The concern with getting daughters married into good families pervades Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice and forms a large part of the social mannerisms that the novel mocks. In which lines in this excerpt does one of the Bennet parents make an ironically false claim about having gone to great lengths to achieve that goal?”What can be the meaning of that emphatic exclamation?” cried he. “Do you consider the forms of introduction, and the stress that is laid on them, as nonsense? I cannot quite agree with you there. What say you, Mary? For you are a young lady of deep reflection, I know, and read great books and make extracts.”Mary wished to say something sensible, but knew not how.”While Mary is adjusting her ideas,” he continued, “let us return to Mr. Bingley.””I am sick of Mr. Bingley,” cried his wife.”I am sorry to hear that; but why did not you tell me that before? If I had known as much this morning I certainly would not have called on him. It is very unlucky; but as I have actually paid the visit, we cannot escape the acquaintance now.”The astonishment of the ladies was just what he wished; that of Mrs. Bennet perhaps surpassing the rest; though, when the first tumult of joy was over, she began to declare that it was what she had expected all the while.”How good it was in you, my dear Mr. Bennet! But I knew I should persuade you at last. I was sure you loved your girls too well to neglect such an acquaintance. Well, how pleased I am! and it is such a good joke, too, that you should have gone this morning and never said a word about it till now.””Now, Kitty, you may cough as much as you choose,” said Mr. Bennet; and, as he spoke, he left the room, fatigued with the raptures of his wife.”What an excellent father you have, girls!” said she, when the door was shut. “I do not know how you will ever make him amends for his kindness; or me, either, for that matter. At our time of life it is not so pleasant, I can tell you, to be making new acquaintances every day; but for your sakes, we would do anything. Lydia, my love, though you are the youngest, I dare say Mr. Bingley will dance with you at the next ball.””Oh!” said Lydia stoutly, “I am not afraid; for though I am the youngest, I’m the tallest.”The rest of the evening was spent in conjecturing how soon he would return Mr. Bennet’s visit, and determining when they should ask him to dinner. | “I am sorry to hear that; but why did not you tell me that before? If I had known as much this morning I certainly would not have called on him. It is very unlucky; but as I have actually paid the visit, we cannot escape the acquaintance now.” |
Unit 1 ENG B Palto Test
February 19, 2020