Which is an accurate definition of a haiku?
Question 1 options:
a poem with five lines that has a specific rhyme scheme and is often humorous
a non-rhyming, 17-syllable poem generally divided into three lines and dealing with nature
a rhyming poem with 14 lines that can either be written in English or Italian forms
a type of poem that tells a story and often focuses on heroic characters from the past
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 2Question 2 (3 points)
The poem “The Pasture” by Robert Frost depicts nature as __________.
Question 2 options:
comical
unrealistic
brutal
frail
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 3Question 3 (3 points)
Christina Rossetti’s choice to give speech to a robin, a rosebush, the moon, and the ocean in “A Wintry Sonnet” is a use of __________.
Question 3 options:
symbolism
imagery
personification
irony
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 4Question 4 (3 points)
In “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud,” the speaker describes __________.
Question 4 options:
floating over the English countryside with the clouds
feeling melancholy when he sees the colors of the autumn leaves
feeling great gladness when he sees a field of daffodils
sowing many daffodils and watching them grow and bloom
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 5Question 5 (3 points)
The theme of “To Everything There Is a Season” is that __________.
Question 5 options:
a proper time and place exist for every event
people must accept the fact that life is painful
no one knows where the wind will blow
people should appreciate the unique beauty of each time of the year
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 6Question 6 (3 points)
Emily Dickinson’s “The Morns Are Meeker Than They Were” is set during __________.
Question 6 options:
summer
spring
winter
fall
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 7Question 7 (3 points)
Which of the following lines is an example of alliteration?
Question 7 options:
“Dreaming of honeycombs to share”
“A wild, white welter of winnowing wings”
“But each wild breast stiffened”
“I wandered lonely as a cloud”
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 8Question 8 (3 points)
In a short story, what happens during the exposition?
Question 8 options:
The story’s main conflict is resolved and the conclusion occurs.
The action that sets the plot in motion begins.
The characters are introduced and the scene is set for readers.
The action reaches its highest point or the turning point occurs.
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 9Question 9 (3 points)
What is the term for the high point of action or turning point in story?
Question 9 options:
climax
resolution
plot
rising action
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 10Question 10 (3 points)
When a writer wants to capture the way real people sound when they talk, that writer will write dialogue in __________.
Question 10 options:
dialect
alliteration
conflict
personification
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 11Question 11 (3 points)
Readers can more readily identify with a story’s narrator if the writer uses __________.
Question 11 options:
third-person limited point of view
first-person point of view
second-person point of view
third-person omniscient point of view
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 12Question 12 (3 points)
How does the poem’s shift to springtime affect the mood in Christina Rossetti’s “A Wintry Sonnet”?
Question 12 options:
The shift has no impact on the poem’s mood.
The mood becomes more unclear.
The mood becomes more negative.
The mood becomes more positive.
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 13Question 13 (3 points)
What do the blue suede shoes in “Thank You, M’am” stand for?
Question 13 options:
what Roger learns from Mrs. Jones
Roger’s unfulfilled desires
what Roger still must learn about life
Mrs. Jones’s childhood
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 14Question 14 (3 points)
In their brief encounter, Mrs. Jones tries to teach Roger all of the following except __________.
Question 14 options:
to never talk to strangers
to take responsibility for your actions
to treat others respectfully
to have pride in yourself
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 15Question 15 (3 points)
The narrator’s family in “The Circuit” shows the importance of __________.
Question 15 options:
education
unity and teamwork
being wealthy
traveling
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 16Question 16 (3 points)
At the beginning of “The Bracelet,” Ruri tells the reader that after her house has been packed up it feels like “a gift box after the nice thing inside was gone; just a lot of nothingness.” What does this image help convey to readers?
Question 16 options:
the rising action of the plot
the mood of the story
the climax of the plot
the theme of the story
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 17Question 17 (3 points)
Which event marks the climax of “The Circuit”?
Question 17 options:
The narrator rides the bus anxiously to school.
The family cooperates together to load their belongings into the car.
The narrator gets a chance to take trumpet lessons from his teacher.
The narrator, his brother, and their father labor together in the field.
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 18Question 18 (3 points)
In what important way are facts and historical fiction used differently in a story?
Question 18 options:
Historical fiction is always based on historical events, but facts are not part of history.
Historical fiction usually includes details about the weather, but facts are usually about science.
Historical fiction is usually written about famous people, but facts are not about people.
Historical fiction includes imaginative details that add dramatic interest, but facts can be proved.
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 19Question 19 (3 points)
The author most likely included the conversation between the two boys and Michael Faraday at the end of “Michael Faraday’s World” because __________.
Question 19 options:
it shows how Faraday valued asking questions
the author knows the conversation was factual
it demonstrates the progress Faraday had made
one of the boys also became a famous scientist
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 20Question 20 (3 points)
Why does the author of “Enrico Fermi: The ‘Italian Navigator'” compare Fermi to a ship’s captain?
Question 20 options:
Fermi conducted his experiments on a ship.
Fermi moved through dangerous territory taking readings of the progress.
Fermi was “lost at sea” in his project.
Fermi had a crew of people who would not cooperate and threatened mutiny.
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 21Question 21 (3 points)
What did Enrico Fermi and Marie Curie have in common?
Question 21 options:
Both were married to and collaborated with a scientist.
Both worried constantly about what others thought of their work.
Both lived in France during their scientific careers.
Both committed their lives to their research.
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 22Question 22 (3 points)
In the story about Daniel Hale Williams, the author writes that Williams “reassured the patient with his calm, dignified manner.” What conclusion can readers draw from this information?
Question 22 options:
Williams was confident that the patient would recover.
Williams’s patient was concerned and troubled.
Williams’s staff was not available to assist the patient.
Williams maintained distance from his patients.
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 23Question 23 (3 points)
Daniel Hale Williams established Provident Hospital as a place where __________.
Question 23 options:
all kinds of patients could receive compassionate medical care
he did not have to offer care to African American patients
he could build a reputation and achieve fame
no one could remove him from his position of authority
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 24Question 24 (3 points)
What important lesson does Ruri learn from her mother in “The Bracelet”?
Question 24 options:
to hang on to the things that remind her of home
to beware of all governments
to treasure memories rather than material goods
to tend the garden diligently
SaveSemester Assessment: Literature and Composition, Part 1 Pool 25Question 25 (3 points)
What happens during the falling action of “The Circuit”?
Question 25 options:
The narrator and his brother work hard in the fields to help support their family.
The narrator rides the bus to school feeling quite nervous.
The narrator meets with his teacher and has the opportunity to learn to play the trumpet.
The narrator returns home, excited, only to find that his family is moving again.
