AnswersHSA 26-27 English IV A -ICIntroduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature: Beowulf

Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature: Beowulf — Cumulative exam Answers

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Read the haiku by Buson.Lighting the lantern—the yellow chrysanthemumslose their color.

A
art
B
change
C
nature
D
time
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Which lines best complete the sentence? Select 3 options.Grendel, by John Gardner, is written

A
in first person to show a single perspective.
B
to tell an old story from a new point of view.
C
so that Beowulf’s feelings can be understood.
D
with Grendel acting as a first-person narrator.
E
using first person to show Hrothgar’s perspective.
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What information do the stage directions provide? Check all that apply.

A
the title of the person being addressed
B
historical detail about the time period
C
characters’ actions and behaviors
D
characters’ specific words
E
characters’ gestures
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Read the excerpt from H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds.It was such a gradual movement that he discovered it only through noticing that a black mark that had been near him five minutes ago was now at the other side of the circumference. Even then he scarcely understood what this indicated, until he heard a muffled grating sound and saw the black mark jerk forward an inch or so. Then the thing came upon him in a flash. The cylinder was artificial—hollow—with an end that screwed out! Something within the cylinder was unscrewing the top!

A
providing researched facts.
B
using vivid sensory details.
C
citing the cylinder's dimensions.
D
offering convincing arguments.
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Which topics would be most important for a student to include in an essay about philosophy in English literature?

A
food, drink, and clothing
B
culture, history, and music
C
trade, transportation, and art
D
writers, ideas, and symbolism
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Which sentence is written correctly?

A
Kino said that if play practice does not start on time, the director “will be mad.”
B
Kino said that if play practice does not start on time, the director “Will be mad”.
C
Kino said that if play practice does not start on time, the director “will be mad”.
D
Kino said that if play practice does not start on time, the director “Will be mad.”
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Read the passage from Ivanhoe.On the other hand, many other knights, both English and Norman, natives and strangers, took part against the challengers, the more readily that the opposite band was to be led by so distinguished a champion as the Disinherited Knight had approved himself.

A
engages in trickery.
B
is successful in battle.
C
flaunts his power.
D
is envied by other knights.
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Read the last stanza of "Mutability.”It is the same!—For, be it joy or sorrow, The path of its departure still is free: Man’s yesterday may ne’er be like his morrow; Nought may endure but Mutability.

A
Poetry is an expression of the imagination.
B
Poetry can make all things more beautiful.
C
Life is fleeting and constantly changing.
D
Life is filled with a wide range of emotions.
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, The pangs of dispriz’d love, the law’s delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?

A
He believes that life is too long and boring.
B
He believes that life is fun and interesting.
C
He believes that life is full of pain and suffering.
D
He believes that life is full of joy and excitement.
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Sedentary lifestyles are harmful. Sedentary lifestyles result in disease.

A
Sedentary lifestyles are a result of harmful disease.
B
Lifestyles that result in disease are harmful and sedentary.
C
Lifestyles that are sedentary and harmful result in disease.
D
Sedentary lifestyles are harmful and result in disease.
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Read the excerpt from Hamlet.Gertrude: O Hamlet! speak no more; Thou turn’st mine eyes into my very soul; And there I see such black and grained spots As will not leave their tinct.Hamlet: Nay, but to live In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed, Stew’d in corruption, honeying and making loveOver the nasty sty,—Gertrude: O! speak to me no more; These words like daggers enter in mine ears; No more, sweet Hamlet!

A
ignores what Hamlet says because she thinks he’s crazy.
B
can’t bear listening to Hamlet because she knows he’s right.
C
has difficulty understanding Hamlet because he’s yelling so loud.
D
doesn’t really pay attention to Hamlet because he’s ranting.
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Consider the painting and the related poem.The Harvesters by Bruegel "The Corn Harvest" by William Carlos WilliamsSummer !the painting is organizedabout a youngreaper enjoying hisnoonday restcompletelyrelaxedfrom his morning laborssprawledin fact sleepingunbuttonedon his backthe womenhave brought him his lunchperhapsa spot of winethey gather gossipingunder a treewhose shadecarelesslyhe does not share therestingcenter oftheir workaday world.

Question illustration
A
Williams clarifies historical detail by describing the time period.
B
Williams offers social commentary by critiquing farm labor practices.
C
Williams narrates the scene by describing characters’ actions.
D
Williams brings the farm to life by quoting dialogue and sounds.
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Read the sentence.We took a long walk along the path beside the bubbling stream.

A
The sentence contains a single dependent clause.
B
The sentence contains a single independent clause.
C
The sentence contains both independent and dependent clauses.
D
The sentence contains neither an independent nor a dependent clause.
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Read the excerpt from an analysis of Act III of Hamlet.The fight between Hamlet and Gertrude reinforces gender stereotypes, as Hamlet judges Gertrude and she accepts his criticism without attempting to justify her actions.

A
Gertrude: What wilt thou do? thou wilt not murder me? Help, help, ho!
B
Gertrude: What have I done that thou dar’st wag thy tongue In noise so rude against me?
C
Gertrude: O gentle son! Upon the heat and flame of thy distemperSprinkle cool patience. Whereon do you look?
D
Gertrude: Be thou assur’d, if words be made of breath, And breath of life, I have no life to breathe What thou hast said to me.
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A reader using a historical lens to analyze a text will be most concerned with

A
the role of women.
B
the use of language.
C
culture and events.
D
gender stereotypes.
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Read the sentences.The wind whipped the branches into a frenzy. It looked like the tree was doing a crazy dance.

A
The wind whipped the branches into a frenzy, so that, it looked like the tree was doing a crazy dance.
B
The wind whipped the branches into a frenzy until it looked like the tree was doing a crazy dance.
C
The wind whipped the branches into a frenzy, and it looked like the tree was doing a crazy dance.
D
The wind whipped the branches into a frenzy; consequently, it looked like the tree was doing a crazy dance.
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Read the sentence.The shop next door, which is family owned, creates specially made, chocolate covered desserts.

A
“next door”
B
“family owned”
C
“specially made”
D
“chocolate covered”
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Which line from "Ode to the West Wind" is an example of a metaphor?

A
"O wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being"
B
"Are driven like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing"
C
"Yellow, and black, and pale, and hectic red"
D
"(Driving sweet buds like flocks to feed in air)"

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