English 4



English 4 LMGHS

Ms. Sottile J. Zaza, Principal

Final Exam

Indicate your answer by bubbling in the correct letter. Read the questions carefully. Take your time. (2 pts each).

1. The play Macbeth is set in ____a. Wales/1124 b. Scotland/1040 c. England/1123

d. Spain/1150

2. Shakespeare immediately sets the mood of the play by ____. a. having three witches appear on a heath in a storm b. having a battle on the beach c. having Macbeth & Banquo drinking heavily at a party d. having Lady Macbeth

casting a spell

3. Act I of the tragedy of Macbeth serves as the ____. a. exposition b. prologue

c. climax d. epilogue

4. Act III of the tragedy of Macbeth serves as the _____. a. denouement b. comic relief c. climax d. finale

5. All of the soliloquies in Macbeth are written in ____. a. free verse b. iambic pentameter c. ballad verse d. sonnets

6. _____makes the play Macbeth different from ancient Greek tragedies. a. the status of the tragic hero b. the exercise of free will c. having a tragic flaw d. none of the above

7. One of the requirements of tragedy is that the protagonist must have a tragic flaw that leads to his_____. a. downfall b. success c. improved position d. deteriorating health

8. Lady Macbeth is similar to _________in the play. a. the nurse b. Fleance c. Lady Macduff d. the witches

9. Macbeth inherits the title of the Thane of Cawdor. This is ironic because ____. a. they are the same size b. the necklace does not fit c. it is the title of a traitor d. they both loved Lady Macbeth

10. “Yet I do fear thy nature; It is too full o’ th’ milk of human kindness” is said by ____about____. a.Lady Macduff/Ross b. Banquo/Fleance c. Lady Macbeth/Macbeth d. Lennox/Duncan

11. “Art not without ambition, but without the illness that should attend it” means___. a. Macbeth is a big baby b. Macbeth is not smart enough c. Macbeth is not kind enough d. Macbeth is not ruthless enough

12. The major conflict in the play is ___. a. internal conflicts between good/evil b. war c. choosing a new king d. man vs. nature

13. Who says “False face must hide what the false heart doth know?” a. Banqo b. Macbeth

c. King Duncan d. Macduff

14. “Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, and fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty,” means_____. a. Lady Macbeth wants a new dress b. Lady Macbeth wants to have a better physical relationship with Macbeth c. Lady Macbeth wants to be without feeling, filled with evil and feel no remorse d. Lady Macbeth feels sick

15. The four apparitions that appear during Macbeth’s second encounter with the weird sisters serve to ________Macbeth’s belief that he will continue to be king. a. reinforce b. contradict c. discourage d. justify

16. Til Burnam Wood moves to Dunsinane is a prophecy that comes true because _____. a. British forces carry boughs from trees b. Macbeth hallucinates again c. the gods intervene d. maps change

17. To what country did Torvald travel to restore his health? a. Germany b. Sweden c. France d. Italy

18. A card with a black cross on it is a signal to Nora that ____a. Krogstad is printing the news of her forgery in the paper b. Dr. Rank is dying c. Mrs. Linde must retire d. none of the above

19. “There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt,” is said by which character? a. Dr. Rank b. Nils Krogstad c. Christine Linde d. Torvald Helmer

20. “I have fought a hard fight these three days,” is said by which character? a. Nora Helmer b. Dr.Rank c. Nils Krogstad d. Christine Linde

21. Torvald calls his wife Nora “my little lark,” “my little songbird,” “my little squirrel,” and other similar names. These terms of affection suggest that Torvald thinks Nora is ______. a. delicate and attractive b. musically talented c. foolish and childlike d. small minded

22. In the opening scene, Nora has just returned home from ____. a. a secret rendezvous with her lover b. a visit to her childhood home c. church d. Christmas shopping

23. Torvald’s new job is ___. a. a partner in a large law firm b. the manager of a Whole Foods store c. solicitor-general for the Norwegian government d. a bank manager

24. Nora confides to Mrs. Linde that she borrowed money to improve Torvald’s health because she___.a. needs to get it off her chest b. is angry with Torvald for his belittling her c. wants Mrs. Linde’s advice d. she is proud of what she did

25. Krogstad threatens Nora with telling Torvald about the debt because he ____a. is a cruel and vindictive person b. is eager to discredit Torvald c. feels threatened and desperate d. wants to see Nora suffer

26. Nora believes her husband will support her having borrowed money without his knowledge because she did it____. a. innocently b. quietly c. lovingly d. out of concern for his well-being e. c & d

27. Anne becomes a nurse to other people’s children because she _____. a. is a widow b. desires no life of her own c. gave birth to a child out of wedlock and was forced to support herself b. none of the above

28. Dr. Rank admits to Nora that he has always ____. a. known the truth about the loan b. loved her c. hated his father for passing his diseases on to him d. disliked Torvald

29. Krogstad tells Nora he does not want her to repay the money; he wants ____ . a. a promotion at the bank b. his position back at the bank c. security for his children d. Helmer to know about her deception

30. The wonderful thing that Nora had hoped would happen is that ___. a. Torvald would call Krogstad’s bluff b. she could pay Krogstad in one lump sum c. Torvald would find out about the loan and pay it off gracefully d. Torvald would lover her more for taking the loan

31. By the end of the play, Nora believes____. a. Torvald really does love her deeply b. she has a duty to herself before her family c. her marriage has been a charade d. she has disgraced her husband e. b & c

32. Henrik Ibsen is known as the_____. a. man who slammed the door b. father of modern drama c. the first feminist d. none of the above

33. In The Metamorphosis, by having his hero change into a dung beetle, Kafka reveals that his attitude towards his own body was most likely one of ____. a. pride b. unawareness c. amusement d. disgust

34. In the opening pages of the story, the tone the narrator uses to describe Gregor Samsa’s transformation is_____. a. sentimental b. lyrical c. matter-of-fact d. violent

35. After he has been turned into a beetle, Gregor’s deepest fear seems to be that his father wants to____. a. put him on display b. murder him c. abandon him d. pretend he is unchanged

36. What is the most extreme form of alienation from the world shown in The Metamorphosis? a. Gregor’s inability to communicate b. Gregor’s eventual death c. the lack of conversation in the family d. the Samsas eating alone in the kitchen

37.Greta’s ultimate rejection of Gregor seems to be the result of ___. a. her desire to win her father’s approval b. her desire for her survival c. her dislike for her brother d. her doubts that the beetle is Gregor

38. At what point in The Metamorphosis does the point of view shift? a. when the family sees what has happened to Gregor b. after Gregor is wounded by the apples c. after his sister’s attitude toward him changes d. after Gregor dies

39. The novella Animal Farm is written as _____. a. a history b. an epic poem c. a political allegory d. an autobiography

40. Giving animals human attributes is called ________. a. polymorphism b. animalism c. anthropomorphism d. humanism

41. Blaming everything bad that happens on the farm on Snowball during Napoleon’s reign utilizes the propaganda technique called ___. a. card stacking b. band-wagon c. scapegoating d. none of the above

42. The name of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima was. a. Fat Man b. Little Boy c. Admiral Halsey d. Colonel Tipper

43. As more of the laws are changed, _____is called into question. a. the laws themselves b. the collective memory of the animals c. the enforcement of the laws d. the inequality of the laws

44. One form of irony in the novella is the discrepancy between ____a. what the reader knows versus what the animals believe to be true b. what happens to Snowball and what happens to Napoleon c. what Napoleon promises to do to Boxer and what happens to Boxer d. all of the above

45. Which of the following would be considered a dominant theme of the book? a. loss of social memory makes it easy for a tyrant to rule b. all animals are created equal, but some animals are more equal than others c. the lower classes work, the upper classes eat d. none of the above

46. “The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.” This statement shows____. a. the creatures’ vision is blurred b. men have honored Old Major’s goals c. the supreme irony of the revolution d. the creatures are just stupid animals

47. Humans’ tendency to blindly believe in an authoritarian figure despite facts to the contrary is pictured in one of the animal’s beliefs that______. a. Moses was sent to turn the animals against Napoleon b. Snowball was a better leader than Napoleon c. Napoleon was always right d. the sheep are Napoleon’s secret police

48. Orwell’s belief that revolution is ultimately doomed to failure is shown by____. a. the way the other farmers keep attacking Animal Farm b. the way Old Major’s ideas become corrupted by the pigs’ hunger for power c. the animals’ happiness immediately after the Rebellion d. Napoleon’s consent to allow Boxer, Clover and Benjamin to retire

49. What is the irony of the following statement in reference to the problems and tragedies on the farm? “It must be due to some fault in ourselves.” a. Boxer does not realize that the “fault” is the pigs’ corruption b. Boxer does not put the blame where it really belongs—on Moses c.Boxer blames himself and the others when the blame belongs on Snowball d. Jones is behind everything

50. Boxer’s death at the hands of the knacker is prophesized by ____. a. Napoleon b. Moses c. Old Major d. Jones

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