Final Exam Practice Test:



Final Exam Practice Test: English 11

Unit 1: Interpretation and Analysis

1. Reread the opening sentence of “The Story of an Hour”:

“Knowing that Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with a heart trouble, great care was taken to break to her as gently as possible the news of her husband's death.”

Considering the conclusion, the mention of the woman’s heart condition best reflects which literary technique:

a. Flashback

b. Characterization

c. Irony

d. Foreshadowing

2. From the Author Study telling us that, “Between 1896 and 1910, the loss of his cherished Hartford mansion and the death of his wife and two of his daughters plunged him into despair, the reader can make the inference that:

a. Mark Twain became a widower.

b. Mark Twain must have really loved his wife and daughters.

c. Mark Twain had a tragic time in his life.

d. Mark Twain loved his house.

3. Which of the following best paraphrases this section?In “A Psalm of Life” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, which paraphrase best matches the below stanza?

In the world's broad field of battle,

        In the bivouac of Life,

    Be not like dumb, driven cattle!

        Be a hero in the strife!

a. Inspiring and uplifting

b. Tired and uninteresting

c. Depressing and angry

d. Detached and apathetic

Unit 2: Short Fiction

Read the following passage and answer question 4:

From his Herculean frame and great powers of limb he had received the nickname of BROM BONES, by which he was universally known. He was famed for great knowledge and skill in horsemanship, being as dexterous on horseback as a Tartar.

4. In the above quote, Washington Irving characterizes Brom Bones through

a. Description of physical appearance

b. Direct comments from narrator

c. Words of the character

d. Interactions with other characters

e. A & B

Reread the following line from “Owl Creek” and answer question 6:

“An hour later, after night fall, he repassed the plantation, going northward in the direction from which he had come. He was a Federal scout.”

5. “Owl Creek,” this line reveals what about the soldier with whom Farquhar has a conversation?

a. He is a civilian

b. He is a spy

c. He is a traitor

d. He is a deserter

e. He is a friend

6. In “The Tell Tale Heart,” the narrator manipulates time by

a. Introducing the old man as a younger man when he used to be best friends with the narrator

b. Showing the man get arrested by the cops before the reader knows of his crime

c. Interjecting information about the cops being in the area to foreshadow the arrival of the police

d. Having the narrator begin the story with an introduction and then flashback to the action

Unit 3: Nonfiction

7. In the third section of The Declaration of Independence, the list of complaints, the purpose of the structural element of _______________ is to demonstrate the equal importance through similar grammatical structure.

a. Repetition

b. Appeals

c. Parallelism

d. Tone

e. Context

8. In the “Miranda Warning”, the diction is important because the information needs to be understood by anyone hearing it. Therefore, the diction is

a. formal and educated

b. humorous and sarcastic

c. to the point and instructive

d. literary and wordy

e. none of the above

9. The title of the magazine article, “Thoreau Beckons If I Can Take my Laptop” relies heavily on a _____________ to Thoreau to achieve its effect.

a. Metaphor

b. Simile

c. Allusion

d. Personification

e. All the above

10. Which of the following quotes best summarizes the main idea of Walden?

a. “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.”

b. “If we read of one man robbed, or murdered, or killed by accident, or one house burned, or one vessel wrecked, or one steamboat blown up, or one cow run over on the Western Railroad, or one mad dog killed, or one lot of grasshoppers in the winter — we never need read of another. One is enough. . . .”

c. “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.”

d. “I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.”

Unit 4: Drama

11. What is the purpose of “The Crucible”?

a. Criticize the HUAC hearings in the United States

b. Show the dangers of socially sanctioned mass hysteria

c. Criticize human nature within the play

d. Give the audience an alternative historical perspective

e. All of the above

12. As we discussed in class, a film interpretation involves many components to translate a text to the big screen. Which of the following people plays the greatest role in making certain the interpretation stays true to the source text?

a. The playwright

b. The stage crew

c. The screen writer

d. The actor

e. The audience

Unit 5: Poetry

Beat! beat! drums!---blow! bugles! blow!

Through the windows---through doors---burst like a ruthless force,

Into the solemn church, and scatter the congregation,

Into the school where the scholar is studying;

Leave not the bridegroom quiet---no happiness must he have now with his bride,

Nor the peaceful farmer any peace, ploughing his field or gathering his grain,

So fierce you whirr and pound you drums---so shrill you bugles blow.

13. Which word best describes the poet’s tone in “Beat!Beat!Drums”?

a. Urgent

b. Passive

c. Indifferent

d. Nostalgic

e. None of the above

14. In the following stanza, the figurative language can best be described as

My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun—

In Corners—till a Day

The Owner passed—identified—

And carried Me away—

a. Metaphor

b. Simile

c. Exaggeration

d. Hyperbole

e. All the above

15. Which two literary lens did we review in the poetry unit?

a. Biographical

b. Historical

c. Feminist

d. A & B

e. A & C

Unit 6: Long Fiction

16. Which of the following statements of theme is supported by the adventure with the Grangerfords?

a. Twain shows the Grangerfords as a model family.

b. Twain shows the Sheperdsons as a model family.

c. Twain shows the foolish side of human nature.

d. Twain shows Huck’s determination to set Jim free.

e. None of the above

17. Which of the following best describes the plot structure of the novel?

a. Flashbacks

b. Episodic in nature

c. Manipulation of Time

d. Nonlinear or scrambled

e. All the above

Unit 7: Persuasive Rhetoric and Argument

18. Reread the following excerpt from the sermon. What is the dominant appeal in this passage?

“The God that holds you over the pit of hell, much as one holds a spider, or some loathsome insect over the fire, abhors you, and is dreadfully provoked: his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else but to be cast into the fire…”

a. Logical

b. Emotional

c. Ethical

d. Common sense

e. None of the above

19. Read this excerpt from Henry’s speech:

“It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, “Peace! Peace!” – but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!”

In this selection, Henry’s tone is best described as:

a. Admiring

b. Informal

c. Fiery

d. Apologetic

e. Sarcastic

20. Which of the following details from the biographical background foreshadows the point of view and purpose of the author in the text?

a. “He promoted his bold strategy: using nonviolent, direct action to achieve social change”

b. “King mobilized African Americans to boycott city[Montgomery] busses.”

c. “King was assassinated in Memphis.”

d. “King wrote five books, delivered 2,500 speeches, and traveled more than 6 million miles.”

e. “The steadfast boycotters ultimately triumphed, and the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the city’s bus segregation laws.”

21. Which of the following steps of the persuasion process is NOT correct for the speech, “9/11 Address to the Nation”?

a. Exposure: the speech was available on all major broadcast channels, the Internet and in the news media

b. Attention: the speech continually replayed highlights from the day to hook and keep the audience

c. Comprehension: the speech included many rhetorical devices to organize the information for the viewer

d. Acceptance: the speech is staged as a official message from the president’s office on reputable channels

e. Retention: the speech played on feelings of patriotism and fear to mobilize and direct American citizens

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