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| Which of the following is NOT a part of the Three Sinners story in The Pardoner's Tale? |
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| B. A net full of trout is found in a pond. |
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| What killed as much as half the population of Europe during the Middle Ages? |
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| Beowulf was cremated on a funeral pyre with which of the following? |
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| A. Beowulf's helmets and shields |
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| What event marks the line between the Old English and Middle English periods? |
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| What was one of the social effects of the Black Death? |
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| A. Many women didn't marry |
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| In Chaucer's The Pardoner's Tale, how does the Pardoner try to get money from his traveling companions at the end of the story? |
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| C. Offering to pardon them for their sins |
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| According to The Pardoners Tale, why do the three rioters question the old man? |
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| D. They think he knows the whereabouts of Death. |
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| What basic change in Beowulf has occurred by the time he fights the fire-breathing dragon? |
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| C. He has reached old age. |
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| Which is a mark of Chaucer's originality? |
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| C. He made the stories fit the tellers. |
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| What was the effect of the Norman conquest on the language of Britain? |
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| D. The upper class spoke French |
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| In The Pardoners Tale, why does the rioters' eventual plan prove fatal? |
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| B. Greed makes them treacherous toward one another. |
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| Where does The Pardoner's Tale take place? |
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| Judging from Beowulf, which of these qualities or ideals did the early Anglo-Saxons value? |
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| Why is Beowulf an epic poem? |
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| A. It is about a hero who represents cultural values. |
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| To what can we attribute Beowulf's triumph over Grendel? |
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| C. The triumph of good over evil |
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| In The Canterbury Tales, a few of the pilgrims are women. Which one is NOT featured in the tale? |
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| To what tribe did Beowulf belong? |
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| Based on the description of Grendel in Beowulf, what does the monster most clearly represent? |
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| B. Sinfulness of humanity |
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| What two things does Beowulf take from the sea hag's cave? |
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| B. Grendel's head and the hilt of the sword |
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| In Beowulf, What seems to be Grendel's motive in attacking Heorot? |
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| When the dentist was drilling my tooth, he didn't give me enough novacaine. I felt the pain, and I ____________________ . |
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| The business owner's ____________________ included unfair wages for his employees. |
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| In 1984, what happens when Winston cries out for Julia while in prison? |
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| D. O'Brien comes to talk with Winston. |
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| Which of the following sentences is written in third person limited point of view? |
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| A. Emma had never dated a frog before, so she didn't know what to expect. |
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When Pat was in the hospital for three weeks, Jake was the interim manager.
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| Which of the following sentences is written in first person point of view? |
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| C. I just got a job, but I'm pretty sure I have to receive my working papers before I can start. |
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The thought of eating chocolate covered roaches is abhorrent.
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| In 1984, why does O'Brien use rats to torture Winston? |
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| C. Winston is very afraid of rats. |
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| What is probably NOT an essential characteristic of a persuasive travel brochure. |
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| B. lots of explanatory text |
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| When the first explosion of fireworks boomed in the sky, the child looked up in ____________________ . |
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| Which of the following sentences is written in third person omniscient point of view? |
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| D. The pitcher and catcher both knew that this had to be a good pitch, but they just weren't sure about what type of pitch it should be. |
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Flash floods are treacherous. It would not be smart to drive through one.
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| According to Hythloday in Utopia by Sir Thomas More, all of the following are problems in England except |
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| A. a school system that is underfunded |
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| All of the following practices occur in Utopia except |
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| C. women are equal to men |
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| More's Utopia was based in ___________. |
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| Which character from Shakespeare's King Lear is accused of treason and blinded? |
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| D. The Earl of Gloucester |
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| Who traveled with the man in To Build a Fire? |
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| What word best describes the narrator at the end of the "Tell-Tale Heart"? |
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| Which characters from Shakespeare's King Lear were Cordelia's suitors? |
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| 7802370:A. The King of France ,7802371:B. The Duke of Burgundy |
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| How does Jack London set the tone for reading in "To Build a Fire"? |
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| C. His settings are descriptive. |
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| All things in nature are chaotic. |
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| Isaac Newton proved that many things in the universe follow nature laws. |
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| C. represents a sequence of syllables |
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| What is juxtaposed against the murder of the old man in the "Tell-Tale Heart." |
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| B. The narrator's love for the old man |
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| Chaos theory is a branch of mathematics focused on explaining nature. |
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| In Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart," how were the eyes of the old man described? |
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| In the story "There Will Come Soft Rains," where is everyone? |
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| What first incited the narrator's madness in the "Tell-Tale Heart"? |
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| B. The old man's pale blue eyes |
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| In To Build a Fire, how does the dog know it is too cold to be out when the man does not? |
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| C. The dog listens to his instincts. |
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| Which of the following brought chaos to his writing with unconventional punctuation? |
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| What element of the story "To Build a Fire" has the greatest impact upon the story? |
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| What is juxtaposed against the narrator's mad act in the "Tell-Tale Heart." |
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| C. His insistence on his sanity |
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| What caused the narrator to confess to the murder at the end of the "Tell-Tale Heart"? |
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| B. He believed he could still hear the old man's heartbeat. |
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| When writing a short story, Marcus decides to use reference to the color green for each milestone the character reaches. He wants the reader to sense that milestones are not endings and one must keep going. What literary device is Marcus using? |
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| What year does the short story "There Will Come Soft Rains" take place? |
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| In Shakespeare's King Lear, which character sends a French army to Britain in an attempt to save her father? |
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| In the story "There Will Come Soft Rains," the city gave off a ________ glow. |
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| In the story "There Will Come Soft Rains," what are the "five spots of paint" on the house? |
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| In Shakespeare's King Lear, which of Lear's daughters dies? |
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| 7802349:A. Goneril ,7802351:B. Regan ,7802352:C. Cordelia |
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| D. represent and support the theme of the story |
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| Stephen Hawking clearly explains how the universe began. |
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| What author uses tetrameter in most of his stories? |
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| How is the house cleaned in the story "There Will Come Soft Rains"? |
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| Which characters from Shakespeare's King Lear accompany Lear when he rushes out into the storm? |
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| 7802363:B. The Fool ,7802364:C. The Earl of Kent |
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| Rhythm in poetry is _______. |
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| The definition of motif is |
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| The story about Mary, whose bright ideas bring forture to her town, is set during a week long blackout. What literary device does the author use to help tell Mary's story? |
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| Meter is used by poets to create: |
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| Answer true or false: In "Holy War," the one who weeps at the death of the father is the son. |
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| According to Larry Jaffe in "Transformation Peace," it takes more courage to do what than shoot a soldier? |
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| B. place a flower in his gun |
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| In the poem "In Flanders Field" what does the speaker want the listener to do? |
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| In "Crusaders," "flying your stars and stripes over this land" is perceived as |
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| In the poem, "In Flanders Field," what does the speaker ask of his audience? |
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| A. to carry on the fight of those in Flanders Field |
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| Much of the rhythm in "Holy War" comes from the repetition. |
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| Use context clues to find the meaning of the underlined word: Jenny was more lucid when we left her; the doctor said that she was confused by the blow to her head, but she didn’t have a concussion. |
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| The word "supplications" can best be described as threats. |
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| In each of the Batman movies, it seems that Batman has at least one new nemesis. |
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| In "We Will Never Forget Auschwitz," the "selections" refer to what? |
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| A. German soldiers deciding who will die |
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| Define the root word vic-. |
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| In "We Will Never Forget Auschwitz," the "jackals" refer to what? |
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Read this poem:
Florescent orange
Pasta crescents swim in goo
Mac 'n Cheese tastes great!
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| D. It is not a real poem. |
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Use context clues to find the meaning of the underlined word:
Do you think we will actually find sentient beings on Mars or will we just find a lot of red rocks? |
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| The word "sentiment" can best be described as an attitude toward something. |
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| The word "conciliatory" can best be defined as devious. |
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| Use context clues to find the meaning of the underlined word: Laura’s attitude became much more conciliatory when she found out that Mary did not want to argue with her. |
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| Define the root word -cide. |
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| The final step of the writing process is |
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| Define the root word bel-. |
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| The word "sovereign" is best defined as a person who has supreme rank, power, or authority. |
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| According to Daw'ud Mannion in "Crusaders," who has the greater punishment in store? |
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| B. any non-combatants who enter Muslim lands |
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| In the poem "In Flanders Field" what could the torch represent? |
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| B. a flag or pride in your country |
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| In "Transformation Peace," the speaker realizes he has which of the following? |
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| Define the root word pac-. |
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| In the poem "In Flanders Field" who is the speaker? |
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| The word benign can best be defined as harmless. |
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| In the poem "In Flanders Field" the red poppies and white crosses could symbolize |
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| Define the root word hemo-. |
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