Bmhs Senior English Spring Final Exam Review
Interactive study guide for SEN16R English, spring semester final. Bradshaw Mountain High School w/ Humboldt Unified School District
- 1.The best language to use in a speech is:
- A.
Simple
- B.
Uses strong, active verbs
- C.
Is conversational
- D.
All of the above
- 2.Which one of these is not a purpose of the opening of a speech?
- A.
Establish a common ground
- B.
Offer the opposing view point
- C.
Set the tone for the speech
- D.
Reinforce speaker’s credibility
- 3.In a speech's conclusion, asking your audience to either change their thinking or to physically do something is known as the:
- A.
Instigation
- B.
Restatement
- C.
Call to action
- D.
Clincher thought
- 4.Satire is defined as:
- A.
Writing that ridicules human weakness to bring about reform
- B.
Writing which promotes realism
- C.
Ironic writing meant to be persuasive
- D.
Stream of consciousness writing
- 5.The device of saying one thing and meaning just the opposite is known as:
- A.
Punchline
- B.
Sarcasm
- C.
Slapstick
- D.
Irony
- 6.Which is not a form of irony?
- A.
Verbal
- B.
Situational
- C.
Cartoon
- D.
Dramatic
- 7.A figure of speech that uses exaggeration to express strong emotion or create a comic effect
- A.
Sensory image
- B.
Metaphor
- C.
Onomatopoeia
- D.
Hyperbole
- 8.During the “Enlightenment” era people stopped being extremely superstitious because,
- A.
The Catholic Church began to accept science's answers
- B.
Political cartoons ridiculed superstitious folks as country bumpkins
- C.
Advancements in science were continually being made
- D.
All of the above
- 9.What event gave reason for people to refer to this time period in England as the “Restoration”?
- A.
Oliver Cromwell was returned as leader
- B.
Charles II was returned to the throne
- C.
The Catholic Church replaced the Protestant movement in England
- D.
The discovery of an ancient library in Egypt recovered writings from the classic era
- 10.What was Swift’s proposal to ease the ills of Ireland?
- A.
Execute any undesirables
- B.
The Orphan's Crusade
- C.
Eat children
- D.
Re-market the potato
- 11.The purpose of A Modest Proposal was to bring attention to
- A.
The unfair policies of the English regarding the Irish (land, goods, and taxes)
- B.
The poor health of the Irish people
- C.
The Catholic Church's suppression of the English monarchy in Ireland
- D.
None of the above
- 12.What was Swift trying to satirize in Gulliver’s Travels when he describes the rope dancing, height of the people’s heels, and what end they crack their egg on?
- A.
The artistry involved in circus performance
- B.
The internal civil issues plaguing the Irish people
- C.
Absurdity of English government
- D.
All of the above
- 13.Mary Shelley attributes her idea of writing Frankenstein to what?
- A.
A dream about her dead child
- B.
Swapping ghost stories
- C.
Growing up with her parents in a cottage
- D.
Both A & B
- E.
Both B & C
- 14.Mary Shelley switched the narrator many times in the story. Why do you think she did this?
- A.
To increase tension between the storylines
- B.
To confuse the reader
- C.
To give multiple perceptions of the story
- D.
To make it easier to translate to a play script
- 15.What was Victor’s first reaction to thecreature?
- A.
Pride and hope
- B.
Awe and excitement
- C.
Horror and disgust
- D.
None of the above
- 16.Maslow had a theory about humans and our needs and ability to be self-actualized. What was that called?
- A.
Scientology
- B.
Hierarchy of Needs
- C.
Life span development
- D.
All of the above
- 17.What was Morrie’s main message to Mitch?
- A.
Eventually we all lose the ability to wipe our own butts
- B.
Love is the only rational act
- C.
There is life after death
- D.
None of the above
- 18.What is a characteristic of a gothic novel?
- A.
The setting is usually a castle or mysterious place with dark passages and secret rooms etc.
- B.
There are omens or visions foreshadowing unpleasant events.
- C.
Women usually end up in distress at some point in the plot.
- D.
All of the above
- 19.Morrie Schwartz suffered from what prolonged illness?
- A.
Alzheimer's Disease
- B.
Chrone's Disease
- C.
Wilson's Disease
- D.
Lou Gehrig's Disease
- 20.MLA formatting for the header of a paper includes only your last name and page number.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.MLA formatting requires 1.5” margins left and right, 1” margins top and bottom, which luckily is the default on Word documents.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 22.In rhetorical devices, anaphora is best defined as:
- A.
Extreme exaggeration
- B.
A tongue twister that teaches a lesson
- C.
Repetition of a word/phrase at the start of sentences
- D.
Use of descriptive language to paint a visual
- 23.Neoclassical writing
- A.
Aimed to define French writing apart from the other European authors of the time
- B.
Imitated the style of the old Romans and Greeks
- C.
Sought to revive the Renaissance movement in the arts
- D.
Consisted of translated classics such as Antigone by Sophocles or Homer's The Iliad
- 24.What is the name of the groups of people with whom Gulliver FIRST finds himself, and what is their defining characteristic in comparison with Gulliver?
- A.
Lagadoes who are very intellgient
- B.
Lilliputians who are very small
- C.
Brobdingnag who are very large
- D.
Houyhnhnms who are horses or centaurs
- 25.The phrase that best describes the attitudes of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift toward their culture is critical and unsatisfied.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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