English 11 - Unit 2: American Storytelling - Per. 7
- 1.In "The Minister's Black Veil," what is the main emotion the black veil elicits in Hooper’s parishioners?
- A.
Dread
- B.
Amusement
- C.
Respect
- D.
Melancholy
- 2.In "The Minister's Black Veil," what was Hooper’s style of preaching before he put on the veil?
- A.
Passionate
- B.
Subtle
- C.
Noisy
- D.
Frightening
- 3.In "The Minister's Black Veil," the emotion that Hooper feels about the veil is
- A.
Reverence
- B.
Apathy
- C.
Horror
- D.
Pride
- 4.In "The Minister's Black Veil," what does the black veil symbolize to Hooper?
- A.
Ongoing prayers
- B.
Mourning the departed
- C.
Devoted piety
- D.
Secret sin
- 5.In "The Minister's Black Veil," when Hooper says, “There is an hour to come when all of us shall cast aside our veils”, he is inferring that
- A.
All people are wearing veils, although theirs are not visible.
- B.
Soon all of his parishioners will start wearing veils.
- C.
He has set a date where he will take his veil off.
- D.
The church will begin requiring everyone who attends services to wear a veil.
- 6.In "The Minister's Black Veil," Hawthorne demonstrates how Hooper feels about his veiled image by having him
- A.
Avoid looking at his reflection.
- B.
Constantly adjusting the veil’s fit.
- C.
Wear different colors on certain days.
- D.
Encourage others to wear a veil also.
- 7.In "The Minister's Black Veil," what does the character of Elizabeth symbolize in this story?
- A.
Sin
- B.
Love
- C.
Pride
- D.
Respect
- 8.In "The Minister's Black Veil," which choice best describes the theme of the story?
- A.
Unwillingness to reveal one’s true nature
- B.
Hiding one’s identity is always a good thing
- C.
People always respond positively to differences
- D.
All of the above
- 9.In "The Minister's Black Veil," how do the townspeople first react to the veil?
- A.
With gratitude
- B.
With fear
- C.
With relief
- D.
With sorrow
- 10.In "The Minister's Black Veil," what is the subject of Mr. Hooper’s sermon on the first day he wears the black veil?
- A.
Pride
- B.
Greed
- C.
Secret sin
- D.
Love
- 11.In "The Minister's Black Veil," what is the “one desirable effect” that the veil has on Mr. Hooper?
- A.
He distanced himself from everyone
- B.
His sermons became more effective
- C.
He married Elizabeth
- D.
He was able to take it off
- 12.In "The Raven," who does the poem’s main character think is at his door at first?
- A.
A noisy bird
- B.
A lost love
- C.
An unexpected visitor
- D.
A young maiden
- 13.In "The Raven," when Poe writes, "But whose velvet violet lining with the lamp-light gloating o'er, / She shall press, ah, nevermore!" who is the "she" referring to?
- A.
Pallas
- B.
Hope
- C.
Lenore
- D.
Seraphim
- 14.In "The Raven," the word that best describes the speaker of this poem is
- A.
Exhausted.
- B.
Anguished.
- C.
Famished.
- D.
Amused.
- 15.In "The Raven," why does the speaker initially believe the raven keeps saying “Nevermore”?
- A.
He thinks that is the correct answer to each one of his questions.
- B.
He believes that the raven is deliberately trying to be vague.
- C.
He suspects that is the only word his past master ever taught him to say.
- D.
He thinks it is the ghost of Lenore talking to him through the raven.
- 16.In "The Raven," in which of the following lines does Poe establish the setting of the poem?
- A.
Ah, distinctly I remember it was in the bleak December
- B.
Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing,
- C.
In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore.
- D.
Get thee back into the tempest and the Night’s Plutonian shore!
- 17.In "The Raven," the speaker calls the raven a(n)
- A.
Devil
- B.
Angel
- C.
Prophet
- D.
Friend
- 18.In "The Raven," what is the effect of the raven's single word nevermore?
- A.
It has no effect.
- B.
It unifies the poem and adds mystery and emotion.
- C.
It annoys the speaker.
- D.
It comforts the speaker.
- 19.Which word best describes the mood of the poem "The Raven"?
- A.
Delightful
- B.
Happy
- C.
Haunting
- D.
None of the above
- 20.In "The Raven," what will never be lifted from the raven's shadow?
- A.
The speaker's soul
- B.
The speaker's longing for his lost child
- C.
The raven's sorrow
- D.
The speaker's desire to leave his home
- 21.In "A Rose for Emily," what has happened to the neighborhood in which Emily Grierson lived?
- A.
People built new, larger homes, with the economy starting to boom.
- B.
Houses became apartment buildings.
- C.
The neighborhood became industrial, with new technology being developed.
- D.
The neighborhood became a city park.
- 22.In "A Rose for Emily," what does Faulkner mean when he refers to Miss Emily as a “sort of hereditary obligation”? (hint: think about what the word "hereditary" means.)
- A.
She was an annoyance that no one could escape.
- B.
Several generations of townsfolk looked out for her.
- C.
She was important to everyone no matter what their age.
- D.
Other people had to pay her taxes and do her yard work.
- 23.In "A Rose for Emily," the phrase “like two small pieces of coal pressed into a lump of dough” describes
- A.
The angry city officials
- B.
Emily's favorite painting
- C.
A dessert with raisins
- D.
Miss Emily's face
- 24.In "A Rose for Emily," Emily is considered a “monument” because she (hint: think about what monuments typically represent)
- A.
Represents a way of life from the past.
- B.
Is solid and formidable.
- C.
Is unbending like a stone statue.
- D.
Is the most respected member of the town.
- 25.In "A Rose for Emily," what is the importance of Emily buying arsenic?
- A.
Emily needed to kill rodents.
- B.
There were aphids in the rose garden.
- C.
She could use the arsenic as make-up.
- D.
She was going to poison Homer Barton.
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