Quiz On The Areopagitica
- 1.In the first sentence of the passage, the speaker compares good and evil to
- A.
Children
- B.
Light and darkness
- C.
Plants
- D.
This world and the next
- E.
Fibers
- 2.In lines 12-13, "of knowing good and evil, that is to say, of knowing good by evil" is suggesting that
- A.
We cannot distinguish between good and evil
- B.
We can understand good by avoiding evil
- C.
Good and evil are simultaneously alike and opposites
- D.
We can know evil only by knowing good
- E.
We can know good only by knowing evil
- 3.The first sentence of the second paragraph (lines 14-16) is an example of
- A.
An indirect question
- B.
An analogy
- C.
Personification
- D.
Syllogism
- E.
A rhetorical question
- 4.In lines 22-23, "adversary" refers to
- A.
Monasticism
- B.
Vice
- C.
Hypocrisy
- D.
Virtue
- E.
Trial
- 5.In lines 20-24, all of the following words contribute to the same metaphor EXCEPT
- A.
"cloistered" (line 21)
- B.
"race" (line 23)
- C.
"garland" (line 24)
- D.
"run for" (line 24)
- E.
"dust" (line 24)
- 6.The "garland" of line 24 may be best understood to mean
- A.
An elective office
- B.
The prize of immortality
- C.
A circlet of laurel
- D.
A collection of poems
- E.
A fantastic ornament
- 7.The argument of lines 25-27 ("Assuredly we . . . is contrary.") is that
- A.
No human is ever completely free of guilt
- B.
No human is wholly unfamiliar with vice and its temptations
- C.
The experience of life is like a trial in a court of law
- D.
It is experience, not innocence, which purifies humans
- E.
A child is innocent until he or she has experienced evil
- 8.In line 27, the phrase "trial is by what is contrary" can best be paraphrased as
- A.
By refusing to fight, we may achieve victory
- B.
A true verdict can be reached only after the careful study of evidence on both sides
- C.
Before we can win a victory, we must first be defeated
- D.
Humans are tested by their experience of conflict
- E.
What a court determines may well be wrong
- 9.The implication of the comment on Spenser in lines 32-34 is that
- A.
Philosophers are unqualified to teach morality
- B.
Literature may teach better than philosophy
- C.
Comedy may be as effective a teacher as serious writing
- D.
The first function of literature is to teach temperance
- E.
Literature cannot take the place of revealed religion
- 10.The passage refers to the "bower of earthly bliss" (line 37) as an example of
- A.
An evil recognized and resisted
- B.
The heavenly rewards of the temperate
- C.
The sensual pleasure of literature
- D.
A state of pure innocence
- E.
The Garden of Eden before Adam
- 11.The central argument of this passage is that
- A.
True virtue must avoid evil
- B.
Good and evil are interdependent
- C.
We must understand evil to be able to resist it
- D.
If we can avoid occasions of sin, we can overcome temptations
- E.
All men and women are equally susceptible to good and evil
- 12.The style of the passage is characterized by the use of all of the following except
- A.
Colloquial diction
- B.
Literary allusion
- C.
First-person pronouns
- D.
Metaphor and simile
- E.
Balanced compound sentences
- 13.In developing its thesis, the passage relies on all of the following EXCEPT
- A.
Ethical argument
- B.
Personal anecdote
- C.
Extended definition
- D.
Abstract generalization
- E.
Reference to authority
- 14.Which of the following best describes the speaker of the passage?
- A.
An impartial observer
- B.
A cautious advisor
- C.
A skeptical commentator
- D.
A wry reporter
- E.
A dedicated partisan
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