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Milton

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Puritan

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Donne

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Metaphysical

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Herrick

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Cavalier

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Jonson

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Cavalier

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Paradise Lost

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Milton

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Meditation 17

answer

Donne

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To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

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Herrick

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Song: To Celia

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Jonson

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When a speaker addresses an absent person or a personified object

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Apostrophe

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Long narrative poem elevated in style, relating to heroic deeds of a hero of god

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Epic

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An unusual and surprising comparison between two very different things

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Conceit

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Statement that seems to be contradictory

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Paradox

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A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

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A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

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In this work the speaker urges his love

answer

not to mourn his absence

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These two lovers have spiritual love therefore they can endure physical separation

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true

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A metaphysical conceit in this work is the comparison of the two lover's love to a

answer

compass

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The other two lovers are referred to as earthly because they are Sublunary

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true

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Holy Sonnet 10

answer

Holy Sonnet 10

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The conceit in this sonnet is death to

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a tyrant

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The speaker in this sonnet is talking to

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death

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When Donne explains that we can derive pleasure from death, he is likening death to

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both rest and sleep

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The speaker claims he

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does not fear death

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The speaker commands death not to be proud, because those who die live eternally, while Death itself shall die

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true

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Why is the seemingly contradictory phrase \"Death, thou shalt die\" actually true within the context of this sonnet

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it is impossible for Death to do anything except die

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Meditation 17

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Meditation 17

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God employs several

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translators

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Any man's _______ diminishes me

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death

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No man is an _______, every man is a piece of a continent

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island

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Don't ask for whom the bell tolls because it tolls

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for thee

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Since the church is universal so are all her actions; therefore, all that she does belongs to

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everyone

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a theme that is expressed in this work is that by empathizing with another's suffering, we recognize our common humanity

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true

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To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

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To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time

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This work reflects the philosophy of \"carpe diem\"

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true

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A theme of this work is

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the swift passage of time

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The rosebuds in the first stanza are a symbol of

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the joys of youth

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The author of this poem thinks that life gets better as we grow older

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false

question

The age which is best, according to the author is

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youth

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Paradise Lost

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Paradise Lost

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Milton asks the muse and the Holy Spirit to help him \"assert Eternal Providence\"

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false

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Satan's chief lieutenant is named Beelzebub

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true

question

This work expresses values of 17th century England in that it reflects a prevalent belief in

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Heaven and Hell

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Satan finally decides that it is \"better to reign in hell than serve in heaven\" because he will have free will in Hell but not in Heaven

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true

question

In Hell one finds that \". . . from those flames no light, but rather darkness visible. . . \"

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true

question

Beelzebub's advice for Satan is to continue the battle, do not give up

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false

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Satan is envious of God and resolves that if he cannot have what he wants, he will want what he has

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true

question

Song to Celia

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Song to Celia

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In this work, the soul thirst for

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love

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The images in this work suggest that falling in love engages both the emotions and the physical senses

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true

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The speaker of this poem sent Celia

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a rosy wreath

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This gift was

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sent back by Celia

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According to the speaker, the return of this gift served as a

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remembrance of Celia

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Believed in salvation through Christ

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Puritan

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Enjoyed wine, women and a care free lifestyle

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Cavalier

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Intellectual displays

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Metaphysical

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All of the following are problems afflicting Ireland with which Swift is concerned in this essay except

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the breakdown of parental authority

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What is the primary consideration of the speaker's argument in \"A Modest Proposal\"

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economics

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According to the speaker all of the following are advantages of his proposal except that

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the number of absentee landlords will fall

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Which of the following best describes the cumulative effect on the reader of the speaker's presenting the advantages of his proposal one after another

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horrifying

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To remove all suggestion of irony from the title of this essay one might rename it

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\"An outrageous proposal\"

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The overall tone of this essay could best be described as

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mock earnest

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Swift's main purpose in writing this essay was most probably to

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shock the reader into realizing the plight of Ireland's poor

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The speaker believes that the answer to Ireland's problems lies in

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cannibalism

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According to the speaker's calculations the greatest number of children born in Ireland are

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born into poverty

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When the speaker argues that only one male for every four females need be reserved for breeding he is implying that

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poor people are not faithful to one mate

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Which of the following best describes the values of the \"excerpts to whom the speaker refers\"

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materialistic

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What point does swift make through the speaker's statement that the landlords have already devoured most of the parents of poor children

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Landlords are responsible for the poverty of poor people

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Swift suggests that the main problem with absentee landlords is that they

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take from, but do not add to, Ireland's economy

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What is one thing Swift accomplishes by referring to people in this essay with such terms as dam and salable commodity

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he gives the readers the impression that humans are animals or behave as if

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Why would swift not get a single penny from his proposal

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he has no children

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GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

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GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

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In the story of how the dispute arose between the Big Endians and the Little Endians the chief objects of Swift's satire are

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triviality and pettiness

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Gulliver's spectacles provide him

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protection from the arrows, and increased insight

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After Gulliver brings the enemy ships to the Lilliputian prince, the prince's request prompts Gulliver to make the generalization that all rulers are

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greedy

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According to the king of Brobdingnag the qualifications necessary to be an English legislator are

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ignorance, idleness, and vice

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Gulliver's stories about his country's greatness convince the king of Brobdingnag that the English as a group are

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Hateful Vermin

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In this story Swift is satirizing the religious wars between Protestant England and Catholic France

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true

question

The Lilliputians are a race of people who are

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only six inches tall

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The Brobdingnag's are a race of people who are

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giants twelve times as tall as Gulliver

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When an emperor issued of an edict commanding all of his subjects to crack their eggs on the smaller end of the shell, this sparked a war between the Lilliputians and the Brobdingnag's

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true

question

Gulliver protests bringing all the rest of the ships because \"he would never be an instrument of bringing free and brave people into slavery\"

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true

question

People tend to think that their own disputes are more important than those of others is a theme conveyed in \"A Voyage to Lilliput\" and \"A Voyage to Brobdingnag\" together

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true

question

What is the target of Swift's satire when he has Gulliver offer king of Brobdingnag the technology to make gunpowder and the king refuses

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the inhumanity of warfare

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Swift uses the king of Brobdingnag's comments and questions to ridicule the weakness and evils of Gulliver's world

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true

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THE RAPE OF THE LOCK

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THE RAPE OF THE LOCK

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Belinda and the baron play a card game called

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Omber

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The baron tries 3 times before he finally cuts the lock of hair

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true

question

Name one of Belinda's weapons

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snuff

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The baron could represent

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a man

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Belinda could represent

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a woman

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What did the lock of hair become

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a constellation

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Ariel represents a magical element in this work

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true

question

Pettiness of the nobility is a theme from this work

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true

question

A work that treat a trivial subject in the grand elevated style of an epic is a

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mock epic

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Pope's purpose for writing \"The Rape of the Locke\" was to poke fun at the spoiled upper class

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true

question

A central theme in \"The Rape of the Lock\" is the tragedy of romantic love

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false

question

When the baron cries out that the glorious prize is his, he was referring to the card game

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false

question

AN ESSAY IN MAN

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AN ESSAY ON MAN

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A central idea of the excerpt from \"An Essay on Man\" is that human beings resemble beasts more than angels

answer

false

question

Pope's images in the excerpt suggest the view that intellect and emotions are

answer

strongly opposing

question

When Pope refers to \"a middle state\" he is referring most likely to a state between

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god and animal

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A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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A DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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Johnson's tone in the preface is weary and resigned

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true

question

In the excerpt from the preface, Johnson indirectly compares the English language to

answer

growing tree

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An appropriate purpose for Reading the preface would be to find out why Johnson wrote the dictionary

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true

question

Johnson includes quotations from the minute offers to demonstrate correct usage

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true

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ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD

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ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD

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The mood of this poem can best be described as

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melancholy

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The paths of glory lead but to the grave summarizes the ides that

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death comes even to the wealthy and powerful

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In this poem Gray chiefly laments the deaths of those people

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whose potential abilities were never realized

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In which stanza of the poem does it become clear that the setting is a graveyard

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stanza 4

question

Lines 55 and 56 refer to those people

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whose abilities are not publicly recognized

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In line 75, whom does they refer to

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the people buried in the churchyard

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Gray hopes to be remembered as being

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generous and sincere

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In this poem, which line best expresses the speakers view of life

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The paths of glory lead but to the grave

question

These forefathers are rude because they are unsophisticated

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true

question

Fair is foul and foul is fair

answer

the witches

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Yet do I fear thy nature it is to full o' milk of kindness to catch the nearest way

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Lady Macbeth

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And you all know, security is mortals' chiefest enemy

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Hecate

question

Out damned spot! Out I say!

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Lady Macbeth

question

The Thane of Cawdor lives; why do you dress me in borrowed robes?

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Macbeth

question

We will establish our estate upon our eldest Malcom, whom we name hereafter the prince of Cumberland

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Duncan

question

Stars, hide your fires, Let not light see my black and deep desires

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Macbeth

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Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it

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Lady Macbeth

question

First I am his kinsman and his subject . . . then, as his host

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Macbeth

question

Let's not consort with them to show an unfelt sorrow is an office which the false man does easy. I'll to England

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Malcom

question

To be thus is nothing, but to safely thus. Our fears in Banquo stick deep

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Macbeth

question

We have lost best half of our affair

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second murderer

question

Give me some wine fill full. I drink to the general joy o' the whole table, and to our friend dear Banquo

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Macbeth

question

How did you dare to trade and traffic with Macbeth in riddles and affairs of death; and I was never called . . .

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Hecate

question

His flight was madness. When our actions do not, our fears do make us traitors

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Lady Macduff

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Let every soldier hew him down a bough, and bear it before him . . .

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Malcom

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I will pull in resolution and begin to doubt the equivocation of the fiend that lies like truth: 'fear not till Birnam Wood do come to Dunsinane'; and now a wood comes to Dunsinane

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Macbeth

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Let grief convert to anger; blunt not the heart engage it

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Malcom

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The raven himself is hoarse that croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan under my battlements. Come you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts unsex me here

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Lady Macbeth

question

By Sinel's death I know I am thane of Glamis, But how of Cawdor

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Macbeth

question

At the opening of the play Macbeth is

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thane of Glamis

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The play Macbeth may be classified as a

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tragedy

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Macbeth lived in

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Scotland

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In Macbeth there are many

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soliloquies

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Norway's king is called

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Sweno

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When Macbeth meets the witches the first time, he was as his companion

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Banquo

question

Duncan appoints

answer

Malcom to be Prince of Cumberland

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Lady Macbeth fears Macbeth because he is

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too full of the milk of human kindness

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After twelve o'clock on the night in which Duncan is murdered, Macbeth meets

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Lady Macbeth, in the court of the castle

question

Just before Macbeth hears the signal given by Lady Macbeth, he sees

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a dagger

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Macbeth hears a voice cry

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Macbeth doth murder sleep

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Duncan is murdered by

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Macbeth

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The murder is discovered by

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Macduff

question

Macbeth is crowned king at

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Scone

question

Banquo and Lennox

answer

think that Macbeth murdered Duncan

question

Banquo is murdered by

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hired murderers

question

At the banquet, Macbeth sees the ghost of

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Banquo

question

The witches show Macbeth

answer

three apparitions

question

Macduff goes to

answer

England to get aid for his country

question

Macbeth is murdered by

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Macduff

question

The play Macbeth is a tragedy

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true

question

Marlowe wrote Macbeth

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False

question

The play is pervaded by joy and happiness

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False

question

The first scene contains thirteen lines

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False

question

The bloody sergeant fights against the capture of Macbeth

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True

question

Macbeth gains what the thane of Cawdor loses

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True

question

Lady Macbeth prays that, as a kind hostess, she may receive Duncan

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True

question

Macbeth meets the noble Duncan at the door

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False

question

Lady Macbeth does not have the heart to kill Duncan

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False

question

Banquo leads Macduff and Lennox to Duncan's door

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False

question

Ross murders the grooms

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False

question

Macbeth is crowned king at Dunsinane

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False

question

Donalbain flees to Wales

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False

question

The witches show Macbeth ten apparitions

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False

question

After Macbeth's death, Malcom becomes king

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True

question

Shakespeare was born on

answer

April 23, 1564

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Shakespeare died on

answer

April 23, 1616

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The drama Macbeth was written in

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1605

question

Shakespeare's material for the drama came from

answer

Holinshed's Chronicle

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Macbeth lived about

answer

1040

question

Norway's king was

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Sweno

question

A graynalkin is a

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gray cat

question

Macbeth killed

answer

Duncan

question

Macbeth doth murder

answer

sleep

question

Sleep is the chief

answer

nourisher in life's feast

question

Malcom was brother to

answer

Donalbain

question

Fleance was Banquo's

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son

question

Security is mortal's chiefest

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Enemy

question

Macduff was thane of

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Fife

question

Dunsinane was the name of Macbeth's

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Castle

question

Duncan was buried at

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Comekill

question

Life is but a walking

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Shadow

question

Macduff went to

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England

question

Malcom gave his thanes the titles of

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Earl

question

The atmosphere of Macbeth is gloomy

answer

it deals with shady and bloody deeds

question

Macbeth is brave

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he stands successfully against the Norwegian host

question

Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies

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it deals with the great problem of sin

question

Banquo is jealous

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He asks the witches about his future

question

Macbeth is Thane of Glamis

answer

by Sinel's death

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Macbeth is Thane of Cawdor

answer

by appointment

question

Macbeth does not wish to kill Duncan

answer

he is his kinsman

question

A little water does not clear Macbeth and Lady Macbeth of the deed

answer

it has pricked their conscience

question

Macbeth murders the grooms

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to show his love for Duncan

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Macbeth hires two murderers

answer

to kill Banquo and Fleance

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Macbeth seeks the witches after the banquet

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to find out if Banquo's heirs are to be kings

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Macbeth is not afraid of any one born of woman

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the witches had told him that none of the woman born should harm him

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Which of the following is the best restatement of the meaning of lines 1 through 22

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it is delightful to experience again the natural beauty of this place

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Which of the following best describes the tone

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deeply thoughtful

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In line 23 what does the speaker mean by \"these beauteous forms\"

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the elements of the landscape before him

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Lines 50 through 57 set up a contrast between

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the tranquility of nature and the concerns of society

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In lines 60 through 111 the speaker describes the insights he has gained since he was at Tintern Abbey. Which of the following best summarizes those insights

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with maturity one can better understand the meaning of existence

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Which of the following best describes the speaker's view of her sister in line 112 through 160

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she is a youthful image of the speaker

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According to the speaker the experiences of the past five years have

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deepened his understanding of the meaning of existence

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KUBLA KHAN

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KUBLA KHAN

question

How does the pleasure dome come into existence

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Kubla Khan orders it built

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Which of the following is true of the sacred river in the poem

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it flows into a sea

question

The pleasure dome exists

answer

on land, completely surrounded by walls and towers

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The pleasure dome encloses which of the following

answer

gardens and forests

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The speaker believes that if he could \"revive\" within him the Abyssinian maid's song, he would be capable of

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recreating the pleasure dome

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Five miles meandering with a mazy motion is an example of

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an alliteration

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The closing lines of Kubla Khan add another dimension to the poem's meaning because they

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shift the focus to the poet as the inspired creator

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What does the crew hang around the Mariner's neck

answer

an albatross

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Which of the following is an example of personification

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the storm blast came, and he was tyrannous and strong

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Who are the two voices speaking in part VI of the poem

answer

the Polar Spirit's fellow demons

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The redemption of the mariner occurs when he

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blessed the water snakes

question

Life in death wins the Mariner in the dice game, and Death wins the

answer

crew

question

The mariner's penance is to

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travel forever and teach love and reverence for all creatures

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Which of the following lines includes a simile

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then like (or as) a pawning horse let go, she made a sudden bound

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When the pilot and the hermit rescue the mariner, the Pilot's boy thinks that the Mariner is

answer

the Devil

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Which of the following lines is an example of an alliteration

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the fair breeze blew, the white foam flew

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Identify the central theme of \"the rime of the ancient mariner\"

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sacredness of all wild creatures

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CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE

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CHILDE HAROLD'S PILGRIMAGE

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What characteristic of mankind is emphasized by the comparison made in line 16 and 17

answer

makind's insignificance

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In the final stanza, the speaker's tone changes by becoming more

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personal

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Which of the following best summarizes the view that the speaker has of the ocean

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it is majestic

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The speaker's attitude toward the ocean could best be described as

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passionate

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In line 34 of this excerpt, what are \"thy toys\"

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ships

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In line 46 of this excerpt, the speaker thinks of the ocean as a \"glorious mirror\" because it seems to reflect

answer

God's nature and power

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What is he talking to

answer

the ocean

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OZYMANDIAS

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OZYMANDIAS

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In line 1, the phrase \"an antique land\" means a land

answer

with long history

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Lines 4 through 5 most strongly suggest that Ozymandias was

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arrogant

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Ozymandias is condemned for all of the following except

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weakness

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Who is or was most admiring of Ozymandias

answer

Ozymandias

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The decayed statue in this work most probably represents the

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insignificance of any one person's work

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One of the most important ideas of Ozymandias is the

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meaningless of earthly power

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Which sentence best explains who Ozymandias was

answer

he was king of Egypt thousands of years before Shelley wrote

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What is suggested by the following images from Ozymandias, \"Round the decay, Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, The lone and level sands stretch far away\"

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nature is more powerful than any human king

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ODE TO THE WEST WIND

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ODE TO THE WEST WIND

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In part I the speaker suggests that the west wind

answer

preserves seeds

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In this work, which of the following does the west wind most probably represent to the speaker

answer

inspiration

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Which of the following does the speaker NOT mention the effect of the west wind upon

answer

animals

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The speaker wants to be \"tameless and swift and proud\" like

answer

the west wind

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The speaker hopes the wind will inspire him, carry his words across the world, and make his words prophetic

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true

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Which statement best summarizes Shelley's depiction of the west wind

answer

the west wind's destructiveness makes new life possible

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The description of the west wind in the first two sections of \"Ode to the West Wind\" are dominated by images of violence, death, decay, and burial

answer

true

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Means rebirth

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Renaissance

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Declared himself head of the church of England

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Henry VIII

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During her reign England enjoyed prosperity and international prestige

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Elizabeth I

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Ordered the execution of protestants

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Mary I

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Four line stanza

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quatrain

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Popular form of love lyric

answer

Sonnet

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Praises the simple joys of rural life

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Pastoral Verse

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Wrote poetry as well as plays

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Shakespeare

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Culmination of effort of many translators

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King James Bible

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Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of Petrarch's Sonnet 17

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the beauty of the poets lover is beyond his ability to describe it

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Which of the following statements is true about Petrarch's Sonnet 28

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the object of his love is never mentioned

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Which word best describes the mood of Petrarch's sonnet 28

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abandoned

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To whom does Petrarch confess his woes in sonnet 28

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the natural world around him

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In both Sonnet 18 and Sonnet 28 the speaker in each poem senses that love is unattainable

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true

question

One way to identify the form of a Spenserian sonnet is by its

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abab bcbc cdcd ee rhyme scheme

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How does a Spenserian sonnet differ from a Petrarchan sonnet

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the Spenserian sonnet sometimes has no break between the octave and the sestet

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In sonnet 1 to what do the leaves in line 1 refer to

answer

the pages of a book

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Which is the best paraphrase for lines 6

answer

8 of sonnet 1-those eyes sometimes look and see my sad spirit, tearful, and full of sorrow

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Which of the following best describes the meaning conveyed by these lines: \"Leaves, lines, and rhymes, seek her to please alone\"

answer

I don't care if anyone else likes the poem if she is pleased by it

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Why does the speaker in sonnet 35 feel that he is like narcissus

answer

no matter how much he looks at the object of his love, he wants to continue looking

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In sonnet 75 the speaker's beloved told him that it was possible to make something immortal out of something mortal

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false

question

In sonnet 75 what does the speaker say will allow his beloved to live on, in fame, after death

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his verse

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The unifying theme of sonnet 31 and 39 is

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hopeless love

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Which of the following is a characteristic of Sidney's Sonnet 31 and 39

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the speaker is engaged in an internal conflict

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In sonnet 31 Sidney uses the moon to

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reflect his own feelings

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In the line \"is constant love deemed there but want of wit\" from sonnet 31 Sidney is suggesting that

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only fools can hope to find true love

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Sidney's sonnet 31 and 39 illustrate what characteristics of the sonnet sequence

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the poet is scorned by his lover

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When the speaker in sonnets 31 and 39 speak to the moon and sleep, Sidney makes use of

answer

apostrophe

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Which of the following is the best paraphrase of these lines from Sidney's sonnet 31 \"What, may it be that even in heavenly place that busy archer his sharp arrows tries\"

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is it true that people fall in love in heaven

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In Sidney's sonnet 39 the speaker asks to sleep to make in me those civil wars to cease, which of the following best describes the civil wars the speaker suffers

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the inner turmoil caused by love

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In sonnet 29 the speaker changes from

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self pity to rising

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In sonnet 29 what is emphasized about the speaker in Shakespeare's three quatrain form

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his self pity

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In sonnet 106 all young prefiguring means

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past writers' foreshadowing

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Which of the following from sonnet 106 best supports Shakespeare's purpose for writing the sonnet

answer

so all their praises are but prophecies

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In sonnet 116 the speaker suggests that true love is

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unchanged by time

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Which of the following best describes the type of love admired by the speaker in sonnet 116

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steadfast

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In sonnet 116 the speaker states that love is love if it alters when alteration finds

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false

question

The speaker in sonnet 116 states that love is not love if it is an ever fixed mark

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false

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If the speaker in sonnet 116 is in error then he states that he never wrote and man has never loved

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true

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Which of the following best describes the theme of sonnet 116

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true love is constant

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Sonnet 130 consists of contrasting images of

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the beloved and an idealized woman

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The speaker of sonnet 130 is suggesting that

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his beloved, while not ideal, is wonderful to him

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Sonnet 130 the flaws pointed out by the speaker affect negatively his love for the woman he describes

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false

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Which saying best describes the theme of sonnet 130

answer

love is blind

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