English 4 Semester 2 – Flashcards
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Which of the following is a complex sentence?
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Ransie wanted a divorce from his wife, whose name was Ariela.
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In "The Story of an Hour," who enters the house at the end of the story
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Brently (Mr. Mallard himself)
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All of the following statements about eulogies are true except
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memorize the eulogy so you don't have it written in front of you
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights does not apply to every person living in the world. T/F
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false
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In "Rip Van Winkle," which of the following characteristics best describes Dame Van Winkle?
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she was a shrew who was always nagging and complaining
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Based on the meaning of the root altus-, what is the definition of the world altitude?
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high region
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What is true about koan?
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it's meaning requires meditation
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In "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," what is the speaker's relationship with Death in the poem?
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she personified death as a gentleman, civil, and fair
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In the short story "Two Kinds," the narrator's mother wants her daughter to be
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a prodigy
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Which of the following is a complex sentence?
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Steve Jobs, who was the co-founder of Apple computers, delivered a commencement speech at Stanford University.
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Which of the following reasons did President Kennedy use to justitfy his vision of the space program?
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he said it would promote the growth of science and education, stimulate the economy, and lead to the creation of new tools (all of the above)
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All of the following statements from "The Story of an Hour" are true except
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Mrs. Mallard loved her husband very much.
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Aerodynamic
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designed to be the least resistant to air flow
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In the speech "Communists in the State Department," Senator McCarthy acknowledges whose birthday?
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Abraham Lincoln's
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Annuity
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an amount of money paid every year
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President Kennedy's goal, after the Russians launched Sputnik was
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to put a man on the moon before Russia did
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In the speech "Communists in the State Department," McCarthy says it's time for a showdown between which parties?
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the democratic christian world and the communist atheistic world
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In the short story "Two Kinds," what inspired the mother to want piano lessons for the daughter?
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the Ed Sullivan Show
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Based on the meaning of the root chrom-, what is the definition of the word chromatic?
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relating to color
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Which sentence represents verbal irony?
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With tears in her eyes, Monique exclaimed, "I am not upset!"
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All of the following statements about predictions are true except
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predictions must be made only in the beginning of a text
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fallacious
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fake
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bicentennial
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200 years
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In the movie. the man's BLANK could be seen when he gave countless gifts to the poor people in the neighborhood.
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magnanimity
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A/an BLANK of voices filled the courtroom as the two lawyers shouted back and fourth at each other.
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antiphony
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In "Annabel Lee," why does the speaker believe that his love died?
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The angels were jealous of the couple's love.
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In the short story "Two Kinds," the piano can symbolize
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a sort of trophy that represents her daughter's accomplishments
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jocular : personality : :
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merry : holiday
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In "Full of Life Now" by Walt Whitman, the speaker wants
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to be friends with the reader
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Which of the following is a complex sentence?
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When Mrs. Mallard heard the bad news, she locked herself in a room.
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In his commencement address to the graduating class at Stanford University, Steve Jobs
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tells the graduates that he never graduated from college
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Parallelism in literature is
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when separate parts of a sentence or stanza are balanced by using similar constructions
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sepulchre
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a small room or monument where a dead person is laid or buried
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One friend trips and falls into a mud puddle. "Wow, you're pretty lucky." what is the text above an example of?
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verbal irony
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What were Haikuni's beliefs based upon?
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zen buddhism
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Which of the following characteristics describe Rip Van Winkle?
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He was a simple, good-natured man who was content in almost any circumstance, he played with village children and got along with village wives, he had an aversion to any work that might be profitable. (all of the above)
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In "Rip Van Winkle," how did Diedrich Knickerbocker prefer to get his historical information?
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from people because he found that he got more information that way
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Freedom of speech is not something for which the Universal Declaration of Human Rights argues. T/F
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false
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morose : gloomy : :
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joyous : cheerful
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Which of the following statements about irony is false?
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dramatic irony is also called sarcasm
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When is the "Communists in the State Department" speech given?
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five years after World War II
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The structure of an Italian sonnet is
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two quatrains and a sestet
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What is the poet Hakuin's nationality?
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japanese
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In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorn, the reader knows...What is the text above an example of?
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dramatic irony
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repression : freedom : :
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peace : war
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aerobic
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an organism requiring air for life
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aerosol
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a solution in a pressurized container
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The principal felt BLANK. He believed that the student had done something wrong, yet he did not feel that the punishment fit the crime.
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cognitive dissonance
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millennium
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1,000 years
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"When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative." This quote is an example of
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parallelism
