unit test – Flashcards
Unlock all answers in this set
Unlock answersquestion
Along the sea-sands damp and brown The traveller hastens toward the town
answer
It creates a rhyme scheme between the two lines.
question
How does the theme of "The Tide Rises, The Tide Falls" develop as the poem moves forward?
answer
The natural imagery is developed throughout to indicate that nature continues long after humans do. ?
question
What is similar about the love that is expressed in "That I did always love" and "'Why do I love' You, Sir?"
answer
In both poems, love is described as unwavering and absolute.
question
Based on "Economy" from Walden, which most likely describes Thoreau's attitude toward the outdoors?
answer
He was interested in being completely surrounded by nature.
question
According to "Economy" from Walden, what happened before the framing of Thoreau's house was completed?
answer
He bought a cabin to break down for lumber.
question
Which statement best summarizes the third paragraph of "Economy" in Walden?
answer
His house frame was ready for its boards by mid-April. He had gotten the boards from a small, run-down building he purchased for a good price.
question
As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits.
answer
It suggests that adopting the philosophy in the essay should be as comfortable as putting on a well-tailored coat.
question
How does Thoreau defend his approach in the second paragraph of "Economy" in Walden?
answer
He uses the word "I" for the sake of sincerity and honesty.
question
When I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond, in Concord, Massachusetts, and earned my living by the labor of my hands only. I lived there two years and two months. At present I am a sojourner in civilized life again.
answer
It provides context for the rest of the excerpt by explaining when and where the author wrote it.
question
How does the organization of the second paragraph of "Self-Reliance" contribute to Emerson's purpose?
answer
The paragraph declares that high self-confidence is advisable and refers to the example of great men of all time periods.
question
What does Emerson argue should be the basis of human actions in the second paragraph of "Self-Reliance"?
answer
confidence in one's intelligence and inner worth
question
These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. .
answer
Society and government corrupt the individual.
question
Which quotation from "Self-Reliance" best summarizes Emerson's view on belief in oneself?
answer
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind
question
Which best describes Emerson's central message to his contemporaries in "Self-Reliance"?
answer
One should follow one's conscience instead of what others dictate.
question
Society is a joint-stock company, in which the members agree, for the better securing of his bread to each shareholder, to surrender the liberty and culture of the eater. The virtue in most request is conformity. Self-reliance is its aversion.
answer
Society encourages people to be alike.
