2nd 9 Weeks Exam (DOK 2)
  • 1. Coveted means
A) to wish for
B) not important
C) to state clearly
D) to urge on
  • 2. "So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a _________ of brown waters."
A) prudence
B) vestibule
C) cascade
D) chronicle
  • 3. Which of the following is the best possible theme in the story?
A) Manage your money wisely.
B) Buy good gifts.
C) Appreciate others.
D) Hard work is rewarded.
  • 4. Jesse always ____________ fights between her friends.
A) chronicle
B) instigates
C) predominating
D) coveted
  • 5. The _____________ cat lunged after its prey.
A) inconsequential
B) predominating
C) prudence
D) agile
  • 6. An historical account of events is a/an:
A) cascade
B) chronicle
C) assertion
D) vestibule
  • 7. Who is the author of "The Black Cat"?
A) Frank Stockton
B) Saki
C) Richard Connell
D) Edgar Allan Poe
  • 8. What point of view does the author use in "The Black Cat"?
A) 1st
B) 2nd
C) 3rd limited
D) 3rd omniscient
  • 9. Poe is known as the "Father of __________."
A) Literature
B) Horror
C) Short Stories
D) Poetry
  • 10. During what time period did "The Black Cat" take place?
A) 2000s
B) 1900s
C) 1800s
D) 1700s
  • 11. Who does the man blame for Virginia's murder in "The Black Cat"?
A) himself
B) the devil
C) the cat
D) Virginia
  • 12. Virginia Poe dies from ______________.
A) pneumonia
B) tuberculosis
C) cancer
D) natural causes
  • 13. Who is the author of "The Raven"?
A) E.A. Poe
B) Frank Connell
C) James Joyce
D) Saki
  • 14. "While I pondered over many a ___________ and curious forgotten lore."
A) desolate
B) quaint
C) beguiling
D) respite
  • 15. Pallid means:
A) charming
B) strange
C) rest
D) pale
  • 16. What is the setting of "The Raven"?
A) bleak December
B) bright Spring
C) humid June
D) snowy Winter
  • 17. Who was "Lenore"?
A) Poe's wife Virginia
B) Poe
C) the raven
D) a character in the book
  • 18. What year was Edgar Allan Poe born?
A) 1800
B) 1803
C) 1900
D) 1809
  • 19. In poetry, what is the use, again and again, of a word or phrase?
A) repetition
B) refrain
C) rhyme
D) figurative language
  • 20. When the word or phrase appears in all the stanzas it is termed a:
A) repetition
B) rhyme
C) simile
D) refrain
  • 21. The the statement about life that the author is communicating through a literay work is
A) rhythm
B) theme
C) message
D) meaning
  • 22. _________________ is the way a poem is organized.
A) Structure
B) Stylistic device
C) Mood
D) Subject
  • 23. ______________ is a form of poetic paragraphs. They indicate separate thoughts and are separated from one another by spaces.
A) Rhythm
B) Style
C) Stanza
D) Alliteration
  • 24. When reading poetry, one should:
A) read it several times
B) read it once
C) perform the poem
D) watch the audience
  • 25. The musical quality created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is ________________.
A) assonance
B) rhythm
C) emotion
D) onomatopoeia
  • 26. The use of words that sound like their meaning is:
A) alliteration
B) onomatopoeia
C) assonance
D) rhyme
  • 27. _______________ is the repetition of similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Onomatopoeia
D) Rhythm
  • 28. To understand a poem, readers should consider the following: subject of poem, mood, author's purpose, and emotional effect.
A) agree
B) disagree
  • 29. The literary methods used by the author to create a particular effect is:
A) stanza
B) stylistic devices
C) tone
D) structure
  • 30. Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
A) Twinkle, twinkle little star.
B) Suzy sold seashells by the seashore.
C) Did you spill the milk?
D) Tommy ate a piece of cake.
  • 31. An example of assonance is:
A) The car crashed into the ocean.
B) Timmy told a tale to the teacher.
C) Bah, bah, black sheep.
D) Every elephant eats eggs in the early evening.
  • 32. Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?
A) The car crashed into the ocean.
B) The boy ate a bag of potato chips.
C) The log crackled in the fireplace.
D) The bell tinkled all night long.
  • 33. An example of end rhyme is:
A) The girl crunched a bag of potato chips.
B) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
C) Twinkle, twinkle little star/How I wonder what you are.
D) Love is a flower.
  • 34. The rhyme of words within a line of poetry is:
A) end rhyme
B) structure
C) internal rhyme
D) rhythm
  • 35. In "The Bells", what stylistic device is used in line 4 "How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle?"
A) rhythm
B) rhyme
C) assonance
D) onomatopoeia
  • 36. Who is the author of "The Bells"?
A) Elvin Alex Poe
B) Richard Connell
C) Edgar A. Poe
D) Frank Stockton
  • 37. Benevolence means:
A) self-control
B) good will
C) patience
D) social justice
  • 38. Extremely poor is:
A) forbearance
B) destitute
C) welfare
D) compassion
  • 39. Scrooge has a/an _______________ of wealth to share with the world.
A) abundance
B) individual
C) mercy
D) suffering
  • 40. Which spirits haunt Scrooge?
A) wife, sister
B) Past, Present, Future
C) Marley, Present, Future
D) Marley, Past, Present, Future
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