A) to wish for
B) to urge on
- 2. "So now Della's beautiful hair fell about her rippling and shining like a _________ of brown waters."
A) cascade
B) chronicle
- 3. Which of the following is the best possible theme in the story?
A) Manage your money wisely.
B) Appreciate others.
- 4. Jesse always ____________ fights between her friends.
A) coveted
B) instigates
- 5. The _____________ cat lunged after its prey.
A) predominating
B) agile
- 6. An historical account of events is a/an:
A) vestibule
B) chronicle
- 7. Who is the author of "The Black Cat"?
A) Edgar Allan Poe
B) Richard Connell
- 8. What point of view does the author use in "The Black Cat"?
A) 1st
B) 2nd
- 9. Poe is known as the "Father of __________."
A) Horror
B) Short Stories
- 10. During what time period did "The Black Cat" take place?
A) 1800s
B) 1700s
- 11. Who does the man blame for Virginia's murder in "The Black Cat"?
A) himself
B) the cat
- 12. Virginia Poe dies from ______________.
A) tuberculosis
B) natural causes
- 13. Who is the author of "The Raven"?
A) Saki
B) E.A. Poe
- 14. "While I pondered over many a ___________ and curious forgotten lore."
A) quaint
B) beguiling
- 16. What is the setting of "The Raven"?
A) bleak December
B) bright Spring
A) Poe's wife Virginia
B) the raven
- 18. What year was Edgar Allan Poe born?
A) 1800
B) 1809
- 19. In poetry, what is the use, again and again, of a word or phrase?
A) repetition
B) refrain
- 20. When the word or phrase appears in all the stanzas it is termed a:
A) refrain
B) rhyme
- 21. The the statement about life that the author is communicating through a literay work is
A) message
B) theme
- 22. _________________ is the way a poem is organized.
A) Structure
B) Stylistic device
- 23. ______________ is a form of poetic paragraphs. They indicate separate thoughts and are separated from one another by spaces.
A) Rhythm
B) Stanza
- 24. When reading poetry, one should:
A) read it several times
B) read it once
- 25. The musical quality created by a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables is ________________.
A) rhythm
B) emotion
- 26. The use of words that sound like their meaning is:
A) onomatopoeia
B) alliteration
- 27. _______________ is the repetition of similar consonant sounds in words that are close together.
A) Alliteration
B) Assonance
- 28. To understand a poem, readers should consider the following: subject of poem, mood, author's purpose, and emotional effect.
A) disagree
B) agree
- 29. The literary methods used by the author to create a particular effect is:
A) stylistic devices
B) structure
- 30. Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
A) Twinkle, twinkle little star.
B) Suzy sold seashells by the seashore.
- 31. An example of assonance is:
A) Every elephant eats eggs in the early evening.
B) The car crashed into the ocean.
- 32. Which of the following is NOT an example of onomatopoeia?
A) The boy ate a bag of potato chips.
B) The bell tinkled all night long.
- 33. An example of end rhyme is:
A) Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
B) Twinkle, twinkle little star/How I wonder what you are.
- 34. The rhyme of words within a line of poetry is:
A) internal rhyme
B) end rhyme
- 35. In "The Bells", what stylistic device is used in line 4 "How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle?"
A) assonance
B) onomatopoeia
- 36. Who is the author of "The Bells"?
A) Edgar A. Poe
B) Elvin Alex Poe
A) social justice
B) good will
A) compassion
B) destitute
- 39. Scrooge has a/an _______________ of wealth to share with the world.
A) individual
B) abundance
- 40. Which spirits haunt Scrooge?
A) Past, Present, Future
B) Marley, Past, Present, Future
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