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ENGH044059: Unit 1 Evaluation
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Twelfth Grade English 2: Modern British
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Unit 1 Evaluation
Part A: Multiple-Choice
Choose the answer that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. According to the “Introduction to Frankenstein,” what were Shelley, her husband, Byron, and Polidori doing during
the summer they wrote the ghost stories?
a. They were living in different countries.
b. They were on a summer vacation.
c. They were mourning the loss of a friend.
d. They were working in London.
2. What were Percy Bysshe Shelley and Lord Byron talking about that gave Mary Shelley the original idea for
Frankenstein, according to the “Introduction to Frankenstein”?
a. how it can be proved that ghosts really exist
b. if death can really be passed on with a kiss
c. the consequences of peeping through a keyhole
d. whether life could be created by people
3. Read the following quote and determine what it suggests about Mary Shelley’s feelings toward her husband:
“Shelley, more apt to embody ideas and sentiments in the radiance of brilliant imagery, and in the music of the most
melodious verse that adorns our language . . . commenced one founded on the experiences of his early life.”
a. She admires his poetry.
b. She thinks he should stick to poetry.
c. She resents his success as a poet.
d. She thinks he might excel at prose.
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4. Read the following quote and determine what it suggests about Percy Shelley and Byron’s attitudes toward their
attempts to write ghost stories: “The illustrious poets also, annoyed by the platitude of prose, speedily relinquished
their uncongenial task.”
a. They thought their stories were good and only needed more work.
b. They enjoyed the challenge of writing in prose.
c. They thought prose was an inferior way of expressing ideas.
d. They thought writing in prose was too difficult for them to try.
5. What characteristic of the Romantic movement did Shelley try to achieve in Frankenstein, according to the
“Introduction to Frankenstein”?
a. to evoke intense, vivid feelings
b. to explain mysterious events through logic
c. to use everyday language and realistic settings
d. to emphasize the power of reason
6. Which sentence best describes Wordsworth’s response to nature when he had visited the abbey five years earlier,
as expressed in “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”?
a. Nature was a passion and intense love.
b. Nature was less appealing than city life.
c. Nature was not interesting to him.
d. Nature was a cold and threatening place.
7. What is the main theme of “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey”?
a. the glories and triumphs of youth
b. the power of nature to renew the spirit
c. the rewards of the imagination
d. the strength of humans
8. Which characteristic of “Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey” shows that it is a Romantic poem?
a. the outdoor, natural setting
b. the speaker’s emphasis on the importance of the individual
c. the use of the narrative format
d. the description of the speaker’s emotional response to nature
9. What is the meaning of the title of the poem “The World Is Too Much With Us”?
a. The world is a vast place that we must each face alone.
b. Living is a great trial that can be overwhelming.
c. Our lives are too short, and we do not accomplish much.
d. We spend too much time working for material things.
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10. What does the speaker in “London, 1802” mean by saying that England is in need of Milton?
a. England needs manners, freedom, and power.
b. English poetry has become shocking in its graphic portrayal of life.
c. The French Revolution has failed to bring freedom.
d. England needs someone to write an epic.
11. How does the cliché of “creating a monster” relate to Frankenstein?
a. Dr. Frankenstein betrayed his creation.
b. Dr. Frankenstein could not admit his mistakes.
c. Dr. Frankenstein caused a situation that destroyed him.
d. Dr. Frankenstein sacrificed himself for a greater good.
12. To which type of modern writing does Frankenstein compare most closely?
a. realistic novel
b. science fiction
c. romance novel
d. historical novel
13. With whom did Wordsworth visit Tintern Abbey?
a. his wife
b. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
c. his sister Dorothy
d. Robert Southey
14. Which choice best states the theme of the excerpt from Wordsworth’s The Prelude?
a. “But to be young was very Heaven!”
b. “But in the very world . . . the place where . . . / We find our happiness . . .”
c. “I lost / All feeling of conviction . . .”
d. “They who had fed their childhood upon dreams, / The play-fellows of fancy . . .”
15. What does the ancient mariner in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner do that brings the curse on him?
a. He refuses to help his shipmates.
b. He sails into a forbidden part of the ocean.
c. He kills the albatross.
d. He interrupts the marriage ceremony.
16. Which phrase from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner contains alliteration?
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a. “And some in dreams . . .”
b. “The western wave was . . . “
c. “Had I from old . . . ”
d. “A spring of love gushed . . . ”
17. In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, why does only the ancient mariner survive among the crew?
a. He clings to life because he knows supernatural powers will save the ship.
b. By killing the albatross, the ancient mariner gained supernatural strength to live.
c. He is the least guilty of them all for the death of the albatross.
d. As punishment for killing the albatross, he is condemned to live to tell the tale.
18. What is one of the central ideas of “Kubla Khan”?
a. the power of the Chinese empire
b. the vastness of the imagination
c. life in the country
d. the importance of rivers in poetry
19. At the end of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, why does the ancient mariner travel from land to land?
a. He is trying to find work on sailing ships.
b. He is looking for his comrades from the ship.
c. He travels about to tell his tale.
d. He must seek out wedding guests.
20. Which of the following is a central theme of “She Walks in Beauty”?
a. goodness
b. sorrow
c. love
d. bitterness
21. Determine which question is answered by the following quote from “She Walks in Beauty:” “She walks in beauty,
like the night / Of cloudless climes and starry skies.”
a. Which woman is the subject of the poem?
b. Where is the woman going?
c. Why is the woman so admired by the speaker?
d. To what does the speaker compare the woman?
22. Which line from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage best answers this question: How does the speaker feel about nature?
a. “Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean—roll!”
b. “Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee . . . ”
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c. “I love not man the less, but nature more . . . ”
d. “What I can ne’er express, yet cannot all conceal.”
23. What does the speaker in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage say about civilizations?
a. They create great works of art.
b. They do not last over time.
c. They have a lasting effect on the world.
d. They have changed the ocean.
24. Determine what the speaker means in this line from Don Juan: “. . . I Have squandered my whole summer while
‘twas May.”
a. He refuses to accept the passage of time.
b. He believes that time stands still for young people.
c. He lived a wild life when he was very young.
d. He wasted his time all summer.
25. How does the ancient mariner get home in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
a. A wind comes up, and the crew is able to sail home at last.
b. A supernatural force propels the ship home to its harbor.
c. The second ship appears and begins to take the mariner home.
d. The ship never reaches home but sinks in a powerful storm.
26. What is the tone of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
a. horror and awe
b. fondness for a memory
c. humor about one’s faults
d. relief and hope
27. What is the main idea of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage?
a. People have built many civilizations.
b. The ocean is unchanged by human activities.
c. People use the ocean during war.
d. Every generation finds reasons to fight wars.
28. Which words best describe the speaker in Don Juan?
a. serious and despairing
b. bold and aggressive
c. considerate and understanding
d. amusing and thoughtful
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29. What is the main idea of “Ozymandias”?
a. Power and fame are short-lived.
b. The desert is vast and lonely.
c. Ozymandias was a great king.
d. Travelers see and know many things.
30. Determine the meaning of these lines from “Ode to the West Wind:” “I fall upon the thorns of life . . . A heavy
weight of hours has chained and bowed / One too like thee: tameless, and swift, and proud.”
a. It is late in the day, and the wind dies down.
b. Even people who are like the West Wind get tired at times.
c. I was once young, strong, and proud, but I’ve aged.
d. We are like the wind and cannot be tied down.
31. Which image from “Ode to the West Wind” best expresses the speaker’s hopes?
a. “And saw in sleep old palaces and towers . . .”
b. “know / Thy voice, and suddenly grow gray with fear . . . ”
c. “I fall upon the thorns of life! I bleed!”
d. “Make me thy lyre, even as the forest is . . . ”
32. How is the image of the wind in “Ode to the West Wind” like the image of the skylark in “To a Skylark”?
a. Both are cold and threatening.
b. Both are always moving.
c. Both are cheerful.
d. Both suggest endings.
33. In “To a Skylark,” what does the speaker say is the skylark’s greatest quality?
a. the purity of its joy
b. the intensity of its feelings
c. the speed of its flight
d. the loudness of its song
34. In the first line of “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer,” the speaker says, “Much have I traveled in the
realms of gold.” What are the “realms of gold”?
a. classic literature of ancient Greece
b. homes of wealthy English nobles
c. history of previous civilizations
d. lands of the old world
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35. Determine what the speaker means in these lines from “On First Looking into Chapman’s Homer:” “Oft of one
wide expanse had I been told / That deep-browed Homer rules as his demesne [realm]; / Yet did I never breathe its
pure serene [clear air] / Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold.”
a. I could not find the region ruled by Homer without directions from Chapman.
b. I never truly appreciated Homer’s work until I read Chapman’s translation.
c. I looked all over for an island ruled by Homer and found it with Chapman’s help.
d. Homer’s island has pure air, and only Chapman knows where it is.
36. Determine the main idea of this line from “When I Have Fears:” “When I have fears that I may cease to be /
Before my pen has gleaned my teeming brain.”
a. I am afraid that I will die before I have been able to write everything I want.
b. I am afraid that I will die before I have learned to be a skilled writer.
c. I am afraid that my brain has too many ideas to ever put down on paper.
d. I am afraid that I do not have the skill to create great art.
37. Determine the best paraphrase of these lines from “Ode to a Nightingale:” “. . . forget / What thou among the
leaves hast never known, / The weariness, the fever, and the fret / Here, where men sit and hear each other groan.”
a. Forget all your weariness, fevers, and worries and listen to the groans of people.
b. Forget the weariness, fevers, and worries of humans you have never known.
c. Do not let your weariness, fevers, and worries overpower your joys.
d. Relax among the trees and hear how people complain about their lives.
38. To whom are the opening lines of “Ode On a Grecian Urn” addressed?
a. Neoclassical poets
b. Romantic poets
c. people from a future time
d. the frieze on the urn
39. How is human joy different from the skylark’s joy in “To a Skylark”?
a. A skylark’s joy is based on unlimited freedom.
b. A skylark has joy only when flying.
c. Human joy is always touched by sorrow.
d. Human joy is not heard by others.
40. Determine the main idea of these lines from “Ode On a Grecian Urn:” “And, little town, thy streets forevermore /
Will silent be; and not a soul to tell / Why thou art desolate, can e’er return.”
a. The people from the town have lost their souls, leaving the people anxious.
b. The streets are empty and silent today, and no one is there to notice.
c. The streets of the town have been deserted by the townspeople.
d. The town will always be empty and no one will ever return to explain why.
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41. In The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, how does the Mariner know that he has become a better person?
a. He loses his fear of the sea snakes.
b. He loses his fear of the stagnant green waters.
c. A baby albatross sits on his shoulder.
d. The dead albatross falls away from the Mariner’s neck.
42. What is a “Byronic hero”?
a. a main character who is unconventional and has human faults and weaknesses
b. a main character who is too perfect to be human
c. a character who is supposed to set an example for readers
d. a character who has many noble qualities but never wins due to a tragic flaw
43. What aspect of Don Juan is Romantic?
a. the emphasis on individual thoughts and feelings
b. mocking the customs of one’s own time
c. the moral message in the work
d. Don Juan’s disregard for traditional morality
44. Why was Romantic poetry considered revolutionary?
a. Romantic poetry concentrated on individual feelings.
b. Romantic poetry imitated classical art.
c. Romantic poetry viewed individual feelings as unimportant.
d. Romantic poetry used lofty, difficult language for its time.
45. Don Juan is a(n)
a. short poem.
b. epic.
c. mock epic.
d. legend.
46. What scene does Percy Shelley describe in “Ozymandius”?
a. a magnificent castle
b. two stone legs sticking up out of the sand
c. a statue of a horse
d. an army
47. In “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” the persona believes that
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a. art can never depict real life.
b. art is an ideal people should imitate.
c. art and life are connected by the truth of beauty.
d. art provides a way to measure how well people follow an ideal.
48. Why is the Mariner the only crew member to survive the voyage in The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?
a. He accepts responsibility for the bird’s death.
b. He blames the bird’s death on the other sailors.
c. He kills a sea monster.
d. He steers the ship through a terrible storm.
49. According to legend, how was “Kubla Khan” written?
a. It was inspired by a conversation about history between friends.
b. It was dreamed after Coleridge imbibed opium.
c. It was inspired by a vision in a graveyard.
d. It was inspired by lines found in the pages of an old history book.
50. Much of John Keats’s work was inspired by
a. dreams that he had while staying in a sanitarium.
b. trips taken with his sister.
c. death and illness in his own family.
d. reading the works of ancient authors.
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