10th Grade English –Bradbury Quiz #1 (pg.1-18)
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I. Vocabulary Development (5 Questions – 1 point each)
A. Words in Context – Context Clues
Directions: Choose the word or phrase that BEST explains the meaning of the underlined word or phrase.
1. Prior to the game, the team warmed up well.
a. after
b. before
c. in the middle
d. instead
2. The candle provided illumination to the room.
a. heat
b. wax
c. fire
d. light
3. His father’s ashes rested above the hearth.
a. the area by the fireplace
b. table
c. the kitchen counter
d. staircase
4. The woman’s accent was delightfully exotic.
a. annoying
b. confusing
c. unusual and different
d. hard to understand
5. Their obligation to their children surpasses all roles.
a. love
b. responsibility
c. relationship
d. money
II. Reading Comprehension & Literary Analysis
A. Multiple Choice (7 Questions- 1 point each)
Directions: Carefully read the questions below, then choose the BEST answer for each question. You may return to the text as often as necessary.
1. What traits does Montag find odd about Clarisse?
a. She is not odd, she is just like everyone else
b. She has ideas, and likes to talk about them
c. She is rude and angry.
d. She is quiet and polite.
2. Montag’s conversation with Clarisse made him realize:
a. He smells like Kerosene
b. Mildred tried to commit suicide
c. He really is unhappy
d. There is a war going on
3. When Montag gets home he finds out:
a. There are two men in his house
b. Clarisse has followed him inside
c. He is getting fired
d. His wife Mildred has overdosed on sleeping pills
4. What type of figurative language is the following-“One of them slid down into your stomach like a black cobra…”
a. Personification
b. Simile
c. Hyperbole
d. Rhyme
5. From which point-of-view is the novel written?
a. 1st Person
b. 2nd Person
c. 3rd person
d. a and b
6. How would you describe the voice and tone of the narrator?
a. Descriptive, flowing and serious
b. Light-hearted and humorous
c. Easy-going and natural
d. Academic, Standard English
7. What is it about the two “handymen” that bothers Montag the most?
a. They are not doctors, and he is worried they are not qualified
b. They are rude and they get in a heated argument
c. They leave quickly and might have done a bad job
- They are strangers who see suicide so often it doesn’t bother them
B. Short Answer (1 Question- 3 points)
Directions: Carefully read the question below and answer it in a full paragraph.
1. Bradbury has his own unique style of writing: “And in her ears the little Seashells, the thimble radios tamped tight, and an electronic ocean of sound, of music and talk and music and talk coming in, coming in on the shore of her unsleeping mind…Every night the waves came in and bore her off on their great tides of sound, floating her, wide-eyed, toward morning” (p.12). Explain how this quote is a perfect example of the different aspects of Bradbury’s style of writing. What different devices does he use to create a credible text?
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