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English 11 / Exam Review Guide

Section 1: Questions 1-7 test your knowledge of capitalization rules. Grammar workbook Unit 11.

  1. Review Capitalization of Proper Nouns, WB p. 235

Seasons

Titles—president

Historical documents

  1. Quotation marks for direct quotations, WB p. 271

Section 2: Questions 8-14 test your knowledge of comma usage rules. You will also need to brush up on the rules related to fragments and run-ons.

  1. Commas & Compound Sentences, WB p. 249
  2. Commas & Nonessential Elements, WB p. 253
  3. Commas & Introductory Phrases, WB p. 255
  4. Commas in a Series, WB p. 251
  5. Semicolons, WB p. 247 and 253

Section 3: Questions 15-21 test your knowledge of the Countee Cullen poems “Tableau” and “Incident.”

  1. Re-read the poems to refresh your memory.

“Tableau” is on p. 819 (Lit Book) and “Incident” is on p. 821

  1. What is the focus (theme) of “Incident”?
  2. Be familiar with the two metaphors used in “Tableau.” What do the metaphors represent?

Section 4: Questions 22-29 test your knowledge of the Langston Hughes poems “Harlem” and “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”

  1. Re-read the poems to refresh your memory.

“Harlem” is on p. 828 (Lit Book) and “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” is on p. 833

  1. What does the literary term “mood” mean? What is the mood of “Harlem”?
  2. What does the literary term “repetition” mean?
  3. What does the literary term “refrain” mean?
  4. Be able to identify the repetition and the refrains in “The Negro Speaks of Rivers.”

Section 5: Questions 30-57 test your knowledge of A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansbery.

  1. You should be able to identify the characters:
  • Beneatha
  • Ruth
  • Travis
  • Walter
  • Mama
  • Joseph Asagai
  • George Murchison
  • Karl Lindner
  • Bobo
  • Willy Harris
  1. In what city did the story happen?
  2. Where was the money coming from?
  3. What character is pregnant?
  4. After Walter loses the bulk of the insurance money, how does he try to replace it?
  5. Where does the title of the play come from?
  6. Which character changes the most in the play?
  7. What is the theme of the play?

Section 6: Questions 58-77 test your knowledge of Animal Farm by George Orwell.

  1. You should be able to identify the characters:
  • Old Major
  • Boxer
  • Mollie
  • Clover
  • Benjamin
  • Moses
  • Snowball
  • Squealer
  • Napoleon
  • Jessie
  1. What political philosophy governed Animal Farm?
  2. What song did Major teach the animals?
  3. What were the farm rules called?
  4. What was the first battle between humans and the animals?
  5. Which character was the scapegoat (problems were blamed on him)?
  6. At the end of the book, what is the name of the farm?
  7. Name at least 3 genres that Animal Farm could fall into.

Section 7: Questions 78-82 test your knowledge of grammar usage (Workbook Unit 10).

I took these test items from our Unit 10 test. To prepare for the exam, you should review your test.

Section 8: Questions 83-89 test your knowledge of “Speaking of Courage” by Tim O’Brien.

  1. What is the internal conflict in the story?
  2. What is the external conflict in the story?
  3. You should know the vocabulary words related to this story well enough that you could “plug them in” to a sentence. Here are the words:
  • Affluent
  • Tepid
  • Mesmerizing
  • Drone
  • Recede
  • Valor
  • Municipal
  • Profundity
  • Tactile

Section 9: Questions 90-100 test your knowledge of “Game” by Donald Barthelme.

  1. How do we know the two men are going crazy?
  2. What is the subject or theme of “Game”?
  3. What are the different connotations of the word “game”?
  4. How is the title ironic?
  5. You should be able to match the vocabulary words related to this story to their definitions.