English 5C, First Semester Final Exam
1)In “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka, the name of the main character is A) Klaus Fly B) Fritz Cat C) Gregor Samsa D) Gerhard Shell
2)A picture displayed in the main character’s room shows a woman whose chief characteristic is her A) face B) fur C) fang-like teeth D) white skin
3)The main character is convinced that his metamorphosis is all part of a A) dream B) viral infection C) plot by his boss D) curse by his family
4)Who comes to visit the hero as he struggles to fall out of bed? A) his girlfriend B) the chief clerk C) Truly Nolan D) a priest
5)After the hero accepts the fact that he is now a bug, he is determined to A) kill himself B) make the eight o’clock train C) escape unnoticed out the back door D) attack his parents
6)After the hero attempts to explain to all present why he is late for work, his father A) helps to pack his bags B) brings him dinner C) flees the room D) chases and then pushes him back into his room
7)Who feeds the hero? A) his father B) his mother C) his sister D) the serving woman
8)The only food that the hero is able to eat is A) warm milk B) rotten vegetables and cheese C) anything sweet D) spam
9)For the five years prior to the hero’s metamorphosis, his family had A) run the family business B) traveled in Europe C) done nothing D) suffered from tuberculosis
10)Who speaks the following lines: ”I think it would be best to keep his room exactly as it has always been, so that when he comes back to us he will find everything unchanged and be able all the more easily to forget what has happened in between.” A) his father B) his mother C) his sister D) the serving woman
11)The hero objects to the removal of which object, which reminds him of his connection to his human past? A) a set of drawers B) a picture of a woman C) a writing desk D) all of the above
12)The following sentence refers to:” Was he an animal, that music had such an effect upon him? He felt as if the way were opening before him to the unknown nourishment he craved.” A) the radio B) the music from the hospital C) the hero’s sister playing the violin D) the organ from the church
13)In order to make up for the loss of the hero’s income, his family must A) sell precious family heirlooms B) get jobs C) rent a room to lodgers D) all of the above
14)At the end of the story, the hero’s family A) is overwhelmed with grief at the hero’s death B) pleased by their future prospects C) evicted from their apartment D) arrested for keeping an animal within city limits
15)The statement, “he felt great pride in the fact that he had been able to provide such a life for his parents and sister in such a fine flat,” is an example of A) sarcasm B) naivete C) irony D) cynicism
16)In John Updike’s “Metamorphosis,” the main character, Anderson, is how old at the time of the story? A) 30 B) 40 C) 50 D) 60
17)Throughout the story, Dr. Kim is compared to what New York City landmark? A) Statue of Liberty B) BrooklynBridge C) East River D) RadioCity Rockettes
18)Anderson is obsessed with Dr. Kim’s A) voice B) physical touch C) eyes D) all of the above
19)At the time of his final operation, what is the season? A) fall B) winter C) spring D) summer
20)As with Kafka’s tale, the metamorphosis of the main character more clearly reveals his A) individualism B) happiness C) inability to change D) none of the above
21)In “The Closet” by Allegra Goodman, the setting for the story is A) Thailand B) Florida C) New Orleans D) Hawaii
22)Like the sister in Kafka’s “Metamorphosis,” Evelyn does what each night? A) plays the violin B) sews C) leaves food at the door D) all of the above
23)Like the hero’s father in Kafka’s tale, Evelyn’s husband wants to rid the house of A) dirt B) bugs C) lodgers D) none of the above
24)Like the hero in Kafka’s tale, Evelyn does not want to acknowledge that the house she has made the center of her life is A) the wrong color B) too small C) being sold D) falling apart
25)Evelyn is fired from her job because she A) yelled at her boss B) kept leaving early to catch her sister C) stole money D) ate meat
26)The closet becomes a metaphor for A) Evelyn’s house B) Evelyn’s memory C) Evelyn’s job D) all of the above
27)The only time the reader “sees” Lily in the story is when A) she comes out to visit with her social worker B) she plays the piano in the morning C) she comes out for a midnight snack D) she goes swimming at the ocean
28)According to Thomas Lux, the voice you hear when you read silently is A) the writer’s voice B) the narrator’s voice C) your truest voice D) the church lady
29)The author of the poem “Leda and the Swan,” which examines the union of Zeus and Leda was A) A.E. Houseman B) W.B. Yeats C) John Keats D) Homer
30)Christopher Marlowe, who famously asked “Was this the face that launched a thousand ships,” wrote the play A) Hamlet B) Dr. Faustus C) The Passionate Shepard D) All’s Well that Ends Well
31)John Keats published the poem “Ode on a Grecian Urn” in the year A) 1920 B) 1820 C) 1720 D) 1620
32)One of the themes suggested by the Grecian urn is A) live life to the fullest B) love the one you’re with C) anticipation is more pleasurable than consummation D) don’t ever give up
33)Keats’ theme from his Ode is A) “Beauty is truth, truth beauty” B) the longing for permanence in a world of change C) the timelessness of art D) all of the above
34)In the short story “Helen on Eighty-Sixth Street,” the young girl who originally wins the role of Helen is A) Helen B) Sally C) Vita D) Grammercy
35)The family cat who is occasionally quoted by Vita’s mother is A) Marlowe B) Keats C) Shakespeare D) Homer
36)The name of the family dog, who apparently is not quotable, is A) Jason B) Argus C) Cyclops D) Homer
37)Throughout the story, Vita’s father is compared to an A) eagle B) swallow C) swan D) mockingbird
38)In order to make her sacrifice to Athena, Vita burns A) a cup with a picture of the Parthenon B) a copy of The Odyssey C) her dog’s ashes D) her father’s letters
39)Which of these things does Vita pray for? A) to be Helen B) to have my father come back C) to have Old Farfel leave D) all of the above
40)At the end of story and play, when Vita hears the engulfing sound of swan’s wings, she says good-bye to her A) mother B) father C) innocence D) belief in the gods
41)In chapter 33 of Huck Finn, Huck says he is disappointed in Tom because Tom agrees to A) go to Sunday school B) steal Jim C) copy an essay D) go back to Widow Douglas
42)Tom, while pretending to be William Thompson, shocks Aunt Sally by A) swearing B) chewing tobacco C) kissing her on the mouth D) apologizing
43)Huck sees the king and duke one final time when they are A) performing the Nonesuch B) stealing his canoe C) being tarred and feathered D) at church
44)The liberation of Jim takes A) one week B) two weeks C) three weeks D) one year
45)When Huck, Jim, and Tom finally escape, the farmers chase them with A) pitchforks B) guns blazing C) the sheriff D) none of the above
46)When Jim gives up his freedom to save Tom, Huck A) is disgusted B) leaves without him C) cries D) says he knows he is white inside
47)Who saves Jim from a severe beating and possible hanging? A) Huck B) Aunt Sally C) Tom D) the doctor
48)Tom’s cruelest practical joke of the book is the fact that he knew A) that Jim was already free B) that Jim’s wife was dead C) that Jim had already been sold D) that Huck’s mother had already returned home to claim him
49)The dead body that Jim and Huck encountered early in the book was actually A) Widow Douglas B) Huck’s mother C) Huck’s father D) Mark Twain
50)When Huck learns that Aunt Sally plans to sivilize him, he pledges to A) join Tom’s gang B) go with Jim C) light out for the territory D) go to Walden Pond
51)The word “vita” means A) a small vitamin B) to live C) an inspirational biography of a saint D) to cause trouble
52)Who promised Paris the most beautiful woman in the world as a bribe? A) Hera B) Athena C) Aphrodite D) Zeus
53)Paris abducted Helen A) when he was a royal guest B) when her husband went to a funeral C) along with much wealth D) all of the above
54)The Greek fleet sailed under the leadership of Agememnon, whose brother was A) Actius B) Achilles C) Telephus D) Menelaus
55)Agememnon would not sail until he A) consulted the oracle of Athena B) sacrificed his daughter C) talked to Tiresias D) assembled the Trojan horse
56)Who told the Greeks how to find Troy after they became lost the first time and returned home? A) Actius B) Achilles C) Telephus D) Menelaus
57)Helenus, son of Priam, betrayed his father and told the Greeks that Troy would not fall unless: A) Achilles fought in the war B) the remains of Argus were brought to Troy C) the Palladium was stolen from Troy D) all of the above
58)Who was the one soldier the Greeks left behind to convince the Trojans to pull the horse into their city? A) Homer B) Sinon C) Argus D) Odysseus
59)The offspring of Zeus and Leda was A) Helenus B) Athena C) Klytamenstra D) Helen
60)Odysseus made the suitors of Helen swear an oath to A) defend the honor of Helen’s future husband B) avenge the murder of Menelaus C) return the wealth stolen by Paris D) all of the above
61)Dressed as a beggar, who stole the Palladium (the statue of Athena) from the city of Troy? A) Paris B) Odysseus C) Achilles D) Hector
62)Menelaus, when he arrived at Troy, intended to kill his wife; he A) killed her on the altar of Athena B) killed her when they returned home C) took her to Paris and killed her with French food D) forgave her
63)Legend suggests that Helen, at the moment before her death, A) was saved by her son Orestes B) was rescued by Paris C) disappeared into the sky and became the guardian spirit of sailors D) begged her husband for forgiveness
64)Hecuba, who was married to Priam, and bore many famous sons and daughters, was the queen of A) Ithaca B) Sparta C) deception D) sorrow
65)The son of Priam and Hecuba who was left on a mountainside to die of exposure was A) Oedipus B) Paris C) Helenus D) Debris
66)Who slew both Polites and Priam in plain sight of Hecuba? A) Paris B) Odysseus C) Pyrrhus D) Zeus
67)Who was cursed by Apollo to foretell the future but be believed by no one? A) Helen B) Helenus C) Cassandra D) Dementus
68)Who was murdered by Klytamenstra but later avenged by his son Orestes? A) Odysseus B) Menelaus C) Agememnon D) Paris
69)What is the greatest strength/weakness of Odysseus? A) sympathy/deception B) patience/pride C) sincerity/sensuality D) strength/anger
70)Telemachus, the son of Odysseus, was born A) on the day the Greeks defeated the Trojans B) on the day his father left for the war C) shortly before the outbreak of the Trojan War D) 20 years to the day before the start of the Trojan War
71)Odysseus proved his sanity and love for his son by A) refusing to take him to the Trojan War B) swerving to avoid him with his plow C) taking him to a Bruce Springsteenus concert D) making him king of Troy
72)The first to recognize the mighty Odysseus upon his return, after 20 years, to his home was A) Telemachus B) Penelope C) Eumaeus D) Argus
73)The name of the tribe that provided a flower which made the consumer lose all desire to return home and wish to remain in that country was the A) Jamaicans B) Lotus-eaters C) Rastafarians D) Mellowdians
74)The Parthenon contained an altar to Athena, where people could especially pray for A) devious wisdom B) a return home C) protection during wartime D) extravagant beauty
75)The swan’s song, received as a gift of prophecy from Apollo, was said to signify A) the birth of a child B) impending death C) victory in battle D) the arrival of Zeus
76)Christopher Marlowe, who at 29 had an eye for beautiful women and poetry, suffered his death wound A) in the heart B) from tuberculosis C) in the right eye D) at the battle of Hastings
77)In Macbeth, Shakespeare warns us that mortal man is A) a lighted fool B) a brief candle C) a poor player who struts and frets D) all of the above
78)In Hamlet, the hero believes that “the play’s the thing wherein I’ll catch” A) the keeper of the ring B) the conscience of the king C) the hummingbird, ever fluttering, by the wing D) the soul, full-throated, as she sings
79)John Keats, who at 26 had an eye for beautiful women and poetry, suffered his death wound A) in the heart B) from tuberculosis C) in the right eye D) at the battle of Hastings
80)Wanderlust means A) a strong desire to lose oneself B) a state of insanity C) to go astray morally D) a theme park in Las Vegas