English I, Pre-AP SEMESTER EXAM Study Guide December 2008 Mrs. Shettles
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____1.Which of the following is NOT among Aristotle’s rules for tragedy:
a. / Time / c. / Hamartiab. / Place / d. / Dialogue
____2.A character, action, or situation that is a prototype or pattern of human life which is generally a situation that occurs over and over again in literature is also known as a(n)______.
a. / protagonist / c. / hubrisb. / reversal / d. / archetype
____3.Diction is
a. / words or phrases a writer uses to represent persons, objects, actions, feelings, and ideas descriptively by appealing to the senses / c. / word choice intended to convey a certain effectb. / the atmosphere or predominant emotion / d. / the dictionary definition of a word
____4.Stylistic techiniques that convey meaning through sound
a. / synecdoche / c. / metaphorb. / simile / d. / sound devices
____5.People or animals who take part in the action of a literary work.
a. / Characters / c. / Personificationb. / Dialogue / d. / Hamartia
____6.Which of the following is a scene that interrupts the aciton of a work to show a previous event?
a. / Foreshadowing / c. / Plotb. / Mood / d. / Flashback
____7.A form of personification in which the absent or dead are apoken to as if present and the inanimate, as if animate.
a. / apostrophe / c. / toneb. / figures of speech / d. / simile
____8.A play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply diverse meanings
a. / pun / c. / sound devicesb. / synecdoche / d. / oxymoron
____9.The following is an example of which kind of figure of speech?
“Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.” (Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet)
a. / Synechdoche / c. / Oxymoronb. / Pun / d. / Paradox
____10.THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN
Which of the following did NOT occur when the main character was a prisoner of war?
a. / a guard kills Rabozzo / c. / the main character intrigues the guards with his juggling skillsb. / the prisoners are forced to work in a coal mine / d. / the prisoners were forced to walk thirty miles to the next camp
____11.Why did Eddie take the full time job at Ruby Pier?
a. / to look after his mother / c. / to help out his brotherb. / to keep his father’s position while he was sick / d. / Marguerite asked him to
____12.What literary term describes the following phrase, "Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it, hold it, dance with it."
a. / paradox / c. / personificationb. / alliteration / d. / simile
____13.Who is the pier amusement park named after?
a. / Eddie’s wife / c. / Emile’s wifeb. / Eddie’s daughter / d. / Emile’s daughter
____14.What is Ruby’s primary purpose in waiting for the main character in Heaven?
a. / to explain his father’s death / c. / to tell him about Mickey Sheab. / to explain his mother’s relationship with his father / d. / to guide him toward forgiving his father
____15.Why was the main character upset about the fire in the village where he had been a prisoner of war?
a. / he believed a child was inside one of the huts / c. / he hated the men who had killed his friendb. / his Captain was still inside the house / d. / he did not want revenge
____16.What happened to Ruby Pier after Eddie’s death?
a. / The owner sold the park. / c. / It reopened after a few days.b. / The park closed for good. / d. / They found out Eddie owned it.
____17.What are Eddie’s last words on Earth?
a. / “I forgive you, Dad.” / c. / “Get back!”b. / “It’s fixed.” / d. / “I love you, Marguerite.”
____18.Where does Eddie’s “one true love snapshot” occur?
a. / Looking at the amusement park from his window / c. / When Marguerite is saying goodbye to himb. / While he is drinking a lemon fizz / d. / Dancing with his mother at the band shell
____19.What happens to the main character as he moves through the stages of Heaven?
a. / he becomes physically weaker / c. / he is angry about the people he does not see in Heavenb. / he becomes frustrated with misunderstanding / d. / he is looking for his mother
____20.How does Eddie help his comrades escape captivity?
a. / Juggling / c. / Singingb. / Fighting / d. / Wrestling
____21.What were the main character’s final words before his death?
a. / “Look out!” / c. / “No!”b. / “Get back!” / d. / “Stop!”
____22.Who is NOT a person Eddie meets in Heaven?
a. / Blue Man / c. / Margueriteb. / Emile / d. / Ruby
____23.What represents heaven to the Blue Man?
a. / An amusement park / c. / A dinerb. / The sea / d. / The factory where he worked with his father
____24.Who is the second person Eddie meets in Heaven?
a. / The Blue Man / c. / Margueriteb. / Emile / d. / The captain
____25.How is Eddie injured during the escape?
a. / The enemy shoots him / c. / He is hurt in hand-to-hand combatb. / Eddie’s captain shoots him / d. / He steps on a land mine
____26.Who teaches Eddie the importance of forgiving?
a. / Ruby / c. / His motherb. / His father / d. / Captain
____27.What did Eddie never learn to do well as a soldier?
a. / To whistle through his teeth / c. / Become a prisonerb. / Take a prisoner / d. / Leave his friends behind
____28.Which best describes Eddie’s relationship with his father?
a. / They never make peace with one another / c. / They are best friendsb. / They don’t speak because Eddie’s father was abusive / d. / Eddie is not his biological son
____29.What made the Blue Man turn blue?
a. / He has thin blood / c. / He turned blue after receiving radiation treatmentsb. / He ingested silver nitrate / d. / He was born that way
____30.What happened to the girl Eddie tries to save his last day on Earth?
a. / Eddie saved her by covering her body with his own / c. / Tala saved herb. / She was crushed by cart number two / d. / Eddie saved her by pushing her to safety
____31.Which BEST describes why people meet five people in heaven?
a. / To help people atone for their sins / c. / To help people reunite with their favorite people from Earthb. / People come to understand what happened to them on Earth / d. / To help people understand their purpose in life and why things happened to them
____32.What killed Eddie?
a. / Cart #2 / c. / Old Ageb. / Shingles / d. / Arthritis
____33.Who is the last person that Eddie meets in heaven?
a. / He meets the girl from the amusement park / c. / He meets his wifeb. / He meets the girl he burned in the Philippines / d. / He meets his father
____34.LORD OF THE FLIES
Ralph is elected chief mainly because he possesses
a. / the conch / c. / knowledge of the island’s terrainb. / Piggy’s backing
____35.The “beast on the mountaintop” is actually a
a. / “snake thing” / c. / dead parachutistb. / pig’s head
____36.Accoring to the writing notes, suitable essay topics should do three things. Which of the following is NOT one of those three?
a. / Have an impact on the reader / c. / Be narrow enough to be treated with penetration in a reasonable lengthb. / Be interesting / d. / Be something the writer knows enough about.
____37.There are four broad purposes for writing. Which of the following is NOT one of those purposes?
a. / To share feelings, ideas, and/or experiences with the reader. / c. / To entertain the readerb. / To inform the reader of something / d. / To report on current events
____38.Which of the following IS the definiton of a writing topic?
a. / A broad area you decide that you want to write about. / c. / The background of a subject.b. / The narrow territory within a subject area that you stake out as a specific focus for your writing. / d. / Something that you decided that you want to write about.
____39.Jack’s triumph in capturing his first kill is marred by his
a. / regret that Ralph did not accompany them / c. / being wounded by the animalb. / letting the signal fire go out
____40.According to our class notes, which of the following is NOT one of the three things that you should remember before you begin writing.
a. / Writers think about their topics all of the time. / c. / Writers read. The more you read, the better you will write.b. / Writers write. Most do so everyday. / d. / Writing takes practice!
Matching
a. / EPHEMERAL / f. / PALLIATEb. / INCHOATE / g. / SORDID
c. / IRRESOLUTE / h. / STOICAL
d. / MITIGATE / i. / TRANSIENT
e. / NOISOME / j. / VORACIOUS
____41.1. just begun; in an initial or early stage of development; incipient. 2. not yet fully formed; undeveloped, incomplete
____42.lasting only a very short time; transitory
____43.1. to make less intense or severe 2. to moderate the force or intensity of, soften; diminish, alleviate
____44.seemingly unaffected by pleasure or pain; indifferent; impassive
____45.lasting only a very short time; fleeting, transitory, brief.
____46.1. offensive, foul, especially in odor; putrid. 2. harmful, noxious
____47.1. dirty, wretched, squalid. 2. morally degraded
____48.excessively greedy, rapacious; having a great appetite for something, devouring greedily
____49.feeling or showing uncertainty; hesitant, indecisive
____50.1. to make something less intense or severe; mitigate, alleviate; to gloss over, put a positive spin on. 2. to provide relief from pain
a. / ABSCOND / f. / PECCADILLOb. / BILK / g. / PURLOIN
c. / CHASTISE / h. / RECIDIVISM
d. / ENORMITY / i. / REPRIEVE
e. / MALFEASANCE / j. / TURPITUDE
____51.deserving rebuke or censure
____52.a court of justice
____53.1. an absolving or clearing from blame or guilt
2. a formal declaration of forgiveness; redemption
____54.to free from blame, to clear from a charge of guilt
____55.a villain, criminal; evil person
____56.disobedient, unruly; refusing to obey authority
____57.easily bribed or corrupted; unprincipled
____58.the deliberate willful giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony
while under oath
____59.a secret agreement between two or more people for a deceitful or
fraudulent purpose; conspiracy
____60.to inflict a severe punishment on; to chastise severely
CHARACTER IDENTIFICATION- Choose the character that is described by each quotation. Not all of the characters will be used, and some may be used more than once.
a. / Roger / e. / Simonb. / Piggy / f. / Jack
c. / Johnny / g. / Lord of the Flies
d. / Ralph / h. / parachutist
____61.“...a boy of perhaps six years, sturdy and fair, his clothes torn, his face covered with a sticky mess of fruit.”
____62.“The water rose farther and dressed [his] coarse hair with brightness. The line of his cheek silvered and the turn of his shoulders became sculptured marble. The strange attendant creatures, with their fiery eyes and trailing vapors, busied themselves round his head.”
____63.“The hangman’s horror clung around him.”
____64.“He sighed....Then, with the martyred expression of a parent who has to keep up with the senseless ebullience of the children, he picked up the conch, turned toward the forest, and began to pick his way over the tumbled scar.”
____65.“But there was a stillness about [him] as he sat that marked him out: there was his size, and attractive appearance; and most obscurely, yet most powerfully, there was the conch.”
____66.“A thing was crawling out of the forest. It came darkly, uncertainly. The shrill screaming that rose before the beast was like a pain. The beast stumbled into the horseshoe.”
____67.“The tears began to flow and sobs shook him....[he] wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise, friend....”
____68.“[His] arm was conditioned by a civilization that knew nothing of him and was in ruins.”
____69.“...for a minute became less a hunter than a furtive thing, apelike among he tangle of trees....He passed like a shadow under the darkness of the tree and crouched, looking down at the trodden ground at his feet.”
____70.“...something like a great ape was sitting asleep with its head between its knees....and the creature lifted its head, holding toward them the ruin of a face.”
English I, Pre-AP SEMESTER EXAM Study Guide December 2008 Mrs. Shettles
Answer Section
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1.ANS:D
2.ANS:D
3.ANS:C
4.ANS:D
5.ANS:A
6.ANS:D
7.ANS:A
8.ANS:A
9.ANS:B
10.ANS:D
11.ANS:A
12.ANS:C
13.ANS:C
14.ANS:D
15.ANS:A
16.ANS:C
17.ANS:C
18.ANS:C
19.ANS:A
20.ANS:A
21.ANS:B
22.ANS:B
23.ANS:A
24.ANS:D
25.ANS:B
26.ANS:A
27.ANS:C
28.ANS:B
29.ANS:B
30.ANS:D
31.ANS:D
32.ANS:A
33.ANS:A
34.ANS:A
35.ANS:C
36.ANS:B
37.ANS:D
38.ANS:B
39.ANS:B
40.ANS:A
MATCHING
41.ANS:B
42.ANS:A
43.ANS:D
44.ANS:H
45.ANS:I
46.ANS:E
47.ANS:G
48.ANS:J
49.ANS:C
50.ANS:F
51.ANS:H
52.ANS:I
53.ANS:A
54.ANS:D
55.ANS:E
56.ANS:G
57.ANS:J
58.ANS:F
59.ANS:C
60.ANS:B
61.ANS:C
62.ANS:E
63.ANS:A
64.ANS:B
65.ANS:D
66.ANS:E
67.ANS:D
68.ANS:A
69.ANS:F
70.ANS:H