English IV Semester ONE Final Study Guide

English IV Semester ONE Final Study Guide

Practice Test

Multiple Choice

Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

Vocabulary

DIRECTIONS Choose the word or group of words that means the same, or about the same, as the underlined word. Then mark the answer you have chosen.

SAMPLE A
Someone who is gallant is —
a. / stubborn
b. / brave
c. / foreign
d. / patient
ANS: B / OBJ: WFV 1.0

1. Ravenous means —

a. / hungry
b. / dark
c. / cowardly
d. / extravagant

2. Something that is austere is —

a. / amusing
b. / violent
c. / loud
d. / plain

3. Someone who is resolute is —

a. / corrupt
b. / talkative
c. / determined
d. / irresponsible

4. To tarry is to —

a. / insult
b. / delay
c. / follow
d. / command

5. Sullen means —

a. / dirty
b. / pale
c. / useless
d. / gloomy

6. To cleave is to —

a. / split
b. / absorb
c. / deprive
d. / extinguish

Vocabulary

DIRECTIONS Read each sentence in the box. Then choose the answer in which the underlined word is used in the same way. Mark the answer you have chosen.

SAMPLE B
The social and intellectual change that took place had its roots in the work of three men.
a. / I brought a change of clothes for the evening.
b. / Do you have change for a twenty-dollar bill?
c. / You’ll need to change trains at the next stop.
d. / The change in his attitude is commendable.
ANS: D / OBJ: WFV 1.0

7.

The environmental activists spread information about greenhouse gases.
a. / The eagle spread its wings and took to the sky.
b. / The villagers spread the news as quickly as possible.
c. / May I spread the payments out over a period of time?
d. / We watched as he spread butter and jam on the hot toast.

8.

The social and political forces of the time produced radical changes.
a. / I must resort to radical measures if I am to complete my work on time.
b. / Read the mathematical expression under the radical sign.
c. / Are you a radical, a moderate, or a conservative?
d. / The chemical reaction produces a free radical.

9.

His claims of innocence were ignored.
a. / The insurance claims have not been paid yet.
b. / Fund-raising claims much of my time and attention.
c. / We were outraged by her claims that we had wronged her.
d. / The miners staked their claims and began searching for gold.

10.

This testimony seems to contradict your account of what happened that evening.
a. / His account of recent events raised questions.
b. / I will take your explanation into account.
c. / That is a matter of small account.
d. / I can account for my actions.

Language Conventions: Punctuation

DIRECTIONS Read each sentence. Look at the underlined words in each one. There may be mistakes in punctuation. If you find a mistake, choose the answer that is the best way to write the underlined section of the sentence. If there is no mistake, choose Correct as is.

11. Paula, following her mother’s instructions put a frozen casserole in the oven for supper.

a. / Paula following her mother’s instructions put
b. / Paula following her mother’s instructions, put
c. / Paula, following her mother’s instructions, put
d. / Correct as is

12. Our treasury funds are low consequently we will have to spend wisely.

a. / low, consequently we
b. / low; consequently, we
c. / low consequently, we
d. / Correct as is

13. Mrs. Holloway made a severe pronouncement; “This does not represent acceptable work.”

a. / pronouncement: “This
b. / pronouncement . . . “This
c. / pronouncement “This
d. / Correct as is

14. To everybodys surprise, several guests baby pictures had been posted as decorations.

a. / everybodys’ surprise, several guest’s
b. / everybody’s surprise, several guests’
c. / everybody’s surprise, several guest’s
d. / Correct as is

15. Mr. Hernandez said, “Thomas, how would you interpret the proverb ‘A fool and his money are soon parted’?”

a. / “Thomas how would you interpret the proverb A fool and his money are soon parted?”
b. / “Thomas, how would you interpret the proverb “A fool and his money are soon parted”?
c. / “Thomas how would you interpret the proverb: A fool and his money are soon parted”.
d. / Correct as is

Writing

DIRECTIONS For her final paper in English class, Bianca must write a literary essay. The essay should analyze three works from the same literary period and show how they reflect the same literary trend.

Note: Citations to lines of the poem have not yet been added to the essay.

Here is a rough draft of Bianca’s essay. Use it to answer the questions that follow.

(1) At the end of the eighteenth century, the French Revolution sent powerful shock waves to England. (2) Many English writers of the time supported the democratic ideas that inspired the revolution. (3) In addition, some young poets set out to “revolutionize” English literature by exploring new themes and forms. (4) Among other things, these poets believed that nature and human thought were linked in important ways. (5) William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote lyric poems to show how contemplation of nature stimulates the creative imagination.
(6) In “Nutting,” a poem published in 1800, William Wordsworth illustrates how nature stimulates imagination. (7) In the poem, a boy goes to gather hazelnuts and finds a place that no one else has discovered. (8) Overjoyed by “[t]he banquet” of hazelnuts before him, he stands and contemplates the scene. (9) Then he sits and listens carefully to the nearby stream “Where fairy water-breaks do murmur on / For ever.” (10) Next, moving even closer to nature, he rests his head on a mossy stone. (11) Now he hears a “murmuring sound,” the voice of the forest. (12) When he finally gets up and breaks the trees’ branches to get the hazelnuts, he regrets having to damage them. (13) The experience has made him aware that “there is a spirit in the woods.”
(14) In “Mont Blanc,” published in 1817, Percy Bysshe Shelley describes a similar exchange between nature and imagination. (15) Gazing into a valley near the Swiss mountain called Mont Blanc, the poet experiences powerful feelings. (16) The feelings cause him “To muse on my own separate phantasy.” (17) His imagination begins to converse with valley, river, and mountain. (18) At the end of the poem, Shelley concludes that human imagination can learn from nature to create powerful feelings.
(19) In “Frost at Midnight,” published in 1798, Samuel Taylor Coleridge describes how his imagination is empowered by contemplating nature. (20) The scene is in a country cottage late at night. (21) Everyone has gone to bed except the speaker sits up watching icicles form at the window. (22) The silence gives rise to meditation. (23) Therefore, when the speaker sees a piece of ash fluttering in the fireplace, he is able to feel a connection with this “sole unquiet thing.” (24) His imagination “Gives it dim sympathies with me who live, / Making it a companionable form.” (25) He recalls an unhappy scene from his childhood in London. (26) The memory leads him to think about his son, sleeping nearby. (27) Because the poet understands the importance of nature, he feels happy that his son will grow up in the country. (28) There, nature will teach him “that eternal language” and empower his imagination.
(29) Just as the French Revolution caused lasting changes in politics and society, Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Shelley caused lasting changes in English poetry.

16. To get started on her essay, Bianca should first choose —

a. / her favorite writers
b. / a literary period
c. / well-known works
d. / a literary trend

17. While reading each work she has selected to analyze, Bianca should—

a. / consider its relationship to more recent literary periods
b. / remember the writer’s influence on society
c. / relate the work to the writer’s family background
d. / note evidence that illustrates the literary trend she has selected

18. Bianca should revise her first paragraph to include additional —

a. / discussion of her favorite poets
b. / details about the eighteenth century
c. / explanations of the English political system
d. / background information about the French Revolution

19. Which of these should Bianca add after sentence 3?

a. / Some even visited France in order to witness the events firsthand.
b. / The ruling class worried that the revolution would spread to England.
c. / This literary revolution became known as the Romantic Period.
d. / Edmund Burke was one writer who did not support the revolution.

20. Which sentence should Bianca add after sentence 9 to elaborate on her evidence?

a. / This line shows that he begins to imagine a magical quality in this place.
b. / Further, this could be a place where violets “re-appear / And fade, unseen by any human eye.”
c. / Then he sees “the sparkling foam” of the nearby stream.
d. / Such places hardly exist in our world anymore, and it is harder and harder to find them.

21. Which sentence provides the BEST evidence from the poem to support Bianca’s point in sentence 17?

a. / He describes waterfalls and the “vast river.”
b. / He observes that “All things that move and breathe with toil and sound / Are born and die.”
c. / As he watches, “In the lone glare of day, the snows descend.”
d. / He feels his mind “Holding an unremitting interchange / With the clear universe of things around.”

22. In sentence 21, the speaker sits up watching is BEST written —

a. / the speaker, who sits up watching
b. / the speaker sitting up watching
c. / the speaker, to sit up watching
d. / the speaker will sit up watching

23. Which paragraph should paragraph four follow to establish chronological order?

a. / 1
b. / 2
c. / 5
d. / Leave as is.

24. Bianca can BEST improve sentence 28 by —

a. / adding details from Coleridge’s childhood
b. / elaborating upon the meaning of “that eternal language”
c. / identifying the form of the poem
d. / including a summary of the life of Coleridge’s son

25. Which of these is the BEST conclusion to Bianca’s essay?

a. / There were many other writers and poets who had a lasting effect on English history.
b. / The Romantic poets had also been influenced by the events of the American Revolution.
c. / Through their lyric poems, the Romantic poets caused people to think differently about nature and imagination.

DIRECTIONS The following essay explains the development of Greek drama. Read the essay and then answer the questions that follow.

Greek Drama: Out of Ritual
by David Adams Leeming
You probably never thought of religious services as being forms of drama, but in ancient Greece they were. Greek drama grew out of religious rituals honoring Dionysos (di´•ni´ss), one of the Greek gods. During these old celebrations, worshipers would dance around the altar of Dionysos, singing hymns to the wild, passionate accompaniment of the flute.
At some point during the sixth century B.C., these Dionysian celebrations became an annual festival held in Athens at a large outdoor amphitheater. Eventually, the dancing choruses of worshipers began competing for prizes (a bull or a goat). Tradition has it that a man named Thespis transformed these hymns into songs that still honored Dionysus but also told the story of a famous hero or even another god. Then Thespis added another innovation: One chorus member would step away from the others to play the part of that hero or god. This actor wore a mask and entered into a dialogue with the chorus. Drama as we know it was born when the playwright Aeschylus (es´ki•ls) added a second individual actor to the performance, creating the possibility of conflict. (Thespis is immortalized in our word thespian, which refers to an actor or actress.)
By the end of the fifth century B.C., this annual festival, called the Dionysia, had become a four-day extravaganza. Public business was suspended; prisoners were released on bail. As many as fourteen thousand spectators gathered in the open-air Theater of Dionysus to watch as playwrights chosen by the city magistrates competed for prizes in tragedy and comedy. After an opening day of traditional choral hymns, three dramatists in each category presented their plays over the next three days. Each morning, one of the playwrights presented three tragedies . . . and that afternoon, another playwright presented a comedy. The tragedies, which had heroic characters and unhappy endings, were serious treatments of religious and mythic questions. . . . The comedies differed from the tragedies in having ordinary people as characters and happy endings.
* * *
In ancient Greece, religion and dramatic “entertainment” were closely related. To visualize a modern equivalent, imagine New York City’s Broadway theaters as the center of a four-day religious festival in which everyone in the city took part.

27. The author’s tone in this passage is BEST described as —

a. / condescending
b. / awed
c. / puzzled
d. / straightforward

28. The word thespian is derived from the name of —