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A Modest Proposal
Poetry
The Lady of Shalott
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Things Fall Apart
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The English Aristocracy
Who is the audience Swift wrote "A Modest Proposal" for?
100
"The World is Too Much with Us" the sea
What is the major element being personified in this poem?
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the sight of Sir Lancelot
What is the reason the Lady of Shalott leaves the island?
100
no reason that is explained in the poem
Why does the Mariner shoot the Albatross?
100
a new form of government and the church
What are the two contributions made by the White men to the native culture?
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to satarize English policy in Ireland
What is the reason Swift wrote "A Modest Proposal"?
200
"When I Have Fears" his lover
Who is the speaker addressing in this poem?
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They hear her singing.
How are the reapers aware of the presence of the Lady of Shalott?
200
angels
What stands above the corpses of the dead crew?
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Out of fear, the people killed the first white man and in retalliation, more white men came and slaughtered the village people in the market place.
What was the ultimate result of the Oracle's prediction that the white men would destroy the village of Abame?
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It would lessen the number of people in the kingdom.
What is the one objection to Swift's proposal?
300
"Sonnet 43" Her love will never die.
What does the speaker conclude at the end of Sonnet 43?
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It is the real, outside world.
What is the description of Camelot?
300
playing dice
What are Death and Nightmare Life-In-Death doing when the ghost ship appears to the Mariner and his crew?
300
The land they gave to the missionaries was considered evil and would destroy the missionaries.
What is the reason the village leaders give the land to the missionaries to build their church?
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His child is too old to be sold, and his wife is too old to have more children.
What is the reason the narrator gives for not having a personal motive behind the proposal?
400
"Ozymandias" Power, no matter how tightly held, is fleeting and unlasting.
What is the theme of the poem?
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floating down the river in a boat
The Lady of Shalott dies while doing what?
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He feels it was a hellish thing to do.
How does the Mariner feel about shooting the Albatross?
400
"Living fire begets cold, impotent ash."
What is the quote used to show Okonkwo's disgust of Nwoye's joinging the Christian faith and abandonment of the village traditions?
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an economic planner acting for the benefit of England
What is the persona the narrator takes in "A Modest Proposal"?
500
"Destruction of Sennacherib" God
Who is inferred to have defeated the Assyrians?
500
Literary Devices Example "Willows whiten, aspens quiver"
What is alliteration?
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He must continually tell his tale.
What is the curse for the ancient Mariner for killing the Albatross?
500
He wanted a son just like him.
What is Okonkwo's greatest wish before his exile?