Unit 4 Final Study Guide

Civil Peace

100

Which of the following sentences best states a major theme of “Civil Peace”?

Problems can be solved if people take action.

200

How does the difference between the thieves’ method of survival and Jonathan Iwegbu’s method of survival illustrate a major theme of “Civil Peace”?

The thieves survive by stealing, but Jonathan survives by letting money go and accepting his fate.

300

The compound noun sandpaper combines the nouns sand and paper. What meaning does sandpaper suggest in the following sentence? Use your knowledge of the meaning of the combined words and the context in answering. 

Adam was so frightened that his throat felt like sandpaper.

a rough feeling

400

What main effect does the author achieve by using dialect in “Civil Peace”?

The use of dialect adds realism by showing readers the way that many Nigerians spoke in that time and place.

500

In “Civil Peace,” what effect does the author achieve by having the thief speak in dialect while Jonathan speaks more standard English?

The difference in speech shows that the thief is probably less educated than Jonathan.

The Necklace

100

What is the most likely meaning of refinement as it is used in this sentence? Use context clues to help you.

His refinement was obvious when he stood to open the door and help the elderly woman find her seat in the dining room.

politeness and good manners

200

Which of the following events from "The Necklace" best illustrates situational irony? Choose two options.

By trying to look rich enough to own a diamond necklace, Madame Loisel winds up poorer than she was before.

Madame Loisel, who dislikes hard work, must sacrifice her best years working to replace the lost necklace.

300

Which event demonstrates the surprise ending in “The Necklace”?

Madame Forestier tells Madame Loisel that the necklace that had been lost was a fake that was worth very little.

400

In “The Necklace,” what is the main effect of irony on the reader?

It causes the reader to feel sympathy for the harsh life Madame Loisel unnecessarily led.

500

What is the meaning of the Latin root -splend-?

brilliant or radiant

Unit 4 Poetry Collection

100

If a man stares at the display in a shop’s window with avarice, which of the following statements is most likely to be true? Base your answer on the meaning of avarice.

He very much wants what he sees in the display.

200

In which of the following lines from “Avarice” is the third-person point of view most clear? 

• A. She'd weigh a peach in her hands
• B. In the spidery crawlspace
• C. At least twelve times a day
• D. She counts eight engagement rings
• E. Junebugs pinned to a sheet of cork

A & D: She'd weigh a peach in her hands, She counts eight engagement rings

300

Read the following excerpt from “The Good Life.”

           [I]t makes me nostalgic
           For the years I lived on coffee and bread,
           Hungry all the time, walking to work on payday
           Like a woman journeying for water

Which point of view does this excerpt illustrate?

first-person

400

The underlined words in the following sentences share the same denotation: “difference of opinion.” Which underlined word has the least negative connotation? Base your answer on context as well as on your knowledge of words. 

• A. The shopkeeper and her suppliers were in a longstanding battle over delivery times.
• B. Kimra clearly and logically stated her disagreement with the author's position.
• C. The clash between candidates came to an unpleasant head during the debate.
• D. After their angry quarrel last week, neither girl would text an apology.

Kimra clearly and logically stated her disagreement with the author's position.

500

Which of the following is the strongest example of alliteration? 

• 
  A. (from "Avarice") At sixteen, / She gazed at her little brother's / Junebugs….
• B. (from "The Good Life") [I]t makes me nostalgic / For the years I lived on coffee and bread.…
• C. (from "Money") … anything that needs fixing or carrying or any yard work he can do.
• D. (from "Money") … a glassy-eyed heavy girl who almost seems asleep as she stands outside their door.…

(from "Money") … a glassy-eyed heavy girl who almost seems asleep as she stands outside their door.…

King Midas

100

What would an obdurate person be most likely to do?

fail to adapt to new circumstances

200

What sort of stanza is the following, which appears in the selection from “King Midas”?

            I praise the bird, the river, and the tree.
            If I were deaf or dumb, I could not see
            Imagination is the heart of me.

a tercet

300

In the selection from “King Midas,” “The King’s Speech” consists of eight-line stanzas. Which of the following terms identifies a stanza of that length?

octave

400

Which of these pairs of end rhymes in the selection from “King Midas” is an example of slant rhyme? 

• A. sold / gold
• B. by / I
• C. mourn / born
• D. gone / then

gone / then

500

What is the meaning of the Latin root -dur-?

strong and lasting

The Good Touch

100

Which sentence from "The Golden Touch" provides the best example of exposition? 

• A. This King Midas was fonder of gold than of anything else in the world. He valued his royal crown chiefly because it was composed of that precious metal.
• B. All this while, it was only the gray of the morning, with but a streak of brightness along the edge of the sky, where Midas could not see it.
• C. When Midas heard her sobs, he determined to put little Marygold into better spirits, by an agreeable surprise; so, leaning across the table, he touched his daughter's bowl …, and transmuted it to gleaming gold.
• D. Her father did not think it necessary to tell his beloved child how very foolish he had been, but contented himself with showing how much wiser he had now grown.

This King Midas was fonder of gold than of anything else in the world. He valued his royal crown chiefly because it was composed of that precious metal.

200

Which excerpt from "The Golden Touch" best illustrates the conflict? 

• A. Then, with a sweet and sorrowful impulse to comfort him, she started from her chair, and running to Midas, threw her arms affectionately about his knees.
• B. It would be too sad a story, if I were to tell you how Midas, in the fullness of his gratified desires, began to wring his hands and bemoan himself; and how he could neither bear to look at Marygold, nor yet to look away….
• C. But that water … was more precious to Midas than an ocean full of molten gold could have been. The first thing he did, as you need hardly be told, was to sprinkle it by handfuls over the golden figure of little Marygold.
• D. When King Midas had grown quite an old man, and used to trot Marygold's children on his knee, he was fond of telling them this marvelous story, pretty much as I have now told it to you.

It would be too sad a story, if I were to tell you how Midas, in the fullness of his gratified desires, began to wring his hands and bemoan himself; and how he could neither bear to look at Marygold, nor yet to look away….

300

Which portion of the story makes up the rising action in "The Golden Touch"?

the events after Midas gets his wish and before his daughter embraces him

400

Which of the following is the noun clause in this sentence?

My cousin Evan's most passionate hope is that it will snow.

How does the clause identified in Part A function in the sentence?

that it will snow, as a subject complement 

500

Which is the dependent clause in this sentence?

What you see is a replica of a building in ancient Greece.

What you see