End Of Semester Test English 12B
Practice Test Questions and Answers
1.What is the overall message of this poem?
Answer B.
Every creature on earth is at the mercy of some higher being.
2."In which the burthen of the mystery, / In which the heavy and the
weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, / Is lightened"
(from "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth)
"Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur, other gifts / Have followed; for such loss, I
would believe, / Abundant recompence"
(from "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth)
"Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!"
(from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
"nor yet beside the rill,
Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he;"
(from "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray)
"Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountain and the caves."
(from "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Answer meaning, weight, or signifi- cance
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, reward
a silly or foolish
person a small
stream
the rhythm of a piece of poetry or music
3.What theme is emphasized in this excerpt from "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
by John Keats?
Answer B.
Unfulfilled desires and dreams seem sweeter.
4.Which line of this excerpt from "Ozymandias" by Percy Shelley reflects
the theme that art alone can last forever?
Answer Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things
5.Which quote from Frankenstein brings out the theme of revenge in
the novel?
Answer B.
"I may die, but first you, my tyrant and tormentor, shall curse the sun
that gazes on your misery. Beware, for I am fearless and therefore
powerful."
6.Which three parts of this excerpt from Frankenstein show that the
creature is innocent and helpless like a newborn child when it first appears
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Practice Test Questions and Answers
1.What is the overall message of this poem?
Answer B.
Every creature on earth is at the mercy of some higher being.
2."In which the burthen of the mystery, / In which the heavy and the
weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, / Is lightened"
(from "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth)
"Faint I, nor mourn nor murmur, other gifts / Have followed; for such loss, I
would believe, / Abundant recompence"
(from "Tintern Abbey" by William Wordsworth)
"Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!"
(from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
"nor yet beside the rill,
Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he;"
(from "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" by Thomas Gray)
"Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountain and the caves."
(from "Kubla Khan" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
Answer meaning, weight, or signifi- cance
1/
9
, reward
a silly or foolish
person a small
stream
the rhythm of a piece of poetry or music
3.What theme is emphasized in this excerpt from "Ode on a Grecian Urn"
by John Keats?
Answer B.
Unfulfilled desires and dreams seem sweeter.
4.Which line of this excerpt from "Ozymandias" by Percy Shelley reflects
the theme that art alone can last forever?
Answer Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things
5.Which quote from Frankenstein brings out the theme of revenge in
the novel?
Answer B.
"I may die, but first you, my tyrant and tormentor, shall curse the sun
that gazes on your misery. Beware, for I am fearless and therefore
powerful."
6.Which three parts of this excerpt from Frankenstein show that the
creature is innocent and helpless like a newborn child when it first appears
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9
