English 12 B Post Test the Modern Era
(Plato) Questions and Answers
1.The lama is looking for "The River of the Arrow" because .
The excerpt shows that .
Answer 1. he thinks he will be purified spiritually when he finds it.
2. Kim is eager to show the lama that he does not know where the river is
located.
2.What does the metaphor in the line "It withers quicker than the
rose" imply?
Answer A. Fame and honor do not last long.
3.What do Rudyard Kipling's works reveal about his political views?
Answer A. He favored colonization by the British.
4.Which two sets of lines in this excerpt from Thomas Hardy's "The
Darkling Thrush" signify hope in the midst of despair?
Answer 1. At once a voice arose among The bleak twigs overhead In a
full-hearted evensong
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, 2. Had chosen thus to fling his soul Upon the growing gloom.
5.Which sentence in this excerpt from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
indi- cates that the narrator has little hope for the Time Traveller's return?
Answer But I am beginning now to fear that I must wait a lifetime.
6.How does H. G. Wells refute the theory of social Darwinism in The Time
Machine?
Answer B. by showing that both the upper and lower classes have
evolved into degraded forms
7.How does the last sentence of this excerpt from H. G. Wells's The Time
Machine affect the reader?
Answer C. It hints to the reader that unexpected changes in the Time
Traveller's view may follow.
8.Which two parts of this excerpt from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
suggest that the Time Traveller told a captivating tale?
Answer 1. In writing it down I feel with only too much keenness the
inadequacy of pen and ink—and, above all, my own inadequacy—to
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(Plato) Questions and Answers
1.The lama is looking for "The River of the Arrow" because .
The excerpt shows that .
Answer 1. he thinks he will be purified spiritually when he finds it.
2. Kim is eager to show the lama that he does not know where the river is
located.
2.What does the metaphor in the line "It withers quicker than the
rose" imply?
Answer A. Fame and honor do not last long.
3.What do Rudyard Kipling's works reveal about his political views?
Answer A. He favored colonization by the British.
4.Which two sets of lines in this excerpt from Thomas Hardy's "The
Darkling Thrush" signify hope in the midst of despair?
Answer 1. At once a voice arose among The bleak twigs overhead In a
full-hearted evensong
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, 2. Had chosen thus to fling his soul Upon the growing gloom.
5.Which sentence in this excerpt from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
indi- cates that the narrator has little hope for the Time Traveller's return?
Answer But I am beginning now to fear that I must wait a lifetime.
6.How does H. G. Wells refute the theory of social Darwinism in The Time
Machine?
Answer B. by showing that both the upper and lower classes have
evolved into degraded forms
7.How does the last sentence of this excerpt from H. G. Wells's The Time
Machine affect the reader?
Answer C. It hints to the reader that unexpected changes in the Time
Traveller's view may follow.
8.Which two parts of this excerpt from The Time Machine by H. G. Wells
suggest that the Time Traveller told a captivating tale?
Answer 1. In writing it down I feel with only too much keenness the
inadequacy of pen and ink—and, above all, my own inadequacy—to
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