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End Of Semester Test English 12B
Practice Test Questions & Answers
2026
In this excerpt from "Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, which of the following is a
recurring concept? - correct-answer -E.
the thirst for knowledge and new experiences
Based on this excerpt from "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning, what does the
setting contribute to this poem? - correct-answer -A.
The storm enhances the mysterious quality of Porphyria and her appearance.
In this excerpt from "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold, which two lines or sets of
lines suggest that the speaker has undergone a loss of faith? - correct-answer -But
now I only hear
Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
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Which part of this excerpt from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens hints that Oliver
was not expected to live very long? - correct-answer -It had had plenty of room to
expand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment; and perhaps to this
circumstance may be attributed his having any ninth birth-day at all.
What two suggestions about parish officials are made in the last two sentences of
this excerpt from Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist? - correct-answer -They
deliberately ignored the suffering of the parish children.
They wanted to give the impression that they were performing their work.
Which of these issues was a major source of friction between Heathcliff and
Catherine in Wuthering Heights? - correct-answer -A.
social divide
Which two parts of this passage from chapter 6 of Emily Brontë's Wuthering
Heights illustrate that Hindley Earnshaw is very willing to please his wife? -
correct-answer -Indeed, he would have carpeted and papered a small spare room
for a parlour; but his wife expressed such pleasure at the white floor and huge
glowing fireplace, at the pewter dishes and delf-case, and dog-kennel, and the
wide space there was to move about in where they usually sat, that he thought it
unnecessary to her comfort, and so dropped the intention.
End Of Semester Test English 12B
Practice Test Questions & Answers
2026
In this excerpt from "Ulysses" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, which of the following is a
recurring concept? - correct-answer -E.
the thirst for knowledge and new experiences
Based on this excerpt from "Porphyria's Lover" by Robert Browning, what does the
setting contribute to this poem? - correct-answer -A.
The storm enhances the mysterious quality of Porphyria and her appearance.
In this excerpt from "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold, which two lines or sets of
lines suggest that the speaker has undergone a loss of faith? - correct-answer -But
now I only hear
Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar,
And we are here as on a darkling plain
Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight,
, 2|Page
Which part of this excerpt from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens hints that Oliver
was not expected to live very long? - correct-answer -It had had plenty of room to
expand, thanks to the spare diet of the establishment; and perhaps to this
circumstance may be attributed his having any ninth birth-day at all.
What two suggestions about parish officials are made in the last two sentences of
this excerpt from Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist? - correct-answer -They
deliberately ignored the suffering of the parish children.
They wanted to give the impression that they were performing their work.
Which of these issues was a major source of friction between Heathcliff and
Catherine in Wuthering Heights? - correct-answer -A.
social divide
Which two parts of this passage from chapter 6 of Emily Brontë's Wuthering
Heights illustrate that Hindley Earnshaw is very willing to please his wife? -
correct-answer -Indeed, he would have carpeted and papered a small spare room
for a parlour; but his wife expressed such pleasure at the white floor and huge
glowing fireplace, at the pewter dishes and delf-case, and dog-kennel, and the
wide space there was to move about in where they usually sat, that he thought it
unnecessary to her comfort, and so dropped the intention.
