END OF SEMESTER TEST: ENGLISH 11A TEST WITH
VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. The poems "I Hear America Singing" and "I, Too" speak of the American
identity, but they differ in many ways. Which analysis correctly presents the
contrast between the two poems?: 2) In Whitman's poem, the workers user their
voices the proclaim an American identity in which each person plays an equal part.
In contrast, in Hughes's poem, the speaker's voice is stifled when he is sent to the
kitchen, demonstrating that not everyone has an equal opportunity to be part o the
American identity.
2. Why does the speaker in this excerpt from Langston Hughes's "I, Too" wish
to eat at the table?: The speaker resents being sent to the kitchen and wants an
equal seat at the table with other people.
3. Read this excerpt from the Cherokee creation story "How the World Was
Made".
This story contains elements of which two types of creation stories?: earth
diver and emergence
4. Which six sentences from this creation story best show the elements of an
earth diver story?: 1) The Hoga came down from above and found Earth covered
with water.
2) So they sent Muskrat down into the water.
3) Then they sent Loon down.
4) Then they sent Beaver down into the water.
5) When he came up there was a little mud in his claws.
6) But the people took the mud out of his claws and made the land.
5. Which phrase in this excerpt from The Redeemed Captive by John Williams
demonstrates a Puritan influence?: he pulled off a crucifix from his own neck.
6. Which of these themes are typcally found in colonial literature?: I, II, and IV
I) God
II) religious persecution
IV) interaction with American Indians
7. Read this excerpt from "Thoughts on the Works of Providence" by Phillis
Wheatley and completes the sentence that follows.
The excerpt has the characteristics of a 1) poem, including its usage of 2)
and its 3) style of language.: 1) neoclassical
2) heroic couplets
3) elevated
8. Which literary device has been used in the underlined line?
Or the sun slumbers in the ocean's arms: personification
9. The excerpt is taken from Patrick Henry's famous "Give me liberty or give
me death speech to the second Virginia convention in 1775. Which sentence
suggests that Patrick Henry believed British rule in the American colonies was
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VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. The poems "I Hear America Singing" and "I, Too" speak of the American
identity, but they differ in many ways. Which analysis correctly presents the
contrast between the two poems?: 2) In Whitman's poem, the workers user their
voices the proclaim an American identity in which each person plays an equal part.
In contrast, in Hughes's poem, the speaker's voice is stifled when he is sent to the
kitchen, demonstrating that not everyone has an equal opportunity to be part o the
American identity.
2. Why does the speaker in this excerpt from Langston Hughes's "I, Too" wish
to eat at the table?: The speaker resents being sent to the kitchen and wants an
equal seat at the table with other people.
3. Read this excerpt from the Cherokee creation story "How the World Was
Made".
This story contains elements of which two types of creation stories?: earth
diver and emergence
4. Which six sentences from this creation story best show the elements of an
earth diver story?: 1) The Hoga came down from above and found Earth covered
with water.
2) So they sent Muskrat down into the water.
3) Then they sent Loon down.
4) Then they sent Beaver down into the water.
5) When he came up there was a little mud in his claws.
6) But the people took the mud out of his claws and made the land.
5. Which phrase in this excerpt from The Redeemed Captive by John Williams
demonstrates a Puritan influence?: he pulled off a crucifix from his own neck.
6. Which of these themes are typcally found in colonial literature?: I, II, and IV
I) God
II) religious persecution
IV) interaction with American Indians
7. Read this excerpt from "Thoughts on the Works of Providence" by Phillis
Wheatley and completes the sentence that follows.
The excerpt has the characteristics of a 1) poem, including its usage of 2)
and its 3) style of language.: 1) neoclassical
2) heroic couplets
3) elevated
8. Which literary device has been used in the underlined line?
Or the sun slumbers in the ocean's arms: personification
9. The excerpt is taken from Patrick Henry's famous "Give me liberty or give
me death speech to the second Virginia convention in 1775. Which sentence
suggests that Patrick Henry believed British rule in the American colonies was
1/4
