English Final Exam
English Final Exam Questions and Answers
Question 1
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
A girl in my classroom threw a paper airplane.
Correct Answer
in my classroom
Question 2
Which passage uses MLA in-text citation properly? (5 points)
Voltaire wrote that Candide "had one great advantage over Martin." Martin had no
hope (77).
Voltaire wrote that Candide "had one great advantage over Martin." Martin had no
hope. (pg 77)
Voltaire wrote that Candide "had one great advantage over Martin." Martin had no
hope (Voltaire, 77).
Voltaire wrote that Candide "had one great advantage over Martin." Martin had no
hope, (77.)
Correct Answer
Voltaire wrote that Candide "had one great advantage over Martin." Martin had no
hope (77).
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Question 3
Which meaning of the root alter helps define the word alternate as it is used in this
sentence?
Because the traffic was so heavy, they had to take an alternate route to school. (5
points)
Correct Answer
Other
Question 4
from "The Lady of Shalott"
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In the stormy east-wind straining,
Stanza 1
In the stormy east-wind straining,
The pale-yellow woods were waning,
The broad stream in his banks complaining,
Heavily the low sky raining
Over tower'd Camelot;
Down she came and found a boat
Beneath a willow left afloat,
And round about the prow she wrote
The Lady of Shalott.
The scenes depicted in this stanza from the poem and in the painting are (5 points)
similar because they both provide detailed information about the setting
similar because they both provide detailed information about the lady
different because the poem focuses on the lady and the painting focuses on the
setting
different because the painting does not provide information about the setting and
the poem does
Correct Answer
similar because they both provide detailed information about the setting
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Question 5
Based on the details provided in the poem and in the painting, the Lady of Shalott is
most likely (5 points)
joyful
lonely
excited
angry
Correct Answer
lonely
Question 6
(LC)
Read the passage from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and answer the following
question.
BENVOLIO
A right fair mark, fair coz, is soonest hit.
ROMEO
Well, in that hit you miss: she'll not be hit
With Cupid's arrow; she hath Dian's wit;
Knowing that someone hit by Cupid's arrow is said to fall in love with the next person
who passes by, what does Romeo mean when he says "she'll not be hit with Cupid's
arrow"? (5 points)
She is not ready to fall in love.
She will not fall in love with anyone else.
She will be upset she can't love.
She won't know she's falling in love.
Correct Answer
She will not fall in love with anyone else.
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Question 7
Chief Joseph's Surrender Speech, October 5, 1877
by Chief Joseph
Tell General Howard I know his heart. What he told me before, I have it in my heart. I
am tired of fighting. Our Chiefs are killed; Looking Glass is dead, Ta Hool Hool Shute is
dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men who say yes or no. He who led on
the young men is dead. It is cold, and we have no blankets; the little children are
freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no
blankets, no food. No one knows where they are-perhaps freezing to death. I want to
have time to look for my children, and see how many of them I can find. Maybe I shall
find them among the dead. Hear me, my Chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad.
From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever.
Why might Chief Joseph mention "General Howard" in the first sentence in his
speech? (5 points)
To show defiance
To show his sorrow
Because that is to whom he is surrendering
Because he fought alongside General Howard
Correct Answer
Because that is to whom he is surrendering.
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English Final Exam Questions and Answers
Question 1
Identify the prepositional phrase in the following sentence:
A girl in my classroom threw a paper airplane.
Correct Answer
in my classroom
Question 2
Which passage uses MLA in-text citation properly? (5 points)
Voltaire wrote that Candide "had one great advantage over Martin." Martin had no
hope (77).
Voltaire wrote that Candide "had one great advantage over Martin." Martin had no
hope. (pg 77)
Voltaire wrote that Candide "had one great advantage over Martin." Martin had no
hope (Voltaire, 77).
Voltaire wrote that Candide "had one great advantage over Martin." Martin had no
hope, (77.)
Correct Answer
Voltaire wrote that Candide "had one great advantage over Martin." Martin had no
hope (77).
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Question 3
Which meaning of the root alter helps define the word alternate as it is used in this
sentence?
Because the traffic was so heavy, they had to take an alternate route to school. (5
points)
Correct Answer
Other
Question 4
from "The Lady of Shalott"
by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
In the stormy east-wind straining,
Stanza 1
In the stormy east-wind straining,
The pale-yellow woods were waning,
The broad stream in his banks complaining,
Heavily the low sky raining
Over tower'd Camelot;
Down she came and found a boat
Beneath a willow left afloat,
And round about the prow she wrote
The Lady of Shalott.
The scenes depicted in this stanza from the poem and in the painting are (5 points)
similar because they both provide detailed information about the setting
similar because they both provide detailed information about the lady
different because the poem focuses on the lady and the painting focuses on the
setting
different because the painting does not provide information about the setting and
the poem does
Correct Answer
similar because they both provide detailed information about the setting
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Question 5
Based on the details provided in the poem and in the painting, the Lady of Shalott is
most likely (5 points)
joyful
lonely
excited
angry
Correct Answer
lonely
Question 6
(LC)
Read the passage from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and answer the following
question.
BENVOLIO
A right fair mark, fair coz, is soonest hit.
ROMEO
Well, in that hit you miss: she'll not be hit
With Cupid's arrow; she hath Dian's wit;
Knowing that someone hit by Cupid's arrow is said to fall in love with the next person
who passes by, what does Romeo mean when he says "she'll not be hit with Cupid's
arrow"? (5 points)
She is not ready to fall in love.
She will not fall in love with anyone else.
She will be upset she can't love.
She won't know she's falling in love.
Correct Answer
She will not fall in love with anyone else.
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Question 7
Chief Joseph's Surrender Speech, October 5, 1877
by Chief Joseph
Tell General Howard I know his heart. What he told me before, I have it in my heart. I
am tired of fighting. Our Chiefs are killed; Looking Glass is dead, Ta Hool Hool Shute is
dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men who say yes or no. He who led on
the young men is dead. It is cold, and we have no blankets; the little children are
freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no
blankets, no food. No one knows where they are-perhaps freezing to death. I want to
have time to look for my children, and see how many of them I can find. Maybe I shall
find them among the dead. Hear me, my Chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad.
From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever.
Why might Chief Joseph mention "General Howard" in the first sentence in his
speech? (5 points)
To show defiance
To show his sorrow
Because that is to whom he is surrendering
Because he fought alongside General Howard
Correct Answer
Because that is to whom he is surrendering.
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