BYU English 11 Part 1
Final Exam with
correct answers
2025/2026
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Who or what is described in the following passage from the story?"A form glittered on the wall,
the outside wall toward the forest; then it passed against the door, which it seemed to touch
with hesitating hand; then we heard nothing for two minutes, which almost drove us out of our
senses; then it returned, always rubbing against the wall; and it scratched lightly, as a child does
with his nail; then suddenly a head appeared against the glass, a white head, with luminous
eyes like those of a deer." - correct answersThe old dog
Which line in the story provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? -
correct answersI would rather encounter all the hours that have brought me the greatest peril
than that one minute of the shooting at the shaggy head of the old dog.
What does the traveler mean when he says, "this drum, then, was a kind of mirage of sound" -
correct answersThe drum was the echo of the sand hitting plants and was not warning of
danger
Why was the traveler in France? - correct answersTo hunt
,Who does Walker assert are the "characters" in our fears? - correct answersUs
Why were the sailors from the Essex stranded in the ocean? - correct answersTheir ship had
been broken by a whale
What author was inspired by the story of the Essex when he wrote Moby Dick? - correct
answersHerman Melville
Which of the following would both Maupassant and Walker say is the strongest contributor to
our fears? - correct answersOur imaginations
Read the following excerpt from FDR's first inaugural address:If I read the temper of our people
correctly, we now realize as we have never realized before our interdependence on each other;
that we cannot merely take but we must give as well; that, if we are to go forward, we must
move as a trained and loyal army willing to sacrifice for the good of a common discipline,
because without such discipline no progress is made, no leadership becomes effective.In the
statement above, the word "temper" most likely means: - correct answersThe state of mind of
the American people
Abigail was Reverend Parris's niece. - correct answerspoetic license
Elizabeth Proctor was John Proctor's third wife - correct answersfactual statement from history
Reverend Parris attended Harvard - correct answersa fact that is both in the play and true to
history
Why does Mary give Elizabeth the "poppet"? - correct answersShe is trying to make up for
disobeying.
, Elizabeth: It is her dearest hope, John, I know it. There be a thousand names; why does she call
mine? There be a certain danger in calling such a name—I am no Goody Good that sleeps in
ditches nor Osburn, drunk and half-witted. She'd dare not call out such a farmer's wife but there
be monstrous profit in it. She thinks to take my place, John. - correct answersElizabeth believes
Abigail is accusing her because she wants Elizabeth dead and to become John's wife
PROCTOR: Since we built the church there were pewter candlesticks upon the altar; Francis
Nurse made them, y'know, and a sweeter hand never touched the metal. But Parris came, and
for twenty week he preach nothin' but golden candlesticks until he had them. I labor the earth
from dawn of day to blink of night, and I tell you true, when I look to heaven and see my money
glaring at his elbows—it hurt my prayer, sir, it hurt my prayer. I think, sometimes, the man
dreams cathedrals, not clapboard meetin' houses. - correct answersProctor believes Parris is too
concerned with material wealth
What can we infer about the needle in the poppet? - correct answersAbigail saw Mary stick the
needle in the poppet but Mary did not mean to frame Elizabeth
After reading the discussion material in the course, we can infer that President Truman - correct
answersDid not support McCarthys efforts
Senator Chase did all of the following in "Declaration of Conscience" except - correct
answersState that McCarthy threatens American values with his committee
In "Enemies from Within" McCarthy says that one of the main reason why the "Treason" is
occurring in the government is because - correct answersThe country is numb as a result of
World War II
In "Enemies from Within," McCarthy primarily relies on the emotion of _________________ in
his use of pathos. - correct answersFear
Final Exam with
correct answers
2025/2026
.
Who or what is described in the following passage from the story?"A form glittered on the wall,
the outside wall toward the forest; then it passed against the door, which it seemed to touch
with hesitating hand; then we heard nothing for two minutes, which almost drove us out of our
senses; then it returned, always rubbing against the wall; and it scratched lightly, as a child does
with his nail; then suddenly a head appeared against the glass, a white head, with luminous
eyes like those of a deer." - correct answersThe old dog
Which line in the story provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question? -
correct answersI would rather encounter all the hours that have brought me the greatest peril
than that one minute of the shooting at the shaggy head of the old dog.
What does the traveler mean when he says, "this drum, then, was a kind of mirage of sound" -
correct answersThe drum was the echo of the sand hitting plants and was not warning of
danger
Why was the traveler in France? - correct answersTo hunt
,Who does Walker assert are the "characters" in our fears? - correct answersUs
Why were the sailors from the Essex stranded in the ocean? - correct answersTheir ship had
been broken by a whale
What author was inspired by the story of the Essex when he wrote Moby Dick? - correct
answersHerman Melville
Which of the following would both Maupassant and Walker say is the strongest contributor to
our fears? - correct answersOur imaginations
Read the following excerpt from FDR's first inaugural address:If I read the temper of our people
correctly, we now realize as we have never realized before our interdependence on each other;
that we cannot merely take but we must give as well; that, if we are to go forward, we must
move as a trained and loyal army willing to sacrifice for the good of a common discipline,
because without such discipline no progress is made, no leadership becomes effective.In the
statement above, the word "temper" most likely means: - correct answersThe state of mind of
the American people
Abigail was Reverend Parris's niece. - correct answerspoetic license
Elizabeth Proctor was John Proctor's third wife - correct answersfactual statement from history
Reverend Parris attended Harvard - correct answersa fact that is both in the play and true to
history
Why does Mary give Elizabeth the "poppet"? - correct answersShe is trying to make up for
disobeying.
, Elizabeth: It is her dearest hope, John, I know it. There be a thousand names; why does she call
mine? There be a certain danger in calling such a name—I am no Goody Good that sleeps in
ditches nor Osburn, drunk and half-witted. She'd dare not call out such a farmer's wife but there
be monstrous profit in it. She thinks to take my place, John. - correct answersElizabeth believes
Abigail is accusing her because she wants Elizabeth dead and to become John's wife
PROCTOR: Since we built the church there were pewter candlesticks upon the altar; Francis
Nurse made them, y'know, and a sweeter hand never touched the metal. But Parris came, and
for twenty week he preach nothin' but golden candlesticks until he had them. I labor the earth
from dawn of day to blink of night, and I tell you true, when I look to heaven and see my money
glaring at his elbows—it hurt my prayer, sir, it hurt my prayer. I think, sometimes, the man
dreams cathedrals, not clapboard meetin' houses. - correct answersProctor believes Parris is too
concerned with material wealth
What can we infer about the needle in the poppet? - correct answersAbigail saw Mary stick the
needle in the poppet but Mary did not mean to frame Elizabeth
After reading the discussion material in the course, we can infer that President Truman - correct
answersDid not support McCarthys efforts
Senator Chase did all of the following in "Declaration of Conscience" except - correct
answersState that McCarthy threatens American values with his committee
In "Enemies from Within" McCarthy says that one of the main reason why the "Treason" is
occurring in the government is because - correct answersThe country is numb as a result of
World War II
In "Enemies from Within," McCarthy primarily relies on the emotion of _________________ in
his use of pathos. - correct answersFear
