Praxis Practice Test English 5038 (2023/2024) Already Passed

Praxis Practice Test English 5038 (2023/2024) Already Passed Questions 1-4 are based on the following excerpt: riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. 1. This is the opening sentence of ... a. Ulysses. b. Finnegans Wake. c. Adventures in the Skin Trade. d. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. b. Finnegans Wake. riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. 2. In the excerpted sentence, the word "vicus" represents which of the following? a. Vicinity b. Vico Way c. Giambattista Vico d. All of the above a. Vicinity riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. 3. Why does this opening sentence begin with an uncapitalized word? a. This was to make it stand out to the reader as different. b. It is really the continuation of the author's previous novel. c. It forms the completion of the novel's unfinished last sentence. d. A typesetting error in the original edition was preserved in perpetuity. c. It forms the completion of the novel's unfinished last sentence. riverrun, past Eve and Adam's, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodious vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. 4. The author of the excerpted work is famous for using a literary technique known as... a. Stream-of-consciousness. b. The unreliable narrator. c. The author surrogate. d. First-person narration. a. Stream-of-consciousness. Questions 5-7 refer to the following excerpts: Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day. But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. 5. Who is the author of this poem? a. John Donne b. Andrew Marvell c. George Herbert d. Henry Vaughan b. Andrew Marvell Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day. But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. 6. This poem reflects a thematic tradition known as... a. Carpe diem. b. Classicism. c. Cinquain. d. Conceit. a. Carpe diem. Had we but world enough, and time, This coyness, lady, were no crime. We would sit down, and think which way To walk, and pass our long love's day. But at my back I always hear Time's winged chariot hurrying near; And yonder all before us lie Deserts of vast eternity. 7. What is the meter of the couplets in this poem? a. Pentameter b. Heptameter c. Hexameter d. Tetrameter d. Tetrameter Questions 8-10 refer to the following excerpt: Call the roller of big cigars, The muscular one, and bid him whip In kitchen cups concupiscent curds. Let the wenches dawdle in such dress As they are used to wear, and let the boys Bring flowers in last month's newspapers. Let be be finale of seem. The only emperor is the emperor of ice-cream. 8. The excerpted poem was written in ... a. The 17th century. b. The 19th century. c. The 20th century. d. The 18th century. c. The 20th century. Call the roller of big cigars, The muscular one, and bid him whip In kitchen cups concupiscent curds. Let the wenches dawdle in such dress As they are used to wear, and let the boys Bring flowers in last month's newspapers. Let be be finale of seem. The only