English Final Assessment questions
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In context, the question in line 5 ("Why write . . . ever the same") conveys the speaker's - correct
answer ✔✔apparent self-reproach for using poetic diction he has used before
In lines 5-8 ("Why write . . . proceed?"), the speaker most clearly implies that his poems -
correct answer ✔✔are easily recognizable as his because of their literary features
"Their" and "they" (line 8) refer to which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔"every word"
(line 7)
The questions in the first eight lines of the poem primarily serve to - correct answer ✔✔set up
an assertion about the nature of the poet's love
Line 10 ("And you . . . argument") identifies which of the following about the speaker? - correct
answer ✔✔The abiding theme of his personal and literary focus
The image presented in line 11 ("So all . . . new") most significantly implies the speaker's -
correct answer ✔✔skill in presenting the same thoughts in numerous poems
In line 12, the speaker compares the expression of romantic love to - correct answer
✔✔financial transactions
The poem's final two lines do which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔Present a simile that
resolves a contradiction described in the preceding lines
, The overall tone of the poem is best described as - correct answer ✔✔purposeful and heartfelt
Which of the following best characterizes the development of the poem as a whole? - correct
answer ✔✔The speaker acknowledges a weakness in his writing, only to turn this weakness into
a means of affirming his devotion to his beloved.
The description in the middle of the first paragraph ("Chanu bought . . . head") implies that
Chanu - correct answer ✔✔does not normally wear such items
Toward the end of the first paragraph, the quotation marks around the phrase "entertainment
factor" imply that - correct answer ✔✔the measurement is largely personal and idiosyncratic
In the first and the second paragraphs respectively, Chanu's mood shifts from - correct answer
✔✔purposeful to reflective
The first sentence of the passage and the words spoken by Chanu in the second paragraph ("I've
spent . . . around") indicate that he - correct answer ✔✔has had priorities other than pleasure
for much of his life
Shahana's complaints in the third paragraph ("You'll stink . . . with you") primarily suggest that
she - correct answer ✔✔feels embarrassed by her family's ways
In the fifth paragraph, the sentence "She had neglected them, these feet" indicates that
Nazneen's attitude toward her husband is marked by all of the following EXCEPT - correct
answer ✔✔indifference and contempt
Nazneen's gesture at the end of the fifth paragraph ("She brushed . . . shoulder") is one of -
correct answer ✔✔affection
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In context, the question in line 5 ("Why write . . . ever the same") conveys the speaker's - correct
answer ✔✔apparent self-reproach for using poetic diction he has used before
In lines 5-8 ("Why write . . . proceed?"), the speaker most clearly implies that his poems -
correct answer ✔✔are easily recognizable as his because of their literary features
"Their" and "they" (line 8) refer to which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔"every word"
(line 7)
The questions in the first eight lines of the poem primarily serve to - correct answer ✔✔set up
an assertion about the nature of the poet's love
Line 10 ("And you . . . argument") identifies which of the following about the speaker? - correct
answer ✔✔The abiding theme of his personal and literary focus
The image presented in line 11 ("So all . . . new") most significantly implies the speaker's -
correct answer ✔✔skill in presenting the same thoughts in numerous poems
In line 12, the speaker compares the expression of romantic love to - correct answer
✔✔financial transactions
The poem's final two lines do which of the following? - correct answer ✔✔Present a simile that
resolves a contradiction described in the preceding lines
, The overall tone of the poem is best described as - correct answer ✔✔purposeful and heartfelt
Which of the following best characterizes the development of the poem as a whole? - correct
answer ✔✔The speaker acknowledges a weakness in his writing, only to turn this weakness into
a means of affirming his devotion to his beloved.
The description in the middle of the first paragraph ("Chanu bought . . . head") implies that
Chanu - correct answer ✔✔does not normally wear such items
Toward the end of the first paragraph, the quotation marks around the phrase "entertainment
factor" imply that - correct answer ✔✔the measurement is largely personal and idiosyncratic
In the first and the second paragraphs respectively, Chanu's mood shifts from - correct answer
✔✔purposeful to reflective
The first sentence of the passage and the words spoken by Chanu in the second paragraph ("I've
spent . . . around") indicate that he - correct answer ✔✔has had priorities other than pleasure
for much of his life
Shahana's complaints in the third paragraph ("You'll stink . . . with you") primarily suggest that
she - correct answer ✔✔feels embarrassed by her family's ways
In the fifth paragraph, the sentence "She had neglected them, these feet" indicates that
Nazneen's attitude toward her husband is marked by all of the following EXCEPT - correct
answer ✔✔indifference and contempt
Nazneen's gesture at the end of the fifth paragraph ("She brushed . . . shoulder") is one of -
correct answer ✔✔affection
