ENG 221 Midterm Exam Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update 2025/2026
what is "normal" is constantly changing. - Answers shifting baselines
american philosophical movement that emerged in the 1830s. first notable American
intellectual movement. - Answers transcendentalism
an area essentially undisturbed by human activity. Usually lack of roads, buildings providing a
natural environment for plant and animal ecosystems. - Answers wilderness
the capacity to feel, perceive or experience subjectively (pain). - Answers sentience
of or related to chewing. - Answers masticatory
examines the role of greenhouse gases in moderating past global climate; why they have been
rising since the industrial revolution and now considered dangerous pollutants. carbon dioxide
traps heat by the earth. 93% goes into the ocean. PH levels go down, acidity goes up. 1/3 CO2
goes into the ocean (ocean acidification) - Answers climate change
Some infrared radiation passes through the atmosphere but most is absorbed and re-emitted in
all direction by greenhouse gas molecules and clouds. To warm earth's surface and at the lower
atmosphere. - Answers Greenhouse effect
in the last 30 years we lost 50% of it. photosynthesizes at day; when it sleeps it becomes active
(polyps, skeleton come out).
-Many different species. When the ocean's temperature increases 2 degrees Celsius, it takes in
too much oxygen causing it over a couple of years to turn white (the skeleton).
-If it becomes fuzzy it usually means its dead. cannot survive without the plant cells inside.-
relationship It is a protection and shelter for many biodiversity in the ocean. Many economies
and countries highly rely on them. - Answers chasing coral
Father of Transcendentalism. references the "transparent eyeball". communicates the essence
of transcendentalism (intellectual movement). - Answers Ralph Waldo Emerson
representation of an eye that is absorbent rather than reflective, and therefore takes in all that
nature has to offer. - Answers transparent eyeball (Emerson)
Emerson- "I have only one doctrine the infinitude of the private man." - Answers opportunity to
express yourself, destiny of thyself. Infinite capacity for appreciation, love.
Example of Transcendentalism - Answers People should strive for independence, individuality,
and self-reliance. Solitude is important. Subjective experience greater than objective truth.
People and nature are inherently good.
"Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe?" (40) - Answers interpretation
, of life through our eye instead of typical tradition.
What is the link between nature and insight? - Answers nature awakens spiritual insights.
tale of the dangers of climate inaction, Collapse is valuable. Oreskes and Conway underscore
the fragility of the global ecosystem and the impact environmental change, particularly the
passing of tipping points, can have on human society. They do not shy away from describing the
vast human toll climate change might take, especially through displacement and disease. We
often speak of climate action as "saving the planet," but, as the book makes clear, it is just as
much about saving ourselves. - Answers Collapse of Western civilization
Poem written by William Blake. conventional idea that nature, like a work of art, must in some
way contain a reflection of its creator. The tiger is strikingly beautiful yet also horrific in its
capacity for violence. What kind of a God, then, could or would design such a terrifying beast as
the tiger? In more general terms, what does the undeniable existence of evil and violence in the
world tell us about the nature of God, and what does it mean to live in a world where a being can
at once contain both beauty and horror? The tiger initially appears as a strikingly sensuous
image. However, as the poem progresses, it takes on a symbolic character, and comes to
embody the spiritual and moral problem the poem explores: perfectly beautiful and yet perfectly
destructive. - Answers "The Tyger"
This poem written by Bishop shifts in subtle fashion from the initial pride of the fisherwoman
hooking a tremendous fish, on into intense observation and admiration of the catch before
finally concluding with an epiphany of sorts as the fisherwoman lets the fish go. The
fisherwoman, gradually comes to change her way of thinking as she focuses in on the fish, the
battle hardened fish, its venerable status confirmed as the speaker begins to anthropomorphize
her catch. - Answers "The Fish"
Written by Powell. examines human disregard for and destruction of the environment, and the
ethical implications of that carelessness. It imagines the common human mistreatments of
nature and of ourselves, individually and collectively, as a single phenomenon — a sort of
chronic disorder. - Answers "Chronic"
Written by Katie Ford. New Orleans is located below sea level. Most of the bodies are, therefore,
buried above the ground and when the hurricane hit they rose from their graves and were
scattered everywhere. Most of the bodies had to be reburied in mass or unmarked graves along
with those who died during Katrina. lets the reader know that they are about to enter a sacred
environment located in the poet's mind. This collection is full of sorrow as well as images that
shock the audience. - Answers "Colosseum"
Written by Whitman. is crammed with significant detail, there are three key episodes that must
be examined. The first of these is found in the sixth section of the poem. A child asks the
narrator "What is the grass?" and the narrator is forced to explore his own use of symbolism and
his inability to break things down to essential principles. The bunches of grass in the child's
what is "normal" is constantly changing. - Answers shifting baselines
american philosophical movement that emerged in the 1830s. first notable American
intellectual movement. - Answers transcendentalism
an area essentially undisturbed by human activity. Usually lack of roads, buildings providing a
natural environment for plant and animal ecosystems. - Answers wilderness
the capacity to feel, perceive or experience subjectively (pain). - Answers sentience
of or related to chewing. - Answers masticatory
examines the role of greenhouse gases in moderating past global climate; why they have been
rising since the industrial revolution and now considered dangerous pollutants. carbon dioxide
traps heat by the earth. 93% goes into the ocean. PH levels go down, acidity goes up. 1/3 CO2
goes into the ocean (ocean acidification) - Answers climate change
Some infrared radiation passes through the atmosphere but most is absorbed and re-emitted in
all direction by greenhouse gas molecules and clouds. To warm earth's surface and at the lower
atmosphere. - Answers Greenhouse effect
in the last 30 years we lost 50% of it. photosynthesizes at day; when it sleeps it becomes active
(polyps, skeleton come out).
-Many different species. When the ocean's temperature increases 2 degrees Celsius, it takes in
too much oxygen causing it over a couple of years to turn white (the skeleton).
-If it becomes fuzzy it usually means its dead. cannot survive without the plant cells inside.-
relationship It is a protection and shelter for many biodiversity in the ocean. Many economies
and countries highly rely on them. - Answers chasing coral
Father of Transcendentalism. references the "transparent eyeball". communicates the essence
of transcendentalism (intellectual movement). - Answers Ralph Waldo Emerson
representation of an eye that is absorbent rather than reflective, and therefore takes in all that
nature has to offer. - Answers transparent eyeball (Emerson)
Emerson- "I have only one doctrine the infinitude of the private man." - Answers opportunity to
express yourself, destiny of thyself. Infinite capacity for appreciation, love.
Example of Transcendentalism - Answers People should strive for independence, individuality,
and self-reliance. Solitude is important. Subjective experience greater than objective truth.
People and nature are inherently good.
"Why should not we also enjoy an original relation to the universe?" (40) - Answers interpretation
, of life through our eye instead of typical tradition.
What is the link between nature and insight? - Answers nature awakens spiritual insights.
tale of the dangers of climate inaction, Collapse is valuable. Oreskes and Conway underscore
the fragility of the global ecosystem and the impact environmental change, particularly the
passing of tipping points, can have on human society. They do not shy away from describing the
vast human toll climate change might take, especially through displacement and disease. We
often speak of climate action as "saving the planet," but, as the book makes clear, it is just as
much about saving ourselves. - Answers Collapse of Western civilization
Poem written by William Blake. conventional idea that nature, like a work of art, must in some
way contain a reflection of its creator. The tiger is strikingly beautiful yet also horrific in its
capacity for violence. What kind of a God, then, could or would design such a terrifying beast as
the tiger? In more general terms, what does the undeniable existence of evil and violence in the
world tell us about the nature of God, and what does it mean to live in a world where a being can
at once contain both beauty and horror? The tiger initially appears as a strikingly sensuous
image. However, as the poem progresses, it takes on a symbolic character, and comes to
embody the spiritual and moral problem the poem explores: perfectly beautiful and yet perfectly
destructive. - Answers "The Tyger"
This poem written by Bishop shifts in subtle fashion from the initial pride of the fisherwoman
hooking a tremendous fish, on into intense observation and admiration of the catch before
finally concluding with an epiphany of sorts as the fisherwoman lets the fish go. The
fisherwoman, gradually comes to change her way of thinking as she focuses in on the fish, the
battle hardened fish, its venerable status confirmed as the speaker begins to anthropomorphize
her catch. - Answers "The Fish"
Written by Powell. examines human disregard for and destruction of the environment, and the
ethical implications of that carelessness. It imagines the common human mistreatments of
nature and of ourselves, individually and collectively, as a single phenomenon — a sort of
chronic disorder. - Answers "Chronic"
Written by Katie Ford. New Orleans is located below sea level. Most of the bodies are, therefore,
buried above the ground and when the hurricane hit they rose from their graves and were
scattered everywhere. Most of the bodies had to be reburied in mass or unmarked graves along
with those who died during Katrina. lets the reader know that they are about to enter a sacred
environment located in the poet's mind. This collection is full of sorrow as well as images that
shock the audience. - Answers "Colosseum"
Written by Whitman. is crammed with significant detail, there are three key episodes that must
be examined. The first of these is found in the sixth section of the poem. A child asks the
narrator "What is the grass?" and the narrator is forced to explore his own use of symbolism and
his inability to break things down to essential principles. The bunches of grass in the child's
