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"Ulysses" by Alfred Tennyson

1. The attitude Ulysses shows toward, yet another voyage is best described as:

a. anxious restlessness

b. reckless anticipation

c. fearful hesitation

d. realistic eagerness

e. Both A and B

2. Ulysses' negative attitude toward his present life reflected in lines 1-5 is expressed in all of the following EXCEPT:

a. "idle king"

b. 'barren crags"

c. "aged wife"

d. "mete and dole"

3. The use of metaphor to describe Ulysses' life is best depicted by:

a. 'How dull it is to pause, to make an end, / To rust unburnished, not to shine in use"

b. "Yet all experience is an arch wherethrough / Gleams that untraveled world"

c. "1 am become a name'

d. "For always roaming with a hungry heart / Much have I seen and known"

4. Ulysses' resentment of his time spent in Ithaca is best reflected by which of the following quotes?

a."l have enjoyed / Greatly, have suffered greatly, both with those / That love me, and alone"

b. "Vile it were / For some three suns to store and hoard myself, / And this gray spirit yearning in desire / To follow knowledge like a sinking star, / Beyond the utmost bound of human thought"

c. "This is my son, mine own Telemachus, / To whom I leave the scepter and the isle- / Well-loved of me"

d. "Old age had yet his honor and his toil"

5. Tennyson makes use of which devices in the lines: "It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: / It maybe we shall touch the Happy Isles"? Mark all that apply.

a. Allusion

b. Parallelism

c. Simile

d. Personification

6. The poem "Ulysses" has all of the following in common with the poem Beowulf EXCEPT

a. Both depict a hero who neglects the safety of his people.

b. Both depict the successes of a hero and constant hunger for more glory.

c. Both depict the stage of the epic journey

d. Both depict the fall of a hero.

7. What does the following quotation suggest as an alternative motive for the story of Beowulf? "Hail/ To those who will rise to God, drop off/ Their dead bodies and seek our Father's peace!"

a. It warns against the possible damnation of the soul.

b. It recasts the purpose of the poem to convert pagans to Christians.

c. It depicts how the Anglo-Saxons struggled with the concept of death.

d. It creates a sense of fear towards masculine figures.

8. When Beowulf decides to travel to the land of the Danes to help Hrothgar, the narrator states, "None/ Of the wise ones regretted his going, much/ As he was loved by the Geats: the omens were good,/ And they urged the adventure on."
Why would the wise ones not regret Beowulf's departure if they love him so much?

A. They distrust the omens and want Beowulf to prove them wrong.

B. They have great pride in their warrior and want him to make their people famous worldwide.

C. They trust the omens and Beowulf to guide them along the path of Fate.

9. When Beowulf first speaks with Hrothgar, he says, "l have come so far,/ O shelterer of warriors and your people's loved friend,/ That this one favor you should not refuse me [...]", what device is Beowulf using in this quote and why is he using it?

a. Beowulf is using alliteration in order to emphasize why-he has come.

b. Beowulf is using personification to emphasize the humanity of Hrothgar as a leader.

c. Beowulf is using flattering epithets in order to convince the king to allow him to kill Grendel.

d. Beowulf is using an apostrophe to show he is desperate for glory.

10. Before King Beowulf goes to fight the dragon, he says: "Nor abide by the barrow, ye breastplate-mailed,/ ye heroes in harness, which of us twain/ better from battle-rush bear his wounds./ Wait ye the finish. The fight is not yours,/ nor meet for any but me alone/ to measure might with this monster here/ and play the hero." What does this quote reveal about Beowulf as a character?

a. That he is prideful and wants the glory for himself.

b. That he is selfish because he wants the dragon's treasure all for himself.

c. That he wants help from his fellow warriors to fight the dragon.

d. That he believes he can defeat the dragon easily.

d. Both B and C.

Read the passage below and choose the best response for each question.

Harriet Tubman was an abolitionist who had escaped slavery and helped many other slaves escape through the Underground Railroad. She often worked with fellow abolitionist Frederick Douglass, a public speaker and author who, earlier in his life, had also escaped slavery. When Harriet Tubman reached out to Frederick Douglass requesting, he speak to her accomplishments for an upcoming book that was soon to be published about her life, he responded with this letter.

Dear Harriet:

I am glad to know that the story of your eventful life has been written by a kind lady, and that the same is soon to be published. You ask for what you do not need when you call upon me for a word of commendation. I need such words from you far more than you can need them from me, especially where your superior labors and devotion to the cause of the lately enslaved of our land are known as I know them. The difference between us is very marked. Most that I have done and suffered in the service of our cause has been in public, and I have received much encouragement at every step of the way. You, on the other hand, have labored in a private way. I have wrought in-the day - you in the night. I have had the applause of the crowd and the satisfaction that comes of being approved by the multitude, while the most that you have done has been witnessed by a few trembling, scarred, and foot-sore bondmen and women, whom you have led out of the house of bondage, and whose heartfelt, "God bless you," has been your only reward. The midnight sky and the silent stars have been the witnesses of your devotion to freedom and of your heroism. Excepting John Brown - of sacred memory- I know of no one who has willingly encountered more perils and hardships to serve our enslaved people than you have. Much that you have done would seem improbable to those who do not know you as i know you. It is to me a great pleasure and a great privilege to bear testimony for your character and your works, and to say to those to whom you may come, that I regard you in every way truthful and trustworthy.
Your friend,

Frederick Douglass

11. Which of the following statement BEST express the main idea of Douglass' letter?

a. Tubman made important contributions the abolitionist movement, but they went mostly unrecognized by the public.

b. Frederick Douglass is upset that not more people know about Harriet Tubman and her contributions.

c. Contributions that go unrecognized are more important than those that are recognized and appreciated by the public.

d. Harriet Tubman's contributions to the abolitionist movement are unparalleled by anyone.

12. Which of the following TWO supporting details from the text best support the main idea?

a. "l am glad to know that the story of your eventful life has been written by a kind lady, and that the same is soon to be published."

b. "l need such words from you far more than you can need them from me, especially where your superior labors and devotion to the cause of the lately enslaved of our land are known as I know them. 

c. the most that you have done has been witnessed by a few trembling, scarred, and foot-sore bondmen and women, whom you have led out of the house of bondage, and whose heartfelt, 'God bless you,' has been your onlyreward."

d. 'The midnight sky and the silent stars have been the witnesses of your devotion to freedom and of your heroism."
"l know of no one who has willingly encountered more perils and hardships to serve our enslaved people than you."

13. Douglass first responds to Tubman's request by saying:

You ask for what you do not need when you call upon me for a word of commendation. I need such words from you far more than you can need them from me...

What is his reason for stating that Tubman has no need for his words of praise?

a. He suggests her contributions to the abolitionist cause have been even greater than his own.

b. He believes truly good deeds do not require recognition.

c. implies that he is in greater need of public support than she.

d. He believes Harriet Tubman's public reputation is so strong that it needs no further accolades.

14. How does Douglass compare his and Tubman's reputations?

a. They are both well-known abolitionists who have worked in the public spotlight.

b. Tubman has a better reputation than Douglass because she put her life at risk for the cause.

c. Douglass has a wider reputation than Tubman at the time because his work was public and hers private.

d. Douglass believes he earned a more esteemed national reputation because he faced more public scrutiny than Tubman.