Mid-Term Exam

Question 1

what did the twins agree on

Answer 1

they agreed to examine what each other had created

Question 2

the native americans wanted the europeans to be medicine men because

Answer 2

it didn’t require physical strength and the Europeans were too weak to help fish for food

Question 3

if you were writing about how de Vaca’s experiences with the Native Americans may have influenced him to treat them humanely later in his life, which passage below would give good supporting detail

Answer 3

p 23: “we got to their dwellings, where was saw they had built a hut for us with many fires in it”

Question 4

good example of descriptive writing

Answer 4

“you, you creepy little rodent, don’t you even think about climbing up on this table!”

Question 5

which of the following is not an aphorism

Answer 5

miller owns this field, locke that, and manning the woodland beyond n-3

Question 6

What free verse poetic device does Whitman use in these underlined words from “Song of Myself”? Sec. 33 lines 103-105: Again the long roll of the drummers, Again the attacking cannon, mortars, Again to my listening ears the cannon responsive

Answer 6

repetition

Question 7

incorrect vocab

Answer 7

• if you weren’t so loud and so placid, you wouldn’t have scared the fish away

Question 8

what sound device does Poe employ in the following lines from “the raven”?
line 71: what this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore -

Answer 8

alliteration

Question 9

incorrect vocab

Answer 9

• she tried to find out if there completing her project was a propriety

Question 10

what elements of gothic fiction do you find in paragraph 9 of poe’s “the masque of the red death”?

Answer 10

element 3 – a ghostly legend, an unexplainable occurrence

Question 11

if you were writing that the four friends of “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment” did get young again, what passage from the story would you use to support your thesis?

Answer 11

p 27: their eyes grew clear and bright; a dark shade deepened among their silvery locks;

Question 12

in paragraph 41 from moby dick, starbuck’s murmur – “god keep me! – keep us all!” – and the response of the wind and the sails is a clear example of

Answer 12

foreboding – an element of gothic fiction

Question 13

modifier placed correctly

Answer 13

decorated with beautiful furnishings, this cottage on the beach is loved by vacationers