Test 4

Question 1

a reference within a work to something else, usually history or another artistic work

Answer 1

allusion

Question 2

a person, place, thing, or idea within a narrative or poem that means something in addition to itself

Answer 2

symbol

Question 3

Cupid’s Arrows:
1. written by
2. protagonist
3. symbol
4. allusion of the protagonist

Answer 3

1. Rudyard Kipling
2. Kitty
3. bracelet = wealth/money
4. Kitty is compared to Diana

Question 4

Sir Francis Drake:
1. author
2. symbol of Drake
3. theme
4. allusion

Answer 4

1. Robert Hayman
2. Drake is compared to a dragon
3. poem celebrates Drake’s courage
4. Elias: Elijah and Elisha’s breath

Question 5

Outta My Way, Grandpa!
1. written by
2. theme
3. the old man fought in what war?

Answer 5

1. Hugh O’Neill
2. motives are more important than winning (why matters more than what)
3. World War 2

Question 6

The Progress of Poesy
1. author
2. fountain represents:
3. compares life to:
4. Biblical allusion
5. optimistic vs pessimistic

Answer 6

1. Matthew Arnold
2. creativity
3. a dry desert
4. striking the rock connects to Moses
5. pessimistic

Question 7

Afterglow
1. author
2. positive or negative
3. darkness symbolizes:
4. describes

Answer 7

1. Jorge Luis Borges
2. negative
3. unknown/death
4. a sunset as disturbing

Question 8

The Masque of the Red Death
1. author
2. main character
3. setting
4. theme
5. rooms represent:
6. passing of time
7. plague symbolic of death

Answer 8

1. Edgar Allan Poe
2. Prince Prospero
3. an abbey
4. death is inescapable
5. cycle of life
6. clock
7. Red Death