Who Wants Some Extra Credit

1
What best describes the term irony? A. The same
as what is expected B. The opposite of what is
expected C. A funny situation
2
The correct answer is B. Irony implies the
opposite of what is expected!
3
What is usually described in the exposition of a
story? A.The setting B. The climax C. The rising
action
4
The correct answer is A. The setting is described
in the exposition!
5
What is the best description of foreshadowing? A.
Things that happened in the past B. Things that
may happen in the future C. Things that will
never happen
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The correct answer is B. Foreshadowing is hints
of what may happen in the future.
7
What is the most important and intense part of
the plot? A. the exposition B. the resolution C.
the climax
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The correct answer is C. The climax is the most
intense part of the plot.
9
What best describes the theme of a literary
work? A. The main action of a literary work B.
The central idea of a literary work C. The tone
of the story
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The correct answer is B. The theme of a story is
the central idea or meaning of the story.
11
Why is the novel Animal Farm described as a
satire? A. because it implies the opposite of
something B. because it is a comedy C. because it
mocks something else
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The correct answer is C. A satire mocks or makes
fun of something else.
13
Which of the following best defines internal
conflict? A. man vs man B. man vs nature C. man
vs himself
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The correct answer is C. Internal conflict is man
vs himself.
15
What do you call an authors attitude toward the
story that he is telling? A. the authors tone B.
the authors theme C. the authors plot
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The correct answer is A. Tone is best described
as the authors attitude.
17
In poetry what is a couplet? A. two consecutive
lines that rhyme B. three consecutive lines that
rhyme C. another word for a simile
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The correct answer is A. A couplet is two
consecutive lines in a poem that rhyme.
19
Which of the following is an example of a
simile? A. The little lady landed safely. B. The
sun was a giant yellow daisy. C. The woods were
as dark as pitch.
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The correct answer is C. A simile is a comparison
using like or as.
21
Which of the following is an example of
alliteration? A. Betty Botto bought some
butter. B. I am so hungry that I could eat an
entire horse. C. The sun was a giant yellow daisy.
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The correct answer is A. Alliteration is the
repetition of consonant sounds.
23
What figure of speech gives human characteristics
to inanimate objects? A. hyperbole B. irony C.
personification
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The correct answer is C. Personification gives
human characteristics to inanimate objects.
25
Which of the following is the best definition for
an epic poem? A. a short narrative poem about the
exploits of a central hero B. a long narrative
poem about the exploits of a central hero C. a
long narrative poem with its central theme being
love
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The correct answer is B. An epic tells of the
exploits of a central hero in a long narrative
form.
27
Who ruled England during most of Shakespeares
lifetime? A. Queen Elizabeth I B. Queen
Victoria C. King James I
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The correct answer is A. Queen Elizabeth ruled
England during Shakespeares lifetime in what is
known as the Elizabethan Era.
29
What was the audience called in Shakespeares day
that sat in the area in front of the stage which
is called the pit today? A. Pitsters B.
Commoners C. Groundlings
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The correct answer is C. The groundlings sat in
the area that is known as the pit which is in
front of the stage.
31
What country is the setting for Shakespeares
Romeo and Juliet? A. England B. Spain C. Italy
32
The correct answer is C. Verona, Italy is the
setting for this famous Shakespearean play.
33
For what reason does Romeo go to the Capulets
party? A.He wants to meet Juliet. B. Rosaline,
his girlfriend, will be there. C. Benvolio does
not want him to go.
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The correct answer is B. Romeo knows that
Rosaline will be at the Capulets party.
35
Romeo is the son of whom? A. Montague B.
Capulet C. Friar Lawrence
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The correct answer is A. Romeo is a Montague
37
Who is Paris in the play Romeo and Juliet? A.
Capulets nephew B. Juliets fiancee C.
Montagues enemy
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The correct answer is B. Paris is engaged to be
married to Juliet.
39
Why does Romeo kill Tybalt? A. Tybalt insults
Juliet, Romeos girlfriend. B. Tybalt kills
Mercutio, Romeos friend. C. Tybalt kills Romeos
father, Montague.
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The correct answer is B. Romeo kills Tybalt
because he killed Mercutio.
41
Which of the following authors wrote Animal
Farm? A. George Orwell B. Robert Louis
Stevenson C. H. G. Wells
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The correct answer is A. George Orwell wrote
Animal Farm.
43
What happens to Snowball in the book Animal
Farm? A. He is killed by Napoleon. B. Napoleons
dogs rip out his throat. C. Napoleons guard dogs
run him off the farm.
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The correct answer is C. Snowball is run off the
farm by Napoleons dogs.
45
Most of the arguments on Animal Farm resulted
from a discussion of what? A. The production of
food B. The building of the windmill C. The
voting for a president
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The correct answer is B. The building of the
windmill caused most of the arguments.
47
What ultimately happens to the character Boxer in
Animal Farm? A. He finally retires and lives a
long happy life. B. He falls to his death
carrying stones from the quarry. C. He is hauled
away in a van to a glue factory.
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The correct answer is C. Boxer is sold to make
glue to a knacker.
49
In the epic poem The Odyssey, how many years is
Odysseus absent from his home? A. 10 years B. 20
years C. 15 years
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The correct answer is B. Odysseus is gone for 20
years.
51
What is the name of Odysseus homeland? A.
Ottawa B. Ithaca C. Calypsa
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The correct answer is B. Ithaca is his homeland!
53
Which of the following characters is classified
as a witch in The Odyssey? A. Calypso B. Circe C.
Penelope
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The correct answer is B. Circe is the witch that
changes Odysseus men into pigs.
55
To say that The Odyssey shows that life can be a
journey would be to state what? A. the plot of
the story B. the climax of the story C. the theme
of the story
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The correct answer is C. One of the themes of The
Odyssey is that life is a journey.
57
Which of the following adventures is part of the
poem The Odyssey? A. The Attack of the Harpies B.
The Destruction of Medusa C. The Island of the
Lotus Eaters
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The correct answer is C. The Island of the Lotus
Eaters is part of The Odyssey.
59
Which of these authors wrote The Odyssey? A.
Euclid B. Euripedes C. Homer
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The correct answer is C. Homer,the blind poet,
wrote The Odyssey.
61
Which of the following is a definition of
onomatopoeia? A. The repetition of consonant
sounds in a line of poetry. B. The use of words
that imitate sounds. C. The repetition of vowel
sounds in a line of poetry.
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The correct answer is B. Onomatopoeia is the use
of words that imitate sounds like crash and bang.
63
The trees whispered my name is an example of
what figure of speech? A. Personification B.
Simile C. Alliteration
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The correct answer is A. Personification is
giving human attributes to inanimate objects,
plants, or animals.
65
Which of the following groups of words is a
subordinate clause? A. to find the truth in all
things B. seeking to find the truth C. after the
party was over
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The correct answer is C. After the party was over
is a subordinate clause because it has a subject
and a verb but does not contain a complete
thought.
67
Which of the following groups of words is an
independent clause? A. John is always late for
the class. B. Because the boy wanted some
milk. C. Thinking that he was in trouble.
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The correct answer is A. An independent clause
has a subject and a verb and makes a complete
thought.
69
Which of the following groups of words is an
adverb clause? A. because of the difficult
situation B. because he is always tired C.
walking into the room
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The correct answer is B. An adverb clause must
have a subject and a verb and start with a
subordinate conjunction like because , when,
since, after, while, although, and etc.
71
Which of the following sentences contains an
adjective clause? A. Rolling down the hill, the
boy was injured. B. Because I could not stop for
death, he kindly stopped for me. C. The coat that
she was washing was very dirty.
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The correct answer is C. An adjective clause
starts with a relative pronoun like who, whose,
whom, which, or that and follows the noun that it
modifies.
73
Which of the following sentences contain s a noun
clause? A. I like what you did with your hair. B.
The girl that I like was there. C. The boy whom
you know is a fool.
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The correct answer is A. A noun clause is a group
of words used as a noun as the subject,
predicate nominative, indirect/direct object, or
object of the preposition. What you did with your
hair is the direct object of the verb like.
75
What type of sentence is this, I like what
you did with your hair. ? A. Simple sentence B.
Compound sentence C. Complex sentence
76
The correct answer is C. what you did with your
hair is a noun clause used as a direct object,
which makes this a complex sentence.
77
What type of sentence is this, Feeling
kind of blue, we decided to go to the mall to
brighten our spirits. ? A. Simple sentence B.
Complex Sentence C. Compound sentence
78
The correct answer is A. This is a simple
sentence because it has only one independent
clause and no subordinate clauses. It has a
couple of verbal phrases, but they do not change
its structure only additional clauses can do
that.
79
What type of sentence is this, Knowing that he
was going to fail, John studied the night before
the test, but it did not do him any good.? A.
Compound sentence B. Complex sentence C.
Compound/complex sentence
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The correct answer is C. It is a compound/complex
sentence because it has a noun clause and two
independent clauses.
81
Which of the following sentence contains an
infinitive phrase? A. After seeing the movie, we
went home. B. I always wanted to dream the
impossible dream. C. I went to Toms house last
night.
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The correct answer is B. To dream the impossible
dream is an infinitive phrase used as a noun,
the direct object of the verb wanted.
83
Which of the following sentences contains a
gerund phrase? A. After seeing the movie, we
decided to go home. B. Walking home after school,
John was hit by a bus. C. To do is to succeed.
84
The correct answer is A. Seeing the movie is the
object of the preposition after.
85
Which of the following sentences contains a
participial phrase? A. John, realizing that the
world was going to end, said his prayers. B.
Before going to church, John said his prayers. C.
John wanted to say his prayers before he went to
bed.
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The correct answer is A. Realizing that the world
was going to end is a participial phrase
modifying the noun John.