Expert answer:The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Solved by verified expert:THE READINGS LINKED BELOW ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT. This has to be done well. No exceptions. Will tip if you actually do well. 1.“The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” http://angiegarrett.weebly.com/uploads/5/0/7/9/507… (Full Story)2. “The First Seven Years” https://loa-shared.s3.amazonaws.com/static/pdf/Mal… (Full Story)3.”A Worn Path” https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1941/… (Full Story)4. “The Life You Save may be Your Own” https://www.ozark.k12.mo.us/cms/lib/MO01910080/Cen… (Full Story)
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Course Name: Eleventh Grade English 2: Modern
American Literature
Student: Devin Vega
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Progress Test 2
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____ 1.
True or False: Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg are both known for favoring pastoral settings in their poetry.
a.
b.
____ 2.
Determine the function of the following passage from “Chicago:” “Hog Butcher for the World / Tool Maker,
Stacker of Wheat, / Player with Railroads and the Nation’s Freight Handler; / Stormy, husky, brawling, / City
of the Big Shoulders:”
a.
b.
c.
____ 3.
one who has been twisted by some kind of obsession.
a physically unattractive character.
one who acts morally or lawfully.
The following passage shows which phase of the plot for “The First Seven Years”? “Feld, the shoemaker,
was annoyed that his helper, Sobel, was so insensitive to his reverie that he wouldn’t for a minute cease his
fanatic pounding at the other bench. He gave him a look, but Sobel’s bald head was bent over the last as he
worked he didn’t notice. The shoemaker shrugged and continued to peer through the partly frosted window
at the nearsighted haze of falling February snow. Neither the shifting white blur outside, nor the sudden deep
remembrance of the snowy Polish village where he had wasted his youth could turn his thoughts from Max
the college boy…he could not help but contrast the diligence of the boy, who was a peddler’s son, with
Miriam’s unconcern for an education . . . when the opportunity arose for a college education, she had said
no she would rather find a job.”
a.
b.
c.
____ 5.
The narrator is criticizing Chicago for its bad deeds.
The narrator is making a wish list for Chicago.
The narrator is addressing Chicago by its various nicknames
A grotesque character can be defined as
a.
b.
c.
____ 4.
True
False
resolution
exposition
falling action
Classic quest tales create one type of archetypal plot. All quest tales share similar elements. Which
element is represented by the hunter telling Phoenix, “You must be a hundred years old, and scared of
nothing”?
a.
b.
c.
The hero’s journey symbolizes the larger journey of life.
The hero encounters tests and obstacles.
The hero is on a quest to obtain something of great value.
____ 6.
Gabriel treats John worse than the other children in “The Rockpile” because
a.
b.
c.
____ 7.
In “Filling Station,” the “somebody” of the poem is an individual who adds what to the life of the station?
a.
b.
c.
____ 8.
manual labor on a par with the father and sons
cooking and cleaning and household errands
small touches of beauty and caring
What is the message of the story of the boy who drowned in “The Rockpile”?
a.
b.
c.
____ 9.
John needs to be taught to be careful.
John disobeys more than the others.
John is not his biological child.
The river was a sinful place to go.
The neighborhood is a place of danger.
The boy had never liked the river.
True or False: The “Beats” were a group of poets, authors, artists, and thinkers that developed in the 1950s
and were generally opposed to conformity.
a.
b.
True
False
____ 10. True or False: The poem “One Art” is a ballad, a highly structured poem consisting of nineteen lines, two
repeating rhymes, and two refrains.
a.
b.
True
False
____ 11. True or False: John F. Kennedy is the author of the quote “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well
or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to
assure the survival and success of liberty.”
a.
b.
True
False
____ 12. The line “ . . . his figure formed a crooked cross,” from “The Life You Save May Be Your Own,” contains
which type of literary device?
a.
b.
c.
simile
apostrophe
symbolism
____ 13. What is Kennedy asking of Americans in this passage from his inaugural address: “And so, my fellow
Americans: ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country”?
a.
b.
c.
to join the armed forces
to put country before oneself
to apply for government jobs
____ 14. True or False: Carl Sandburg is the author of the quote “Whose woods these are I think I know. / His house
is in the village though; / He will not see me stopping here / To watch his woods fill up with snow.”
a.
b.
True
False
____ 15. Feld’s epiphany in “The First Seven Years” probably leads him to acknowledge that
a.
b.
c.
Education is not as important as love.
Miriam will make her own choices about her life.
His dreams of Miriam marrying Max will come true.
____ 16. In “Constantly Risking Absurdity,” who or what is perched on the highest level?
a.
b.
c.
truth
Beauty
the poet
____ 17. Which of the following statements from Letter from Birmingham City Jail serve as part of a parallel
construction that begins “I have no despair about the future”?
a.
b.
c.
“ I have no fear about the outcome of our struggle.”
“ Before the Pilgrims landed, we were here.”
“ I’m sorry I can’t join you in your praise.”
____ 18. Identify the “I” in this passage from “Mirror:” “I am silver and exact. I have no preconceptions.”
a.
b.
c.
poet
lake
mirror
____ 19. Which of the following phrases from “Constantly Risking Absurdity” conflicts with the concept of the poet as
a starry-eyed visionary who is out of touch with reality?
a.
b.
c.
“little charleychaplin man”
“super realist”
“balancing on eyebeams”
____ 20. Brooks repeats the word “somewhere” in the first stanza of “The Explorer” as she describes the explorer’s
search for peace. This repetition suggests that the explorer’s search is
a.
b.
c.
successful.
exciting.
unfulfilled.
____ 21. What is the overall message of “Frederick Douglass”?
a.
b.
c.
Freedom can be won by politicians.
Heroes deserve statues, legends, and poems.
A hero leaves a legacy that lives on in others.
____ 22. What problem does King identify in Letter from Birmingham City Jail that he and the protesters have been
struggling against?
a.
b.
c.
segregation
nonviolence
justice
____ 23. In which line from the poem “Chicago” does Sandburg use the literary device apostrophe?
a.
b.
c.
“I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again.”
“Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth”
“And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes, it is true”
____ 24. “Courage” contains the figure of speech “The child’s first step, / as awesome as an earthquake.” This figure
of speech is an example of
a.
b.
c.
simile
alliteration
metaphor
____ 25. Determine what a reader can most logically conclude about the old woman’s intentions from this line in “The
Life You Save May Be Your Own”: “The old woman watched from a distance, secretly pleased. She was
ravenous for a son-in-law.”
a.
b.
c.
She plans to fall in love with Mr. Shiflet.
She has only the best interests of her daughter in mind.
She wants Mr. Shiflet to marry her daughter.
____ 26. In “Constantly Risking Absurdity,” Ferlinghetti includes an extended metaphor comparing the poet to a(n)
a.
b.
c.
acrobat
firefighter
comedian
____ 27. True or False: Both John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr., use parallelism to emphasize their
arguments.
a.
b.
True
False
____ 28. Which of the following statements by Mr. Shiftlet in “The Life You Save May Be Your Own” reveals that he is
a grotesque character?
a.
b.
c.
“Nothing is like it used to be, lady. The world is almost rotten.”
“I’d give a fortune to live where I could see me a sun do that every evening.”
“Maybe the best I can tell you is, I’m a man . . . ”
____ 29. True or False: Carl Sandburg is the author of the quote “Laughing the stormy, husky, brawling laughter of
Youth, half- / Naked, sweating, proud to be a Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, / Stacker of Wheat, Player with
Railroads and Freight Handler / to the Nation.”
a.
b.
True
False
____ 30. Why is Feld angry when he first realizes that Sobel loves Miriam in “The First Seven Years”?
a.
b.
c.
He feels deceived by Sobel.
He realizes Miriam loves Max and not Sobel.
He feels deceived by Miriam.
____ 31. Why is King confident that his readers of Letter from Birmingham City Jail will confirm the need for
brotherhood and equality among people?
a.
b.
c.
They are all clergymen.
They are all police officers.
They are all lawyers.
____ 32. A quest tale follows a certain pattern as it develops one type of archetypal plot. In “A Worn Path” which
element of the hero’s quest is represented by Phoenix joking about dancing with the scarecrow?
a.
b.
c.
The hero encounters tests and obstacles.
The hero overcomes tests and obstacles.
The hero receives a benefit that is used to help others.
____ 33. True or False: A “hero’s quest” is an archetypal plot that features a hero who experiences no difficulty in
accomplishing a goal because of super-human cunning or strength.
a.
b.
True
False
____ 34. What is the explorer searching for in “The Explorer”?
a.
b.
c.
a specific person
a new place to live
a path to follow in life
____ 35. The buzz saw in “Out, Out–” most likely symbolizes
a.
b.
c.
uncontrollable technology.
nature in its unspoiled state.
order, discipline, and hard work.
____ 36. In “Mending Wall,” the neighbor tells the speaker of the poem that good fences make good neighbors. What
does he mean by this statement?
a.
b.
c.
He has had problems with other landowners in the past.
He doesn’t want the speaker on his property.
He doesn’t want to get to know the speaker any better.
____ 37. The reason that Feld starts to relax his feelings toward Sobel at the end of “The First Seven Years” is that
a.
b.
c.
Sobel is just like him.
Sobel is only interested in working for more money.
Sobel deeply loves his daughter.
____ 38. What rhetorical device is used in the following passage from “Frederick Douglass”: “ . . . when it belongs at
last to all, when it is truly instinct, . . .; when it is finally won . . .”?
a.
b.
c.
simile
metaphor
parallelism
____ 39. A hero’s quest tale follows a certain pattern as it develops one type of archetypal plot. In “A Worn Path”
which element of the hero’s quest is represented by the attendant giving Phoenix a nickel, which she plans
to use to buy a gift for her grandson?
a.
b.
c.
The hero encounters tests and obstacles.
The hero receives a benefit that is used to help others.
The hero is on a quest to obtain something of great value.
____ 40. Which of the following lines from “The First Seven Years” hints at how Feld feels following his epiphany?
a.
b.
c.
“The shoemaker . . . lapsed into silence.”
“He went slowly down the stairs . . .”
“. . . once outside, . . . he walked with a stronger stride.”
____ 41. How does Granny react to Doctor Harry’s examination at the beginning of “The Jilting of Granny
Weatherall”?
a.
b.
c.
She thinks he is too old to be a doctor.
She treats him with great respect.
She refuses to acknowledge that she is not well.
____ 42. Of the following events, which was the last to happen in Granny Weatherall’s life?
a.
b.
c.
Granny remembers that she needs to go through letters from George and John.
Granny nurses the sick children.
Granny remembers that she didn’t send wine to Sister Borgia.
____ 43. Who is the author of the quote “He was more depressed than ever as he drove on by himself. The late
afternoon had grown hot and sultry and the country had flattened out. Deep in the sky a storm was preparing
very slowly and without thunder as if it meant to drain every drop of air from the earth before it broke. There
were times when Mr. Shiftlet preferred not to be alone”?
a.
b.
c.
James Baldwin [“The Rockpile”]
Flannery O’Connor [“The Life You Save May Be Your Own”]
Carl Sandburg [“Chicago”]
____ 44. Which of these statements most accurately describes the relationship between Feld and Sobel in “The First
Seven Years”?
a.
b.
c.
Feld feels grateful for Sobel’s help but is irritated by his work habits.
Feld depends on Sobel but does not regard him highly.
Feld does not trust Sobel because he steals money from the till.
____ 45. Classic quest tales create one type of archetypal plot. All hero’s quest tales share similar elements. Which
element is represented by Phoenix needing some medicine for her grandson?
a.
b.
c.
The hero is on a quest to obtain something of value.
The hero receives a benefit that is used to help others.
The hero’s journey symbolizes the journey through life.
____ 46. What examples from Letter from Birmingham City Jail does King cite to support the main idea that the
Birmingham police department did not deserve praise?
a.
b.
c.
They have been disciplined in their public handling of the demonstrations.
They pushed, cursed, and used violent dogs against African Americans.
They were successful at keeping order while African Americans protested.
____ 47. The hero’s quest is one type of archetypal plot. Certain elements appear in all quest tales. Which element of
the hero’s quest from “A Worn Path” is represented by the a scarecrow frightening Phoenix?
a.
b.
c.
The hero receives a benefit that is used to help others
The hero encounters tests and obstacles.
The hero’s journey symbolizes the journey through life.
____ 48. True or False: James Baldwin is the author of the quote “He started to shout, Remember, you said five
minutes! But one of Roy’s friends was looking up at the fire escape. John looked down at his schoolbook: he
became engrossed again in the problem of the locomotive.”
a.
b.
True
False
____ 49. A central idea of “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” is the conflict between the attractions of
a.
b.
c.
the horse and the weather.
town and country.
duty and rest.
____ 50. A character’s thoughts are presented as if they were coming directly from his/her ________________ in a
narrative technique called stream of consciousness.
a.
b.
c.
mind
mouth
heart
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