English 11 Fall Final Examination: Study Questions
17. Who was this narrative retold by?
Figures Of Speech
Of Plymouth Plantation — William Bradford
Identify whether the figure of speech is a
simile, metaphor, personification, or
hyperbole.
18. In 1620, the Pilgrims made the difficult voyage to
America aboard what ship?
1. “If your strength were ten thousand time greater
than it is….it would be nothing to withstand
or endure it.”
19. Where did the Pilgrims land?
20. What struggles did the Pilgrims face once they
arrived upon land?
2. “Justice bends the arrow at your heart, and
strains the bow….”
21. Which rhetorical devices is used in the following
quote: “…but we let one another lie and die like
dogs…”
3. “It is a great furnace of wrath, a wide and
bottomless pit….”
22. What was the purpose for writing this narrative?
4. “His wrath toward you burns like fire….”
The Crucible – Arthur Miller
Essay Writing Strategies
5. When composing an essay, the first step that is
suggested is to:
23. In The Crucible, the narrator tells us to pity the
characters in the story, similar to the pity we should
bestow upon whom?
6. A thesis statement is composed of:
24. Why does Proctor refuse to sign the confession?
7. An assertion is made up of:
25. Which characters are NOT accused of being witches in
The Crucible?
8. When using Schaffer Method, one should ensure
the following pattern within paragraphs:
26. Why does Giles Corey get ‘pressed’?
The World On Turtle’s Back – Iroquois Creation
Myth
27. Both The Crucible and Sinners In the Hands Of An Angry
God concern what group of Christians?
9. What is the source of the roots that the woman from
the sky planted on the
turtle’s back?
28. The author of The Crucible intended the play to be a
critique of America’s fear of what movement?
29. Why does Tituba quickly admits to witchcraft?
10. Why are the twins in conflict even before their birth?
30. Why does Mary Warren change her testimony?
11. How do the twins create balance in the world?
31. What does Abigail accuse John Proctor of?
12. Why does the left-handed twin choose a “mere
stick” to fight the duel, while the
right-handed twin selects a deer antler?
32. Know multiple examples of concrete detail
sentences.
13. What happens to the left-handed twin after the duel?
33. Know multiple examples of topic sentences?
Coyote and the Buffalo – Okanogan Native
American Coyote Story
34. Know multiple examples of transition sentences.
35. Consider the best definition of the word crucible as it
applies to the play.
14. Coyote seeks revenge upon the Buffalo for what
reason?
36. How is Salem described in the Overture?
15. What happens when Coyote disobeys Buffalo Bull’s
order?
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37. What were Betty Parris and her friends doing before
the action of the play begins?
Fox and Coyote and Whale - Okanogan Native
American Coyote Story
38. Describe Tituba.
39. Why is the Reverend John Hale summoned?
16. What might be Okanogan storytellers’ purpose for
continuing to share this narrative?
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40. What does Abigail Williams believe about her dismissal
from the Proctor’s service?
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God –
Jonathan Edwards
41. Describe J. Proctor.
61. Which images are used in Sinners in the Hands of an Angry
God?
42. What does Reverend Parris appears to be most
concerned about at the beginning of the play when his
daughter, Betty, falls ill?
62. In Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, who is ‘the
Mediator’?
43. What are possible motivations for later accusations
of witchcraft by characters in the play?
63. In his sermon, what does Edwards mainly tap into
to access his audience’s fear?
44. What is Abigail motivated by when she threatens
Betty?
64. When Edwards refers to the “unconverted persons
in this congregation,” who is he chiefly addressing?
45. Why does Hale come to Proctor’s house?
65. How does Edwards present God?
46. Which commandment does John forget when Hale
asks him to recite the Ten Commandments?
66. How does Edwards builds a sense of urgency and
peril?
47. What is Hale’s advice to the Proctors as he prepares
to leave their house?
67. According to Edwards, what is the only way people
can escape from God’s anger?
48. What is unusual about the doll that Mary Warren
makes for Elizabeth?
68. What is Edwards’s purpose in delivering this
sermon?
49. As Elizabeth is led away to jail, what does John
demand of Mary Warren?
69. According to Edwards, what is the only thing that
has saved his listeners from hell?
50. What is one of the chief conflicts established in Act
Two?
70. What does Edwards mean when he says, “The bow
of God’s wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready
on the string…” ?
51. Why is Marshal Herrick shamefaced when he
appears at the Proctors’ house?
71. Know several examples of Edwards’ use of figures
of speech.
52. What is the deal that Danforth tries to make with
John Proctor?
72. What kinds of comparisons does Edwards make?
53. In Act III, who is the person who begins to have
doubts about the rightness of the witch trials?
73. What is Edwards implying when he says, “The
bow of god’s wrath is bent, and the arrow made
ready on the string…”, he implies that
54. What does Abigail Williams do as soon as Danforth
begins to question her?
To My Dear and Loving Husband – Bradstreet
55. What secret does John Proctor reveal to prove the
girls are lying?
74. What is this poem a tribute to?
56. What does John tell the court about his wife?
75. Closely interpret the last two lines of the poem.
57. How do the girls in the courtroom terrorize Mary
Warren?
76. How does the speaker develops the idea of love in
her marriage in lines 5-8?
58. Who states the following:
77. How does the speaker compare her husband’s love
for her to her love for him?
“He wake me every night, his eyes were like coals and
his fingers claw my neck, and I sigh, I sigh.”
59. What is Hale disgusted by at the end of Act Three?
78. Which of the following is a source of comfort to the
speakers of both To My Dear and Loving Husband and
Upon the Burning of Our House?
60. What do Parris’s concerns about the depositions
presented suggest?
The Interesting Life Of Olaudah Equiano — Olaudah
Equiano
79. How old was Equiano when he was first captured by
slavers?
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80. What is Equiano’s reaction when he is taken aboard
the ship?
98. Define and know aphorisms.
99. According to Emerson, what is the main source of
greatness in a person?
81. How does Equiano feel about the how the crew
deals with the fish they have caught?
100. What is an essential part of Emerson’s definition of
integrity?
82. What does Equiano show most concern for in his
description of the slave trade?
101. Consider condensing Emerson’s complex
philosophy into one sentence.
83. Consider the word anguish and different levels of
anguish.
102. When Emerson says we are “ashamed of that
divine idea which each of us represents,”
what exactly does he mean by “that divine idea”?
84. Study vocabulary words in all readings as noted at
the bottom portion of the text’s pages.
Upon the Burning Of Our House – Anne Bradstreet
103. What does Emerson state as the most sacred
aspect of a person?
85. What does Bradstreet mostly criticizes herself for?
104. What, according to Emerson, is the “hobgoblin of
little minds?”
86. Besides the things she has lost, what does Bradstreet
emphasize?
105. “Trust thyself: Every heart vibrates to that iron
string.” Consider.
87. What is Bradstreet implying when she writes “I blest
His name that gave and took…”
106. “Speak what you think now in hard words, and
tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks
in hard words again . . . ” Consider.
88. Which of the following does the speaker hold
responsible for the burning of her house?
89. What is the most likely reason for Bradstreet’s
inversion of the lines “In silent night when rest I took/
For some near I did not look”?
Study Declaration of Independence
107. In the following metaphor,“ . . . no kernel of
nourishing corn can come to him but
through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which
is given to him to till . . . ,”
what does “that plot of ground” represent?
Speech To the Virginia Convention – Patrick Henry
Civil Disobedience – David Thoreau
90. What attitude does Henry take at the beginning of
the speech toward those in the Convention who oppose
his position?
108. What is Thoreau’s major purpose in this essay?
109. In Thoreau’s view, what is the practical reason the
majority rules in a democracy?
91. How does Henry view negotiation?
110. What was Thoreau’s hope for the democracy of his
time?
92. Henry believes that the issue facing the convention
calls for what?
111. Which of the following best describes Thoreau’s
attitude toward government after he
was jailed?
93. Know the methods that the Convention have tried
in dealing with Britain, and which, according to Henry,
have failed.
112. Know the difference between fact and opinion.
94. What is the main purpose of Patrick Henry’s speech?
113. Define novel.
95. What contradictions does Henry point out in British
involvement with the colonies?
114. Define and illustrate an example of a paradox.
96. Consider the following quote: “We are apt to shut
our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of
that siren, till she transforms us into beasts.”
115. Consider what Thoreau might have thought about
paradoxes?
116-123 Passage Comprehension
97. Henry recounts several instances in which the
colonists sought agreement and acceptable terms with
the British. Why does he cite these reasons?
The Raven – Edgar Allan Poe
124. Analyze the speaker’s personality and character.
Self-Reliance – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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125. What does the speaker expect to find when he
opens the door of his chamber and peers out?
147. Prince Prospero's guests seem happy and carefree,
but they stop celebrating and get very quiet every time
the clock chimes. What does this tell you about how
they are really feeling?
126. What is the raven like at first encounter?
127. What does the speaker feel the raven to mean when
the raven first says “Nevermore”?
148. What message is Poe trying to convey in The Masque
of the Red Death?
128. Later, what does the narrator feel to be the reason
for the raven’s constant utterance, “Nevermore”?
149. Why does Prince Prospero decide to have a
masquerade?
129. Near the end of the poem, what two questions does
the speaker ask the raven?
150. Prince Prospero objects to the masked stranger
because he
130. What can you infer about the ending of the poem?
151. Why is The Masque of the Red Death an allegory?
131. What year was The Raven published?
152. The ebony clock/symbolism. Consider.
132. Identify instance of onomatopoeia in the text.
153. How is the figure portrayed at the end of the story?
133. Identify internal rhyme within the text.
The Narrative of the Life Of Frederick Douglass, An
American Slave — Frederick Douglass
134. Consider symbolism within the text.
135. Consider the bust of Pallas within the text.
154. Douglass’s narrative primarily describes life in
which historical setting?
Fall of the House Of Usher – Edgar Allan Poe
136. How do symbols function within narratives?
155. Douglass writes his autobiographical narrative
when he is—
137. Identify a number of symbols from the text.
156. How does Douglass learn to read and write?
138. What quality of Romanticism is most clearly
apparent in The Fall of the House of Usher?
157. Douglass uses metaphors to—
158. What is Douglass’s purpose for writing his
narrative?
139. Know the facts of the story: plot, sequence of
events, etc.
159. After the first six months at Covey’s farm,
Douglass was
140. What parallel does the text emphasize at the start
of the story. (Consider the house and another
aspect of the narrative.)
160. In this selection, what does Douglass seek from his
owner, Master Thomas?
141. Before he enters the Usher mansion, the narrator
notes “a barely imperceptible fissure” in the
building. What does this allude to?
161. Which of the following involves the greatest
exercise of free will by Douglass?
142. Consider symbolic representations of the
deterioration of Roderick’s mind.
162. What best describes Douglass’ style of writing?
163. Consider Douglass’ narrative in comparison to
Equiano’s.
142. Consider the mini-narrative within the text and
what this narrative may symbolize.
163-170 Fortchoming
Masque of the Red Death – Edgar Allan
Poe
Read the following short passages and answer the
questions that follow.
144. What is the irony of Prospero’s name?
171-200 Comprehension Questions
145 . Why do Prince Prospero and his guests lock
themselves in an abbey?
146. The revelers' masks and costumes symbolize their
attempt to hide from the Red Death. What detail from
the story supports this interpretation?
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