ELA 12 EQT 3 Practice Test
Read the poem. Then answer the questions that follow it.
The Question
Percy Bysshe Shelley
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I dreamed that, as I wandered by the way,
Bare Winter suddenly was changed to Spring,
And gentle odours led my steps astray,
Mixed with a sound of waters murmuring
5 Along a shelving bank of turf, which lay
Under a copse, and hardly dared to fling
Its green arms round the bosom of the stream,
But kissed it and then fled, as thou mightest in dream.
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There grew pied wind-flowers and violets,
Daisies, those pearled Arcturi of the earth,
The constellated flower that never sets;
Faint oxslips; tender bluebells, at whose birth
The sod scarce heaved; and that tall flower that wets—
Like a child, half in tenderness and mirth—
15 Its mother’s face with Heaven’s collected tears,
When the low wind, its playmate’s voice, it hears.
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And in the warm hedge grew lush eglantine,
Green cowbind and the moonlight-coloured may,
And cherry-blossoms, and white cups, whose wine
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Was the bright dew, yet drained not by the day;
And wild roses, and ivy serpentine,
With its dark buds and leaves, wandering astray;
And flowers azure, black, and streaked with gold,
Fairer than any wakened eyes behold.
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25 And nearer to the river’s trembling edge
There grew broad flag-flowers, purple pranked with white,
And starry river buds among the sedge,
And floating water-lilies, broad and bright,
Which lit the oak that overhung the hedge
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With moonlight beams of their own watery light;
And bulrushes, and reeds of such deep green
As soothed the dazzled eye with sober sheen.
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Methought that of these visionary flowers
I made a nosegay, bound in such a way
35 That the same hues, which in their natural bowers
Were mingled or opposed, the like array
Kept these imprisoned children of the Hours
Within my hand,—and then, elate and gay,
I hastened to the spot whence I had come.
40 That I might present it! — Oh! To whom?
Reading Comprehension
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1. Which statement best describes the speaker of the poem?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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2. Which word from the poem is an example of onomatopoeia?
A.
B.
C.
D.
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Shelley relates the experience in the poem through an invented persona.
The speaker is a distant observer who describes the action of the poem.
Shelley uses the words he and she and is a character in the poem.
The speaker uses the pronoun I and is directly involved in the experience.
Murmuring
Tenderness
Wakened
Imprisoned
3. The phrase “waters murmuring” in line 4 appeals to the sense of —
A.
B.
C.
D.
sight
smell
hearing
Touch
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Read this selection. Then answer the questions that follow it.
The Mouse
Saki
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Theodoric Voler had been brought up, from infancy to the confines of middle age, by a fond mother
whose chief solicitude had been to keep him screened from what she called the coarser realities of life.
When she died she left Theodoric alone in a world that was as real as ever, and a good deal coarser than he
considered it had any need to be. To a man of his temperament and upbringing even a simple railway journey
was crammed with petty annoyances and minor discords, and as he settled himself down in a second-class
compartment one September morning he was conscious of ruffled feelings and general mental discomposure.
He had been staying at a country vicarage, the inmates of which had been certainly neither brutal nor
bacchanalian, but their supervision of the domestic establishment had been of the lax order which invites
disaster. The pony carriage that was to take him to the station had never been properly ordered, and when the
moment for his departure drew near the handyman who should have produced the required article was
nowhere to be found. In this emergency Theodoric, to his mute but very intense disgust, found himself
obliged to collaborate with the vicar’s daughter in the task of harnessing the pony, which necessitated groping
about in an ill-lighted outhouse called a stable, and smelling very like one—except in patches where it smelt
of mice. Without being actually afraid of mice, Theodoric classed them among the coarser incidents of life,
and considered that Providence, with a little exercise of moral courage, might long ago have recognized that
they were not indispensable, and have withdrawn them from circulation. As the train glided out of the station
Theodoric’s nervous imagination accused himself of exhaling a weak odor of stableyard, and possibly of
displaying a moldy straw or two on his usually well-brushed garments. Fortunately the only other occupant of
the compartment, a lady of about the same age as himself, seemed inclined for slumber rather than scrutiny;
the train was not due to stop till the terminus was reached, in about an hour’s time, and the carriage was of the
old-fashioned sort, that held no communication with a corridor, therefore no further traveling companions
were likely to intrude on Theodoric’s semi-privacy. And yet the train had scarcely attained its normal speed
before he became reluctantly but vividly aware that he was not alone with the slumbering lady; he was not
even alone in his own clothes. A warm, creeping movement over his flesh betrayed the unwelcome and highly
resented presence, unseen but poignant, of a strayed mouse, that had evidently dashed into its present retreat
during the episode of the pony harnessing. Furtive stamps and shakes and wildly directed pinches failed to
dislodge the intruder, whose motto, indeed, seemed to be Excelsior; and the lawful occupant of the clothes lay
back against the cushions and endeavored rapidly to evolve some means for putting an end to the dual
ownership. It was unthinkable that he should continue for the space of a whole hour in the horrible position of
a Rowton House for vagrant mice (already his imagination had at least doubled the numbers of the alien
invasion). On the other hand, nothing less drastic than partial disrobing would ease him of his tormentor, and
to undress in the presence of a lady, even for so laudable a purpose, was an idea that made his eartips tingle in
a blush of abject shame. He had never been able to bring himself even to the mild exposure of open-work
socks in the presence of the fair sex. And yet—the lady in this case was to all appearances soundly and
securely asleep; the mouse, on the other hand, seemed to be trying to crowd a Wanderjahr into a few
strenuous minutes. If there is any truth in the theory of transmigration, this particular mouse must certainly
have been in a former state a member of the Alpine Club. Sometimes in its eagerness it lost its footing and
slipped for half an inch or so; and then, in fright, or more probably temper, it bit. Theodoric was goaded into
the most audacious undertaking of his life. Crimsoning to the hue of a beetroot and keeping an agonized
watch on his slumbering fellow-traveler, he swiftly and noiselessly secured the ends of his railway-rug to the
racks on either side of the carriage, so that a substantial curtain hung athwart the compartment. In the narrow
dressing-room that he had thus improvised he proceeded with violent haste to extricate himself partially and
the mouse entirely from the surrounding casings of tweed and half-wool.
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As the unraveled mouse gave a wild leap to the floor, the rug, slipping its fastening at either end, also came
down with a heart-curdling flop, and almost simultaneously the awakened sleeper opened her eyes. With a
movement almost quicker than the mouse’s, Theodoric pounced on the rug, and hauled its ample folds
chin-high over his dismantled person as he collapsed into the further corner of the carriage. The blood raced
and beat in the veins of his neck and forehead, while he waited dumbly for the communication-cord to be
pulled. The lady, however, contented herself with a silent stare at her strangely muffled companion. How
much had she seen, Theodoric queried to himself, and in any case what on earth must she think of his present
posture?
“I think I have caught a chill,” he ventured desperately.
“Really, I’m sorry,” she replied. “I was just going to ask you if you would open this window.”
“I fancy it’s malaria,” he added, his teeth chattering slightly, as much from fright as from a desire to
support his theory.
“I’ve got some brandy in my hold-all, if you’ll kindly reach it down for me,” said his companion.
“Not for worlds—I mean, I never take anything for it,” he assured her earnestly.
“I suppose you caught it in the Tropics?”
Theodoric, whose acquaintance with the Tropics was limited to an annual present of a chest of tea from
an uncle in Ceylon, felt that even the malaria was slipping from him. Would it be possible, he wondered, to
disclose the real state of affairs to her in small installments?
“Are you afraid of mice?” he ventured, growing, if possible, more scarlet in the face.
“Not unless they came in quantities, like those that ate up Bishop Hatto. Why do you ask?”
“I had one crawling inside my clothes just now,” said Theodoric in a voice that hardly seemed his own.
“It was a most awkward situation.”
“It must have been, if you wear your clothes at all tight,” she observed; “but mice have strange ideas of
comfort.”
“I had to get rid of it while you were asleep,” he continued; then, with a gulp, he added, “it was getting
rid of it that brought me to—to this.”
“Surely leaving off one small mouse wouldn’t bring on a chill,” she exclaimed, with a levity that
Theodoric accounted abominable.
Evidently she had detected something of his predicament, and was enjoying his confusion. All the
blood in his body seemed to have mobilized in one concentrated blush, and an agony of abasement, worse
than a myriad mice, crept up and down over his soul. And then, as reflection began to assert itself, sheer terror
took the place of humiliation. With every minute that passed the train was rushing nearer to the crowded and
bustling terminus where dozens of prying eyes would be exchanged for the one paralyzing pair that watched
him from the further corner of the carriage. There was one slender despairing chance, which the next few
minutes must decide. His fellow-traveler might relapse into a blessed slumber. But as the minutes throbbed by
that chance ebbed away. The furtive glance which Theodoric stole at her from time to time disclosed only an
unwinking wakefulness.
“I think we must be getting near now,” she presently observed.
Theodoric had already noted with growing terror the recurring stacks of small, ugly dwellings that
heralded the journey’s end. The words acted as a signal. Like a hunted beast breaking cover and dashing
madly towards some other haven of momentary safety he threw aside his rug, and struggled frantically into
his disheveled garments. He was conscious of dull suburban stations racing past the window, of a choking,
hammering sensation in his throat and heart, and of an icy silence in that corner towards which he dared not
look. Then as he sank back in his seat, clothed and almost delirious, the train slowed down to a final crawl,
and the woman spoke.
Would you be so kind,” she asked, “as to get me a porter to put me into a cab? It’s a shame to trouble
you when you’re feeling unwell, but being blind makes one so helpless at a railway station.”
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Reading Comprehension
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4. From the description of Theodric’s efforts to harness the pony, the reader can infer that he
rarely —
A.
B.
C.
D.
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5. The first plot complication occurs when Theodoric —
A.
B.
C.
D.
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what train compartments are like
why Theodoric is in a difficult situation
why Theodoric doesn’t like trains
where the other passenger is sitting
7. “The Mouse” is characteristic of realism because Saki —
A.
B.
C.
D.
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leaves home after his mother’s death
travels to the station in a pony carriage
discovers a mouse in his clothing
notices the woman across from him
6. The realistic train car setting helps the reader understand —
A.
B.
C.
D.
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enjoys personal relationships
engages in physical labor
stays in luxurious places
travels without company
uses dialogue that captures the sounds of everyday speech
portrays the lives and values of the lower class
depicts the human condition in an objective manner
has an interest in attaining social equality and exposing society’s ills
8. Theodric’s realization that “With every minute that passed the train was rushing nearer to the crowded and
bustling terminus” creates a mood of —
A.
B.
C.
D.
dreaminess
suspense
sorrow
mystery
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Read this selection. Then answer the questions that follow it.
The following excerpt is from a lecture that John Ruskin delivered in 1864. Ruskin was an influential social
critic of the Victorian era.
from Sesame: Of Kings’ Treasuries
John Ruskin
31. My friends, I do not know why any of us should talk about reading. We want some sharper
discipline than that of reading; but, at all events, be assured, we cannot read. No reading is possible for a
people with its mind in this state. No sentence of any great writer is intelligible to them. It is simply and
sternly impossible for the English public, at this moment, to understand any thoughtful writing,—so
incapable of thought has it become in its insanity of avarice. Happily, our disease is, as yet, little worse
than this incapacity of thought; it is not corruption of the inner nature; we ring true still, when anything
strikes home to us; and though the idea that everything should “pay” has infected our every purpose so
deeply, that even when we would play the good Samaritan, we never take out our twopence and give them
to the host without saying, “When I come again, thou shalt give me fourpence,” there is a capacity of
noble passion left in our hearts’ core. We show it in our work,—in our war,—even in those unjust
domestic affections which make us furious at a small private wrong, while we are polite to a boundless
public one: we are still industrious to the last hour of the day, though we add the gambler’s fury to the
laborer’s patience; we are still brave to the death, though incapable of discerning true cause for battle; and
are still true in affection to our own flesh, to the death, as the sea-monsters are, and the rock-eagles. And
there is hope for a nation while this can still be said for it. As long as it holds its life in its hand, ready to
give it for its honor (though a foolish honor), for its love (though a selfish love), and for its business
(though a base business), there is hope for it. But hope only; for this instinctive, reckless virtue cannot
last. No nation can last, which has made a mob of itself, however generous at heart. It must discipline its
passions, and direct them, or they will discipline it, one day, with scorpion whips. Above all a nation
cannot last as a money-making mob: it cannot with impunity,—it cannot with existence,—go on
despising literature, despising science, despising art, despising nature, despising compassion, and
concentrating its soul on Pence. Do you think these are harsh or wild words? Have patience with me but a
little longer. I will prove their truth to you, clause by clause.
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32. I.—I say first we have despised literature. What do we, as a nation, care about books? How
much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we
spend on our horses? If a man spends lavishly on his library you call him mad—a bibliomaniac. But you
never call any one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not
hear of people ruining themselves by their books. Or, to go lower still, how much do you think the
contents of the bookshelves of the United Kingdom, public and private, would fetch, as compared with
the contents of its wine-cellars? What position would its expenditure on literature take, as compared with
its expenditure on luxurious eating? We talk of food for the mind, as of food for the body; now a good
book contains such food inexhaustibly; it is a provision for life, and for the best part of us; yet how long
most people would look at the best book before they would give the price of a large turbot for it! though
there have been men who have pinched their stomachs and bared their backs to buy a book, whose
libraries were cheaper to them, I think, in the end, than most men’s dinners are. We are few of us put to
such trial, and more the pity; for, indeed, a precious thing is all the more precious to us if it has been won
by work or economy; and if public libraries were half as costly as public dinners, or books cost the tenth
part of what bracelets do, even foolish men and women might sometimes suspect there was good in
reading, as well as in munching and sparkling; whereas the very cheapness of literature is making even
wise people forget that if a book is worth reading, it is worth buying. No book is worth anything which is
not worth much; nor is it serviceable, until it has been read, and reread, and loved, and loved again; and
marked, so that you can refer to the passages you want in it as a soldier can seize the weapon he needs in
an armory, or a housewife bring the spice she needs from her store. Bread of flour is good: but there is
bread, sweet as honey, if we would eat it, in a good book; and the family must be poor indeed which, once
in their lives, cannot, for such multipliable barley-loaves, pay their baker’s bill. We call ourselves a rich
nation, and we are filthy and foolish enough to thumb each other’s books out of circulating libraries!
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33. II.—I say we have despised science. “What!” you exclaim, “are we not foremost in all
discovery, and is not the whole world giddy by reason, or unreason, of our inventions?” Yes; but do you
suppose that is national work? That work is all done in spite of the nation; by private people’s zeal and
money. We are glad enough, indeed, to make our profit of science; we snap up anything in the way of a
scientific bone that has meat on it, eagerly enough; but if the scientific man comes for a bone or a crust to
us, that is another story. What have we publicly done for science? We are obliged to know what o’clock it
is, for the safety of our ships, and therefore we pay for an observatory; and we allow ourselves, in the
person of our Parliament, to be annually tormented into doing something, in a slovenly way, for the
British Museum; sullenly apprehending that to be a place for keeping stuffed birds in, to amuse our
children. If anybody will pay for his own telescope, and resolve another nebula, we cackle over the
discernment as if it were our own; if one in ten thousand of our hunting squires suddenly perceives that
the earth was indeed made to be something else than a portion for foxes, and burrows in it himself, and
tells us where the gold is, and where the coals, we understand that there is some use in that; and very
properly knight him; but is the accident of his having found out how to employ himself usefully any
credit to us? (The negation of such discovery among his brother squires may perhaps be some discredit to
us, if we would consider of it.) But if you doubt these generalities, here is one fact for us all to meditate
upon, illustrative of our love of science. Two years ago there was a collection of the fossils of Solenhofen
to be sold in Bavaria; the best in existence, containing many specimens unique for perfectness, and one
unique as an example of a species (a whole kingdom of unknown living creatures being announced by
that fossil). This collection, of which the mere market worth, among private buyers, would probably have
been some thousand or twelve hundred pounds, was offered to the English nation for seven hundred; but
we would not give seven hundred and the whole series would have been in the Munich Museum at this
moment, if Professor Owen had not with loss of his own time, and patient tormenting of the British public
in person of its representatives, got leave to give four hundred pounds at once, and himself become
answerable for the other three! which the said public will doubtless pay him eventually, but sulkily, and
caring nothing about the matter all the while; only always ready to cackle if any credit comes of it.
Consider, I beg of you, arithmetically, what this fact means. Your annual expenditure for public purposes
(a third of it for military apparatus) is at least fifty millions. Now 700l. is to 50,000,000l., roughly, as
seven pence to two thousand pounds. Suppose, then, a gentleman of unknown income, but whose wealth
was to be conjectured from the fact that he spent two thousand a year on his park-walls and footmen only,
professes himself fond of science; and that one of his servants comes eagerly to tell him that an unique
collection of fossils, giving clue to a new era of creation, is to be had for the sum of seven pence sterling;
and that the gentleman, who is fond of science, and spends two thousand a year on his park, answers, after
keeping his servant waiting several months, “Well! I’ll give you four pence for them, if you will be
answerable for the extra three pence yourself, till next year!”
Reading Comprehension
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9. Ruskin makes an emotional appeal in the opening lines of the speech in order to —
A.
B.
C.
D.
make people ashamed of their inability to read and think critically
propose a sweeping plan for nationwide educational reform
intimidate opponents of his views on government policy
end public debate about the importance of science and art
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____ 10. The comment that an “insanity of avarice” has made the English people “incapable of thought” is an opinion
because it —
A.
B.
C.
D.
expresses the value of something
makes a prediction about the future
commands people to act in a certain way
makes an assertion that cannot be proved
____ 11. What is the best paraphrase of the phrase “corruption of the inner nature”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Moral depravity
Complete lack of intelligence
Genuine disinterest
Strong fear of facing challenges
____ 12. Which sentence best paraphrases the idea that “unjust domestic affections” make people “furious at a small
private wrong, while we are polite to a boundless public one”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
People are far more forgiving of individuals than they are of organizations.
Individuals tend to respond more harshly to public matters than to private ones.
People are more concerned with personal problems than they are with public affairs.
Public issues cannot affect individuals in the way that private matters can.
____ 13. Ruskin’s assertion that “this instinctive, reckless virtue cannot last” is —
A.
B.
C.
D.
a fact because it relies on a statistic
an opinion because it reflects a belief
a fact because it appeals to reason
an opinion because it proposes a policy
____ 14. Read Ruskin’s argument about spending below.
“How much do you think we spend altogether on our libraries, public or private, as compared with what we
spend on our horses? If a man spends lavishly on his library, you call him mad – a bibliomaniac. But you
never call any one a horse-maniac, though men ruin themselves every day by their horses, and you do not hear
of people ruining themselves by their books.”
This argument is an example of an appeal to —
A.
B.
C.
D.
Pity
Ethics
Fear
Logic
____ 15. Based on the excerpt, what can the reader infer about England’s economy in the mid-1800s?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Many businesses failed because most people saved more than they spent.
Income levels were high, and unemployment levels were low.
Food represented a much larger percentage of spending than books did.
Individuals did not earn enough money to fund scientific research.
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Vocabulary
Use context clues and your knowledge of word derivations to answer the following
questions.
____ 16. The word constellation can mean “a gathering or assemblage.” What does the word constellated mean in line
11 of “The Question”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Extremely vivid in color
Shaped like a star
Visible only at night
Appearing in bunches
____ 17. The word serpent means “snake.” What does the word serpentine mean in line 21 of “The Question”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Conspicuous
Scaly
Winding
Poisonous
Use context clues to answer the following questions.
____ 18. What does the word conjectured in paragraph 33.II. of “Sesame: Of Kings’ Treasuries”?
“… whose wealth was to be conjectured from the fact that he spent two thousand a year … ”
A.
B.
C.
D.
Guessed
Envied
Proved
Admired
____ 19. What does the word Arcturi mean in line 10 of “The Question”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Waters
Stars
Predators
Jewelry
Use context clues and the definitions of Latin words and roots to answer the following
questions.
____ 20. The Latin root spec means “to look at.” What does the word specimens mean in paragraph 33.II. of “Sesame:
Of Kings’ Treasuries”?
“…containing many specimens unique for perfections …”
A. Samples used for analysis
B. Expensive articles
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C. Ancient ruins
D. Manmade structures
____ 21. The Latin root fur means “thief.” What does the word furtive mean in paragraph 1 of “The
Mouse”?
“Furtive stops and shakes and wildly directed pinches …”
A.
B.
C.
D.
Illegal
Stolen
Dangerous
Secretive
Use context clues and your knowledge of Latin prefixes to answer the following questions.
____ 22. The Latin prefix dis- means “apart.” What does the word discomposure mean in paragraph 1 of “The
Mouse”?
“… he was conscious of ruffled feelings and general mental discomposure.”
A.
B.
C.
D.
Unfamiliarity with an area
Confusion about a topic
Lack of poise or comfort
Uneasiness about a person
____ 23. The Latin prefix de- means “from.” What does the word departure mean in paragraph 1 of “The Mouse”?
“the moment of his departure drew near …”
A.
B.
C.
D.
Act of leaving
Responsibility
Time of change
Contemplation
Revising and Editing
Read the literary analysis of poetry and answer the questions that follow.
(1) Nature inspires endless questions. (2) Why is every snowflake different? (3)
How do the planets stay in orbit? (4) In “The Lamb” and “The Tyger,” the poet William
Blake ponders another question about the world. (5) Taken together, these poems explore
two conflicting sides of nature—the beautiful and the terrible.
(6) “The Lamb” is a reflection on the beautiful and innocent aspect of nature. (7)
The image of a lamb feeding by a stream or in a meadow is like a scene from the Garden
of Eden. (8) The poem’s repetition and simple rhymes give them a childlike quality. (9)
The speaker asks the same question at the beginning and end of the poem: “Little Lamb,
who made thee / Dost thou know who made thee?” (10) His description of the animal
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focuses on its gentleness. (11) He mentions the lamb’s “tender voice, / making all the
vales rejoice” and its “clothing of delight, / Softest clothing, wooly, bright.” (12) The
lamb is also a religious symbol. (13) The speaker notes that God has the same name. (14)
“He is meek, and He is mild, / For He calls Himself a Lamb.”
(15) “The Tyger” shows the dark side of nature. (16) The tiger is portrayed as
fearsome and untamed. (17) He lives not in a sunny meadow, but he lives in the “forests
of the night.” (18) The speaker in this poem also raises questions about creation: “What
immortal hand or eye / Could frame thy fearful symmetry?” (19) The creator here is seen
as a powerful force, forging the tiger’s heart, brain, and claws with a hammer, an anvil,
and a fiery furnace. (20) The speaker even wonders whether the fire in the tiger’s eyes
came from the “skies”—the stars—or the “distant deeps”— the fires of hell. (21) Both
use repetition and a simple aa bb rhyme scheme. (22) This poem is similar to “The
Lamb” in structure and style. (23) The effect here, though, is not childlike, but unsettling.
(24) We must learn to respect nature in all its forms.
(25) Near the end of “The Tyger,” the speaker poses one of the great paradoxes of
nature: “Did He who made the lamb make thee?” (26) It isn’t stated. (27) The answer is
yes. (28) Nature is a soft summer shower as well as a deadly hurricane. (29) Nature is a
gentle lamb as well as a fierce tiger. (30) These conflicting forces represent what Blake
called “the contrary states of the human soul.”
____ 24. Which sentence contains the overall thesis statement?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Sentence 1
Sentence 2
Sentence 4
Sentence 5
____ 25. The writer’s thesis statement is effective because it —
A.
B.
C.
D.
identifies the governing idea
rejects an established belief
considers opposing viewpoints
expresses the writer’s opinion
____ 26. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 8?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Change give to gives
Change them to it
Change poem’s to poems
Make no change
____ 27. What transition word or phrase could best be added at the beginning of sentence 9?
A.
B.
C.
D.
In addition
For example
On the other hand
Therefore
____ 28. What change, if any, should be made to sentence 10?
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A.
B.
C.
D.
Change its to his
Change focuses to focused
Change gentleness to being gentle
Make no change
____ 29. What is the best way to combine sentences 12 and 13 to create a compound sentence?
A.
B.
C.
D.
The lamb is also a religious symbol the speaker notes that God has the same name.
The lamb is also a religious symbol, the speaker notes that God has the same name.
The lamb is also a religious symbol, and the speaker notes that God has the same name.
The lamb is also a religious symbol if the speaker notes that God has the same name.
____ 30. In the second paragraph, the writer supports the thesis by —
A.
B.
C.
D.
providing quotes from “The Lamb”
demonstrating the poet’s facility with words
discussing how the poet develops the lamb’s nature
proving that the lamb is innocent
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