Indiana Academic Super Bowl
English Round
2017 – Senior Division Coaches Practice
A Program of the Indiana Association of School Principals
SD-CP-E-1
The opening sentence of A Tale of Two
Cities, offers examples of each of the
following EXCEPT _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
antithesis
metonymy
parallelism
polysyndeton
Students:
Throughout this competition, foreign
names and words may be used.
If there are any discrepancies
between how a word/phrase should
be pronounced and what you see
on the screen, the screen
supersedes what is spoken.
SD-CP-E-2
The epigraph to “Don Juan: Dedication” is “Difficile
est proprie communia dicere.” Which of the
following BEST translates that sentence?
A.
B.
C.
D.
It is appropriate to tell the truth as one laughs.
It is difficult to speak of the universal
specifically.
It is desirable to use one’s gifts for the good of
the community.
It is sufficient to combine well-chosen words
in a well-ordered line.
1
SD-CP-E-3
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Jarvis Lorry protests,
“Feelings! I have no time for them, no change of them.”
However, the truth that he does have feelings is BEST
supported by the way he ________
A.
observes the intricately carved frame of the pier-glass
in
the room in which Lucie sits
B.
tells Lucie Manette about her father by creating a
story about a Doctor of Beauvais
C.
adjusts and readjusts the “crisp flaxen wig,”
attempting to flatten it more than it is
D.
explains why he addresses Lucie as a “young English
lady” as they converse
SD-CP-E-5
The scene in the courtroom in the Old Bailey
in Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, is
developed by images of each of the
following EXCEPT _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
atrophy
death
disease
stench
SD-CP-E-4
In the first stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication,” Byron
says Southey “turned out a Tory.” In fact, he was a
Tory Member of Parliament. A Tory is understood
to support each of the following EXCEPT _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
royal authority
parliamentary reform
the established church
traditional governmental structure
SD-CP-E-6
The speaker of Blake’s “The Tyger”
is BEST characterized as ______
A.
B.
C.
D.
irreverent
reactionary
deterministic
philosophical
2
SD-CP-E-7
That Miss Pross believes her brother to be
the only worthy suitor for Lucie Manette in
Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, can BEST be
characterized as somewhat _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
ironic
peevish
gracious
disarming
SD-CP-E-9
In A Tale of Two Cities, Dickens’ description of the
Monseigneur in particular and the aristocrats in his
home in general characterizes the French
aristocracy as all of the following EXCEPT
_______
SD-CP-E-8
Consider the following lines from Wordsworth’s
poem on the French Revolution:
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,
But to be young was very heaven!
In this context “dawn” is a metaphor for _____
A.
B.
C.
D.
years of adolescence
first light before battle
early days of the revolution
initial morning of the people’s uprising
SD-CP-E-10
In the first stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication,” Byron
rhetorically asks, “And now, my Epic Renegade!
What are ye at?/With all the Lakers, in and out of
place?” Who were the Lakers?
A.
A.
B.
C.
D.
sumptuous in their manner of living
oblivious to political and social realities
bloodthirsty in their dealings with one another
ignorant of the skills appropriate to their
offices
the poets who succeeded Wordsworth and
Coleridge
B.
an early group of English poets of the
Romantic Movement
C.
a group of Augustan poets who resisted
Romantic innovations
D.
a group of proto-Transcendentalists dedicated
to nature poetry
3
SD-CP-E-11
As the Marquis de Evrémonde travels through
the country to his chateau in A Tale of Two
Cities, Dickens uses the imagery of _______
SD-CP-E-12
Careful interpretation of Blake’s “The Tyger” will yield
concrete evidence to support each of the following
statements EXCEPT _______
A.
A.
B.
C.
D.
a dragged man to reflect the revolution
the sunset to reflect the soul of the marquis
a crowd to reflect the power of the
aristocracy
the fields to reflect the resignation of the
people
SD-CP-E-13
The poverty of the people in the rural village
where the Marquis St. Evrémonde stops on
his way to his chateau in Dickens’ A Tale of
Two Cities is most explicitly explained by
_______
A.
B.
C.
D.
the failure of crops
the lack of children
a catalogue of taxes
the story of the dragged man
B.
The “fearful symmetry” of the tiger underscores the
primacy of regular form and balanced construction
necessary for effective writing.
The energy attributed to the tiger is akin to that of the
French Revolution: enlightening but dangerous,
transformative but perilous.
The mystery of the tiger exposes the challenge – or
impossibility – of fully comprehending the nature of
C.
the
God.
D.
The central question about the tiger – “Who made
thee?”
– delves into the nature of poetic
creativity.
SD-CP-E-14
The central thrust of Wordsworth’s poem
about the French Revolution is _______
A.
B.
celebration of the ideals of the revolution
nostalgia for the initial uprising now less
meaningful
C. observation of the ironies of the
rebellion’s
aftermath
D. speculation on the long-term
consequences for artists
4
SD-CP-E-15
The death of the Marquis St. Evrémonde in
Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities is MOST closely
connected to the coming revolution by _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
the finding of his corpse in his bed
the manner of his death by stabbing
the signature on the note attached to the
knife
the response of the peasants gathered in
the village
SD-CP-E-17
In Blake’s “The Tyger,” line 8 – “What
the hand dare seize the fire?” – can
most clearly be interpreted as an
allusion to the myth of _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
Ganymede
Icarus
Orion
Prometheus
SD-CP-E-16
In the first stanza of “Don Juan:
Dedication,” Byron labels Southey, “Epic
Renegade!” In this context, renegade
MOST LIKELY means _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
traitor
convert
maverick
trouble-maker
SD-CP-E-18
The speaker of Wordsworth’s poem on the French
Revolution characterizes the prevailing traditions
and laws of the time prior to the rebellion as each of
the following EXCEPT _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
lacking in desirable qualities
impaired in vigor or effectiveness
disagreeable to the point of being repellant
marked by a desire to maintain the status quo
5
SD-CP-E-19
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the man
whose child the Marquis St. Evrémonde’s
carriage hits and kills is named _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
Gaspard
Jacques
Foulon
Ernest
SD-CP-E-21
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, when asked
what she knits, what is Madame Defarge’s
reply?
A.
B.
C.
D.
shawls
scarves
shrouds
blankets
SD-CP-E-20
In the third stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication,”
in saying “Bob [wishes] to supersede all
warblers here below/And be the only Blackbird
in the dish” alludes to Southey’s aspiration to
_______
A.
B.
C.
D.
earn his living by poetry alone
become the king’s favorite poet
be named poet laureate of England
write an epic on a legend of the birds
SD-CP-E-22
Consider the following lines from Blake’s “The Tyger”:
What the hammer? what the chain,
In what furnace was thy brain?
What the anvil? what dread grasp,
Dare its deadly terrors clasp!
The italicized terms belong to which type of figurative
language?
A.
B.
C.
D.
simile
apostrophe
metonymy
personification
6
SD-CP-E-23
The image of the tiger appears in both
Blake’s poem of that name and in the
speech of which character in Dickens’ A
Tale of Two Cities?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Sidney Carton
Jerry Cruncher
Charles Darnay
Madame Defarge
SD-CP-E-25
SD-CP-E-24
Consider these lines from Wordsworth’s poem about the
French Revolution:
Not favoured spots alone, but the whole earth,/The
beauty
wore of promise, that which sets/(As at some
moment
might not be unfelt/Among the bowers of paradise
itself)/ The budding rose above the rose full blown.
The “favoured spots” may be interpreted as an allusion that
includes _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
the British Empire
the Russian Empire
the Spanish Empire
the United States
SD-CP-E-26
In the fourth stanza of “Don Juan:
Dedication,” the biblical allusion
underscores what quality that Byron
attributes to Wordsworth’s “Excursion”?
The ninth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication,”
includes the following lines: “And although here
and there some glorious rarity/Arise like Titan
from the sea's immersion . . .” The classical
allusion refers to _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
its rhyme scheme
its didactic purpose
its archaic structure
its confusing nature
a ship
a whale
the sunrise
an earthquake
7
SD-CP-E-27
In the course of Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities,
Sydney Carton has private conversations with both
Lucie and Charles; however, subsequent to the
latter conversation, Charles _______
A.
reveals his own darkness to his immediate
rival
B.
fails to fully appreciate the depth of Sydney’s
soul
C.
betrays Sydney by sharing his conversation
with Lucie
D.
comes to perceive Sydney as a challenge to
his happiness
SD-CP-E-29
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities,
Madame Defarge’s chief lieutenant is
named by the appropriate epithet
_______
SD-CP-E-28
The first quatrain of Blake’s “The Tyger”
magnifies the power of the subject by
each of the following means EXCEPT
_______
A.
B.
C.
D.
antithesis
imagery
allusion
diction
SD-CP-E-30
Consider these words from Wordsworth’s poem about the
French Revolution:
“The inert/Were roused, and lively natures rapt away!”
In this context what is the BEST definition of the word
“inert”?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Nemesis
Punisher
Retribution
Vengeance
A.
B.
C.
D.
those lacking the power to move
those very slow to move or act
those deficient in perceptive properties
those unable to bond with others
8
SD-CP-E-31
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Darnay
is motivated to return to France by
_______
A.
B.
C.
D.
a fear of retribution
a strong sense of duty
a feeling of compunction
a piquant embarrassment
SD-CP-E-33
When, in Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Stryver says
of the missing heir to the Marquis St. Evrémonde,
“you'll never find a fellow like this fellow, trusting
himself to the mercies of such precious protégés. No,
gentlemen; he'll always show 'em a clean pair of
heels very early in the scuffle, and sneak away," his
tone is BEST characterized as _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
smug but ironic
bold but specious
bullying but accurate
obnoxious but justified
SD-CP-E-32
In the tenth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication,”
Bryon asserts that Milton “did not loathe the
Sire to laud the Son,/but clos’d the tyranthater he begun.” Who are the Sire and Son to
whom he refers?
A.
B.
C.
D.
George III and George IV
Henry VII and Henry VIII
Charles I and Charles II
Louis XV and Louis XVI
SD-CP-E-34
The chant-like nature of Blake’s “The
Tyger” is achieved by each of the
following means EXCEPT _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
exact rhyme
rhetorical questions
trochaic meter
word repetition
9
SD-CP-E-35
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Darnay’s
experiences on his way to Paris and
immediately upon his arrival exhibit all the
following parallels to events earlier in the
novel EXCEPT _______
A. solitary confinement in a tiny cell
B. an encounter with Ernest Defarge
C. an unexplained incarceration in Paris
D. a journey from England to free a
prisoner
SD-CP-E-37
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Tellson’s Paris
branch ironically occupies _______
A.
of
B.
C.
D.
its pre-Revolutionary compound in the heart
Paris
a section of the Bastille, no longer a prison
under the First Republic
the house of the nobleman who snubbed the
Marquis St. Evrémonde
what is left of the castle once occupied by the
Marquis St. Evrémonde
SD-CP-E-36
Consider these lines from Wordsworth’s poem about the
French Revolution:
“[They] Were called upon to exercise their skill,/Not in
Utopia, subterranean fields,/Or some secreted island,
Heaven knows where!”
These lines include a possible allusion to any of the following
EXCEPT _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
Tahiti
Avalon
Atlantis
Elysium
SD-CP-E-38
In the opening lines of the eleventh stanza of “Don
Juan: Dedication,” Bryon writes: “Think'st thou,
could he—the blind Old Man—arise/Like Samuel
from the grave, to freeze once more/The blood of
monarchs with his prophecies . . . .” The allusion in
the second line is _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
biblical
historical
legendary
mythological
10
SD-CP-E-39
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, whom
does Lucie most fear?
A.
B.
C.
D.
the Marquis
the Vengeance
Ernest Defarge
Therese Defarge
SD-CP-E-41
The title of Chapter Three of Book II in
Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities is “The
Shadow.” Who or what literally casts the
titular shadow?
A.
B.
C.
D.
La Force
the Revolution
the Vengeance
Therese Defarge
SD-CP-E-40
The eleventh stanza of “Don Juan:
Dedication” concludes with an insult to
Castlereagh. Who was he?
A.
B.
C.
D.
the English Foreign Secretary
the archbishop of Canterbury
the publisher of the Lake Poets
the president of the Royal Society
SD-CP-E-42
Of the following, the most frequently
occurring figure of speech in Blake’s
“The Tyger” is _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
simile
paradox
synecdoche
personification
11
SD-CP-E-43
Consider these words from Dickens’ A Tale of
Two Cities: “Though days and nights circled as
regularly as when time was young, and the
evening and morning were the first day, other
count of time there was none.” This quotation
includes an allusion to _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
French folklore
Chinese legend
Greek mythology
Hebrew Scripture
SD-CP-E-45
In Book III of A Tale of Two Cities,
Dickens focuses on the anti-Christian
aspect of the Revolution by focusing on
the image of _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
the cryptic knitting
the tricolor cockade
the bloody guillotine
the overcrowded prison
SD-CP-E-44
In Wordsworth’s poem about the French
Revolution, the predominant metrical
foot is _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
the anapest
the dactyl
the iamb
the trochee
SD-CP-E-46
The eighth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication” includes
these lines: “Not even a sprightly blunder's spark can
blaze/From that Ixion grindstone's ceaseless toil . . . .”
Who or what is Ixion?
A.
a historical figure known for enslaving those
under
his rule
B.
a mythological murderer bound to a wheel in the
Underworld
C.
a biblical priest who betrayed his office by
burning
the temple
D.
a legendary giant who punished his victims by
tying them to a grindstone
12
SD-CP-E-47
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the turning point in
Charles Darnay’s first trial in France follows which
argument for his innocence?
A.
that he is married to Lucie Manette
B.
that he has worked for a living in England
C.
that he returned to France to save an
innocent man
D.
that he had been on trial in England for
assisting the United States
SD-CP-E-49
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the
most clearly anti-French character is
_______
A.
B.
C.
D.
Mr. Lorry
Miss Pross
Jerry Cruncher
Charles Darnay
SD-CP-E-48
Consider the thirteenth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication”: “An
orator of such set trash of phrase/Ineffably—legitimately vile,/That
even its grossest flatterers dare not praise,/Nor foes—all
nations—condescend to smile,/Not even a sprightly blunder's
spark can blaze/From that Ixion grindstone's ceaseless toil,/That
turns and turns to give the world a notion/Of endless torments and
perpetual motion.” What two major criticisms of Castlereagh’s
oratory is Byron asserting?
A.
B.
C.
D.
hazy arguments and broad generalization
sycophancy and inflammatory imagery
vague allusions and empty symbolism
poor diction and interminable length
SD-CP-E-50
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, while
Sydney Carton speaks privately with
Solomon Pross, Jerry Cruncher defends to
Jarvis Lorry, at length, his _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
desire to return to England
work as a resurrection man
willingness to serve Tellson’s
treatment of his wife at home
13
SD-CP-E-51
SD-CP-E-52
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, when
Sydney Carton encounters the mender of
roads turned wood-sawyer, the latter is most
impressed by Carton’s _______
The fourteenth stanza of “Don Juan:
Dedication,” Byron describes Castlereagh as
“Cobbling at manacles for all mankind –/A
tinkering slave-maker, who mends old chains.”
Byron is MOST LIKELY referring to
Castlereagh’s work _______
A.
B.
C.
D.
obvious English origins
resemblance to Darnay
sympathy for the Revolution
mastery of the French language
A.
B.
C.
D.
on the Privy Council
in the Congress of Vienna
in the House of Commons
in the Office of the Lord Treasurer
SD-CP-E-53
SD-CP-E-54
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, the purpose of
the wife of the Marquis St. Evrémonde’s visiting
Doctor Manette is _______
Consider these lines concerning Castlereagh from the
fourteenth stanza of “Don Juan: Dedication”: “States to be
curb'd, and thoughts to be confin'd,/Conspiracy or
Congress to be made.” These lines refer to each of
Castlereagh’s political actions EXCEPT _______
A.
ill
B.
C.
D.
to ask for medical advice since she herself is
to explain that her son will have to make
amends
to seek his aid in getting justice against her
husband
to locate the sister of the woman the doctor
treated
A.
During the Congress of Vienna, he helped
reorganize Europe.
B.
He restored the former Bourbon monarchy through
the
Treaty of Paris.
C.
After the emperor’s defeat, he personally exiled
Napoleon to St. Helena.
D.
He negotiated an alliance with Russia, Austria and
Prussia to defeat Napoleon.
14
SD-CP-E-55
SD-CP-E-56
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Charles
Darnay is charged with treason when he is
apprehended by the English authorities while
headed to France _______
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, to ensure
that his plan to save Charles and his family
succeeds, Sydney Carton relies most
heavily on _______
A.
B.
C.
girl
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
to lend aid to his steward Gabelle
to visit his mother’s grave near Beauvais
to seek out the sister of a dead peasant
to tell his father that he renounces his
inheritance
Mr. Lorry
Miss Pross
Lucie Darnay
Doctor Manette
SD-CP-E-57
SD-CP-E-58
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, as Darnay
and his family are leaving Paris, the guard at
the Barrier attributes Doctor Manette’s
condition to _______
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, when
Sydney Carton calls Mr. Stryver “such a
sensitive and poetic spirit,” his tone is BEST
characterized as
A.
B.
C.
D.
A.
B.
C.
D.
failing health
Parisian vapors
Revolution fever
sentimental empathy
beguiling
disingenuous
heartfelt
specious
15
SD-CP-E-59
In Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, Doctor Manette
explains to Mr. Lorry in the course of discussing a
“hypothetical” that the shoe-making bench and tools
End of English Round
A. provided a connection to reality during his time in
prison
B. served as a conduit to connect his thoughts to his
family
C. afforded him a pastime during his days in the
Bastille
D. relieved the pain created by his unjust
imprisonment
Senior Super Bowl Coaches Practice
SD English Coaches Practice Answer Key:
1.
B
13. C
25. D
37. C
49. B
2.
B
14. A
26. C
38. A
50. B
3.
B
15. C
27. B
39. D
51. D
4.
B
16. A
28. A
40. A
52. B
5.
A
17. D
29. D
41. D
53. D
6.
D
18. D
30. B
42. C
54. C
7.
A
19. A
31. B
43. D
55. C
8.
C
20. C
32. C
44. C
56. A
9.
C
21. C
33. A
45. C
57. C
10. B
22. C
34. B
46. B
58. B
11. C
23. D
35. C
47. D
59. D
12. A
24. D
36. A
48. D
16