English 11–12 (Grades 11–12) Midterm — Semester 1, Form B

Part 1: Multiple Choice

1. The "Lost Generation" writers, such as Hemingway and Fitzgerald, are associated with
   1. A. disillusionment following World War I
   2. B. optimism about westward expansion
   3. C. the belief that nature is divine
   4. D. religious devotion in colonial New England
2. Which writer is most closely associated with American Transcendentalism?
   1. A. F. Scott Fitzgerald
   2. B. Mark Twain
   3. C. Edgar Allan Poe
   4. D. Ralph Waldo Emerson
3. In Walden, Henry David Thoreau describes
   1. A. working in a crowded city factory
   2. B. fighting as a soldier in the Civil War
   3. C. traveling down the Mississippi on a raft
   4. D. living simply in a small cabin near a pond
4. American Realism aimed to
   1. A. celebrate the imagination and the supernatural
   2. B. break stories into fragmented, experimental forms
   3. C. express religious devotion through sermons and hymns
   4. D. portray ordinary life accurately, without idealizing it
5. Which author is most associated with Dark Romanticism?
   1. A. Ernest Hemingway
   2. B. Langston Hughes
   3. C. Edgar Allan Poe
   4. D. Henry David Thoreau
6. Virginia Woolf's use of stream of consciousness is characteristic of
   1. A. the Anglo-Saxon period
   2. B. Modernism
   3. C. Romanticism
   4. D. the Victorian period
7. A kenning, such as "whale-road" for the sea, is a feature of
   1. A. Modernist drama
   2. B. Romantic odes
   3. C. Victorian novels
   4. D. Old English poetry
8. Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales was written in
   1. A. Modern English
   2. B. Latin
   3. C. Old English
   4. D. Middle English
9. Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal," which suggests the poor sell their children as food, is an example of
   1. A. elegy
   2. B. sonnet
   3. C. satire
   4. D. epic
10. Which poet belongs to the British Romantic period?
    1. A. T. S. Eliot
    2. B. Geoffrey Chaucer
    3. C. Alexander Pope
    4. D. William Wordsworth
11. In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln says, "we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground." Repeating words at the start of successive clauses is called
    1. A. epistrophe
    2. B. anaphora
    3. C. chiasmus
    4. D. zeugma
12. Julius Caesar's statement "I came, I saw, I conquered" leaves out conjunctions between its clauses. This device is
    1. A. chiasmus
    2. B. litotes
    3. C. asyndeton
    4. D. polysyndeton
13. In the SOAPSTone method, Occasion refers to
    1. A. the writer's main reason for writing
    2. B. the writer's attitude toward the subject
    3. C. the group the writer is addressing
    4. D. the time, place, or event that prompted the text
14. In rhetoric, exigence is
    1. A. the emotional appeal a writer saves for the conclusion
    2. B. the writer's reputation and trust with the audience
    3. C. a fallacy that relies on false urgency or panic
    4. D. the issue or problem that prompts a writer to respond
15. Read the sentence: "Of course, the council's plan to fix potholes by painting them bright orange is pure genius; drivers will surely love admiring them as they bounce over." The tone is best described as
    1. A. mournful
    2. B. sarcastic
    3. C. admiring
    4. D. neutral

Part 2: Written Response

16. Trace one major change in British literature from one period to the next (for example, Neoclassical to Romantic). Explain what changed and why, using at least one author from each period.