Carl Sandburg Commonly Favored English Prog Test

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Carl Sandburg Commonly Favored English Prog Test

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Which of the following lines from “The First Seven Years” hints at how Feld feels following his epiphany?

  1. “The shoemaker . . . lapsed into silence.”
  2. “He went slowly down the stairs . . .”
  3. “. . . once outside, . . . he walked with a stronger stride.”

True or False: Flannery O’Connor 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.”

  1. True
  2. False

When the neighbor in “Mending Wall” tells the speaker of the poem that good fences make good neighbors,
what does he mean?

  1. He doesn’t want to get to know the speaker any better.
  2. He doesn’t want the speaker on his property.
  3. He has had problems with other landowners in the past.

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 Phoenix joking about dancing with the scarecrow?

  1. The hero receives a benefit that is used to help others.
  2. The hero finds the object for which she is searching.
  3. The hero overcomes tests and obstacles.

True or False: Robert Frost is remembered as an urban poet, while Carl Sandburg commonly favored
pastoral settings in his poetry.

  1. True
  2. False

The “somebody” in the poem “Filling Station” is a person who provides what to the life of the station?

a. small touches of beauty and caring
b. cooking and cleaning and household errands
c. manual labor on a par with the father and sons

At the beginning of “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall,” how does Granny react to Doctor Harry’s presence?

a. She treats him with great respect.
b. She refuses to acknowledge that she is not well.
c. She thinks he is too old to be a doctor.

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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 Phoenix needing some medicine for her grandson?

  1. The hero’s journey symbolizes the journey through life.
  2. The hero is on a quest to obtain something of value.
  3. The hero receives a benefit that is used to help others.

True or False: A “hero’s quest” is an archetypal plot that features a hero who overcomes obstacles, often
with the aid of others and often at great sacrifice.

  1. True
  2. False

In describing the explorer’s search for peace in the first stanza of “The Explorer,” Brooks repeats the word
“somewhere.” This repetition implies that the explorer’s search is

  1. unfulfilled.
  2. successful.
  3. exciting.

The line “ . . . his figure formed a crooked cross,” from “The Life You Save May Be Your Own,” contains
which type of literary device?

  1. simile
  2. apostrophe
  3. symbolism

What is the meaning of the story of the boy who drowned in “The Rockpile”?

  1. The boy had never liked the river.
  2. The river was a sinful place to go.
  3. The neighborhood is a place of danger.