English Final Exam 2015

Front 1

Why do Prince Prospero and his guests lock themselves in a castle?

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to hide from the red death

Front 2

In the "Masque of the Red Death," whom does Prince Prospero invite to his abbey?

Back 2

his friends and servants

Front 3

What do the red windows in the last chamber symbolize?

Back 3

death

Front 4

Prince Prospero's guests seem happy and care free, but they stop celebrating and get very quiet every time the clock chimes. What does this tell you about how they are feeling?

Back 4

scared of reality

Front 5

Which of the following is a symbol that suggests that the revelers will not live long?

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the clock

Front 6

What does the uninvited guest symbolize?

Back 6

the red death

Front 7

How does Prince Prospero die?

Back 7

red death

Front 8

The tripods' flames go out when the last of the revelers dies. Based on this detail, what might the tripods' flames symbolize?(.2)

Back 8

death.2

Front 9

What message is Poe trying to convey in "The Masque of the Red Death"?

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you cant escape death no matter how rich or powerful

Front 10

Why does Prince Prospero decide to have a masquerade?

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its enternaining

Front 11

How do Prince Prospero's guests react to the black room?

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they were afraid of it

Front 12

The location of the black chamber was at the western end of the suite.

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true

Front 13

Prince Prospero objects to the masked stranger because?

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he wore red

Front 14

Why is "the masque of the red death" an allegory?

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it all symbolizes something

Front 15

What statement from the story is a biblical allusion?

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he comes like a thief in the night

Front 16

As used is literature, a symbol is:

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something that means or stands for something

Front 17

The ebony clock is symbolic of:

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time

Front 18

Prince Prospero thought it was possible to escape________(.3)

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death.3

Front 19

Initially, the characters in the story find refuge from the red death in:

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the abbey

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Allusion is:

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an indirect reference to a person, place, or literature work

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Grotesque means:

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fantastic appearance

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The eastern room, the blue room, may be symbolic to:

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new life

Front 23

The ebony clock stood against what?

Back 23

the west wall

Front 24

Prince Prospero symbolizes:

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wealth

Front 25

What is the allegorical meaning of the seven rooms?

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the seven ages/stages of life

Front 26

The genre of "the masque of the red death" is:

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horror

Front 27

"And darkness and decay and the red death held illimitable dominion over all" is another, more formal, way of saying:

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death held power over everyone

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Pervade means:

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to spread throughout

Front 29

An allegory is a:

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a work with two layers of meaning

Front 30

All the details in the story are Poe's way of creating a sense of:

Back 30

horror

Front 31

The people in this story have avoided the Red Death's victims mainly because:

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the disease is contagious

Front 32

The people at the masque eat, drink, and party because?

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have convinced themselves they are safe

Front 33

The sound of the ebony clock tolling the hour seems to make guests feel?

Back 33

insecure

Front 34

It is LEAST likely that the tolling of the ebony clock is mean to symbolize?

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happiness

Front 35

The guests seem to feel that the masked figure's costume is?

Back 35

tasteless

Front 36

Which of the following best describes what the characters in this story are trying to do?

Back 36

cheat or defy death

Front 37

An animal that is often used to represent sagacious qualities is the?

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owl

Front 38

If an event appalls you, you are likely to?

Back 38

gasp

Front 39

A word that means opposite of dauntless is?

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cowardly

Front 40

A person might be said to have a spectral appearance if he is quite?

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pale

Front 41

Blasphemous behavior is most offensive to people who are?

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religious

Front 42

Prince Prospero reacted so violently towards the red death because:

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????

Front 43

What type of

Back 43

human vs. supernatural

Front 44

How did the narrator attract the rats to his bindings?

Back 44

rubbed meat juice on them

Front 45

What does the narrator think about his cell?

Back 45

tomb-like

Front 46

How did the narrator discover the pit?

Back 46

trips and falls

Front 47

How did the narrator find himself when he awoke after being drugged?

Back 47

tied to a wooden plank/board

Front 48

how was the narrator freed from the table?

Back 48

the rats ate through his bindings

Front 49

What caused the narrator to fall down and sleep?

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he was drugged

Front 50

What does he mean when he says he "swooned"?

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he passed out

Front 51

What are the two stages that one goes through when recovering from a swoon?

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physical and mental

Front 52

What does he mean when he speaks of "the descent of the soul into hades"?

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going to hell

Front 53

What does he see when he FIRST opens his eyes?

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darkness

Front 54

What happens to the narrator at the end of the story?

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he is free

Front 55

What historical event is taking place during the story?

Back 55

spanish inquisition

Front 56

What is the narrator dreading when the story begins?

Back 56

his trial

Front 57

What kind of figurative language is the author using when he compares his heart to "the stealthy pace of a tiger"?

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personification

Front 58

What was the painted figure that he saw above him?

Back 58

the representation of time

Front 59

What was the second thing that he saw above him?

Back 59

the pendulum

Front 60

What is going on in the first scene the narrator describes?

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trial

Front 61

How does the narrator try to discover his surroundings?

Back 61

walks around the room; touches the walls

Front 62

After they realized he would now cautiously avoid the pit, what fate did the narrator's captors plan for him?

Back 62

pendulum

Front 63

How did the narrator save himself from the pit?

Back 63

tripped and fell

Front 64

Just as he was about to be forced into the pit, what happened?

Back 64

the walls stopped moving and he was saved

Front 65

Why was he saved from the pit?

Back 65

end of the spanish inquisition

Front 66

Both of Poe's selections create a sense of horror through descriptions of?

Back 66

darkness

Front 67

How does Poe's style help you understand the meaning of the sentence that begins line 277 of "The Pit and the Pendulum"?

Back 67

unusual wordchoice causes confusion

Front 68

Why was it unusual that the speaker in Poe's poem seems to have taken solace in the lake?

Back 68

scary, dark, and eerie

Front 69

What profession did Poe's mother have before she died of tuberculosis?

Back 69

actress

Front 70

About how old was Poe when his mother died?

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2

Front 71

Poe went to live with the ____ family after his mother's death.

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allan

Front 72

Poe believed women should be treated with courtesy.

Back 72

true.2

Front 73

When Poe attended the university, students said he was both a good writer and ____.

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artist

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While in school, how did Poe try to make money?

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gambling

Front 75

Poe ran away and joined the ____ under the false name of Edgar Allan ____.

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army; perry

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Poe briefly attended a military school know as ____.

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west pointe

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In 1829, Poe's step mother died of ____ also known as consumption.

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tuberculosis

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In 1831, Poe moved to ____, Maryland.

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baltimore

Front 79

John Allan left Poe out of his will when he died.

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true.3

Front 80

What was Poe's nickname when he reviewed books for a newspaper?

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tomahawk

Front 81

Poe realized he was in love with his cousin. What was her name?

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virginia

Front 82

About how old was his cousin when she and Poe married?

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12

Front 83

When Poe thought his love would move away, what did he do to express his love for her?

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wrote a letter

Front 84

How old was Poe when he married for the first time?

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26

Front 85

Poe lived in a time when he couldn't make a living doing what?

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writing

Front 86

Poe created the ____ story, the first being The Murders in the Rue Morgue.

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detective

Front 87

What writing brought overnight fame to Poe?

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the raven

Front 88

How much money did Poe make for this work?

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14

Front 89

What are two things Poe would do to express his love to Virginia after her death?

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lay on her grave; wrote annabel lee

Front 90

What doomed Poe's hopes for moving on with his life and remarrying?

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drinking

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Poe's fiction looks beyond his own ____.

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time

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Pertinacity:

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unyielding persistence

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Appall:

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greatly dismay or horrify

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Dauntless:

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showing fearlessness and determination

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Spectral:

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like a ghost

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Blasphemous:

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religiously against God or sacred things

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Indeterminate:

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not precisely known or determined

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Eloquent:

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fluent/persuasive in speaking or writing

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Lucid:

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clear; mentally sound

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Insuperable:

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impossible to overcome