ENGL 216 Quiz 4
Question 1
2 out of 2 points
The third and fourth lines of this poem state, “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; /
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world”:
Selected “The Second
Answer: Coming”
Question 2
2 out of 2 points
This poem by Yeats contains an image of a gyre, symbolic of paradoxes of time and eternity,
change and continuity, spirit and the body, life and art:
Selected “The Second
Answer: Coming”
Question 3
2 out of 2 points
In Heart of Darkness at the Central Station, a man tries to extinguish a fire with:
Selected A bucket with a hole
Answer: in it
Question 4
2 out of 2 points
"Dulce Et Decorum Est" means which of the following:
Selected Sweet and fitting it is to die for your
Answer: fatherland
Question 5
2 out of 2 points
The speaker in this poem is spiritually hungry:
Selected “Church
Answer: Going”
Question 6
2 out of 2 points
In “Church Going,” Larkin seems to suggest that belief in the unbelievable is preferable to no belief at
all.
Selected Tru
Answer: e
Question 7
2 out of 2 points
In Heart of Darkness at the Outer Station, Marlowe sees chained natives.
Selected Tru
Answer: e
Question 8
2 out of 2 points
Hardy’s point in “The Convergence of the Twain” is that it is human arrogance to think
, humans can subdue nature.
Selected Tru
Answer: e
Question 9
2 out of 2 points
A Room of One's Own imagines that Shakespeare's equally talented sister:
Selected Died without writing and was buried at a
Answer: crossroads
Question 10
2 out of 2 points
Layers of narration in Heart of Darkness can be viewed as a reflection of the Modern lack of
absolutes.
Selected Tru
Answer: e
Question 11
2 out of 2 points
This work states, “[F]or great poets do not die; they are continuing presences; they need only the
opportunity to walk among us in the flesh”:
Selected Virginia
Answer: Woolf
Question 12
2 out of 2 points
In “Journey of the Magi,” the Magi have a hard and cold time finding Christ.
Selected Tru
Answer: e
Question 13
2 out of 2 points
"Dulce Et Decorum Est" describes a man's death from inhaling gas.
Selected Tru
Answer: e
Question 14
2 out of 2 points
By the beginning of World War I, nearly half of the earth’s surface was under British
domination.
Selected Fals
Answer: e
Question 15
2 out of 2 points
In Modern literature, writers embrace absolutes.
Selected Fals
Answer: e
Question 16
2 out of 2 points
Question 1
2 out of 2 points
The third and fourth lines of this poem state, “Things fall apart; the center cannot hold; /
Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world”:
Selected “The Second
Answer: Coming”
Question 2
2 out of 2 points
This poem by Yeats contains an image of a gyre, symbolic of paradoxes of time and eternity,
change and continuity, spirit and the body, life and art:
Selected “The Second
Answer: Coming”
Question 3
2 out of 2 points
In Heart of Darkness at the Central Station, a man tries to extinguish a fire with:
Selected A bucket with a hole
Answer: in it
Question 4
2 out of 2 points
"Dulce Et Decorum Est" means which of the following:
Selected Sweet and fitting it is to die for your
Answer: fatherland
Question 5
2 out of 2 points
The speaker in this poem is spiritually hungry:
Selected “Church
Answer: Going”
Question 6
2 out of 2 points
In “Church Going,” Larkin seems to suggest that belief in the unbelievable is preferable to no belief at
all.
Selected Tru
Answer: e
Question 7
2 out of 2 points
In Heart of Darkness at the Outer Station, Marlowe sees chained natives.
Selected Tru
Answer: e
Question 8
2 out of 2 points
Hardy’s point in “The Convergence of the Twain” is that it is human arrogance to think
, humans can subdue nature.
Selected Tru
Answer: e
Question 9
2 out of 2 points
A Room of One's Own imagines that Shakespeare's equally talented sister:
Selected Died without writing and was buried at a
Answer: crossroads
Question 10
2 out of 2 points
Layers of narration in Heart of Darkness can be viewed as a reflection of the Modern lack of
absolutes.
Selected Tru
Answer: e
Question 11
2 out of 2 points
This work states, “[F]or great poets do not die; they are continuing presences; they need only the
opportunity to walk among us in the flesh”:
Selected Virginia
Answer: Woolf
Question 12
2 out of 2 points
In “Journey of the Magi,” the Magi have a hard and cold time finding Christ.
Selected Tru
Answer: e
Question 13
2 out of 2 points
"Dulce Et Decorum Est" describes a man's death from inhaling gas.
Selected Tru
Answer: e
Question 14
2 out of 2 points
By the beginning of World War I, nearly half of the earth’s surface was under British
domination.
Selected Fals
Answer: e
Question 15
2 out of 2 points
In Modern literature, writers embrace absolutes.
Selected Fals
Answer: e
Question 16
2 out of 2 points
