UCSB ENG 150 FINAL (2025) Actual
Exam Questions and Answers A+
Graded
"Requiem .for .the .Croppies" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Seamus .Heaney .(1966)
• .Written .in .1966 .for .the .50th .anniversary .of .1916 .Rising .(Easter .Rebellion)
• .Commemorates .Irish .rebels .of .1798 .that .was .unsuccessful .and .savagely .put
.down .
• .Irish .foot .soldiers .were .killed .by .the .English .at .Vinegar .Hill .-- .last .lines .set .on
.Vinegar .Hill .
• .First .and .last .line .mention .barley .which .is .the .food .that .the .rebels .mainly .ate
.(carried .in .pockets) .and .grew .out .of .their .unmarked .graves .
• .The .British .buried .the .bodies .in .mass, .shallow .graves—but .the .seeds .of
.rebellion .were .sown—and .bore .fruit .when .the .barley .in .their .pockets .came .up-
nourished .by .their .own .bodies-and .bore .fruit .again .in, .1913, .1916, .1969 .and
.beyond—whenever .the .revolutionary .spirit .could .not .be .killed
• .By .describing .the .hillside .as ."blushing", .Heaney .expresses .the .vast .amount
.of .blood .that .was .shed
"Digging" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Seamus .Heaney .(1966)
o .About .the .speaker .as .his .desk .who .ends .up .daydreaming .about .the .field
.labor .his .father .and .grandfather .had .went .through .
o .Setting .in .potato .field .(father) .and .peat .bog .(grandfather)
"Bogland" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Seamus .Heaney .(1966)
o .Heaney .describes .the .landscape .of .his .native .Ireland .and .in .particular, .the
.peat .bogs .for .which .the .land .is .renowned. .
o .Ireland's .history, .if .bogs .may .be .considered .a .metaphor .for .history, .is .a
.deep, .dark, .and .long .one. .Layers .of .history .are .layed .down .upon .layers, .like
.peat .in .a .bog.
"Punishment" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Seamus .Heaney .(1975)
, o .Heaney .writes .of .the .discovery .of .a .fourteen-year-old .girl's .body .exhumed
.from .a .bog .in .Germany, .1951.
• .It .explicitly .describes .her .feminine .vulnerability .by .using .corresponding .body
.parts .with .which .we .associate .sensitivity; .her .'neck', .'nipples' .and .'ribs' .all
.promote .a .sense .of .sensuous .susceptibility
o .Women .are .tarred .and .feathered .for .adultery .with .a .British .soldier .→
."cheating" .on .her .country .
• .She .alone .is .punished .for .their .so-called .criminal .act, .she .became .a
.scapegoat .→ ."My .poor .scapegoat"
"Casualty" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Seamus .Heaney .(1979)
o .Written .for .a .friend .who .died .in .Bloody .Sunday .
o .IRA .got .revenge .by .blowing .up .a .pub
o .Describing .funeral .as .a .beautiful, .natural .scene
"Keeping .Going" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Seamus .Heaney .(1993)
o .'Keeping .Going' .had .its .origins .in .memories .of .the .childhood .habit .of .the
.poet's .brother .Hugh .of .referring .to .sporrans .as .whitewash .brushes .and .in .a
.recollection .of .a .particular .occasion .on .which .he .jestingly .used .a .whitewash
.brush .as .a .sporran .and .an .inverted .kitchen .chair .as .a .make-believe .set .of
.bagpipes
o .Brother .stayed .in .the .North .where .the .fighting .was .happening
"Clearances" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Seamus .Heaney .(1986)
o .Written .when .his .own .mother .died
o ."Touch .and .go" .intimacy
W.B. .Yeats .(1865-1939) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-• .Yeats .realized .he .had .a .gift .for
.language .(especially .Gaelic) .and .went .around .west .Ireland .speaking .with .older
.people .and .writing .their .stories .down .in .Gaelic
• .Yeats .believed .that .art .and .politics .were .intrinsically .linked .and .used .his
.writing .to .express .his .attitudes .toward .Irish .politics, .as .well .as .to .educate .his
.readers .about .Irish .cultural .history
• .Developed .a .massive .crush .on .Maude .Gonne .which .influenced .his .poetry .→
.unrequited .love
"When .You .are .Old" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-W.B. .Yeats .(1893)
o .An .anonymous .narrator .requests .of .a .former .lover .to .remember .her .youth
.and .his .love .for .her
o .She .remembers .her .faded .beauty .that .was .admired .by .many, .but .then
.remembers .the .only .man, .the .narrator, .that .loved .her .for .her .unique .soul
• .He .loved .her .even .as .she .grew .less .beautiful .and .as .her .being .changed .in .the
.fullness .of .time
"Who .goes .with .Fergus?" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Yeats .(1892)
Exam Questions and Answers A+
Graded
"Requiem .for .the .Croppies" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Seamus .Heaney .(1966)
• .Written .in .1966 .for .the .50th .anniversary .of .1916 .Rising .(Easter .Rebellion)
• .Commemorates .Irish .rebels .of .1798 .that .was .unsuccessful .and .savagely .put
.down .
• .Irish .foot .soldiers .were .killed .by .the .English .at .Vinegar .Hill .-- .last .lines .set .on
.Vinegar .Hill .
• .First .and .last .line .mention .barley .which .is .the .food .that .the .rebels .mainly .ate
.(carried .in .pockets) .and .grew .out .of .their .unmarked .graves .
• .The .British .buried .the .bodies .in .mass, .shallow .graves—but .the .seeds .of
.rebellion .were .sown—and .bore .fruit .when .the .barley .in .their .pockets .came .up-
nourished .by .their .own .bodies-and .bore .fruit .again .in, .1913, .1916, .1969 .and
.beyond—whenever .the .revolutionary .spirit .could .not .be .killed
• .By .describing .the .hillside .as ."blushing", .Heaney .expresses .the .vast .amount
.of .blood .that .was .shed
"Digging" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Seamus .Heaney .(1966)
o .About .the .speaker .as .his .desk .who .ends .up .daydreaming .about .the .field
.labor .his .father .and .grandfather .had .went .through .
o .Setting .in .potato .field .(father) .and .peat .bog .(grandfather)
"Bogland" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Seamus .Heaney .(1966)
o .Heaney .describes .the .landscape .of .his .native .Ireland .and .in .particular, .the
.peat .bogs .for .which .the .land .is .renowned. .
o .Ireland's .history, .if .bogs .may .be .considered .a .metaphor .for .history, .is .a
.deep, .dark, .and .long .one. .Layers .of .history .are .layed .down .upon .layers, .like
.peat .in .a .bog.
"Punishment" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Seamus .Heaney .(1975)
, o .Heaney .writes .of .the .discovery .of .a .fourteen-year-old .girl's .body .exhumed
.from .a .bog .in .Germany, .1951.
• .It .explicitly .describes .her .feminine .vulnerability .by .using .corresponding .body
.parts .with .which .we .associate .sensitivity; .her .'neck', .'nipples' .and .'ribs' .all
.promote .a .sense .of .sensuous .susceptibility
o .Women .are .tarred .and .feathered .for .adultery .with .a .British .soldier .→
."cheating" .on .her .country .
• .She .alone .is .punished .for .their .so-called .criminal .act, .she .became .a
.scapegoat .→ ."My .poor .scapegoat"
"Casualty" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Seamus .Heaney .(1979)
o .Written .for .a .friend .who .died .in .Bloody .Sunday .
o .IRA .got .revenge .by .blowing .up .a .pub
o .Describing .funeral .as .a .beautiful, .natural .scene
"Keeping .Going" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Seamus .Heaney .(1993)
o .'Keeping .Going' .had .its .origins .in .memories .of .the .childhood .habit .of .the
.poet's .brother .Hugh .of .referring .to .sporrans .as .whitewash .brushes .and .in .a
.recollection .of .a .particular .occasion .on .which .he .jestingly .used .a .whitewash
.brush .as .a .sporran .and .an .inverted .kitchen .chair .as .a .make-believe .set .of
.bagpipes
o .Brother .stayed .in .the .North .where .the .fighting .was .happening
"Clearances" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Seamus .Heaney .(1986)
o .Written .when .his .own .mother .died
o ."Touch .and .go" .intimacy
W.B. .Yeats .(1865-1939) .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-• .Yeats .realized .he .had .a .gift .for
.language .(especially .Gaelic) .and .went .around .west .Ireland .speaking .with .older
.people .and .writing .their .stories .down .in .Gaelic
• .Yeats .believed .that .art .and .politics .were .intrinsically .linked .and .used .his
.writing .to .express .his .attitudes .toward .Irish .politics, .as .well .as .to .educate .his
.readers .about .Irish .cultural .history
• .Developed .a .massive .crush .on .Maude .Gonne .which .influenced .his .poetry .→
.unrequited .love
"When .You .are .Old" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-W.B. .Yeats .(1893)
o .An .anonymous .narrator .requests .of .a .former .lover .to .remember .her .youth
.and .his .love .for .her
o .She .remembers .her .faded .beauty .that .was .admired .by .many, .but .then
.remembers .the .only .man, .the .narrator, .that .loved .her .for .her .unique .soul
• .He .loved .her .even .as .she .grew .less .beautiful .and .as .her .being .changed .in .the
.fullness .of .time
"Who .goes .with .Fergus?" .- .CORRECT .ANSWER-Yeats .(1892)
