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| 1. | Homer’s Odyssey is considered an epic for all of the following reasons EXCEPT |
| A. | it is a long poem that tells a story. |
| B. | its language is informal and easy to understand. |
| C. | its setting is expansive. |
| D. | Gods and supernatural beings take part in the action. |
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| 2. | An epic hero, such as Homer’s Odysseus, is a character who possesses no flaws. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
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| 3. | In the land of the Cyclopes, Odysseus plans to destroy a giant with the trunk of a great olive tree. He notes that it is “like a mast / a lugger of twenty oars, broad in the beam— / a deep–sea–going craft—might carry: so long, so big around, it seemed.” These lines contain a figure of speech known as |
| A. | a metaphor. |
| B. | personification. |
| C. | an extended metaphor. |
| D. | an epic simile. |
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| 4. | Characterization within an epic may involve all of the following EXCEPT |
| A. | the narrator’s direct comments about a character. |
| B. | a character’s thoughts, words, and actions. |
| C. | the thoughts and words of a character about another character. |
| D. | the narrator’s remarks about a particular time and place. |
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| 5. | Identifying sequence within an epic involves |
| A. | examining the expressive qualities that distinguish a poet’s work. |
| B. | making general statements about a poet’s values. |
| C. | understanding the correct order of events in the poem. |
| D. | deciding how a poet’s use of “word pictures” creates meaning. |
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| 6. | J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit contains significant words, phrases, and images that are repeated throughout the novel and act to advance the plot. In literary terms, they are known as |
| A. | themes. |
| B. | symbols. |
| C. | descriptions. |
| D. | motifs. |
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| 7. | All of the following are characteristics of a myth EXCEPT |
| A. | its hero or heroine has extraordinary abilities. |
| B. | its setting is realistic. |
| C. | it explains natural events or the human condition. |
| D. | it has been passed down through generations. |
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| 8. | An archetype is a pattern, image, theme, character, or plot that occurs in literature from a broad range of cultures. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
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| 9. | Activating prior knowledge is a reading strategy that involves |
| A. | recalling what you already know about a subject. |
| B. | checking your understanding as you read. |
| C. | deciding how a writer’s use of “word pictures” creates meaning. |
| D. | analyzing the similarities and differences between two characters. |
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| 10. | Click on the letter of the word that means about the same as the underlined word. The withered tree will soon die if there is no rain soon. |
| A. | faded |
| B. | scarred |
| C. | shriveled |
| D. | old |
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