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Multiple Choice: Type your answer choice in the blank.
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_____1. Using your knowledge of the Latin prefix mal-, which of these would you most likely describe as malevolence?
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A. accidental injury
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B. intentional harm
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C. beneficial action
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D. kind behavior
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_____2. Which clause in this sentence is used as an adjective?
When Beowulf arrived, the Danes welcomed him, for they desperately needed someone who could stop Grendel.
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A. When Beowulf arrived
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B. the Danes welcomed him
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C. they desperately needed someone
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D. who could stop Grendel
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_____3. Which sentence does not contain a misplaced or dangling modifier?
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A. Written in heroic couplets, a trivial matter is portrayed as a great catastrophe in Pope’s
witty poem.
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B. Pope’s witty poem is about a trivial matter portrayed as a great catastrophe written in
heroic couplets.
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C. Portrayed as a great catastrophe, Pope’s witty poem centers on a trivial matter and is
written in heroic couplets.
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D. Written in heroic couplets, Pope’s witty poem portrays a trivial matter as a great
catastrophe.
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_____4. Read this passage from Donne’s “Meditation 17.” Then, answer the question that follows.
No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend’s or of thine own were. Any man’s death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell* tolls; it tolls for thee.
*bell: here, the death knell, or church bell that tolls for a death
Which sentence best states the belief Donne expresses in this passage?
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A. It is wrong to live in isolation, like a hermit.
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B. Rich or poor, highborn or low, we are all still human beings.
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C. Human beings are all interconnected.
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D. No one should fear death, for death is a part of life.
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_____5. Which choice would supply the strongest, most logical support for this claim?
Lakeside Manor is a wonderful new community on Lake Winchester.
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A. After just a few hours, you will know you want to move there.
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B. There is ample parking for all residents and for guests.
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C. Residents enjoy so many luxurious amenities that they feel like Greek gods and
goddesses.
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D. A Miami Herald survey listed it first among 400 Sun Belt communities in terms of location,
amenities, and cost.
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_____6. Which of these is a specific type of parody?
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A. mock-epic
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B. folk ballad
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C. conceit
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D. paradox
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_____7. Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
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A. Milton wrote many prose works, but is more famous for poetry.
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B. In a sequence of sonnets dedicated to his wife Edmund Spenser traced their courtship.
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C. Sonnets were new to England, when Sir Philip Sidney wrote them.
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D. When Elizabeth I made her famous speech, the Spanish Armada threatened England.
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_____8. Which sentence uses consistent verb tenses in telling a story?
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A. I met Rob for the first time in the school infirmary, and he smiles at me even though
he is clearly in pain.
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B. I met Rob for the first time in the school infirmary, and he smiled at me even though
he was clearly in pain.
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C. I met Rob for the first time in the school infirmary, and he smiled at me even though
he is clearly in pain.
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D. I had met Rob for the first time in the school infirmary, and he smiled at me even
though he is clearly in pain.
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_____9. How is a diary, such as Pepys’s, different from a history such as Bede’s?
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A. A diary is usually more personal.
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B. A diary is usually more objective.
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C. A diary is usually more formal.
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D. A diary usually lacks historical accuracy.
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