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151.

How did Dickinson intend for the light to be viewed in “There is a certain slant of Light”?

A. oppressive
B. welcoming
C. enchanting
D. cold
Answer» B. welcoming
Discussion
152.

That ‘Heavenly Hurt’ in “There is a certain slant of Light” that leaves no scar works with the speaker's sense of

A. time
B. suffering
C. mortality
D. spirituality
Answer» C. mortality
Discussion
153.

Those oppressive "Cathedral Tunes" reflect the poem's (“There is a certain slant of Light”) theme of

A. isolation
B. mortality
C. immortality
D. versions of reality
Answer» B. mortality
Discussion
154.

The lines “When it comes, the Landscape listens – Shadows – hold their breath” in “There is a certain slant of Light” is an example of?

A. simile
B. metaphor
C. pathetic fallacy
D. anaphora
Answer» D. anaphora
Discussion
155.

Who is the “The Admiral himself” described in the poem “Passage to India”?

A. marco polo
B. alexander
C. columbus
D. tamerlane
Answer» D. tamerlane
Discussion
156.

Opening stanza of “Passage to India” celebrates which of the following great engineering achievements?

A. the laying of the transatlantic undersea cable
B. the joining of the union pacific and central pacific railroads at utah
C. invention of steam engine
D. the opening of the suez canal
Answer» E.
Discussion
157.

“Passage to India” is an example of which Literary Movement?

A. romanticism
B. transcendentalism
C. black art movement
D. imagism
Answer» C. black art movement
Discussion
158.

Which of Whitman's contemporaries famously praised "Leaves of Grass" as "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom America has yet contributed"?

A. henry wadsworth longfellow
B. henry david thoreau
C. oliver wendell holmes
D. ralph waldo emerson
Answer» E.
Discussion
159.

In what year was the first edition of "Leaves of Grass" published?

A. 1872
B. 1892
C. 1860
D. 1855
Answer» E.
Discussion
160.

How did the raven get into the house?

A. he stepped in the window
B. he came in the chimney
C. he flew in the door
D. he was already in the house
Answer» B. he came in the chimney
Discussion
161.

The raven is a symbol of

A. birds
B. happiness
C. boredom
D. death
Answer» E.
Discussion
162.

What was the author doing at the beginning of the poem “The Raven”?

A. eating dinner
B. reading a book
C. cutting his toenails
D. writing a letter
Answer» E.
Discussion
163.

What word does the raven say whenever he speaks?

A. quoth
B. prophet
C. nevermore
D. lenore
Answer» D. lenore
Discussion
164.

Where does the raven perch when he comes into the house?

A. on the door frame
B. on the mantle above the fireplace
C. on a bust of pallas
D. on the chair
Answer» D. on the chair
Discussion
165.

What is the name of the "rare and radiant maiden" for whom the author mourns in “The Raven”?

A. annebelle
B. lenore
C. pluto
D. lydia
Answer» C. pluto
Discussion
166.

What happens when the author opens the door in “The Raven”?

A. the raven flies in
B. he screams
C. he only sees darkness
D. he sees lenore standing outside
Answer» D. he sees lenore standing outside
Discussion
167.

When the author first heard the "rapping at his chamber door," in “The Raven”, who did he think was outside?

A. his neighbour
B. the raven
C. pluto
D. some late night visitor
Answer» E.
Discussion
168.

In what month does the poem “The Raven” take place?

A. december
B. january
C. october
D. february
Answer» B. january
Discussion
169.

What time does the poem “The Raven” take place?

A. midnight
B. noon
C. dawn
D. morning
Answer» B. noon
Discussion