Contested Usage

Question 1

What can be observed from this painting? Select 3 options.

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I: It is a portrait of a man.; I: It shows visible brush strokes.; I: It displays bold colors.

Question 2

Read the poem entitled "The Poison Tree" by William Blake.I was angry with my friend:I told my wrath, my wrath did end.I was angry with my foe:I told it not, my wrath did grow.And I watered it in fearsNight and morning with my tears,And I sunned it with smilesAnd with soft deceitful wiles.And it grew both day and night,Till it bore an apple bright,And my foe beheld it shine,And he knew that it was mine, —And into my garden stoleWhen the night had veiled the pole;In the morning, glad, I seeMy foe outstretched beneath the tree.

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B: Blake reveals emotions being cultivated like a garden.

Question 3

"She Walks in Beauty" by George Gordon Byron

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T: The woman in Byron’s poem is gentle; the woman in Poe’s poem is welcoming.

Question 4

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E: Ekphrastic poetry describes or pays tribute to a piece of visual art.

Question 5

Consider the painting entitled Woman with a Pearl Necklace by Vermeer.

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A: The fabrics and accessories indicate the woman’s wealth.

Question 6

What did you include in your response? Check all that apply.

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A: similarities between the poems; B: differences between the poems; C: connections to the painting within the poems

Question 7

Consider the painting entitled L’Ambulance de la Gare de Poitiers by Henri Gervex.

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T: The image of wounded men in a makeshift clinic suggests the chaos of war.

Question 8

Consider this painting entitled The Astronomer by Vermeer.

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T: The objects in the room suggest he is curious or academic.

Question 9

Read the poem entitled "Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Robert Frost.Nature's first green is gold,Her hardest hue to hold.Her early leaf's a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief,So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay.

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D: the inevitability of change

Question 10

What can be observed from this painting? Select 3 options.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

I: It shows a night scene.; I: It is a landscape view.; I: It was painted with swirling brush strokes.

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