AnswersAL-English Language Arts 12 Critical Standards“Mutability” and “A Defence of Poetry” by Percy Bysshe Shelley

“Mutability” and “A Defence of Poetry” by Percy Bysshe Shelley Answers

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Read the fourth stanza from "Mutability.”It is the same!—For, be it joy or sorrow, The path of its departure still is free: Man’s yesterday may ne’er be like his morrow; Nought may endure but Mutability.

A
Nothing in this world is worth holding on to.
B
Change is the only thing that is eternal.
C
Time heals even the very worst of sorrows.
D
Each day is a fleeting and precious gift.
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Which statements best describe how "Mutability” reflects the idea in this excerpt? Select 2 options.

A
It is a poem about life and human nature.
B
It occurs at a particular time and place.
C
It uses images to express universal truths about life.
D
It contains a list of various facts that tell a story.
E
It provides examples of causes and effects in nature.
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Read the excerpt from "A Defence of Poetry.”And this springs from the nature itself of language, which is a more direct representation of the actions and passions of our internal being, and is susceptible of more various and delicate combinations, than colour, form, or motion, and is more plastic and obedient to the control of that faculty of which it is the creation. For language is arbitrarily produced by the imagination and has relation to thoughts alone; but all other materials, instruments and conditions of art, have relations among each other, which limit and interpose between conception and expression.

A
imagination.
B
education.
C
expressions.
D
passions.
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A
inferior
B
superior
C
equal
D
similar
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Read the second stanza from "Mutability.”Or like forgotten lyres, whose dissonant strings Give various response to each varying blast, To whose frail frame no second motion brings One mood or modulation like the last.

A
They emphasize differences.
B
They suggest disagreement.
C
They emphasize imagination.
D
They suggest a lack of control.
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Read the second stanza from "Mutability.”We rest.—A dream has power to poison sleep; We rise.—One wandering thought pollutes the day; We feel, conceive or reason, laugh or weep; Embrace fond woe, or cast our cares away

A
They emphasize the idea that thoughts can have negative effects.
B
They illustrate the negative effects of not getting enough sleep.
C
They show that negative thoughts alone are able to destroy one’s life.
D
They suggest that human beings tend to be inherently negative.
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Read the excerpt from "A Defence of Poetry,”We are aware of evanescent visitations of thought and feeling sometimes associated with place or person, sometimes regarding our own mind alone, and always arising unforeseen and departing unbidden.

A
Or like forgotten lyres, whose dissonant strings Give various response to each varying blast
B
To whose frail frame no second motion brings One mood or modulation like the last
C
We rest.—A dream has power to poison sleep; We rise.—One wandering thought pollutes the day
D
It is the same!—For, be it joy or sorrow, The path of its departure still is free
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A
artisans
B
musicians
C
inventors
D
teachers
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Read the fourth stanza from "Mutability.”It is the same!—For, be it joy or sorrow, The path of its departure still is free: Man’s yesterday may ne’er be like his morrow; Nought may endure but Mutability.

A
No path is ever the same.
B
Time passes by very quickly.
C
Emotions are ever changing.
D
All people feel joy and sorrow.
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Read the first stanza from "Mutability.”We are as clouds that veil the midnight moon;How restlessly they speed, and gleam, and quiver, Streaking the darkness radiantly!—yet soon Night closes round, and they are lost for ever

A
by personifying the moon
B
by comparing humans to clouds
C
by personifying the night
D
by comparing humans to darkness

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