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Poetic Structure in Pope’s Essay on Man Answers

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Which lines are the best example of antithesis?

A
Know, then, thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man.
B
Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise, and rudely great:
C
Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all;
D
Go, soar with Plato to th’ empyreal sphere,To the first good, first perfect, and first fair
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Read the excerpt from An Essay on Man.The science of Human Nature is, like all other sciences, reduced to a few clear points: there are not many certain truths in this world.

A
Science is the best way to understand nature and human beings.
B
Citizens must consent to be ruled by their political leaders.
C
Democracy and human rights are fundamental in society.
D
Customs and traditions should be discarded if they are not useful.
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A
strong emotion
B
superstitious ideas
C
legend and tradition
D
reason and logic
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Which lines are the best example of parallelism?

A
Placed on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise, and rudely great:
B
With too much knowledge for the sceptic side, With too much weakness for the stoic’s pride
C
As Eastern priests in giddy circles run,And turn their heads to imitate the sun.
D
Admired such wisdom in an earthly shapeAnd showed a Newton as we show an ape.
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Alexander Pope’s An Essay on Man argues that

A
the universe is rational and orderly.
B
nature is full of puzzling mysteries.
C
humans should not try to understand the world.
D
man has no control over the chaos of society.
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Read the line from An Essay on Man. Instruct the planets in what orbs to run,

A
Correct old time, and regulate the sun
B
And quitting sense call imitating God
C
Know, then, thyself, presume not God to scan
D
With too much weakness for the stoic’s pride
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Read the excerpt from An Essay on Man.Go, wondrous creature! mount where science guides,Go, measure earth, weigh air, and state the tides; Instruct the planets in what orbs to run,Correct old time, and regulate the sun;

A
Antithesis is used in the first two lines.
B
Antithesis is used in the last two lines.
C
Parallelism is used in the first two lines.
D
Parallelism is used in the last two lines.
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Read the excerpt from An Essay on Man.Know, then, thyself, presume not God to scan;The proper study of mankind is man.

A
The loose structure of these lines suggests freedom.
B
The loose structure of these lines results from frequent repetition.
C
Pope uses a heroic couplet to express a complete idea.
D
Pope uses a heroic couplet to build poetic tension.
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What is antithesis?

A
five iambs in a poetic line
B
a stressed and an unstressed syllable
C
repeated rhythmic structures
D
the combination of opposing ideas
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A heroic couplet

A
must be written about a fictional hero.
B
expresses a complete poetic thought.
C
is a pair of nonrhyming consecutive lines.
D
contains fewer than ten syllables per line.

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