Unit Test

Question 1

Which of these are features of epic poetry? Select 4 options.a courageous hero who answers a call to adventurea main character who has to overcome common challengesa journey filled with many obstaclesa vast setting of distant landscapessupernatural forces, such as gods or monsters, that intervenecircumstances that would be very familiar to readers

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a: a courageous hero who answers a call to adventure; a: a journey filled with many obstacles; a: a vast setting of distant landscapes; s: supernatural forces, such as gods or monsters, that intervene

Question 2

Which qualities define an epic hero? Select 3 options.is a strong leader or warriorembarks on a long journeystudies at an academic institutiondemonstrates impressive couragetreats enemies with compassion

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Question 3

What should a reflection do in a narrative essay? Select three options.explain how the experience was significant to the writerpersuade the reader that the details of the experience are factualoffer an analysis of what made the experience memorableprovide additional details about the people included in the narrativeextend the experience to another area of the writer’s life

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e: explain how the experience was significant to the writer; o: offer an analysis of what made the experience memorable; e: extend the experience to another area of the writer’s life

Question 4

Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version.Enkidu said, "Don't worry, my friend,the dream you had is a favorable one.The mountain stands for Humbaba. He will falljust like that mountain. Lord Shamash will grant usvictory, we will kill the monsterand leave his corpse on the battlefield."Gilgamesh, happy with his good dream,smiled, and his face lit up with pleasure.

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B: It encourages Gilgamesh to continue his journey.

Question 5

Read the excerpt from Grendel.He sang of battles and marriages, of funerals and hangings, the whimperings of beaten enemies, of splendid hunts and harvests. He sang of Hrothgar, hoarfrost white, magnificent of mind.When he finished, the hall was as quiet as a mound. I too was silent, my ear pressed tight against the timbers. Even to me, incredibly, he had made it all seem true and very fine.

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H: He is caught up in the harpist’s song, just like Hrothgar’s people.

Question 6

Consider these themes from Gilgamesh: A New English Version.Battle forces people to acknowledge their mortality.Success in battle results in glory.

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G: Gilgamesh and Enkidu's desire for recognition and fame allows them to overcome their fear of death.

Question 7

have exactly the same meaninghave completely opposite meaningssound the same but have different meaningsare spelled the same but are pronounced differently

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C: sound the same but have different meanings

Question 8

Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version.At four hundred miles they stopped to eat,at a thousand miles they pitched their camp.They had traveled for just three days and nights,a six weeks' journey for ordinary men.When the sun was setting, they dug a well,they filled their waterskins with fresh water,Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop

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T: The long and difficult journey reflects how strong and enduring Gilgamesh is.

Question 9

Which pair of words shares the same word root?

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D: inspect, spectacles

Question 10

Perspective is

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B: a way of thinking about or seeing a situation.

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