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AP English- Read excerpts from 3 passages (Ethan Frome, Robinson Crusoe, Jane Eyre) and answer 21 questions. Example question from passage excerpt from Chapter IV of Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton: Use the passage to answer the question. Which quote shows how the author uses archetypal meanings to help characterize Mattie? _questions_use_the_passage_to_answer_the_questions.pdf excerpt_from_chapter_iv_of_ethan_frome_by_edith_wharton.pdf excerpt_from_chapter_iv_of_robinson_crusoe_by_daniel_dafoe.pdf excerpt_from_chapter_xxvi_of_jane_eyre_by_charlotte_bronte.pdf Unformatted Attachment Preview Excerpt from Chapter IV of Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 1. Use the passage to answer the question. Which quote shows how the author uses archetypal meanings to help characterize Mattie?  A. She stood just as Zeena had stood, a lifted lamp in her hand, against the black background of the kitchen.  B. They drew their seats up to the table, and the cat, unbidden, jumped between them into Zeenas empty chair.  C. She feigned great interest. Is that so? Do you suppose itll interfere with Zeenas getting back?”  D. Mattie, in an instant, had sprung from her chair and was down on her knees by the fragments.  E. . . . through her hair she had run a streak of crimson ribbon. This tribute to the unusual transformed and glorified her. 2. Use the passage to answer the question. Which quote from the passage has the most symbolic significance to the story?  A. A bright fire glowed in the stove and the cat lay stretched before it, watching the table with a drowsy eye.  B. And after a pause he felt it right to add: I suppose he got Zeena over to the Flats all right?”  C. Ethan was suffocated with the sense of well-being.  D. They drew their seats up to the table, and the cat, unbidden, jumped between them into Zeenas empty chair.  E. The case was so serious that it called forth all of Ethans latent resolution. 3. Use the passage to answer the question. Which statement best describes the character of Ethan in this passage?  A. He is unhappy to be left for the evening with Mattie and misses his wife.  B. He does not want to be reminded of his wife so that he can enjoy his evening with Mattie.  C. He is upset his wifes favorite dish got broken and is angry with Mattie for using it.  D. He does not know how to make small talk with Mattie and wishes to be alone.  E. He is worried his wife will be unable to return home because of snow drifts on the Flats. 4. Use the passage to answer the question. Which excerpt from the passage helps demonstrate the struggle between social constraint and personal desire?  A. She set the lamp on the table, and he saw that it was carefully laid for supper, with fresh dough-nuts, stewed blueberries and his favourite pickles in a dish of gay red glass.  B. The name threw a chill between them, and they stood a moment looking sideways at each other before Mattie said with a shy laugh. I guess its about time for supper.”  C. At last, after casting about for an effective opening, he took a long gulp of tea, cleared his throat, and said: Looks as if thered be more snow.’  D. The cat, unnoticed, had crept up on muffled paws from Zeenas seat to the table, and was stealthily elongating its body in the direction of the milk-jug . . .  E. “Well, shell have to say it to the cat, any way! he rejoined with a laugh, kneeling down at Matties side to scrape up the swimming pickles. 5. Use the passage to answer the question. Which of the following quotes is an example of characterization that helps develop the theme?  A. “Silence answered; but in a minute or two he caught a sound on the stairs and saw a line of light about the door-frame, as he had seen it the night before.”  B. This tribute to the unusual transformed and glorified her. She seemed to Ethan taller, fuller, more womanly in shape and motion.”  C. They drew their seats up to the table, and the cat, unbidden, jumped between them into Zeenas empty chair.  D. Mattie, in an instant, had sprung from her chair and was down on her knees by the fragments.  E. Well, shell have to say it to the cat, any way!” he rejoined with a laugh, kneeling down at Matties side to scrape up the swimming pickles. 6. Use the passage to answer the question. In the first two paragraphs of this passage, the character of Zeena is best described as a  A. round character.  B. dynamic character.  C. protagonist.  D. stereotype.  E. foil. 7. Use the passage to answer the question. Write one paragraph in which you identify the symbolism used in the passage and explain how the symbolism relates to an important theme of the passage. Use textual evidence to support your answer. Excerpt from Chapter IV of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe Use the passage to answer the question. 8. What is the point of view of this passage?  A. first-person  B. second-person limited  C. second-person omniscient  D. third-person limited  E. third-person omniscient 9. Use the passage to answer the question. Robinson Crusoe is best described as which type of archetypal character?  A. the mentor  B. the scapegoat  C. the trickster  D. the hero  E. the devil 10. Use the passage to answer the question. Which statement best explains the effect of the point of view on the narration of Robinson Crusoe?  A. The point of view allows the author to give the reader a gods-eye view of the events in the novel.  B. The point of view allows the author to narrate events that take place without the main character being present.  C. The point of view allows the impartial narrator to stand outside the action of the novel.  D. The point of view creates a detached, formal, objective tone that readers know is factbased.  E. The point of view creates a conversational, informal style as the narrator tells his own story. 11. Use the passage to answer the question. Which detail from the text best supports the claim that Robinson Crusoe survives on the island through hard work and determination?  A. I have already described my habitation, which was a tent under the side of a rock, surrounded with a strong pale of posts and cables . . .  B. But I must observe, too, that at first this was a confused heap of goods, which, as they lay in no order, so they took up all my place;  C. I had never handled a tool in my life; and yet, in time, by labour, application, and contrivance, I found at last that I wanted nothing but I could have made it, especially if I had had tools.  D. And now it was that I began to keep a journal of every day’s employment; for, indeed, at first I was in too much hurry, and not only hurry as to labour, but in too much discomposure of mind;  E. After I had got to shore, and escaped drowning, instead of being thankful to God for my deliverance, having first vomited, with the great quantity of salt water which had got into my stomach, and recovering myself a little, I ran about the shore wringing my hands . . . 12. Use the passage to answer the question. Which of the following offers an analysis rather than a summary of the passage?  A. Robinson Crusoe’s shelter was built using a tent under the side of a rock to form a cave.  B. Robinson Crusoe kept a journal on the island to chronicle his adventures until he ran out of ink.  C. Robinson Crusoes practical approach to life on the island is what enabled him to survive being shipwrecked.  D. Robinson Crusoe used wood from his ship as well as wood he carved from trees to build the furniture he needed.  E. Robinson Crusoe despaired when he first washed ashore on the island and ran around shouting I am undone. 13. Use the passage to answer the question. Which word best describes the overall tone of this passage?  A. pragmatic  B. despairing  C. ambivalent  D. whimsical  E. mocking 14. Use the passage to answer the question. Describe how Dafoes style shapes Robinson Crusoe, including how he uses diction and syntax to create an authentic, believable in character in Robinson Crusoe. Your answer should be one paragraph in length. Use textual evidence to support your answer. Excerpt from Chapter XXVI of Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte 15. Use the passage to answer the question. The passage includes the following lines: What a hot and strong grasp he had! and how like quarried marble was his pale, firm, massive front at this moment! These lines can best be described as  A. personification.  B. metaphor.  C. irony.  D. simile.  E. alliteration. 16. Use the passage to answer the question. All of the following examples show how the author uses figurative language and imagery to characterize Mr. Rochester as dangerous in this passage EXCEPT which?  A. “Mr. Rochester moved slightly, as if an earthquake had rolled under his feet: taking a firmer footing, and not turning his head or eyes, he said, ‘Proceed.’  B. . . . and how like quarried marble was his pale, firm, massive front at this moment! How his eye shone, still watchful, and yet wild beneath!  C. Mr. Rochester turned and glared at him. His eye, as I have often said, was a black eye: it had now a tawny, nay, a bloody light in its gloom;  D. Mr. Rochester, on hearing the name, set his teeth; he experienced, too, a sort of strong convulsive quiver; near to him as I was, I felt the spasmodic movement of fury or despair run through his frame.  E. . . . and his face flushed . . . and he stirred, lifted his strong arm—he could have struck Mason, dashed him on the church-floor, shocked by ruthless blow the breath from his body 17. Use the passage to answer the question. In this passage, the author primarily uses dialogue  A. to clarify the setting.  B. to reinforce the theme.  C. to reveal the characters inner thoughts.  D. to set the mood of the passage.  E. to develop the conflict. 18. Use the passage to answer the question. Which of the following quotes from the passage is an example of characterization that develops the theme of Jane’s increasing independence?  A. ; but I was collected, and in no danger of swooning.  B. I looked at Mr. Rochester: I made him look at me.”  C. . . . near to him as I was, I felt the spasmodic movement of fury or despair run through his frame.  D. . . . he only twined my waist with his arm and riveted me to his side.  E. His eye, as I have often said, was a black eye: 19. Use the passage to answer the question. The passage includes the following lines: When is the pause after that sentence ever broken by reply? Not, perhaps, once in a hundred years. These lines are best described as  A. stream of consciousness.  B. flashback.  C. foreshadowing.  D. irony.  E. in media res. 20. Use the passage to answer the question. Which statement best explains the effect of the narration on the passage?  A. The narration allows the reader to understand Jane Eyres mental anguish by not only describing her thoughts and feelings but by describing the thoughts and feelings of those around her.  B. The narration builds suspense because the reader only knows what Jane knows and has to wait until the truth is finally revealed by Mason.  C. The narration allows the author to explain the events in the passage to the reader, even though the characters do not fully understand the events.  D. The narration allows the reader to know Rochesters thoughts as well as Janes thoughts, which reveals the torment he is in knowing he will be unable to marry Jane.  E. The narration allows Bronte to describe action to the reader that takes place when the main character is not present in the scene, which gives the reader a fuller understanding of the plot. 21. Use the passage to answer the question. Shortly after this passage, it is revealed that Rochesters secret wife is the madwoman in the attic at Thornfield, who had tried to set his bedroom on fire and had stabbed Mason earlier in the novel. Write one paragraph that discusses how the characters and their actions in Jane Eyre reflect the novels historical, social, and cultural context. Use textual evidence to support your answer. Excerpt from Chapter IV of Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton Silence answered; but in a minute or two he caught a sound on the stairs and saw a line of light about the door-frame, as he had seen it the night before. So strange was the precision with which the incidents of the previous evening were repeating themselves that he half expected, when he heard the key turn, to see his wife before him on the threshold; but the door opened, and Mattie faced him. She stood just as Zeena had stood, a lifted lamp in her hand, against the black background of the kitchen. She held the light at the same level, and it drew out with the same distinctness her slim young throat and the brown wrist no bigger than a childs. Then, striking upward, it threw a lustrous fleck on her lips, edged her eyes with velvet shade, and laid a milky whiteness above the black curve of her brows. She wore her usual dress of darkish stuff, and there was no bow at her neck; but through her hair she had run a streak of crimson ribbon. This tribute to the unusual transformed and glorified her. She seemed to Ethan taller, fuller, more womanly in shape and motion. She stood aside, smiling silently, while he entered, and then moved away from him with something soft and flowing in her gait. She set the lamp on the table, and he saw that it was carefully laid for supper, with fresh dough-nuts, stewed blueberries and his favourite pickles in a dish of gay red glass. A bright fire glowed in the stove and the cat lay stretched before it, watching the table with a drowsy eye. Ethan was suffocated with the sense of well-being. He went out into the passage to hang up his coat and pull off his wet boots. When he came back Mattie had set the teapot on the table and the cat was rubbing itself persuasively against her ankles. . . . And after a pause he felt it right to add: “I suppose he got Zeena over to the Flats all right?” 5 “Oh, yes; in plenty of time.” The name threw a chill between them, and they stood a moment looking sideways at each other before Mattie said with a shy laugh. “I guess its about time for supper.” They drew their seats up to the table, and the cat, unbidden, jumped between them into Zeenas empty chair. “Oh, Puss!” said Mattie, and they laughed again. Ethan, a moment earlier, had felt himself on the brink of eloquence; but the mention of Zeena had paralysed him. Mattie seemed to feel the contagion of his embarrassment, and sat with downcast lids, sipping her tea, while he feigned an insatiable appetite for dough-nuts and sweet pickles. At last, after casting about for an effective opening, he took a long gulp of tea, cleared his throat, and said: “Looks as if thered be more snow.” She feigned great interest. “Is that so? Do you suppose itll interfere with Zeenas getting back?” She flushed red as the question escaped her, and hastily set down the cup she was lifting. 10 Ethan reached over for another helping of pickles. “You never can tell, this time of year, it drifts so bad on the Flats.” The name had benumbed him again, and once more he felt as if Zeena were in the room between them. “Oh, Puss, youre too greedy!” Mattie cried. The cat, unnoticed, had crept up on muffled paws from Zeenas seat to the table, and was stealthily elongating its body in the direction of the milk-jug, which stood between Ethan and Mattie. The two leaned forward at the same moment and their hands met on the handle of the jug. Matties hand was underneath, and Ethan kept his clasped on it a moment longer than was necessary. The cat, profiting by this unusual demonstration, tried to effect an unnoticed retreat, and in doing so backed into the pickle-dish, which fell to the floor with a crash. Mattie, in an instant, had sprung from her chair and was down on her knees by the fragments. 15 “Oh, Ethan, Ethan—its all to pieces! What will Zeena say?” But this time his courage was up. “Well, shell have to say it to the cat, any way!” he rejoined with a laugh, kneeling down at Matties side to scrape up the swimming pickles. She lifted stricken eyes to him. “Yes, but, you see, she never meant it should be used, not even when there was company; and I had to get up on the step-ladder to reach it down from the top shelf of the china-closet, where she keeps it with all her best things, and of course shell want to know why I did it—” The case was so serious that it called forth all of Ethans latent resolution. “She neednt know anything about it if you keep quiet. Ill get another just like it tomorrow. Where did it come from? Ill go to Shadds Falls for it if I have to!” Excerpt from Chapter IV of Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe Having now brought my mind a little to relish my condition, and given over looking out to sea, to see if I could spy a ship—I say, giving over these things, I began to apply myself to arrange my way of living, and to make things as easy to me as I could. I have already described my habitation, which was a tent under the side of a rock, surrounded with a strong pale of posts and cables: but I might now rather call it a wall, for I raised a kind of wall up against it of turfs, about two feet thick on the outside; and after some time (I think it was a year and a half) I raised rafters from it, leaning to the rock, and thatched or covered it with boughs of trees, and such things as I could get, to keep out the rain; which I found at some times of the year very violent. I have already observed how I brought all my goods into this pale, and into the cave which I had made behind me. But I must observe, too, that at first this was a confused heap of goods, which, as they lay in no order, so they took up all my place; I had no room to turn myself: so I set myself to enlarge my cave, and work farther into the earth; for it was a loose sandy rock, which yielded easily to the labour I bestowed on it: and so when I found I was pretty safe as to beasts of prey, I worked sideways, to the right hand, into the rock; and then, turning to the again, worked quite out, and made me a door to come out on the outside of my pale or fortification. This gave me not only egress and regress, as it was a back way to my tent and to my storehouse, but gave me room to store my goods. And now I began to apply myself to make such necessary things as I found I most wanted, particularly a chair and a table; for without these I was not able to enjoy the few comforts I had in the world; I could not write or eat, or do several things, with so much pleasure without a table: so I went to work. And here I must needs observe, that as reason is the substance and origin of the mathematics, so by stating and squaring everything by reason, and by making the most rational judgment of things, every man may be, in time, master of every mechanic art. I had never handled a tool in my life; and yet, in time, by labour, application, and contrivance, I found at last that I wanted nothing but I could have made it, especially if I had had tools. However, I made abundance of things, even without tools; and some with no more tools than an adze and a hatchet, which perhaps were never made that way before, and that with infinite labour. For example, if I wanted a board, I had no other way but to cut down a tree, set it on an edge before me, and hew it flat on either side with my axe, till I brought it to be thin as a plank, and then dub it smooth with my adze. It is true, by this method I could make but one board out of a whole tree; but this I had no remedy for but patience, any more than I had for the prodigious deal of time and labour which it took me up to make a plank or board: but my time or labour was little worth, and so it was as well employed one way as another. However, I made me a table and a chair, as I observed above, in the first place; and this I did out of the short pieces of boards that I brought on my raft from the ship. But when I had wrought out some boards as above, I made large shelves, of the breadth of a foot and a half, one over another all along one side of my cave ... Purchase answer to see full attachment