Question 1.

What literary device is used in this line?

My love is like a red rose

A. simile

B. metaphor

C. comparison

Question 2.

What is the literary device used in the bold words in this sentence?

“He saw nothing and heard nothing but he could feel his heart pounding and then he
heard the clack on stone and the leaping, dropping clicks of a small rock falling.”

A. onomatopoeia

B. imagery

C. personification

Question 3.

What rhyme scheme can you find out in this example?

Upon a nice mid-spring day,

Let's take a look at Nature's way.

Breathe the scent of nice fresh air,

Feel the breeze within your hair.

The grass will poke between your toes,

Smell the flowers with your nose.

Clouds form shapes within the skies,

And light will glisten from your eyes

A. ABABCDCD
B. ABABCCDD

C. AABBCCDD

Question 4. The theme is included in the expostion of the story.

False

Question 5. The little waves, with their soft, white hands

A. hyperbole

B. paradox

C. personification

Question 6. Which literary device is used to make a strong impression or make an

emphasis on what the writer or the poet wants to talk about in extravagant statements?

A. repetition

B. hyperbole

C. alliteration

Question 7. Both Tone and Mood involve feelings of the poet, which are often revealed
in each poem.

True

Question 8. The Climax is the moment when the readers feel most excited and curious
about the solution to the conflicts in the story

True

Question 9. The narrator in the story is always the writer.

False

Question 10.

What meter of this stanza?

That I did always love

I bring thee Proof

That till I loved

I never lived-Enough-

A. iambic trimeter

B. iambic dimeter + iambic trimeter

C. iambic dimeter

Unit 1: Rip Van Winkle (Washington Irving)

1. What was Rip Van Winkle's one personality flaw?

A. He couldn't relax.

B. He couldn't carry on a conversation with anyone.

C. He was mean to his wife.

D. He would help everyone else before attending to his own business.

2. What happened to Dame van Winkle after Rip’s disappearance

A. She moved from the area to start a new life

B. He declared him dead and remarried

C. She died.

D. She divorced him

3. What was the first difference that Rip noticed when he approached the village after his
nap?

A. His house is abandoned

B. The inn has changed names

C. He doesn't recognize people and the people are dressed differently.

D. There are more houses than before he slept.

4. Washington Irving's The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon Gent includes 6 chapters
reflecting German and English(DUTCH) subjects.

False.

5. When Rip returned, he saw a flag with stars and stripes on it. He had never seen any
thing like it because …

A. It’s an American flag and there was no United States of America when he fell asleep.

B. He was always too busy goofing off to take notice of his surroundings.

C. Flags were invented while he was sleeping.

D. England changed its flag while he was sleeping.

6. What were the strangers playing when Rip Van Winkle first saw them in the
amphitheatre?

A. Darts

B. Ninepins

C. Baseball

D. Football

7. What are Rip and Dame Van Winkle’s children like at the beginning of the story?

A. Kind and gentle

B. Ragged and wild(RÁCH RƯỚI VÀ HOANG DẠI).

C. Quiet and shy

D. Smart and snobbish

8. Dame Van Winkle can best be described as

A. Domineering(ĐỌC ĐOÁN, ÁP CHẾ, HÁCH DỊCH,…)

B. Passionate

C. Indifferent

D. Shy

9. One night that Rip spent for his sleep in the mountain means 20 years of the American
Revolution. (1 SLEEP = 20 YEARS)

True

10. What happened to Rip at the end of the story?

A. He built a cabin for himself and his dog high up in the mountains

B. He returned to his home to live out the rest of his life as before

C. He moved into the hotel and became a partner in the business

D. He moved in with his daughter and her husband

11. What made Rip Van Winkle fall asleep in the mountain?

A. He had put in a hard day’s work.

B. He had hunted hard all day.

C. He had hit his head while hunting.

D. He had sampled the strangers’ liquor.

12. Irving is largely credited as the first American man of Letters

13. Which type of figurative language is used in the following line?

“He said the sound of their balls was like distant peals of thunder”

Simile.

14. Which quality is not used to describe Rip?

A. Simple
B. Arrogant(KIÊU NGẠO).

C. Hen-pecked

D. Good-natured

15. When Rip saw the first stranger, what he was the stranger carrying?

A. A gun

B. A knife

C. A barriel

D. A swong

16. Irving set his stories in the United States and his stories were based on German/Dutch
legends or folklore TRUE

17. Most of Washington Irving’s work includes a lot of imagery, satire and Humor

18. When Rip awoke after a sleep, his gun was missing and he couldn’t find it FALSE(-
>It was Rusted)

19. What was the condition of Rip Van Winkle’s farm?

A. He had bought his neighbor’s farm to double the size of acreage

B. It was falling apart and not much grows on it any more

C. It was the most prosperous in the area

D. He grew more crops than any other farmer in the area.

20. The group of people who had settled in Hudson valley region were English men
FALSE (dutch)
 Unit 3: Hope is the thing with feathers (Emily Dickinson)
1. In spite of her fame, only few of her poem were published when she was alive.
True
False

2. Her poems include some unconventional poetic rules of the time.

True
False

3. In the lines
Yet never in Extremity,
It asked a crumb of Me.
Extremity" in the poem means _____.
 a far-away place
 a comfortable environment
 severe hardship
4. Emily has relationships with many people around her
True
False
5. What word can be used to fill in the blank in this sentence?
In general, Emily has become widely acknowledged as an ………… innovative poet
when she has changes in the forms of poetry.
innovative
6. What is the extended metaphor in this poem?
 Hope is compared to a bird
 A tune is compared to the soul
 Feathers are compared to a bird
7. A lot of Emily’s poems were discovered by her sister after her death
True
False
8. Her poems always have regular meters
True
False

9.That (1) could abash the little Bird

That (2) kept so many warm
"That" (1) replaces the word:.......
and "That" (2) replaces the word: .....
the storm; (2) the little Bird

9. Emily was famous during her lifetime

True
False
10. What do her poems typically lack?
LACK titles
11. What is unconventional in her poems besides unconventional punctuation?
capitalization
12. The poet uses the word “gale” and “storm” as metaphors. What might these words
represent?
 bad weather
 time of success and growth
 hardship
13. What are the typical themes in many of her poems?
death and immortality
14. In the lines:
Yet never in Extremity,
It asked a crumb of Me.
"It" refers to Hope.
True
False

Unit 4: The Scarlet Letter (Nathaniel Hawthorne)

1. How does Arthur Dimmesdale die?

A. He falls dead from the scaffold
B. He is killed by Roger Chillingworth
C. He dies kissing Pearl
D. He dies running away with Hester
2. The themes in many of Nathaniel’ works are often related to … of humanity sin
Which of the following symbols represents Hester’s sexual sin?
A. Hester’s sewing skill
B. The Scarlet Letter
C. Dimmesdale’s book
D. Hester’s long flowing hair
3. What does Dimmesdale do before he dies?
A. He holds Pearl and Hester
B. He still keeps his secret.
C. He confesses publicly
D. He smiles happily
4. To the public, the scaffold is the symbol of …
A. the Puritan law
B. punishment and humiliation
C. sin and shame
D. confession
5. One of the typical literary techniques used in Hawthorne is symbolism.
A. True
B. False
6. Which of the following does not take place in The Scarlet Letter?
A. Chillingworth tortures Dimmesdale
B. Dimmesdale is becoming sick
C. Hester gives a birth to a daughter
D. Hester and Dimmesdale run away to a better place
7. Which character committed sexual sin with Hester Prynne?
A. Arthur Dimmesdale
B. Roger Chillingworth
C. Governor Bellingham
8. Hester is always strong enough to encounter the merciless comments of the
townspeople.
A. True
B. False
9. How do Hester and Dimmesdale plan to escape their suffering?
A. By committing suicide
B. By killing Chillingtown
C. By going live with the Native Americans
D. By boarding a ship bound for Europe
10. Which of the following does not die over the course of the novel?
A. Arthur Dimmesdale
B. Roger Chillingworth
C. Hester Prynne
D. Pearl
11. How does Hester wear her scarlet letter?
A. With sorrow
B. With happiness
C. With shame
D. With pride and defiance
12. How does Chillingworth figure out who Pearl’s father really is?
A. Hester tells him one day in the woods
B. he never finds out
C. Chillingworth becomes Dimmesdale’s doctor and guesses his secret
D. Dimmesdale tells him
13. Many of Nathaniel’s works are inspired by Puritan New England.
Puritan
14. Roger Chillingworth pretends to specialize in …
A. psychology
B. science
C. medicine
D. economics
15. The scaffold is a place for the Puritans to use as …
A. a penal machine
B. a place to the release sin
C. a gathering place
D. a kind of shame
16. By embroidering the letter, Hester transforms letter A as a badge of shame into a
symbol of …
A. Individuality= Ability
B. beauty
C. feminine
D. decoration
17. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s works are often related to bright romanticism.
A. True
B. False
18. Next to whom is Hester buried(chôn: bury)?
A. Dimmesdale
B. Pearl
C. No one: her body is burned
D. Chillingworth
19. Why does Hester have to wear the scarlet letter? What does this represent to the
townspeople?
A. Hester has had sex with an unknown individual: this represents the
realization of (and atonement for) sin
B. Hester desires nothing more than to be noticed: this represents Hester’s ultimate
cry for attention
C. Hester wears it as a symbol of Dimmesdale’s love: this represents Hester’s
extreme love capability
D. Hester is too prideful to do anything worthy of being in that town: the townspeople
scorn her for this
20. What does the scarlet letter stand for?
A. Attribute
B. Adultery(ngoại tình)
C. Ashamed
D. Acceptance
21. At the end of the novel, what does Pearl do to her father when he confesses his sin
at the end of the novel?
A. She kisses him
B. She gave him a scarlet letter
C. She gives him her hair
D. She laughs him
22. Hester wears the scarlet letter on her …….
A. Hair
B. chest
C. hand
D. skin
23. Hawthorne was one of the greatest American …writers/novelists.
24. Although Hester is considered as a sinner to the Puritans, she still appears with her
beauty and self confidence in the scaffold.
A. True
B. False

Unit 5: The Gift of The Magi (O. Henry)

1. Which factor do his plots normally deal with?

A. familiar setting
B. repeated actions
C. coincidence
D. complicated life

2. Jim react strangely to the news of Della’s hair being sold because:
A. He thinks she looks like a Coney island chorus girls
B. He knows that he has bought something she can not use!
C. He is upset that she did not consult him about her hair first!
D. He is ashamed that he could not provide better for his family.

3. How bad is the couple’s financial situation in the story?

A. They are in debt
B. They are totally middle-class
C. They are rich, but selfish
D. They have very little money and can barely afford their rent.

4. At the beginning of the story, what is Della upset about?

A. The thought that Jim can not afford to buy her a nice gift.
B. The thought of parting with her hair.
C. The idea that she would not have a suitable gift for her Jim.
D. The idea that she’d look stupid with short hair.

5. Whose life is reflected in O. Henry’s stories?

A. criminals
B. prisoners
C. ordinary people
D. rich people

6. Della’s hair and Jim’s watch have always been a source of…
A. pride
B. nervousness
C. anxiety
D. shame

7. What did Della sell Madame Sofronie for $20?

A. her hair
B. her bracelet
C. her combs
D. her watch

8. How much money did Bella count out at the beginning of the story?
A. $20.00
B. $1.87
C. $114.22
D. $68.00

9. What is one of the most important factors that make the success of his stories?
A. Entertaining details
B. Surprise endings
C. Complicated events
D. universal themes

10. Upon moral reflection, what did Bella (Mrs. James Dillingham Young) decide that
life was made up of?
A. Sobs, sniffles and smiles
B. joy, pain and fulfillment
C. Faith, hope and love
D. Birth, death and rebirth

11. What happened to Jim’s salary 30 =>20?

A. He was fired
B. Della spent it
C. It was reduced from 30 dollars per week to 20 dollars.
D. He used it to pay the rent.

12. The important day of tomorrow is Della and Jim’s wedding anniversary
A. True
B. False
13. How much money does the couple pay for their apartment per week?
 A. Eighteen dollars
B. Eight dollars
C. Eighty dollars
D. Eighty-eight dollars

14. When Della opens her gift from Jim she is overcome with the feelings of anger, joy
and delight.
A. True
B. False

15. What prayer did Della say to herself when she heard Jim come inside?
A. Please, God, make him think I am still pretty.
B. Please, God, make him still love me.
C. Please, God, make him enjoy his gift.
D. Please, God, make him accept my apology.

16. What two words did O. Henry use when describing the couple in relation to the
Biblical Magi?
A. Fortuitous and unfortunate
B. Foolish and wise
C. kind and gentle
D. Chaste and pure
Referencing the famous short story The Gift of the Magi by O.
Henry, the author uses the words 'foolish' and 'wise' to
describe the couple.

Unit 6: The Road Not Taken

1. His poems are very simple in words and in meaning

A. True
B. False

2. What did the narrator doubt to do when he took the road:

A. Step on the trodden down leaves
B. Come back and travel the other path
C. Travel the same path again

3. Frost's poems show a successful striving for using …

A. Colloquial speech
B. Complicated language
C. Untraditional forms

4. The poet felt sorry because…

A. he did not know the direction
B. he could not travel on both the roads
C. he could not see the roads well

5. His poems show ……. thoughts

● Universal

6. His poems depicts a ………….. picture of rural life

● Realistic

7. The poet took the road...

A. most people traveled by
B. easily stepped on
C. less traveled by
8. The road taken is described "wanted wear" and ......
● grassy
9. His poems were written about the farm life in
A. California
B. England
C. New England

10. The poem depicts....

A. problems we face in life
B. conflicts in life
C. choices we make in life

11. What is another good title for this poem?

A. The less trodden black path
B. The Road Less Traveled
C. All the Difference

12. His life is covered in joys and success

A. True
B. False

13. The main reason for his final decision is that he wants to make a .......
● difference
14. The road taken is the second road
A. True
B. False

15. The poet stood at the intersection of...

A. Crossroads
B. two roads
C. a roundabout

16. Two roads here are related to the choices in his career…
A. True
B. False