Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed.Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find, me unafraid. It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll. I am the master of my fate:I am the captain of my soul.(C. Write the correct answer on the line before each number, then, discuss your answers in class.1. What is the main quality of the person speaking in the poem?a. has a strong personalityb. hard-workingC. fond of fights and quarreld. has a low self-esteem2. What idea is best expressed in the poem?a. optimismb. successC. pessimismd. happiness3. In line 13, the gate may refer toa. hopeb. doorC. advertisementd. life4. What aspect of truth about life does the selection share?erpret wha5.a. working harmoniously with othersb. taking pleasure in the bounties of natureC. courage to succeed in lifed. the importance of educationWhat description of a man may be gleaned from the poem?a. a man who never gave upb. a man who tried everythingC. a man who earned the medalsd. a man stepping into a new world6. Horror in line 10 may refer toa. broken heartsb. deathC. sadnessd. circumstance7. What images are created or developed in the poem?a. tough experiencesb. unhappy personal experiencesC. man and natured. a wonderful journey8. What incident in the poet's life influenced him in composing the "Invictus"? poem,a. his experiences with his familyb. the challenge to his healthC. his writing career experiencesd. his love life crisis9. "It matters not how strait the gate How charged with punishments the scrollI am the master of my fate:I am the captain of my soul."This stanza of the poem creates a picture of aa. remarkable man with achievementb. man of great compassion for othersC. man trying to control his destinyd. man's dreams that changed10. The symbol used in line 14, "How charged with punishments the scroll may refer toa. heavy beatingb. impossible dreamsC. way of livingd. man's experience

MACBETH. Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck,Till thou applaud the deed. Come, seeling night,Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day;And with thy bloody and invisible handCancel and tear to pieces that great bondWhich keeps me pale! Light thickens; and the crowMakes wing to the rooky wood:Good things of day begin to droop and drowse;While night's black agents to their preys do rouse.Thou marvell'st at my words: but hold thee still;Things bad begun make strong themselves by ill.So, prithee, go with me.William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act III, scene iiWhat does the audience learn from the lines "Be innocent of the knowledge, dearest chuck, / Till thou applaud the deed"?A.Macbeth will keep Banquo's murder a secret until after the murder has been committed.B.Macbeth believes his wife is responsible for Duncan's murder.C.Macbeth thinks his wife is too ladylike to understand his reasons for murder.D.Macbeth is in love with his wife and wants her to remain queen.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

ead this passage from "The Black Cat":One morning, in cool blood, I slipped a noose about its neck and hung it to the limb of a tree; hung it with the tears streaming from my eyes, and with the bitterest remorse at my heart; hung it because I knew that it had loved me, and because I felt it had given me no reason of offence; hung it because I knew that in so doing I was committing a sin a deadly sin that would so jeopardize my immortal soul as to place it if such a thing were possible even beyond the reach of the infinite mercy of the Most Merciful and Most Terrible God.What technique does the author use in this passage in order to call attention to the importance of the event?A.A metaphor to show the narrator's remorseB.A flashback to a previous, similar eventC.Use of the phrase "Most Terrible God"D.Repetition of the phrase "hung it"

It seemed that out of battle I escapedDown some profound dull tunnel, long since scoopedThrough granites which titanic wars had groined.Yet also there encumbered sleepers groaned,Too fast in thought or death to be bestirred.Then, as I probed them, one sprang up, and staredWith piteous recognition in fixed eyes,Lifting distressful hands, as if to bless.And by his smile, I knew that sullen hall,— By his dead smile I knew we stood in Hell.With a thousand fears that vision's face was grained;Yet no blood reached there from the upper ground,And no guns thumped, or down the flues made moan.“Strange friend,” I said, “here is no cause to mourn.” “None,” said that other, “save the undone years,The hopelessness. Whatever hope is yours,Was my life also; I went hunting wildAfter the wildest beauty in the world,Which lies not calm in eyes, or braided hair,But mocks the steady running of the hour,And if it grieves, grieves richlier than here.For by my glee might many men have laughed,And of my weeping something had been left,Which must die now. I mean the truth untold,The pity of war, the pity war distilled.Now men will go content with what we spoiled.Or, discontent, boil bloody, and be spilled.They will be swift with swiftness of the tigress. None will break ranks, though nations trek from progress.Courage was mine, and I had mystery;Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery: To miss the march of this retreating worldInto vain citadels that are not walled.Then, when much blood had clogged their chariot-wheels, I would go up and wash them from sweet wells,Even with truths that lie too deep for taint.I would have poured my spirit without stintBut not through wounds; not on the cess of war.Foreheads of men have bled where no wounds were.“I am the enemy you killed, my friend.I knew you in this dark: for so you frownedYesterday through me as you jabbed and killed.I parried; but my hands were loath and cold.Let us sleep now. . . .”

Choose the poem that uses assonance.The warrior bowed his crested head, and tamed his heart of fire,And sued the haughty king to free his long-imprisoned sire;"I bring thee here my fortress keys, I bring my captive train,I pledge thee faith, my liege, my lord!—oh, break my father's chain!"Do not fear.The garden is yoursAnd it is yours to gather the fruitsAnd every flower of every kind.

Choose the poem that uses assonance.The warrior bowed his crested head, and tamed his heart of fire,And sued the haughty king to free his long-imprisoned sire;"I bring thee here my fortress keys, I bring my captive train,I pledge thee faith, my liege, my lord!—oh, break my father's chain!"Do not fear.The garden is yoursAnd it is yours to gather the fruitsAnd every flower of every kind.From