Question 5 of 10Read this passage from Dostoyevsky's novella Notes from the Underground:But do you know, gentlemen, what was the chief point about my spite? Why, the whole point, the real sting of it lay in the fact that continually, even in the moment of the acutest spleen, I was inwardly conscious with shame that I was not only not a spiteful but not even an embittered man, that I was simply scaring sparrows at random and amusing myself by it.In what way is the narrator most clearly a monster?A.He is ashamed, even though he has no reason to be.B.He gives advice, even when not asked for it.C.He is straightforward about his spite.D.He is intentionally cruel for no reason.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 8 of 10Read this excerpt from Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novella Notes from the Underground:I was simply scaring sparrows at random and amusing myself by it. I might foam at the mouth, but bring me a doll to play with, give me a cup of tea with sugar in it, and maybe I should be appeased. I might even be genuinely touched, though probably I should grind my teeth at myself afterwards and lie awake at night with shame for months after. That was my way.Which part of this excerpt most clearly reveals that the narrator has monstrous qualities?A.That was my way.B.[G]ive me a cup of tea with sugar in it, and maybe I should be appeased.C.I was simply scaring sparrows at random and amusing myself by it.D.[P]robably I should grind my teeth at myself afterwards and lie awake at night with shame for months after.

What is most closely the author’s argument in the passage below (paragraph 13)?Hamlet (the man) is dominated by an emotion which is inexpressible, because it is in excess of the facts as they appear. And the supposed identity of Hamlet with his author is genuine to this point: that Hamlet’s bafflement at the absence of objective equivalent to his feelings is a prolongation of the bafflement of his creator in the face of his artistic problem. Hamlet is up against the difficulty that his disgust is occasioned by his mother, but that his mother is not an adequate equivalent for it; his disgust envelops and exceeds her. It is thus a feeling which he cannot understand; he cannot objectify it, and it therefore remains to poison life and obstruct action. None of the possible actions can satisfy it; and nothing that Shakespeare can do with the plot can express Hamlet for him.Answer choices for the above questionA. Hamlet’s actions and emotions stretch the limits of believability.B. Making Gertrude more villainous would have improved the play.C. The image of Lady Macbeth walking in her sleep is one of the most famous in literature.D. Writers evoke emotion in the audience by presenting characters in action.

“Sinking further, loathing his beguiling sneer, her mouth agape at his recklessness, ceaselessly clinging to what speck of dignity remained” is an example of:*1 pointCacophonyPunRhymeAssonance

Question 1 of 10Read this excerpt from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein:I have good dispositions; my life had been hitherto harmless, and, in some degree, beneficial; but a fatal prejudice clouds [people's] eyes, and where they ought to see a feeling and kind friend, they behold only a detestable monster (176–177).Which theme is best conveyed by this quote?A.Misery loves company.B.Outward appearances can be deceiving.C.A word spoken in hate can injure more than the sword.D.People who hurt often hurt other people.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

In anguish, _______ bloodies his head against a tree trunk and howls, “not like a man, but like a savage beast being goaded to death with knives and spears.”