Multiple Choice
Carefully read the poem "Death Over
Water".
Identify the letter of the choice that best answers
the question.
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The
mood implied in lines 11 to 12, "spreading his dark arms above / his partners
every
move", is
A. | angry. | B. | loving. | C. | playful. | D. | ominous. | | |
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2.
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In
line 20, the speaker refers to the crows as "scraps of scorched confetti" because they
are
A. | black in
colour. | B. | burned by the sun. | C. | losing their
feathers. | D. | attacked by the eagle. | | |
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3.
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In
line 28, the phrase "coup de grace" is in italics because it is
A. | quoted. | B. | foreign. | C. | scientific. | D. | colloquial. | | |
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4.
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In
relation to line 1, line 37 is
A. | a climax. | B. | a
contrast. | C. | an analogy. | D. | an
allusion. | | |
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5.
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The
speaker believes that the eagle kills the gull by
A. | drowning
it. | B. | exhausting
it. | C. | sinking its beak
into it. | D. | knocking it out of the air. | | |
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6.
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The
irregular placement of lines on the page suggests the
A. | rhythm and rhyme. | B. | omission of
punctuation. | C. | steady flight of the crows. | D. | struggle between
the two birds. | | |
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7.
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The
poem is
A. | satiric. | B. | didactic. | C. | narrative. | D. | pastoral. | | |
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