Senior
English 4B
Final
Review Packet
Completing this review does NOT give you bonus points – BUT
it does give you an excellent practice for the actual final.
IGNORE IT AT YOUR PERIL.
The final has 70 multiple choice questions and
an essay component. The multiple choice consists of:
15 Vocabulary
15 Poetry
15 Satire
15 Non-Fiction
10 Reading Comprehension
Non-Fiction / Reading Comprehension (40 questions similar to these questions - 15 on non-fiction reading
comprehension, 10 on fictional reading comprehension)
Jessie Street is sometimes called the Australian Eleanor Roosevelt. Like Roosevelt, Street lived a life of privilege, but she devoted
her efforts to working for the rights of the disenfranchised, including workers, women, refugees, and Aborigines. In addition, she
gained international fame when she was the only woman on the Australian delegation to the conference that founded the United
Nations, just as Eleanor Roosevelt was for the United States.
1.Which of the following inferences may be drawn from the information presented in the passage?
a. Eleanor Roosevelt and Jessie Street worked together to include women in the United Nations Charter.
b. Usually, people who live lives of privilege do not spend much time participating in political activities.
c. Discrimination in Australia is much worse than it ever was in the United States.
d. At the time of the formation of the United Nations, few women were involved in international affairs.
Light pollution is a growing problem worldwide. Like other forms of pollution, light pollution degrades the quality of the
environment. Where once it was possible to look up at the night sky and see thousands of twinkling stars in the inky blackness, one
now sees little more than the yellow glare of urban sky-glow. When we lose the ability to connect visually with the vastness of the
universe by looking up at the night sky, we lose our connection with something profoundly important to the human spirit, our sense of
wonder.
2. The passage implies that the most serious damage done by the light pollution is to our
a. artistic appreciation.
b. sense of physical well being.
c. cultural advancement.
d. spiritual selves.
Moscow has a history of chaotic periods of war that ended with the destruction of a once largely wooden city and the building of a
new city on top of the rubble of the old. The result is a layered city, with each tier holding information about a part of Russia’s past. In
some areas of the city, archaeologists have reached the layer from 1147, the year of Moscow’s founding. Among the findings from the
various periods of Moscow’s history are carved bones, metal tools, pottery, glass, jewelry, and crosses.
3. From the passage, the reader can infer that
a. the people of Moscow are more interested in modernization than in preservation.
b. the Soviet government destroyed many of the historic buildings in Russia.
c. Moscow is the oldest large city in Russia, founded in 1147.
d. Moscow has a history of invasions, with each new conqueror razing past structures.
Authentic Dhurrie rugs are hand-woven in India. Today, they are usually made of wool, but they are descendants of cotton floor and
bed coverings. In fact, the name Dhurrie comes from the Indian word dari, which means threads of cotton. The rugs are noted for their
soft colors, their varieties of design, and make a stunning focal point for any living room or dining room.
4. Which of the following is the most likely intended audience for the passage?
a. people studying traditional Indian culture.
b. People who are studying Indian domestic customs.
c. People learning to operate a rug loom.
d. People who enjoy interior decorating.
Over the last 20 years, worldwide illiteracy rates have consistently declined. The main reason for this decline is the sharp increase of
literacy rates among young women, which is the result of campaigns to increase educational opportunities for girls. For example,
between 1970 and 1990, the literacy rate among women in the United Arab Emirates increased from 7% to 76%.
5. Based on the passage, the author would tend to agree with which of the following statements?
a. Men and Women should have equal access to education.
b. It has been shown that women with increased education have fewer children.
c. Males traditionally have greater need for higher education.
d. Throughout the world, women need medical care more than the ability to read.
Emperor Charlemagne of the Franks was crowned in 800 A.D. The Frankish Empire at that time extended over what is now Germany,
Italy, and France. Charlemagne died in 814, but his brief reign marked the dawn of a distinctly European culture. The artists and
thinkers that helped create this European civilization drew on the ancient texts of the Germanic, Celtic, Greek, Roman, Hebrew, and
Christian worlds. _______________________________. Consequently, they were the groundwork for the laws, customs, and even
attitudes of today’s Europeans.
6. Which sentence, if inserted into the blank line in the passage, would be most consistent with the writer’s purpose and intended
audience?
a. Cultural traditions function to identify members of a culture to one another and, also, to allow the individual to self-identify.
b. Many of the traditions of these cultures remained active in Frankish society for centuries.
c. When tradition is lacking or is not honored by the younger generation in society, there is danger that the culture will be lost.
d. It is unnecessary to discuss the origin of these traditions; it will only muddy the water.
7. Which of the following is the best meaning of the word culture as it is used in the passage?
a. the fashionable class
b. a community of interrelated individuals
c. a partnership
d. an organized group with a common goal
8. According to the passage, for how many years was Charlemagne Emperor of the Franks?
a. 14 years
b. 15 years
c. 13 years
d. 16 years
It has been more than 25 years since the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) last sent a craft to land on the
moon. But in January of 1998, the Lunar Prospector rocketed into space. This was the first moon shot since astronauts last walked on
the moon in 1972. This time, the moon traveler is a low-cost robot that will not only spend a year on the surface of the moon, but will
collect minerals and ice.
Unlike the moon shots of the 1960s and 1970s, Lunar Prospector does not carry a camera, so the American public will not get to see
new pictures of the moon’s surface.__________________________________________________ Scientists are anxious for the results
of one exploration in particular- that done by the neutron spectrometer. Using this instrument, Prospector will examine the moon’s
poles, searching for signs of water ice. There has long been speculation that frozen water from comets may have accumulated in the
craters at one of the moon’s poles and may still be there, as this pole is permanently shielded from the sun. The neutron spectrometer
seeks out the hydrogen atoms in water and can detect the presence of as little as one cup of water in a cubic yard of soil.
9. Which sentence, if inserted into the blank line in the second paragraph, would be most consistent with the writer’s purpose and
intended audience?
a. You won’t, therefore, be able to see if the surface of the moon has changed much in thirty years.
b. Instead, Prospector carries instruments that will map the make-up of the entire surface of the moon.
c. I don’t believe that new pictures would prove very interesting, anyway.
d. However, the topography of the lunar terrain retains a mundane familiarity that is not consistent with the nature of NASA’s raison
d’etre and will contribute little to advancements vis a vis missions such as Sojourner.
10. Which of the following is the best meaning of the underlined word speculation as it is used in the second paragraph of the
passage?
a. a theory
b. an investment
c. a vision
d. an image
11. Which of the following kinds of publications would most likely contain this passage?
a. an astrophysics textbook
b. a history textbook
c. a collection of personal essays
d. a general circulation magazine
The human body can tolerate only a small range of temperature, especially when the person is engaged in vigorous activity. Heat
reactions usually occur when large amounts of water and/or salt are lost though excessive sweating following strenuous exercise.
When the body becomes overheated and cannot eliminate this excess heat, heat exhaustion and heat stroke are possible.
Heat exhaustion is generally characterized by clammy skin, fatigue, nausea, dizziness, profuse perspiration , and sometimes fainting,
resulting from an inadequate intake of water and the loss of fluids. First aid treatment for this condition includes having the victim lie
down, raising the feet from 8 to 12 inches, applying cool, wet cloths to the skin, and giving the victim sips of salt water (1 teaspoon
per glass, half a glass every 15 minutes), over the period of an hour.
Heat stroke is much more serious; it is an immediate life-threatening situation. The characteristics of heat stroke are a high body
temperature (which may reach 106°F or more); a rapid pulse, hot, dry skin, and a blocked sweating mechanism. Victims of this
condition may be unconscious, and first-aid measures should be directed at cooling the body quickly. The victim should be placed in a
tub of cold water or repeatedly sponged with cool water until his or her temperature is lowered sufficiently. Fans or air conditioners
will also help with the cooling process. Care should be taken, however, not to over-chill the victim once the temperature is below
102°F.
12. The most immediate concern of a person tending a victim of heat stroke should be to
a. get salt into the victim’s body.
b. raise the victim’s feet.
c. lower the victim’s pulse.
d. lower the victim’s temperature.
13. Which of the following is a symptom of heat exhaustion?
a. unconsciousness
b. profuse sweating
c. hot, dry skin
d. a weak pulse
14. Heat stroke is more serious than heat exhaustion because heat stroke victims
a. do not sweat.
b. have no salt in their bodies.
c. cannot take in water.
d. have frequent fainting spells.
15. Symptoms such as nausea and dizziness in a heat exhaustion victim indicates that the person most likely needs to ___.
a. be immediately taken to a hospital.
b. be given more salt water.
c. be immersed in a tub of water.
d. sweat more.
Satire (20 questions on the test – 15 on satire articles and 5 on terms. Terms included in crossword puzzle)
Bush on Economy: “Saddam Must be Overthrown”
WASHINGTON, DC—Amid growing concerns about the faltering stock market and deepening recession, President Bush vowed to
tackle the nation's economic woes head-on Tuesday, assuring the American people that he "will not rest" until Saddam Hussein is
removed from power.
"Our nation's economy is struggling right now," said Bush, delivering the keynote address at the National Economic Forum. "Our
manufacturing base is weak, new home sales are down, and unemployment is up. Millions of our people are suffering. That is why I
stand before you tonight and make this promise: Saddam Hussein will be stopped."
With the Dow regularly suffering triple-digit plunges and the Nasdaq hitting a six-year low of 1184.94 late last month, Bush used
the speech as an opportunity to outline his plan for getting the economy back on track.
"We can no longer turn a blind eye to our tumbling stock market and the disintegration of the retirement package of the American
worker," Bush said. "That is why I have developed a 14-point plan for reviving America's economy. The first step is taking the
biological and chemical weapons out of the hands of this madman. These sorts of weapons have no place in a peaceful world."
Turning to the problem of unemployment, Bush discussed his strategy for creating new jobs and stimulating growth in the tech
sector.
"We're working hard to put Americans back to work," Bush said. "Our citizens are fighters, they just need the opportunity. And it is
in this spirit that we are committed to defeating Saddam Hussein, so that the world may stand together in liberty and freedom."
Bush then addressed the issue of corporate malfeasance, promising sweeping reforms and a major crackdown on white-collar
criminals.
"Corrupt CEOs must be treated like any other criminal," Bush said. "The damage they do to this country, eroding investors' faith in
our stock market and corporate institutions, is extremely serious. I would like to deliver a clear message to those who would bilk
hardworking Americans out of their hard-earned 401K plans while greedily lining their own pockets: We cannot, and will not, sit idly
by while this threat continues to mount in the Middle East. Iraq has stood in violation of U.N. resolutions since 1991 by refusing to
allow weapons inspectors into the palace compound, where we suspect there are laboratories for creating weapons of mass destruction.
We must remove the dictator Saddam Hussein and install a government that is committed to working toward free and democratic
elections for the nation of Iraq."
Added Bush: "This man tried to kill my dad."
16. The article above draws attention to which social issue?
A. The hunt for Osama Bin Laden
C. Gay Marriage
B. The president’s view on the economy
D. Violence in schools
17. What part of this article is an example of satire?
A. President Bush avoiding the economy issue to invade Iraq
B. The damage that corrupt CEO’s caused the economy
C. The death of Ronald Reagen
D. The low numbers in the stock market
18. What type of satire is this?
A. Horatian – because the president’s comments are harsh and outrageous
B. Lilliputian – because it satirizes Bush’s anger towards Saddam Hussein
C. Juvenalian – because the president’s avoiding the issue demands outrage
D. Juvenalian – because the president’s avoiding the issue is light-hearted
19. What social issue is not mentioned above?
A. Unemployed Americans
B. Immigration laws
C. The threat of Iraqi chemical weapons
D. The effect of corrupt CEO’s
20. True or false - This piece is critical of President Bush’s focus on the War in Iraq, rather than the economy.
A. True
B. False
Karate Lessons Give Child Self-Confidence To Quit Karate
ENGLEWOOD, CO—After months of being taught to develop courage, inner strength, and other values of the martial arts, Daniel
Finkelstein finally achieved the self-confidence necessary to stand up to his parents and quit taking karate lessons, the area sixthgrader reported Monday.
Karate classes like these have given 11-year-old Daniel Finkelstein, left, abilities beyond his years to abandon things halfway
through.
Finkelstein, 11, who was bullied into beginner's classes at Dragon Karate and Tae Kwon Do Academy by his father in July,
reportedly drew on a number of recently acquired skills, including poise and self-assurance, when confronting his parents about how
much he despised karate.
"Before karate, I used to let everyone—my mom, my dad, even my grandma—push me around," Finkelstein said. "They
would tell me what to do and I would just roll over and do it, because they were bigger than me and I was scared."
"If it wasn't for the focus and determination I learned in karate, I would still be in karate right now," he added.
According to Finkelstein, having to punch, kick, and spar with boys twice his size gave him newfound resolve, which the
once submissive child would use when he decided he no longer wanted to have to punch, kick, and spar with boys twice his size.
"I never thought I had it in me," said Finkelstein, who claimed he was prepared to use physical aggression only as a last resort
to drop out of the martial arts class. "It was just like Sensei Steve used to say: 'Only by believing in yourself can you overcome the
obstacles that lie ahead.'"
Added Finkelstein: "Thank God I don't have to listen to that crap anymore."
The white-belt also said the lessons he learned could prove valuable should he need to protect himself against any future
involvement in swimming or violin lessons.
"It's like there's nothing I can't quit now if I just put my mind to it," Finkelstein said. "I bet one day I'll quit going to algebra
class, just like my older cousin did."
"Sensei" Steve Guardino, Finkelstein's former instructor, said he had noticed a distinct difference in the boy since he began,
and subsequently stopped, attending the karate course.
"When Daniel first showed up to class, he was like many of the other kids we see—timid, unsure of himself, and very
insecure," Guardino said. "But look at him now: He's gone."
Finkelstein, who had little athletic inclination before taking karate, has now reported significantly increased energy to avoid
taking part in activities he doesn't like.
"When someone suggests doing something lame, I'm the first one off my feet and headed out of that room," he said. "It feels
amazing."
Daniel's parents, Samantha and Robert Finkelstein, said they were still shocked at the change in their son.
"Not only is Daniel more confident these days, but he's more assertive, better at expressing what he wants and doesn't want,
and incredibly determined—it's like he's a whole new kid," Mr. Finkelstein said. "I knew we should've put him in soccer instead."
21. The article above draws attention to what social issue?
A. Children quitting when something gets difficult
B. Parents letting their children do anything
C. Childhood obesity
D. The negative influence of martial arts
22. What literary device does the author use when Daniel uses his new confidence to quit karate?
A. personification
C. metaphor
B. alliteration
D. irony
23. What type of satire is this?
A. Horatian – because the parents’ comments about their son are harsh and outrageous
B. Horatian – because it lightly satirizes children quitting when something gets tough
C. Swiftian – because the child’s grandmother used to dominate him physically
D. Juvenalian – because the child quitting karate is light-hearted and expected
24. Which of the following quotes is not an example of satire in the passage?
A. “It's like there's nothing I can't quit now if I just put my mind to it.”
B. Finkelstein…has now reported significantly increased energy to avoid taking part in activities he doesn't like.
C. "I knew we should've put him in soccer instead."
D. "If it wasn't for the focus and determination I learned in karate, I would still be in karate right now."
Poetry (20 questions on the test, similar to these; terms are included in crossword puzzle)
Use the following poem to answer questions 25-30
I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD
By William Wordsworth
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodil;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed and gazed but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
25. William Wordsworth uses this poem to say
A. We cannot appreciate nature because we are too
worried about human concerns.
B. Ignorance is bliss.
C. Live life to the fullest and enjoy your
youth.
D. Thinking on the beauty of nature can help
you through bad times.
26. The underlined portion of the poem shows
Wordsworth making use of which literary technique?
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Allusion
D. Alliteration
27. When Wordsworth refers to the wealth the daffodils
had brought him, what is he talking about?
A. The field would soon be his to own.
B. The memories of the scene would bring
him comfort.
C. The money he earned selling daffodils
D. The knowledge that he is loved
28. What rhyme scheme does each stanza have?
A. ABABAB
C. ABABCC
B. AABBCC
D. ABBACC
29. What does Wordsworth use nature as in this poem?
A. Nature is a reminder of his duties.
C. He envies the easy life of the daffodil.
B. Nature is his escape from the human world. D. Nature challenges him to be his best.
30. What is an example of personification used in this poem?
A. The inward eye is the bliss of solitude.
C. Wordsworth wanders.
B. Stars that shine and twinkle
D. The dancing waves and daffodils
Ode on a Grecian Urn
John Keats
THOU still unravish'd bride of quietness,
Thou foster-child of Silence and slow Time,
Sylvan historian, who canst thus express
A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme:
What leaf-fringed legend haunts about thy shape
Of deities or mortals, or of both,
In Tempe or the dales of Arcady?
What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?
What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?
What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?
Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on;
Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd,
Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone:
Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave
Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare;
Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss,
Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve;
She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss,
For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed
Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu;
And, happy melodist, unwearièd,
For ever piping songs for ever new;
More happy love! more happy, happy love!
For ever warm and still to be enjoy'd,
For ever panting, and for ever young;
All breathing human passion far above,
That leaves a heart high-sorrowful and cloy'd,
A burning forehead, and a parching tongue.
Who are these coming to the sacrifice?
To what green altar, O mysterious priest,
Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies,
And all her silken flanks with garlands drest?
What little town by river or sea-shore,
Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel,
Is emptied of its folk, this pious morn?
And, little town, thy streets for evermore
Will silent be; and not a soul, to tell
Why thou art desolate, can e'er return.
O Attic shape! fair attitude! with brede
Of marble men and maidens overwrought,
With forest branches and the trodden weed;
Thou, silent form! dost tease us out of thought
As doth eternity: Cold Pastoral!
When old age shall this generation waste,
←
Thou shalt remain, in midst of other woe
←
Than ours, a friend to man, to whom thou say'st,
'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.'
31. Why does Keats choose the urn to write an ode to?
A. It has his lover’s ashes inside.
B. It has a scene of people etched on it.
C. It belonged to Arcady.
D. It symbolizes jealousy and rage.
32. Keats uses Ode on a Grecian Urn to ask
A. If nature has a place in humanity.
B. Why God has created good and evil.
C. If a frozen moment is better than living.
D. If his ashes will be comfortable.
33. Which line shows Keats arguing that imagination is
better than reality?
A. Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave
Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare
B. Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed
Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu
C. Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard
Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on
D. Of marble men and maidens overwrought,
With forest branches and the trodden weed
34. Keats shows all of these scenes frozen in
time, except for this one:
A. A priest marrying a young couple
B. A youth sitting under a tree piping
C. A couple about to kiss
D. A priest leading a heifer
35. Keats says “beauty is truth.” How does this poem
illustrate this idea?
A. An observer of the urn must construct
the
truth of the scene depicted.
B. The town’s emptiness is a mystery
that
can never be solved.
C. The urn’s ashes were once a beautiful
woman.
D. The couple’s lies keep them from
kissing.
36. The underlined letters to the left show Keats using
this literary technique:
A. Enjambment
B. Alliteration
C. Assonance
D. Metaphor
Final Crossword Review Sheet
Word Bank
satire horatian juvenalian hyperbole simile metaphor personification
doublenegative dialect dialogue first second third allusion assonance
consonance alliteration onomatopoeia irony repetition rhymescheme syllables
meter
Across
1. A literary device that uses an obvious exaggeration
1. This type of satire is playful, amusing, and sympathetic.
2. A literary device that gives human qualities to non-human
things
3. The point of view in a story in which the narrator uses “he”
or “she” is considered _______ person point of view.
7. A contrast between expectation and reality, in which the
reader is surprised
11. In the word “onomatopoeia”, there are six _______. In the
word “Ruffles”, there are two ______.
15. A sound device in which words are repeated – this word
rhymes with tepitition
16. In the poem “Roses are red / Violets are blue / I like sliced
bread / so get a clue,” the _________ is ABAB.
17. A sound device that uses the repetition of consonant
sounds
18. A version of a language that varies from the standard to
show the speakers’ social or geographic placement
19. This type of satire is bitter and criticizes incompetence
with scorn and outrage.
4. An example of this grammatical error is “don’t never
change, Pam”.
5. A literary device that makes an implied comparison
between two unlike things
6. The point of view in a story in which the narrator uses “I”
and “me” is considered ______ person point of view
8. A literary device that makes an explicit comparison
between two unlike things, using “like” or “as”
9. A literary technique that ridicules behaviors or institutions
for the purpose of improving society.
10. A reference to a historical or fictional person, place, or
event with which the reader is assumed to be familiar
11. The point of view in a story in which the narrator uses
“you” is considered ______ person point of view
12. A sound device that uses the repetition of sounds at the
beginning of words
13. A sound device in which sounds echo their meanings, such
as zoom or murmur- and its spelling is ridiculously difficult
14. A sound device that uses the repetition of vowel sounds
20. In poetry, rhythm is established by giving each line a
certain number of syllables, known as the poem’s _____.
21. A conversation between two or more people
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