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Quiz for Shall-Yeats. It's fun to test yourself even if you don't plan on using it with the kids.
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Student's Name appears here | | | Course Name appears here | | | QuizStar | | 10 Cultural Literacy Shall-Yeats | | | | | Directions: | | | 1. Answer the questions below by clicking the button next to the best answer choice or typing your correct answer. Each question's answers are in grey. | 2. At the end of every page click the next button to move forward to the next page. DO NOT HIT THE BROWSER'S BACK BUTTON! | 3. On the last page of the Quiz you will be able to see which questions are unanswered, are answered and have been flagged. | | | |
10 Cultural Literacy Shall-Yeats | | | | |
 | | 1. 1 pt(s). | Shakespeare wrote, "Shall I compare thee to a ___________________?" |  | A. | midwinter night |  | B. | fortnight |  | C. | laced mutton |  | D. | summer's day |  | E. | merchant of Venice |
 | | 2. 1 pt(s). | What is Shangri-La? |  | A. | a dance club in Bankock |  | B. | a future world |  | C. | a new hip-hop act |  | D. | a place in France where the Lost Generation hung out |  | E. | a fictional land of peace and perpetual youth |
 | | 3. 1 pt(s). | In Shelley's poem "Ozymandias," what is left of the great ruler's kingdom? |  | A. | only parts of a statue and nothing else |  | B. | pyramids and other large structures |  | C. | our modern laws and moral codes |  | D. | lots of books from his vast library |
 | | 4. 1 pt(s). | Gertrude Stein coined this phrase to describe Americans in Paris after World War I. |  | A. | Americans in Paris |  | B. | The Lost Generation |  | C. | The Lost Boys |  | D. | Lost in Space |  | E. | The Lost Americans |
 | | 5. 1 pt(s). | How did Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel help to change the nation? |  | A. | It brought attention to the miners in West Virginia |  | B. | It inflamed sentiment against slavery |  | C. | It showed the dangers of smoking |  | D. | It showed the horrors of war |  | E. | It was the nation's first comic book, and we haven't looked back since |
 | | 6. 1 pt(s). | The Taming of the Shrew refers to: |  | A. | the taming of a wildly moody woman as a wife |  | B. | the taming of a wild horse to be ridden |  | C. | the taming of snakes |  | D. | the taming of the native peoples of Shrewland |  | E. | the taming of one's own expectations |
 | | 7. 1 pt(s). | Tarzan grows up in Africa among ______________. |  | A. | Ethiopian monks |  | B. | Amazon warrior women |  | C. | wildebeasts |  | D. | a pack of apes |  | E. | diamond cutters |
 | | 8. 1 pt(s). | In The Tempest, what will Prospero lose if he goes back to his former home and authority? |  | A. | his daughter |  | B. | his ducats |  | C. | his magic |  | D. | his hair |  | E. | his fuel-efficient compact sedan |
 | | 9. 1 pt(s). | Tennyson's poem about an ill-fated military operation |  | A. | The Fall of the Heavy Guns |  | B. | The Falcon and the Snowman |  | C. | The Charge of the Light Brigade |  | D. | The Surrounding of Waterloo |  | E. | Humpty Dumpty |
 | | 10. 1 pt(s). | A poor white shantytown in the rural South is known as a _______________. |  | A. | Redneck Residence |  | B. | Stally Town |  | C. | Trash Town |  | D. | Tobacco Road |  | E. | Snuff Street |
 | | 11. 1 pt(s). | Mark Twain's stories often take place where? |  | A. | in Baltimore |  | B. | in Europe during WWI |  | C. | on ocean voyages |  | D. | along the Mississippi where he grew up |  | E. | in Mexico, where he fled after the Civil War |
 | | 12. 1 pt(s). | Which era is known for industrial progress, colonial expansion, and interest in morals? |  | A. | Bushonian |  | B. | Washingtonian |  | C. | Victorian |  | D. | Elizabethan |  | E. | Queen Anne Era |
 | | 13. 1 pt(s). | Thoreau wrote his book Walden while: |  | A. | living an adventurous life on the hight seas |  | B. | hanging out at a mall bookstore |  | C. | living in Paris after WWI |  | D. | pretending to be a woman to show social injustice |  | E. | while living alone in a cabin near a pond |
 | | 14. 1 pt(s). | H.G. Wells wrote this book, made infamous by Orson Welles' radio broadcast. |  | A. | The War of the Worlds |  | B. | The War of the Roses |  | C. | The Time Machine |  | D. | Outline of History |  | E. | Journey to the Center of the Earth |
 | | 15. 1 pt(s). | Walt Whitman wrote this poem about President Lincoln |  | A. | O President, My President |  | B. | O Song of Myself |  | C. | O Captain, My Captain |  | D. | O Abe |  | E. | O Bama, My Obama |
 | | 16. 1 pt(s). | What did Oscar Wilde urge for art? |  | A. | Art should be taken up by the untrained masses |  | B. | Art for art's sake |  | C. | Art should be abandoned in favor of making money |  | D. | Art for heaven's sake |  | E. | Art for no reason |
 | | 17. 1 pt(s). | American author who wrote Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire |  | A. | Tennessee Ernie Ford |  | B. | Minnesota Fats |  | C. | Fats Dominoe |  | D. | Tennessee Williams |  | E. | Tex Avery |
 | | 18. 1 pt(s). | How does Dorothy get home to Kansas? |  | A. | The Wizard of Oz sends her home |  | B. | Her magic shoes |  | C. | She uses The Force |  | D. | She follows The Yellow Brick Road |  | E. | The Wicked Witch of the West sends her home |
 | | 19. 1 pt(s). | Wordsworth, like many 19th Century poets, was a leader in |  | A. | Realism |  | B. | Liberalism |  | C. | Doubtism |  | D. | Marxism |  | E. | Romanticism |
 | | 20. 1 pt(s). | This Irish poet wrote "The Second Coming" and is often considered one of the great modern poets in English |  | A. | Bono |  | B. | Shawn O'Malley |  | C. | Sinead O'Conner |  | D. | Lord Kelvin |  | E. | William Butler Yeats | |
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