Who has sent the letter that frightens mrs. drover in “the demon lover”?
a. a friend who died long ago
b. her husband
c. a man she was engaged to
d. her son
which of the following is one of the main themes of “the rime of the ancient mariner”?
a. the value of all learning
b. the blessedness of all living things
c. the weakness of the human spirit
d. the importance of honesty
which vocabulary word best completes the following sentence?
there was a on the ground where the man walked.
a. brink
b. grandeur
c. lintel
d. smudge
which word best summarizes brooke's tone in “the soldier”?
a. uncertain
b. guarded
c. determined
d. idealistic
which choice expresses the meaning of the following lines from “infant sorrow”?
, naked, piping loud;
like a fiend hid in a cloud.
a. he was moving as though he was in a cloud.
b. he was a baby startled by being born.
c. he was angry because he was held so tightly.
d. he was an upset child wrapped in blankets.
why is mrs. drover in london?
a. to check on the house and make sure the caretaker is doing his job
b. to do some shopping and get some things from the house
c. to fulfill a promise she had made twenty-five years ago
d. to meet her husband and sister
which phrase from “the rime of the ancient mariner” contains alliteration?
a. “and some in dreams …”
b. “a spring of love gushed …”
c. “had i from old …”
d. “the western wave was …”
why does the speaker of childe harold's pilgrimage admire the ocean?
a. the ocean is beautiful and its sounds are soothing.
b. many people depend on fish from the ocean for food.
c. the ocean provides a way to travel to faraway places.
d. the ocean is unchanged by human activities.
what tells you that the speaker is using stream of consciousness in the passage from pedro paramos?
a. the speaker’s recollection about sleeping with her mother
b. the speaker’s concern that she didn’t show appropriate grief at her mother’s death
c. the detailed description of the ripening limes, the sparrows, and the february wind
d. the uncertainty about the speaker’s actual situation
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Read the excerpt from act 2 of a doll's house. nora: [quickly] he mustn't get the letter. tear it up. i will find some means of getting money. krogstad: excuse me, mrs. helmer, but i think i told you just now— nora: i am not speaking of what i owe you. tell me what sum you are asking my husband for, and i will get the money. krogstad: i am not asking your husband for a penny. nora: what do you want, then? krogstad: i will tell you. i want to rehabilitate myself, mrs. helmer; i want to get on; and in that your husband must me. for the last year and a half i have not had a hand in anything dishonourable, amid all that time i have been struggling in most restricted circumstances. i was content to work my way up step by step. now i am turned out, and i am not going to be satisfied with merely being taken into favour again. i want to get on, i tell you. i want to get into the bank again, in a higher position. your husband must make a place for me— nora: that he will never do! krogstad: he will; i know him; he dare not protest. and as soon as i am in there again with him, then you will see! within a year i shall be the manager's right hand. it will be nils krogstad and not torvald helmer who manages the bank. nora: that's a thing you will never see! krogstad: do you mean that you will—? nora: i have courage enough for it now. krogstad: oh, you can't frighten me. a fine, spoilt lady like you— nora: you will see, you will see. krogstad: under the ice, perhaps? down into the cold, coal-black water? and then, in the spring, to float up to the surface, all horrible and unrecognisable, with your hair fallen out— nora: you can't frighten me. krogstad: nor you me. people don't do such things, mrs. helmer. besides, what use would it be? i should have him completely in my power all the same. nora: afterwards? when i am no longer— krogstad: have you forgotten that it is i who have the keeping of your reputation? [nora stands speechlessly looking at him.] well, now, i have warned you. do not do anything foolish. when helmer has had my letter, i shall expect a message from him. and be sure you remember that it is your husband himself who has forced me into such ways as this again. i will never forgive him for that. goodbye, mrs. helmer. [exit through the hall.] what conflict does krogstad introduce? krogstad tells nora that he has written a letter telling helmer about her affair with the doctor. krogstad refuses to forgive helmer unless nora finds a way to come up with more money. krogstad tries to blackmail nora into getting helmer to keep him at the bank by exposing her forgery. krogstad plans to take helmer’s job managing the bank and ruin nora’s reputation while doing so.