Q.1
Which of the following correctly embeds a quote from Seamus Heaney's poem, 'Blackberry-Picking'?
  • The hoarded blackberries rot, 'a fur, a rat-grey fungus' spoiling them and causing disappointment
  • A fur, a rat-grey fungus spoils the berries, disappointing the narrator yearly in his youth
  • Every year, the narrator was disappointed by the fungus which grew on his hoarded berries
  • The narrator expresses his sense of disappointment: 'a fur, a rat-grey fungus'
Q.2
Which of the following does NOT correctly embed a quote?
  • 'A fur, a rat-grey fungus' grows on the berries, devouring them as a pest would
  • Despite 'a fur, a rat-grey fungus' devouring the berries each year, the boy never stopped his hoarding
  • Describing a mold as 'a fur, a rat-grey fungus' makes the reader imagine it as a pest, like a rat
  • The poet writes 'a fur, a rat-grey fungus' meaning mold
Q.3
Which of the following uses evidence from the text by paraphrasing?
  • 'The new sense, the possible': this refers to lying
  • The narrator views the boy's first awareness of lying as an awakening to 'the new sense, the possible'
  • The narrator watches as a new world opens up to the boy: 'the new sense, the possible'
  • The boy learns about the opportunities available to him when lies become possible
Q.4
When writing an essay, in addition to providing quotes from the text, you should also...
  • tell the examiner when you read the text
  • provide quotes from friends
  • make a point of your own and explain how the quote supports your point
  • write several paragraphs about how the text makes you feel
Q.5
'I met a traveler from an antique land / Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone / Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, / Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, / And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, / Tell that its sculptor well those passions read' - From Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem, 'Ozymandias'. Which of the following does NOT use quotation marks correctly?
  • Although the statue's face has been destroyed, his 'frown' and 'sneer' survive intact
  • Ozymandias's 'sneer of cold command' is one of the few surviving features of his 'shattered visage'
  • Ozymandias surveys his lost kingdom with a 'sneer' of cold command
  • Despite his 'shattered visage', Ozymandias's 'frown' and 'sneer of cold command' survive
Q.6
Which of the following correctly embeds a quote?
  • 'Tinkles like ice in glasses': this repeats an 's' sound, reinforcing the crisp, frosty imagery
  • The repetition of the 's' sound in 'tinkles like ice in glasses' reinforces the crisp, frosty imagery
  • The crisp, frosty imagery is reinforced by the 's' sound in tinkles like ice in glasses
  • The repetition of the 's' sound in the first line reinforces the crisp, frosty imagery
Q.7
Which of the following correctly embeds a quote from Shenagh Pugh's poem, 'The Beautiful Lie'?
  • 'The new sense, the possible': this refers to lying
  • The narrator views the boy's first awareness of lying as an awakening to 'the new sense, the possible'
  • The narrator watches as a new world opens up to the boy: 'the new sense, the possible'
  • The boy learns about the opportunities available to him when lies become possible
Q.8
McCaig's reference to lights which 'die into pits' ...... at a darker side to the city.
  • hints
  • invites
  • compares
  • indicates
Q.9
Which of the following correctly introduces a quote from Norman MacCaig's poem, 'November Night, Edinburgh'?
  • In his first line, MacCaig evokes a sense of celebration. 'The night tinkles like ice in glasses'
  • The night tinkles likes ice in glasses: in this line, MacCaig evokes a sense of celebration
  • In his first line, MacCaig evokes a sense of celebration: 'The night tinkles like ice in glasses'
  • In his first line, the night tinkles like ice in glasses, MacCaig evokes a sense of celebration
Q.10
The reference to Bluebeard in Heaney's poem, 'Blackberry-Picking', ironically ...... the reader to see blackberry juice as blood, and the boys as murderers.
  • hints
  • invites
  • compares
  • indicates
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