LUOA English 9 Second Semester Exam
Review UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What eventually happens to Ignorance? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He is cast into Hell.
What does the man tell his family about the future? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He says that
heaven will burn down their city.
Pilgrim's Progress uses the literary device of a narrator: the person who recounts the story to
the reader. How does this narrator say that he knows Christian's story? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔It was a dream he had.
Why is the man at the beginning of the story so discouraged? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔He is carrying a heavy burden.
How does the man's family respond to this information? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They
think he is mentally ill.
When sleep doesn't change the man's attitude, how does his family treat him? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔very harshly
What reason does the man give Evangelist for his fear of death? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔He knows he cannot bear the judgment after death.
What does Evangelist tell the man he needs to keep in his eye? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔The light
Throughout the conversation Christian and Pliable have, what does it seem Pliable is most
concerned with? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔What they will receive
What is the reason Pliable gives for leaving Christian? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He
thinks it is too hard.
,Why does Help say that people often miss the steps over the Slough of Despond? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They are too caught up in their own heads.
In Christian's conversation with Worldly Wiseman, what ultimate goal does Christian
express? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔His desire to get rid of his burden
How does Worldly Wiseman try to convince Christian not to keep going the direction he is
going? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔By telling him it will be too hard
Why does Christian not make it to the hill and the town of Morality? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔The hill is too high and difficult.
An allegory is a story that has two levels of meaning. What are those two levels? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Literal and symbolic
Underneath the literal story of an allegory is a network of what? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Symbols
Jesus's parables are examples of allegories. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
In a Shakespearean play, what is the "Chorus"? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔One person
acting as the narrator who tells the audience something they need to know to understand the
play
The Prologue in Romeo and Juliet explains that there were two ____, _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔-feuding households
-equally respected
Where is Romeo and Juliet set? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔In a beautiful little town in Italy
called "Verona"
, The two households in Romeo and Juliet are ______. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The
Montagues and the Capulets
Romeo is ___ who falls in love with Juliet who is ___ . - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-the son
of Montague
-the daughter of Capulet
Who is Romeo's best friend (who he is NOT related to)? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Mercutio
Who is Juliet's close cousin? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Tybalt
Who tries to keep the peace between the two houses? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Prince
Escalus of Verona
Shakespeare mostly used which rhythmic structure (meter) in his plays? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Iambic pentameter
Shakespeare often ends his scenes or long speeches with a __________, a pair of rhyming
lines that wrap up the ideas and indicate to the audience that the speech is over. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔capping couplet
Who is Rosaline? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Romeo's first crush
Romeo and Juliet meet at what event? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A Capulet feast
Romeo and Juliet's first conversation takes the form of a Shakespearean sonnet. Why? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔All of these
Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet struggle with whose family they really belong to. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
Review UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
What eventually happens to Ignorance? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He is cast into Hell.
What does the man tell his family about the future? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He says that
heaven will burn down their city.
Pilgrim's Progress uses the literary device of a narrator: the person who recounts the story to
the reader. How does this narrator say that he knows Christian's story? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔It was a dream he had.
Why is the man at the beginning of the story so discouraged? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔He is carrying a heavy burden.
How does the man's family respond to this information? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They
think he is mentally ill.
When sleep doesn't change the man's attitude, how does his family treat him? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔very harshly
What reason does the man give Evangelist for his fear of death? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔He knows he cannot bear the judgment after death.
What does Evangelist tell the man he needs to keep in his eye? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔The light
Throughout the conversation Christian and Pliable have, what does it seem Pliable is most
concerned with? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔What they will receive
What is the reason Pliable gives for leaving Christian? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔He
thinks it is too hard.
,Why does Help say that people often miss the steps over the Slough of Despond? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔They are too caught up in their own heads.
In Christian's conversation with Worldly Wiseman, what ultimate goal does Christian
express? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔His desire to get rid of his burden
How does Worldly Wiseman try to convince Christian not to keep going the direction he is
going? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔By telling him it will be too hard
Why does Christian not make it to the hill and the town of Morality? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔The hill is too high and difficult.
An allegory is a story that has two levels of meaning. What are those two levels? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Literal and symbolic
Underneath the literal story of an allegory is a network of what? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Symbols
Jesus's parables are examples of allegories. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
In a Shakespearean play, what is the "Chorus"? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔One person
acting as the narrator who tells the audience something they need to know to understand the
play
The Prologue in Romeo and Juliet explains that there were two ____, _____. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔-feuding households
-equally respected
Where is Romeo and Juliet set? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔In a beautiful little town in Italy
called "Verona"
, The two households in Romeo and Juliet are ______. - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The
Montagues and the Capulets
Romeo is ___ who falls in love with Juliet who is ___ . - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔-the son
of Montague
-the daughter of Capulet
Who is Romeo's best friend (who he is NOT related to)? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Mercutio
Who is Juliet's close cousin? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Tybalt
Who tries to keep the peace between the two houses? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Prince
Escalus of Verona
Shakespeare mostly used which rhythmic structure (meter) in his plays? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Iambic pentameter
Shakespeare often ends his scenes or long speeches with a __________, a pair of rhyming
lines that wrap up the ideas and indicate to the audience that the speech is over. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔capping couplet
Who is Rosaline? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Romeo's first crush
Romeo and Juliet meet at what event? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A Capulet feast
Romeo and Juliet's first conversation takes the form of a Shakespearean sonnet. Why? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔All of these
Throughout the play, Romeo and Juliet struggle with whose family they really belong to. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔True
