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Test Questions: ENGLISH
I.
Vocabulary Words: What word in the poem has the definition/s stated:
1. Griefstricken, sadness and feeling of loss:
2. To sleep, especially lightly or quietly:
3. Intent and direct in purpose, zealous, fervent:
4. A temporary encampment with or without shelter:
5. Left in distress, without help or hope / deserted:
II.
Literary Analysis and Comprehension: Write your own answers.
6. What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
7. What is the theme of the poem?
8. According to the SECOND STANZA, what is NOT life's goal?
9. The third line of the third stanza is an allusion to what Biblical story?
10. What animal is considered dumb and blind as followers in the FIFTH STANZA?
III.
Significant Lines
11-12. Tell me not, in mournful _______, Life is but an empty dream!
13-15. ___ is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like _______ drums, are beating Funeral marches to the _____.
IV.
BONUS. (Two points) :P Complete the quotation: "Life that shall send a _________ to its ___, And when it comes, say, '_______, ______.'"
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