20 MCQ's

1. Hopkins's use of "seared," "bleared," and "smeared" is an example of
A. metaphor.
B. simile.
C. assonance.
D. alliteration.

2. One difference between the English sonnet and the Italian sonnet is its
A. meter.
B. theme.
C. subject matter.
D. rhyme scheme.

3. In "The New Colossus," the Statue of Liberty is compared to a/an
A. European queen.
B. immigrant.
C. mother.
D. door.

4. The theme of the poem "Richard Cory" is that
A. Richard Cory was a victim of fate.
B. money can't buy love.
C. surface glitter may be fool's gold.
D. a person's inner reality is often hidden.

1. In "Death, Be Not Proud," what two things does Donne say give pleasure?
A. Life and death
B. God and salvation
C. Nature and travel
D. Rest and sleep

2. What type of poem is "Death, Be Not Proud"?
A. Discursive
B. Narrative
C. Reflective
D. Descriptive

3. The theme of Sandburg's poem "Grass" is
A. forgetfulness.
B. freedom.
C. war.
D. peace.


4. In the poem "God's Grandeur," we find the words reck and rod. By analysis we can determine that the word rod probably comes from the Bible and means
A. a principle of ethics.
B. God's wrath.
C. A tool of correction.
D. God's power.

1. A theological argument offered by Donne in "Death Be Not Proud" may be summarized as
A. the human essence is immortal.
B. life is illusion.
C. death cannot be overcome.
D. chance and fate rule all.

2. Which one of the following lines is written in iambic pentameter?
A. "And sorry I could not travel both"
B. "When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me"
C. "Not that the pines are darker there"
D. "I lift my lamp beside the golden door"

3. In Donne's sonnet, what does the phrase "one short sleep past" mean?
A. Death, like a nap, isn't permanent.
B. Death is unavoidable.
C. Death comes sooner than expected.
D. Death is more permanent than sleep.

4. In "Death, Be Not Proud," the speaker is addressing his words to
A. God.
B. an old man.
C. his father.
D. Death.

1. To paraphrase a poem means to
A. analyze the meter.
B. rewrite it in one's own words.
C. determine the rhyme scheme.
D. summarize its theme.

2. In the poem "God's Grandeur," the phrase "nor can foot feel, being shod" means
A. the earth is home for humans.
B. the poet can sense God from head to toe.
C. humans are out of touch with nature.
D. God cures all pain.

3. A theological argument offered by Donne in "Death Be Not Proud" may be summarized as
A. the human essence is immortal.
B. life is illusion.
C. death cannot be overcome.
D. chance and fate rule all.

4. Beyond tone, a poet's attitude toward his or her subject reveals to us a poem's
A. theme.
B. structure.
C. subject.
D. diction.

1. The cost of a manufactured product generally consists of which of the following costs?
A. direct materials cost and factory overhead costs
B. direct labor cost and factory overhead costs
C. direct labor cost, direct materials cost, and factory overhead cost
D. direct materials cost and direct labor cost

2. Costs that are treated as assets until the product is sold are called:
A. product costs
B. period costs
C. conversion costs
D. selling expense


3. A manufacturing business typically has the following three types of inventory classifications: raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods
A. true
B. false


4. Which of the following cost systems would most likely be used by a home builder?
A. job order cost system
B. general cost system’
C. replacement cost system
D. process cost system