Comprehension The questions below refer to the selection “The Second Coming” and “Sailing to Byzantium.” In lines 13–16, of the poem “The Second Coming” the speaker’s vision of a happy time is displaced by the vision of a — a. ghost ship c. masked murderer b. stone sphinx d. battlefield strewn with skeletons Please select the best answer from the choices provided A B C D

In another country by ernest hemingway (excerpts) excerpt 1 "in the fall the war was always there, but we did not go to it any more. it was cold in the fall in milan and the dark came very early. then the electric lights came on, and it was pleasant along the streets looking in the windows. there was much game hanging outside the shops, and the snow powdered in the fur of the foxes and the wind blew their tails. the deer hung stiff and heavy and empty, and small birds blew in the wind and the wind turned their feathers. it was a cold fall and the wind came down from the mountains." excerpt 2 "the people hated us because we were officers, and from a wine-shop someone called out, "a basso gli ufficiali! " as we passed. another boy who walked with us sometimes and made us five wore a black silk handkerchief across his face because he had no nose then and his face was to be rebuilt. he had gone out to the front from the military academy and been wounded within an hour after he had gone into the front line for the first time. they rebuilt his face, but he came from a very old family and they could never get the nose exactly right. he went to south america and worked in a bank. but this was a long time ago, and then we did not any of us know how it was going to be afterward. we only knew then that there was always the war, but that we were not going to it any more." 19 select the correct answer. what important fact about the wounded soldiers is reflected by the repetition of the bolded sentences in the excerpts from "in another country" by ernest hemingway? a. it establishes the irony that, although the wounded soldiers have physically left the warfront, the war continues to haunt them psychologically. b. it shows the gradual loss of hope and growing depression of the wounded soldiers and their need for distractions. c. it establishes the wounded soldiers’ determination to shun war and disobey military commands to return to the front after they recover. d. it shows the wounded soldiers’ sadness and disappointment at the lack of gratitude from the people they risked their lives to protect. e. it shows the wounded soldiers’ belief that the war would never end, even as thousands of soldiers were killed or wounded and sent to hospitals. reset next

Which quote from act one scene three in the tragedy of julius caesar is the best example of foreshadowing a. why all these fires, why all these gliding ghosts, why birds and bees from quality and kind why old man, fools, and children calculate b. that heaven hath infused them with these spirits to make them instruments of fear and warning unti some monstrous state c. it is the part of men to fear and tremble, when the most mighty gods buy tokens send such dreadful heralds to astonish us d. oh he sits high in all the peoples hearts, and that which would appear offense in us his countenance, like richest alchemy, will change to virtue and worthiness

Read the excerpt from the diary of a young girl. father finally came home around five o'clock, and we called mr. kleiman to ask if he could come by that evening. mr. van daan left and went to get miep. miep arrived and promised to return later that night, taking with her a bag full of shoes, dresses, jackets, underwear and stockings. after that it was quiet in our apartment; none of us felt like eating. it was still hot, and everything was very strange. which detail from the excerpt reflects the mood of uneasiness and anxiety? “miep arrived and promised to return later that night” “we called mr. kleiman to ask if he could come by that evening” “father finally came home around five o'clock” “it was still hot, and everything was very strange.”