) Read the passage: To an anomalous species of terror I found him a bounden slave.

1.) Read the passage:

To an anomalous species of terror I found him a bounden slave.

-"The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan poe

Which word from the passage best illustrates the relationship between Roderick and Madeline?

a. anomalous

b. species

c. terror

d. slave

2.) What element has the greatest influence on American Gothic literature?

a. America's growing cities

b. America's Puritan work ethic

c. the still-unexplored regions of America

d. the U.S Constitution's attempt to organize American society

3.) Mary Shelley alludes to Milton's Paradise Lost and the biblical account of Adam and Eve. In doing so, she highlights...

a. the monster's creation and his eventual forced alienation from society, and why he didn't deserve it.

b. the monster's hideous looks and how others react to him, and why this was to be expected.

c. Victor Frankenstein's fall from grace and why he deserves it.

d. Victor Frankenstein's refusal to create female mate for the monster, and why this was a good idea.

4.) Which of the following examples of imagery supports the theme of isolation in "The Fall of the House of Usher"?

a. "Suddenly there shot along the path a wild light, and I turned to see whence a gleam so unusual could have issued."

b. "...the huge antique panels to which the speaker pointed, threw slowly back, upon the instant, ponderous and ebony jaws.."

c. "The windows were long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from within."

d. "The room in which I found myself was very large and lofty."

5.) What is the major theme present in both Frankenstein and "The Fall of the House of Usher"?

a. the possibilities that science creates

b. the dangers of secrecy

c. the connection between family and fate

d. the fear of outsiders

6.) What major questions is addressed in both Frankenstein and "The Fall of the House of Usher"?

a. Why do we create things?

b. What is at the root of psychological disorders?

c. In what way are we responsible for others?

d. What is the nature of our enemies?

7.) Which of the following lines from the "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe employs foreshadowing ?

a. "....I paused to think..."

b. "...I now proposed to myself a sojourn of some weeks."

c. "...which, in its wildly importunate nature, had admitted of no other than a personal reply."

d. "...the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens..."

8.) Which will increase the likelihood of success for a research project?

a. select a topic relevant to your own interests

b.conduct preliminary research by using google and yahoo

c. read reference materials from beginning to end

d. research problems that have already been solved.

9.) Read the passage:

An article explains the theory that China's one-child policy will alleviate social, economic, and environmental problems.

Which best represents a complex inference that once could reach from reading the passage?

a. China's one-child policy restricts urban couples to only one child.

b. Foreigners living in China are exempt from the policy.

c. China's focus on population control may help to provide better health services for women.

d. The policy has been blamed for increased female infanticide.

10.) Which can be considered evidence of the following theory?

The theory of evolution states that new species are formed by natural selection.

a. many species have dies out after their habitats were destroyed

b. dinosaurs were thought to have feathers

c. birds don't have teeth

d. we really cannot guess what colors dinosaurs might have been