Lesson 12: Voices of Modernism (1920s to 1940s) Unit Test Honors English 11 B Unit 1: Voices of Modernism (1920s to 1940s) THIS IS ONLY HALF THE TEST! 1. Recall that a participle is a verb form that i

Lesson 12: Voices of Modernism (1920s to 1940s) Unit Test

Honors English 11 B Unit 1: Voices of Modernism (1920s to 1940s)

THIS IS ONLY HALF THE TEST!

1. Recall that a participle is a verb form that is used as an adjective. A participial phrase is a participle with its modifiers and complements used as an adjective.

Read the following sentence.

Frosted with gooey icing, the cinnamon rolls were impossible to resist.

Identify the present participle in the sentence. (1 point)

icing

were

resist

Frosted

2. Read the following sentence.

Hunter pushed his motorcycle for three miles before he finally quit, exhausted from the effort.

Identify the participial phrase in the sentence. (1 point)

pushed his motorcycle

for three miles

before he finally quit

exhausted from the effort

3. Read the following sentence.

Hearing the footsteps of its owner, the cat jumped down from the kitchen countertop.

Which word does the participial phrase modify? (1 point)

cat

owner

footsteps

countertop

4. Read the following sentence.

The woman standing next to my sister is her karate instructor.

Which of the following statements about the bolded participial phrase is true? (1 point)

It needs commas because the participial phrase is essential.

It needs commas because the participial phrase is nonessential.

It does not need commas because the participial phrase is essential.

It does not need commas because the participial phrase is nonessential.

5. Identify the gerund phrase in the sentence below.

Becoming a movie star is a difficult goal for most actors to achieve. (1 point)

Becoming a movie star

is a difficult goal

for most actors

to achieve

6. Decide whether the sentence below contains a misplaced and/or dangling modifier or no error.

Having flipped the canoe, all the camping gear was lost in the river. (1 point)

dangling

misplaced

both misplaced and dangling

no error

7. Identify the underlined portion of the following sentence.

After getting a part-time job, Alyssa had little time for socializing. (1 point)

noun clause

adjective clause

subordinate clause

independent clause

8. Identify the underlined portion of the following sentence.

The children built a sandcastle while their father read a book. (1 point)

adverb clause

adjective clause

subordinate clause

independent clause

9. In the beginning, modernist writers were mainly reacting to the (1 point)

horrors of slavery.

violence of World War I.

unequal treatment of women.

effects of industrialism on nature.

10. How does the narrator in Ernest Hemingway's short story "In Another Country" view himself in comparison to the other soldiers? (1 point)

He thinks he is not as brave as they are.

He senses he is not treated as well as they are.

He feels he does not deserve his medals like they do.

He believes he has more reason to be sad than they have.

11. Which of the following words does not have the same meaning as renaissance? (1 point)

revival

rebirth

reawakening

remembrance

12. In Ralph Ellison’s “The Black Ball,” the narrator of the story stretches the truth, or lies, several times. What do you think is his motivation for being so untruthful? (1 point)

He often tries to protect those around him as well as avoid conflict.

He tries to manipulate situations so that he gets what he desires.

He is motivated by greed and tries to move up in society through his lies.

He is driven by anger and tries to seek revenge against society by telling lies.

13. In Langston Hughes’s short story “Why, You Reckon?” what motivates the narrator to get involved in a scheme to rob a white person? (1 point)

Greed—he wants to earn more money in order to buy nicer things.

Hunger—he needs the money to buy more food.

Anger—he is angry at the separation of wealth between whites and blacks.

Depression—he feels hopeless and no longer cares about anything.

14. An example of irony in "Mending Wall" is when the speaker of the poem (1 point)

tells the boulders not to fall again until their backs are turned.

helps fix the wall even though he does not think a wall is necessary.

points out that his apple trees will never eat his neighbor's pine cones.

complains about hunters who tear apart walls in search of their prey.

15. By titling his story "Babylon Revisited," F. Scott Fitzgerald is metaphorically comparing which two things? (1 point)

an ancient, ruined city and Charlie's former life of excess

a place of peace and harmony and Charlie's previous marriage

a mythical land and Charlie's quest to get his carefree life back

a fairytale land and Charlie's earlier time spent with his daughter