12th grade ap english interpreting a novel read passage excerpts and answer 25 questions
12th Grade AP English. Interpreting a Novel. Read passage excerpts and answer 25 questions.
Example Question:
Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Inlandâ€
People that build their houses inland,
People that buy a plot of ground
Shaped like a house, and build a house there,
Far from the sea-board, far from the sound
Of water sucking the hollow ledges,
Tons of water striking the shore,—
What do they long for, as I long for
One salt smell of the sea once more?
People the waves have not awakened,
Spanking the boats at the harbor’s head,
What do they long for, as I long for,—
Starting up in my inland bed,
Beating the narrow walls, and finding
Neither a window nor a door,
Screaming to God for death by drowning,—
One salt taste of the sea once more?
1. Use the poem to answer the question.
What is the effect of the imagery in the last stanza?
A.
It evokes a sense of loneliness.
B.
It highlights the narrator’s fears.
C.
It creates a sense of suffocation.
D.
It portrays the ocean as a violent entity.
E.
It shows the relationship between land and ocean.