W.B. Yeats: The Second Coming
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English
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9th - 12th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Margaret Anderson
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The metaphor of the falcon not being able to hear the falconer means:
Yeats is a terrible hunter
The best method for finding the enemy in warfare
Things are spiraling out of control
Nature is ignorant to change
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The line, “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold” has the following political implication:
Resources are being spent too quickly.
The old order is collapsing
Yeats thinks his government has gone insane
Power will remain in the same hands
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“Surely some revelation is at hand / Surely the second coming is at hand” is an example of:
Irony
Parallel structure
Enjambment
Pun
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity” means:
The “good” people of the world are powerless, while the “bad” people are powerful.
The “good” guys lack the ability to fight, while the “bad” guys have weapons.
The “good” countries lack leadership to do what is right, while the “bad” countries rise up to conquer.
The “good” guys are never convicted of crimes while the “bad” guys always lose.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The Spiritus Mundi is:
A central memory that connects all people who can tune into it
Christ
Anti-Christ
The spirit of the desert
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.3
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
“A gaze blank and pitiless as the sun” is an example of:
Metaphor
Simile
Enjambment
Allusion
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The line “while all about it reel shadows of the indignant desert birds” reveals:
The animals are oblivious to the changes in the world
The animals sense a change for the worse
The animals sense a change for the better
The new messiah will be a bird
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.8
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.8.5
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.9
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