W.B. Yeats: The Second Coming

W.B. Yeats: The Second Coming

9th - 12th Grade

10 Qs

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W.B. Yeats: The Second Coming

W.B. Yeats: The Second Coming

Assessment

Quiz

English

9th - 12th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.9-10.10, RL.11-12.3, RL.9-10.9

+13

Standards-aligned

Created by

Margaret Anderson

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10 questions

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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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