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The Second Coming Yeats

Authored by Margaret Anderson

English

12th Grade

CCSS covered

The Second Coming Yeats
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does Yeats allude to in “The Second Coming”?

The pagan notion of an afterlife that is wholly different from life on earth.

The Christian notion of an apocalypse that involves the return of a Messiah or Savior

The Jewish notion of a single God who delivered the Israelites from slavery in Egypt.

The ancient Greek notion of many gods who treat human beings as pawns.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What mythological figure is described in lines 11–22 of “The Second Coming”?

A Phoenix

A Centaur

A Sphinx

A Gorgon

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CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In “The Second Coming,” the third-person speaker has a distinctly ________.

pessimistic view of the future

apathetic opinion of the present

distorted understanding of history

fearful opinion of other people

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death,” the speaker is motivated to join the war effort by ________.

A personal desire for adventure

a fervent belief that winning the war will benefit his countrymen

a vicious hatred for the enemy

old-fashioned or traditional ideas about duty and sacrifice

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The speaker in “An Irish Airman Foresees His Death” describes both the past and the future as a ________.

“blood-dimmed tide”

“stain on the present”

"waste of breath"

“lonely impulse of delight”

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

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