Dover Beach

Dover Beach

12th Grade

25 Qs

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Dover Beach

Dover Beach

Assessment

Quiz

English

12th Grade

Hard

Created by

Sarah Williams

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In “Dover Beach,” which phrase expresses a negative view of the world and humanity’s place in it?

Listen! you hear the grating roar

BWith tremulous cadence slow

Cthe turbid ebb and flow / Of human misery

DAh, love, let us be true / To one another!

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In lines 10–13 of “Dover Beach,” the poet uses commas to break up the rhythm of the poem, most likely to —

convey the speaker’s feelings of sadness to the reader

emphasize that the speaker’s experience inspired the poem

help the reader understand how the sea represents religious faith

imitate the sound of the waves going in and out on the beach

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which choice best expresses the meaning of the last stanza of “Dover Beach”?

AThis world may seem dreamlike, but it is really a nightmare.

BThe world is indifferent to us, and love is our only hope for a sense of meaning.

CConditions in the world are terrible now, and they will only get worse.

DWar is a confusing struggle, which is fought by ignorant people.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which definition most closely matches the way the word fling is used in line 10

"Listen! you hear the grating roar

10 Of pebbles which the waves draw back, and fling, At their return, up the high strand, Begin, and cease, and then again begin, With tremulous cadence slow, and bring

The eternal note of sadness in"

a brief time of unrestrained pleasures

a spirited dance

to throw

to move

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which three statements could be applied to both “Dover Beach”

The poet uses imagery that appeals to the sense of hearing.

An element of nature is used as a symbol of human emotion.

The poet uses unusual syntax in the placing of modifiers.

The setting of the poem is early morning on a winter day.

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

choose the themes discussed in `Dover Beach"

Loss of faith and uncertainty

nature and alienation

friendship

creativity and invention

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In the poem, the speaker is —

A looking out to sea from the English coast

B sailing on a ship in the English Channel

C swimming in the Aegean Sea

D fighting in a war in France

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