EOG Review RL.7.4

What natural phenomenon is described as drawing up the bay in the passage?

• The punctual tide

• The lighthouse light

• The fog

• The storm

What is the 'great red flower' mentioned in the passage?

• A rose bush

• The lighthouse tower

• A sunset

• A ship's sail

How does the passage describe the fog's reaction to the lighthouse light?

• The fog is indifferent

• The fog laughs low

• The fog is frightened

• The fog is curious

What happens to the 'rose of light' after it blooms, according to the passage?

• It remains constant

• It dies on the windy cliff

• It changes color

• It moves to another location

What does the passage suggest about man's strength compared to the storm and sea?

• Man is stronger

• Man is as strong as the storm

• Man is weak

• Man is unaffected

What does the passage imply is still possible despite the storm and darkness?

• A place for fear

• A place for a smile and a song

• A place for silence

• A place for despair

How does the near repetition of words and concepts in lines 3 and 19 contribute to the meaning of the poem?

• It shows that the purpose of the lighthouse has changed.

• It states that the purpose of the lighthouse is meaningless to nature.

• It illustrates that the lighthouse's purpose is defined by storms.

• It demonstrates the enduring purpose of the lighthouse.

Which words best support a description of the sea as threatening? Select TWO correct answers.

• The punctual tide draws up the bay (line 1)

• ripple of wave (line 2)

• hiss of spray (line 2)

• the white waves watch it with cruel eyes (line 12)

• the darkness long (line 18)

Read line 2 from the poem.

What does the word hiss tell the reader?

• The wind is frightened.

• The wind is laughing.

• The waves seem angry.

• The waves are crashing ashore.

Select the THREE lines from below that show the author's use of personification.

• A moment of bloom, and then it dies

• On the windy cliff ’twixt the sea and skies.

• The fog laughs low to see it go,

• And the white waves watch it with cruel eyes.

• Then suddenly out of the mist-cloud dun,