Honors English Semester Practice Exam

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• How does Portia die?
• Which term refers to the repetition of the same word at the beginning of successive clauses, phrases, or sentences?
• Who declares 'I was not born to die on Brutus' sword'?
• Octameter lines have how many feet?
• Which character is cautious about the republic and opposes Caesar's accumulation of power?
• In the exchange about greed and selling positions for gold, who is described as greedy?
• Who warned Caesar to beware the Ides of March?
• Which name refers to the primordial void in Greek myth?
• Which goddess is associated with the earth in Greek mythology?
• Who is the last man to stab Caesar?
• The phrase "Thou art most noble, fair maiden" most clearly contains which device?
• Who rescues Prometheus from his punishment?
• Which speaker says that Caesar's ghost still walks the earth?
• Which line is spoken by Artemidorus?
• What happened to Phaeton when he tried to drive the sun chariot?
• Which line is attributed to Caesar regarding fear?
• Three metrical feet in a line of verse are called?
• Which line expresses that Marc Antony should die along with Caesar?
• Orpheus lost Eurydice because he ...
• Which option correctly distinguishes 'Affect' as a verb versus 'Effect' as a noun?
• Which group passed laws for regular citizens in Republican Rome?
• Which figure of speech features addressing an absent or personified thing?
• Who suggests killing Marc Anthony in addition to Caesar?
• What motivation is attributed to Brutus in the passage?
• In the Greek creation story, who gives all the best gifts to animals, leaving none for men?
• Rhea saved infant Zeus by replacing him with what item?
• The new policy had a positive ______ on the students.
• Who warned Caesar with a letter?
• Which body was primarily composed of the aristocracy and advised the magistrates?
• Before the play opens, Julius Caesar facilitates the death of which old friend and political rival?
• Which option demonstrates connotation rather than denotation?
• Saying 'What lovely weather!' during a hurricane demonstrates?
• The repetition of the same phrase at the start of successive clauses is called?
• Pentameter lines have how many feet?
• Which term describes expressing one idea by using language that indicates its opposite?
• Which character is described as joining the conspirators to avert tyranny in Rome?
• Which rhetorical appeal relies on the speaker's credibility?
• Who stabbed Caesar last?
• Which figure of speech involves understatement by negating the opposite?
• Who convinces Caesar to go to the Capitol on the ides of March?
• Caesar's nephew and heir?
• Which condition does Brutus emphasize regarding Antony's speech to the crowd?
• Who declares 'I was not born to die on Brutus' sword'?
• Which character says There's no place I'd rather die than here by Caesar, and no manner of death would please me more than being stabbed by you, the masters of his new era?
• What is Brutus's main concern about Caesar?
• Which character says It's not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more?
• What is Decius's role in relation to Calpurnia's dream?
• Which Virgil work is tied to Rome's founding mythology?
• Which description is attributed to Brutus in the passage?
• Placing two opposing ideas side by side to highlight contrast is called?
• Persephone's time spent in the underworld explains?
• Who helped Jason steal the golden fleece?
• What do the conspirators do before announcing Caesar's death to the commoners?
• Which line is spoken by Casca?
• During the fertility festival Lupercal, Marc Anthony competes in what event?
• Who proclaims 'I'm your evil spirit, Brutus'?
• What does Calpurnia dream about Caesar?
• From whose blood did the race of giants spring up?
• Which myth centers on the romance between a mortal woman named Psyche and a god of love?
• Which sentence is an example of litotes?
• Which word correctly answers 'the action' in grammar?
• Which character says Hands, speak for me?
• Why does Caesar refuse to read Artemidorus's letter?
• Which term denotes a passage in a speech or poem addressed to an absent or personified thing?
• What effect does Antony's speech have on the crowd?
• Heptameter lines have how many feet?
• Which meter features four trochaic feet per line?
• What is the pattern of the trochaic foot?
• When a subordinating conjunction comes before the independent clause, what punctuation is used?
• Which device involves the simple repetition of a word or phrase within a sentence or line?
• Which term attributes human characteristics to nonhuman things?
• Which line is spoken by Brutus?
• Which character is described as superstitious and fearful for her husband due to omens?
• 'O Death, where is thy sting?’ is an example of which device?
• Which speaker asserts that Brutus is the noblest Roman?
• Which statement best describes the contrast between Brutus and the other conspirators?
• The Judgement of Paris led to what?
• Which of the following is true about the supernatural event Brutus experiences?
• I'm glad that my weak words have provoked even this small show of protest from you. Who says this?
• Which line illustrates the technique of contrasting ideas in balanced phrases, such as 'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times'?
• Which Greek tragic figure is pursued by the Furies for killing his mother?
• Perseus saved whom?
• Early myths often attempted to explain:
• Which line conveys Cassius's view of Caesar's dominance over ordinary men?
• “Into the dark woods ran the boy” is an example of?
• Rough roads rattled the rusty wagon
• What is Caesar's reaction when he first sees the conspirators surrounding him?
• What is Antony's reaction upon seeing Caesar's body?
• Which character says Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.
• How does Cassius persuade Brutus?
• The loud noise will _____ the baby's sleep.
• Bellerophon was punished for which action?
• "Strong, strength, strengthen the heart" is an example of which device?
• Which term describes a reversal of normal word order in a sentence?
• 'It was his pineapple under the sea' is an example of
• Which sentence contains hyperbole?
• Who addresses the conspiracy with 'Oh conspiracy, are you ashamed to show your face even at night, when evil things are most free?'
• Which character says And Caesar's ghost just up from Hell will cry in the voice of a king, 'Havoc!' and unleash the dogs of war.
• What remained inside Pandora's jar after she closed it?
• Adonis was loved by whom?
• From which creature's blood did Pegasus spring?
• Which term denotes a line of verse consisting of two metrical feet?
• Which term names the use of emotion to appeal to an audience?
• Which character has a self-inflicted thigh wound?
• Which character says Caesar, beware of Brutus. Watch Cassius. Don't go near Casca. Keep an eye on Cinna. Don't trust Trebonius?
• The line 'The river moves silently through the darkened fields' is an example of which device?
• Which device is illustrated by the line 'I wondered why the baseball was getting bigger. Then, it hit me'?
• Why does Caesar refuse to read Artemidorus' letter?
• Which term denotes harsh sounds used to create dissonance?
• Which term refers to a two-syllable metrical foot consisting of unstressed followed by stressed syllables?
• Which term refers to the deliberate alteration of normal word order?
• Greek mythology helped modern readers understand:
• A pattern of unstressed followed by a stressed syllable is called which meter?
• Who is the first to stab Caesar?
• Which character is described as suffering from epilepsy?
• Which figure was a popular leader of Rome, great soldier, distrusted by some?
• Why are the tribunes angry at the commoners in Act 1?
• The rhythmic pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in poetry is best described as?
• As punishment Prometheus was chained to a mountain
• Which technique uses repeated consonant sounds within words to create a musical effect?
• Theseus defeated whom?
• Which story forms part of the founding mythology of Rome?
• The sentence 'The silence was a killer' is an example of which figure of speech?
• Persephone's abduction is connected to which seasonal cycle?
• Adonis died while doing what?
• Brutus joins conspirators because he believes Rome does not need what form of government?
• Whose fear would Caesar avoid if he were capable of fearing anyone?
• Who told Echo she would always have the last word but no power to speak first?
• Which figure among the conspirators was a close ally of Caesar?
• Why Caesar straddles the narrow world like a giant, and we petty men walk under his huge legs and look forward only to dying dishonorably, as slaves. Who is speaking?
• When a dependent clause comes before the independent clause, what punctuation is typical?
• Who suggests we liken Caesar to a serpent's egg?
• What is the pattern of the dactylic foot?
• Who appears in the opening scene with Marullus?
• Who is called 'the noblest Roman'?
• Phaeton lost control of which vehicle?
• Which term refers to pleasant, melodious sounding words that create a smooth, harmonious effect?
• Perseus killed whom?
• Which term denotes a line of verse with four metrical feet?
• How does Antony act upon seeing Caesar's dead body for the first time?
• Why are they shouting? I'm afraid the people have made Caesar their king. Which character says this?
• Dark was the night, silent the town
• Which sentence correctly punctuates the quotation?
• What do the conspirators do immediately after Caesar's death?
• Which term describes a direct comparison between two unlike things without using like or as?
• Why does Cassius want Brutus to join the conspiracy?
• Who beat Caesar in a swimming contest (supposedly)?
• Which device uses contrast to highlight opposing ideas in parallel phrases?
• Pegasus sprang from the blood of which creature?
• Which device gives human qualities to nonhuman things?
• Zeus stopped Phaeton by what action?
• The term 'Argonauts' refers to a band of heroes who sailed with Jason in search of what?
• Who distracts Antony during Caesar's assassination?
• Which figure of speech involves repeating the same word or phrase at the start of successive clauses?
• Which term compares two things without using like or as?
• A word or image that allows for multiple possible interpretations demonstrates:
• Who speaks the line that Brutus was the noblest Roman?
• Chaos is best described as?
• Which foot pattern is stressed, unstressed, unstressed?
• Which character speaks the line Do not go forth today. Call it my fear that keeps you in the house, and not your own?
• Which figure of speech uses understatement by negating the opposite of what is meant?
• Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.
• Which device involves the repetition of initial consonant sounds in neighboring words?
• If a dependent clause comes after the independent clause, do you need a comma?
• Which Roman figure was respected and nervous about the city's fate if one person had too much power?
• Which device uses a reference to a well-known person, place, or event to evoke external context?
• Which figure bears the weight of the world as punishment for opposing the gods?
• Which beings did Gaia attempt to send to free the Titans?
• Which rhetorical appeal relies on logical argument?
• Daphne transformed into what to escape Apollo?
• Homer is believed to have written roughly in which era?
• What kind of foot is the word “understand”?
• According to Casca, who could do something bad and look virtuous?
• Which figure of speech is defined as deliberate understatement?
• What supernatural event does Brutus first experience in his military camp outside Sardis?
• Which three men form the triumvirate referenced in the material?
• Prometheus angered Zeus by
• I don't know what you and other men think of this life, but as for me, I'd rather not live at all than live to worship a man as ordinary as myself.
• Brutus joins conspirators because
• Psyche's final task involved traveling to which realm?
• What condition did Atalanta set for marriage?
• Who acted from honesty and for the general good?
• What term describes the repetition of consonant sounds within words rather than at the beginning of them?
• Which term is the name of characteristics or attributes substituted for the actual object?
• Brutus' servant
• Which conspirator proposed killing Marc Anthony?
• Who accused Cassius of having an "itching palm"?
• The Theogony was authored by which poet?
• What role does Lepidus play in the triumvirate between Anthony, Octavius, and Lepidus?
• Hyacinth was accidentally killed by whom?
• What kind of foot is the word “Happy”?
• Narcissus fell in love with which of the following?
• Brutus' wife?
• Which term denotes a line of verse with three metrical feet?
• Which term describes a comparison using like or as?
• Which Greek tragic figure was prophesied to marry his mother and kill his father?
• Who states 'Caesar, you are revenged with the very sword that killed you'?
• Which conspirator's manipulation and distrust in Caesar's rise spurs the plot?
• Assonance is described as...
• In the line 'That Cassius over there has a lean and hungry look,' whom is Caesar describing?
• Which sentence demonstrates correct use of direct quotation punctuation?
• Who is the conspirator who objects to Antony's speaking at Caesar's funeral?
• Which action demonstrates Portia's loyalty to Brutus?
• How do you correctly join two independent clauses using a coordinating conjunction?
• Beware the ides of March. Who speaks this warning?
• What does Caesar say before he dies?
• In the passage, who is described as the noblest Roman?
• The phenomenon discussed such as gods created in human image was called?
• Which of the following is not a Titan?
• What subject did Artemidorus teach?
• Which term names the plebeian assembly in ancient Rome?
• Daphne escaped Apollo by becoming what?
• Who fell in love with a statue he created?
• Which speaker vows to keep his sword drawn until Caesar's wounds are avenged?
• Which festival is described in the events?
• Which statement identifies the word 'home' as a noun?
• Which of the following statements is a similarity between the Roman Republic and the U.S. government?
• Which Titan overthrew Uranus?
• How does Portia prove herself trustworthy to Brutus?
• Why does Cassius believe Titinius has been captured?
• Which figure of speech involves describing one sensory experience in terms of another, such as color described as loud?
• How does Decius convince Caesar to go to the Senate?
• What is the pattern of the iambic foot?
• What was the name of the group Jason sailed with?
• Which term means an exaggerated statement or image used for emphasis?
• Caesar's wife?
• Who asks Caesar to lift his brother's exile?
• What is said to be the first state of the universe in Greek myth?
• The Soothsayer issues a warning about a specific date. What is the warning?
• Orpheus attempted to rescue his wife Eurydice from the underworld after she was bitten by a ...?
• Which name is Metallus Cimber?
• Which of the following is a Roman epic?
• Which term refers to harsh sounds used to create dissonance in poetry?
• Which device occurs when a sentence runs over from one line to the next without a pause?
• Who says, 'Take this good sword, which ran through Caesar's bowels, and plunge it in my chest'?
• Why does Brutus insist the conspirators shouldn't kill Anthony?
• Which term refers to poetry without regular rhyme or meter?
• Gaia is the goddess of...
• Which work is by Homer and is one of the earliest Greek epics?
• Which musician hero attempted to rescue his wife Eurydice from the underworld?
• Is the word 'effect' a noun?
• What does Calphurnia dream about Caesar?
• Poetry without regular rhyme scheme or meter is called
• Who asks the conspiracy if they are ashamed to show their face even at night, when evil things are most free?
• Which term refers to a line consisting of a single metrical foot?
• Why did Cronus fear his offspring?
• Which goddess sprang from the foam of the sea?
• Which literary device is used below? 'To be, or not to be—that is the question-'
• Who says, 'Cowards die many times before their deaths'?
• What does the phrase 'great Caesar' refer to in the passage?
• What conditions does Brutus place on Antony's speaking to the crowd after Caesar's murder?
• When Zeus punished the Titans, which did he single out for special punishment of bearing on his back forever the weight of the world?
• Which meter best describes the line “Tell me not in the mournful numbers”?
• Which line best illustrates euphony?
• Which meter best describes the line “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”
• What did Cronus do to prevent the prophecy about his downfall?
• Which sentence is an example of hyperbole?
• Who does Caesar say has a lean and hungry look?
• Who persuades Caesar to go to the Capitol despite omens?
• Who does not want Mark Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
• Who is the third partner with Antony and Octavius in the events of Acts 4 and 5?
• Run to your houses, fall on your knees, and pray to the gods to spare you the pain that you deserve for such ingratitude. Who speaks this line?
• Which speaker describes Brutus as ambitious but honorable in Antony's critique?
• According to the excerpt, what motivated most of the conspirators?
• Who comments on Caesar's susceptibility to flatterers by noting he agrees at the moment of being flattered?
• Who was a Roman senator who feared Caesar's growing power and gathered others into conspiract?
• Which figure angered Zeus by giving fire to humans?
• According to Antony, Caesar's will bequeathed to each citizen of Rome
• Paris awarded the golden apple to Aphrodite because
• Who asks, 'How can we avoid what the gods want to happen?'
• Which hero is associated with Pegasus in the quest to defeat the Chimera?
• Which sentence best defines blank verse?
• Why does Brutus reject the idea of killing Antony?
• Which line does Caesar utter that reveals recognition of Brutus among his attackers?
• Which character says Cowards die many times before their deaths. The brave experience death only once?
• Which sentence demonstrates irony: Saying 'What lovely weather!' during a hurricane demonstrates?
• Which speaker mentions the sword that ran through Caesar's bowels and asks another to plunge it in his chest?
• Who tells Brutus that he has some sickness within his mind, which by virtue of my position I deserve to know about?
• Why are Flavius and Marellus angry with the common people celebrating at the start?
• Pandora opened the jar and released what?
• Who imprisoned the Titans?
• Daphne escaped Apollo by transforming into what?
• Five iambs per line describe which meter?
• Who says, 'Oh, Julius Caesar, you are still powerful. Your ghost walks the earth and turns our swords toward our own stomachs'?
• Which prophecy concerns Cronus in this myth?
• To whom is the title 'the noblest Roman' applied in this context?
• In the line 'I killed not thee with half so good a will,' who is the speaker?
• How many times is Caesar offered a crown during Lupercal?
• Which line is spoken by Calphurnia? Do Not go forth today. Call it my fear that keeps you in the house, and not your own?
• Which statement best describes Artemidorus's role in the encounter with Caesar at the doorway?
• Which early Greek work details the creation story?
• How do you fix an unclear pronoun reference?
• What warning does the Soothsayer give Caesar?
• Which hero is famous for slaying Medusa?
• What does Cassius think about Caesar's rise to power?
• Which action led to Bellerophon's downfall?
• Which figure of speech is described as an exaggerated statement or image?
• Which minor goddess created the problem with the apples in the Judgment of Paris?
• Which character says Et tu, Brute! - Then fall, Caesar.
• What's a single unit of meter, such as iamb or trochee?
• Which method did Cassius use to win Brutus's trust?
• Which public official was in charge of monitoring public morality in the Roman Republic?
• Which option demonstrates denotation?
• Perseus's most famous deed is defeating Medusa, a monster of which type?
• Which term describes a statement that appears self-contradictory yet expresses a possible truth?
• Which character was a loyal supporter of Caesar and respected by the people whom he has served to protect?
• Contrast expressed by parallelism of opposing words is called what?
• Which item did Rhea substitute for Zeus to protect him?
• Which term refers to using a word or phrase with multiple meanings or similar sounds?
• Which character says the line When beggars die there are no comets in the sky. The heavens only announce the deaths of princes?
• From Cassius's statement about life, what does he prefer?
• The Greeks differed from earlier cultures because they created ____ in ____ form.
• What term means repetition of initial consonant sounds in adjacent or closely connected words?
• Who tells Brutus that he has sickness within his mind, addressing him as 'My Brutus'?
• 'All hands on deck!' is an example of?
• Which line best demonstrates simple repetition?
• Which line shows respect for Brutus?
• What caused the war between the Titans and the Olympians?
• Why did Uranus anger Gaia?
• What symbolic act do the conspirators perform after Caesar's murder?
• If we crown him, who would be given the power to do damage?
• Based on the excerpt, who is accused of jealousy?
• Who says, 'Our enemies have driven us to the edge of the grave. It's nobler to leap in ourselves than dawdle until they push us'?
• Which goddess told Echo she would always have the last word, but no power to speak first?
• Which statement about affect and effect is correct?
• What kind of foot is the word “fantastic”?
• Bellerophon rode Pegasus to defeat which creature?
• Who says, 'Look: I draw my sword against conspirators. When do you think I'll put it away? Never, until Caesar's thirty-three wounds are well avenged'?
• Who "swallows fire"?
• Who compares Lepidus to a war horse?
• Which list names the conspirators?
• Which term describes comparing two unlike things without using like or as?
• Which term is defined as a substitution of an attribute or quality for the thing itself?
• Which action best describes Artemidorus's approach to Caesar?
• Who notes that Caesar agrees just at the moment when I'm flattering him the most?
• Which of the following is not a conspirator according to the given list?
• Which figure is associated with giving gifts to animals before humans?
• Which two beings are identified as the parents of the Titans?
• Who stabbed Caesar first?
• The Minotaur lived in which location?
• Pandora opened the jar and released
• Who asserts that Marc Antony should die along with Caesar?
• Which two beings did Gaia send to free the Titans after Zeus imprisoned them?
• The Titans were the children of which two primal beings?
• Which figure of speech gives human characteristics to inanimate objects or animals?
• Which figure is described as 'respected and honorable' by Cassius?
• If a line’s meter is formed by four iambs per line, what is it called?
• The earliest Greek literature referencing myths is:
• Which person is being gestured to in the line about the noblest Roman?
• The statue was brought to life by which goddess?
• Brutus' servant is which of the following names?
• According to the passage, which group acted out of jealousy?
• Which term describes the Greek myth approach of presenting gods in human form?
• Which line is spoken by Artemidorus?
• Cupid (Eros) falls in love with
• A word, phrase, or image with more than one possible interpretation is called what?
• Who initially warns Caesar about danger in the ides of March?
• Which device describes describing one sensory impression in terms of another sense?
• Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
• Who offers Caesar a crown during the opening festival?
• Hexameter lines have how many feet?
• The medicine produced an immediate _____.
• Who speaks the line 'Strike as you did at Caesar, for I know even when you hated him the most, you still loved him better than ever you loved me'?
• The repetition of similar sounds at the end of lines is called?
• What sneaky tactic does Cassius use to convince Brutus that prominent Romans do not trust Caesar?
• Why does Cassius kill himself?
• Persephone was abducted by___
• Who says, 'But Brutus said he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man'?
• From whose blood did the race of giants spring up?
• Which phrase implies Brutus's actions were honorable?
• Which goddess was born from sea foam?
• After Antony's speech, which phrase best describes the crowd's reaction?
• Stress can _____ your ability to concentrate.
• Which term describes the repetition of consonant sounds within or at the end of words in close proximity?