1. Multiple Choice
Rebecca McFarlan

2. Thoreau – Multiple Choice

3. Allusion to Saturn (lines 8-19)
“…where the king and queen posts stand out to receive your homage, when you have done reverence to the prostrate Saturn of an older dynasty on stepping over the sill…and the ceremony is over.”

4. Pertinent Information on Saturn
Roman God of agriculture
Agriculture has a connection to golden ages
Roman cultural hero
Saturnalia – a Roman feast in his honor
Social order reversed
Slaves ruled masters
Masters served slaves at the table

5. Applications of Allusion to Text
Thoreau puts all societal expectations and rules on the outside
“king and queen posts stand out to receive your homage…”
THEN
“you have done reverence to the prostrate Saturn of an older dynasty on stepping over the sill.”
When the “slaves” enter the house, they are the “masters” in a NEW “golden age” dwelling.

6. Organization of Text
The speaker is traveling back in time to find an “enduring golden age.”
First he passes the “king and queen,” then the Roman cultural god of agriculture, “Saturn,” finally arriving at the original “golden age” of “enduring” truth [“materials”].

7. Inference – Purpose of Setting 1
Inference – Purpose of Setting 1. Which of the following best describes the house in the passage? 62%/74%
A functional ideal that combines beauty and utility
A reasonable, inexpensive alternative to expensive mansions
A house to which the author hopes to bring his bride
A solution to the problem of housing large families
A dream house, filled with every possible convenience

8. a sentence that presents a lengthy and complex argument
Syntax-(Vocabulary) 2. The opening sentence (which ends on line 38) can best be described as 33%/73%
a sentence that presents a lengthy and complex argument
a syntactically complex but unified sentence
an amorphous sentence indicating the contents of a pleasant dream
a balanced sentenced that describes first the house and next its inhabitants
a haphazard sentence that scrambles and repeats its topics

9. Grammar – Pronoun Referent 3. In line 3, “which” refers to 97%/97%
“dream” (line 1)
“house” (line 2)
“age” (line 2)
“materials” (line 3)
“work” (line 3)

10. “primitive hall” (line 5) “cavernous house” (lines 11-12)
Figurative Language: Metaphor/Analogy 4. The speaker contrasts his preferred house with which of the following? 82%/94%
“primitive hall” (line 5)
“cavernous house” (lines 11-12)
“shelter” (line 21)
“bird’s nest” (lines 39-40)
“modern palace” (lines 57-58)

11. “of enduring materials” (lines 2-3)
Grammar - Adjective 5.In lines 1-11, which of the following does NOT modify “house” (line 2)? 52%/74%
“standing” (line 2)
“of enduring materials” (lines 2-3)
“without ginger-bread work” (line 3)
“useful to keep off rain and snow” (lines 7-8) (modifies “heaven”)
“where the king and queen posts stand out” (lines 8-9)

12. I sometimes dream of a larger and more populous house, standing in a golden age, of enduring materials, and without ginger-bread work, which shall still consist of only one room, a vast, rude, substantial, primitive hall, without ceiling or plastering, with bare rafters and purlins supporting a sort of lower heaven over one’s head, -- useful to
keep off rain and snow;

13. The clause would better have been introduced by “but.”
Syntax and Grammar 6. Which of the following is true about the syntax of the clause “and every thing hangs upon its peg that a man should use” (lines 25-26)? 48%/82%
The clause would better have been introduced by “but.”
The possessive pronoun “its” has an unclear reference
The clause would have no grammatical ambiguity if the clause “that a man should use” were placed after “every thing.”
The sentence would be clearer if the phrase “a man should use” were placed before “every thing.”
The verb phrase “should use” represents an abrupt shift in tense within the sentence.

14. such a shelter as you would be glad to reach in a tempestuous night, containing all essentials of a house, and nothing for house-keeping; where you can see all the treasure of the house at one view, and every thing hangs upon its peg that a man should use

15. “house-keeping (liens 23-24) “treasures” (line 24) “peg” (line 26)
Grammar/Adjective 7. The phrase “at once kitchen, pantry, and garret” (lines 26-27) modifies 24%/33%
“shelter” (line 21)
“house” (line 23)
“house-keeping (liens 23-24)
“treasures” (line 24)
“peg” (line 26)

16. Grammar
Such a shelter as you would be glad to reach in a tempestuous night, containing all essentials of a house, and nothing for house-keeping; where you can see all the treasure of the house at one view, and every thing hangs upon its peg that a man should use; at once kitchen, pantry, parlor, chamber, store-house, and garret

17. I. To send out II.To extinguish III.To annoy I only I and II only
Diction – Colloquial and Complex Syntax 8. In lines 33-34, “put out” means which of the following? %/60%
I. To send out
II.To extinguish
III.To annoy
I only
I and II only
I and III only
II and III only
I, II, and III

18. “cell” (line 45) “hearth” (line 47) “alley” (line 48)
Figurative Language and Thesis/Antithesis 9. The best contrast with the image of a “a bird’s nest” (lines 39-40) is %/80%
“cell” (line 45)
“hearth” (line 47)
“alley” (line 48)
“premises” (line 52)
“palace” (line 58)

19. expansive and self-dramatizing light and cheerful
Tone and Vocabulary 10. After line 46, the author’s tone becomes more %/97%
conciliatory
nostalgic
testy and critical
expansive and self-dramatizing
light and cheerful

20. “some aloft on rafters with the spiders” (lines 16-17)
Inference – Microscopic 11. The most explicit suggestion that all who enter have the full freedom of the house is contained in 29%/29%
“where the king and queen posts stand out to receive your homage” (lines 8-9)
“some aloft on rafters with the spiders” (lines 16-17)
“where the weary traveler may wash” (lines 19-20)
“every thing hangs upon its peg that a man should use” (lines 25-26)
“pay your respects to the fire that cooks your dinner” (lines 30-31)

21. the small number of invitations that he has accepted
Inference – Microscopic 12. When the author says “I am not aware that I have been in many men’s houses” (lines 53-54), he is commenting on 85%/91%
the small number of invitations that he has accepted
his general insensitivity to unpleasant surroundings
a lack of what he considers genuine hospitality
his own lack of skill in being a good guest
the failure of his hosts to understand his thinking

22. An allegorical idealization of pioneering life in America
Inference – Macroscopic (also vocabulary and literary terms) 13. Which of the following best describes the passage as a whole? %/63%
An allegorical idealization of pioneering life in America
A parody of an American utopian settlement
A biting attack on the American home
An oblique indictment of philistinism and selfish ostentation
A parable applying the Golden Rule to personal hospitality

23. “Advice to the Prophet”
D – Speaker and theme (small)
E – Infer small meaning and figurative language
C – Figurative language
E – Rhetorical purpose
D – Infer theme small
C – Infer meaning figurative language
B – Infer meaning figurative language
B - Infer meaning figurative language
A - Infer meaning figurative language
E – Style
D - Literal meaning
C – Infer whole theme