english literature questions

english literature questions

n Housman’s poem “To an Athlete Dying Young,” which lines suggest that glory does not last long?

1. “The time you won your town the race / We chaired you through the marketplace;”
2. “And early though the laurel grows / It withers quicker than the rose.”
3. “Eyes the shady night has shut / Cannot see the record cut.”

What is Kipling trying remind the people of the British Empire in “Recessional”?

1. The British Empire has made the world a safer place.
2. The British Empire cannot be stopped.
3. The British Empire will not last forever.

Thomas Hardy had a ____ outlook on life.

a. pessimistic b. optimistic
c. exaggerated

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Course Name: Twelfth Grade English 2: Modern British

Literature

Course ID:

ENGH044060

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52

Student: Kwinda Netshitangani ID: J47865775

Progress Test 2

Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 1. In Housman’s poem “To an Athlete Dying Young,” which lines suggest that glory does                                                                        not last long?

1. “The time you won your town the race / We chaired you through the marketplace;”
2. “And early though the laurel grows / It withers quicker than the rose.”
3. “Eyes the shady night has shut / Cannot see the record cut.”

____ 2. What is Kipling trying remind the people of the British Empire in “Recessional”?

1. The British Empire has made the world a safer place.
2. The British Empire cannot be stopped.
3. The British Empire will not last forever.

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