Question

1) Choose the best answer.

What state is Paris in at the beginning of the story?

peaceful and free

recovering from a poor economy

in the throws of a revolution

under siege

2) Choose the best answer.

Part A: What imagery is used to describe the springtime mornings before the war?


". . .the setting sun shed a blood-red glow over the western sky, and the reflection of the crimson clouds tinged the whole river with red. . ."

"It was a fine, mild day, and a gentle breeze fanned their faces."

". . . the early sun caused a light mist to float on the water and gently warmed the backs of the two enthusiastic anglers."

"A ray of sunlight made the still quivering fish glisten like silver."

3) What types of imagery is being used in the following quote?
Part B: Which TWO types of imagery are used in the answer to Part A?


gustatory

visual

auditory

tactile

olfactory

4) Choose the best answer.

Consider the imagery used to describe the weather on the day the men meet again during the war. How does this imagery contrast with the actual setting of the story?

The weather is windy, but the men are very still.

The weather is beautiful, but Paris is being attacked.

The weather is stormy, but Paris is prospering.

The weather is cold, but the homes are burning.

5) Choose the best answer.

Part A: What imagery is used to describe the landscape of the village of Argenteuil?

"The sky was, in face, of a bright, cloudless blue."

"a waste of dun-colored soil and bare cherry trees"

"Even the sparrows on the roofs and the rats in the sewers were growing scarce."

". . .the trees, whos leaves were already turning at the first chill touch of winter. . ."

6) Choose the best answer.

Part B: The effect of the imagery in Part A is that the village seems ______.

bleak, dull, and depressing

harsh and wintry but promising

bright and serene but ominous

pleasant, lush, and hopeful

7) Choose the best answer.

How do the men feel about the Prussians?

indifferent

respect

admiration

fear

8) Choose the best answer.

What imagery is used to describe the firing of the cannon as the men fish?

"a rumbling sound, which seemed to come from the bowels of the earth, shook the ground beneath them"

"a waste of dun-colored soil and bare cherry trees"

"terror mixed with hatred"

"bright cloudless blue"

9) Choose the best answer.

What does the Prussian officer want from the men?

a password

the map

money

a key

10) Choose the best answer.

The imagery that is used to describe both the men and the fish is that they were both _______.

"flopping"

"gasping"

"swimming"

"quivering"

11) Choose the best answer.

The ending of the story is considered ________ because the readers are expecting one result and get another.

cliche

ironic

hackneyed

cheap

12) Choose the best answer.

The imagery ________ the overall story.

enhances

confuses

harms

distracts from

13) Choose the best answer.

What character traits are displayed by the two friends in this story?

submissiveness

bravery

apathy

cowardice

Answer 1

1) under siege

2) "It was a fine, mild day, and a gentle breeze fanned their faces."

3) visual and tactile

4) The weather is beautiful, but Paris is being attacked.

5) "a waste of dun-colored soil and bare cherry trees"

6) bleak, dull, and depressing

7) indifferent

8) "a rumbling sound, which seemed to come from the bowels of the earth, shook the ground beneath them"

9) a password

10) "quivering"

11) ironic

12) enhances

13) bravery