Abeka Grade 10 World Literature Test 8

Front 1

How much did the ornithologist offer Sylvia to take him to the nest of the bird he wanted?

Back 1

$10

Front 2

Sylvia went to the woods each evening to get her grandmother's ____.

Back 2

cow

Front 3

The plant that was supposed to restore youth was taken by a ____.

Back 3

serpent

Front 4

What was the ferryman who took Gilgamesh across the waters of death?

Back 4

Urshanabi

Front 5

The crew of the Kon-Tiki believed they were the first men to see a living ____.

Back 5

snake mackerel

Front 6

In "To Build a Fire," the man traveled with his ____.

Back 6

dog

Front 7

Sarah Orne Jewett's masterpiece is entitled ____.

Back 7

The Country of the Pointed Firs

Front 8

Sarah Orne Jewett described life in what part of America?

Back 8

New England

Front 9

Who wrote The Call of the Wild?

Back 9

Jack London

Front 10

Where is the setting of "The Skater and the Wolves" set?

Back 10

Maine

Front 11

"We are from one nest. Only he has learned to talk like his master; I like mine."

Back 11

"Two Ancient Indian Fables"

Front 12

"Once or twice this side of death

Things can make one hold his breath."

Back 12

"Crystal Moment"

Front 13

"Oh, give us the pleasure in the flowers today."

Back 13

"A Prayer in Spring"

Front 14

"There would be more than ocean-water broken Before God's last Put out the Light was spoken."

Back 14

"Once by the Pacific"

Front 15

"Insculped and embossed,

With His hammer of the wind,

And His graver of the frost."

Back 15

"To a Snow-flake"

Front 16

"We may shut our eyes, but we cannot help knowing that the skies are clear and grass is growing."

Back 16

"What Is So Rare as a Day in June?"

Front 17

"He clasps the crag with crooked hands;

Close to the sun in lonely lands,

Ring'd with the azure world, he stands."

Back 17

"The Eagle"

Front 18

"A Prayer in Spring"

Back 18

Robert Frost

Front 19

"Crystal Moment"

Back 19

Robert P Tristram Coffin

Front 20

"To Build a Fire"

Back 20

Jack London

Front 21

"Angus McGregor"

Back 21

Lew Sarett

Front 22

"Lost in the Sahara"

Back 22

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Front 23

"Once by the Pacific"

Back 23

Robert Frost

Front 24

"What Is So Rare as a Day in June?"

Back 24

James Russell Lowell

Front 25

Where did Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's plane crash?

Back 25

the Sahara Desert

Front 26

What is the single most important factor that binds men together as human beings?

Back 26

language

Front 27

____wrote "The Eagle."

Back 27

Alfred Lord Tennyson

Front 28

____ spoke to Job from a whirlwind.

Back 28

God

Front 29

____ men sailed on the Kon-Tiki.

Back 29

Six

Front 30

____ wrote "Two Ancient Indian Fables."

Back 30

Wiliam Carey

Front 31

What is the oldest book in the Bible?

Back 31

Job

Front 32

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry often wrote about his experiences during his career as a ____.

Back 32

pilot

Front 33

____ was the Sumerian "Noah" figure.

Back 33

Utnapishtim

Front 34

The name of the friend whose death Gilgamesh mourned was ____.

Back 34

Enkidu

Front 35

____ said, "Though he slay me, yet I will trust in him."

Back 35

Job

Front 36

____ was the captain of the Kon-Tiki.

Back 36

Thor Heyerdahl

Front 37

The crew of the Kon-Tiki sailed 4,000 miles to prove that is was possible to sail from South America to ____.

Back 37

Polynesia

Front 38

A ____ is the physical background against which the events of a story take place.

Back 38

setting

Front 39

An ___ is a long, narrative poem which presents characters and action of heroic population.

Back 39

epic