the awakening mult ch11
Jasmine and Larke
“’Yes,’ she said. ‘The years that are gone seem like dreams—if one might go on sleeping and dreaming—but to wake up and find—oh! well! perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one’s life” (The Awakening, p 621).
1. Overall theme/meaning: In this passage, what kind of awakening is the character referring to?
A.) Waking up in the morning
B.) Springtime
C.) Waking up from a long-lasting nightmare
D.) The awakening of her true self
E.) The Resurrection of Christ
2. The line “The years that are gone seem like dreams” is an example of which of the following literary devices?
A.) Simile
B.) Metaphor
C.) Personification
D.) Allusion
E.) Verbal Irony
3. Which of the following describes the author’s tone towards Edna in this passage?
A.) Critical
B.) Sympathetic
C.) Reflective
D.) Jaded
E.) Mocking
4. What other word in the passage is most closely related to “dreams”
A.) Suffer
B.) Years
C.) Sleeping
D.) Illusions
E.) Life
5. The “illusions” in this context are defined as
A.) Restrictions from peers
B.) A perception of something not real
C.) Dreams
D.) Hallucinations
E.) Delusions
6. The repetition of dreams are meant to:
A.) Instill a sense of sleepiness in the reader
B.) Reinforce the concept that it is better to sleep through life without upsetting your peers
C.) Support the idea that the suffering from her awakening is better than living a life of dreams
D.) Cause the reader to start thinking about what his or her own dreams mean
E.) The entire text was a recollection of a dream
7. The word “seem” makes the point that:
A.) The past years have been magical so much that they’re described as dreams
B.) The years do not feel real as though she was sleeping through life
C.) They only appear to be a dream but in fact are not
D.) These years were the happiest of her life
E.) These years were a hallucination
ANSWERS:
1. D- In this passage, Edna is speaking about the awakening of her
“’Yes,’ she said. ‘The years that are gone seem like dreams—if one might go on sleeping and dreaming—but to wake up and find—oh! well! perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one’s life” (The Awakening, p 621).
1. Overall theme/meaning: In this passage, what kind of awakening is the character referring to?
A.) Waking up in the morning
B.) Springtime
C.) Waking up from a long-lasting nightmare
D.) The awakening of her true self
E.) The Resurrection of Christ
2. The line “The years that are gone seem like dreams” is an example of which of the following literary devices?
A.) Simile
B.) Metaphor
C.) Personification
D.) Allusion
E.) Verbal Irony
3. Which of the following describes the author’s tone towards Edna in this passage?
A.) Critical
B.) Sympathetic
C.) Reflective
D.) Jaded
E.) Mocking
4. What other word in the passage is most closely related to “dreams”
A.) Suffer
B.) Years
C.) Sleeping
D.) Illusions
E.) Life
5. The “illusions” in this context are defined as
A.) Restrictions from peers
B.) A perception of something not real
C.) Dreams
D.) Hallucinations
E.) Delusions
6. The repetition of dreams are meant to:
A.) Instill a sense of sleepiness in the reader
B.) Reinforce the concept that it is better to sleep through life without upsetting your peers
C.) Support the idea that the suffering from her awakening is better than living a life of dreams
D.) Cause the reader to start thinking about what his or her own dreams mean
E.) The entire text was a recollection of a dream
7. The word “seem” makes the point that:
A.) The past years have been magical so much that they’re described as dreams
B.) The years do not feel real as though she was sleeping through life
C.) They only appear to be a dream but in fact are not
D.) These years were the happiest of her life
E.) These years were a hallucination
ANSWERS:
1. D- In this passage, Edna is speaking about the awakening of her