1. How are Jane Eyre and Helen Burns different?
A. Jane is older, wiser, and more practical than Helen.
B. Jane wants to fight injustices, but Helen quietly accepts them.
C. Unlike Jane, Helen makes friends easily and is well liked by teachers.
D. Jane is better at mathematics than Helen is.

2. Critical Reading Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. What is Mr. Gradgrind’s opinion of horse riders?
A. He is fascinated with them.
B. He believes they have an exciting job.
C. He believes they have a dangerous job.
D. He does not approve of them.

3. Who is the widow in “The Widow at Windsor”?
A. the speaker's mother
B. the British flag
C. the poet's mother
D. Queen Victoria

4. What does Mr. M'Choakumchild's name suggest about his teaching style?
A. He wants to make sure that children learn facts.
B. He forces students to learn one way or another.
C. He is a patient and gentle teacher.
D. He recognizes that students learn in different ways.

5. In “Porphyria’s Lover” how does the speaker feel when Porphyria says she loves him?
A. angry
B. surprised and happy
C. surprised and angry
D. sad

6. Gerard Manley Hopkins was a Catholic priest. Which line from “God's Grandeur” most strongly suggests the depth of his faith?
A. “Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; / And all is seared with trade….”
B. “Because the Holy Ghost over the bent / World broods with warm breast …”
C. “And for all this, nature is never spent; / There lives the dearest freshness …”
D. “… the soil / Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.”

7. What conclusion about the poet’s historical period can you draw from these lines? Lo, all our pomp of yesterday / Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
A. The speaker believes the greatness of Britain could disappear, just as did that of Nineveh and Tyre.
B. The speaker feels Britain's greatness is similar to that of ancient cities.
C. The speaker believes that great cities or nations all hold the same attitudes toward power and success, which contribute to their greatness.
D. The speaker feels that the greatness of Britain will be everlasting, like that of Nineveh and Tyre.