Reading Comprehension Worksheet WK 25
Name ________________________ Class ______ LA 10 Reading Comprehension Directions: Read pages 883 - 919 Date _________ Score ____________ Modern and Contemporary Literature 1990 - Wk 25 Use complete sentences with proper grammar to answer the following items. 1. Why did Lise feel at the beginning of the story that never having secrets from her husband allows her to move and breather in “perfect freedom?” _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Identify the dynamic character in the story. How would you describe the way that character has changed by the end of the story? Explain. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. Explain why Lise offers her wedding ring to the murderer? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. What change in Lise’s life does the loss of the ring represent? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Explain why it is ironic that Sigismund is touched that his wife “should take the loss of his ring so to heart”? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 6. What do you think Lise and Sigismund’s married life became? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 7. What are the three most important events in the life of Anna Akhmatova? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Explain the two implied metaphors in lines 2 and 3 of “Everything Is Plundered.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 9. Describe the mood of “Everything Is Plundered.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 10. What is meant by the term “the miraculous”… line 9? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 11. What is the question posed in line 4? How does it relate to the rest of the poem? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 12. What is the theme of the poem? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 13. Describe the imagery in the poem. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 14. What is the mood of the poem? Use specific words as your evidence. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 15. Give specific example from the poem for … assonance, alliteration, rhyme and repetition? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 16. Describe the one most interesting aspect of the life of Federico Garcia Lorca. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 17. In “The Guitar,” what word is used to identify the point where this world is repeated in the poem? Why is it? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 18. What sounds in nature is the sound of the guitar compared to? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 19. What three things does the guitar mourn? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 20. What part of the body is the guitar referred to in the last line? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 21. What do you think the “five swords” are? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 22. Describe the overriding emotion associated with the guitar and its sound. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 23. What images in the poem suggest this emotion? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 24. Explain what is meant by the phrase, “impossible to stop.” _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 25. Describe three important aspects in the life of Albert Camus. _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 26. What is Sisyphus condemned to do by the gods? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 27. What happens when Sisyphus is allowed to return to earth after his death? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 28. What kind of hero does Camus claim Sisyphus is? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 29. How does Sisyphus behave toward the gods? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 30. What part of Sisyphus’s labor most interests Camus? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 31. How does Sisyphus overcome the absurdity, or meaninglessness, of his tasks? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ 32. What allusions does Camus include? _______________________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________________ Draw and illustration for one of the Readings. Give it a title: _____________________________________ Name ________________________ Class ______ LA 10 Reading Comprehension Date _________ Modern and Contemporary Literature 1990 - Score ____________ Wk 25 Writing: According to Camus, “the workman of today works every day in his life at the same tasks, and this fate is no less absurd” than Sisyphus’s meaningless and repetitive labor. Imagine yourself as one of the workers Camus describes. In a formal essay, discuss the ways Camus’s philosophy might help you face life with hope and joy in spite of the obstacles and absurdities you may face. You must complete a prewriting activity prior to the FINAL COPY: ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________
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