December 2007 Literature

<p>"And as by some vast magic undivined" ... hmm... you could substitute "unknown," which would be "not understandable," which was either choice B or C which was what I guessed. It might be wrong though.</p>

<p>yeah not understandable, I was pretty sure that was right on that one.</p>

<p>any other questions...?</p>

<p>it's dying out, apparently everyone knew all the answers!</p>

<p>that's really depressing, because I didn't think that it was an easy test.</p>

<p>I think I missed like 10 questions....dang. I totally suck.
I don't quite remember any of the other questions...</p>

<p>here is one: what did the young Jyoti have in common with Prakash?
- they were both warned by an old man in their past or something....</p>

<p>Yes, I got that too.^</p>

<p>I thought Lace had OCD. :o</p>

<p>louisa IS OCD, yup</p>

<p>what was the hardest passage in your opinion?</p>

<p>and lol at Louisa. ugh</p>

<p>hardest passage for me was the wheat one. everything else was pretty straightforward. I guess it's because it was the last one and my brain was starting to get burnt.</p>

<p>I think the lack of replies to this post is due to the fact that lit isn't an incredibly popular subject test. I was the only one in my room taking it! :(</p>

<p>"change assigned" means it's inevitable or unavoidable or something?</p>

<ol>
<li>The man loved you except he loved his horse more: he is Boorishly rural or something.</li>
<li>Dagett is: unable to be himself when he is around Louisa</li>
<li>The few sentences in the passage - "She spoke with a mild stiffness. Either she was a little disturbed, or his nervousness affected her, and made her seem constrained in her effort to reassure him.": Joe Daggett's point of view - or was it an onlooker's point of view?</li>
<li>What was the significance of Louisa examining the carpet? (Choices? Right answer? I think I got this wrong-- -the dirt Dagget brought in: the outside world inside?)</li>
<li>I put I, II, and III also for first poem - Prosody 101; I think correct</li>
<li>Uterine tubes: His grandparents' objections in a larger context; I think correct</li>
<li>louisa is awkward and something (choice A; was the only one that fit)</li>
<li>books can be demeaning: books have human characteristics (might have gotten this wrong)</li>
<li>meaning of passage: to more carefully censor books - I think I got correct</li>
<li>the lines :So in a land where all days are not fair/Fair days went on till on another day" is like a FAIRY TALE</li>
<li>Lace: Louisa's need for order or something, choice D</li>
<li>Prakash wanting to call Jyoti 'Jasmine' indicates: it was self serving; I think correct</li>
<li>Omitted something on Fair Days</li>
<li>Purpose of last stanza - to show how speaker feels (something about the city / country poem)</li>
<li>Rural vs. Urban (city/country poem; I think I got this wrong...)</li>
<li>Woman in country/city poem wanted courtly society. (choice C)</li>
<li>Shadows of wind: wheat bending from invisible wind (I think choice C)</li>
<li>In wheat poem - "Green wheat was yielding to the change assigned" - "assigned" means that it's inevitable; only choice that fit.</li>
<li>In wheat poem- "And as by some vast magic undivined" - undivined means "unknown" (Choice B)</li>
<li>Tone of something - don't remember which one: sarcastic to personal and affectionate; I think correct.</li>
<li>What was the dragon's fabulous teeth symbolic of?</li>
<li>"but the variations in that line and the tension produced" - what did "tension" mean: surprise from expected and actual results</li>
<li>"sweeping in like common language": what did this mean?</li>
<li>vial: books are full of life (uncertain; may or may not have gotten this wrong)</li>
<li>Got a different one for books can have human characteristics, elaborate</li>
<li>There was no apostrophe in a poem.</li>
</ol>

<p>So we have about 42 percent of the questions on the exam. If anybody remembers anything else or wants to elaborate, feel free to do so.</p>

<p>and do you remember the other choices for the Jyoti and Prakash similarity question?</p>

<p>Jyoti and Prakash: both rejected an old man's saying/wisdom?
Why can't undivined mean accidental?
Were there 61 questions?
Similarity between lady and speaker: both were NOT interrupted from their musings by a force?
vial: distillation of intellect?
"sweeping in like common language"-->connection to prosody?
Except question: the asthetic can emerge from the everyday?
Louisa: personal and idiosyncratic for work style and behavior? (Is louisa really awkward in her work style?)
Wasn't the question about Joe's behavior an Except one (intimidated by her, unable to act himself, etc)?
I got "stubbornly devoted to a long time companion" for the knight's attachment to his horse.
I chose I and III for the poem: the effect of the weather on the garden--> meeting with her lover and surprise from difference</p>

<p>According to Princeton Review, the curve for a 61Q lit test goes like this:
Raw score of 61-56 = 800
55=790
54&53=780
Every raw point down = reduce 10 pts</p>

<p>Sorry, I remember the questions in an unorderly manner:
wheat poem: both stanzas had this structure: general observation, end with simile for extraordinary effect
first passage: revealing monologue
dear man: whose point of view? (poet, woman, "others"?)</p>

<p>The city vs. country poem was the hardest for me.</p>

<p>ohmygosh. i got completely owned on that test. like 10 wrong already aldskjalfskdj. =(</p>

<p>yeah, I put down distillation of intellect but I'm not sure if that's correct. thanks for reminding me though.
And yeah, i put down "connection to prosody."
and I got that same aesthetic question! thanks for reminding me!
I don't remember louisa... i think i said awkward
unable to act like himself. yes.
I don't think it's I and III.. I thought it was I II and III; choice II was something about the class and I thought it applied. </p>

<p>It wasn't accidental because the poem also says "assigned" which means "inevitable" which means that it's not accidental. I could be wrong though.</p>

<p>what were other choices for the revealing monologue Q?</p>

<p>I wish meticulous was one of the choices for Louisa's work style. I thought personal and idiosyncratic was closer than awkward, but that's just my take on the question. </p>

<p>explode: could you explain how the squire was "boorish"? I thought he was just stubborn.</p>

<p>Other choices besides "revealing monologue": a criticism, an objective narration, character-study (?)</p>