<p>^ I put everything you put, and 4 was something about how a farmer shouldn’t do something tried and true</p>
<p>What was the poem about astrology/Stella? I remember putting something about contrast between fools and narrator. The beginning was referring to the stars in the sky, but I can’t recall any other questions. Could anyone explain the ending of the poem to me? I was so confused. </p>
<p>Could anyone also explain the poem about the ship? Poetry kills me; ironically, I prefer prose.</p>
<p>^yeah! put that for #4 too.</p>
<p>um the poem i believe was discussing astrology and how fools don’t believe in it; they think the stars are just some sort of spectacle. however the speaker def believes in it.</p>
<p>ooh found a site…</p>
<p>Though dusty wits dare scorn astrology,
And fools can think those lamps of purest light
Whose numbers, ways, greatness, eternity,
Promising wonders, wonder do invite,
To have for no cause birthright in the sky,
But for to spangle the black weeds of night:
Or for some brawl, which in that chamber high,
They should still dance to please a gazer’s sight;
For me, I do Nature unidle know,
And know great causes, great effects procure:
And know those bodies high reign on the low.
And if these rules did fail, proof makes me sure,
Who oft fore-judge my after-following race,
By only those two stars in Stella’s face.</p>
<p>yeah pretty sure that’s what it is</p>
<p>“Sidney argues that it is foolish to disbelieve in the influence of the stars, for he knows that Nature is not idle, but does things by design. Besides, he only has to look at the two stars which are Stella’s eyes, and they foretell all his future. Therefore the stars do influence us and it is foolish to scorn astrology.”</p>
<p>astrology: 7. what does unidle mean? i put purposeful
8. what do the lamps mean? i put celestial bodies.</p>
<p>^^ put same things</p>
<p>Above: I said the lamps were the stars… is that not right? I thought celestial bodies was a choice for what the brawl was referring to. </p>
<p>So there were 7 passages total, right? </p>
<ol>
<li>Astrology (Sonnet)</li>
<li>Farmers</li>
<li>Moby Dick (Sailing, etc.)</li>
<li>Charlotte-Arthur</li>
<li>Master Harold… and the Boys (Play)</li>
<li>Blues Singer</li>
<li>I forget… what is this one???</li>
</ol>
<p>Overall, I thought this was pretty difficult. All of the passages were pretty lengthy, minus the poetry.</p>
<p>I was stupid to think i could do well on LIT. The average score is like a 580</p>
<p>the blues singer was the last one</p>
<p>i thought passages 5 and 6 were pretty hard</p>
<p>6 especially cuz i rushed through it : /</p>
<p>what did you guys put for the answers for 6 and 6</p>
<p>oh yeah the 4th passage with charlotte and arthur</p>
<ol>
<li>they’re recent acquaintances most definitely</li>
<li>what does “countenace” refer to? how charlotte’s face didn’t change despite her internal reaction</li>
<li>how does the speaker view arthur? i thought it was amusement…</li>
<li>what will be the effects of arthur’s exercise…something like that…i put that he won’t put much physical exertion</li>
<li>something about charlotte’s persona…i put that she confidently voices her opinions</li>
<li>something about arthur’s nervous system…ugh i forgot what i put…i was pretty confident about my answer though
13: what was meant about arthur’s civility…something…ugh forgot the answers again but i’m pretty sure i got this one right</li>
</ol>
<p>moby dick:
15. how does the speaker view the storm/ship…something…i put with awe/fear or was it fear and fascination?
16. the following terms are used to describe the land and the sea respectively
and some of the choices were like …warmth and something
blank and something…etc
ugh i think i eliminated some answer choices but left it blank to go back to it later…except i ran out of time.
17. some lines about the ship and you had to answer whether it refers to the pequod only…the pequod and bulkington…etc
i put the pequod only
18. what is the answer to the “all this is agony” question? i forgot what i put…probably got it wrong</p>
<p>going back to the astrology one:
19. what is the transition? from teh general to the personal i put
20. in which lines is there a transition? 8 and 9</p>
<p>going back to the farmer one:</p>
<p>21: which of these contrasts with lust? i skipped this one</p>
<p>master harold and the boys:</p>
<p>22: what does "ballroom dancing’ really refer to? omg i was confused between the “ideal” world and the political thing…i thought it was the political thing but i ultimately ended up with putting the ideal world because that’s how sam and willie characterized it. oh it was so confusing…i don’t know how to explain.
23: what does the telephone call signal? a return to mundane events
24. why does (sam or willie) say something about Romance! blah blah blah (first line) ugh i forgot the answer
25. something about how hallie views the penalties…im pretty sure i got this one right but i forgot the exact answer…how he views it as structured or something
26. some question about their views…one of the answer choices was that they view ballroom dancing distantly…eh forgot what i put</p>
<p>blues singer</p>
<p>27: what does the significance of “somwhere” mean? forgot
28. what are the points of the interruption of the lines (characterizing the singer) forgot
29. forgot question…think i put something about social inequality…idk i just know the answer had social in it
30. the point of the mourning is to characterize…forgot i know it was one of the choices where there were two of the roman numerals
31…ugh something about log-damn dont know the word</p>
<p>60 questions in an hour is ridic. they should make it 55 questions hehe</p>
<p>Sooo… how many questions was the answer C for? Especially the last 20 in particular…</p>
<p>I thought that for the Arthur and Charlotte, the author referred to Arthur with cynicism which can refer to “distrust” since Arthur kept on replying to Charlotte in a very quick and ridiculous manner. I was debating between this one and amusement.</p>
<p>^ ah that makes sense</p>
<p>i can’t remembre like half of these passages that are talked about in previous posts.
guess that’s a bad sign.</p>
<p>wow… I got half of these wrong.</p>
<p>Was Master Harold and the boys a parody of political leaders? and wasn’t the description about both the Pequod and Bekington because they basically were the same things, going through pain and agony and whatever else the description was?</p>
<p>i think it was a parody of political leaders. stupidly, i put something about an ideal world. i was really stuck between those two.</p>
<p>for the description this is what we had to refer to:</p>
<p>But in that gale, the port, the land, is that ship’s direst jeopardy; she must fly all hospitality; one touch of land, though it but graze the keel, would make her shudder through and through. With all her might she crowds all sail off shore; in so doing, fights ‘gainst the very winds that fain would blow her homeward; seeks all the lashed sea’s landlessness again; for refuge’s sake forlornly rushing into peril; her only friend her bitterest foe!</p>
<p>doesn’t mention bulkington</p>
<p>the question regarding bulkington; did you guys put the answer as the literal meaning, that he just came back from 4 years at sea but is going back out again? or is my interpretation that he is a ghost correct?</p>
<p>My lit teacher taught me that when paraphrasing do the literal and do not interpret. I put the literal back from 4 years going back answer.</p>
<p>okay. ■■■.</p>
<p>For the astrology one, was one of the answers “the maxims of astrology” or however it was actually worded?</p>
<p>*** To wheatbread: I thought the answer was an ideal world, cause the question asked something like what did ballroom dancing represent? I said an ideal world. If it had been parodying the conflict between two leaders it wouldn’t be the picture perfect scene the African waiters described?</p>
<p>Idk, I’m very confused. Left around 6 blank at least</p>
<p>anybody know what the Charlotte/Arthur passage was from or who wrote it?</p>