<p>I’m not sure the answer was applied to only the Pequod. I put a more general answer, which was something like it is talking about any ship in a storm or any person of deep thought. I may be wrong, and I found this to be one of many very difficult questions.</p>
<p>a lot of the questions were difficult or had confusing answer choices, so I really hope the curve is lenient-any curve predictions?
For 800, for 750+, for 700+, 650+, and so on…?</p>
<p>Okay, I have no idea if anyone else has identified the passages, but here they are so you guys can read the full text again:</p>
<p>the boat one is from Moby Dick (chapter 23).
Guy in love sonnet is by Michael Drayton: <a href=“Not Found”>Not Found;
The other sonnet is Astrophel and Stella: [Astrophel</a> and Stella - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrophel_and_Stella]Astrophel”>Astrophel and Stella - Wikipedia)
The final passage (poem) was Homage To The Empress Of The Blues by Robert Earl Hayden.
Pretty sure the farming passage is from A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley.
The excerpt from a play was from “Master Harold…and the Boys”</p>
<p>I can’t seem to identify the passage about two people sitting in chairs and talking</p>
<p>@jasonvdm… considering that this is a literature exam i would expect that analysis beyond just superficial recognition of grammar and structure would be needed to answer a question. the question asked what the description referred to… in context of the entire passage and considering the material in a literary sense, i think the best conclusion is (and most on this board agree) that the answer is the ship and men of deep thought. it absolutely cannot just be the pequot - that’s the first answer i crossed out because it was, no offense, the “stupid” answer.</p>
<p>oh, and the break of the sonnet was at lines 8/9. I’m certain about this. I’m learning about sonnets in my AP Lit class and this is a classic feature of Petrarchan Sonnets… it’s referred to as the “turn” and occurs after the “octet” or first eight lines. The turn is a transition at the beginning of the “sestet” or the next six lines, usually signaling a resolution or shift in tone or ideas.</p>
<p>they weren’t wily adversaries because the guy refers to how they just met
and Austen treats the character with a sarcastic, not indifferent, tone</p>
<p>and it is the ship AND any person because of the excessive blurring of the lines between the subjects, as the personfication suggests, and the whole metaphor of sea and landlessness is to show that at our most insecure, we gain true knowledge yadayada. The beauty of the sea, which was met with awe and respect, fear and admiration, was discussed for this reason.</p>
<p>I put that the two people were recent acquaintances
The phone call ringing brought them back to reality (or something like that)
The tone of the author towards the man was one of amusement
The structure change was wherever the colon was(I think lines 8-9)
The author was referring to all men of deep thought and any ship
The guy giving up his seat was self sacrifice</p>
<p>i looked up the actual work and apparently they were brother-sister. but the question asks what the specific passage indicated, and i said wily adversaries because they were arguing (however politely though they were). </p>
<p>…the tone of the author was disdainful. there was some amusement thrown in (the excerpt where he “laughs” that the ericsonns probably farm just for the heck of it) but most of it was disdain. </p>
<p>how does the author view the man… and what does the girls dialogue show about her?</p>
<p>i forgot the choices for the first question above, but for the latter i rmr saying something along the lines of her being “diagreeable”</p>
<p>were the vulgar women “quickly forgotten” or “forgotten by all but those who mourn them?”
and the last line it said 'above the throng and remain immortal through my poem" or something, and the Q was what 'above" meant.</p>
<p>I put “becoming like a standard or banner of womem” or sth…</p>
<p>and du u guys remember the lithograph question in the Blues Singer one?</p>
<p>I put forgotten by all but those who mourn them I think…The 4 line said something about a sheet or blanket, winded up or something like that, I though he was talking about the shroud of death or something.</p>
<p>I actually put forgotten by poets, i think i changed it, since the poem talked about how this woman would be remembered through his writing. Who knows though.</p>