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1. Questions 1 - 2 are based on the following passage: Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheard Are sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on; Not to the sensual ear, but, more endear'd, Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone: Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal - yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair! This poem was written in which of the following eras? a. Modern b. Victorian c. Romantic d. Postmodern e. Elizabethan 2. The theme of this stanza can best be described as _______________. a. Art has its limits. b. Young love is sometimes not returned. c. Music energizes the heart. d. Life is enhanced by the imagination. 3. Questions 3 - 5 are based on the following passage: A man can hold land if he can just eat and pay taxes; he can do that. Yes, he can do that until his crops fail one day and he has to borrow money from the bank. But--you see, a bank or a company can't do that, because those creatures don't breathe air, don't eat side-meat. They breathe profits; they eat the interest on the money. If they don't get it, they die the way you die without air, without side-meat. It is a sad thing, but it is so. It is just so. This passage comes from which of the following? a. Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck b. Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman c. A Good Man is Hard to Find, Flannery O'Connor d. U.S.A. Trilogy, John Dos Passos
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