HELP! 7. In line 14, “sportive tricks” refers most directly to which of the
following phrases? (A)“bound with victorious wreaths” (line 5)
(B)“arms hung up for monuments” (line 6)
(C)“smooth’d his wrinkled front” (line 9)
(D)“mounting barbed steeds” (line 10)
(E)“capers nimbly in a lady’s chamber” (line 12)
8.Which of the following accurately describes a device used in the passage?
(A)In line 5, “brows” is used to represent the whole soldier.
(B)In lines 7-8, the contrast between war and peace is emphasized by the use of parallel and balanced phrases.
(C)In line 17, the phrase “wanton ambling nymph” refers to Diana, goddess of the hunt.
(D)In line 23, “dogs” is used as a metaphor for churlish courtiers.
(E)In line 24, the phrase “weak piping time of peace” accurately imitates the musical sound of pipes.
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this son of York;
And all the clouds that low’r’d upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
(5) Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths,
Our bruised arms hung up for monuments,
Our stern alarums chang’d to merry meetings,
Our dreadful marches to delightful measures.
Grim-visag’d War hath smooth’d his wrinkled front;
(10) And now, in stead of mounting barbed steeds
To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,
He capers nimbly in a lady’s chamber
To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.
But I, that am not shap’d for sportive tricks,
(15) Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass;
I, that am rudely stamp’d and want love’s majesty
To strut before a wanton ambling nymph;
I, that am curtail’d of this fair proportion,
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,
(20) Deform’d, unfinished, sent before my time
Into this breathing world, scarce half made up,
And that so lamely and unfashionable
That dogs bark at me as I halt by them –
Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace,
(25) Have no delight to pass away the time,
Unless to see my shadow in the sun
And descant on mine own deformity.
And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover
To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
(30) I am determined to prove a villain
And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
6.Judging from the tone of the whole passage, it is clear that the speaker regards the “glorious summer” with its “merry meetings” and “delightful measures” with
(A)nostalgia
(B)wistful jealousy
(C)unabashed joy
(D)malevolent contempt
(E)quiet resignation
following phrases? (A)“bound with victorious wreaths” (line 5)
(B)“arms hung up for monuments” (line 6)
(C)“smooth’d his wrinkled front” (line 9)
(D)“mounting barbed steeds” (line 10)
(E)“capers nimbly in a lady’s chamber” (line 12)
8.Which of the following accurately describes a device used in the passage?
(A)In line 5, “brows” is used to represent the whole soldier.
(B)In lines 7-8, the contrast between war and peace is emphasized by the use of parallel and balanced phrases.
(C)In line 17, the phrase “wanton ambling nymph” refers to Diana, goddess of the hunt.
(D)In line 23, “dogs” is used as a metaphor for churlish courtiers.
(E)In line 24, the phrase “weak piping time of peace” accurately imitates the musical sound of pipes.
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this son of York;
And all the clouds that low’r’d upon our house
In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
(5) Now are our brows bound with victorious wreaths,
Our bruised arms hung up for monuments,
Our stern alarums chang’d to merry meetings,
Our dreadful marches to delightful measures.
Grim-visag’d War hath smooth’d his wrinkled front;
(10) And now, in stead of mounting barbed steeds
To fright the souls of fearful adversaries,
He capers nimbly in a lady’s chamber
To the lascivious pleasing of a lute.
But I, that am not shap’d for sportive tricks,
(15) Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass;
I, that am rudely stamp’d and want love’s majesty
To strut before a wanton ambling nymph;
I, that am curtail’d of this fair proportion,
Cheated of feature by dissembling nature,
(20) Deform’d, unfinished, sent before my time
Into this breathing world, scarce half made up,
And that so lamely and unfashionable
That dogs bark at me as I halt by them –
Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace,
(25) Have no delight to pass away the time,
Unless to see my shadow in the sun
And descant on mine own deformity.
And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover
To entertain these fair well-spoken days,
(30) I am determined to prove a villain
And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
6.Judging from the tone of the whole passage, it is clear that the speaker regards the “glorious summer” with its “merry meetings” and “delightful measures” with
(A)nostalgia
(B)wistful jealousy
(C)unabashed joy
(D)malevolent contempt
(E)quiet resignation