"alone"/"the nobel prize"/"first frost" quiz

alone"

1. the poet’s was left silently behind. (1 point)life
wife

enemy
car

2. the grew as big as hospital buildings. (1 point)ice
cars
lights
seconds

3. flew away in the darkness. (1 point)an egg
an angel

the snow
a post

4. other people live in a (1 point)crowd.
field.
world.

stillness.

5. everyone is at everyone’s door. (1 point)singing softly

watching quietly
turning away

lining up

“the nobel prize”

6. the poet is trapped between and shore. (1 point)lake

wood

freedom

air

7. all’s to the poet. (1 point)fear

lost

beauty
one

8. the poet has made the whole world (1 point)hide.

trust.

grave.

weep.

9. the poet asks, “am i a (1 point)murderer? ”

beast? ”

fugitive? ”

victor? ”

10. the poet trusts that, in the end, will win.
(1 point)good

freedom

people
fear

“first frost”

11. the girl is wearing a (1 point)smile.
necklace.

coat.
dress.

12. her are like ice. (1 point)beads
fingers

eyes

cheeks

13. her face is stained by (1 point)mascara.
pain.
ice.

tears.

14. “frost of telephone phrases” means (1 point)“loving payphone exchange.”

“cold words on the phone.”
“a warm embrace to fight the cold.”

“frozen out by a wrong number.”

15. glitters on her cheek.
(1 point)winter
ice
glass

lipstick

for question 16, classify the sentence.

16. the house is disorganized, but it’s not dirty.
(1 point)simple
compound
complex
compound-complex

Since 1901, the Nobel Prize for Authors has rewarded a writer who has rendered great services to humanity through a literary work which, according to the testament of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, "has proved a powerful ideal".

Reward considered the most prestigious and the most media in the world.

In this exercise, you must complete the authors' quotes in their books.

1.The right answer is The poet’s life was left silently behind.

This sentence is paraphrased by Victor Hugo.

2.The right answer is The seconds grew as big as hospital buildings.

In this sentence, the hospital is referred as a large structure. It shows that time flies.

3.The right answer is A post flew away in the darkness.

These words are from Tomas Tranströmer

4.The right answer is Other people live in a crowd.

The crowd is a gathering of people in the same place as a group of people sharing similar ideas.

5.The right answer is Everyone is lining up at everyone’s door.

The other proposition does not give a meaning to the sentence.

6.The right answer is The poet is trapped between lake and shore.

It is the only word who’s linked to a shore.

7.The right answer is All’s one to the poet.

It is also the only word who made sense to the sentence

8. The right answer is The poet has made the whole world grave.

9. The right answer is The poet asks, “Am I a murderer?”

A sentence from Boris Pasternak

10. The right answer is The poet trusts that, in the end, good will win.

Inspired by « Good will win in the end » by the author Rory R. Olsen

11. The right answer is The girl is wearing a coat.

It means they are very cold

12. The right answer is Her fingers are like ice.

13. The right answer is Her face is stained by tears.

The only word which can be associated with « stained »

14. The right answer is  B

Frost phrases mean cold words

15.  The right answer is Winter glitters on her cheek.

The only word which makes a sense to the sentence

16. The right answer is a compound sentence

There are three types of sentences

1.The simple sentence: proposition consisting of a single verb:

The cat is sleeping.

2. The compound sentence: several propositions of equal importance, each proposal contains one verb and is independent of the other (s) and may be:

-juxtaposed: the propositions are connected by a punctuation mark (comma, semicolon, colon, ...)

ex: We decided not to go on holiday: we had too little money.

-Coordinates: the propositions are linked by a coordinating conjunction

Ex: She had twisted her ankle and it was painful, so she went to see her doctor.

3.The complex sentence

a relative pronoun: it is then a relative subordinate: who, whom, which, which, where, when, why

or a conjunction of subordination: it is then a conjunctive subordinate.

Ex: I fell asleep when everything was quiet

animal farm, written by george orwell, is a representation of russia after the revolution that led stalin to take over power.

in this excerpt, the central idea seems to be that the animals (a representation of society), when they believe to be working for a greater good and equality, are obedient and productive. they were convinced that, after expelling the owner (jones) from the farm, they would live in harmony and be fairly treated.

as we know, the pigs become the leaders and grow more selfish and dictatorial with time. in the end, they look and act in a way so similar to humans that it is impossible to tell the difference. the ideals of equality are shattered, and the farm turns out to be worse than it was before. the animals are manipulated with false propaganda and forced to work in order to enrich the pigs.