Reading

Read the following passage and answer the questions on the next page:

And ask how we have been, and are so genial,

And since you used to like to see me here, You
see me, too, as if I were a menial. I cannot
speak as nobly as your staff,
Though by this circle here I shall be spurned:
My pathos would be sure to make you laugh,
Were laughing not a habit you’ve unlearned. Of
suns and worlds I know nothing to say; I only
see how men live in dismay. The small god of
the world will never change his ways And is as
whimsical—as on the first of days. His life might
be a bit more fun, Had you not given him that
spark of heaven’s sun; He calls it reason and
employs it, resolute To be more brutish than is
any brute.

Comprehension

Write your answers in the spaces provided:

1) How does the speaker characterize the "small god of the world"?

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2) Who is the speaker talking to in the poem?

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3) What does the speaker suggest would make the "small god's" life more
fun?

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4) Where is the prologue taking place?

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5) Why is Mephisto jealous of the Angels?

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6) What wager did God and the Devil make? (Circle the correct answer)

a) The sovereignty over earth

b) The rule over hell
c) Faust's soul
d) Power over the angels

7) What were some of the themes of the text ?

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a) Love and hate
b) Life and death
c) Good vs. evil
d) Fact vs. fiction

8) What internal conflict did Faust face early on in the text?

a) The inability to serve God as he wishes

b) The division between Faust and his wife
c) The want to excel in his field, but lack of faith to do so
d) The lack of finance to send his son to college

9) Which Quranic event did the author borrow the ideas for ‘’A
Prologue in Heaven’’

a) Isa/Jesus
b) Ibrahim/Abraham
c) Ayoub/Job
d) Adam

10) Which Angels were present in the opening of the story?

11) Israfeel, Peter, and John

12) Raphael, Gabriel, and Michael
13) Racheal, Sarah, and Dante
14) Michael, John, and Michelle

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Vocabulary

11) What word could be synonymous with "diminish" or "lessen"?

a) Abate
b) Fluctuate
c) Burst
d) Increase

12) What word could be antonymous with "undetermined"?

a) Lazy
b) Resolute
c) Lethargic
d) indecisive

13) What does the word "connive" mean?

a) Brutally honest
b) To excel in Intelligence
c) To horde goods
d) To secretly plan

14) Write a SEPARATE sentence for each of the following words:

Despair :
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Eloquent :
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Paraphrase

15) Paraphrase the sentiment expressed in the line "And since you used to
like to see me here, You see me, too, as if I were a menial"?

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16) Paraphrase the following sentence: ‘’I cannot speak as nobly as your
staff’

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Writing

17) Write a paragraph discussing what these symbols represent and how they
contribute to the story's themes and mood. Consider how their meanings evolve over
the course of the narrative.

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18) Describe the setting of "The Pit and the Pendulum'', and what emotions you
experienced whilst reading about the setting

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19) What is the main conflict in "The Pit and the Pendulum"?

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20) Write an alternate closing scene (ending) for The Pit and the
Pendulum (Min 2 paragraphs)

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21) Describe the inner meaning of the following image

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