Selection Quick Checks (English)



1.	What kind of creature does the artist use to show the intemperate nature of a summer's day?
	A.	a dragon with fiery crests and hair
	B.	a furious glaring lion
	C.	wild thunderclouds and a flaming sun
	D.	a voracious dinosaur

2.	Why is it fitting to use a picture of a woman with snakes for hair to help explain Sonnet 18?
	A.	The woman is very ugly, so she is contrasted to the lover’s beauty.
	B.	The woman's looks have much in common with his beloved's looks.
	C.	The speaker is mocking his lover by comparing her to an ugly woman with snakes for hair.
	D.	Snakes are deadly; just like the speaker's beloved.

3.	What does the artist include at the bottom of almost every frame of his comic?
	A.	tiny flowers
	B.	monsters
	C.	Medusa
	D.	stars

4.	How does the image of stars and moon relate to the line "when in eternal lines to time thou grow'st?"
	A.	The moon and stars seem cold—like the beloved.
	B.	The moon and stars are heavenly—like the beloved
	C.	The moon and stars are unreachable—like the beloved.
	D.	The lines of the poem make the lover eternal, like the stars in the sky.

5.	Why does the comic end with an image of outstretched arms?
	A.	to reach out to the reader
	B.	to catch the beloved and hold her captive
	C.	to show the desperation and helplessness of the poet
	D.	to represent what the poet has given us, an eternal beauty immortalized in poetry

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