Dover Beach / Matthew Arnold

Test Practice

Analyze Literary Elements

With your partner, discuss how to answer these questions about the selection.

1. Arnold uses the sea as a symbol for all of the following except ___.
a. diminishing human faith
b. eternal but ever-changing nature of the world
c. ebb and flow of human misery
d. cycle of life and death


How does information you gather as you read help you eliminate incorrect answers?

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