<span>The correct answer is D. The three branches of government remained equal in power. Because the impeachment failed, there were initiatives and petitions to change the system from having a president with all executive powers, to creating a body of people who shared executive power. This never passed and everything remained the same as normal.</span>
1. In the "Second Coming" Yeats alludes to __________?
- d. <span>the Christian notion of an apocalypse that involves the return of a messiah or savior
- According to Yeats, the return of the Messiah will be in the form of a beast (historically alluding to his prediction that based on what's happening, the apocalypse is near)
</span>2. <span>What mythological figure is described in lines 11–22 of "The Second Coming"?
-C. A sphinx
- According to the poem, "it has the body of a lion and the head of a man, with blank eyes staring pitiless at the sun"
3. </span><span>In "The Second Coming," the third-person speaker has a distinctly ________.
-C. A pessimistic view of the future
-Yeats has written this poem at the time of World War 1. This resonates with his feelings for the upcoming war, that everything is in ruins, morals are loose and the world is coming to a new era.
4. </span><span>In "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death," the speaker is motivated to join the war effort by ________.
-C. </span><span>a fervent belief that winning the war will benefit his countrymen
</span>- The soldier joined the war effort because the sense of purpose and patriotism stirred in him
5. <span>The speaker in "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" describes both the past and the future as a ________.
-D. A waste of breath
- The soldier sees that going into war is futile. The poor do not benefit from it. His participation as a soldier, whether he wins it or not is fruitless.
6.</span><span>All of the lines in "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night" rhyme with either __________.
-C. Dying or Living
- The poem is a plea to a dying father
-It's a plea to live boldly and fight for life instead of going silently to death
7. </span><span>What do night and light represent in this poem?
-B. Death and Life
- Words used to strengthen his metaphor and impart a more relevant and deeper meaning
8. </span><span>For what are the "good men" in the poem known?
-B. Their frail deeds
- The author believes that there are only a few good men and his father is one of them. These men know that the good deeds are those that are mostly forgotten by the people.
9. </span><span>The word grave in Stanza 5 of the poem can be interpreted in two ways: __________.
- C. Solemn and close to death
- These are men who are at the endpoints in their lives, have lived out the strengths of their body, and are saddened by what has become of them.
10. </span><span>The speaker addresses this poem to __________
-C. His father
- The author wants his father to be encouraged to live a little more. Live out his remaining days not in sadness but with joy. For he has lived a long fruitful life and his impending death should not be a cause for sadness.</span>
