1. The word lours in par. 1 means: (a) attracts invitingly (b) turns white (c) appears angry (d) goes down

2. In his reference to a how the "sun shone hot upon its sluggish, slimy waves" as he rode along the Brenta on a journey (par. 1), Hazlitt uses the device of: (a) rhyme (b) alliteration (c) simile (d) understatement

3. In referring to the Latin motto on the sundial as a "legend of Popish superstition" (par. 1), Hazlitt indicates about the motto that he: (a) doesn't entirely believe it (b) is reminded of a child's jack- in-the-box (c) very much endorses it (d) associates it with tales of King Arthur

4. According to Hazlitt in par. 1, the Latin motto must have been the invention of a person who: (a) did not have much to do (b) was interested in the eternal truths of science (c) personally understood the time pressures of activities (d) lived a life of exhausting excitement

5. As used in par. 2, the word indolent means: (a) beggarly (b) disorderly (c) lazy (d) natural

6. Hazlitt indicates in par. 2 that the sundial is of all methods of reckoning time: (a) the best (b) most convenient and thorough (c) most advanced (d) most visually appealing and symbolic

7. In imagining a setting for the sundial in par. 2, Hazlitt notes that some components of the setting may be caused by what today would be called the psychological principle of: (a) repressed guilt (b) mental association (c) sexual impulse (d) the death wish (e) displacement

8. In par. 2, Hazlitt, in accord with the Romantic principles of variety, contrast, and intense feeling: (a) approves of the Latin sundial motto (b) approves and disapproves of the Latin sundial motto (c) disapproves of the Latin sundial motto (d) neither approves nor disapproves of the Latin sundial motto

9. In par. 3, Hazlitt finds the hourglass very: (a) sexually sugestive (b) symbolically accurate (c) artistically beautiful (d) puzzlingly made

10. In par. 3, Hazlitt finds the hourglass extremely: (a) demanding to use (b) modern in its origination (c) precise in measuring time (d) British in appearance

11. In par. 3, Hazlitt indicates that the hourglass, in comparison with the sundial, makes us feel about the passing of time: (a) very little (b) more comfortable (c) equally comfortable (d) less comfortable

12. In par. 3, the word incessant means: (a) not passionate (b) violently swirling (c) not interrupted (d) drawing into

13. In par. 4, the two French sayings about love exemplify the stylistic or rhetorical device: (a) metaphor (b) antithesis (c) simile (d) cumulative sentence

14. In par. 4, French timepieces, according to Hazlitt, exemplify the French attitude toward time of: (a) gaudy unconcern (b) obsessive preoccupation (c) pragmatic productivity (d) useless hostility

15. In par. 4, a feature of timepieces that Hazlitt in his era thinks a frivolous extra but is standard on most timepieces today is a: (a) metal cover to protect the face (b) winding stem (c) display of seconds (d) battery

16. In par. 4, the word repose means: (a) death (b) reposition (c) rethinking (d) rest

17. In par. 5, Hazlitt extends which one of the following figures of speech to discuss a feature of timepieces: (a) metaphor (b) hyperbole (exaggeration) (c) simile (d) understatement

18. In par. 5, Hazlitt uses the extended figure of speech referred to in the immediately preceding question to develop the analogy between the metal cover over a watch face and a: (a) wandering minstrel (b) highway robber (c) troupe of actors (d) mysterious traveler

19. In par. 5, Hazlitt indicates that the timepiece feature being discussed is essentially used by the owner for: (a) exhibitionistic vanity (b) delight in science (c) thifty conservationism (d) attempted seduction

20. In par. 5, the word pomposity means: (a) enthusiastic cheerleading (b) excessive calm (c) visible hostility (d) exaggerated dignity

21. In par. 6, one criticism Hazlitt makes of multiple timepieces is: (a) expensiveness (b) fragility (c) obtrusiveness (d) ugliness

22. In par. 6, one criticism Hazlitt makes of multiple timepieces is: (a) cleaning (b) discrepancy (c) repair (d) re-sale

23. In par. 6, the word averse means: (a) opposed (b) cut up (c) unpoetic (d) foreknowing

24. In par. 7, Hazlitt asserts that clocks more than watches appeal to the: (a) Italians (b) eyes (c) nose (d) feelings

25. In par. 7, Hazlitt's attitude toward "repeater" watches is: (a) favorable (b) both favorable and unfavorable (c) unfavorable (d) neither favorable or unfavorable

26. In par. 7, the word intermittent means: (a) widening (b) periodic (c) damaged (d) continuous

27. In par. 8, the clocks that Hazlitt is discussing are: (a) house clocks (b) office clocks (c) schoolroom clocks (d) whole-town clock towers

28. In par. 8, Hazlitt notes that he likes these timepieces being discussed because they remind him of the: (a) poetic past (b) stimulating present (c) exotic future (d) past, present, and future all together

29. In par. 8, the word palpable means capable of being: (a) touched (b) achieved (c) conquered (d) broken

30. In par. 9, Hazlitt notes that the sounding of the time by clocks is associated with: (a) historic political occurrences (b) famous scenes in ancient epics (c) important personal events (d) the progress of civilization

31. In par. 9, Hazlitt criticizes the sounding of the time by clocks: (a) with chimes rather than bells (b) more frequently than on the hour (c) by machinery rather than persons (d) at all

32. In par. 9, the word desultory means: (a) random (b) visual (c) insulting (d) causal

33. In par. 10, Hazlitt differentiates between sounding the time and: (a) music played in church services (b) trumpets blown as calls to battle (c) chimes to announce visitors at the front door (d) bells tolling for occasions of death

34. In par. 10, the word descant means: (a) pursue a course downward (b) comment at length (c) pour off a liquid (d) trace the heritage of

35. In par. 11, Hazlitt indicates that rural or primitive persons without timepieces: (a) develop psychological complexes about time (b) tend to be indifferent about time (c) are very accurate about some aspects of time (d) live outside the demands of time

36. In par. 11, Hazlitt says that the shepherd boy without a watch who asks a passerby for the time does so to: (a) make social contact (b) compensate for some deficiency in time-telling (c) determine when exactly to feed the sheep (d) demonstrate superiority

37. In par. 11, the word concatenation means: (a) pondering (b) discord (c) secret (d) linkage

38. In par. 12, Hazlitt's description of his own personal timepieces is placed where it is in the essay for: (a) initiation of an autobiographical element (b) ironic surprise (c) national glorification (d) logical summary

39. In par. 12, his father, as described by Hazlitt, is a person who uses a watch to: (a) keep the household orderly (b) allow the completion of several business affairs (c) fill up time rather than keep time (d) balance private life with working life

40. Hazlitt's self-acknowledged digression at the end of the essay (par. 12) is in accord with the author's: (a) careless lifestyle (b) scientific curiosity (c) poetry writing (d) romantic love affairs (e) French upbringing

41. Hazlitt's self-acknowledged digression at the end of the essay (par. 12) is in accord with the author's preference for which writer, alluded to in the essay: (a) Coleridge (b) Rousseau (c) Shakespeare (d) Sterne

42. In par. 12, the word ennui means: (a) illumination (b) renown (c) boredom (d) covetousness