by Karl Jirgens
Instructions:
Read the following passage from George
Eliot’s Middlemarch and respond to
the question below.
__A__ felt a surprise which was quite unmixed
with pleasure, but __A__ did not
swerve from the usual politeness of greeting, when __B___ rose and explained her/his/its presence. __A__ was less happy than usual, and
this perhaps made her/him/it look all the dimmer and more faded; else, the
effect might easily have been produced by the contrast of ___B’s____ appearance. The first impression on seeing __B__ was one of sunny brightness,
which added to the uncertainty of __B’s__
changing expression. Surely, __B’s__
very features changed their form, __B’s__ jaw looked sometimes large and sometimes
small; and the little ripple in __B’s__
nose was a preparation for metamorphosis. When __B__ turned her/his/its head quickly __B’s__ hair seemed to shake out light, and some persons thought they
saw decided genius in this coruscation [sparkle]. __A__, on the contrary, stood rayless.
Question:
Identify characters A and B, in the above passage. Fill in the blanks above by
choosing from among the pairs below (some illustrations provided), or enter
your own answer in the space provided:
A. Bozo the Clown
B. Charlie Chaplin
A. The Dalai Llama
B. The Buddha
A. Pamela Wallin
B. Mother Teresa
A. Kwame Kilpatrick
B. Nelson Mandela
A. Lady Gaga
B. Maria Callas
A. Dull ennui
B. The Endless Mundane Vagaries of Life
A. Mary's Little Lamb
B. Mussorgsky’s Night on Bald Mountain
A. The apostrophe
B. William Shakespeare
A. The cracker and cheese
B. The Carnival of Rio de Janeiro
A. Anne of Green Gables
B. Godzilla
A. The humble oboe
B. The Brandenburg Concerto
A. Unabashed Gluttony
B. Dante’s Inferno
A. The Electrolux Vacuum Cleaner
B. The Black Hole V4641-Sgr (in
the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way)
A. The common stone
B. The Great Pyramids of Giza
A. The exclamation
mark
B. The Big Bang
A. The dyslexic
Army
B. Mary
A. ________________
B. ________________