3 Select the correct answer
What can you infer about Robert's character?
Beyond the Horizon
by Eugene O'Neill (excerpt)
ROBERT: (musingly) So I used to stare out over the fields to the hills out there-(He points to
the horizon) and somehow after a time I'd forget any pain I was in, and start dreaming. I
knew the sea was over beyond those hills. ---the folks had told me-and I used to wonder
what the sea was like, and try to form a picture of it in my mind. (With a smile) There was all
the mystery in the world to me then about that-far-off sea--and there still is! It called to me
then just as it does now. (After a slight pause) And other times my eyes would follow this
road winding off into the distance toward the hills, as if it, too, was searching for the sea.
And I'd promise myself that when I grew up and was strong, I'd follow that road, and it and I
would find the sea together. (With a smile) You see, my making this trip is only keeping that
promise of long ago.
RUTH: (charmed by his low. musical voice telling the dreams of his childhood) Yes, I see.
ROBERT: Those were the only happy moments of my life then, dreaming there at the
window. I liked to be all alone-those times. I got to know all the different kinds of sunsets by
heart. And all those sunsets took place over there—(He points) beyond the horizon. So
gradually I came to believe that all the wonders of the world happened on the other side of
those hills. There was the home of the good fairies who performed beautiful miracles. I
believed in fairies then. (With a smile) Perhaps I still do believe in them. Anyway, in those
days they were real enough, and sometimes I could actually hear them calling to me to come
out and play with them, dance with them down the road in the dusk in a game of
hide-and-seek to find out where the sun was hiding himself. They sang their little songs to
me songs that told of all the wonderful things they had in their home on the other side of
the hills: and they promised to show me all of them, if I'd only come, come! But I couldn't
come then, and I used to cry sometimes and Ma would think I was in pain. (He breaks off
suddenly with a laugh) That's why I'm going now. I suppose. For I can still hear them calling
But the horizon is as far away and as luring as ever. (He turns to her-softly) Do you
understand now. Ruth?
OA. Robert wishes to travel and seek adventure.
OB. Robert often wrote imaginative stories as a child.
OC. Robert often had conflicts with his parents as a child.
OD. Robert wishes that he lived closer to the sea.

21) this excerpt involves david, who travels with an inventor named perry. they test their experimental invention, a vehicle that burrows into the earth's crust. which statement best reflects the human experience that is represented in this excerpt? a) humans are not always reliable guides. b) humans desire wealth and a life of ease. c) humans are drawn to explore and experiment. d) humans attempt to conquer and control nature. 22) which statement best reflects the human experience that is represented in this excerpt? a) humans desire to control nature. b) humans are frightened by nature. c) humans are fascinated by nature. d) humans cannot understand nature. 23) 8 “what do you mean perry? ” i cried. “do you think that we are dead, and this is heaven? ” suppose the author changed section eight as listed below. 8 “perry, i have to object! ” i cried. “you don't think that we are dead, and this is heaven, do you? ” which correctly identifies the author's meaning for the word object? consider the effect of the stressed or unstressed syllable in the word object. a) you would stress the second syllable because the word is a noun and means a goal or purpose. b) you would stress the second syllable because the word is a verb and means to express or feel disapproval. c) you would stress the first and second syllable because the word is a verb and means to modify an adjective. d) you would stress the first syllable because the word is a noun and means a thing that has a finite, physical form. 24) 2 together we stepped out to stand in silent contemplation of a landscape at once weird and beautiful. before us a low and level shore stretched down to a silent sea. as far as the eye could reach the surface of the water was dotted with countless tiny isles—some of towering, barren, granitic rock—others resplendent in gorgeous trappings of tropical vegetation, myriad starred with the magnificent splendor of vivid blooms. 3 behind us rose a dark and forbidding wood of giant arborescent ferns intermingled with the commoner types of a primeval tropical forest. huge creepers depended in great loops from tree to tree, dense under-brush overgrew a tangled mass of fallen trunks and branches. upon the outer verge we could see the same splendid coloring of countless blossoms that glorified the islands, but within the dense shadows all seemed dark and gloomy as the grave. which most completely analyzes this excerpt for a comment about life? a) beauty is kind and inviting. b) nature is evil and forbidding. c) there is no risk in following beauty. d) what appears beautiful can also be deadly.