The gloomy, cold earth wanes for weeks or months, long enough for men to “forget their passions” (line 7) and turn their hearts only to survival or despair. to stave off the darkness, what do the people do?
question 6 options:

they live in large groups and huddle for warmth.

they burn everything, including their homes.

they migrate to the warmest and brightest areas left on the earth.

they live near an active volcano where it is warm and light always.
question 7 (mandatory) (10 points)
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after grouping together, at first men are glad to see other faces—but then they cry and become depressed. why?
question 7 options:

the overwhelming difficulty of traveling, moving, and keeping the fires going has worn them down

the lack of children in the group, showing how difficult living has become for them, creates heavy hearts.

the small number of people left on the earth gives the men such despair that they feel .

they see in everyone's faces such despair that they themselves begin to weep, smile cynically, or fall into madness.
question 8 (mandatory) (10 points)
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excerpt from "darkness" by lord byron
38 " war, which for a moment was no more,
did glut himself again: a meal was bought
with blood, and each sate sullenly apart
gorging himself in gloom: no love was left;
all earth was but one thought—and that was death
immediate and inglorious; and the pang
of famine fed upon all entrails—men
45 died, and their bones were tombless as their flesh; "

line 38 of the poem introduces the figure of war, “which for a moment was no more” (line 38). what is ironic about this temporary peace?
question 8 options:

the war is a figment of imagination, there was never actually any war being fought.

the war caused peace because people became too tired and their resources too drained to continue fighting.

the widespread despair has led to an end of the fighting, in which peace comes from extreme sadness.

no irony is present in this line of the poem.
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for byron, a lifelong dog enthusiast and owner, the poem marks the true despair this darkness has wrought upon the world by stating: “even dogs assail’d their masters” (line 47). however, there was one exception to this, what was it?
question 9 options:

one faithful dog refused to look for food, because to do so would mean abandoning his dead master’s corpse.

one pack of dogs were left serving military soldiers, trying to get back home.

the speaker of the poem found encouragement watching a few dogs playing with children.

when all the domesticated dogs had turned on their masters, wild dogs were trained and used as pets instead.
question 10 (mandatory) (10 points)
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"darkness" is a bleak poem that reflects an extremely pessimistic view, not only of life, but of the universe. what is the message that byron sends to the reader regarding the moral of this poem?
question 10 options:

the moral of the poem is that humanity can survive even the most difficult of situations.

the moral of the story is that those who do evil will have evil done to them.

the moral of the poem is that humanity must eventually work together in peace to live in a world of darkness.

there is no moral to the poem—darkness and famine take all people, regardless of their religion, values, morality, or actions.