AP prep post 1: siddhartha

Question 1:
What is the relationship between the internal and exterior worlds of Siddhartha?
The interior world of Siddhartha is much more complicated in the beginning than the exterior. He thinks too much about what he should do with his lost mind when he could easily go back to his father in his exterior world.

Question 2:
How does enlightenment relate to or have to do with knowledge?
Enlightenment is a breakthrough of knowledge, to me. Whenever I feel enlightened, I feel refreshed and feel like I know things that I didn't previously understand.

Question 3:
1. In paragraph 2, the word “asceticism” is referring to Siddhartha’s
a. Failed undertakings.
b. Hedonism.
c. Repeated achievement of inner peace.
d. Prior religious experience.
e. Pious detachment from the physical world.


 Question 4:
2. Which of the following best describes the author’s purpose at the end of paragraph 3?
a. Show Siddhartha giving up on his search
b. Further explain Siddhartha’s worries about Govinda
c. To show Siddhartha’s confusion within himself
d. Show Siddhartha’s inability to communicate with those whom he meets
e. Reveal the resolute path that Siddhartha now seeks

Question 5:
1. Which figure of speech used in paragraph 1 helps to illustrate Siddhartha’s sudden standstill?
a. Metaphor
b. Simile
c. Alliteration
d. Personification
e. Irony