Analyzing Informational Text Unit Test

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"Patrick Henry Speech"
by Patrick Henry

Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free—if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending—if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained—we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us!

Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death, Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775

"Shirley Chisolm Speech"
by Shirley Chisolm

Prejudice against blacks is becoming unacceptable although it will take years to eliminate it. But it is doomed because, slowly, white America is beginning to admit that it exists. Prejudice against women is still acceptable. There is very little understanding yet of the immorality involved in double pay scales and the classification of most of the better jobs as “for men only.”

Equal Rights for Women, Shirley Chisholm, May 21, 1969

Question
Use the passages to answer the question.

Which of the following describes a difference in ideas between these excerpts?

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Responses

The first speaker has hope for change, while the second speaker expects the situation to remain as it is.
The first speaker has hope for change, while the second speaker expects the situation to remain as it is.

The first speaker calls for change at once, while the second speaker expects change to happen gradually.
The first speaker calls for change at once, while the second speaker expects change to happen gradually.

The first speaker claims that there is no way forward for change, while the second speaker questions which path forward will work.
The first speaker claims that there is no way forward for change, while the second speaker questions which path forward will work.

The first speaker calls for change over time, while the second speaker calls for change at once.
The first speaker calls for change over time, while the second speaker calls for change at once.
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Answer 1

The correct response to the question regarding the difference in ideas between the excerpts from Patrick Henry's and Shirley Chisholm's speeches is:

The first speaker calls for change at once, while the second speaker expects change to happen gradually.

This response accurately reflects that Patrick Henry's speech expresses an urgent need for immediate action ("we must fight") whereas Shirley Chisholm acknowledges the need for change but implies that addressing prejudice will take years and suggests a more gradual process of realization among society.