Could someone check my answers please?From "When Grees Meets Greek"
1) What can you conclude from the wording of the following text?
"One morning Ramkilawansingh(after this, we calling this man Ram) was making a study of the noticeboards along Westbourne Grove what does advertise rooms to let."
a)the character in the story is probably grek.
b)the character in the story is probably from the West Indies.*
c)the author is using a specific literary style.
d)the character in the story is probably not a native English speaker.
2) Evaluate the following passage and decide which statement below is true.
"Fraser scratch his head.'Iknoe of a landlord up the road who vow he ain't ever taking anybody who come from the West Indies. But he don't mind taking Indians. He wouldn;t know the difference when he see you is a indian...them English people so foolish they believe every Indian come from India."
a)Frase is from the West Indies.
b)ram is from India.
c)Fraser don't want Ram to get a roon.
d)Ram is from the West Indies.*
3)Based on the following passage, what system of government could this be?
"The government was a criminal organization that stole from it's subjects, and the subjects for their part were only interested in defrauding the government. Thus life went on smoothly, nobody was rich and nobody was poor."
From "The Black Sheep"
a)democratic
b)dictatorship
c)socialis*
d)monarchy
4)Which line from "The Book of Sand" is an example of foreshadowing?
a)"One evening a few months ago, I heard a knock at my door. I opened it, and a stranger stepped in."
b) "It's not only Bibles I sell, I can show you a sacred book that might interest a man such as yourself. I came by it in northern India, in Bikaner."
c)"I was struck by an odd fact: the even-numbered page would carry the number 40,515, let us say, while the odd-numbered page that followed it would be 999."*
d)"I remembered reading once that the best place to hide a leaf is in the forest.
5)In the poem "At the Tourist Centre in Boston," what best describes the tone of the following statement?
"Whose dream is this, I would like to know: is this a manufactured hallucination, a cynical fiction, a lure for export only?"
a)content*
b)sad
c)angry
d)surprised
6)The theme of "Day of the Butterfly" is our desire and struggle, as humans, to belong and have a friend. Which passage below does NOT support the theme?
a)"Everybody knew Jimmy Sayla's shame and at recess... he did not dare go out on theschool grounds, where the other boys, and some bigger ones, were waiting to chase him and corner him against the back fence and thrash him with tree branches."
b)Most of the teachers at our school had been teaching for a long time and at recess they would disappear into the teachers' room and not bother us."*
c)"Then we would walk up to her in formal groups of three or four and at a signal, say together, 'Hel-lo Myra, Hello Myra!' and follow uo with something like,'What do you wash your hair in, Myra, it's so nice and shinny, My-ra.' 'Oh, she washes it in cod-liver oil, don't you, Myra, she washes it in cod-liver oil, can't you smell it?"
d)"I was the only one in class who carried a lunch pail and ate peanut butter sandwiches in the high, bare, mustard-colored cloakroom, the only one who had to wear rubber boots in the soring, when the roads were heavy with mud."
If someone could check these I'd appreciate it I used * to mark my answer.
22 answers
2.D
3.C
4.A
5.C
6.C
7.C
8.B
9.C
10.A
11.C
12.D
13.A
14.C
15.B
16.C
17.B
18.D
19.C
20.A
21.A
22.A
23.C
24.B
25.B
26.B
27.A
28.C
29.C
30.D
31.A
32.A
33.D
34.B
35.A
36.B
37.D
38.C
39.A
40.D
41.C
42.B
43.C
44.A
45.B
46.C
47.B
48.A
49.B
50.B
51.A
52.C
53.D
54. I cant help with that sorry
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. A
6. B
7. D
8. D
9. B
10. D
11. C
12. B
13. A
14. C
15. D
16. D
17. B
18. A
19. A
20. C
21. B
22. B
23. A
24. B
25. D
26. A
27. B
28. B
29. A
30. A
31. B
32. A
33. D
34. B
35. A
36. B
37. C
38. D
39. A
40. D
41. C
42. B
43. C
44. A
45. B
46. C
47. B
48. B
49. A
50. C
51. D
You welcome! :D
1. What can you conclude from the wording of the following text?
"One morning Ramkilawansingh (after this, we calling this man Ram) was making a study of the noticeboards along Westbourne Grove what does advertise rooms to let."
*D, The character in the story is probably not a native English speaker.
2. Evaluate the following passage and decide which statement below is true.
"Fraser scratch his head. 'I know of a landlord up the road who vow that he ain't ever taking anybody who come from the West Indies. But he don't mind taking Indians. He wouldn't know the difference when he see you is a Indian . . . them English people so foolish they believe every Indian come from India.'"
*D, Ram is from the West Indies.
3. from "The Black Sheep"
Based on the following passage, what system of government could this be?
"The government was a criminal organization that stole from its subjects, and the subjects for their part were only interested in defrauding the government. Thus life went on smoothly, nobody was rich and nobody was poor."
*C, socialist
4. Read the passage below and choose the answer that best describes the result of the honest man's decision.
"The honest man could hardly object to such reasoning. He took to going out in the evening and coming back the following morning like they did, but he didn't steal. He was honest, there was nothing you could do about it. He went as far as the bridge and watched the water flow by beneath. When he got home he found he had been robbed."
*A, He made matters worse.
5. As a result of the honest man's decision to NOT steal, __________
*C, some citizens became rich and some became poor.
6. Which line from "The Book of Sand" is an example of foreshadowing?
*C, "I was struck by an odd fact: the even-numbered page would carry the number 40,514, let us say, while the odd-numbered page that followed it would be 999."
7. In the poem "At the Tourist Centre in Boston," what best describes the tone of the following statement?
"Whose dream is this, I would like to know: is this a manufactured hallucination, a cynical fiction, a lure for export only?"
*C, angry
8. The theme of "Day of the Butterfly" is our desire and struggle, as humans, to belong and have a friend. Which passage below does NOT support the theme?
*B, "Most of the teachers at our school had been teaching for a long time and at recess they would disappear into the teachers' room and not bother us."
9. Read the passages below from "No Dogs Bark" and select the one that best represents imagery in the story.
*C, "The long black shadow of the men kept moving up and down, climbing over rocks, diminishing and increasing as it advanced along the edge of the arroyo."
10. What mood is created by "No Dogs Bark"?
*A, sad
11. When the reader knows something that a character or speaker does not, it is called __________
*C, dramatic irony
12. Which sentence best describes a paradox in "The Censors"?
*D, Juan becomes the very thing he fears
13. "The Censors" and "Rhinoceros" both explore themes related to
*A, oppression and survival.
14. Why is "The Divine Comedy" an allegory?
*C, All of the characters and settings are symbolic
15. In "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," what mood is created by a setting in which the central character is concerned with the direction of his life?
*D, introspective and indecisive
16. Which of the following details most clearly supports the main idea of "Forbidden Fruit?"
*C, "That was the last straw. Everything might have ben different if it hadn't been for those two blotters."
17. "The Nobel Prize" is an example of what kind of poetry?
*B, lyric
18. What might have been Ferre's main purpose in writing "The Youngest Doll"?
*D, to point out lack of respect.
19. Which element would NOT be considered part of an author's style?
*C, facts
20. The following passage is an example of which literary element?
"Give back your heart to itself, to the stranger who has loved you all your life, whom you ignored for another, who knows you by heart."
*A, paradox
21. In the poem "Two Bodies," what literary technique is most evident?
*A, repetition
22. In Senghor's poem "I Will Pronounce Your Name," the following phrases are examples of what kind of literary element?
"fragrance of cinnamon," "the fresh feel of dew," "the 'sugared' taste of coffee trees," "the hard clasp of lightning"
imagery?
23. Reading literature from different cultures allows you to _________
*C, recognize universal themes
24. In the poem "Telephone Conversation," what best describes the character's feeling toward the potential landlady?
*B, pity
25. The story "Marriage is a Private Affair" contains what literary element in the title?
*B, irony
26. When Madame Pouchet hired Diouana, what was her motive?
*B, to have a servant travel with her to France
27. In the story "In the Shadow of War," why did Omovo refuse money from the soldiers?
*A, He was loyal to the woman who wore the black veil
28. Compare the reactions of the mother and father in "Loyalties."
*C, Father was happy, mother was neutral.
29. "A Meeting in the Dark"
Which statement BEST explains a conflict in the story?
*C, Stanley treated his son like a sinner and John wanted his father's approval.
30. What role do women seem to have in the traditional culture?
*D, loved and feared
31. Light humor and understated irony are evident in "The Pig." What other word might describe the tone?
*A, empathy
32. In "No Witchcraft for Sale," the scientist made his point in a perfunctory way.
*A, cursory
33. Which of the following words is NOT an adverb?
*D, two
34. Tom was cowering on the ledge. Cowering means that he was _________
*B, cringing
35. Which statement is spoken in a colloquial manner?
*A, "And I'm going to show you that it ain't no trouble when you pack double."
36. Identify the underlined part of speech.
"Dolley Madison, the wife of the fourth United States president, is one of history's many interesting women."
*B, adjective
37. Identify the underlined part of speech.
"The dynamic wife of James Madison became the unofficial first lady during Jefferson's eight years as president."
*D, preposition
38. Which of the following sentences contains a helping verb?
*C, Roger has never performed a solo in his life.
39. In the following sentence, "famous" is the complement. What kind of complement is it?
"In 1975, Margaret Thatcher became famous as the first woman leader of the British Conservative Party."
*A, predicate adjective
40. Choose the answer that correctly identifies the underlined word.
"The ice fields of the north are still relatively barren."
*D, predicate adjective
41. Choose the answer that correctly identifies the underlined word.
"The grain of the western prairies is a major source of income."
*C, predicate nominative
42. Choose the answer that correctly identifies the underlined word.
"Western Canada also gives us the art of the Kwakiutl Indians."
*B, indirect object
43. In the following sentence, what kind of phrase is "to play basketball"?
"Porpoises have been trained to play basketball."
*C, infinitive
44. In the following sentence, what kind of phrase is "to the library"?
"I will be going to the library soon."
*A, prepositional
45. In the following sentence, what kind of phrase is "Moving away"?
"Moving away made my little cousin sad."
*B, gerund
46. What is the tense of the underlined verb in the following sentence?
"I will be studying his painting techniques this summer."
*C, future progressive
47. What is the verb mood of the sentence?
Wear your coat when you are in the snow.
*B, imperative mood
48. TRUE OR FALSE
You should avoid unnecessary shifts in verb tense when writing.
*A, true
49. Passive voice adds directness to your writing.
*B, false
50. For questions 50-53 match the vocabulary words with the appropriate definitions.
ways to use sounds in poetry to achieve certain effects
*b, Sound device
51. giving human qualities to non-human subjects
*a, Personification
52. identified as physical movements of characters in a play
*c, Stage direction
53. reason a writer writes about a topic
*d, Author's purpose
54. ESSAY QUESTION
*You need to answer this yourself, sorry!*
plz?
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