Interpret the common message contained in Marge Piercy's and Walt Whitman's poems.
A. Manual "blue-collar" laborers have benefits not experienced by "white-collar" workers who only work intellectually.
B. Honest work is good for a person emotionally, physically, and mentally.
C. A peson's heritage is part of his or her values.
D. Useful objects and useful people share one thing in common: genuine need.
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B. Honest work is good for a person emotionally, physically, and mentally.
The poems "To be of use" and "I Hear America Singing" express value for
A. travel.
B. work.
C. music.
D. hardship.
A. travel.
B. work.
C. music.
D. hardship.
B. work.
In Guy de Maupassant’s “The Necklace,” what opinion of Mme. Loisel emerges from the narrator’s descriptions of her thoughts and actions?
A. Mme. Loisel is ungrateful and self-important.
B. Mme. Loisel unjustly suffers for a small mistake.
C. Mme. Loisel is an unlucky woman who deserves better.
D. Mme. Loisel is a refined woman who is forced to lead a simple life.
A. Mme. Loisel is ungrateful and self-important.
B. Mme. Loisel unjustly suffers for a small mistake.
C. Mme. Loisel is an unlucky woman who deserves better.
D. Mme. Loisel is a refined woman who is forced to lead a simple life.
A. Mme. Loisel is ungrateful and self-important.
In their selections in this unit, O. Henry and Guy de Maupassant both employ situational irony. How do they use irony differently?
A. O. Henry uses irony to highlight the love Jim and Della feel for each other, whereas Maupassant uses irony to emphasize the rewards of hard work.
B. O. Henry uses irony to surprise the reader in the foolishness of Jim and Della, while Maupassant uses irony to focus attention on the result of the Loisels' errors in judgment.
C. O. Henry uses irony as a means of communicating the depths of the Youngs' love for one another, while Maupassant's use of irony communicates the needless suffering caused by the Loisels' pride.
D. The effect of O. Henry's use of irony is hilarious, while the effect of Maupassant's use of irony is tragic.
A. O. Henry uses irony to highlight the love Jim and Della feel for each other, whereas Maupassant uses irony to emphasize the rewards of hard work.
B. O. Henry uses irony to surprise the reader in the foolishness of Jim and Della, while Maupassant uses irony to focus attention on the result of the Loisels' errors in judgment.
C. O. Henry uses irony as a means of communicating the depths of the Youngs' love for one another, while Maupassant's use of irony communicates the needless suffering caused by the Loisels' pride.
D. The effect of O. Henry's use of irony is hilarious, while the effect of Maupassant's use of irony is tragic.
B. O. Henry uses irony to surprise the reader in the foolishness of Jim and Della, while Maupassant uses irony to focus attention on the result of the Loisels' errors in judgment.
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