2.10 Unit Test: Voices of an Emerging Nation - Part 1

In The American Crisis, Paine asserts that people who refuse to stand up to tyranny are endangering generations for years to come. Which details from the text help convey this idea? Select the two correct answers.

-"'If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace'; and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty." -"The heart that feels not now is dead; the blood of his children will curse his cowardice, who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole, and made them happy."

Which details belong in an effective summary of "Occasioned by General Washington's Arrival in Philadelphia, On His Way to His Residence in Virginia"? Select Yes or No for each detail.

-The war has ended, and the British have been defeated. - YES -The attention he receives from world leaders inspires Washington to become a statesman.- NO -Washington will forever be remembered for securing freedom for America.-YES -Washington embodies all the positive traits of a leader.-YES -Motivated by Washington, citizens of other nations rebel against oppression.-NO

How do the authors of The Declaration of Independence use forms of the word usurp throughout the text? Select the two correct answers.

-to emphasize the forceful and violent application of British law in the colonies -to assert that the king has unjustly used his power against the colonists

Read the excerpt from Common Sense. Volumes have been written on the subject of the struggle between England and America. Men of all ranks have embarked in the controversy, from different motives, and with various designs; but all have been ineffectual, and the period of debate is closed. Arms, as the last resource, decide the contest; the appeal was the choice of the king, and the continent hath accepted the challenge.... Question What does this paragraph suggest about Paine?

He believes America's only recourse is to declare war on the British.

Read the lines from "Occasioned by General Washington's Arrival in Philadelphia, On His Way to His Residence in Virginia." In Vernon's groves you shun the throne,Admir'd by kings, but seen by none. What do these lines suggest about Washington?

Washington is not motivated by political ambition.

Which key argument is conveyed in The Declaration of Independence?

Americans have the duty to rebel because the British government has violated their inalienable rights.

Read the stanza from "Occasioned by General Washington's Arrival in Philadelphia, On His Way to His Residence in Virginia." The great, unequal conflict past, The Briton banish'd from our shore, Peace, heav'n-descended, comes at last, And hostile nations rage no more;From fields of death the weary swain Returning, seeks his native plain. How does the word choice affect the poem?

It conveys the author's relief that the war is over.

Part A Which answer best describes a similarity between "Occasioned by General Washington's Arrival in Philadelphia, On His Way to His Residence in Virginia" and "His Excellency General Washington"? Part B - Points depend on a correct response in Part A. Which details from the poems help to develop the ideas identified in Part A? Select the two correct answers.

Part A: Both poems praise Washington's exceptional character and leadership. Part B: -"Fam'd for thy valour, for thy virtues more, / Hear every tongue thy guardian aid implore!" -"Time's latest age shall own in you / The patriot and the statesman too."

How do the authors of The Declaration of Independence use structure to develop the argument that the king of England has abused the colonists?

by describing each of the king's crimes in a single sentence set apart as a paragraph