english midterm (reading comprehension)
what happened at the very beginning of the story, when the army refused to make an attack? (farewell to arms)
"every tenth man" was shot for refusing to fight.
what sentence from the story best shows that the man does not seriously consider the potential dangers of nature? (to build a fire)
"he was quick and alert in the things of life, but only in the things, and not in the significances"
what quote from the story develops the fire as a symbol of survival? (to build a fire)
"there was the fire, snapping and crackling and promising life with every dancing flame"
How mainly does Hurston's description of dancing to jazz add to the development of the essay's themes? (colored me)
By showing how certain situations make Hurston feel more colored than others
What mainly can the reader infer about the state of race relations during Zora's time in Florida (colored me)? I left Eatonville, the town of the oleanders, a Zora. When I disembarked from the river-boat at Jacksonville, she was no more. It seemed that I had suffered a sea change. I was not Zora of Orange County any more, I was now a little colored girl. I found it out in certain ways. In my heart as well as in the mirror, I became a fast brown-warranted not to rub nor run.
In the state's cities, people of color were treated in very specific ways
Which of these statements about the term "racist" is best supported by the text? (awkward conversation)
It no longer works and should be substituted for more specific phrases that acknowledge the complexities of racism and its harsh realities
Which of these inferences about the writer is best supported by the following passage (awkward conversation)? Until that day in Brooklyn. To be called "sister" was to be black, and blackness was the very bottom of America's pecking order. I did not want to be black.
She didn't want to be black in America, where race meant a lack of power
What is most closely a theme of "How It Feels to be Colored Me"?
Race may inform identity, but it does not solely define who you are
Which of the following inferences about Pheoby is best supported by the text? (watching god)
She is a loyal friend to Janie
Which of these inferences about the narrator's relationship with other races is best supported by the essay? (colored me)
She is not scared of or enthralled by white people in power
Which of these inferences about "Deniers" is best supported by the text? (awkward conversation)
Their belief that race is simply about the color of one's skin, and not one's social identity, is faulty.
According to the text, which of the following best describes how the townspeople change after they've left work? (watching god)
They feel like themselves again, and freely converse with each other
What is most likely the author's reason for referring to her young self as "Zora of Orange County" and "Zora of Eatonville'? (colored me)
To delineate the years of her life before she left Eatonville, when she had a simpler understanding of racial matters
what is the best description of the bolded phrase in line 5 of the poem? (speaks of rivers) I bathed in the Euphrates (when dawns were young.)
a long time ago
what is most closely the meaning of marvelously as it is used in paragraph 7 of the text? (flowering judas)
an astonishing sight
what inference about cudjo's family is best supported by the passage below? (barracoon) "My people, you unnerstand me, dey ain' got no ivory by de door. When it ivory from de elephant stand by de door, den dat a king, a ruler, you unnerstand me. My father neither his father don't rule nobody. De ole folks dat live two hud'ed year befo' I born don't tell me de father (remote ancestor) rule nobody."
cudjo's family was not of high social standing
what inference is best supported by the passage below? (barracoon) "Yeah, I got to have somebody stay wid me. I been sick in de bed de five month. I needa somebody hand me some water. So I take dis man and he sleep here and take keer of Cudjo. But I gitee well now." In spite of the recent illness and the fact that his well had fallen in, I found Cudjo Lewis full of gleaming, good will. His garden was planted. There was deep shade under his China-berry tree and all was well. He wanted to know a few things about New York and when I had answered him, he sat silently smoking. Finally, I told him I had come to talk with him. He removed his pipe from his mouth and smiled.
despite cudjo's hardships, he lives a seemingly satisfying life
what is most closely the central idea of the passage below (old cabin) I kin see de light a-shinin' Thoo de chinks atween de logs, I kin hyeah de way-off bayin' Of my mastah's huntin' dogs, An' de neighin' of de hosses Stampin' on de ol' bahn flo', But above dese soun's de laughin' At my deah ol' cabin do'.
despite it all, joy was felt and laughter could be heard
what word best describes the scene at Gatsby's party in paragraph one of chapter three? By midnight the hilarity had increased. A celebrated tenor had sung in Italian, and a notorious contralto had sung in jazz, and between the numbers people were doing "stunts" all over the garden, while happy, vacuous bursts of laughter rose toward the summer sky. A pair of stage twins, who turned out to be the girls in yellow, did a baby act in costume, and champagne was served in glasses bigger than finger-bowls. The moon had risen higher, and floating in the Sound was a triangle of silver scales, trembling a little to the stiff, tinny drip of the banjoes on the lawn.
extravagant
what statement about Farquhar is best supported by the story? (owl creek)
farquhar was not a soldier but a sympathizer to the confederate cause
what inference about the narrator is best supported by the excerpt? (farewell to arms)
he has seen too many casualties to speak of war in romantic terms
what is a theme about passini that is best supported by the text in the excerpt? (farewell to arms)
he thinks that war is fundamentally unjust
what is a central theme of to build a fire
in the struggle of man against nature, nature always wins
The following passage adds to the development of the text mainly by (watching god) So the beginning of this was a woman and she had come back from burying the dead. Not the dead of sick and ailing with friends at the pillow and the feet. She had come back from the sodden and the bloated; the sudden dead, their eyes flung wide open in judgment.
introducing Janie and suggesting that she has just endured a hardship
what can the reader mainly infer from the following passage? (farewell to arms) "It is true. They lined them up afterward and took every tenth man. Carabinieri shot them." "Carabinieri," said Passini and spat on the floor. "But those grenadiers; all over six feet. They wouldn't attack." "If everybody would not attack the war would be over," Manera said. "It wasn't that way with the granatieri. They were afraid. The officers all came from such good families." "Some of the officers went alone." "A sergeant shot two officers who would not get out."
italian soldiers who refuse to fight are brutally punished
what statement about jewel and cash is best supported by the text? (as i lay dying)
jewel believes that cash selfishly wants recognition and praise for making the coffin
what information does the following passage mainly reveal about jewel? (as i lay dying) [Jewel:] And now them others sitting there, like buzzards. Waiting, fanning themselves. Because I said If you wouldn't keep on sawing and nailing at it until a man cant sleep even and her hands laying on the quilt like two of them roots dug up and tried to wash and you couldn't get them clean. I can see the fan and Dewey Dell's arm. I said if you'd just let her alone. Sawing and knocking, and keeping the air always moving so fast on her face that when you're tired you cant breathe it, and that ******* adze going One lick less. One lick less. One lick less until everybody that passes in the road will have to stop and see it and say what a fine carpenter he is.
jewel is very protective of his mother and fears her death
the attitude of teachers toward their black students in free preschool programs could best be described as (my true south)
negligent
What can the reader most likely infer from the following passage? (gatsby) "Whenever you feel like criticizing any one," he told me, "just remember that all the people in this world haven't had the advantages that you've had."
nick most likely comes from a wealthy background
what is most closely the meaning of report as it is used in the passage below (owl creek) "They will not do that again," he thought; "the next time they will use a charge of grape. I must keep my eye upon the gun; the smoke will apprise me—the report arrives too late; it lags behind the missile. That is a good gun."
noun - a loud noise, like an explosion
Which meaning of veneer most closely matches its meaning in the following passage (colored me)? I dance wildly inside myself; I yell within, I whoop; I shake my assegai above my head, I hurl it true to the mark yeeeeooww! I am in the jungle and living in the jungle way. My face is painted red and yellow and my body is painted blue. My pulse is throbbing like a war drum. I want to slaughter something-give pain, give death to what, I do not know. But the pie ends. The men of the orchestra wipe their lips and rest their fingers. I creep back slowly to the veneer we call civilization with the last tone and fine the white friend sitting motionless in his seat, smoking calmly. "Good music they have here," he remarks, drumming the table with his fingertips.
noun - a superficial or deceptively attractive appearance, display, or effect
to what does the word stripes most closely refer in the following passage from the speech? (what to the slave) The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that has brought light and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me.
noun - marks indicating a prisoner's uniform
the following passage adds to the development of the story mainly by (owl creek) Death is a dignitary who when he comes announced is to be received with formal manifestations of respect, even by those most familiar with him.
pointing out the solemnity and seriousness of a military execution
what inference is best supported by lines 2-3 of the poem? (speaks of rivers) I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.
rivers have been around since the beginning of time
what happens to the usher siblings by the end of the story?
roderick accidentally buries madeline alive, and the shock of it kills them both
how does the author mainly show her closeness with cudjo? (barracoon)
she calls cudjo by his birth name, kossula
what can the reader infer from the following passage about the conversation between passini and manera? (farewell to arms) "There is a class that controls a country that is stupid and does not realize anything and never can. That is why we have this war." "Also they make money out of it." "Most of them don't," said Passini. "They are too stupid. They do it for nothing. For stupidity." "We must shut up," said Manera. "We talk too much even for the Tenente." "He likes it," said Passini. "We will convert him." "But now we will shut up," Manera said.
the conversation ended because manera thought it best to remain quiet, most likely because he did not want tenente to overhear their plans
farquhar was most likely captured as a result of (owl creek)
the disguised scout who visited him and learned his plans
what inference is most strongly supported by the following passage (wild young people) For some months past the pages of our more conservative magazines have been crowded with pessimistic descriptions of the younger generation, as seen by their elders and, no doubt, their betters. Hardly a week goes by that I do not read some indignant treatise depicting our extravagance, the corruption of our manners, the futility of our existence, poured out in stiff, scared, shocked sentences before a sympathetic and horrified audience of fathers, mothers, and maiden aunts—but particularly maiden aunts.
the elders believed they were superior to the younger generation
what does the following passage reveal about the fate of the families whose sons were killed? (farewell to arms) "One of those shot by the carabinieri is from my town," Passini said. "He was a big smart tall boy to be in the granatieri. Always in Rome. Always with the girls. Always with the carabinieri." He laughed. "Now they have a guard outside his house with a bayonet and nobody can come to see his mother and father and sisters and his father loses his civil rights and cannot even vote. They are all without law to protect them. Anybody can take their property."
the fathers of the soldiers who were killed were stripped of all of their rights, and their homes were put under constant surveillance
what inference is best supported by the passage below? (song for myself) If hue Of skin Trademark A sin, Blame not The make For God's Mistake.
the narrator believes that if people are angry about the color of someone's skin, they should be angry at god for making them that way
how does the narrator describe nature, especially the cold? (to build a fire)
the narrator describes the cold as a pervasive, almost personified force
which sentence best summarizes the following passage? (my true south) There are moments that would break me if they could, moments when I am all too aware of how we have been robbed of opportunities to create intergenerational wealth, when our schools fail us, when we are shuttled into the service sector, when we scrabble for demeaning job after demeaning job. Days when I see one of my cousins, struggling with addiction and untreated mental illness, walking the streets shirtless and shoeless, drowning in his life, and my heart breaks. It is on days like this when a white person will interview me and ask me how to make black people want more for themselves, and I've had enough.
the narrator feels deeply frustrated by the historical injustices that continue to oppress black americans
what is a central theme of what to the slave is the fourth of july?
the speaker believes the fourth of july offers nothing to slaves, and wants america to wake up to her conscience
what is most likely the speaker's intent by including the following? (what to the slave) And let me warn you that it is dangerous to copy the example of a nation whose crimes, towering up to heaven, were thrown down by the breath of the Almighty, burying that nation in irrevocable ruin! I can to-day take up the plaintive lament of a peeled and woe-smitten people!" By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yea! We wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there, they that carried us away captive, required of us a song; and they who wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. How can we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth."
the speaker cautions america not to become like babylon, a slave nation that fell into ruins
what inference is best supported by stanza 3, lines 1-2 of the text? (old cabin) Talk about yo' go'geous mansions An' yo' big house great an' gran'
the speaker is ironic as he describe his cabin, but his feelings toward their home are positive because it is filled with family and friends
The following passage mainly shows that (awkward conversation) I was annoyed the first time an African American man called me "sister." It was in a Brooklyn store, and I had recently arrived from Nigeria, a country where, thanks to the mosquitoes that kept British colonizers from settling, my skin color did not determine my identity, did not limit my dreams or my confidence. And so, although I grew up reading books about the baffling places where black people were treated badly for being black, race remained an exotic abstraction: It was Kunta Kinte.
the writer experienced little racial prejudice before she moved to America
the following passage mainly shows that (wild young people) A friend of mine has an uncle who, in his youth, was a wild, fast, extravagant young blood. His clothes were the amazement of even his fastest friends. He drank, he swore, he gambled, bringing his misdeeds to a climax by eloping with an heiress, a beautiful Philadelphian seraph, fascinated by this glittering Lucifer. Her family disowned her, and they fled to a distant and wild country. He was, in effect, a brilliant, worthless, attractive, and romantic person. Now he is the sedate deacon of a Boston Presbyterian church, very strong on morality in every shape, a terror to the young, with an impeccable business career, and a very dull family circle. Mrs. Gerould must know of similar cases; so why multiply instances? Just think how moral and unentertaining our generation will be when we have emerged from the 'roaring forties'!—and rejoice.
there's no reason to panic because the younger generation will probably lose their wildness as they age
what is most likely the poet's reason for using words like "kind" and "civility" to describe death? (stop for death)
to establish an atmosphere of cold, formal reserve that embodies death
what is most likely the author's purpose when he states: (old cabin) An' hit hu'ts me w'en I membahs Dat I'll nevah see no mo' Dem faces gethered smilin' Roun' dat po' ol' cabin do'.
to suggest that while some survived slavery, many people were either killed or separated from their family and friends
which meaning of gutter most closely matches its meaning in the following passage? (as i lay dying) Her face is wasted away so that the bones draw just under the skin in white lines. Her eyes are like two candles when you watch them gutterdown into the sockets of iron candle-sticks. But the eternal and the everlasting salvation and grace is not upon her.
verb - to flicker as if to go out
which of these statements best describes the historic racial power structure of mississippi? (my true south)
whites built their wealth by oppressing other groups of people
which inference about the last paragraph in the text is best supported by the passage below? (flowering judas) The tolling of the midnight bell is a signal, but what does it mean? Get up, Laura, and follow me: come out of your sleep, out of your bed, out of this strange house. What are you doing in this house? Without a word, without fear she rose and reached for Eugenio's hand, but he eluded her with a sharp, sly smile and drifted away. This is not all, you shall see—Murderer, he said, follow me, I will show you a new country, but it is far away and we must hurry. No, said Laura, not unless you take my hand, no; and she clung first to the stair rail, and then to the topmost branch of the Judas tree that bent down slowly and set her upon the earth, and then to the rocky ledge of a cliff, and then to the jagged wave of a sea that was not water but a desert of crumbling stone. Where are you taking me, she asked in wonder but without fear. To death, and it is a long way off, and we must hurry, said Eugenio. No, said Laura, not unless you take my hand. Then eat these flowers, poor prisoner, said Eugenio in a voice of pity, take and eat: and from the Judas tree he stripped the warm bleeding flowers, and held them to her lips. She saw that his hand was fleshless, a cluster of small white petrified branches, and his eye sockets were without light, but she ate the flowers greedily for they satisfied both hunger and thirst. Murderer! said Eugenio, and Cannibal! This is my body and my blood. Laura cried No! and at the sound of her own voice, she awoke trembling, and was afraid to sleep again.
laura feels responsible for eugenio's death
wha statements most closely reflects a central idea from chapter 1? (gatsby)
nick is more judgmental than he intends to be, despite trying to be tolerant
how does the narrators pov develop the short story's tone? (to build a fire)
omniscent, 3rd person, helps the tone be distanced and judgmental as it weighs the dog's thoughts against the man's
the narrator's views on the future of mississippi can best be characterized as (my true south)
optimistic
what tense and point of view is owl creek bridge told in?
past; third person
what tense and point of view is song of myself written in?
present; first person
what tense and point of view is house of usher told in?
present; first-person
what tense and point of view is flowering judas told in?
present; third person
what sentence from the text best explains laura's feelings about braggioni's guitar playing and singing? (flowering judas)
"braggioni curves his swollen fingers around the throat of the guitar and softly smothers the music out of it." (the language in this sentence reflects laura's disgust toward the ugly nature of braggioni's singing and guitar playing)
Which of the following best describes the difference between men and women, according to the text? (watching god)
Men are passive toward their dreams, whereas women work to make their dreams real
What does the following passage most closely suggest about Janie? (watching god) Seeing the woman as she was made them remember the envy they had stored up from other times. So they chewed up the back parts of their minds and swallowed with relish. They made burning statements with questions, and killing tools out of laughs. It was mass cruelty. A mood come alive, Words walking without masters; walking altogether like harmony in a song."What she doin coming back here in dem overhalls? Can't she find no dress to put on? -- Where's dat blue satin dress she left here in? -- Where all dat money her husband took and died and left her? -- What dat ole forty year ole 'oman doin' wid her hair swingin' down her back lak some young gal? Where she left dat young lad of a boy she went off here wid? -- Thought she was going to marry? -- Where he left her? -- What he done wid all her money? -- Betcha he off wid some gal so young she ain't even got no hairs -- why she don't stay in her class?"
Janie does not do what society expects
What does the following passage from the text mainly reveal about the narrator (colored me)? The position of my white neighbor is much more difficult. No brown specter pulls up a chair beside me when I sit down to eat. No dark ghost thrusts its leg against mine in bed. The game of keeping what one has is never so exciting as the game of getting.
She believes white people are haunted by the past
Which of these statements about "Diminishers" is most strongly supported by the following passage (awkward conversation)? "That kid's mother is so ignorant," one friend said. "Ignorant" suggested that an affluent, educated American living in a Philadelphia suburb in 1999 did not realize that black people are human beings. "It was just a kid being a kid. It wasn't racist," another said. "Racist" suggested it was no big deal, since neither the child nor his mother had burned a cross in my yard. I called the first friend a Diminisher and the second a Denier and came to discover that both represented how mainstream America talks about blackness. Diminishers have a subtle intellectual superiority and depend on the word "ignorant." They believe that black people still encounter unpleasantness related to blackness but in benign forms and from unhappy people or crazy people or people with good intentions that are bungled in execution. Diminishers think that people can be "ignorant" but not "racist" because these people have black friends, supported the civil rights movements or had abolitionist forebears.
They wrongly see racist incidents as almost never being about race
what is most closely the meaning of the word slight as it appears in the passage below? (my true south) This can be that place. The aggression is sometimes slight and interpersonal, as simple as me walking through a department store with my children, an obvious shopper, when an older white woman with perfectly coiffed hair and small hands walks up to ask me if a shirt or a pair of shoes is on sale.
adjective - small in degree, inconsiderable
which of the following statements best explains the attitude of the speaker? (song of myself)
all times and persons are part of one harmonious continuum
what inference is best supported by this speech? (what to the slave)
america has no right to criticize other nations for their violence against humanity
what is the central theme of because i could not stop for death?
as she rides along with death, the narrator is able to focus on life as it passes by
what is most closely the central idea of the passage below? (flowering judas) Braggioni enters his own house where for a month his wife has spent many hours every night weeping and tangling her hair upon her pillow. She is weeping now, and she weeps more at the sight of him, the cause of all her sorrows. He looks about the room. Nothing is changed, the smells are good and familiar, he is well acquainted with the woman who comes toward him with no reproach except grief on her face. He says to her tenderly: "You are so good, please don't cry anymore, you dear good creature." She says, "Are you tired, my angel? Sit here and I will wash your feet." She brings a bowl of water, and kneeling, unlaces his shoes, and when from her knees she raises her sad eyes under her blackened lids, he is sorry for everything, and bursts into tears. "Ah, yes, I am hungry, I am tired, let us eat something together," he says, between sobs. His wife leans her head on his arm and says, "Forgive me!" and this time he is refreshed by the solemn, endless rain of her tears.
braggioni's wife is extremely devoted to him and will go to great lengths to express this
what inferences about cora is best supported by the text? (as i lay dying)
cora is very religious and uses her moral superiority to judge others
how does this passage add to the development of the house of usher: The radiance was that of the full, setting, and blood-red moon which now shone vividly through that once barely-discernible fissure of which I have before spoken as extending from the roof of the building, in a zigzag direction, to the base. While I gazed, this fissure rapidly widened—there came a fierce breath of the whirlwind—the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight—my brain reeled as I saw the mighty walls rushing asunder—there was a long tumultuous shouting sound like the voice of a thousand waters—and the deep and dank tarn at my feet closed sullenly and silently over the fragments of the "House of Usher."
creating a parallel between the end of the usher family line and the house's destruction
what inference about darl is best supported by the passage below? (as i lay dying) When I reach the top he has quit sawing. Standing in a litter of chips, he is fitting two of the boards together. Between the shadow spaces they are yellow as gold, like soft gold, bearing on their flanks in smooth undulations the marks of the adze blade: a good carpenter, Cash is. He holds the two planks on the trestle, fitted along the edges in a quarter of the finished box. He kneels and squints along the edge of them, then he lowers them and takes up the adze. A good carpenter. Addie Bundren could not want a better one, a better box to lie in. It will give her confidence and comfort. I go on to the house, followed by theChuck. Chuck. Chuck.of the adze.
darl is practical in his thinking, but also thoughtful towards others
what lines from the poem best explains the narrator's opinion of prophets? (song for myself)
divide / the earth / by class / and birth (reflects the opinion that prophets are not great teachers but instead separate people from one another)
how does the meter of the poem most likely contribute to its meaning? (song of myself)
each line is as long as a breath, calling the reader's attention to their body and establishing a meditative mood
what meaning of transpire most closely matches the meaning in the following excerpt? (song of myself) Tenderly will I use you curling grass, It may be you transpire from the breasts of young men, It may be if I had known them I would have loved them, It may be you are from old people, or from offspring taken soon out of their mothers' laps, And here you are the mothers' laps.
emerge
what inferences is best supported by the passage below (owl creek) Peyton Farquhar was dead; his body, with a broken neck, swung gently from side to side beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek bridge
farquhar's escape was a figment of his imagination
the speaker's descriptions of the various ancient rivers could best be described as (speaks of rivers)
figurative
how do the following lines most likely add to the development of gatsby's character He smiled understandingly—much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life. It faced—or seemed to face—the whole external world for an instant, and then concentrated on you with an irresistible prejudice in your favor. It understood you just so far as you wanted to be understood, believed in you as you would like to believe in yourself, and assured you that it had precisely the impression of you that, at your best, you hoped to convey.
gatsby is charismatic and mysterious, which draws nick and many others to him
what is most closely the central idea/theme of this passage? (song of myself) A child said What is the grass? fetching it to me with full hands;How could I answer the child? I do not know what it is any more than he. I guess it must be the flag of my disposition, out of hopeful green stuff woven. Or I guess it is the handkerchief of the Lord,A scented gift and remembrancer designedly dropt,Bearing the owner's name someway in the corners, that we may see and remark, and say Whose? Or I guess the grass is itself a child, the produced babe of the vegetation. Or I guess it is a uniform hieroglyphic,And it means, Sprouting alike in broad zones and narrow zones,Growing among black folks as among white,Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same, I receive them the same. And now it seems to me the beautiful uncut hair of graves.
grass is an example of how even the most common things closely examined reveal mysterious significance
which of these inferences about the narrator is best supported by the following section of the poem? (song of myself) I resist anything better than my own diversity Breathe the air but leave plenty after me, And am not stuck up, and am in my place. (The moth and the fish-eggs are in their place, The bright suns I see and the dark suns I cannot see are in their place, The palpable is in its place and the impalpable is in its place.)
he does not consider himself superior or different to any other person
what is most likely the speaker's reason for a series of questions? (what to the slave) Would you have me argue that man is entitled to liberty? That he is the rightful owner of his own body? You have already declared it. Must I argue the wrongfulness of slavery? Is that a question for Republicans? Is it to be settled by the rules of logic and argumentation, as a matter beset with great difficulty, involving a doubtful application of the principle of justice, hard to be understood? How should I look to-day, in the presence of Americans, dividing, and subdividing a discourse, to show that men have a natural right to freedom? Speaking of it relatively and positively, negatively and affirmatively. To do so, would be to make myself ridiculous, and to offer an insult to your understanding. There is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven that does not know that slavery is wrong for him.
he insists that arguing the wrongfulness of slavery ridicules the person arguing and insults the listener
what do the following lines mainly reveal about the poet? (song of myself) My tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air, Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same, I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin, Hoping to cease not till death.
he is a fourth-generation native of his birthplace
what was the narrator's feelings when he first encounters madeline?(house of usher)
he is overcome with dread even though he does not understand why
what about roderick usher is best supported by the short story?
he suffers from nerves and an unstable mental state more than any physical ailment
what inference about Gatsby is best supported by the text?
his wealthy air and charming manners seems to be a well-crafted persona or act
what is most closely the central idea of the passage below (barracoon) "My father's father, you unnerstand me, he a officer of de king. He don't live in de compound wid us. Wherever de king go, he go, you unnerstand me. De king give him plenty land, and got plenty cows and goats and sheep. Now, dass right. Maybe after while he be a little chief, I doan know. But he die when I was a lil boy. Whut he gointer be later on, dat doan reachee me. "My grandpa, he a great man. I tellee how he go. "I was afraid that Cudjo might go off on a tangent, so I cut in with, "But Kossula, I want to hear about you and how you lived in Africa."
hurston is trying to stay in control of cudjo's story
the following passage mainly shows that (barracoon) "But didn't you have a God back in Africa?" I asked him. His head dropped between his hands and the tears sprung fresh. Seeing the anguish in his face, I regretted that I had come to worry this captive in a strange land. He read my face and said "Excusee me I cry. I can't help it when I hear de name call. Oh, Lor'. I no see Afficky soil no mo'!"
hurston's mentioning of africa makes cudjo very emotional
how does the use of vernacular help the author better convey cudjo's story? (barracoon)
hurston's use of vernacular allows the reader to better imagine cudjo's life and experience, making the reader more invested in what he has to say
the following passage mainly adds to the development of the text by (as i lay dying) [Cora:]... So I baked yesterday, more careful than ever I baked in my life, and the cakes turned out right well. But when we got to town this morning Miss Lawington told me the lady had changed her mind and was not going to have the party after all. "She ought to taken those cakes anyway," Kate says. "Well," I say, "I reckon she never had no use for them now." "She ought to taken them," Kate says. "But those rich town ladies can change their minds. Poor folks cant."
indicating that the main characters in the excerpt are not wealthy
what inference about the narrator is best supported by the following passage? (my true south) "When I crossed the Louisiana-Texas state line, I exhaled. And I exhaled again when I crossed the Mississippi state line over the swampy expanse of Pearl River. When I turned right on Kiln DeLisle Road, driving past my grandmother's house, my grandaunt's house, my uncles' houses and my sister's house, where my uncles were fixing the roof on the pump shed and my aunt waved from her porch, another exhalation."
she gets progressively more comfortable as she approaches her childhood home.
the mention of laura's catholicism adds to the development of her character mainly by (flowering judas)
showing that, despite what braggioni feels about religion, laura is determined to practice her faith
what is the tone of house of usher?
suspenseful
how mainly does the author establish a musical tone in his poem? (song for myself)
the author uses two syllables in every line, a regular rhyme scheme, and short stanzas
what do the following lines most likely reveal about the narrator's final destination? (stop for death) We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground - The Roof was scarcely visible - The Cornice - in the Ground -
the grave is very much like a kind of house
what statement is best supported by the passage below (wild young people) Now my generation is disillusionized, and, I think, to a certain extent, brutalized, by the cataclysm which their complacent folly engendered. The acceleration of life for us has been so great that into the last few years have been crowded the experiences and the ideas of a normal lifetime. We have in our unregenerate youth learned the practicality and the cynicism that is safe only in unregenerate old age. We have been forced to become realists overnight, instead of idealists, as was our birthright.
the previous generation's mistake caused the writer's generation to become realists
what is most likely the speaker's reason for listing all of the jobs and professions held by black people? (what to the slave)
the speaker proves the argument that black people are intelligent human beings
what inference is best supported by the following paragraph? (what to the slave) But such is not the state of the case. I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine.
the speaker says his people have no reason to celebrate the fourth of july
what statement about the efforts of the previous generation is best supported by the text? (wild young people)
they were desperately trying to fix what they saw as a failing generation
what statement about the characteristics of the older generation is best supported by the text? (wild young people)
they were not as principled when they were young as they now claim to have been
What is most likely the author's purpose for including the following passage (wild young people) In one way or another, often unconsciously, the great burden put upon us is being borne, and borne gallantly, by that immodest, unchivalrous set of ne'er-do-wells, so delightfully portrayed by Mr. Grundy and the amazing young Fitzgerald. A keen interest in political and social problems, and a determination to face the facts of life, ugly or beautiful, characterizes us, as it certainly did not characterize our fathers.
to emphasize the fact that the writer's generation is, in fact, more content and determined than the older generation
what is most likely the author's intent by having Nick tell the reader that he is "inclined to reserve all judgments"?
to make the reader feel that he is a credible narrator
What is most closely the meaning of the word manifests as it appears in the passage below? (awkward conversation) Deniers use "racist" as one would use "dinosaur," to refer to a phenomenon that no longer exists. Although the way that blackness manifests itself in America has changed since 1965, the way that it is talked about has not. I have a great and complicated affection for this country — America is like my distant uncle who does not always remember my name but occasionally gives me pocket money — and what I admire most is its ability to create enduring myths.
verb - to show or present a quality or feeling
