ELA A - A NATION DIVIDING AND EXPANDING: CIVIL WAR, REGIONALISM, AND REALISM Unit Test Review
How does the passionate tone adopted by Satanta within the speech "My Heart Is Bursting" most help him achieve his purpose?
A. It strengthens his ability to persuade through emotions.
Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the Old World, travel through South America, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival. Which best describes the impact of the author's repetitive use of words that suggest similar ideas, such as "go," "search," and "roam"?
A. They urge readers to take definitive and far-reaching action.
Which best describes a strong research question?
A. a question that is open-ended
Which images in the poem "We Wear the Mask" best portray an ironic contrast?
A. grins and lies
Read "Once I Saw the Mountains Angry," by Stephen Crane. Once I saw mountains angry, And ranged in battle-front. Against them stood a little man; Aye, he was no bigger than my finger. I laughed, and spoke to one near me, "Will he prevail?" "Surely," replied this other;" His grandfathers beat them many times. "Then did I see much virtue in grandfathers— At least, for the little man Who stood against the mountains. Which best describes the theme of this poem?
B. People can find strength by understanding past generations.
Which best describes the relationship between "Ain't I a Woman?" and the women's suffrage movement?
B. The speech and the movement both advocate for equal rights.
Read the two excerpts from section 3 of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." Then all at once, with terrible suddenness, the light about him shot upward with the noise of a loud splash; a frightful roaring was in his ears, and all was cold and dark. The power of thought was restored; he knew that the rope had broken and he had fallen into the stream. *** As he is about to clasp her he feels a stunning blow upon the back of the neck; a blinding white light blazes all about him with a sound like the shock of a cannon—then all is darkness and silence! What does the motif of a loud sound represent in the story?
B. the passage between dreams and reality
Look at this MLA citation for a print source. Westbrook, Eva. Health and Exercise 102 (2012): 56-60. Print. What is missing from this citation?
B. the title of the article
Read the excerpt from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." He unclosed his eyes and saw again the water below him. "If I could free my hands," he thought, "I might throw off the noose and spring into the stream. By diving I could evade the bullets and, swimming vigorously, reach the bank, take to the woods and get away home. My home, thank God, is as yet outside their lines; my wife and little ones are still beyond the invader's farthest advance." Which best describes the impact of the narration in the excerpt?
C. It allows the reader to understand the thoughts of a man preparing for death.
Read the excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman? What is the primary purpose of the phrases "borne thirteen children" and "cried out with my mother's grief"?
C. to emphasize the pain and struggle that Truth has lived through
Read the quotation by Sojourner Truth. I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring, I will step into the pool. Which best describes the syntax in this quotation?
D. Truth uses complex syntax to express the idea she will participate in the fight for equality.
Miguel is researching the effects of pollution on the Pacific Ocean, and he has found several potential sources. Which is a scholarly source?
D. an academic journal about the marine environment
Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" There are seventy-two crimes in the State of Virginia which, if committed by a black man (no matter how ignorant he be), subject him to the punishment of death; while only two of the same crimes will subject a white man to the like punishment. What problem is Douglass referring to in this excerpt?
D. the unfair treatment of African Americans in the courts
Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. "What we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town! Then we'll all be in the same boat. Ain't that sensible?" ("You bet it is!—the jedge is right!" everybody sings out.) Twain is most likely using humor to make a statement about the impressionability of which of the following groups of people?
D. those who are considered common folk, represented by the townspeople
Read the excerpt from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." As he pushes open the gate and passes up the wide white walk, he sees a flutter of female garments; his wife, looking fresh and cool and sweet, steps down from the veranda to meet him. At the bottom of the steps she stands waiting, with a smile of ineffable joy, an attitude of matchless grace and dignity. Ah, how beautiful she is! He springs forward with extended arms. Which best describes the narration in the excerpt?
D. warm and romantic
