Ch.4 Unit Test

Which best describes the style of The Little Foxes? realistic stylized participatory experimental

realistic

Which is the best evidence for a claim supporting mandatory school uniforms? A recent study concluded school uniforms improve graduation and attendance rates. School uniforms violate a student's right to freedom of expression. School uniforms might possibly diminish social barriers between students. School uniforms can be a financial burden for some families.

A recent study concluded school uniforms improve graduation and attendance rates.

Read the excerpt from "Rhapsody on a Windy Night." The lamp hummed: "Regard the moon, La lune ne garde aucune rancune, She winks a feeble eye, She smiles into corners. She smoothes the hair of the grass. The moon has lost her memory. The French line "La lune ne garde aucune rancune" translates to "The moon never holds a grudge." Which best describes the meaning of this line? The narrator has met people he wants to forget. Each night is new; previous events do not matter. The narrator has met people he wants to remember. Each night is the same, repeating events.

Each night is new; previous events do not matter.

Read the excerpt from The Inheritors. EMIL: Guess you don't know much about the Espionage Act or you'd go and make a little friendly call on your uncle. When your case comes to trial—and Judge Lenon may be on the bench—(whistles) He's one fiend for Americanism. What best describes the effect of the word fiend in this excerpt? It establishes the time period in which the story occurred by using language that is not typically used in today's society. It develops the conflict by establishing the fact that Judge Lenon is unforgiving when he feels that someone has been unpatriotic. It enhances the theme of the story by suggesting that it is nearly impossible to receive a fair trial during this time period. It characterizes Judge Lenon as a corrupt judge who cares more about patriotism than he cares about justice.

It characterizes Judge Lenon as a corrupt judge who cares more about patriotism than he cares about justice.

Read the following scene from The Inheritors. FRED JORDAN'S cell. Slowly, at the end left unchalked, as for a door, she goes in. Her hand goes up as against a wall; looks at her other hand, sees it is out too far, brings it in, giving herself the width of the cell. Walks its length, halts, looks up.) And one window—too high up to see out. (In the moment she stands there, she is in that cell; she is all the people who are in those cells. EMIL JOHNSON [who works at the courthouse], appears from outside.) MADELINE: (stepping out of the cell door, and around it) Hello, Emil. EMIL: How are you, Madeline? How do, Mr Morton. (IRA barely nods and does not turn. . . . EMIL turns back to MADELINE) Well, I'm just from the courthouse. Looks like you and I might take a ride together, Madeline. You come before the Commissioner at four. A possible disadvantage to watching this scene, as opposed to reading it silently, is that viewers are unable to infer the characters' emotions for themselves. unable to interpret the stage directions for themselves . forced to imagine the appearance of the characters. forced to visualize the props used within the scene.

unable to infer the characters' emotions for themselves.

Which best describes the speaker of "Rhapsody on a Windy Night"? the moon watching from above a street lamp that can talk the woman observing from a doorway a person wandering in the street

a person wandering in the street

Read the excerpt from Section 2 of the Espionage Act, which was enacted by the Congress of the United States on June 15, 1917. Section 2 Whoever, with intent or reason to believe that it is to be used to the injury or the United States or to the advantage of a foreign nation, communicated, delivers, or transmits, or attempts to, or aids, or induces another to, communicate, deliver or transmit, to any foreign government, or to any faction or party or military or naval force within a foreign country, whether recognized or unrecognized by the United States, or to any representative, officer, agent, employee, subject, or citizen thereof, either directly or indirectly and document, writing, code book, signal book, sketch, photograph, photographic negative, blue print, plan, map, model, note, instrument, appliance, or information relating to the national defence, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than twenty years. How does this excerpt relate to the plot of the The Inheritors? It creates a shift in the mood, which was initially lighthearted, to one that is somber and tense. It characterizes Emil, who is the first to mention the act, as one who exaggerates and worries unnecessarily. It establishes the setting by referring to acts of espionage that were only committed during certain periods in history. It strengthens the conflict by revealing the severity of the punishments that one convicted of spying will face.

It strengthens the conflict by revealing the severity of the punishments that one convicted of spying will face.

In Glaspell's The Inheritors, which quotation most supports the feminist theme that women often feel a desire to control their own fate? MADELINE: He got this letter out to me—written on this scrap of paper. . . . He's in what they call 'the hold', father—a punishment cell. MADELINE: I do like good times. So does Fred Jordan like good times. MADELINE: I do know what it means, but it means not being a coward. MADELINE: I think I'm an American. And for that reason I think I have something to say about America.

MADELINE: He got this letter out to me—written on this scrap of paper. . . . He's in what they call 'the hold', father—a punishment cell.

Read the excerpt from "Rhapsody on a Windy Night." Twelve o'clock. Along the reaches of the street Held in a lunar synthesis, Whispering lunar incantations Dissolve the floors of memory And all its clear relations, Its divisions and precisions, Every street lamp that I pass Beats like a fatalistic drum, And through the spaces of the dark Midnight shakes the memory As a madman shakes a dead geranium. Which phrase from the excerpt best indicates that the narrator is lost in thought? Along the reaches of the street Held in a lunar synthesis Midnight shakes the memory Every street lamp that I pass

Midnight shakes the memory

What is one advantage of silently reading a play as opposed to listening to an audio recording? Readers can hear which words characters emphasize as they speak. Readers can grasp the setting of the play based on sound effects. Readers can observe lighting, staging, and stage directions. Readers can imagine the sound and tone of each character's voice.

Readers can imagine the sound and tone of each character's voice.

Read the following scene from The Little Foxes. BEN. (very jovial) I suppose I have been. And why not? Horace has done Hubbard Sons many a good turn. Why shouldn't I be anxious to help him now? REGINA. (laughs) Help him! Help him when you need him, that's what you mean. BEN. What a woman you married, Horace. (Laughs awkwardly when HORACE does not answer) Well, then I'll make it quick. You know what I've been telling you for years. How I've always said that every one of us little Southern businessmen had great things—(Extends his arm)—right beyond our finger tips. It's been my dream: my dream to make those fingers grow longer: I'm a lucky man, Horace, a lucky man. To dream and to live to get what you've dreamed of. That's my idea of a lucky man. (Looks at his fingers as his arm drops slowly) For thirty years I've cried bring the cotton mills to the cotton. (HORACE opens medicine bottle). Well, finally I got up nerve to go to Marshall Company in Chicago. What would be similar about a stage and a film interpretation of this scene? Viewers would have to infer the emotions and motivations of Ben and Regina. Viewers would have to envision the physical descriptions of Ben and Regina. Viewers would have to imagine the few props being used by Ben and Regina. Viewers would have to visualize the actions and movements of Ben and Regina.

Viewers would have to infer the emotions and motivations of Ben and Regina.

Read the following scene from The Chaste Adventures of Joseph: A Comedy. THE LADY. Such a lovely house, Madam Potiphar!—But what is this quiet room? Your husband's study? MADAM POTIPHAR. (coming in) Oh, this is nothing—merely the room of one of the slaves. Come, dear Cousin Asenath, and I will show you the garden. The pomegranates are just beginning to blossom. ASENATH. The room of a slave? Indeed! He seems to be an educated person! How would a stage interpretation differ from an audio production of this scene? Viewers would have to imagine the different sound effects associated with this scene. Viewers would not have to infer the emotions or motivations of the characters associated with this scene. Viewers would have to interpret the various stage directions associated with this scene. Viewers would not have to visualize the setting or the background associated with this scene.

Viewers would not have to visualize the setting or the background associated with this scene.

In The Chaste Adventures of Joseph: A Comedy, the garden outside the Potiphar's home symbolizes growth and natural beauty, and it highlights the tense and rigid atmosphere inside the Potiphar's home. carefree and playful atmosphere inside the Potiphar's home. rage that Mrs. Potiphar feels toward Asenath. Read the following scene from The Chaste Adventures of Joseph: A Comedy. THE LADY. Such a lovely house, Madam Potiphar!—But what is this quiet room? Your husband's study? MADAM POTIPHAR. (coming in) Oh, this is nothing—merely the room of one of the slaves. Come, dear Cousin Asenath, and I will show you the garden. The pomegranates are just beginning to blossom. ASENATH. The room of a slave? Indeed! He seems to be an educated person! How would a stage interpretation differ from an audio production of this scene? Viewers would have to imagine the different sound effects associated with this scene. Viewers would not have to infer the emotions or motivations of the characters associated with this scene. Viewers would have to interpret the various stage directions associated with this scene. Viewers would not have to visualize the setting or the background associated with this scene.warm and kind feelings that Asenath has for Joseph.

carefree and playful atmosphere inside the Potiphar's home.

Read the excerpt from The Little Foxes. REGINA. (to BEN) Horace would like to talk to you now. HORACE. Horace would not like to talk to you now. I am very tired, Regina— REGINA. (comes to him) Please. You've said we'll try our best with each other. I'll try. Really, I will. Please do this for me now. You will see what I've done while you've been away. How I watched your interests. (Laughs gaily) And I've done very well too. But things can't be delayed any longer. Everything must be settled this week— (HORACE sits down. BEN enters. OSCAR has stayed in the dining room, his head turned to watch them. LEO is pretending to read the newspaper) Now you must tell Horace all about it. Only be quick because he is very tired and must go to bed. (HORACE is looking up at her. His face hardens as she speaks) But I think your news will be better for him than all the medicine in the world. BEN. (looking at HORACE) It could wait. Horace may not feel like talking today. REGINA. What an old faker you are! You know it can't wait. You know it must be finished this week. You've been just as anxious for Horace to get here as I've been. What does this excerpt emphasize about the character of Regina? her dismissive attitude toward her husband her anger toward her husband about his past decisions her desire to be a traditional wife for her husband her innate belief that she is inferior to her husband

her dismissive attitude toward her husband

Read the excerpt from Midnight Assassin. As Glaspell struggled to understand and describe Margaret Hossack, her accounts alternated between those that portrayed Margaret Hossack as maternal and frail—anxious to see her family; tired and worn by the course of events—and those that depicted her as lacking in the typical emotional and feminine traits—not hysterical, but emotionless and dry-eyed; not weak, but determined and willful; not soft-featured, but square-jawed and hard. The excerpt supports the idea that the newspaper stories Glaspell wrote about Margaret Hossack were clear and well-researched. objective and emotionless. consistent and fact-based inconsistent and opinion-based.

inconsistent and opinion-based.

Read the excerpt from "Rhapsody on a Windy Night." I could see nothing behind that child's eye. I have seen eyes in the street Trying to peer through lighted shutters, And a crab one afternoon in a pool, An old crab with barnacles on his back, Gripped the end of a stick which I held him. The excerpt is an example of what type of narration? dramatic dialogue third-person, all knowing second person, limited stream of consciousness

stream of consciousness

Read the poem "Fog," by Carl Sandburg. The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on. What is the main difference between Sandburg's "Fog" and Frost's "Mending Wall"? "Fog" uses everyday language, while "Mending Wall" does not. "Fog" uses metaphor, while "Mending Wall" does not. "Mending Wall" is in a modern format, while "Fog" is not. "Mending Wall" is in free verse, while "Fog" is not.

"Fog" uses metaphor, while "Mending Wall" does not.

Read the poem "Roses," by George Eliot. You love the roses—so do I. I wish The sky would rain down roses, as they rain From off the shaken bush. Why will it not? Then all the valley would be pink and white And soft to tread on. They would fall as light As feathers, smelling sweet; and it would be Like sleeping and like waking, all at once! What is the main style difference between "Roses" and "Night"? "Roses" uses a more modern form. "Night" uses a rhyme scheme. "Night" uses trochaic pentameter. "Roses" uses iambic pentameter.

"Roses" uses iambic pentameter.

Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall." I see him there Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed. He moves in darkness as it seems to me, Not of woods only and the shade of trees. He will not go behind his father's saying, And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, "Good fences make good neighbours." Based on the excerpt, what does the speaker think of his neighbor? He is stubborn. He is interesting to talk to. He is a quick worker. He is disorganized.

He is stubborn.

Which piece of dialogue from The Chaste Adventures of Joseph: A Comedy most reveals Madam Potiphar's motives for wanting her husband to replace his secretary, Joseph? MADAM POTIPHAR. (coming in) Oh, this is nothing—merely the room of one of the slaves. MADAM POTIPHAR. (ironically) Send for Joseph? It would be useless. Joseph has affairs of his own on hand, always. MADAM POTIPHAR. Yes—"Joseph." An ugly, foreign-sounding name, don't you think? MADAM POTIPHAR. (looking amusedly after her) Silly little thing! (She stands there thinking.)There's no doubt of it! Joseph did come from Heliopolis last year.

MADAM POTIPHAR. (ironically) Send for Joseph? It would be useless. Joseph has affairs of his own on hand, always.

Read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: How is this excerpt an example of dramatic monologue? The narrator is using long, interconnected sentences. The narrator is able to see into two character's heads. The narrator is addressing the audience directly. The narrator is jumping from one topic to the next topic.

The narrator is addressing the audience directly.

There are many time references in "Rhapsody on a Windy Night," such as Twelve o'clock. Half-past one, Half-past three, The lamp said, "Four o'clock, What is the most likely explanation for these repeated references? The narrator can't sleep and checks his watch often. The narrator wants time to move more quickly. The narrator is taking a long, late-night walk. The narrator is in the midst of a dream.

The narrator is taking a long, late-night walk.

Which of the following most supports the fact that The Chaste Adventures of Joseph: A Comedy is written in an experimental style? The audience is actively and randomly involved in the play. The author uses language that is unusual for the time period. The setting and characters are presented in unusual ways. The actors read lines before an audience with no setting.

The setting and characters are presented in unusual ways.

Read the excerpt from The Little Foxes. REGINA (to BEN, triumphantly) Exactly. (To HORACE) So I did a little bargaining for you and convinced my brothers they weren't the only Hubbards who had a business sense. HORACE. Did you have to convince them of that? How little people know about each other! (Laughs) But you'll know better about Regina next time, eh, Ben? (BEN, REGINA, HORACE laugh together. OSCAR'S face is angry) Now let's see. We're getting a bigger share. (Looking at OSCAR) Who's getting less? Which of the following themes does this reinforce? Women are often pressured to conform to roles set by society. Women are commonly underestimated by those within society. Women suffer injustices and abuses in male- dominated societies. Women artists frequently face difficult paths when pursuing careers.

Women are commonly underestimated by those within society.

Read the excerpt from "Rhapsody on a Windy Night." Twelve o'clock. Along the reaches of the street Held in a lunar synthesis, Whispering lunar incantations Dissolve the floors of memory And all its clear relations, Its divisions and precisions, Every street-lamp that I pass Beats like a fatalistic drum, And through the spaces of the dark Midnight shakes the memory As a madman shakes a dead geranium. What does this excerpt from the poem describe? a thought-provoking walk at night a ring of street lights surrounding a park a lunar eclipse a party held at midnight

a lunar eclipse