English 11 unit test

Which excerpt from Infinite Jest best illustrates an objective narrative voice? I believe I appear neutral, maybe even pleasant, though I've been coached to err on the side of neutrality. . . . 'You are Harold Incandenza, eighteen, date of secondary-school graduation approximately one month from now, attending the Enfield Tennis Academy. . . .' My silent response to the expectant silence begins to affect the air of the room, the bits of dust and sportcoat-lint stirred around by the AC's vents. . . . This is not working out. It strikes me that EXIT signs would look to a native speaker of Latin like red-lit signs that say HE LEAVES.

'You are Harold Incandenza, eighteen, date of secondary-school graduation approximately one month from now, attending the Enfield Tennis Academy. . . .'

Which statement best summarizes a central idea in The Namesake? Adults adapt more easily to cultural differences than children do. Children are unable to adapt to cultural differences. Children adapt more easily to cultural differences than adults do. Adults are unable to adapt to cultural differences.

Children adapt more easily to cultural differences than adults do.

Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.The bagel data also reflect how much personal mood seems to affect honesty. Weather, for instance, is a major factor. Unseasonably pleasant weather inspires people to pay at a higher rate. Unseasonably cold weather, meanwhile, makes people cheat prolifically; so do heavy rain and wind. Worst are the holidays. The week of Christmas produces a 2 percent drop in payment rates—again, a 15 percent increase in theft, an effect on the same magnitude, in reverse, as that of 9/11. Thanksgiving is nearly as bad; the week of Valentine's Day is also lousy, as is the week straddling April 15. There are, however, a few good holidays: the weeks that include the Fourth of July, Labor Day, and Columbus Day. The difference in the two sets of holidays? The low-cheating holidays represent little more than an extra day off from work. The high-cheating holidays are fraught with miscellaneous anxieties and the high expectations of loved ones.Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of this paragraph? Different emotional states affect people's honesty. Some holidays cause people to be less honest. Cold weather causes an increase in dishonesty. Holidays and cold weather may cause anxiety.

Different emotional states affect people's honesty.

Read the excerpt from part 1 of Zeitoun.The leaks began at about two or three. The first was in the corner of Nademah's bedroom. Zeitoun went down to the garage and retrieved a forty-gallon garbage can to catch the water. Another leak opened a few minutes later, this one in the upstairs hallway. Zeitoun found another garbage can. A window in the master bedroom broke just after three o'clock, as if a brick had been thrown through the glass. Zeitoun gathered the shards and stuffed the opening with a pillow. Another leak opened in Safiya and Aisha's room. He found another, bigger garbage can.What conclusion can readers draw about this character vs.nature conflict? Zeitoun heeds forecasts of the storm's strength and purchases extra supplies. Zeitoun heeds forecasts of the storm's strength and enlists help from friends. Faced with the storm's brutality, Zeitoun is ill-prepared to save his home. Faced with the storm's brutality, Zeitoun is resourceful and determined.

Faced with the storm's brutality, Zeitoun is resourceful and determined.

Read the excerpts from The Namesake.Excerpt 1: He is afraid to be Nikhil, someone he doesn't know. Who doesn't know him. His parents tell him that they each have two names, too, as do all their Bengali friends in America, and all their relatives in Calcutta. It's a part of growing up, they tell him, part of being a Bengali.Excerpt 2: It is nothing like the schooling Gogol's parents have known, fountain pens and polished black shoes and notebooks and good names and sir or madam at a tender age. Here the only official ritual is pledging allegiance first thing in the morning to the American flag.Which statement best tells how the conflict in the first excerpt is similar to the conflict in the second excerpt? Gogol's experience of growing up in an American culture conflicts with his parents' experience of growing up in India. Gogol's desire to have two names like his parents conflicts with his parents' desire for him to adopt American customs. Gogol's fear of attending American school conflicts with his parents' excitement about the new experiences he will have. Gogol's wish to return to India where his relatives live conflicts with his parents' wishes to start a new life in America.

Gogol's experience of growing up in an American culture conflicts with his parents' experience of growing up in India.

Read the excerpt from Neil deGrasse Tyson's "Death by Black Hole."That's the gory moment when your body snaps into two segments, breaking apart at your midsection. Upon falling further, the difference in gravity continues to grow, and each of your two body segments snaps into two segments. Shortly thereafter, those segments each snap into two segments of their own, and so forth, and so forth, bifurcating your body into an ever-increasing number of parts: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, etc. After you've been ripped into shreds of organic molecules, the molecules themselves begin to feel the continually growing tidal forces. Eventually, they too snap apart, creating a stream of their constituent atoms. And then, of course, the atoms themselves snap apart, leaving an unrecognizable parade of particles that, minutes earlier, had been you.Which statement best describes how the author conveys the message that humans are no match for the power of a black hole? He explains scientific theories to the reader and provides the definitions for difficult terms and words. He uses logic and reason to lay out each individual step of human combustion as it is absorbed by the tidal force. He provides helpful comparisons of black holes with other cosmic phenomena that the reader may already know. He personalizes the experience for the reader and uses vivid imagery to create a clear mental picture.

He personalizes the experience for the reader and uses vivid imagery to create a clear mental picture.

Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.She said, "Ron is a great person," which was an answer to a question I didn't ask. So I asked again. "True or false: you are in love with Ron." She put her hand with the ring on it in her hair and said, "Oskar, Ron is my friend."Which of these statements best describes the ambiguity in this excerpt? It is unclear whether Oskar's mom is bothered by his questions. It is unclear whether the conversation is one they have had before. It is unclear whether or not Oskar's mom enjoys Ron's company. It is unclear whether the ring is from Ron or from Oskar's dad.

It is unclear whether the ring is from Ron or from Oskar's dad.

Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.I stood on all of that and it worked for a second. But then I had the tips of my fingers on the vase, and the tragedies started to wobble, and the tuxedo was incredibly distracting, and the next thing was that everything was on the floor, including me, and including the vase, which had shattered. "I didn't do it!" I hollered, but they didn't even hear me, because they were playing music too loud and cracking up too much.How does the narration shape Oskar's characterization in this excerpt? It shows his youth and inexperience. It suggests his flair for the dramatic. It indicates he is reckless and rowdy. It hints at his pent-up anger and hostility.

It shows his youth and inexperience.

Which of the following excerpts from Fast Food Nation best provides evidence that fast food restaurants are designed for using unskilled labor? Her family's modest townhouse sits beside a busy highway on the south side of Colorado Springs, in a largely poor and working-class neighborhood. The ovens at Pizza Hut and at Domino's also use conveyer belts to ensure standardized cooking times. The restaurant opens for business at seven o'clock, and for the next hour or so, Elisa and the manager hold down the fort, handling all the orders. Throughput is all about increasing the speed of assembly, about doing things faster in order to make more.

The ovens at Pizza Hut and at Domino's also use conveyer belts to ensure standardized cooking times.

Read the excerpt from Infinite Jest.'You are Harold Incandenza, eighteen, date of secondary-school graduation approximately one month from now, attending the Enfield Tennis Academy, Enfield, Massachusetts, a boarding school, where you reside.' His reading glasses are rectangular, court-shaped, the sidelines at top and bottom. 'You are, according to Coach White and Dean [unintelligible], a regionally, nationally, and continentally ranked junior tennis player, a potential O.N.A.N.C.A.A. athlete of substantial promise, recruited by Coach White via correspondence with Dr. Tavis here commencing . . . February of this year.' The top page is removed and brought around neatly to the bottom of the sheaf, at intervals. 'You have been in residence at the Enfield Tennis Academy since age seven.'Based on this excerpt, which of the following statements is implicit? The university interview process is quite lengthy. Harold is an eighteen-year-old student. Harold is an accomplished tennis player. The Enfield Tennis Academy is located in Massachusetts.

The university interview process is quite lengthy.

Read the excerpt from David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest.I am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies. My posture is consciously congruent to the shape of my hard chair. This is a cold room in University Administration, wood-walled, Remington-hung, double-windowed against the November heat, insulated from Administrative sounds by the reception area outside, at which Uncle Charles, Mr. deLint and I were lately received.What is the setting in this excerpt? at a university office at a dorm room at the tennis courts at Uncle Charles's home

at a university office

Read the excerpt from part 4 of Zeitoun.Zeitoun had long feared this day would come. Each of the few times he had been pulled over for a traffic violation, he knew the possibility existed that he would be harassed, misunderstood, suspected of shadowy dealings that might bloom in the imagination of any given police officer.What is happening in the excerpt? Zeitoun is regretful about his driving record. Zeitoun is confronting the reality of racism. Zeitoun is recalling the carelessness of military police. Zeitoun is facing criminal charges he has long avoided.

Zeitoun is confronting the reality of racism.

Which visual aid would best enhance a speech about the popularity of sports around the world? a photograph of an exciting moment from a soccer match a list of statistics about the world's baseball players and teams a graph that shows the most-watched sports around the world a bulleted list that identifies the speaker's favorite professional athletes

a graph that shows the most-watched sports around the world

Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics.In the real world, Feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. He came to consider a company "honest" if its payment rate was above 90 percent. He considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent "annoying but tolerable." If a company habitually paid below 80 percent, Feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one:The cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. Unfortunately, the number of bagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. Don't let that continue. I don't imagine that you would teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves?The excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors' argument? a claim an example a conclusion a counterclaim

an example

Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.I knew I could never let Mom hear the messages, because protecting her is one of my most important raisons d'être, so what I did was I took Dad's emergency money from on top of his dresser, and I went to the Radio Shack on Amsterdam. It was on a TV there that I saw that the first building had fallen. I bought the exact same phone and ran home and recorded our greeting from the first phone onto it. I wrapped up the old phone in the scarf that Grandma was never able to finish because of my privacy, and I put that in a grocery bag, and I put that in a box, and I put that in another box, and I put that under a bunch of stuff in my closet, like my jewelry workbench and albums of foreign currencies.Which word best describes the tone of this excerpt? deceitful sentimental methodical respectful

methodical