English 11A C01

Which passages from The Education of a Young Chief best show that an important aspect of the narrator's culture is to think of the needs of others in the community before one's own needs? Select all that apply.

- "If you reverence the aged, many will be glad to hear of your name," were the words of my father. "The poor man will say to his children, 'my children, let us go to him, for he is a great hunter, and is kind to the poor; he will not turn us away empty.'"

Read the passage from The Education of a Young Chief. Yes, Niagara will be Niagara a thousand years hence! The rainbow, a wreath over her brow, shall continue as long as the sun, and the flowing of the river—while the work of art, however impregnable, shall in atoms fall! What idea can be inferred from this passage?

- Elements of nature will outlast man-made elements.

Which statements correctly explain differences between explicit and implicit meanings?

- Explicit meanings usually have literal meaning; implicit meanings may have figurative meaning. -Explicit meanings are directly stated; implicit meanings must be inferred.

Which passages from "The Bean-Field" contain evidence that supports the inference that Thoreau compares farming to art? Select all that apply.

- I worked barefooted, dabbling like a plastic artist in the dewy and crumbling sand ... - When my hoe tinkled against the stones, that music echoed to the woods and the sky, and was an accompaniment to my labor ...

Which words are synonyms for raucous?

- Rowdy - Noisy

In which sentence are all words used correctly?

- The judge asked the attorney to cite the cases that would back up her argument.

Which passage from "The Bean-Field" shows that the soil Thoreau cultivated was poor in nutrients?

... but in the course of the summer it appeared by the arrowheads which I turned up in hoeing, that an extinct nation had anciently dwelt here and planted corn and beans before white men came to clear the land, and so, to some extent, had exhausted the soil for this very crop.

Which evidence from The Education of a Young Chief best supports the idea that an upbringing in nature is superior to all others?

It is thought great to be born in palaces, surrounded with wealth: but to be born in Nature's wide domain is greater still!

If you deplete your supply of chocolate bars, what have you done?

Run out of them

A reviewer described a dancer as supple. What did the reviewer mean?

The dancer was flexible and moved easily.