American Lit: Instructional Cycle 1 Unit Test ""(This is a C%)""
Which aphorism from Poor Richard's Almanac best reflects the virtue of justice? Question 18 options: Don't throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass. Beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship. If you'd be wealthy, think of saving, more than getting.
Don't throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass.
Which aphorism from Poor Richard's Almanac best reflects the virtue of order? Question 17 options: Well done is better than well said. Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. A slip of the foot you may soon recover: But a slip of the tongue you may never get over.
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Which aphorism from Poor Richard's Almanac best reflects the virtue of industry? Question 16 options: The rotten apple spoils his companion. No gains without pains. Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
Fools make feasts and wise men eat them.
What is one theme of Phillis Wheatley's "On Being Brought from Africa to America"? Question 10 options: God is removed from the daily lives of humans. Slavery goes against God's laws. People of all colors can be redeemed by God.
People of all colors can be redeemed by God.
What is a central theme of Phillis Wheatley's "On Being Brought from Africa to America"? Question 11 options: God is overly involved in the lives of His creatures. Slave traders should themselves be enslaved. Living in America has proven to be a blessing.
Slave traders should themselves be enslaved.
According to Thomas Jefferson, what is the basis for human rights? Question 9 options: the laws of nature and God the perfection of human morality a national legislature
a national legislature
Benjamin Franklin makes a plan to master 13 basic virtues in order to __________. Question 5 options: achieve moral perfection prove to his brother that he can run a business please God
achieve moral perfection
How does Benjamin Franklin seek to achieve moral perfection? Question 4 options: by keeping a journal for 13 days by mastering 13 basic virtues by saying a daily set of 12 prayers
by mastering 13 basic virtues
Thanks to the twins' skillful __________, Aunt Phyllis never suspected the surprise party they threw for her. Question 30 options: collusion impertinence opulence
collusion
Refer to the excerpt from "Paper Pills" by Sherwood Anderson on the Unit Test Reading Passages page. In line 25 "confound" most nearly means __________. Question 25 options: confuse impress berate
confuse
The sentence provided may contain a grammar or usage error. Read the sentence, and then identify its error, if there is one, by choosing the appropriate letter. If there is no error in the sentence, choose D. If you'd answered my question about geometry correct, I might have believed that you were a mathematician. Question 35 options: If you'd answered correct No error
correct
Olaudah Equiano illustrates the horrors of his journey on the slave ship by __________. Question 13 options: criticizing the American government using vivid sensory details appealing to his readers' religious faith
criticizing the American government
Which word best describes Benjamin Franklin? Question 2 options: careless comical diligent
diligent
Which of the following best describes Benjamin Franklin? Question 1 options: idle reserved enterprising
enterprising
Both __________ and __________, the abandoned garden survived the bleak winter and produced an abundance of flowers the following spring. Question 32 options: fervent...dissonant noxious...litigious hardy...profuse
hardy...profuse
After several years of living __________ on an enormous estate, the family members had to admit that their shrinking income was too __________ to allow them to stay. Question 34 options: inanely...discourteous egregiously...miscellaneous lavishly...meager
lavishly...meager
Someone with __________ beliefs advocates all types of freedoms, even those that she does not practice. Question 33 options: incendiary incompatible libertarian
libertarian
Unlike the lighthearted __________ of her youth, Rosalind's adulthood proved to be full of frustration and constant __________. Question 31 options: dejection...hyperbole placidness...anxiety moroseness...merriment
moroseness...merriment
Which word best describes Dr. Reefy? Question 27 options: slanderous generous peculiar
peculiar
According to Thomas Jefferson, human rights are based on __________. Question 7 options: the laws of nature and God a national representative legislature human perfection
the laws of nature and God
Thomas Jefferson believes that human rights are based upon __________. Question 8 options: natural laws the weakness of human morality a national legislature
the weakness of human morality
Dr. Reefy's hands are unique because __________. Question 28 options: they have only three fingers they are abnormally large he always wears gloves
they are abnormally large
Why does Olaudah Equiano use sensory details in "Aboard a Slave Ship"? Question 14 options: to argue in favor of a moral law to criticize the injustices of American government to bring the horrors of the journey to life
to bring the horrors of the journey to life
How does the indictment section of the Declaration of Independence conclude? Question 21 options: with a summary of all earlier points with an appeal to the readers' piety with the most powerful argument
with the most powerful argument
In lines 13 and 14 the author writes that "in Doctor Reefy there were the seeds of something very fine." This probably means that Dr. Reefy __________. Question 29 options: had long dreamed of being a farmer rather than a doctor keeps certain happy memories of his wife to himself has inner qualities that make him admirable
has inner qualities that make him admirable
Benjamin Franklin could best be described as __________. Question 3 options: comical enterprising idle
idle
Which of the following best expresses Phillis Wheatley's theme in "On Being Brought from Africa to America"? Question 12 options: God is not involved in the daily lives of human beings. Those who brought her to America should be enslaved themselves. A positive result of her enslavement is finding out about God.
A positive result of her enslavement is finding out about God.
Prompt: In a well-constructed paragraph using textual evidence, explain why the speaker in A.E. Housman's To an Athlete Dying Young suggests that is better for an athlete to die in his prime, or at the top of his game.
A.E. Houseman's wrote that is it better for an athlete to die in his prime, or at the top of his game? In my own details and on what I have experienced and on what I have read I say that it is better for an athlete to die at the top of his game. The reason why is because when you are just starting out your career and you are trying to be one of the best there is you don't want to die in your prime, that causes pain to your family cause you can be a freshman into a sport and die of either a foolish mistake or getting caught up in something you didn't want to be in. When being on the top of your game you can finish out your career and have your name out there and be someone is life, and be able to die with a story to tell everyone, and to be able to have a life experience. This is why I believe that we should die at the top of our game.
How is the indictment section of the Declaration of Independence organized? Question 20 options: An apology to the king is offered first. The most powerful argument is presented last. Earlier points are summarized.
An apology to the king is offered first.
How does Jefferson organize the indictment section of the Declaration of Independence? Question 19 options: He expresses two points of agreement with the king. He presents his most powerful argument last. He summarizes his previous arguments.
He presents his most powerful argument last.
Why does Benjamin Franklin make a plan to master 13 basic virtues? Question 6 options: He wants to achieve moral perfection. He wants to prove to his brother that he can run a business. He seeks primarily to please God.
He seeks primarily to please God.
How does Olaudah Equiano convey the horror of his journey on the slave ship? Question 15 options: He uses sensory details. He appeals to religious faith. He argues for a moral law.
He uses sensory details.
Why do people find Dr. Reefy's marriage curious? Question 26 options: His wife is close friends with a man named John Spaniard. His wife is wealthy, young, and beautiful. He smokes a corn cob pipe after his wife's death.
His wife is wealthy, young, and beautiful.
The heat and the humidity is why I really dislike spending the summer in the city. Question 36 options: The heat is I really dislike No error
No error
Which statement best expresses the attitudes of a number of Olaudah Equiano's countrymen in "Aboard a Slave Ship"? Question 22 options: They prefer America to Africa. They prefer death to slavery. They prefer slavery to death.
They prefer death to slavery.
In "Aboard a Slave Ship," which is true of many of Olaudah Equiano's fellow passengers? Question 24 options: They prefer slavery in America to freedom in Africa. They prefer death at sea to life on the ship. They prefer life in America to death at sea.
They prefer life in America to death at sea.
In "Aboard a Slaveship," how do many of Olaudah Equiano's fellow passengers feel? Question 23 options: They would rather become slaves than die at sea. They would rather be taken to Europe than to America. They would rather die than be sold into slavery.
They would rather die than be sold into slavery.
Prompt: In a well-constructed paragraph using textual evidence, explain why the speaker in A.E. Housman's To an Athlete Dying Young suggests that is better for an athlete to die in his prime, or at the top of his game.
This is what I wrote but you can use this or you can write it in your own words.
