Fiesta in CCW (Banana, Quetzacoatl, & My Brother and I)

Quetzalcoatl: 6. Based on the tone and content of the passage as a whole, its author is most likely

Quetzalcoatl: 6. c) a scholar intrigued by cultural evolution

Quetzalcoatl: 7. Which of the following best characterizes the author's treatment of the Mendicant friars in the third paragraph?

Quetzalcoatl: 7. d) He appreciates the wealth of cultural knowledge amassed by the friars.

Quetzalcoatl: 5. In the first paragraph, the author uses the phrase "a 'Renaissance Maecenas' " primarily to emphasize

Quetzalcoatl: 5. b) Mendoza's support for the work of Indian artists

Quetzalcoatl: 4. The passage is most likely excerpted from

Quetzalcoatl: 4. d) a scholarly work explaining historical developments in indigenous arts

Banana: 1. The writer wants to add a sentence before sentence 1 to introduce the main topic of the passage. Which of the following choices best accomplishes this goal?

Banana: 1. c) The Cavendish banana, the most widely available type of banana in the world, is prized by consumers and producers in part because of its predictability.

Banana: 2. The writer wants to add a transition to the beginning of sentence 2 (reproduced below), adjusting the capitalization and punctuation as needed, to show the relationship between sentences 1 and 2. Which of the following choices best accomplishes this goal?

Banana: 2. b) However

Banana: 3. The writer wants to add a thesis statement after sentence 2 that accurately represents the main argument of the passage. Which of the following choices best accomplishes this goal?

Banana: 3. b) To ensure that bananas survive for years to come, producers and consumers need to diversify the types of bananas they grow and eat.

Banana: 4. In the underlined portion of sentence 3 (reproduced below), the writer wants to use a neutral tone when describing the growing practices used to cultivate Cavendish banana trees. Which of the following choices best accomplishes this goal?

Banana: 4. e) unusually

Banana: 5. The writer wants to add a sentence after sentence 4 that develops the narrative in the second paragraph in a way that makes the audience feel the impact of the loss of the Gros Michel banana. Which of the following choices best accomplishes this goal?

Banana: 5. a) This delicious and productive banana was also grown from cuttings until a fungus called fusarium wilt devastated Gros Michel trees.

Banana: 6. In sentence 9 (reproduced below), the writer wants to make a claim that rebuts the claim made in sentence 8 and that sets up the rest of the paragraph. Which of the following versions of sentence 9 best accomplishes this goal?

Banana: 6. a) (As it is now)

My Brother and I: 1. What is the primary function of the final question of the passage (Paragraph 3)

My Brother and I: 1. a) To convey the author's sense of lasting bitterness

My Brother and I: 2. Paragraph 2 ("He doesn't ... may be") is notable mainly because the author

My Brother and I: 2. c) Acknowledges his struggle to accept how his past has affected his identity.

My Brother and I: 3. The use of italics in Paragraph 2 primarily

My Brother and I: 3. e) Dramatizes the comparisons between the brothers.

My Brother and I: 4. In the context of the passage, Paragraph 2 ("And ... may be") serve primarily to?

My Brother and I: 4. e) extend the implications of past events into the present

My Brother and I: 5. The repeated use of the term "willy-nilly" (Paragraph 2) primarily

My Brother and I: 5. b) conveys the author's sense of haphazard unfairness

My Brother and I: 6. In context, the use of the word "tyrannies" (Paragraph 2) conveys the author's

My Brother and I: 6. a) sense of being dominated by others

My Brother and I: 7. Which best describes the function of the statement "It was ... courtesy" (Paragraph 2)

My Brother and I: 7. c) It explains the statement in the previous sentence

Quetzalcoatl: 1. In context, the phrase "the Iberian project" refers to Spain's efforts?

Quetzalcoatl: 1. c) extend Spanish power and global reach

Quetzalcoatl: 2. In the lines ("The enchanting places . . . had been subdued"), the author portrays Europeans as being

Quetzalcoatl: 2. d) eager for knowledge of the Indies

Quetzalcoatl: 3. The primary purpose of the passage is to

Quetzalcoatl: 3. a) account for the transmission of culture during a period of global change