FINAL EXAM ENGLISH

93.) Which words from this sentence provide the clearest example of consonance? A good deed means more than sweet talk.

"A good deed..." Examples: "The bumpy lumpy road" "He struck some hard luck" (B)

17.) How does "By the Waters of Babylon" offer a strong example of dramatic irony?

"By the Waters of Babylon" is a strong example of dramatic irony because, throughout the majority of the story, John thinks he is in the Place of the Gods while the readers are able to understand that the place he is exploring is actually a normal city and the gods are regular people. (F)

16.) From what point of view is "By the Waters of Babylon" narrated?

"By the Waters of Babylon" is narrated in first person point of view. John is narrating the story by using the words my, I, and we. (F)

10.) After which event does "By the Waters of Babylon" most likely take place?

"By the Waters of Babylon" most likely takes place after a tragedy - whether it be natural or man made. There is valid evidence to support that the incident is man made but it is never confirmed. A possible inspiration for this story could be pulled from the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica in Spain. The author, who had been alive to experience this terrible event, could have seen the bombing and obliteration of a town as an influence to other groups, leading to violence and eventually resulting in the destruction of the world. (F)

11.) Which passage from "By the Waters of Babylon" best supports the answer to #10? (ANSWER) "By the Waters of Babylon" most likely takes place after a tragedy - whether it be natural or man made. There is valid evidence to support that the incident is man made but it is never confirmed. A possible inspiration for this story could be pulled from the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica in Spain. The author, who had been alive to experience this terrible event, could have seen the bombing and obliteration of a town as an influence to other groups, leading to violence and eventually resulting in the destruction of the world.

"I have been in the fights with the Forest People—I have seen men die. But this was not like that. When gods war with gods, they use weapons we do not know. It was fire falling out of the sky and a mist that poisoned. It was the time of the Great Burning and the Destruction" (para. 49). This passage suggests that the event that occured was man made. More specifically, it could have been a war including bombs and poisonous gases.

37.) What are examples of personification in "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

"In the living room the voice-clock sang" (para. 1) "In the kitchen the breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh" (para. 2) "And the rain tapped on the empty house" (para. 5) "It quivered at each sound, the house did" (para. 15) "But the fire was clever" (para. 57) (B)

62.) What is an example of the author's personal observation from "The Nuclear Tourist"?

"Standing beneath the remains of a cooling tower, our guide, hurrying us along..." " The hottest spot we measured that day was on the blade of a rusting earthmover that had been used to plow under the radioactive topsoil." "In another room gas masks hung from the ceiling and were piled in heaps on the floor." (B)

47.) What does "The Nuclear Tourist" suggest is the part of Chernobyl that has been most affected by the nuclear accident and its aftermath?

"The Nuclear Tourist" suggests that the city of Pripyat was most affected by the nuclear accident and its aftermath. This was the city visited by Johnson. (B)

109.) What are some words that belong to the word family derived from the base word help?

"blood-curling fiction with news flashes"

91.) What are some expressions that demonstrate alliteration? (that you can create; not from the poems)

"bold with they bad selves" [The Beginning of the end of the world] "The voice of a violin" [A song on the end of the world] (B)

92.) In the assonance in this sentence, what sound is repeated? The deep sea swallows many an old sailor.

"deep sea is the assonance..." Examples: "Fleet feet sweep by sleeping geese" " The rain in spain" (B)

5.) What is one central idea of "By the Waters of Babylon"?

A central idea of "By the Water of Babylon" is that you should not believe everything that you have been previously told because there are many things left to discover about the world. (F)

45.) According to "The Nuclear Tourist," why do some people come back to the Chernobyl area to live?

According to "The Nuclear Tourist" some people returned to Chernobyl because they insisted on living out their lives in the place they called home. (B)

101.) What is an example of an apocryphal story?

Apocryphal is something of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true. One thing that comes directly to mind is the tooth fairy or the easter bunny. Parents tell their children these stories about how these mythical creatures leave them little presents whether it's a dollar or a chocolate egg. These stories are believed by millions of kids all over the world. However when we grow up we all realize that these stories are just... made-up. (F)

98.) According to "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic," why would many people now believe that most of America heard the radio play?

As years pass people talk. They also exaggerate and embellish things. As soon as one person says that millions of people heard it 7 other people think that. Then they tell their friends who tell their family and so on. Every story in history has been twisted in one way or another. You will never get the exact story every time you hear something. (F)

55.) According to "The Nuclear Tourist," how has the world's view of splitting the atom changed since it first occurred? 56.) Which quotation from "The Nuclear Tourist" best supports the answer to #55?

At first splitting the atom was an accomplishment and achievement, however the world's view was changed when it was used for nuclear warfare. It became associated in the minds of people with danger and destruction. "More than half a century later the swirling symbol of the atom, once the emblem of progress and the triumph of technology, has become a bewitching death's-head, associated in people's minds with destruction and Cold War fear." (B)

26.) At the beginning of "There Will Come Soft Rains," the stove prepares eight pieces of toast, eight eggs, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two glasses of milk. What can you conclude is most likely to be true about the McClellan family, based on this information and other details?

At the beginning, the stove prepares eight pieces of toast, eight eggs, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees, and two glasses of milk This concludes that there are four people living in the house. The adults each get one coffee since there are two adults and two coffees, the children each get one glass of milk because there are two children and two glasses. Also there are eight pieces of toast so each person gets two pieces and there is eight eggs for four people so they each get two. And lastly there are sixteen pieces of bacon so each of the four members of the family get four pieces. (B)

80.) What does the speaker in "The Powwow at the End of the World" hope to be doing at the end of the world? 81.) Which lines from "The Powwow at the End of the World" best support the answer to #80?

At the end of the world, the speaker hopes to have forgiven everyone who deserves to be forgiven, and also hopes to be celebrating with his tribe. The very last sentence in the poem states, "I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall when I am dancing with my tribe during the powwow at the end of the world." (B)

42.) The word bimanual contains the prefix bi-, which means "two." Use this information as well as your knowledge of the root -man- to determine the the correct definition of bimanual.

Based on the prefixes and the root words, I think this word means a task done by using two hands. I think this is the definition because the prefix "bi-" means "two". Then the root word "man" means "hand". And I know that manual means a task done by hand. So the definition of bimanual should be a task done by two hands. (B)

7.) What would a stern parent most likely do if his or her child misbehaved?

Definition: forbidding or gloomy in appearance; expressive of extreme displeasure(F)

8.) What must happen when a person is fasting?

Definition: to abstain from food (F)

31.) In "There Will Come Soft Rains," what are the parents doing at the time of the tragedy? 32.) What passage from the story supports the answer to #31?

During the time of tragedy, the parents are outside doing yard work. "Here the silhouette in paint of a man mowing a lawn. Here, as in a photograph, a woman bent to pick flowers. Still farther over, their images burned on wood in one titanic instant, a small boy, hands flung into the air; higher up, the image of a thrown ball, and opposite him a girl, hand raised to catch a ball which never came down" (para. 11). (B)

95.) According to "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic," how did the newspaper industry feel about the radio industry after the Depression?

During this time, the Radio Industry was thriving and was taking all advertising revenue from the print. This was damaging the newspaper industry. The newspaper industry was looking for any opportunity to fire against the radio industry. With this alien invasion crisis, they found this opportunity to use this against the radio industry. In the Article "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic" it clearly states that the "newspaper industry sensationalized the panic to prove to advertisers, and regulators, that radio management was irresponsible and not to be trusted" (para 1). (F)

75.) What kind of person would be most likely to lead prayerful events on a regular basis?

Earnest, sincere (Adj.) (B)

19.) One definition of the word found is "to set up." What are some other words that belong to the same word family as found?

Foundation belongs to the same word family as found. Founder belongs to the same word family as found. Founding belongs to the same word family as found. (F)

20.) The word bade is the past tense of the word bid. Bid comes from the Old English word bēodan meaning "to offer, command." The prefix for- means "against." Given this information, what can you most logically conclude is the meaning of forbade, a word in the same word family as bade?

From this information, forbade is most likely the past tense of the word forbid and has a meaning to not allow or to outlaw something. (F)

4.) In "By the Waters of Babylon," what does John finally realize about the gods?

In "By the Waters of Babylon", towards the end of the text, he is in a building in one of the Dead Places. He then enters a room where he sees the corpse of a young god near the window. He then realizes that the gods were men. (D)

24.) Where are the human beings in "There Will Come Soft Rains"? 25.) Which details show what has happened to the owners of the house in "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

In "There Will Come Soft Rain" there is no human being in the house. In this story, the owners of this house are dead and we know this because it explains how there are silhouettes of the owners. This shows how there was some type of explosion and the outline of their bodys stay clean on the wall. "The entire west face of the house was black, save for five places."..."The five spots of paint—the man, the woman, the children, the ball—remained. The rest was a thin charcoaled layer"(para. 11-12). (B)

1.) In "By the Waters of Babylon,"how is John's society different from the one that came before it?

In John's society, they live very primitively and are governed by priests. They have rules of where they're allowed to go. This keeps them from gaining more knowledge and making advancements. In the society that came before John's, they were free to roam wherever they wanted. This allowed them to be much more advanced, having lots of technology and knowledge. Their society wasn't run by priests, but by a federal government. John's society might be able to survive and not get destroyed like the previous society because they don't know about dangerous technology such as a bomb. (E)

33.) What is surprising about what happens to the dog in "There Will Come Soft Rains"? 34.) What detail from the story supports the answer to #33?

In paragraph 23, it is explained is how the dog dies. The text states, "The dog frothed at the mouth, lying at the door, sniffing, its eyes turned to fire. It ran wildly in circles, biting at its tail, spun in a frenzy, and died. It lay in the parlor for an hour." The dog dies and is laying in the parlor for only an hour until the house starts to takes oddly structured action, like this is something normal to happen to the family. The text states that the mice start to "Delicately sensing decay" They bring the newly dead dog to the incinerator, and without hesitation burn the body. This shows that the house has no disregard for things that have died. This is scary because this might happen all the time, and it might be a normal thing for this house. (B)

107.) Read this excerpt from "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic." In an editorial titled "Terror by Radio," the New York Times reproached "radio officials" for approving the interweaving of "blood-curdling fiction" with news flashes "offered in exactly the manner that real news would have been given." Which statement best describes how the New York Times makes its point about Orson Welles's Program? 108.) What words from the excerpt best support the answer to #107?

In the excerpt on the previous slide, the New York Times was saying that the radio shows were exploiting the current events that were happening including the news flashes that were happening all over the world at that time. By sort of sneaking their radio show into the current news that was going on they were almost making it more believable. They were mixing fake news with real news. The New York Times was just trying to show how radio shows shouldn't be trusted. (F)

44.) How are the parallel parts functioning in the following sentence? "They thudded against chairs, whirling their mustached runners, kneading the rug nap, sucking gently at hidden dust" (para. 9).

In the sentence "They thudded against the chairs, whirling their mustache runners, kneading the rug nap, sucking gently at hidden dust" (para.9). The parallel is thudding, whirling, and kneading. This is because they are using the same grammatical ending-ing-verbs. (B)

43.) Which parts of the following sentence are parallel in strucuture? The house's exterior resembled a nineteenth-century farmhouse, with majestic black columns, a wooden porch swing, and a large black door.

In the sentence from the text, "The house's exterior resembled a nineteenth century farmhouse, with majestic black columns. A wooden porch swing, and a large back door." The meaning of the parallel element in the text is when there are consistent ending of words or phrases following the verb. In this sentence, there are three phrases following "resembled" with the same endings and verb tense. (B)

35.) Read this passage from "There Will Come Soft Rains." The house was an altar with ten thousand attendants, big, small, servicing, attending, in choirs. But the gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly. Which answer choice gives the most important reason the author chose to make this comparison?

In this question, the story compares the house to an alter. Saying it has servants, meaning the things assisting the house, like the mice. It also says "but the gods had gone away, and the ritual of the religion continued senselessly, uselessly." This is comparing the gods to the humans living in the house. So, when the humans leave, the house the house continues working, "senselessly. Uselessly." (B)

36.) What conflict, or struggle, is presented in this scene from "There Will Come Soft Rains"? "Fire!" screamed a voice. The house lights flashed, water pumps shot water from the ceilings. But the solvent spread on the linoleum, licking, eating, under the kitchen door, while the voices took it up in chorus: "Fire, fire, fire!" ... The house gave ground as the fire in ten billion angry sparks moved with flaming ease from room to room and then up the stairs.

In this scene, the conflict or struggle is that the house is catching on fire and the fire is spreading. Also as the fire is spreading, the house is trying to stop it from spreading by turning on its sprinklers and alarming the house. (B)

103.) Based on "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic," what can readers determine about the survey conducted the night Welles's broadcast aired? 104. What detail from the selection best supports the answer to #103?

It can be determined that the panic caused by the play wasn't as widespread as other programs were making it seem. Other programs were making it seem as though millions of people believed it was a newscast, when in reality, not even this many people were listening to the program. "Only 2 percent answered a radio "play" or "the Orson Welles program," or something similar indicating CBS. None said a "news broadcast," according to a summary published in Broadcasting. In other words, 98 percent of those surveyed were listening to something else, or nothing at all, on Oct. 30, 1938"(para 4). (F)

73.) In "The Powwow at the End of the World," who or what does the speaker most clearly indicate would travel from the Pacific Ocean up the Columbia River to the Spokane River if the dams broke?

It clearly indicates that salmon would travel form the the Pacific Ocean up to the Columbia river to the Spokane river in the text it says,"I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after that salmon swims through the mouth of the Spokane River as it meets the Columbia, then upstream, until it arrives in the shallows of a secret bay on the reservation where I wait alone"[Alexie 13-16]. (B)

28.) What is the most likely meaning of the word attending as it is used in this sentence? The man stayed at his daughter's bedside while she had the flu, attending to her by giving her water and wiping her brow when she woke throughout the night.

It means that the father was with his daughter and helped her deal with the sickness. (B)

2.) In "By the Waters of Babylon," why does John go to the Place of the Gods?

John goes to the Place of the Gods because he has a dream where he travels to the forbidden land and the gods swallow him whole. He tells his father about this and ends up going on a trip to the east side to visit the gods, as he feels he was destined to do. He also encounters symbols on his journey that he takes as a sign to travel to the Place of the Gods. (B)

12.) In "By the Waters of Babylon," John sees the city "as it had been when the gods were alive." What is he seeing?

John sees New York City, as it is later identified. He is able to see it as it was when the people of the previous society, or the gods, had inhabited it. Although he sees it in a dreamed reality, it seems to be a correct vision of what life was like during the time of the "gods". (F)

22.) Read the following passage from "By the Waters of Babylon." Nevertheless, we make a beginning. It is not for the metal alone we go to the Dead Places now—there are the books and the writings. They are hard to learn. And the magic tools are broken—but we can look at them and wonder. At least, we make a beginning. And, when I am chief priest we shall go beyond the great river. We shall go to the Place of the Gods—the place newyork—not one man but a company. We shall look for the images of the gods and find the god ASHING and the others—the gods Lincoln and Biltmore and Moses. But they were men who built the city, not gods or demons. They were men. I remember the dead man's face. They were men who were here before us. We must build again. Describe John's diction and syntax in the passage.

John's diction and syntax help to develop his character by using enthusiasm to speak about how he wants to educate his society about the "forbidden" lands. Additionally, John's syntax adds a new found intelligence. Since he is more knowledgeable about the history of his people, he wants to share this with the rest of his community. (F)

3.) What do John's references to gods and magic in "By the Waters of Babylon" most clearly suggest?

John's reference to Gods and magic shows that there is a powerful and mysterious power that him and his people only have slight contact with. Trying to explain the unknown he and his tribes created myth and legends only knowing that the technology was stuff way too advanced for them. (D)

52.) What is an example of a macabre movie?

Macabre means disturbing or horrifying because of the involvement of death. (B)

29.) If a writer manipulated words to create an advertisement, what did the writer do?

Manipulated means to control or influence cleverly (a person in a situation) and also to handle or control. (B)

76.) What kind of person could be described as faithless?

Not to be relied on (Adj.) (B)

88.) What is one meaning of the Anglo-Saxon suffix -less?

One meaning of the suffix -less is to be without. This is shown in the poem "the beginning of the end of the world" when Lucille Clifton wrote, "maybe then when we watched them turn from us faithless at last and walk in a long line away." The word faithless is used to convey the cockroaches' loss of faith in humanity because the humans caused the end of the world. (B)

49.) 50.) 51.) In "The NuclearTourist, "what are three reasons other tourists give the author for visiting the Chernobyl area?

One tourist, John, was into extreme tourism. For example he booked a tour to North Korea and was planning to bungee jump from a helicopter. Two other tourists, Gavin and George, were working together on a performance piece about the phenomenon of quarantine. The "most striking tourist" as explained by the author was Anna. She enjoyed going to abandoned places that were falling apart and decaying. However she mostly enjoyed the silence of nature. (B)

82.) How might you sum up people's expectations about the end of the world, as described in "A Song on the End of the World"? 83.) Which lines from "A Song on the End of the World" best support the answer to #82?

People expected to have something big happen like an explosion or thunder and lighting but it's just like a regular day so the people don't believe that it is the end of the world. In text it says,"And those who expected lightning and thunder Are disappointed. And those who expected signs and archangels' trumps** Do not believe it is happening now" [Miloz 14-16] (B)

6.) What is the most likely way in which water would be purified?

Purified: "To be spiritually cleaned from guilt or imperfection/wrongdoing" (The gods would clean it) (E)

102.) What kind of information might be described as salient?

Salient means most noticeable or important. Any information about a turn of events in a war or an important meeting that happened between two nations are hugely important to a country. Anything of that matter could be considered salient. (F)

112.) How are the clip from Radiolab: War of the Worlds and the article "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic" different from each other?

The Radiolab: War of the Worlds and "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic" had two totally different perspectives. The Radiolab broadcast showed how much panic and chaos the original radio play caused. It said that millions of people had heard this and began to panic. The emergency services were flooded with calls from concerned people. However the newspaper article takes a much different stance on what happened. They said that in fact nobody really heard it and of those who did they thought it was a prank. So the broadcast exaggerates it even more and then the article brings it back into perspective. (F)

60.) How does the author of "The Nuclear Tourist" feel about the lack of safety precautions during the trip? 61.) Which excerpt from the passage supports your answer to #60?

The author found the lack of safety precautions on the trip refreshing. In the United States there were would more safety precautions especially in areas that are as dangerous as Chernobyl is in Ukraine. The excerpt from the passage that supported the answer #60 was,"The metal handrails had been stripped away for salvage. Jimmied doors opened onto gaping elevator shafts. I kept thinking how unlikely a tour like this would be in the United States. It was refreshing really. We were not even wearing hard hats"(Para. 24). (B)

68.) Read this passage from "The Nuclear Tourist." Mounted over the door of an old science class was an educational poster illustrating the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. Heat to visible light to x-rays and gamma rays—the kind that break molecular bonds and mutate DNA. How abstract that must have seemed to the schoolkids before the evacuation began. DNA mutations, or changes, can cause illnesses such as cancer. Given this information, what is the most likely purpose of the scientific language in this passage?

The author includes the scientific information presented on a school poster to emphasize how confusing the days after the explosion must have been for the uninformed people living around Chernobyl and to express how complicated the science behind nuclear radiation. (B)

57.) Why does the author of "The Nuclear Tourist" come to feel at ease about his exposure risk while in the Chernobyl area? 58.) Which excerpt from "The Nuclear Tourist" best supports the answer to #57?

The author of "The Nuclear Tourist" comes to feel at ease about his exposure of radiation while in Chernobyl. He knows that the firefighters on the day of the accident experienced even higher levels of radiation than him. Besides, the total amount of radiation in Chernobyl was less than the amount of radiation that Johnson experienced on the plane ride home. The excerpt from "The Nuclear Tourist" that best supports the answer to #57 is, "The hottest spot we measured that day was on the blade of a rusting earthmover that had been used to plow under the radioactive topsoil: 186 microsieverts per hour—too high to linger but nothing compared with what those poor firemen and liquidators got. On the drive back to Kiev our guide tallied up our accumulated count—ten microsieverts during the entire weekend visit. I'd probably receive more than that on the flight back home"(Para. 28-30). (B)

27.) How does the automated house "die" in "There Will Come Soft Rains"?

The automated house "dies" in "There Will Come Soft Rains" when at night a tree crashes through and starts a fire in the house and is basically killing the house as the fires burns everything. (B)

59.) A reader of "The Nuclear Tourist" can conclude that unless levels are extremely high, radiation's negative effects on people can take a while to show up. Which detail from the text best supports this idea?

The best detail from the text was,"The exposures they received totaled as much as 16 sieverts ... The hottest spot we measured that day was on the blade of a rusting earthmover that had been used to plow under the radioactive topsoil: 186 microsieverts per hour—too high to linger but nothing compared with what those poor firemen and liquidators got"(Para. 18 and 28). (B)

87.) Which theme or central idea does every stanza of "A Song on the End of the World" most clearly reinforce?

The central idea that every stanza of "A Song on the End of the World" reinforce is, that everything that is happening is normal (people are going about their daily tasks) on the day the world ends. (B)

13.) What conclusion can you draw from this passage from "By the Waters of Babylon"? There was also the shattered image of a man or a god. It had been made of white stone and he wore his hair tied back like a woman's. His name was ASHING ....

The conclusion that can be drawn from the passage is that the man "ASHING" is George Washington. We could tell by the author's description of the image and how "he wore his hair tied back like a woman's". (F)

9.) What does the following sentence from "By the Waters of Babylon" suggest about the culture of the story? A priest must know many secrets—that was what my father said. If the hunters think we do all things by chants and spells, they may believe so—it does not hurt them.

The conclusion that can be drawn from this passage is that the priests keep secrets from the hunters. It is also thought that in their society, being a priest is more valued than being a hunter since the priests hold more knowledge than the hunters. (F)

41.) What does the Latin root -man- mean?

The definition on the root word -man- is "hand". One example is this word is "manual". This word means a task done by hand. (B)

63.) Read this passage from "The Nuclear Tourist." A few minutes later we reached Zalesye, an old farming village, and wandered among empty houses. ... On the floor of one home a discarded picture of Lenin—pointy beard, jutting chin—stared sternly at nothing, and hanging by a cord on a bedroom wall was a child's doll. It had been suspended by the neck as if with an executioner's noose. What does the descriptive and figurative language in the passage help readers imagine?

The descriptive and figurative language in the passage helps the readers imagine what it would be like to see a house that was abandoned in a rush and what it would be like to leave a house in a rush. Another example of figurative language is when the cord the child's doll was hanging from is compared to a noose. (B)

72.) In the chain reaction described at the beginning of "The Powwow at the End of the World," which event comes first?

The first event that happens is the Grand Coulee Dam toppling down in the text it says,"I am told by many of you that I must forgive and so I shall after an Indian woman puts her shoulder to the Grand Coulee Dam and topples it" [Alexie 1-3]. (B)

38.) In "There Will Come Soft Rains," the house starts out cheerful and efficient and changes as the story progresses. How is the house personified during the fire? 39.) What detail from the story best supports the answer to #38?

The house would never let anything touch the outside and wouldn't let anything inside the house. When the fire started the house got very scared and tried to send reinforcements to stop the fire but it kept going. The house got very chaotic "The house gave ground as the fire in ten billion angry sparks moved with flaming ease from room to room and then up the stairs." "The fire backed off, as even an elephant must at the sight of a dead snake." (B)

48.) What is the main reason tha so many buildings described in "The Nuclear Tourist," such as the school and hospital, are crumbling and run-down?

The main reason that so many buildings were crumbling and run down was because the city was evacuated. Without people the city was being turned into a wasteland of wildlife. (B)

53.) What does the word eerily mean in the following sentence? The empty streets were eerily calm as residents prepared for the approaching storm.

The meaning eerily in a strange or frightening way. (B)

65.) The word retrospective includes the Latin root -spec- and the prefix retro-, which means "backward, or behind." Based on this information, what is the meaning of the word retrospective?

The meaning of retrospective based on the latin root means looking back on or to deal with past events or situations. (B)

64.) What is the meaning of the Latin root -spec-?

The meaning of the latin root -spec means to see. (B)

54.) What is the most likely meaning of specter in the following sentence? Even with plenty of food, the villagers' days were marked by the specter of hunger when they learned next season's crops might be affected by the lack of rain.

The most likely meaning of specter in the sentence is something that is widely feared as a possible unpleasant or dangerous occurrence.

90.) Why does "the beginning of the end of the world" most clearly qualify as free verse?

The poem qualifies as free verse because it doesn't have a specific set of patterns and it doesn't follow a certain set of rules. (B)

23.) How does the reader learn where and when "There Will Come Soft Rains" takes place?

The reader learns this in the third paragraph when the automatic house makes the announcement that says, "Today is August 4, 2026"..."in the city of Allendale, California." (B)

46.) According to "The Nuclear Tourist," how did the residents of Pripyat react at first to the meltdown at Chernobyl?

The residents of Pripyat first reacted days after the explosion. When they first saw the meltdown at Chernobyl the residents of Pripyat went about their normal business. They were not told to evacuate until 36 hours after the initial explosion. Most citizens did not know the danger that they were in. (B)

71.) In "the beginning of the end of the world," how does the end of the world fail to live up to the expectations of the speaker and her family?

The speaker and her family's expectations were that there was going to be a bang at the end of the world and one of the things that would change was that the cockroaches would stop coming up their sink. However, at the end of the world, the cockroaches seemed solemn, but they continued coming and nothing big or surprising happened to let them know the world was ending. (B)

67.) Read this passage from "The Nuclear Tourist." Throughout the night firefighters and rescue crews confronted the immediate dangers—flames, smoke, burning chunks of graphite. What they couldn't see or feel—until hours or days later when the sickness set in—were the invisible poisons. Isotopes of cesium, iodine, strontium, plutonium. The exposures they received totaled as much as 16 sieverts—not micro or milli but whole sieverts, vastly more radiation than a body can bear. How do the technical terms in this passage help the reader understand the passage?

The technical terms in this passage helps the reader understand the type of dangers the firefighters were experiencing. As these terms are unfamiliar to us, they were also unfamiliar and not known to the firefighters on the scene. This caused many to experience radiation far above of what the human body can go through. (B)

21.) Read the following excerpt from "By the Waters of Babylon." Nevertheless, we make a beginning. It is not for the metal alone we go to the Dead Places now—there are the books and the writings. They are hard to learn. And the magic tools are broken—but we can look at them and wonder. How does the author use dashes to develop John's character in the story?

The use of dashes help to develop John's character in the passage because it is a clear example of him putting emphasis on his character growth. At the beginning of the story, John was very conscious of the rules he had to follow. Now, he is freely breaking them and trying to change the way his society was previously structured. Also, the use of dashes show an expansion of John's knowledge from the beginning of the story since his vocabulary is more broad and his sentences are more structured. (F)

18.) How does the use of dramatic irony in "By the Waters of Babylon" affect readers?

The use of dramatic irony in the story creates a sense of anticipation. Although readers are aware that what John thinks is going on is not correct, they still do not know what actually is happening. This creates a feeling of suspense while they wait to learn more. (F)

74.) In "A Song on the End of the World," what is the white-haired old man doing as he makes his prophecy about the end of the world?

The white-haired old man is binding his tomatoes while he makes his prophecy in the text it says,"Repeats while he binds his tomatoes: There will be no other end of the world, There will be no other end of the world. [Czeslaw Milosz 23-25] (B)

111.) What idea did both Radiolab: War of the Worlds and "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic" provide evidence to support?

They both agreed that this event did in fact happen. There was a broadcast that caused controversy. They both thought that this broadcast impacted people in one way or the other. (F)

69.) & 70.) In "the beginning of the end of the world," what two things does the speaker compare the roaches?

They compare the roaches to both soldiers and priests. In the text it says, "marching up out of the drains not like soldiers like priests"(Clifton 6-7). (B)

105.) Based on "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic," what most likely prompted CBS to commission a survey the day after the broadcast? 106.) What excerpt from "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic" best supports the answer to #105?

They most likely did it to really figure out how many people heard it. If it was more than they thought or less. They wanted to make sure that not that many people had actually heard it because if they had it could have been very bad for business. When they heard that not that many people had heard it they were relieved because their business wasn't going to be damaged in any way. "'Both American Experience and Radiolab also omit the salient fact that several important CBS affiliates (including Boston's WEEI) pre-empted Welles' broadcast in favor of local commercial programming, further shrinking its audience. CBS commissioned a nationwide survey the day after the broadcast, and network executives were relieved to discover just how few people actually tuned in. "In the first place, most people didn't hear it," CBS's Frank Stanton recalled later. "But those who did hear it, looked at it as a prank and accepted it that way'" (para 6). (F)

94.) According to "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic," why did newspaper reporters exaggerate the effects of the War of the Worlds broadcast?

They wanted the people to turn to the newspapers for their information. They wanted them to think that because of this huge panic they caused, the radio stations were irresponsible and not to be trusted. If no one was listening to the radio for news then they would turn to newspapers. The more people buying newspapers the more money for the company. It was all for their advantage. (F)

66.) At the beginning of "The Nuclear Tourist," the author explains that it takes around five sieverts of radiation to kill a person. How does this information help the reader?

This information helps the reader understand the amount of radiation that could kill a person. It also help shows how relatively low the radiation levels were that the author was exposed to while in Chernobyl. (B)

40.) Read this passage from "There Will Come Soft Rains." The house shuddered, oak bone on bone, its bared skeleton cringing from the heat, its wire, its nerves revealed as if a surgeon had torn the skin off to let the red veins and capillaries quiver in the scalded air. How does the personification in this passage most likely affect the reader?

This passage will show the readers how the house ripped open when burning and all the pieces showing the houses insulation and pipes in the walls and all the things that keep it alive. (B)

84.) How does this quotation at the start of "the beginning of the end of the world"communicate one of the poem's themes? cockroach population possibly declining —news report

This quotation communicates one of the poem's themes because one of the central ideas of the poem is that cockroaches are so strong and they can withstand forces much larger than humans can, making them inevitable. No matter how strong the cockroaches are, they are dying. (B)

99.) According to "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic," how do PBS and Radiolab account for the huge numbers of people they believe were listening to Welles's broadcast, despite evidence to the contrary?

This whole story that millions listened to the Welles's broadcast was proven false with the evidence that was gathered, such as the survey and the other popular radio station being on at the same time. PBS and Radiolab responded to this after they made the claims that more people were tuning into the broadcast. They said that when a less popular singer came on the Chase and Sanborn Hour (which was the popular radio station), that there was a possibility that many people could have tuned in on the Welle's broadcast during the song. (F)

100.) If reporters sensationalized student protests to boost their networks' ratings, what does it mean they did?

To sensationalize is to present information about something in a way that provokes public interest and excitement, at the expense of accuracy. They get the public's interest by explaining the protests in exciting, interesting, and positive ways. This doesn't mean it is the truth though. They will do this because they don't care as long as it boosts their ratings. (F)

30.) What kind of situations are most likely to make a person feel tremulous?

Tremulous means shaking or quivering slightly. (B)

85.) & 86.) In the long sentences of "The Powwow at the End of the World," the speaker repeatedly mentions the theme of forgiveness. What are two things he feels needs to be forgiven?

Two things the author feels need to be forgiven are the impact the dam had on the native americans and the impact it had on the environment. It displaced the native americans and changed their way of life and it also changed the ecosystem because the salmon could not swim upstream anymore. (B)

110.) Displeased means "not satisfied," and pleasurable means "able to satisfy." Un-detected, meaning "not noticed," is part of a word family that follows a similar pattern. Given this information, what is the most likely meaning of detectable?

Undetected means "not noticed" and pleasurable means "able to satisfy". Therefore detect-able means ABLE to be NOTICED. It is something that you can find or it is easily identified. (F)

78.) In "the beginning of the end of the world," what do the details about the speaker and her family show about their usual treatment of the roaches? 79.) Which phrase from "the beginning of the end of the world" best supports the answer to #78?

Usually, the speaker and her family try to drown the roaches in the sink and hope that they stop coming up the drain. They treat them very harshly and ruthlessly. The phrase that best supports our answer is "...marching up out of the drains not like soldiers like priests grim and patient in the sink and when we ran the water trying to drown them as if they were soldiers..." (B)

14.) Which is the attitude toward knowledge conveyed by John's father near the end of "By the Waters of Babylon"? 15.) Which passage from "By the Waters of Babylon" best supports the answer to #14?

When John returns home he tells his father of his findings. His father was impressed by his son's actions and was also proud. He said that at his son's age, he wouldn't have been able to venture out on his own like that. (F) He said, "The law is not always the same shape—you have done what you have done. I could not have done it in my time but you come after me..." (para. 53). This quote illustrates the pride of John's father feels towards his son. From this quote, you can see that even though his son broke the rules he had established in order to keep him safe, he is still proud of his son for figuring out their past. This is something he wouldn't be able to do himself at this age. (F)

96.) & 97.) According to "The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic," what are two reasons why Welles's broadcast was heard by far fewer listeners than people believe today?

When it comes to who listened to Welles's Broadcast, there were less people that listened to the broadcast from what people originally thought. A national ratings survey took place the night the program aired. Households were asked what program they were listening to that night. But only two percent out of the 5,000 households in the survey answered a radio "play" or "the Orson Welles program". It was gathered that the other 98% were listening to something else or nothing at all. This wasn't found surprising because Welles' program was airing against one of the most popular national programs. Continuing off of this it was said that "The data collected was simply not specific enough....to know how many listeners might have switched over to Welles—"(para 5).Which could possibly mean that there was more exaggeration on how many people were listening, by the news. (F)

89.) The word scorn means "contempt." What would scornful behavior most likely be like? Use your knowledge of the word scorn and the Anglo-Saxon suffix -ful to help you answer.

expressing contempt

77.) Why would a person most likely search for a prophet?

one who utter divinely inspired revelations (Noun) (B)