Unit 3 study sync
Which sentence from the excerpt best supports the correct answer to Question 7? (Their Eyes Were Watching God)
"'You mean, you mad 'cause she didn't stop and tell us all her business; Anyhow, what you ever know her to do so bad as y'all make out? The worst thing Ah ever knowed her to do was taking a few years offa her age and dat ain't never harmed nobody. Y'all makes me tired.'"
Which of the following lines best supports the answer to Question 7? (What to the slave is the fourth of July)
"...the hypocrisy of the nation must be exposed; and its crimes against God and man must be proclaimed and denounced."
Which of these passages most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 5? (Bartram's Travel)
"At evening I arrived at Cedar Point, my former safe and pleasant harbour, at the East cape of the Great Lake ..."
Which selection from the excerpt best supports the correct answer to Question 5? (Their Eyes Were Watching God)
"But now, the sun and the bossman were gone, so the skins felt powerful and human."
Which sentence from the text best supports the correct answer to the previous question? (Midnight Zone)
"I counted slow breaths and was not calm by two hundred; I counted to a thousand."
Which sentence from the text best supports the correct answer to Question 7? (Barracoon)
"I found Cudjo Lewis full of gleaming, good will."
Which sentence from paragraphs 23-25 best supports the correct answer to Question 5? (Barracoon)
"I was afraid that Cudjo might go off on a tangent, so I cut in ..."
Which sentence from the text best supports the correct answer to the previous question? (Midnight Zone)
"Our friend had treated the perimeter of the clearing with panther deterrent, some kind of synthetic superpredator urine, and we felt safe-ish near the cabin."
What line in the speech best supports your answer to Question 5? (What to the slave is the fourth of July)
"There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of the United States, at this very hour."
Choose the quotation below that best supports your answer to Question 3.(Given to Rust)
"There's gravel now...When you stopped speaking to me / what you really wanted was for me to stop speaking to you. To / stifle the sound of my voice. I know."
Which line from the poem most closely supports the correct answer to Question 3? (N'em)
"They fed / Families with change and wiped / Their kitchens clean."
Which of these best characterizes the use of "they" in the opening lines of the poem? (N'em)
"They" likely refers to people of earlier generations.
Part B Which line from the passage uses a metaphor to best support your answer in Part A?(Fig. Lang. from Midnight Zone)
"This lantern was my sister; at any moment it, too, could go dark."
Which of these passages most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 7? (Bartram's Travel)
"WHEN looking up, I found my fish carried off, though I had thought them safe on the shrubs, just over my head, but their scent, carried to a great distance by the damp noctournal breezes, I suppose were too powerful attractions to resist ..."
Which of the following passages most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 3? (South)
"where that old flag still hangs, I return / to Mississippi, state that made a crime / of me—mulatto, half-breed—native / in my native land, this place they'll bury me."
Which is the most accurate description of how the speaker most likely feels about her voice now? (Given to Rust)
Although there have been some disappointing changes to it, she has learned to respect the power of her voice.
Which of these inferences is best supported by this speech? (What to the slave is the fourth of July)
America has no moral high ground to criticize other nations for violence against their people.
Which of these statements about Bartram's campsite incident is most strongly supported by the following passage (paragraphs 13-17)? I REKINDLED up my sleepy fire, lay in contact the exfoliated smoking brands damp with the dew of heaven.THE bright flame ascends and illuminates the ground and groves around me. WHEN looking up, I found my fish carried off, though I had thought them safe on the shrubs, just over my head, but their scent, carried to a great distance by the damp noctournal breezes, I suppose were too powerful attractions to resist. PERHAPS it may not be time lost, to rest awhile here, and reflect on the unexpected and unaccountable incident, which however pointed out to me an extraordinary deliverance, or protection of my life, from the rapacious wolf that stole my fish from over my head. HOW much easier and more eligible might it have been for him to have leaped upon my breast in the dead of sleep, an
An animal entered his camp and devoured his storage of fish.
Which of the following selections most closely summarizes the central idea of this speech? (What to the slave is the fourth of July)
The speaker believes the Fourth of July is no day of celebration for the enslaved, and wants America to wake up to her conscience.
"The Midnight Zone " is told in the ________ tense, from a _______ point of view.(Midnight Zone)
past; first-person
Which of the following inferences is best supported by the passage below (paragraphs 6-8)? "Yeah, I got to have somebody stay wid me. I been sick in de bed de five month. I needa somebody hand me some water. So I take dis man and he sleep here and take keer of Cudjo. But I gitee well now."In spite of the recent illness and the fact that his well had fallen in, I found Cudjo Lewis full of gleaming, good will. His garden was planted. There was deep shade under his China-berry tree and all was well.He wanted to know a few things about New York and when I had answered him, he sat silently smoking. Finally, I told him I had come to talk with him. He removed his pipe from his mouth and smiled.(Barracoon)
Despite Kossula's hardships, he lives a seemingly satisfying life.
The people described in the poem could best be characterized as_______.(N'em)
struggling with money
Which categorization most accurately describes how the author organized the poem overall? (Given to Rust)
From weaving various memories that happened during different times in her life throughout, to ending with figurative language that touches on universal emotions.
Which of these statements about the writer is best supported by the following passage (paragraph 1)? HAVING agreeably diverted away the intolerable heats of sultry noon in fruitful fragrant groves, with renewed vigour I again resume my sylvan pilgrimage. The afternoon and evening moderately warm, and exceeding pleasant views from the river and its varied shores. I passed by Battle lagoon and the bluff, without much opposition; but the crocodiles were already assembling in the pass. Before night I came to, at a charming Orange grove bluff, on the East side of the little lake, and after fixing my camp on a high open situation, and collecting a plenty of dry wood for fuel, I had time to get some fine trout for supper and joyfully return to my camp. (Bartram's Travel)
He is relieved to have escaped the heat of noon.
Which of these inferences about the writer is best supported by the following passage (paragraphs 7-9)? I chose to follow the Eastermost channel of the river to the Great Lake, because it ran by high banks and bluffs of the Eastern main the greatest part of the distance, which afforded me an opportunity of observing a far greater variety of natural subject, than if I had taken the Western or middle channel, which flowed thro' swamps and marshes. AT evening I arrived at Cedar Point, my former safe and pleasant harbour, at the East cape of the Great Lake, where I had noticed some curious shrubs and plants; here I rested, and on the smooth and gentle current launch again into the little ocean of Lake George, meaning now, on my return, to coast his Western shores in search of new beauties in the bounteous kingdom of Flora. I WAS however induced to deviate a little from my intended course, and touch at the inchanting li
He is willing to diverge from his predetermined route in order to explore beautiful settings.
What is most closely the central idea of the passage below (paragraphs 23-25)? "My father's father, you unnerstand me, he a officer of de king. He don't live in de compound wid us. Wherever de king go, he go, you unnerstand me. De king give him plenty land, and got plenty cows and goats and sheep. Now, dass right. Maybe after while he be a little chief, I doan know. But he die when I was a lil boy. Whut he gointer be later on, dat doan reachee me."My grandpa, he a great man. I tellee how he go."I was afraid that Cudjo might go off on a tangent, so I cut in with, "But Kossula, I want to hear about you and how you lived in Africa." (Barracoon)
Hurston is trying to stay in control of Kossula's story.
The following passage (paragraphs 13-14) mainly shows that ________. "But didn't you have a God back in Africa?" I asked him.His head dropped between his hands and the tears sprung fresh. Seeing the anguish in his face, I regretted that I had come to worry this captive in a strange land. He read my face and said "Excusee me I cry. I can't help it when I hear de name call. Oh, Lor'. I no see Afficky soil no mo'!" (Barracoon)
Hurston's mentioning of Africa makes Kossula very emotional.
How does the use of vernacular help the author better convey Kossula's story? (Barracoon)
Hurston's use of vernacular allows the reader to better imagine Kossula's life and experience, making the reader more invested in what he has to say.
Which of the following statements might best describe a central theme of the poem? (South)
It is complicated to belong to a place where you are told and shown you do not belong.
Which of these inferences about the dew on the grass is most strongly supported by the following passage (paragraph 6)? WHAT a beautiful display of vegetation is here before me! seemingly unlimited in extent and variety; how the dew-drops twinkle and play upon the fight, trembling on the tips of the lucid, green savanna, sparkling as the gem that flames on the turban of the Eastern prince; (Bartram's Travel)
It resembles a jewel on a crown.
What does the following passage most closely suggest about Janie (paragraphs 5-6)? Seeing the woman as she was made them remember the envy they had stored up from other times. So they chewed up the back parts of their minds and swallowed with relish. They made burning statements with questions, and killing tools out of laughs. It was mass cruelty. A mood come alive, Words walking without masters; walking altogether like harmony in a song."What she doin coming back here in dem overhalls? Can't she find no dress to put on? -- Where's dat blue satin dress she left here in? -- Where all dat money her husband took and died and left her? -- What dat ole forty year ole 'oman doin' wid her hair swingin' down her back lak some young gal? Where she left dat young lad of a boy she went off here wid? -- Thought she was going to marry? -- Where he left her? -- What he done wid all her money? -- Betcha he off wid some gal so young
Janie does not do what society expects.
Which of these inferences about Kossula's family is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 21)? "My people, you unnerstand me, dey ain' got no ivory by de door. When it ivory from de elephant stand by de door, den dat a king, a ruler, you unnerstand me. My father neither his father don't rule nobody. De ole folks dat live two hud'ed year befo' I born don't tell me de father (remote ancestor) rule nobody." (Barracoon)
Kossula's family was not of high social standing.
Which of the following best describes the difference between men and women, according to the text? (Their Eyes Were Watching God)
Men are passive toward their dreams, whereas women work to make their dreams real.
Which of the following statements best conveys the story's theme(s) of nature? (Midnight Zone)
Nature provides insight into human vulnerability.
What is the predominant use of figurative language being used in the final paragraph and what message does it convey? (Fig. Lang. from Midnight Zone)
Personification is being used to convey that the narrator and her sons are at the mercy of their natural surroundings which are more hostile than they are friendly.
How does the author mainly show her closeness with Kossula?( Barracoon)
She calls him by his birth name, Kossula.
Which of the following inferences about Pheoby is best supported by the text? (Their Eyes Were Watching God)
She is a loyal friend to Janie.
Part A In the first paragraph, how does the use of figurative language in describing the protagonist's surroundings reveal her mental and physical state as well as enhance the reader's understanding of the plot? (Fig. Lang. from Midnight Zone)
The inventive descriptions and use of figurative language help the reader grasp the severity of her injury as well build tension and suspense.
Which of the following inferences is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 7)? And while it's true that my children were endlessly fascinating, two petri dishes growing human cultures, being a mother never had been, and all that seemed assigned by default of gender I would not do because it felt insulting. I would not buy clothes, I would not make dinner, I would not keep schedules, I would not make playdates, never ever. Motherhood meant, for me, that I would take the boys on month long adventures to Europe, teach them to blast off rockets, to swim for glory. (Midnight Zone)
The protagonist attempts to redefine the role of a caretaker.
Which of the following inferences about the protagonist is best supported by the passage below (paragraph 65)? At one point, something passed across the woods outside like a shudder, and a hush fell over everything, and the boys and the dog all looked at me and their faces were like pale birds taking flight, but my hearing had mercifully shut off whatever had occasioned such swift terror over all creatures of the earth, save me. (Midnight Zone)
The protagonist is unable to protect her children.
Which of the following inferences is best supported by the fourth paragraph? But such is not the state of the case. I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought light and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth July is yours, not mine. (What to the slave is the fourth of July)
The speaker says his people have no reason to celebrate the Fourth of July.
What is most likely the speaker's reason for listing all of the jobs and professions held by African Americans? (What to the slave is the fourth of July)
The speaker wants to show that they are every bit as capable.
Which of these statements is most closely the central idea of the following passage (paragraph 4)? How harmonious and soothing is this native sylvan music now at still evening! inexpressibly tender are the responsive cooings of the innocent dove, in the fragrant Zanthoxilon groves, and the variable and tuneful warblings of the nonparel; with the more sprightly and elevated strains of the blue linnet and golden icterus. (Bartram's Travel)
The writer is enchanted by the evening birdsong.
According to the text, which of the following best describes how the townspeople change after they've left work? (Their Eyes Were Watching God)
They feel like themselves again, and freely converse with each other.
Which of these inferences is best supported by the passage below (lines 1-3)? They said to say goodnight And not goodbye, unplugged The TV when it rained. They hid (N'em)
They were worried about the TV being damaged during thunderstorms.
What are the following lines (lines 23-31) most likely intended to illustrate in their juxtaposition? I returned to a country battlefieldwhere colored troops fought and died—Port Hudson where their bodies swelledand blackened beneath the sun—unburieduntil earth's green sheet pulled over them,unmarked by any headstones.Where the roads, buildings, and monumentsare named to honor the Confederacy,where that old flag still hangs, (South)
Though the black soldiers fought and died and became part of the land, the only things constructed in memorial are designed to pay tribute to the force that opposed those soldiers.
What is most likely the speaker's reason for including the following series of questions (paragraph 9)? Would you have me argue that man is entitled to liberty? That he is the rightful owner of his own body? You have already declared it. Must I argue the wrongfulness of slavery? Is that a question for Republicans? Is it to be settled by the rules of logic and argumentation, as a matter beset with great difficulty, involving a doubtful application of the principle of justice, hard to be understood? How should I look to-day, in the presence of Americans, dividing, and subdividing a discourse, to show that men have a natural right to freedom? Speaking of it relatively and positively, negatively and affirmatively. To do so, would be to make myself ridiculous, and to offer an insult to your understanding. There is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven that does not know that slavery is wrong for him. (What to the slave
To insist that arguing the wrongfulness of slavery ridicules the person arguing and insults the listener
What is most likely the poet's reason for pointing out how the vegetation has changed in the place she is walking through at the beginning of the poem?(South)
To introduce themes of belonging and not belonging in a place, and of being planted in a place that already has history.
The speaker includes the following passage (paragraphs 4-5) most likely to _____ . And let me warn you that it is dangerous to copy the example of a nation whose crimes, towering up to heaven, were thrown down by the breath of the Almighty, burying that nation in irrevocable ruin! I can to-day take up the plaintive lament of a peeled and woe-smitten people!"By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down. Yea! We wept when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there, they that carried us away captive, required of us a song; and they who wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. How can we sing the Lord's song in a strange land? If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth." (What to the slave is the fourth of July)
caution America not to become like Babylon, whose crimes led to its ruin
The following passage primarily shows that chuck-will's-widow (paragraph 4). * Caprimulgus rufus called chuck-will's-widow, from a fancied resemblance of his notes to these words: they inhabit the maritime parts of Carolina and Florida, and are more than twice the size of the night hawk or whip-poor-will.(Bartram's Travel)
has a name that echoes the sound of its birdsong
The following passage (paragraph 56) adds to the development of the story mainly by ____________. What had been built to seem so solid was fragile in the face of time because time is impassive, more animal than human. Time would not care if you fell out of it. It would continue on without you. It cannot see you; it has always been blind to the human and the things we do to stave it off, the taxonomies, the cleaning, the arranging, the ordering. (Midnight Zone)
intensifying the protagonist's fear
The following passage (paragraph 3) adds to the development of the text mainly by ___________. So the beginning of this was a woman and she had come back from burying the dead. Not the dead of sick and ailing with friends at the pillow and the feet. She had come back from the sodden and the bloated; the sudden dead, their eyes flung wide open in judgment. (Their Eyes Were Watching God)
introducing Janie and suggesting that she has just endured a hardship
The following passage (paragraph 11) mainly refers to ____________. There had been a weight on us as we played outside, not as if something were actually watching but because of the possibility that something could be watching when we were so far from humanity in all that Florida waste.(Midnight Zone)
the dangers of being isolated
The following passage (paragraph 8) mainly suggests that ___________. The men noticed her firm buttocks like she had grape fruits in her hip pockets; the great rope of black hair swinging to her waist and unraveling in the wind like a plume; then her pugnacious breasts trying to bore holes in her shirt. They, the men, were saving with the mind what they lost with the eye. The women took the faded shirt and muddy overalls and laid them away for remembrance. It was a weapon against her strength and if it turned out of no significance, still it was a hope that she might fall to their level some day. (Their Eyes Were Watching God)
the men are attracted to Janie, while the women are threatened by her
Within the context of the poem, the purpose of the following lines is mainly to show that ________. "...Just yesterday a woman closed her eyes as I read aloud, and said she wanted to sleep in the sound of it, my voice." (Given to Rust)
the speaker's voice sounds different to others than it does to her
