Unit Test Unit Test Review
Select the verb or verb phrase that is the best option to replace the verb watched in the following sentence. Kimo watched the waves, hoping to see the whale breach again. gazed at blinked at glared at glanced at
gazed at
Which scenario is an example of a theme for a story? Dorothy is a dreamer who wants to see other places. Bilbo goes on a journey and becomes a hero. The story takes place in a dark, dense forest. Good always triumphs over evil in the end.
Good always triumphs over evil in the end.
Which event is part of the rising action in "Little Snow White"? Snow White eats the apple and falls into a deep sleep. Snow White lives in a kingdom with an evil queen. The prince wakes Snow White from her deep sleep. The queen learns that she is not the fairest of them all.
The queen learns that she is not the fairest of them all.
Which elements does strong narrative writing always contain? Check all that apply. a connection to an outline a series of steps a clear point of view a set of directions a description of events
a. a connection to an outline c. a clear point of view e. a description of events
Read the passage. The woman in the last apartment down the hall was somewhat of a misanthrope, according to most people in Keira's building. She almost never came out of her apartment, but when she did, she answered hellos with a glare, as if she were being insulted. Keira was sure that she could find a way to get to know the woman, if only she could figure out how to invite herself into the woman's apartment to chat. Based on inferences, what is the most likely meaning of misanthrope? a person who likes to socialize with other people a person who travels all over the world a person who hates or mistrusts other people a person who prefers to live in small places
c. a person who hates or mistrusts other people
Read the excerpt from "How the Grimm Brothers Saved the Fairy Tale." This first edition is wholly unlike the so-called definitive edition of 1857. In the process of publishing seven different editions over forty years, the Grimms made vast changes in the contents and style. The stories in the first edition are closer to the oral tradition than the tales of the final, which can be regarded more as a literary collection, because Wilhelm, the younger brother, continually honed the tales so that they would resonate with a growing literary public. Their books would become second in popularity only to the Bible in German-speaking lands. By the twentieth century, they would become the most famous collection of folk and fairy tales in the western world. What is the author's purpose in writing this paragraph? to entertain the reader with tales from the Grimms' youth to convince the reader that the Grimms' books are popular to inform the reader of the reasons for the differences between editions to explain the roles of famous folk and fairy tales in the Western world
to inform the reader of the reasons for the differences between editions
Read the passage from a story in The Arabian Nights Entertainments. The fisherman was very unhappy. "What an unlucky man I am to have freed you! I implore you to spare my life." "I have told you," said the genius, "that it is impossible. Choose quickly; you are wasting time." The fisherman began to devise a plot. "Since I must die," he said, "before I choose the manner of my death, I conjure you on your honour to tell me if you really were in that vase?" "Yes, I was," answered the genius. "I really cannot believe it," said the fisherman. "That vase could not contain one of your feet even, and how could your whole body go in? I cannot believe it unless I see you do the thing." Then the genius began to change himself into smoke, which, as before, spread over the sea and the shore, and which, then collecting itself together, began to go back into the vase slowly and evenly till there was nothing left outside. Then a voice came from the vase which said to the fisherman, "Well, unbelieving fisherman, here I am in the vase; do you believe me now?" The fisherman's motivation is to make the genius grant him three wishes. try to find a way to stay alive. see how powerful the genius really is. have more time before the genius kills him.
try to find a way to stay alive.
Read the excerpt from "The Crab That Played with the Sea." 'Was that well done?' said the Eldest Magician. 'Yes,' said the Man. 'But now we must go back to Perak, and that is a weary way to paddle. If we had waited till Pau Amma had gone out of Pusat Tasek and come home, the water would have carried us there by itself.' 'You are lazy,' said the Eldest Magician. 'So your children shall be lazy. They shall be the laziest people in the world. They shall be called the Malazy—the lazy people;' and he held up his finger to the Moon and said, 'O Fisherman, here is the Man too lazy to row home. Pull his canoe home with your line, Fisherman.' 'No,' said the Man. 'If I am to be lazy all my days, let the Sea work for me twice a day for ever. That will save paddling.' And the Eldest Magician laughed and said, 'Payah kun' (That is right). And the Rat of the Moon stopped biting the line; and the Fisherman let his line down till it touched the Sea, and he pulled the whole deep Sea along, past the Island of Bintang, past Singapore, past Malacca, past Selangor, till the canoe whirled into the mouth of the Perak River again. 'Kun?' said the Fisherman of the Moon. 'Payah kun,' said the Eldest Magician. 'See now that you pull the Sea twice a day and twice a night for ever, so that the Malazy fishermen may be saved paddling. But be careful not to do it too hard, or I shall make a magic on you as I did to Pau Amma.' Then they all went up the Perak River and went to bed, Best Beloved. From that day to this the Moon has always pulled the sea up and down and made what we call the tides. Sometimes the Fisher of the Sea pulls a little too hard, and then we get spring tides; and sometimes he pulls a little too softly, and then we get what are called neap-tides; but nearly always he is careful, because of the Eldest Magician. Which conclusion about the Eldest Magician does this excerpt support? The Eldest Magician has a good sense of humor. The Eldest Magician does not like human beings. The Eldest Magician likes to order people around. The Eldest Magician is insecure and needs approval.
The Eldest Magician has a good sense of humor.
Read the excerpt from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate!O anything, of nothing first create!O heavy lightness! serious vanity!Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms!Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!Still-waking sleep, that is not what it isThis love feel I, that feel no love in this. What does the speaker's use of oxymorons suggest about love? The speaker is suggesting that love is necessary even if people fight sometimes. The speaker is suggesting that there was a big fight between lovers just now. The speaker is suggesting that love is confusing and encompasses everything all at once. The speaker is suggesting that no one should ever fall in love.
The speaker is suggesting that love is confusing and encompasses everything all at once.
Read the excerpt from Mohini's essay about the Grimm brothers. When the Grimm brothers first published their collection of folk tales, they stuck to one rule: they wanted to save stories from the past, which had only been spread by word of mouth. They wanted to use details from the changing lives of the average German family to show how the German culture evolved. They also wanted to show how storytelling makes strong connections in a community and is the sign of a civilized people. Their collection of tales was a gift to the German people. They had no idea that these tales would take on a life of their own, becoming a standard source for folklorists from other nations and ensuring their popularity throughout the world to this day. Which evaluation of her essay is most accurate? This paragraph supports the main idea by giving specific examples of the connections of German folk tales to other nations. This paragraph shows that the Grimms wanted to give the German people an updated version of the tales they were familiar with. This paragraph supports the main idea by giving reasons for the Grimms' determination to collect oral tales and give them to the German people. This paragraph supports the main idea by explaining that the Grimms' tales were exclusively related to the German national movement and did not relate to other cultures.
This paragraph supports the main idea by giving reasons for the Grimms' determination to collect oral tales and give them to the German people.
Read the excerpt from "How the Grimm Brothers Saved the Fairy Tale." Though brusque and raw, the Grimms' tales of the first edition still resonate with us today because they indicate how we can transform ourselves and our conditions to live in a better world. As philologists, collectors, translators, researchers, editors, and mediators, the Grimms worked in the hope that their tales would benefit us in unimaginable ways, and, indeed, it is this hope that can still be felt when we read and listen to their tales. Which statement best explains the structure of this passage? This passage introduces the Grimms' reasons for collecting oral tales and provides supporting examples. This passage restates the thesis that the first edition is influential and sums up the supporting evidence. This passage provides text evidence for the changes from the first edition to the final edition. This passage compares and contrasts the first edition with the final edition and prefers the final edition.
This passage restates the thesis that the first edition is influential and sums up the supporting evidence.
Read the passage. The headmistress of the boarding school was a buttoned-up, austere woman with a tightly wound, slate-gray bun at the top of her head and clunky black shoes on her feet. She made sure that our uniforms were complete at inspection every morning, and if one of us dared to wear a warmer pair of socks than the thin, oatmeal-colored ones we were issued, there would be trouble. What does the use of the word austere imply? that the headmistress is concerned about her students that the headmistress is not a kind person that the headmistress is kind to some students that the headmistress is uncomfortable
b. that the headmistress is not a kind person
Read the passage from "Cinderella" by the Brothers Grimm. The girl went out to her mother's grave every day and wept, and she remained pious and good. When winter came the snow spread a white cloth over the grave, and when the spring sun had removed it again, the man took himself another wife. This wife brought two daughters into the house with her. They were beautiful, with fair faces, but evil and dark hearts. Times soon grew very bad for the poor stepchild. . . . "Why should that stupid goose sit in the parlor with us?" they said. "If she wants to eat bread, then she will have to earn it. Out with this kitchen maid!" They took her beautiful clothes away from her, dressed her in an old gray smock, and gave her wooden shoes. "Just look at the proud princess! How decked out she is!" they shouted and laughed as they led her into the kitchen. Now it happened that the king proclaimed a festival that was to last three days. All the beautiful young girls in the land were invited, so that his son could select a bride for himself. When the two stepsisters heard that they too had been invited, they were in high spirits. They called Cinderella, saying, "Comb our hair for us. Brush our shoes and fasten our buckles. We are going to the festival at the king's castle." Cinderella obeyed, but wept, because she too would have liked to go to the dance with them. She begged her stepmother to allow her to go. "You, Cinderella?" she said. "You, all covered with dust and dirt, and you want to go to the festival? You have neither clothes nor shoes, and yet you want to dance!" However, because Cinderella kept asking, the stepmother finally said, "I have scattered a bowl of lentils into the ashes for you. If you can pick them out again in two hours, then you may go with us." The stepmother is most likely motivated by greed. love for her step-daughter. jealousy. fear of her husband.
c. jealousy.
Read the sentence. The shopkeeper smiled at David as if he were just telling a joke, but his disparaging comments made David feel insulted and embarrassed. Based on context clues in the sentence, what is the most likely meaning of disparaging? Select two options. uplifting funny belittling uncomplimentary hilarious
c.belittling d.uncomplimentary
Read the excerpt from "The Royal House of Thebes." Some hours later, Creon in the palace was startled by a shout, "Against your orders Polyneices has been buried." He hurried out to be confronted with the guards he had set on the dead body and with Antigone. "This girl buried him," they cried. "We saw her. A thick dust-storm gave her her chance. When it cleared, the body had been buried and the girl was making an offering to the dead." "You knew my edict?" Creon asked. "Yes," Antigone replied. "And you transgressed the law?" "Your law, but not the law of Justice who dwells with the gods," Antigone said. "The unwritten laws of heaven are not of today nor yesterday, but from all time." Which archetypes best describe Antigone? Select two options. the sage the coward the tragic heroine the rebel the villain
the tragic heroine the rebel
