8th Grade Q1 CFA Review Pt. 1

Multiple Choice

PART A: Which of the following best summarizes a central theme of the text? RL 2.2 (1 point)

• Identity must come from within a person.

• Friendship is an important support system for young adults.

• People, especially young people, should resist the social pressure to obey other people's rules.  

• Growing up is complicated and challenging but is ultimately worth it for what can be accomplished.  

Multiple Choice

PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the theme? RL 2.1 (1 point)

• Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,/ And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son! (lines 31-32)

• If you can keep your head when all about you/ Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;/ If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,/ But make allowance for their doubting too: (lines 1-2)

• If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew/ To serve your turn long after they are gone,/ And so hold on when there is nothing in you/ Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!" (lines 21-24)

• If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,/ Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,/ If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,/ If all men count with you, but none too much: (lines 25-28)

Multiple Choice

PART A: Read these sentences from Stanza 3. RV 2.1 (1 point)

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, 
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​What does the word heap mean as it is used in this sentence?  Choose the BEST answer. 

• pile

• reason

• problem

• assortment

Multiple Choice

PART B: Which phrase from Stanza 3 BEST supports that heap means pile? RV 2.1 (1 point)​

If you can make one heap of  all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch and toss

• one turn

• and risk it

• you can make

• all your winnings

Multiple Select

The author's perspective is that to be a Man you must strive to become the ideally perfect person. 
​What are TWO pieces of evidence that support this? RL 2.1 (2 points)

• Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, 

• If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,

• If you can make one heap of all your winnings

• Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, 

• If you can dream– and not make dreams your master;

Multiple Choice

How does the relationship of good versus evil develop throughout the poem? RL 2.3 (1 point)

• Evil outdoes good.

• Good outdoes evil.

• Both good and evil are around but you have to choose good.

• 
  Both good and evil are around but you have no choice in what happens.

Multiple Choice

The word knaves in Stanza 2 is defined as dishonest men in the text.  Which of the following provides evidence for this definition? RL 2.1 (1 point)
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If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same; 
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make  a trap for fools, 
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

• 
  meet with Triumph and Disaster 

• treat those two imposters

• the truth you've spoken

• the things you gave your life to, broken,