Cesar Chavez Commonwealth Club Address Quiz

Rhetoric is all EXCEPT the following:

• Persuasive language

• The art of persuasion

• Cesar's latest boycott

• A tool used by writers and speakers

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Today, thousands of farm workers live under savage conditions.

What does savage mean?

• unkind

• deaf

• tough

• harsh

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

In P. 11, What specifically was helping create change for Chicanos and Hispanics, especially at that time?

• They were getting educated

• They were entering politics

• They were fighting for their rights

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

In P.9, How is the UFW considered "something dangerous" by others?

• it's not really a union

• it serves bread and butter

• It's the Bill of Rights

• It attacks injustice by organizing into a union and fighting it together

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Define implements.

• property or personal possessions

• tools

• union organizers

• people who organize

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the best definition of union?

• an organization of farm owners formed to advance the interests of its members

• an organization of workers formed to advance the interests of its employers

• an organization of workers formed to advance the interests of its members

• an organization of growers formed to advance the interests of its workers

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

In P. 12, What has the farm workers movement done for other Hispanics?

• Given them the chance to unionize

• Given them hope that they can be something and have something different.

• Made them feel like targets

• None of these

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which choice best sums up the successful boycott Cesar Chavez did from 1965 until 1970?

• stop buying grapes

• stop buying grapes grown by certain growers

• Stop working in the factories

• Go on a hunger strike

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

"We dismantled our boycott to work with the law."

Which is the best definition of dismantled?

• formed

• fashioned

• destroyed

• took apart

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CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is ONE rhetorical tool that Chavez uses in P. 8 of the speech?

• Appeal to intelligence of the audience

• Hyperbole

• Ask rhetorical question(s)

• Cites statistics

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3