"The New Colossus" Quiz

Who is the "brazen giant of Greek fame"?

• The Eiffel-Tower

• Hercules.

• Prometheus.

• The Colossus of Rhodes.

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What is a beacon?

• A hat.

• A light.

• A gun.

• Something vegetarians would not eat.

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What name does the poet give to the statue in the poem?

• Mother of New York

• Mother of Immigrants

• Mother of Exiles

• Mother Liberty

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What makes the statue look different from the Greek statue?

• It is strong and mighty but welcoming and mild.

• It is defiant and conquering.

• It is strong and defiant.

• It is weak and unwelcoming.

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

Whom does the statue address in Line 9 of the poem?

• new people

• new land

• ancient lands

• ancient statues

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What does exile mean?

• an entrance to a country

• being barred from one's native country

• hiding from the officials

• unhappy and miserable state

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CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What impression about power is conveyed by the poem?

• there is greater power in accepting the exiled than in casting them out.

• there is greater power in making people leave the country than in accepting them.

• there is greater power in the eyes of a woman than the government

• there is greater power in rejecting certain people from different countries than accepting everyone.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Throughout the poem, what is light a symbol of?

• freedom
• hope
• exiles
• strength

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

What is Latin for "gigantic, enormous, and huge"?

• coloss
• colossus
• colossal
• colosseum

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which one of the following is NOT one of the things she is called in "The New Colossus"?

• Statue of Liberty
• Mother of Exiles
• mighty woman

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5