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Pride and Prejudice :Based on the passage, what can you infer about the character of Ms. Bennet?

• She is detached and somewhat sarcastic partner to her husband

• She is a loving and giving mother who wants only happiness for her daughters

• She is a thoughtful communicator who thinks before she speaks

• She is talkative gossip fixated on marrying her daughters off to a wealthy man

Pride and Prejudice : which of the following lines spoken by Ms. Bennet help to support your response to the previous question? CHOOSE TWO

• “ Why, my dear, you must know. Mrs. Long says that Nethervield is taken by a young man of large fortune...”

• “ A single man of large fortune; four or five thousand a year. What a fine thing for our girls!”

• “......How can you be so tiresome!”

• “ Design! Nonsense, how can you talk so!”

Pride and Prejudice is a Britishnovel written in 1813. Based on the passage above, what can you infer about societal norms or attitudes towards women during this time period?

• Women generally cared more about love and romance rather than practical matters such as finances

• Women’s financial security often depended on men

• Women were generally considered greedy and opportunistic

• women were often encouraged by their families to seek their own fortune

Pride and Prejudice : based on the passage and the role of women in society at the time, what can you infer in the author’s intended meaning of the first line..........

• The authors meaning is literal : she directly states that everyone knows a single rich man is looking for a wife

• The author’s tone is ironic: she implies that everyone knows a single rich man will pursued by women who want to be his wife

• The author’s tone is romantic, she suggests that marriage is what everyone seeks, no matter how rich or how poor.

• The author’s tone is ambiguous; she tries to intentionally confuse the reader to create a sense of mystery

Hope - which choice BEST expresses the theme of the poem

• Hope feels like a light, cheerful bird that sings a sweet song even in the face of difficulty

• No matter how hopeful you are, difficulty and extreme situations will find you

• Hope endures through all difficulty and despair, no matter how extreme

• The bird of hope sings it’s songs even in the most extreme situations

Hope - How does Emily Dickinson develop the theme of “Hope’ is the thing with feathers?”

• By comparing hope to a singing bird

• By describing a song without words

• By comparing life’s difficulties to a storm at sea

• By describing the extremes of life

Hope - Which is the BEST paraphrase of the final stanza?

• Extreme situations happen everywhere - in cold locations and on the sea - but there is always hope

• The bird of hope sings in all places -on both land and sea - but is never e theme or expecting of a crumb

• I’ve heard about hope being in the coldest lands and stormiest seas even though it never asked for even a crumb from those it helps

• I’ve heard the song of hope in the most extreme difficulties, in cold lands and stormy seas, but it has never expected anything in return from me

Hope - Which choice summarizes the poem most effectively?

• The speaker has led a difficult life but is always hopeful

• A bird perched on the speaker’s soul and sings it’s song of hope

• Hope is like a bird whose sweet, wordless song stays in the speaker’s heart through all difficulties,never expecting anything in return

• The speaker admires the hopeful song of birds that continues even in the darkest, most extreme storms.

With one wheel...- What character traits would be describe the protagonist at the beginning of the story

• Well-prepared and confident

• Disorganized and frazzled

• Confused and irritable

• Dreamy and lost

With one wheel....- which of the following details from the story help to support your answer to the previous question

• “With one wheel gone wrong, she careens into the checkout line.”

• “A perfect shopper, she prides herself on sailing the circulars, clipping coupons, buying in bulk.”

• “ Her basket is overflowing with catnip and kitty-litter, Pull-Ups and pomegranates- plenty of all.”

• “She takes every copy of the magazine out of the rack.”