The Censors
Authored by Pilar Munoz
English
10th Grade
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This quiz focuses on literary analysis of "The Censors" by Luisa Valenzuela, targeting 10th-grade English literature students. The questions assess students' comprehension of fundamental narrative elements including protagonist and antagonist identification, conflict recognition, and thematic interpretation. Students must demonstrate advanced analytical skills by examining parallel structure, interpreting figurative language, and understanding how character motivation evolves throughout the text. The quiz requires students to synthesize textual evidence with literary concepts, particularly analyzing how Juan's transformation from protagonist to antagonist reflects the story's central theme about corruption and the loss of individual identity within oppressive systems. Students need vocabulary comprehension skills for terms like "negligence," "subversive," and "contrasted," while also demonstrating their ability to trace character development and identify the psychological internal conflict that drives the narrative. Created by Pilar Munoz, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 10. This assessment serves multiple instructional purposes, functioning effectively as a formative assessment tool to gauge student comprehension after reading the short story, or as a summative evaluation to measure literary analysis skills. The quiz works particularly well for homework assignments that reinforce classroom discussions about dystopian literature and authoritarianism, while also serving as an excellent warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge before deeper analytical writing tasks. Teachers can use this as a review tool before unit tests on short story elements or as practice for standardized assessments that require close reading skills. The questions align with Common Core standards RL.9-10.1 for citing textual evidence, RL.9-10.2 for determining themes, RL.9-10.3 for analyzing character development, and RL.9-10.4 for determining word meanings, making this quiz an essential component of a comprehensive literature curriculum.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is the protagonist in The Censors?
Mariana
Luisa
Juan
The Censorship Division
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.10
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.2.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.4.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is the antagonist in The Censor?
Mariana
Luisa
Juan
The Censorship Division
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.10
CCSS.RL.2.2
CCSS.RL.2.3
CCSS.RL.4.3
CCSS.RL.4.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is it called when one fails to take proper care in doing something?
Negligence
Censor
Foe
Albeit
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is an example of parallel structure in paragraph 1?
"Juan let happiness-- a feeling you can't trust-- get the better of him..."
"Without thinking twice, he sat down at his table and wrote her a letter."
"...what he had taken as a stroke of luck was really one of fate's dirty tricks."
"Poor Juan!"
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a possible theme, or main purpose, of Luisa Valenzuela's The Censors?
Nature will always overcome the ambition of people.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Man can not escape his or her fate.
Traumatic events in life can lead to a loss of innocence.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.8.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How could you best summarize paragraph 9?
Juan works really hard to reach Section E, where he can analyze letters, increasing his chance at finding the letter he sent Mariana.
Juan becomes so absorbed by his work that he starts to like it, even going as far as to taking enjoyment out of censoring people's shocking letters.
Juan gets promoted to analyze letters for poison dust.
Workers at the Censorship Division tried to go on strike after one of them was blown up, but Juan reports them to his superiors and gets promoted.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How can you best describe this line from paragraph 9: "Soon his work became so absorbing that his noble mission blurred in his mind."
Juan's mission becomes going to the club to hang out with girls.
Juan tries even harder to have Mariana fall in love with him.
Juan begins to lose sight of his original goal and is becoming obsessed with another goal of becoming a good censor.
Juan thinks that Mariana will find his letter and write back to him.
Tags
CCSS.RL.11-12.7
CCSS.RL.6.3
CCSS.RL.7.3
CCSS.RL.8.3
CCSS.RL.9-10.3
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