Henry & Paine AP Quiz: P.1

From this speech, readers can infer that patrick Henry...

• Strongly supports John Hancock’s decision

• Is submissive to the president

• Wants to see the colonists at war with the British

• Believes that the war is destined to arrive

• Would rather die if the colonists refused to go to war

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the purpose of including the rhetorical questions in paragraph 3?

• To show that the author is uninformed

• To provoke a feeling of despair and urgency

• To motivate the British government to fight

• To confuse the audience

• To question the British government

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Based on Patrick Henry’s speech, which of the following can be inferred about the beliefs of the speaker who spoke before Henry?

• He was secretly loyal to the British

• He had reservations about declaring independence and wished to remain a part of Britain.

• He wanted the colonists to directly attack the British and surprise them.

• He believed that the colonists could be successful in the war without intervention from the French.

• Both A and B.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Which of the following literary devices are used in Patrick Henry’s speech?

I. Biblical Allusions

II. Metaphors

III. Similes

IV. Parallelism

• I and II

• I, II, IV

• I only

• II, and IV

• III only

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Why did Patrick Henry include “ Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned with contempt, from the foot of the throne. In vain…”(Henry 1) in his speech?

• To explain the colonist short comings.

• To refute any potential counterclaim.

• To show that the situation in improving.

• To discuss another option to improve their situation.

• All of the Above.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

“They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?”

From the excerpt above, the author is conveying his message using,

• Rhetorical Questions.

• Similes

• Personification

• Anaphora

• Both A and D

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Patrick Henry builds an appeal to ethos by positioning himself as a Christian who follows his religious beliefs and uses plenty of biblical allusions to back it up.

Which rhetorical device is NOT included:

• Antithesis

• Metaphor

• Parallelism

• Consonance

• Anaphora

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following rhetorical devices did the author use?

I: rhetorical questions

II: diction

III: paradox

IV: historical allusion

• I and II only

• I and III only

• I, II and III only

• I, II, III and IV

• None of the above

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.8

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The speech in the Virginia Convention by Patrick Henry employs all my d the following rhetorical devices EXCEPT:

• biblical allusions

• rhetorical questions

• paradox

• metaphors

• Both C and D

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Based on the information provided in the passage, the reader can infer that Patrick Henry:

I. Is a Loyalist

II. Is a soldier

III. Believes a strong revolution is needed

IV. Is suspicious of the British advances

• I only

• I and III

• II and IV

• II, III, and IV

• I, II, III, and IV

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3