Which explains, "I knew the details of the year 1066 (the Battle of Hastings, the end of the reign of the Anglo-Saxon kings) before I know the details of the year 1832 (the year slavery was abolished)."

English history is more important than Caribbean history.

What is the strongest, most obvious theme for this story?

English culture dominates other cultures.

History should not be taught in schools.

Children should not be forced to attend school.

Jamaica is a difficult place to live.

What is the official relationship between Antigua and England?

Antigua is a colony ruled by England

Antigua is occupied by the English army

Antigua and England are independent allies

In XXIII, why has the speaker come to Brixton?

to participate in a theatrical production

to present lectures about English literature

to offer help during a national emergency

Which must be true about PRIVILEGED people?

they enjoy special status or favors

they are denied equality in their society

they obey traditional laws and customs

Which is the best description of fellowships ?

people who share common interests or enthusiasm

people who were born in the same year

people whose children attend similar schools

people whose financial status is about the same

Which best explains the speaker's meaning in XXIII? "Praise had bled my lines white of any more anger."

He has ceased to resent people who have welcomed him and treated him well

He still recognizes social injustice in the world, but it no longer bothers him

He has suffered a long illness, which has left him too weak to feel angry about anything

He is no longer upset at having been invited to work with people unlike himself

Which is the clearest example of irony from "On Seeing England..."?

England was a special jewel all right, and only special people got to wear it.

Those words, "Made in England," were written on the box the oats came in too.

No one I knew had ever been to England, or I should say, no one I knew had ever been and returned to tell me about it.

The first view I got of England then was not unlike the first view received by the person who named my grandfather.

What is amplification?

the expansion of an idea through repetition or elaboration

unexplained reference to another work, person, or event

the placing together of widely varied ideas or images

the contradiction between what appears to be true and what is true

What is the author's purpose of using amplification, the repetition of English and England in "On Seeing England for the First Time"?

to let the reader share her own experience of hearing those words repeated often in her life

to emphasize her admiration of a place she longed to visit

to arouse in the reader feelings of hostility and gratitude toward England and its people

to stress the power and influence that England and its people have had throughout the world

What is the most likely intent of the author's allusion to Othello in XXIII? Choose 2

it shows the author's own sympathy for Othello's tragedy

it enables the author to disprove the claim that "blacks can't do Shakespeare, they have no experience

it gives the reader a puzzle to solve

it enables the author to vent his anger against the British for their refusal to praise his writing

"On Seeing England for the First Time" and "XXIII"

Authored by Carolyn Hardy

English

10th - 12th Grade

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Jamaica Kincaids's given name at birth is...

Jamaica Kincaid

Elaine Potter Richardson

Emily Blunt

Annie John Lucy

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Jamaica Kincaid is from what island?

Antigua

St. John's

England

Franconia

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The first time Jamaica Kincaid sees England is from

a map.

the deck of a ship.

a drawing on a blackboard.

a myth.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.K.6

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Jamaica Kincaid does NOT compare England to

a leg of mutton.

a jewel.

a palace.

Jerusalem.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most of the items Kincaid's family consumed were manufactured in

China

America

England

Jamaica

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is the phrase "Draw a map of England" worse than a declaration of war?

England is difficult to draw.

Kincaid wants to be a revolutionary.

Kincaid does not like her teacher.

Kincaid feels like she is already conquered.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

George Rodney, Horatio Nelson, John Hawkins, and Francis Drake were- choose 3

street names.

English sailors.

slave owners.

Jamaicans.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

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