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from BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME

from BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME

Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Hard

CCSS
RL.11-12.4, RL.11-12.6, L.11-12.5

+5

Standards-aligned

Created by

Bret Loewen

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The author’s tone in paragraph 1 is most accurately characterized as

self-effacing confidence

defensive self-justification

Ironic humility

arrogant superiority

thoughtful questioning

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

We can infer from the statement, “I no longer feel it necessary to hang my head at parties and tell people that I am ‘trying to be a writer’,” that the author

has found relief in choosing a career path other than becoming a writer

had been embarrassed by his choice of career in the past but is no longer

has found reluctant acceptance for his career as a writer

has overcome the insecurities he formerly felt at social gatherings

has become famous enough so that people no longer ask him what he does

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the last sentence of paragraph 1, the author characterizes himself as

confident but diminutive

unscientific butimaginative

unexceptional butimpressed

unreligious but grateful

self-centered but unsurprised

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In paragraph 2, the primary function of the quotation marks around the words “race” and “black” is to

emphasize their importance to his argument

imply that they are quoted from other well-knownsources

challenge the common definitions of the terms

highlight that he seeks to stipulate alternative meanings

attack those who use the terms improperly

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In paragraph 2, the phrase “the organization of people beneath, and beyond, the umbrella of rights” servesto

answer the question the author has been “searchingfor”

identify what the author has “spent [his] timestudying”

explain the basis of “the history of civilization”

define the function that “race” had performed in thepast

challenge “Frankish, Italian, German, Irish” concepts ofculture

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In paragraph 3, the use of the word “rapture” derives its force from all the following EXCEPT

it subtly develops the perspective presented in the phrase “If my life ended today”

it expands on the meaning of “great joy”

it contains linguistic echoes of “rupture”

it links connotatively to “The Mecca” and “the Dream”

it defines a method “to best exploit that singular gift of study”

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In paragraph 4, we can infer that the “land that I once considered mythical” is

America

heaven

freedom

France

The Mecca

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In paragraph 5, the author’s “warring emotions” refer to his conflict between

his pride in his son’s confidence and knowledge of his son’s privileged status

his desire for peace and his experience of the violence that disrupts it

his childhood experiences and his adult perspective on that experience

his personal life in his home and his public life in the community

his participation in his professional career and his personal family life at home

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The tone of the first five paragraphs of the passage is best characterized as

didactic yet impartial

moralistic yet even handed

blunt yet hopeful

condescending yet generous

candid yet emotional

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6