LAFS.910.RL.1.1-Screener

PART A: Which of the following best describes the speaker’s feelings about America? (RL2.6)

• The speaker has experienced both good and bad things in America, and thus remains indifferent.

• The speaker despises America and has decided to speak out about their bad experiences.

• The speaker has a love-hate relationship with America, but ultimately has lost faith in the country.

• The speaker dislikes and has lost faith in America and believes that it will not last as it is

PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A? (RL1.1)

• “Although she feeds me bread of bitterness, / And sinks into my throat her tiger’s tooth, / Stealing my breath of life, I will confess / I love this cultured hell that tests my youth.” (Lines 1-4)

• “Her vigor flows like tides into my blood, / Giving me strength erect against her hate” (Lines 5-6)

• “Yet, as a rebel fronts a king in state, / I stand within her walls with not a shred-- / Of terror, malice, not a word of jeer.” (Lines 8-10)

• “Darkly I gaze into the days ahead, / And see her might and granite wonders there” (Lines 11-12)

PART A: In line 11, the word “darkly” is most likely used to convey which of the following? (RL2.4)

• The word “darkly” conveys the speaker has an overall cynical opinion of America.

• The word “darkly” conveys the speaker’s general fear of time.

• The word “darkly” conveys the speaker’s uncertainty about the future of America.

• The word “darkly” conveys that the speaker does not actually know anything about America.

PART B: Which of the following phrases supports the answer to Part A? (RL1.1)

• “I gaze into the days ahead” (Line 11)

• “might and granite wonders” (Line 12)

• “the Touch of Time’s unerring hand” (Line 13)

• “priceless treasures sinking in the sand” (Line 14)

PART A: Which statement describes the main theme of the poem "Chicago?" (RL1.2)

• Chicago is not perfect, but it is powerful and impressive in its own way

• The city has an unconventional beauty that is appreciated by very few

• Chicago is an unforgiving place that is not for the faint-hearted.

• A city is only as good or bad as the people who live in it.

PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A in the poem "Chicago?" (RL1.1)

• “They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas / lamps luring the farm boys.” (Line 6)

• “And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the / marks of wanton hunger.” (Line 8)

• “Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and / cunning.” (Line 10)

• “Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse, and under his ribs the heart of the people” (Line 21)