IGCSE English Literature Carpet Weavers, Morocco

Morocco is a country in...

• The Middle East

• North Africa

• South America

• Central Asia

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which word in the first stanza, not mentioned in the title, might shocking to readers in connection with work?

• Loom

• Braids

• Chime

• Children

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CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which playful, positive image in the first stanza suggests a musical instrument like a xylophone?

• Braids are oiled and black

• Would make a melodious chime

• Look of another world

• Their dresses bright

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

What is the carpet the children are weaving compared to in a direct simile suggesting it is colourful, moving and attention grabbing?

• dark rose veins of tree tops

• the garden of Islam grows

• flickering knots like television

• the bench will be raised

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following word in the poem does not have any clear connotations of Islam?

• Garden

• Mosque

• Prayer

• Truck

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

Which word means a machine used for making a carpet?

• Mosque

• Loom

• Lace

• Chime

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The poem has a regular meter which some critics have suggested reflects the regular movement of a weaving loom. What meter is used?

• Iambic tetrameter

• Iambic pentameter

• dactylic dimeter

• trochaic tetrameter

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

Which metaphorical phrase from the poem suggests that the carpets made by the children are beautiful but also horrible as the children's lives and energy are poured into them?

• flickering knots like television

• The dark rose veins of the tree tops

• The bench will be raised

• Freeze into the frame of all that was

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which modal verb used multiple times in the poem suggests that the children have no choice and their lives and acts are controlled by others?

• Would

• Are

• Will

• Are

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CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which verb is polysemic (meaning it has multiple meanings) and suggests donating or gifting but also yielding or giving up itself to a stronger force?

• Heaped

• Give

• Lace

• Freeze

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2