On Reverence for Parents

Who was the writer talking to?

• All young people

• All young girls

• Chinese girls and women

• Unmarried girls and women in China

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When was the article written?

• a very long time ago

• about 10 years ago

• about 40 years ago

• we don't know

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What is the central idea of "On Reverence for Parents?"

• Unmarried girls should cook and give medicine to their parents.

• Unmarried girls and women should respect and care for their parents.

• Unmarried girls should not look away if they are rebuked.

• Parents should not let unmarried girls talk back to them.

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Confucious was a famous Chinese...

• emperor

• philosopher

• author

• soldier

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"If your parents rebuke you,

Receive it not impatiently,

But, standing in their presence,

Hear with reverence and obedient heart"

And repent of and forsake the wrong.

Repent probably means...

• argue and fight

• feel sorry that you did something

• give something away

• explain why you did something

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Cease not to cry unto heaven,

Or to pray in the ancestral temple,

That they may be restored.

This means that girls/women should...

• give their parents medicine and tea

• give their parents money

• never give up on saving their parents

• say they are sorry for doing bad things

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Grief’s clothing, for your parents,

Three years you must wear;

This means...

• girls should prepare their parents' clothes for three years

• girls should not marry for three years after their parents die

• the parents should wear 3 types of special clothing when they die

• girls should wear special clothes for 3 years when their parents die

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Never let it be said

That your parents died

For lack of attention from you.

When they die

Your very bones should grieve,

And to your life’s end cease not to mourn

The tone of this excerpt is...

• serious

• angry

• confused

• harsh

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Obey their instructions;

Turn not away your head,

And be not stiff-necked.

This part probably means...

• turn your head away from your parents

• face your parents with your head down

• watch your parents carefully

• nod your head up and down to show you are listening

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The author's purpose was to ..

• persuade

• inform

• entertain

• confuse

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