8 Semester B Unit 4

What is the correct definition of reflective thinking?

• Extracting the best out of all situations to lead a more peaceful and happier life.

• Engaging in rigorous training exercises to improve speaking and writing skills.

• Developing unique and more creative ways to deal with difficult situations.

• Examining problems from different perspectives to reach a solution.

• Analyzing past decisions and situations to gain better insight into ourselves.

From Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which sentence shows that Scrooge is ashamed of his earlier attitude and behavior?

• Bob held his withered little hand in his, as if he loved the child, and wished to keep him by his side, and dreaded that he might be taken from him.

• "Spirit," said Scrooge, with an interest he had never felt before, "tell me if Tiny Tim will live."

• "No, no," said Scrooge. "Oh, no, kind Spirit! say he will be spared."

• Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the Spirit, and was overcome with penitence and grief.

They were a boy and girl. Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish; but prostrate, too, in their humility. Where graceful youth should have filled their features out, and touched them with its freshest tints, a stale and shrivelled hand, like that of age, had pinched, and twisted them, and pulled them into shreds. Where angels might have sat enthroned, devils lurked, and glared out menacing. No change, no degradation, no perversion of humanity, in any grade, through all the mysteries of wonderful creation, has monsters half so horrible and dread.

What do the children represent?

• They represent the wisdom of the poor and wealthy alike.

• They represent the ineffectiveness of government services.

• They represent the poor who have been abandoned by society.

• They represent the fears and insecurities that prey upon humanity.

Which two of these sentences contain a participle?

• Tony was envious of his sister's brand new red convertible.

• Jesse's dog's favorite activities involve sleeping and eating.

• It was Alan's dream to backpack through Europe and Asia.

• Marilyn's husband, Bruce, is an entertaining fellow.

• Monica ate Evan's undercooked pasta down to the last bite.

From David Copperfield by Charles Dickens, which sentence expresses the idea that the poor should be submissive to others?

• Now confess, Master Copperfield, that you haven't liked me quite as I have liked you.

• Father and me was both brought up at a foundation school for boys; and mother, she was likewise brought up at a public, sort of charitable, establishment.

• We was to be umble to this person, and umble to that; and to pull off our caps here, and to make bows there; and always to know our place, and abase ourselves before our betters.

• It was the first time it had ever occurred to me, that this detestable cant of false humility might have originated out of the Heep family.

Which three sentences avoid incorrect shifts in verb mood?

• Read the stage instructions carefully, and then enact the play.

• Attend to Walt's wounds, and then you should take him to the doctor.

• Find Mrs. Lenore, and then ask about her family and health.

• Visit the doctor at 11 a.m., and then you might join me for lunch.

• Cook the chicken for 15 to 20 minutes, and then taste it.

What does this excerpt from Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol reveal about the dead man, who is identified as Scrooge at the end of chapter 4?

"If he wanted to keep 'em after he was dead, a wicked old screw," pursued the woman, "why wasn't he natural in his lifetime? If he had been, he'd have had somebody to look after him when he was struck with Death, instead of lying gasping out his last there, alone by himself."

• His cold and greedy attitude and behavior caused him to live a lonely life.

• Even on his deathbed, he was obsessed with collecting material possessions.

• He should have married Belle in his youth rather than pursuing material wealth.

• His dislike of human society eventually turned into a dislike for himself.

From A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, which sentence supports the idea that a person's behavior can change a situation?

• Dear heart alive, how his niece by marriage started!

• He was at home in five minutes.

• Wonderful party, wonderful games, wonderful unanimity, won-der-ful happiness!

What two core values does the following quotation reflect?

We need to steer clear of this poverty of ambition, where people want to drive fancy cars and wear nice clothes and live in nice apartments but don't want to work hard to accomplish these things. Everyone should try to realize their full potential.

–Barack Obama

• the significance of ambition in steering people out of poverty

• the importance of hard work to fulfill people's ambitions

• the role of material rewards for achieving life goals

• the need to set and meet your own goals, not common material ones

Who was Marley?

• Scrooge's older brother

• Scrooge's business partner

• Scrooge's boss

• Scrooge's father