
Is Survival Selfish? (selection test)
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9th Grade
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Majida Halaby
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This quiz centers on argumentative text analysis using the literary selection "Is Survival Selfish?" and targets 9th-grade English Language Arts students. The assessment evaluates students' ability to distinguish between fact and opinion, identify rhetorical devices like rhetorical questions, analyze author's purpose and use of evidence, and synthesize information to determine main ideas and themes. Students must demonstrate reading comprehension skills by interpreting specific textual details, understanding the author's use of anecdotes and personal narratives as evidence, and recognizing how authors structure arguments around complex moral questions. The quiz requires students to think critically about ethical dilemmas in survival situations while simultaneously analyzing the craft and structure of argumentative writing. Students need strong analytical reading skills, the ability to trace an author's reasoning through multiple examples, and understanding of how writers use various forms of evidence to support complex claims about human nature and moral decision-making. Created by Majida Halaby, an English teacher in Lebanon who teaches grade 9. This assessment serves as an excellent tool for evaluating students' mastery of argumentative text analysis after reading a thought-provoking selection that challenges conventional thinking about survival ethics. Teachers can deploy this quiz as a summative assessment following close reading instruction, as a formative check during a unit on argument analysis, or as homework to reinforce lessons on identifying claims, evidence, and rhetorical strategies. The quiz effectively supports classroom discussions about moral complexity while building essential analytical reading skills. This assessment aligns with standards RL.9-10.1 for citing textual evidence to support analysis, RL.9-10.2 for determining central ideas and analyzing their development, RL.9-10.4 for analyzing the impact of specific word choices and rhetorical devices, and RL.9-10.6 for analyzing author's purpose and rhetorical strategies in presenting and supporting claims.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Which quotation from the selection is a statement of fact, and not an expression of opinion?
She got out of the plane and survived. Very few others in the plane, which was soon consumed by fire, did. (paragraph 7)
If she’d tried, she probably would have perished with them. (paragraph 8)
If survival is an instinct, it seems to me that there must be something equally instinctive that drives us, sometimes, to run into danger instead of away from it. (paragraph 12)
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CCSS.RI.9-10.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Which is the best summary of the selection?
In moments of mortal danger, more people freeze than run.
Heroes are admired when they risk their lives to save others, but their actions go against the rules which prioritize personal safety.
We should criticize those who choose to save themselves in case of survival situations because they go against civilized instinct.
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Which phrase best explains the author's reasons for including the rhetorical questions?
To suggest that people should attempt to rescue others when emergencies arise
To engage readers by asking them to imagine specific survival situations
To pass judgment on people who are driven by their survival instincts
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
Why does the author include her personal experience about the Grand Central Station incident in paragraphs 4–5?
To prove she’s an expert during survival situations
To explain why she became interested in the topic of survival
To highlight the difference between those who survive and those who don’t
To use as evidence to the idea that sometimes people’s instincts are not about survival
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 5 pts
Does self-sacrifice lead to the acclaim and praise of the public or to survival?
Public acclaim and praise
Survival
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9
CCSS.RI.11-12.9
CCSS.RL.7.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
In paragraph 3, the author states that "every survival situation is different." What does she mean by this statement?
only a few survivors are selfish and uncivilized
there is no general rule about survivors
survivors cannot be heroes because of their selfishness
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CCSS.L.9-10.4
CCSS.L.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.1
CCSS.RI.9-10.2
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
The author includes anecdotes and personal stories in the text to -
provide evidence to support her claim that survival is a complex issue.
show that self-preservation mostly has negative outcomes
portray the selfish nature of human beings
demonstrate how selfishness leads to guilt and public humiliation
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
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