Emma Questions MAAP English II

Read the sentence below.

Even before Miss Taylor had ceased to hold the nominal office of governess, the mildness of her temper had hardly allowed her to impose any restraint; and the shadow of authority being now long passed away, they had been living together as friend and friend very mutually attached, and Emma doing just what she liked; highly esteeming Miss Taylor’s judgment, but directed chiefly by her own.

How does the sentence explain how the relationship between Emma and Miss Taylor advances the plot in the passage?

• by summarizing how Miss Taylor became a governess for Emma

• by explaining the difference in social class between Emma and Miss Taylor

• by describing how Miss Taylor and Emma went from employer/employee to friends

• by comparing how Emma treated Miss Taylor at the beginning of the story to how she treated her at the end of the story2

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CCSS.RI.1.4

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which statement expresses a theme of the passage?

• Strong friendships are important.

• Change is often difficult to accept.

• True love endures despite separations.

• Social status is prioritized over happiness.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Read the sentence from paragraph 4.

The real evils, indeed, of Emma’s situation were the power of having rather too much her own way, and a disposition to think a little too well of herself; these were the disadvantages which threatened alloy to her many enjoyments.

What can be inferred about Emma from the sentence?

• Emma is powerful and arrogant.

• Emma is carefree and confident.

• Emma is spoiled and self­ absorbed.

• Emma is demanding and self­ righteous.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Read the sentence from the text.

. . . when he was now obliged to part with Miss Taylor too; and from his habits of gentle selfishness, and of being never able to suppose that other people could feel differently from himself, . . .

What does the sentence reveal about the narrator’s feelings towards the father?

• The narrator views the father as caring.

• The narrator has sympathy for the father.

• The narrator views the father as arrogant.

• The narrator approves of the father’s position.

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Why does the author include the description of the setting in

the text?

• to emphasize the loss Emma has experienced

• to reveal Emma’s limited opportunities to meet people

• to highlight the importance of Emma’s status in society

• to describe the elegance of the village in which Emma live

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3