Final Exam Review 2023

In Dr. King's speech, as people struggle to obtain justice, King warns them to avoid

• writing bad checks.

• police brutality.

• trials and tribulations.

• hatred and violence.

King says that his dream

• occurred while napping on a New Hampshire hilltop.

• included Abraham Lincoln and the Governor of Alabama.

• is rooted in the American dream.

• became a nightmare of nullification.

What is the meaning of this metaphor from lines 115–116: “every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low”?

• There will be equality.

• The mighty shall fall.

• Racists will live in slums and ghettos.

• The sweltering heat of oppression will cool.

When King says that “we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood” (lines 122–124), he is illustrating the transition from

• inequality to justice.

• noise to music.

• disagreement to persuasion.

• interposition to nullification.

In Marigolds, the two events that contribute most directly to the end of Lizabeth's childhood innocence are

• throwing rocks at the marigolds and then pulling them up

• chanting at Miss Lottie and pulling up the marigolds

• hearing her father cry and pulling up Miss Lottie marigolds

• hearing her father cry and leaving the house at 4:00 in the a.m.

In "Marigolds," Lizabeth feels compassion when she

• hesitates to join the boys in throwing stones at Miss Lottie's marigolds

• is able to feel Miss Lottie's pain and despair

• admires the marigolds

• feels superior to her brother

The most difficult inner conflict Lizabeth faces is between

• hating Miss Lottie and being afraid of her

• being frightened of Miss Lottie and feeling sorry for her

• liking the marigolds and wanting to destroy them

• having feelings like a child and feelings like an adult

In "The Necklace," why is Matilde Loisel unhappy early in her marriage?

• She wishes she were rich and had more possessions

• Her husband doesn't love her

• She didn't have a degree and she couldn't get a job. 

• She wishes she were prettier

In "The Necklace," which one of these does not happen?

• Loisel borrows money from every possible source

• Loisel does business with loan sharks

• Loisel steals money from his boss

• Loisel uses his father's inheritance

In "The Necklace," at first Mathilde does not want to go to the ball because she did not have

• a necklace

• a dress

• a date

• an invitation