Bellringer Day 2 "By the Waters of Babylon"

"I tried to guide my raft with the pole but it spun around. I thought the river meant to take me past the Place of the Gods and out into the Bitter Water of the legends." What is the narrator's reaction to this?

• He begs for mercy from the gods and then the Forest People show up and rescue him.

• He becomes angry and cries out to the gods, "I am a priest and the son of a priest." Then the gods show him how to paddle safely.

• He is scared, but he jumps out of the raft and swims to shore.

• He freaks out, and jerks the opposite way and the raft flips over, and he is pulled deep under water.

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The narrator builds a raft to cross the forbidden river and then paints himself and sings his death song. He believes he will die if he continues, so why does he go anyway?

• He has been sent by his father to bring back forgotten treasure.

• He wants to meet the gods, even though they will kill him.

• His desire to protect his people is his driving force; he will stop at nothing to help them.

• His desire to know more is his driving force. His curiosity is too great to stop.

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Which type of conflict is represented in this quote?

“If I went to the Place of the Gods, I would surely die, if I did not go, I could never be at peace with my spirit again. It is far better to lose one’s life than one’s spirit…”

• an external struggle—character vs. nature

• an external struggle—character vs. character

• an external struggle—character vs. society

• an internal struggle—character vs. self

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Which literary devices are found in this quote?

 "There should have been the wailing of spirits and the shrieks of demons, but there were not. It was very silent and sunny where I had landed."

•  alliteration and imagery

• personification and metaphor

• alliteration and simile

• imagery and metapohor

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When he arrives at the Place of the Gods, he sees all the following except--

• pigeons nesting in the towers

• a crumbled statue of a god named ASHING

• the ruins of great god-roads

• ruins of an amusement park