Revolutionary Literature Quiz

Which is NOT an Enlightenment ideal?

• Discover truth through reason

• Hold to faith at all costs

• Against injustice and superstition

• Man is capable of creating a perfect society

Writers choose their tone and persuasive appeal (pathos, ethos, logos) primarily based on...

• What is most comfortable to them as the speaker

• Their audience and their purpose

• The subject only

• None of the above

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.W.9-10.4

Patrick Henry's purpose in 'Speech to the Virginia Convention' was

• To encourage colonists to create a better union

• To explain why it was fair for the colonies to be free

• To urge colonists to create a militia and prepare for war

• To give practical reasons for separation with England

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CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Common Sense was addressed to what audience?

• The world

• Soldiers in the British Army

• King George

• Inhabitants of the colonies

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

The tone of the Declaration of Independence could best be described as...

• Fair and formal

• Passionate and urgent

• Doubtful and concerned

• Cocky and adolescent

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The audience of the Declaration of Independence was...

• all mankind

• patriots

• loyalists

• the king of England

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CCSS.RI.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

Which persuasive technique (or appeal) is best displayed in the following quote: 'I have heard it asserted by some that as America has flourished under her former connection with Great Britain, the same connection is necessary towards future happiness...'

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

Which persuasive technique (or appeal) is best displayed in the following quote:

'It is only in this way [listening to all sides of the debate] that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the majesty of heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.'

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

Which persuasive technique (or appeal) is best displayed in the following quote: 'Hither have they fled, not from the tender embraces of the mother, but from the cruelty of the monster; and it is so far true of England, that the same tyranny which drove the first emigrants from home pursues their descendants still.'

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which persuasive technique (or appeal) is best displayed in the following quote: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: - That all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.'

• Pathos

• Ethos

• Logos