TTH Sec. 1-3 test

What is the central idea of the “Allegory of the Cave”?

• A philosopher is like a prisoner freed from the cave that comes to understand the shardows are are not reality, rather he understand reality by his experiences.

• A philosopher must return to share the news of enlightenment with others who will not necessarily accept his good news.

• Most men live chained to the wall of a cave, all thier lives, facing a blank wall and trying to guess the nature of objects projected by fire.

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Flowers for Algernon is told from what narrative POV?

• 1st person, internal, omniscient, reliable

• 1st person, limited, internal, reliable

• 1st person, internal, omniscient, unreliable

• 1st person, external limited, unreliable

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Who do the prisoners in the allegory represent?

• Ordinary people living in the word not realizing that everything is an illusion.

• People who want to break free to experience truth and reality but are cound bu thier own chains.

• Philosophers and those who see the world as an illusion.

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

Read the excerpt from the “Allegory of the Cave” by Plato then answer the question.

SOCRATES: Now if once again, along with those who had remained shackled there, the freed person had to engage in the business of asserting and maintaining opinions about the shadows—while his eyes are still weak and before they have readjusted, an adjustment that would require quite a bit of time—would he not then be exposed to ridicule down there?

What is the meaning of adjustment as it is used in the excerpt?

• shify

• alteration

• adaption

• change

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the central idea of “Good Form” by Tim O’Brien?

• Story truth considers how one feels when something happens, so authors should write about story truths.

• Story truth is often truer than what actually happened, happening truth.

• Writers use story truths whenever they feel guilty about what actually happened.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

Read the excerpt from “Good Form” by Tim O’Brien then answer the question.

It's time to BE BLUNT.

I'm forty-three years old, true, and I'm a writer now, and a long time ago I walked through Qnang Ngai Province as a foot soldier.

Almost everything else in this book is invented.

It's not a game. It's a form. Right here, now, as I invent myself, I'm thinking of all I want to tell you about why this book is written as it is.

What is the meaning of form as it is used in the excerpt?

• configuration

• shape

• test or version

• arrangement of what could be true

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Read the excerpt from “A Million Little Pieces Revisited: Can the Truth Ever Set James Frey Free?” by Daniel Honan then answer the question.

The Million Little Pieces controversy really freed me to be as radical as I want, to break every rule I want, and to not have to care what other people thought. It was great.

What is the meaning of radical as it is used in the excerpt?

• unconventional

• excellent

• fundamental

• comprehensive

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

Who was Plato to Socrates?

• His student

• His teacher

• His father

• His mentor

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

According to the text, the underground prison represents what?

• The cave

• the sun

• the ascent into the world of the mind

• the physical world around us

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CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

What is the definition of Allegory?

• an expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly; an indirect or passing reference.

• a story, poem, or picture etc. that symbolizes or reveals a hidden or deeper meaning.

• the moral or lesson of the story

• the attitude that the author takes towards the charaters in a story.

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3