Post Test: Does Our Search for Identity Ever End?

Which sentence contains redundancy?

• Many supporters of uniforms in school claim that just introducing a common uniform can reduce these problems.

• The parents and teachers demanding the introduction of school uniforms say that they will reduce misbehavior, cut down violence and fighting, and improve discipline among students.

• When all students wear the same uniform, pressure on students to impress their classmates goes down.

Which description of Carter Druse from Ambrose Bierce’s “A Horseman in the Sky” is most accurate?

• Carter is young and unaware of what he wants from life. He uses his family values as a crutch to avoid deciding on the path that he wants to pursue.

• Carter is a spoiled and ignorant brat. He joins the army because he wants to anger and defy his family. He is also quite a selfish and unreliable young man.

• Carter grew up in the state of Virginia. However, he chooses to join the Union army. While he defies everything his family and state stand for, he carves his own identity through this choice.

Which type of point of view is used in this excerpt from the folktale "The Sleeping Beauty”?

"Once upon a time there was a king and queen who for a very long time had no children, and when at length a little daughter was born to them they were so pleased that they gave a christening feast to which they invited a number of fairies. But, unfortunately, they left out one rather cross old fairy, and she was so angry that she said the princess should die when she reached the age of sixteen, by pricking her hand with a spindle.

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• first-person point of view

• second-person point of view

• third-person point of view

• fourth-person point of view

Which word in this excerpt from "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae has a connotation of continued responsibility?

Take up our quarrel with the foe! 
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch be yours to hold it high! 
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

• failing

• torch

• faith

• sleep

Which two phrases feature a haunting tone in this excerpt from Sara Teasdale's "Places"?

"Places I love come back to me like music—
Mid-ocean, midnight, the waves buzz drowsily;
In the ship's deep churning the eerie phosphorescence
Is like the souls of people who were drowned at sea,
And I can hear a man's voice, speaking, hushed, insistent,
At midnight , in mid-ocean, hour on hour to me."

• ship's deep churning the eerie phosphorescence

• like the souls of people who were drowned at sea

• in mid-ocean, hour on hour to me

• come back to me like music

What is the tone of this excerpt from John McCrae's "In Flanders Fields"?

"Take up our quarrel with the foe!
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high!
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields."

• solemn

• unfeeling

• uplifting

• peaceful

What is the meaning of theme in poetry?

• Author's biography
• Central idea or message of a poem
• Number of stanzas in a poem
• Rhyme scheme in a poem

What form of poetry is evident in this excerpt from Carl Sandburg's "Fog"?

The fog comes
on little cat feet.

It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.

• lyric

• free verse

• haiku

• blank verse

Which statement best defines the topic in a passage?

• It is the information that develops the passage.

• It is the evidence of the author’s opinion on the passage.

• It is the subject that is covered in the passage.

• It is the reason an author is writing a passage.

Which thesis statement can be developed into a research paper with a clear opinion and supporting arguments?

• Racism was a central issue in the American civil rights movement.

• The First Amendment protects the right to free speech.

• It is illegal to discriminate against people because of their race.

• Laws against hate speech would go a long way in preventing discrimination.