Module 3 Quiz Review

In “The Seventh Man,” which statement best summarizes what happens in the weeks following K.’s death?

• He falls ill and has nightmares

• He moves to Nagano

• He spends hours studying K.’s artwork.

• He starts attending a different school.

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Which excerpt from “The Seventh Man” best explains why the seventh man feels responsible for K.’s death?

• "I stood there, wondering what to do. Should I go down to the beach?"

• "I had always loved and protected K. as if he had been my own little brother."

• "He might have been so absorbed in whatever it was he had found that my call made no impression on him."

• "I probably could have run over and dragged him out of the reach of the wave."

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In “The Seventh Man,” why does the seventh man’s view of the past begin to change?

• After his father dies, he returns home and realizes that he did not need to move to Nagano

• Studying K.’s art, he remembers that K. was gentle and realizes that his last look was not one of hatred

• After his father dies, he realizes that it was the second wave, not the first, that killed K.

• Studying K.’s art, he realizes that K. would not have minded dying in the wave.

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In “The Seventh Man,” what is the most important discovery that the seventh man makes when he returns to his hometown?

• He realizes that the dark shadow of K.’s death has left him.

• He discovers that K. was a gentle and artistic soul.

• He sees that the town remains the same as when he was a boy.

• He learns that his father has died of cancer.

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Which is the most likely reaction a person might have to a desperate situation?

• a desire for sleep

• a desire to learn.

• a feeling of boredom

• a feeling of panic

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In which circumstances is a person most likely to be entranced?

• when looking for a lost wallet

• when hearing a window break in a storm

• when watching a beautiful sunset

• when saying goodbye to old friends

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If a person experiences profound sorrow, which of the following must be true?

• The person appears to feel sorrow but does not really.

• The person’s feeling of sorrow is deep and intense.

• The person’s feeling of sorrow will last briefly.

• The person thinks long and hard about his or her feelings.

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What does the giant wave most clearly represent to the seventh man?

• t represents art, which can capture the spirit of nature.

• It represents nature, which is both beautiful and awe-inspiring.

• It represents death, which causes hatred among people.

• It represents our fears, which keep us from doing what we should.

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Which passage from the text most clearly supports that "fears keeps us from doing what we should.

• "But it was too late. A wave like a huge snake with its head held high, poised to strike, was racing toward the shore. I had never seen anything like it before."

• "In the tip of the [second] wave, as if enclosed in some kind of transparent capsule, floated K.’s body, reclining on its side. But that’s not all. K. was looking straight at me, smiling."

• "I knew that the wave was coming, and K. didn’t know. As clearly as I knew what I ought to be doing, I found myself running the other way. . . . What made me do this, I’m sure, was fear"

• "Most of [K.’s pictures] were landscapes, pictures of the familiar stretch of ocean and sand beach and pine woods and the town, and all done with that special clarity and coloration I knew so well from K.’s hand"

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At the end of the story, the narrator says that if we “turn our backs on” fear, “we take the most precious thing inside us and surrender it to something else.” What does he most likely mean by these statements?

• If we avoid our fear, we will lose our lives to a natural force such as a storm

• If we do not respect our fear, then others will lose their respect for us.

• If we do not respect our fear, then we will need to surrender to our enemies.

• If we avoid our fear, then we give the fear power over ourselves and lose our freedom

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