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WorksheetsUnit 1 Test: Selected and Short Response (Online)
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
Part A
Which of the following options best describes the author’s purpose in writing the excerpt?
to provide an informative overview of Honolulu's plant life
to persuade residents of large cities to consider planting more trees and flowers
to illustrate how different Honolulu is from cities the reader may be more familiar with
to reflect on the way that large cities like Honolulu destroy any natural beauty a place may have once had
Part B
Click on the highlighted text in the passage that most clearly supports the answer to Part A.
I saw these homes surrounded by ample yards, thickly clad with green grass, and shaded by tall trees, through whose dense foliage the sun could scarcely penetrate
in place of the hurry and bustle and noisy confusion of San Francisco, I moved in the midst of a Summer calm as tranquil as dawn in the Garden of Eden
I breathed the balmy fragrance of jessamine, oleander, and the Pride of India
Which is a feature of the passage that identifies it as a portion of a memoir?
It is a description of a turning point in the writer's life.
It is a record of a significant historical moment.
It provides satiric commentary on the social context of events.
It records and offers insight into a personal experience.
Which of the following best describes Twain’s diction in the passage?
technical and specific
formal and sophisticated
precise and vivid
simple and direct
What does the passage most clearly indicate about the social and historical context of Twain’s day? Choose two options.
There existed large, noisy cities that some found unattractive.
Collecting information on exotic plants was a popular pastime.
It was possible to travel long distances across the ocean.
Many Americans were leaving San Francisco to find quieter places to live.
Part A
What is the central idea of the passage?
Mistaken ideas of education cause women to suffer.
omen should not be responsible for tending gardens.
Women deserve rights equal to the rights of men.
Part B
Click on the highlighted text in the passage that best supports the answer to Part A.
but what has been the result?—a profound conviction that the neglected education of my fellow-creatures is the grand source of the misery I deplore
I have turned over various books written on the subject of education ,
Which of the following would best help Wollstonecraft refine her central idea?
evidence showing that women have not always expressed an interest in education
the story of a girl who grows up to be happy after receiving a strong education
Part A
What two items does the analogy in the passage most clearly compare?
education and gardening
usefulness and blooming
men and women
Part B
What point does the analogy identified in Part A most clearly help Wollstonecraft make?
Lack of work skills makes women useless.
Women should be allowed to manage schools.
Poor education damages women's character.
Part A
Which of the following answer choices best describe the character traits Wolf Larsen demonstrates through his words and actions?
toughness and arrogance
bravery and fearlessness
Which excerpt from the passage best supports the correct answer from Part A?
"Then we'll drop him over without any palavering, . . ." (paragraph 1)
"You stand on dead men's legs." (paragraph 15)
"You stand on dead men's legs." (paragraph 15)
Which of the following best states the narrator's internal conflict in the passage?
He fears that he has been outsmarted and feels tricked by Wolf Larsen.
He is unsure of his own strength and wonders if he can defend himself against Wolf Larsen.
He is frustrated by what he perceives as his own weak response when facing Wolf Larsen.
Part A
What theme does the writer most clearly develop through the conflicts between characters in this scene?
Hard work and self-responsibility are necessary to build a person's confidence.
Privileged people can never survive harsh physical challenges.
Which of the following answer choices is an example of an end-stopped line? Choose all that apply.
A bed of squills, how blue! (line 4)
And the white flame of the tree. (line 8)
Will lift the blue flame of the flower (line 7)
Which answer best describes the way the stanza structure of “Blue Squills” reflects and reinforces its meaning?
Each stanza describes a different aspect of the tree and the flower, moving from the whiteness of the cherry bough (stanza 1) to the blue flame of the flower (stanza 2) to the shaking and shimmering of both (stanzas 3 and 4).
Each stanza develops the speaker's thoughts on death and beauty, moving from her thoughts about the past (stanza 1) to her thoughts about the future (stanza 2) to her preoccupations in the present (stanzas 3 and 4).
Each stanza develops the speaker's thoughts on death and beauty, moving from an acknowledgment that life is temporary (stanzas 1 and 2) to her plea that beauty save the moment by wounding her (stanzas 3 and 4).
Each stanza describes a different aspect of April, moving from the whiteness of the cherry bough and the blue of the flower (stanza 1) to their flames (stanza 2) to the pain that Spring causes her (stanzas 3 and 4).
Based on your knowledge of the prefix dis-, choose the most likely definition of the word disenfranchise.
take the right to vote away from
uncover the reasons to vote for
Which of the following sentences from the passage is a compound-complex sentence?
They planned to start over by growing corn in America, so they took what they knew with them.
We are proud that our ancestors mapped their own course to freedom and saw the journey through to the end.
The gateway to the land of the free wasn't as free as people might imagine.
Immigrants at the end of their overseas voyage needed cash when they came to Ellis Island to pay a fee.
In which sentence are the underlined words an adjective phrase?
So, instead of setting sail for the home of the brave, my family chose a ship headed a bit further north, to Canada.
Immigrants at the end of their overseas voyage needed cash to pay a fee when they came to Ellis Island.
Eventually, my family settled in the Midwest.
The soil in America produced more food than they could ever eat.
Which of the following options shows a past participle phrase underlined?
Even as a wave of immigrants swept through Ellis Island on the eastern seaboard, the nation saw large numbers of immigrants disembarking on its western shores.
Even as a wave of immigrants swept through Ellis Island on the eastern seaboard, the nation saw large numbers of immigrants disembarking on its western shores.
San Francisco stood as a major port for Asian immigrants headed for a new home.
Which sentence contains a present participle?
Now, they stood amazed on the deck as they stared up at the city.
They watched the people crowding the docks and knew the struggle wasn't over yet.
They bought a ticket on an ocean liner headed west.
Which of the underlined phrases is an example of an idiom?
Then to bed and become a promenade for a centipede with forty-two legs on a side and every foot hot enough to burn a hole through a raw-hide. (paragraph 2)
It was such ecstasy to dream, and dream—till you got a bite. (paragraph 2)
I thought tamarinds were made to eat, but that was probably not the idea. (paragraph 3)
They pursed up my lips, till they resembled the stem-end of a tomato, and I had to take my sustenance through a quill for twenty-four hours. (paragraph 3)
