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WorksheetsIs Survival Selfish?
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
True or False. Ismay died helping women and children survivors from the Titanic.
True
False
What was the controversy surrounding Ismay?
he died helping people
he climbed into a lifeboat even though there were still women and children on board
he assaulted a person to get into the lifeboat
he pretended to be disabled to get a spot on the lifeboat
True or false. Ismay said he only climbed into a lifeboat after there were no women and children left and the boat was ready to be released.
True
False
What "protocol" was strong about 100 years ago?
"Save someone's life"
"Save yourself first"
"Women and children first"
"Every man for themself"
True or false. We tend to praise people “who risk or sacrifice themselves to save others in moments of danger or crisis.”
True
False
What is an “instinct”?
hunger
sleeping
self-preservation
sharing friends
What was “the one thing” that would increase everyone’s chances of survival?
running to help people
calling 911
staying still and not moving
moving away from the area
True or False. It is easy to predict ahead of time who’s going to hold it together, and who’s going to fall apart.
True
False
The next story of survival was -
flight attendant in a plane crash
a train derailment
a car crash
a pedestrian hit by a bus
True or false. The person in the next survival story said people were frozen or screaming.
True
False
Why do survivors berate (ie. criticize) themselves afterwards?
we feel guilty
we get mixed messages about survival ethics
we realized we did not do what was expected
we feel they should have done more
True or false. People who ignore the suggestions from the second survival story are called heroes.
True
False
Name the book that chronicled the mountain climbing accident?
Touching My Life
Touching Death
Dying on a Mountain
Touching the Void
True or False. Yates cut the rope, sending his friend down a 100 foot fall. The friend survived.
True
False
Select the true statement.
Yates ended up dying before his friend was rescued
Yates waited long enough and was eventually rescued by fire personnel,
Yates had time to think about the odds and realized he could not save both his friend and himself
Yates decided not to cut the rope, hoping to save both himself and his friend
True or False. “Most people” who acted before they thought, i.e. jumped into icy waters or onto subway tracks, say they didn’t really think before acting
True
False
What is a claim?
The main argument or opinion that the author is trying to prove
A fact to support the paper
The persuasive technique
What the author plans to do
What does the author use as their "hook" for the essay?
A rhetorical question
A fact
A quote
An anecdote
"Miraculously, Simpson survived the 100 foot fall and eventually made his way down the mountain". Does this unexpected event support or refute the author's claim?
Support
Refute
"If survival is an instinct, it seems to me that there must be something equally instinctive that drives us, sometimes, to run into danger instead of away from it". Does this statement confirm or contradict the author's argument about how people behave in a crisis?
Confirm
Contradict
