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What is the poet’s implied feeling about manual labor in “Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper,” by Martin Espada.

  1. The best results occur when everyone works together.
  2. The work of laborers supports the work of others.
  3. People who work with their hands do not work hard.

Who is the author of the quote “The car aimed ahead its lowered parking lights; / under the hood purred the steady engine. / I stood in the glare of the warm exhaust turning red; / around our group I could hear the wilderness listen”?

  1. William Stafford [“Traveling Through the Dark”]
  2. William Harvey [“Playing for the Fighting Sixty-Ninth”]
  3. Amy Tan [“Mother Tongue”]

Act IV of The Crucible takes place at

  1. the Proctors’ house during the witch hunt.
  2. Parris’s house, where the investigation began.
  3. the Salem jail, the autumn after the trial.

In Act III of The Crucible, Proctor tells Danforth, “God damns our kind especially, and we will burn, we will burn together.” What does he mean by this?

  1. The whole community will suffer damnation for the injustices being committed.
  2. Danforth will suffer damnation if he condemns Proctor to death.
  3. Witches will suffer damnation for their sins.

One central message of “The Gift” is that

  1. people rarely remember when experiences turnout happily.
  2. splinters are small things that cause big problems.
  3. a meaningful lesson can be taught in a simple act.

What idea is most inspiring in “Urban Renewal”?

  1. People have determined to rebuild the Twin Towers taller than they had been.
  2. People support each other in difficult times and times of loss.
  3. Ultimately, each person must look out for his or her own interests.

True or False: The beginning of “Antojos” is set on a city street in the capital of the Dominican Republic.

  1. True
  2. False

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True or False: The author’s purpose in “Onomatopoeia” was to demonstrate the importance of dialect in language

  1. True
  2. False

Who is the author of the quote “Suddenly, the countryside was so very quiet. She looked up at the purple sky. A breeze was blowing through the grove, rustling the leaves, so they whispered like voices, something indistinct”?

  1. Julia Alvarez [“Antojos”]
  2. Amy Tan [“Mother Tongue”]
  3. William Safford [“Traveling Through the Dark”]

In The Crucible, John Proctor faces an important test of character after he learns his wife is going to have a baby.

  1. True
  2. False

Who is the author of the quote, “While I speak God’s law, I will not crack its voice with whimpering. If retaliation is your fear, know this--I should hang ten thousand that dared to rise against the law, and an ocean of salt tears could not melt the resolution of the statutes”?

  1. William Stafford [“Travelling Through the Dark”]
  2. Arthur Miller [The Crucible]
  3. Julia Alvarez [“Antojos”]

Based on Reverend Parris’s reactions in Act I of The Crucible, his anxiety about his daughter seems to come from his

  1. great love for his only child
  2. fear for the fate of his daughter’s soul
  3. concern about his own reputation

Which statement best captures the idea of the bow-wow theory, as described by Safire in “Onomatopoeia”?

  1. Words imitated imaginary noises.
  2. Words took shape in imitation of natural sounds.
  3. Words originated in nonsense speech.

True or False: In “The Gift” the lines “I can’t remember the tale, / but hear his voice still, a well / of dark water, a prayer” show a lilting, musical quality, typical of lyric poems.

  1. True
  2. False

True or False: The following passage from The Crucible contains the dramatic element called stage directions. “The words ‘going up to Jesus’ are heard in the psalm, and Betty claps her ears suddenly and whines loudly.”

  1. True
  2. False

True or False: The author’s purpose in “Antojos” was to examine the experiences of emigrants from one culture to another.

  1. True
  2. False

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Course Name: Eleventh Grade English 2: Modern American Literature Student: Aryash Chauhan Course ID: ENGH040060 ID: F68560331 Submittal: 59 Progress Test 3 Although the progress test is similar in style to the unit evaluations, the progress test is a closed-book, proctored test. You may not have access to notes or any of the course materials while you are taking the test. It is important that you do your own work. Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. What is the poet’s implied feeling about manual labor in “Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper,” by Martin Espada. a. b. c. ____ 2. Who is the author of the quote “The car aimed ahead its lowered parking lights; / under the hood purred the steady engine. / I stood in the glare of the warm exhaust turning red; / around our group I could hear the wilderness listen”? a. b. c. ____ 3. people rarely remember when experiences turnout happily. splinters are small things that cause big problems. a meaningful lesson can be taught in a simple act. What idea is most inspiring in “Urban Renewal”? a. b. c. ____ 7. The whole community will suffer damnation for the injustices being committed. Danforth will suffer damnation if he condemns Proctor to death. Witches will suffer damnation for their sins. One central message of “The Gift” is that a. b. c. ____ 6. the Proctors’ house during the witch hunt. Parris’s house, where the investigation began. the Salem jail, the autumn after the trial. In Act III of The Crucible, Proctor tells Danforth, “God damns our kind especially, and we will burn, we will burn together.” What does he mean by this? a. b. c. ____ 5. William Stafford [“Traveling Through the Dark”] William Harvey [“Playing for the Fighting Sixty-Ninth”] Amy Tan [“Mother Tongue”] Act IV of The Crucible takes place at a. b. c. ____ 4. The best results occur when everyone works together. The work of laborers supports the work of others. People who work with their hands do not work hard. People have determined to rebuild the Twin Towers taller than they had been. People support each other in difficult times and times of loss. Ultimately, each person must look out for his or her own interests. True or False: The beginning of “Antojos” is set on a city street in the capital of the Dominican Republic. a. b. True False ____ 8. True or False: The author’s purpose in “Onomatopoeia” was to demonstrate the importance of dialect in language a. b. ____ 9. True False Who is the author of the quote “Suddenly, the countryside was so very quiet. She looked up at the purple sky. A breeze was blowing through the grove, rustling the leaves, so they whispered like voices, something indistinct”? a. b. c. Julia Alvarez [“Antojos”] Amy Tan [“Mother Tongue”] William Safford [“Traveling Through the Dark”] ____ 10. In The Crucible, John Proctor faces an important test of character after he learns his wife is going to have a baby. a. b. True False ____ 11. Who is the author of the quote, “While I speak God’s law, I will not crack its voice with whimpering. If retaliation is your fear, know this--I should hang ten thousand that dared to rise against the law, and an ocean of salt tears could not melt the resolution of the statutes”? a. b. c. William Stafford [“Travelling Through the Dark”] Arthur Miller [The Crucible] Julia Alvarez [“Antojos”] ____ 12. Based on Reverend Parris’s reactions in Act I of The Crucible, his anxiety about his daughter seems to come from his a. b. c. great love for his only child fear for the fate of his daughter’s soul concern about his own reputation ____ 13. Which statement best captures the idea of the bow-wow theory, as described by Safire in “Onomatopoeia”? a. b. c. Words imitated imaginary noises. Words took shape in imitation of natural sounds. Words originated in nonsense speech. ____ 14. True or False: In “The Gift” the lines “I can’t remember the tale, / but hear his voice still, a well / of dark water, a prayer” show a lilting, musical quality, typical of lyric poems. a. b. True False ____ 15. True or False: The following passage from The Crucible contains the dramatic element called stage directions. “The words ‘going up to Jesus’ are heard in the psalm, and Betty claps her ears suddenly and whines loudly.” a. b. True False ____ 16. True or False: The author’s purpose in “Antojos” was to examine the experiences of emigrants from one culture to another. a. b. True False ____ 17. True or False: One definition of “crucible” is a test, specifically of one’s character. The test that Elizabeth Proctor faces in The Crucible is whether she will value truth over personal interest. a. b. True False ____ 18. True or False: “Playing for the Fighting Sixty-Ninth” is a dramatic poem. a. b. True False ____ 19. What reason compels Mrs. Putnam to hunt for witches in The Crucible, Act I? a. b. c. curiosity about the woods the deaths of her children anger at Reverend Parris ____ 20. True or False: In “Onomatopoeia,” the phrase “slammed the vocabulary right in the kisser” is a hyperbole. a. b. True False ____ 21. True or False: Reverend Samuel Parris represents self-serving authority in The Crucible. a. b. True False ____ 22. True or False: The following passage from Act III of The Crucible contains the phrase “out of her infinite charity,” which is an example of verbal irony. “MARY WARREN, screaming at him: No, I love God; I go your way no more. I love God, I bless God. Sobbing, she rushes to ABIGAIL. Abby, Abby I’ll never hurt you more! They all watch, as ABIGAIL, out of her infinite charity, reaches out and draws the sobbing MARY to her, and then looks up to DANFORTH.” a. b. True False ____ 23. “Everything Stuck to Him” has which characteristic of a minimalist story? a. b. c. There is much dialogue. There are elaborate details. It has a basic plot. ____ 24. Which of the following correctly defines free verse, as this form is used in Stanley Kunitz’s poem “Halley’s Comet”? a. b. c. poetry on ordinary, everyday subjects poetry without regular meter or rhyme poetry with striking figurative language ____ 25. True or False: The following lines from “Haley’s Comet” are an example of enjambed lines: “Miss Murphy in first grade / wrote its name in chalk / across the board and told us / it was roaring down the stormtracks / of the Milky Way at frightful speed / and if it wandered off its course / and smashed into the earth . . .” a. b. True False ____ 26. In Act IV of The Crucible, Proctor’s determination to preserve his good name suggests that a. b. c. fear of persecution causes people to keep silent about injustice. laws were passed to prevent this kind of persecution. reputations can be ruined by irresponsible accusations. ____ 27. True or False: In “Everything Stuck to Him” the young woman asks the narrator for stories of her childhood because she wants to learn more about her parents. a. b. True False ____ 28. As Proctor is escorted to execution in Act IV of The Crucible, Parris urges Elizabeth to a. b. c. show that she believes the death sentence is just. comfort her husband in his final moments. try once more to persuade her husband to confess. ____ 29. True or False: The plot of “Antojos” begins in the middle of the action with Yolanda walking down the road. a. b. True False ____ 30. The following lines from Denise Levertov’s poem “The Secret” are typical of____________: “I who don’t know the / secret wrote / the line. They / told me / (through a third person) / they had found it / but not what it was” a. b. c. dramatic poetry traditional poetic style conversational style ____ 31. The message of the following quotation from “Playing for the Fighting Sixty-Ninth” can best be described in which statement? “Let’s just say that, next time I want to get into a petty argument about whether Richter or Horowitz was better, I’ll remember that when I asked the Colonel to describe the pit formed by the tumbling of the Towers, he couldn’t.” a. b. c. People can never really communicate with each other. The narrator is angry and resentful. The narrator realizes people communicate without words. ____ 32. True or False: One definition of “crucible” is a test, specifically of one’s character. The test that Cheever faces in The Crucible is whether he will be an impartial observer of the law. a. b. True False ____ 33. True or False: One definition of “crucible” is a test, specifically of one’s character. The test that Cheever faces in The Crucible is whether he will commit to one side or the other in the controversy. a. b. True False ____ 34. At the opening of Act I of The Crucible, why is Reverend Parris troubled? a. b. c. his daughter’s illness and her behavior rumors of witchcraft circulating in the community Abigail’s dismissal from the Proctor household ____ 35. At the end of “Urban Renewal,” the author says “thank you.” To whom is he speaking? a. b. c. Senator Hillary Clinton New York’s sanitation workers Mayor Rudy Giuliani ____ 36. True or False: Julia Alvarez is the author of the quote “I am a writer. And by that definition, I am someone who has always loved language. I am fascinated by language in daily life. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language--the way it can evoke an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth.” a. b. True False ____ 37. True or False: The author’s purpose in “Mother Tongue” was to demonstrate the changing nature of American drama. a. b. True False ____ 38. True or False: People are motivated to confess to practicing witchcraft in The Crucible because they will receive lesser punishments if they confess than if tried and found guilty. a. b. True False ____ 39. True or False: A theme of “The Secret” is that a poem can have many different meanings to different people. a. b. True False ____ 40. Danforth’s behavior in Act IV of The Crucible, conveys the message that a. b. c. those in power tend to act in the interest of preserving power. good and evil must finally be determined by law. the absence of evidence renders authority powerless. ____ 41. The primary tragic hero of The Crucible is a. b. c. Reverend Parris Reverend Hale John Proctor ____ 42. True or False: The author’s purpose in “Playing for the Fighting Sixty-Ninth” was to demonstrate the importance of dialect in language. a. b. True False ____ 43. True or False: The author’s purpose in “The Gift” was to demonstrate the importance of dialect in language. a. b. True False ____ 44. True or False: One definition of “crucible” is a test, specifically of one’s character. The test that Reverend Hale faces in The Crucible is whether he will sacrifice his life to protect others. a. b. True False ____ 45. True or False: Dramatic irony happens when there is a contradiction between what the character thinks and what the audience knows. a. b. True False ____ 46. Which passage from The Crucible, Act I contains a Biblical allusion? a. b. c. “Let you go to Ezekial Cheever--he knows you well. And tell him what she said to you last week in her uncle’s house.” “It’s winter here yet. On Sunday let you come with me, and we’ll walk the farm together.” “Abigail brings the other girls into the court, and where she walks the crowd will part like the sea for Israel.” ____ 47. Which of the following represents the most significant injustice in The Crucible? a. b. c. People aren’t allowed to practice their religious beliefs. People are expected to confess before guilt is proven. Courts as we know them today did not exist at the time of the play’s events. ____ 48. True or False: William Stafford is the author of the quote “Finally, we located the Colonel. After thanking me again, he presented me with the coin of the regiment. ‘We only give these to someone who’s done something special for the 69th,’ he informed me. He called over the division’s historian to tell me the significance of all the symbols on the coin.” a. b. True False ____ 49. True or False: When the narrator in “One Day, Broken in Two” compares America to a broken bowl, she is using a metaphor. a. b. True False ____ 50. True or False: The line group “to save every one of us, / even the little children.” from “Halley’s Comet” is end-stopped, rather than enjambed. a. b. True False Carefully review your answers on this progress test and make any corrections you feel are necessary. 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