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Lines 44-45 of Whitman's poem, "Song of Myself," give a good example of what poetic device?

Sec. 6: "What do you think has become of the young and old men?

And what do you think has become of the women and children?"

A. repetition

B. sound device - assonance (repetition of a vowel sound within multiple words)

C. simile (something is "like" or "as" something else)

Which quote from Thoreau's Walden is a good example of the transcendentalist ideal of the need to simplifying our lives?

A. Sec 5: Simplify, simplify. Instead of three meals a day, if it be necessary eat but one

B. Sec 3 : For most men, it appears to me, are in a strange uncertainty about [life] ...

C. Sec 7 :Hardly a man takes a half-hour's nap after dinner, but when he wakes...asks "What's the news?"

I hear America singing, the varied carols I hear,

Those of mechanics, each one singing his as it should be blithe and strong,

The carpenter singing his as he measures his plank. or beam,

The mason singing his as he makes ready for work, or leaves off work,

The boatman singing what belongs to him in his boat, the deckhand singing on the steamboat deck,

The shoemaker singing as he sits on his bench, the hatter singing as he stands,

The woodcutter's song, the ploughboy's on his way in the morning, or at noon intermission or at sundown,

The delicious singing of the mother, or of the young] wife at work, or of the girl sewing or washing,

Each singing what belongs to him or her and to none else,

The day what belongs to the day-at night the party, of young fellows, robust, friendly,

Singing with open mouths their strong melodious songs.

 

Which of the following is the best synonym for "conscience"?

A. evil

B. dishonesty

C. disgrace

D. scruples

What point is Thoreau making in the following passage from

Section 6 of Civil Disobedience?

Sec. 6: The soldier is applauded who refuses to serve in an unjust war by those who do not refuse to sustain the unjust government which makes the war."

A. People don't applaud the soldier who refuses to fight an unjust war or the government that wages it.

B. People applaud those fighting an unjust war and the government that is waging it.

C. People applaud the soldier who is against the war yet sustain the government that is waging the war.

Walt Whitman's free verse poetry did not use which of the following traditional poetic conventions?

A. Meter and rhythm

B. Imagery

C. Fixed meter and rhythm

The hypotenuse of a right triangle is 2 cm longer than the longer leg. The shorter leg is 23cm shorter than the longer leg. Find the length of the longer leg of the triangle.

 

 

The length of the longer leg of the triangle is ____

What is the meaning of the aphorism below from Section 12 of Thoreau's writings on "Civil Disobedience"?

Section 12: Is there not a sort of blood shed when the conscience is wounded? Through this wound a man's real manhood and immortality flow out, and he bleeds to an everlasting death.

A. The conscience can bleed if it gets wounded.

B. Wounding the conscience causes one to bleed, not to a mortal, but to an everlasting death.

c. Manhood and immortality are part and parcel to the conscience of all mankind in mortality.

Section 19 - The authority of government, even such as I am willing to submit to--for I will cheerfully obey those who know and can do better than I and in many things even those who neither know nor can do so well--is still an impure one to be strictly just, it must have the sanction and consent of the governed. It can have no pure right over my person and property but what I concede to it. The progress from an absolute to a limited monarchy, from a limited monarchy to a democracy, is a progress toward a true respect. for the individual. Even the Chinese philosopher was wise enough to regard the. individual as the basis of the empire. Is a democracy, such as we know it, the last improvement possible in government? Is it. not possible to take a step further towards recognizing and organizing the rights of man? There will never be a really free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly. I please myself with imagining a State at least which can afford to be just to all men. and to treat the individual with respect as a neighbor: which even would not think it inconsistent with its own repose if a few were to live aloof from it, not meddling with it, nor embraced by it, who fulfilled all the duties of neighbors and fellow-men. A State which bore this kind of fruit, and suffered it to drop off as fast as it ripened. would prepare the way for a still more perfect and glorious State, which also I have imagined, but not yet

 

11. I _____ in school almost all day. (past tense of be)

12. My sister _____ money for college. (future tense of save)

13. After weeks of looking, Jim _____ a job. (past tense of find)

14. She _____ the office about the meeting. (future tense of notify)

15. _____ you please _____ the door for me? (future tense of open)

16. The twins _____ almost always together. (present tense of be)

17. They _____ for three days to get here. (past tense of drive) 

18. I _____ my new radio with me to the beach. (past tense of bring)

19. Consuelo _____ for the job tomorrow. (future tense of interview)

20. It _____  almost time to leave for class (future tense of be)

21. I _____ never _____  his face. (future tense of forget)

22. Jacob  _____ his jacket on a nail. (past tense of hang)

23. I think I _____  my car keys in the grass. (past tense of lose)

24. The French club _____ a debate tomorrow. (future tense of hold)

25. Our side _____  the mock trial. (past tense of win) 

WORLD ON THE TURTLE'S BACK

Native American Creation Story

A long time ago human beings lived high up in what is now called heaven. They had a great and illustrious chief.

 

It so happened that this chief's daughter was taken very ill with a strange affliction. All the people were very anxious as to the outcome of her illness. Every known remedy was tried in an attempt to cure her, but none had any effect.

 

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WORLD ON THE TURTLE'S BACK

Native American Creation Story

A long time ago human beings lived high up in what is now called heaven. They had a great and illustrious chief.

 

It so happened that this chief's daughter was taken very ill with a strange affliction. All the people were very anxious as to the outcome of her illness. Every known remedy was tried in an attempt to cure her, but none had any effect.

 

Near the lodge of this chief stood a great tree, which every year bore corn used for food. One of the friends of the chief had a dream in which he was advised to tell the chief that in order to cure his daughter he must lay her beside this tree, and that he must have the tree dug up. This advice was carried out to the letter. While the people were at work and the young woman lay there, a young man came along. He was very angry and said: "It is not at all right to destroy this tree. Its fruit is all that we have to live on." With this....

 

Vocabulary

cauterize - v. To burn or sear to destroy diseased tissue

E.g.: The medicine-man makes incisions over the point of the pain, sucks the wound, and cauterizes it.

 

ingratiate v. To gain another's favor by deliberate, effort

E.g.: They advanced, and we did our best to placate and ingratiate.

 

inundate v. To cover with water; to overwhelm with a large amount

E.g.: We had rowed two crossbow shots from shore when a wave inundated us.

 

locomotion -n. The power to move from place to place

E.g.: The men began to regain their senses, their locomotion, and their hope.

 

from "La Relacion"

- by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

1- THIS TRANSLATED EXCERPT OF CABEZA DE VACA'S ACCOUNT TELLS OF THE BARGES IN DE VACA'S PARTY BECOMING SEPARATED AND OF DEVACA'S BARGE BEING SHIPWRECKED ON GALVESTON ISLAND. THE ACCOUNT TELLS OF THEIR MANY SUFFERINGS AND PRIVATIONS AND OF THEIR ENCOUNTER WITH THE LOCAL NATIVE AMERICANS.

2- SINKING - AND RESCUE

Seeing his determination, I took to my own oar and the other oarsmen in my craft did the same, and thus we rowed until nearly sunset. But as the Governor had with him the healthiest and strongest men, in no way could we follow or keep up with him. Seeing this, I asked him to give me

 

Complete the following sentence:

 

Most slave owners were without _______ and didn't care for the well-being of their slaves.

A. pestilential

B. countenance

c. scruple

D. copious