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Feb 06, 2017

Read these lines from Fredrick Douglass's speech "What to The Slave Is the Fourth of July?"To forget them, to pass...

Read these lines from Fredrick Douglass's speech "What to The Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

To forget them, to pass lightly over their wrongs, and to chime in with the popular theme, would be treason most scandalous. . .

Which word is most similar to how chime in is used here? (5 points)

AgreeCreateHarmonizeResound 2. Read these lines from "Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe:

I was by no means certain that he had noticed the sounds in question; although, assuredly, a strange alteration had, during the last few minutes, taken place in his demeanor.

Which of the following correctly defines the word assuredly as it is used here? (5 points)

With certaintyWithout doubtWith confusionWithout understanding 3. Read these lines from Fredrick Douglass's speech "What to The Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

If I do forget, if I do not faithfully remember those bleeding children of sorrow this day, "may my right hand forget her cunning, and may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth!"

Which definition of cunning is most likely suited for this line? (5 points)

Crafty trickeryDelicately pleasing; cuteDisplaying keen insightKnowledge or ability 4. Which sentence below most strongly suggests the speaker is not responsible for the events? (5 points) It was I who pulled the string that moved the chair that caused you to fall.You fell because I pulled the string which moved the chair.The chair moved and you fell because I pulled the string.The chair moved after the string I was holding was pulled. 5. Which sentence correctly uses a hyphen? (5 points) The teacher was much-loved.The determined-talented band played.The strawberries were chocolate-covered.The well-known artist arrived. 6. Which sentence correctly uses hyphens? (5 points) The accountant gave the tables a quick-glance of review.The sugared-fruit was popular at first but then overlooked.The quick-thinking, well-dressed speaker shocked the audience.The actress was still fretted-over before her stage entrance. 7. Read this line from "The Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allen Poe:

A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid, and luminous beyond comparison; lips somewhat thin and very pallid, but of a surpassingly beautiful curve; a nose of a delicate Hebrew model, but with a breadth of nostril unusual in similar formations; a finely moulded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy; hair of a more than web-like softness and tenuity;-these features, with an inordinate expansion above the regions of the temple, made up altogether a countenance not easily to be forgotten.

Which group of words from the sentence above gives clues to the meaning of the word countenance? (5 points)

Beautiful, delicate, web-likeEnergy, softness, expansionEye, lips, noseLuminous, thin, pallid 8. WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY?

By Frederick Douglass

Extract from an Oration, at Rochester, July 5, 1852

Fellow-Citizens-Pardon me, and allow me to ask, why am I called upon to speak here to-day? What have I, or those I represent, to do with your national independence? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice, embodied in that Declaration of Independence, extended to us? and am I, therefore, called upon to bring our humble offering to the national altar, and to confess the benefits, and express devout gratitude for the blessings, resulting from your independence to us?

But, such is not the state of the case. I say it with a sad sense of the disparity between us. I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you this day rejoice, are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence, bequeathed by your fathers, is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you, has brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony. Do you mean, citizens, to mock me, by asking me to speak to-day? . . .

Fellow-citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions, whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are to-day rendered more intolerable by the jubilant shouts that reach them. If I do forget, if I do not faithfully remember those bleeding children of sorrow this day, "may my right hand forget her cunning, and may my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth!" To forget them, to pass lightly over their wrongs, and to chime in with the popular theme, would be treason most scandalous and shocking, and would make me a reproach before God and the world. My subject, then, fellow-citizens, is AMERICAN SLAVERY. I shall see this day and its popular characteristics from the slave's point of view. Standing there, identified with the American bondman, making his wrongs mine, I do not hesitate to declare, with all my soul, that the character and conduct of this nation never looked blacker to me than on this Fourth of July. Whether we turn to the declarations of the past, or to the professions of the present, the conduct of the nation seems equally hideous and revolting.

What does Douglass hold the nation accountable for? (5 points)

Changing the Declaration of IndependenceRemembering the suffering of others in the midst of their joyThe need to stop celebrating the Fourth of JulyThe hideous and revolting conduct of the past and present 9. WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY?

By Frederick Douglass

Extract from an Oration, at Rochester, July 5, 1852

Read this line from "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"

Standing there, identified with the American bondman, making his wrongs mine, I do not hesitate to declare, with all my soul, that the character and conduct of this nation never looked blacker to me than on this Fourth of July.

What is Douglass implying in this text? (5 points)

His presence at the celebration shows that he has forgotten the past.By speaking at the celebration, he feels complicit with the atrocities of the nation.Witnessing the celebration has shown him that the nation is even crueler than he thought.His speech will cause the audience to re-evaluate the meaning of freedom. 10. WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY?

By Frederick Douglass

Extract from an Oration, at Rochester, July 5, 1852

Which words best describe Douglass's tone in this excerpt? (5 points)

Apologetic, reverentForceful, angryReassuring, thoughtfulSympathetic, energetic 11. WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY?

By Frederick Douglass

Extract from an Oration, at Rochester, July 5, 1852

What was the most likely effect of the questions Douglass asks in the first paragraph of the speech? (5 points)

They establish a context for the remaining work facing the abolitionists groups.They create the feeling of acceptance Douglass tries to create.They imply Douglass does not trust the motives or wisdom of those who invited him to speak.They imply there is much doubt about the wisdom of undertaking the tasks before them. 12. WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY?

By Frederick Douglass

Extract from an Oration, at Rochester, July 5, 1852

Who does Douglass claim to speak for in this speech? (5 points)

Those bleeding children of sorrow this dayThe character and conduct of this nationThe rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independenceThe sunlight that brought life and healing to you 13. WHAT TO THE SLAVE IS THE FOURTH OF JULY?

By Frederick Douglass

Extract from an Oration, at Rochester, July 5, 1852

What does the "grand illuminated temple" mentioned in the second paragraph represent? (5 points)

That which Americans celebrate as liberty and justice but which Douglass feels is emptyThat which Douglass feels is the community to which only Americans wish to belongThat which Americans promote as their understanding of those who are enslavedThat which Douglass believes lights the path to freedom for enslaved people 14. Fall of the House of Usher, excerpt

By Edgar Allan Poe

The room in which I found myself was very large and lofty. The windows were long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around; the eye, however, struggled in vain to reach the remoter angles of the chamber, or the recesses of the vaulted and fretted ceiling. Dark draperies hung upon the walls. The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere o sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.

Upon my entrance, Usher rose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality-of the constrained effort of the ennuyé1 man of the world. A glance, however, at his countenance convinced me of his perfect sincerity. We sat down; and for some moments, while he spoke not, I gazed upon him with a feeling half of pity, half of awe. Surely, man had never before so terribly altered, in so brief a period, as had Roderick Usher! It was with difficulty that I could bring myself to admit the identity of the wan being before me with the companion of my early boyhood. Yet the character of his face had been at all times remarkable. A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid, and luminous beyond comparison; lips somewhat thin and very pallid, but of a surpassingly beautiful curve; a nose of a delicate Hebrew model, but with a breadth of nostril unusual in similar formations; a finely moulded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy; hair of a more than web-like softness and tenuity;-these features, with an inordinate expansion above the regions of the temple, made up altogether a countenance not easily to be forgotten. And now in the mere exaggeration of the prevailing character of these features, and of the expression they were wont to convey, lay so much of change that I doubted to whom I spoke. The now ghastly pallor of the skin, and the now miraculous lustre of the eye, above all things startled and even awed me. The silken hair, too, had been suffered to grow all unheeded, and as, in its wild gossamer texture, it floated rather than fell about the face, I could not, even with effort, connect its Arabesque expression with any idea of simple humanity.

In the manner of my friend I was at once struck with an incoherence-an inconsistency; and I soon found this to arise from a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual trepidancy-an excessive nervous agitation. For something of this nature I had indeed been prepared, no less by his letter, than by reminiscences of certain boyish traits, and by conclusions deduced from his peculiar physical conformation and temperament. His action was alternately vivacious and sullen. His voice varied rapidly from a tremulous indecision (when the animal spirits seemed utterly in abeyance) to that species of energetic concision-that abrupt, weighty, unhurried, and hollow-sounding enunciation-that leaden, self-balanced and perfectly modulated guttural utterance, which may be observed in the lost drunkard, or the irreclaimable eater of opium, during the periods of his most intense excitement.

1Bored

Which sentence summarizes the theme of the first paragraph? (5 points)

The room became more frightening as night came on.The room was designed to create pain and sorrow.The room emphasizes isolation and clutter.The room created a feeling of gloom. 15. Fall of the House of Usher, excerpt

By Edgar Allan Poe

The room in which I found myself was very large and lofty. The windows were long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around; the eye, however, struggled in vain to reach the remoter angles of the chamber, or the recesses of the vaulted and fretted ceiling. Dark draperies hung upon the walls. The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.

1Bored

Which line from the text most clearly explains the narrator's relationship to Roderick Usher? (5 points)

Surely, man had never before so terribly altered, in so brief a period, as had Roderick Usher!I could bring myself to admit the identity of the wan being before me with the companion of my early boyhood.And of the expression they were wont to convey, lay so much of change that I doubted to whom I spoke.I could not, even with effort, connect its Arabesque expression with any idea of simple humanity. 16. Fall of the House of Usher, excerpt

By Edgar Allan Poe

The room in which I found myself was very large and lofty. The windows were long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around; the eye, however, struggled in vain to reach the remoter angles of the chamber, or the recesses of the vaulted and fretted ceiling. Dark draperies hung upon the walls. The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.

1Bored

Which line from the text best describes Usher's "inconsistency"? (5 points)

Usher rose from a sofa on whih he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth...The manner of my friend...I soon... found to arise from a series of feeble and futile struggles to overcome an habitual trepidancy...His action was alternately vivacious and sullen.His voice varied rapidly from a tremulous indecision...to that...abrupt, weighty, unhurried, and hollow-sounding enunciation 17. Fall of the House of Usher, excerpt

By Edgar Allan Poe

The room in which I found myself was very large and lofty. The windows were long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around; the eye, however, struggled in vain to reach the remoter angles of the chamber, or the recesses of the vaulted and fretted ceiling. Dark draperies hung upon the walls. The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.

1Bored

Read these lines from the text:

Dark draperies hung upon the walls. The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene.

Which of the following best summarizes the main message of this text? (5 points)

The tenant is quite poor.The tenant is a madman.The room shows signs of neglect.The room has not been entered for some time. 18. Fall of the House of Usher, excerpt

By Edgar Allan Poe

The room in which I found myself was very large and lofty. The windows were long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around; the eye, however, struggled in vain to reach the remoter angles of the chamber, or the recesses of the vaulted and fretted ceiling. Dark draperies hung upon the walls. The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.

1Bored

In this excerpt, the narrator notes that Usher is "alternately vivacious and sullen." Which pair of phrases from the passage most clearly illustrates this contrast between being "vivacious" and being "sullen" in Usher's behavior? (5 points)

Animated/broodingBalanced/impulsiveConcerned/exclusiveComplicated/menacing 19. Fall of the House of Usher, excerpt

By Edgar Allan Poe

The room in which I found myself was very large and lofty. The windows were long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around; the eye, however, struggled in vain to reach the remoter angles of the chamber, or the recesses of the vaulted and fretted ceiling. Dark draperies hung upon the walls. The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.

Upon my entrance, Usher rose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality-of the constrained effort of the ennuyé1 man of the world. A glance, however, at his countenance convinced me of his perfect sincerity. We sat down; and for some moments, while he spoke not, I gazed upon him with a feeling half of pity, half of awe. Surely, man had never before so terribly altered, in so brief a period, as had Roderick Usher! It waswith difficulty that I could bring myself to admit the identity of the wan being before me with the companion of my early boyhood. Yet the character of his face had been at all times remarkable. A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid, and luminous beyond comparison; lips somewhat thin and very pallid, but of a surpassingly beautiful curve; a nose of a delicate Hebrew model, but with a breadth of nostril unusual in similar formations; a finely moulded chin, speaking, in its want of prominence, of a want of moral energy; hair of a more than web-like softness and tenuity;-these features, with an inordinate expansion above the regions of the temple, made up altogether a countenance not easily to be forgotten. And now in the mere exaggeration of the prevailing character of these features, and of the expression they were wont to convey, lay so much of change that I doubted to whom I spoke. The now ghastly pallor of the skin, and the now miraculous lustre of the eye, above all things startled and even awed me. The silken hair, too, had been suffered to grow all unheeded, and as, in its wild gossamer texture, it floated rather than fell about the face, I could not, even with effort, connect its Arabesque expression with any idea of simple humanity.

1Bored

Which words and phrases from the text illustrate the narrator's first impression of Usher? (5 points)

Stern, deep, irredeemableSufficiently distinct, wild gossamerAbrupt, weighty, unhurriedVivacious warmth, perfect sincerity 20. Fall of the House of Usher, excerpt

By Edgar Allan Poe

The room in which I found myself was very large and lofty. The windows were long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around; the eye, however, struggled in vain to reach the remoter angles of the chamber, or the recesses of the vaulted and fretted ceiling. Dark draperies hung upon the walls. The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.

1Bored

What is the effect of the character details provided in the second paragraph? (5 points)

The combination of words like vivacious warmth and overdone cordiality suggests Roderick Usher has a light, happy presence.The pairing of words like ghastly pallor and miraculous lustre suggests Roderick Usher has a ghostly presence.The use of words like character of his face and similar formations suggests Roderick Usher is a ruggedly handsome man.The use of words like prevailing character and simple humanity suggests Roderick Usher is a dominant figure. 21. Fall of the House of Usher, excerpt

By Edgar Allan Poe

The room in which I found myself was very large and lofty. The windows were long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around; the eye, however, struggled in vain to reach the remoter angles of the chamber, or the recesses of the vaulted and fretted ceiling. Dark draperies hung upon the walls. The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.

1Bored

Read this line from the text:

A cadaverousness of complexion; an eye large, liquid, and luminous beyond comparison; lips somewhat thin and very pallid, but of a surpassingly beautiful curve...

What does the word cadaverousness mean in this sentence? (5 points)

A condition of darknessA quality of spaciousnessA resemblance to deathA state of insistence 22. Fall of the House of Usher, excerpt

By Edgar Allan Poe

The room in which I found myself was very large and lofty. The windows were long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around; the eye, however, struggled in vain to reach the remoter angles of the chamber, or the recesses of the vaulted and fretted ceiling. Dark draperies hung upon the walls. The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.

1Bored

Read this line from the text:

An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.

What is the effect of the word irredeemable in this description of the room? (5 points)

It suggests the atmosphere cannot be altered at this point.It suggests the atmosphere seeps into newcomers.It suggests the atmosphere is unforgiving to Usher.It suggests the atmosphere has little worth trying to save. 23. Fall of the House of Usher, excerpt

By Edgar Allan Poe

The room in which I found myself was very large and lofty. The windows were long, narrow, and pointed, and at so vast a distance from the black oaken floor as to be altogether inaccessible from within. Feeble gleams of encrimsoned light made their way through the trellised panes, and served to render sufficiently distinct the more prominent objects around; the eye, however, struggled in vain to reach the remoter angles of the chamber, or the recesses of the vaulted and fretted ceiling. Dark draperies hung upon the walls. The general furniture was profuse, comfortless, antique, and tattered. Many books and musical instruments lay scattered about, but failed to give any vitality to the scene. I felt that I breathed an atmosphere of sorrow. An air of stern, deep, and irredeemable gloom hung over and pervaded all.

1Bored

Which of the following correctly describes the main purpose of the narrative in the first paragraph? (5 points)

Creating settingCreating conflictDeveloping characterResolving conflict 24. Ricardo has a working thesis and a large collection of resources related to it for his research paper. What is the most useful next step in the writing process for Ricardo? (5 points) Conduct further research to consider a different thesis statement and focus.Draft an introductory and concluding paragraph for the research.Group the information into a logical pattern and connect to the thesis.Outline the entire paper, using the research to connect key ideas. 25. Which of the following would be most relevant to a research paper exploring the nutrition f school lunches? (5 points) Interviews with a professional athleteList of options for foods that should be added to the menu to improve its qualityStudies comparing a typical school meal to the recommended dietary allowancesTestimony from a group of school cafeteria workers 26. Read these two sentences:

Marie forgot her lunch at home.
She had to borrow money from a friend for lunch.

Which transition word correctly links the two sentences? (5 points) AdditionallyConsequentlyFurthermoreHowever 27. A student is concluding an informative essay about Frederick Douglass's impact on the abolition of slavery. Which of the following would best conclude that essay? (5 points) He was an important figure who had many interesting views and opinions.His voice demanded justice for those who had no choice in their destiny.Libraries across the country frequently get named for this leader.The history books will never forget this important man. 28. Which option presents citation information in the most credible way? (5 points) A new book argues that the characters are "the essential American couple" (24).Anderson argues that the characters represent "the essential American couple" (24).Anderson's new book claims these characters are "the essential American couple," and others agree."The essential American couple is prototyped in these characters," writes Anderson in his recent book. 29. Under what circumstances might certain individual rights need to be limited? (5 points) When execution of rights creates a clear and present dangerWhen government oversteps its boundaries and is oppressiveWhen individuals fail to appreciate the value of their rightsWhen people become reluctant to exercise their rights 30. Which of the following would not be included in the protections provided by the amendment granting freedom of speech? (5 points) Comments that are negative about government leadersLanguage that threatens specific people or propertyOpinions that differ from popular beliefsWords that offend people during sensitive times