END OF SEMESTER TEST ENGLISH 11A
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1.The poems "I Hear America Singing" and "I, Too" speak of the American
identity, but they differ in many ways. Which analysis correctly presents the
contrast between the two poems?
Answer 2) In Whitman's poem, the workers user their voices the
proclaim an American identity in which each person plays an equal part.
In contrast, in Hughes's poem, the speaker's voice is stifled when he is
sent to the kitchen, demonstrating that not everyone has an equal
opportunity to be part o the American identity.
2.Why does the speaker in this excerpt from Langston Hughes's "I, Too"
wish to eat at the table?
Answer The speaker resents being sent to the kitchen and wants an
equal seat at the table with other people.
3.Read this excerpt from the Cherokee creation story "How the World
Was Made".
This story contains elements of which two types of creation stories?
Answer earth diver and emergence
4.Which six sentences from this creation story best show the elements of
an earth diver story?
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, Answer 1) The Hoga came down from above and found Earth covered
with water.
2) So they sent Muskrat down into the water.
3) Then they sent Loon down.
4) Then they sent Beaver down into the water.
5) When he came up there was a little mud in his claws.
6) But the people took the mud out of his claws and made the land.
5.Which phrase in this excerpt from The Redeemed Captive by John
Williams demonstrates a Puritan influence?
Answer he pulled off a crucifix from his own neck.
6.Which of these themes are typically found in colonial literature?
Answer I, II, and IV
I) God
II) religious persecution
IV) interaction with American Indians
7.Read this excerpt from "Thoughts on the Works of Providence" by
Phillis Wheatley and completes the sentence that follows.
The excerpt has the characteristics of a 1) poem, including its usage of 2)
and its 3) style of language.
Answer 1) neoclassical
2) heroic couplets
3) elevated
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1.The poems "I Hear America Singing" and "I, Too" speak of the American
identity, but they differ in many ways. Which analysis correctly presents the
contrast between the two poems?
Answer 2) In Whitman's poem, the workers user their voices the
proclaim an American identity in which each person plays an equal part.
In contrast, in Hughes's poem, the speaker's voice is stifled when he is
sent to the kitchen, demonstrating that not everyone has an equal
opportunity to be part o the American identity.
2.Why does the speaker in this excerpt from Langston Hughes's "I, Too"
wish to eat at the table?
Answer The speaker resents being sent to the kitchen and wants an
equal seat at the table with other people.
3.Read this excerpt from the Cherokee creation story "How the World
Was Made".
This story contains elements of which two types of creation stories?
Answer earth diver and emergence
4.Which six sentences from this creation story best show the elements of
an earth diver story?
1/
9
, Answer 1) The Hoga came down from above and found Earth covered
with water.
2) So they sent Muskrat down into the water.
3) Then they sent Loon down.
4) Then they sent Beaver down into the water.
5) When he came up there was a little mud in his claws.
6) But the people took the mud out of his claws and made the land.
5.Which phrase in this excerpt from The Redeemed Captive by John
Williams demonstrates a Puritan influence?
Answer he pulled off a crucifix from his own neck.
6.Which of these themes are typically found in colonial literature?
Answer I, II, and IV
I) God
II) religious persecution
IV) interaction with American Indians
7.Read this excerpt from "Thoughts on the Works of Providence" by
Phillis Wheatley and completes the sentence that follows.
The excerpt has the characteristics of a 1) poem, including its usage of 2)
and its 3) style of language.
Answer 1) neoclassical
2) heroic couplets
3) elevated
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