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End of Semester Test English 11A
|Actual Questions & Answers 2026
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? - correct-answer -In Whitman's poem, the workers use
their voices to 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 of the American identity.
Why does the speaker in this excerpt from Langston Hughes's "I, Too" wish to eat
at the table?
Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then. - correct-answer -The speaker resents being sent to the kitchen and wants
an equal seat at the table with other people.
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Read this excerpt from the Cherokee creation story "How the World Was Made":
When all was water, the animals were above in Galûñ'lati, beyond the arch; but it
was very crowded, and they wanted more room. They wondered what was below
the water, and at last Beaver's Grandchild, the little Water-beetle, offered to go
and see if he could learn. He darted in every direction over the surface of the
water, but could find no firm place to rest. Then he dived to the bottom and came
up with some soft mud, which began to grow and spread on every side until it
became the island that we call Earth. It was afterward fastened to the sky with
four cords, but no one remembers who did this.
At first Earth was flat and very soft and wet. The animals were anxious to get
down, and set out different birds to see if it was yet dry, but they found no place
to alight and came back again to Galûñ'lati. At last it seemed to be time, and they -
correct-answer -earth diver and emergence
Which six sentences from this creation story best show the elements of an earth
diver story? - correct-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.
End of Semester Test English 11A
|Actual Questions & Answers 2026
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? - correct-answer -In Whitman's poem, the workers use
their voices to 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 of the American identity.
Why does the speaker in this excerpt from Langston Hughes's "I, Too" wish to eat
at the table?
Tomorrow,
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then. - correct-answer -The speaker resents being sent to the kitchen and wants
an equal seat at the table with other people.
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Read this excerpt from the Cherokee creation story "How the World Was Made":
When all was water, the animals were above in Galûñ'lati, beyond the arch; but it
was very crowded, and they wanted more room. They wondered what was below
the water, and at last Beaver's Grandchild, the little Water-beetle, offered to go
and see if he could learn. He darted in every direction over the surface of the
water, but could find no firm place to rest. Then he dived to the bottom and came
up with some soft mud, which began to grow and spread on every side until it
became the island that we call Earth. It was afterward fastened to the sky with
four cords, but no one remembers who did this.
At first Earth was flat and very soft and wet. The animals were anxious to get
down, and set out different birds to see if it was yet dry, but they found no place
to alight and came back again to Galûñ'lati. At last it seemed to be time, and they -
correct-answer -earth diver and emergence
Which six sentences from this creation story best show the elements of an earth
diver story? - correct-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.
