English 12 A- Unit 2 Exam/ Unit 2 Post Test: English 12 A
Exam Ques ons and answers NEW!! 2025/2026
Which ac on relies heavily on a person's cogni ve abili es? - Ans playing a game of poker
Which word are you most likely to find listed in a thesaurus as a synonym of the word emulate?
- Ans imitate
Read the excerpt from "Primates, Empathy, and Making Connec ons."
Shared laughter is just one example of our primate sensi vity to others. Instead of being
Robinson Crusoes si+ng on separate islands, we're all interconnected, both bodily and
emo onally.
Which op on correctly iden fies the way figura ve language is used in the excerpt? - Ans An
allusion is used to create a contrast that emphasizes the idea of being interconnected.
Which excerpt from "Everyday Survival" uses hyperbole for effect? - Ans Be careful who you go
into the backcountry with. Some people just have it stamped on their foreheads: "I am going to
die in a wilderness accident."
Read the sentence from a book review.
Jack Winston's new book about poli cal conflict advises people to nurture an a+tude of
tolerance toward those with different opinions.
Which is a synonym for nurture as it is used in the sentence? - Ans encourage
Read the "Deny Denial" sec on of "Everyday Survival."
, How is the word denial used in this sec on of the text? - Ans It is used to explain why
individuals tend to look at the posi ve rather than the nega ve even in a stressful or dangerous
situa on.
Which excerpt from "Everyday Survival" most effec vely helps the author to build credibility? -
Ans Researchers such as Elaine Ha4ield at the University of Hawaii and Paul Ekman at the
Na onal Ins tutes of Health have studied nonverbal communica on since the 1960s and
concluded that it conveys essen al informa on, which we ignore at our peril.
Read the excerpt from "Everyday Survival," in which the author relates a story told by a re red
Los Angeles police officer.
Denial, which psychologists call the "incredulity response," is almost universal, even among
individuals with excellent training. David Klinger, a re red Los Angeles police officer, describes in
his book Into the Kill Zone that while moonligh ng as a bank guard he saw "three masked
figures with assault rifles run through the foyer of the bank." His first thought was that the local
SWAT team was prac cing. His second was that they were dressed up for Halloween.
How does the author use this story as a rhetorical strategy to support his perspec ve?
Select all that apply. - Ans to show his readers that denial is such a common human response
that it even occurs in experienced emergency personnel
to demonstrate his own exper se in having done extensive research into the concept of denial
Read the excerpt from the Be Cool sec on of "Everyday Survival."
Examine the way you handle yourself under pressure: Do you blow up when you're stuck in
traffic or when someone cuts you off? Are you able to accept failure philosophically and move
Exam Ques ons and answers NEW!! 2025/2026
Which ac on relies heavily on a person's cogni ve abili es? - Ans playing a game of poker
Which word are you most likely to find listed in a thesaurus as a synonym of the word emulate?
- Ans imitate
Read the excerpt from "Primates, Empathy, and Making Connec ons."
Shared laughter is just one example of our primate sensi vity to others. Instead of being
Robinson Crusoes si+ng on separate islands, we're all interconnected, both bodily and
emo onally.
Which op on correctly iden fies the way figura ve language is used in the excerpt? - Ans An
allusion is used to create a contrast that emphasizes the idea of being interconnected.
Which excerpt from "Everyday Survival" uses hyperbole for effect? - Ans Be careful who you go
into the backcountry with. Some people just have it stamped on their foreheads: "I am going to
die in a wilderness accident."
Read the sentence from a book review.
Jack Winston's new book about poli cal conflict advises people to nurture an a+tude of
tolerance toward those with different opinions.
Which is a synonym for nurture as it is used in the sentence? - Ans encourage
Read the "Deny Denial" sec on of "Everyday Survival."
, How is the word denial used in this sec on of the text? - Ans It is used to explain why
individuals tend to look at the posi ve rather than the nega ve even in a stressful or dangerous
situa on.
Which excerpt from "Everyday Survival" most effec vely helps the author to build credibility? -
Ans Researchers such as Elaine Ha4ield at the University of Hawaii and Paul Ekman at the
Na onal Ins tutes of Health have studied nonverbal communica on since the 1960s and
concluded that it conveys essen al informa on, which we ignore at our peril.
Read the excerpt from "Everyday Survival," in which the author relates a story told by a re red
Los Angeles police officer.
Denial, which psychologists call the "incredulity response," is almost universal, even among
individuals with excellent training. David Klinger, a re red Los Angeles police officer, describes in
his book Into the Kill Zone that while moonligh ng as a bank guard he saw "three masked
figures with assault rifles run through the foyer of the bank." His first thought was that the local
SWAT team was prac cing. His second was that they were dressed up for Halloween.
How does the author use this story as a rhetorical strategy to support his perspec ve?
Select all that apply. - Ans to show his readers that denial is such a common human response
that it even occurs in experienced emergency personnel
to demonstrate his own exper se in having done extensive research into the concept of denial
Read the excerpt from the Be Cool sec on of "Everyday Survival."
Examine the way you handle yourself under pressure: Do you blow up when you're stuck in
traffic or when someone cuts you off? Are you able to accept failure philosophically and move
