How did Lazarus describe the old colossus? Check all of the boxes that apply.
Which of these did your response include? Check all of the boxes that apply.
Based on these two lines, what does the beacon (a lamp) seem to say?
Which phrase best describes the people welcomed by the statue?
Based on your understanding of the poem, what did the “Mother of Exiles” offer to immigrants arriving in the United States?Write your answer in one to two sentences and use evidence from the poem to explain your answer.
The “Mother of Exiles” offered welcome, refuge, and freedom to immigrants arriving in the United States. Evidence from the poem includes her call to “Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” and her promise to lift her “lamp beside the golden door.”
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