Unit 3 Assessment Answers

Elie Wiesel most likely wrote All Rivers Run to the Sea to

Which best describes Art Spiegelman’s work Maus?

Read the introduction to Julissa’s composition.The largest of the linen tents, erected at the campsite to protect the team of conservationists from the relentless African sun, housed the leader of the expedition, Dr. Aidan Hamilton. His round spectacles framed his slender face and complimented his gray hair as he sat outside his tent, mapping the day’s journey.Julissa is most likely writing with the purpose of

Read the passage from “First Joint Debate Ottawa,” a speech by Abraham Lincoln.My Fellow-Citizens: When a man hears himself somewhat misrepresented, it provokes him,—at least, I find it so with myself; but when misrepresentation becomes very gross and palpable, it is more apt to amuse him. What is the closest meaning of the underlined phrase as it is used in the excerpt?

Read the excerpt from Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.In this universe some men existed only to kill and others only to die. And the system functioned with exemplary efficiency: tormenters tormented and crushed their prey, torturers tortured human beings whom they met for the first time, slaughterers slaughtered their victims without so much as a glance, flames rose to heaven and nothing ever jammed the mechanism. It was as if it all unfolded according to a plan decreed from the beginning of time. Read the text and study the images from Spiegelman’s Maus.Which is an accurate statement about the excerpt and panel?

Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was evidenced sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to obey the laws of Nebuchadnezzar, on the ground that a higher moral law was at stake.King uses this allusion to

Read the excerpt from Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.We arrived at the station, where the cattle cars were waiting. Ever since my book Night I have pursued those nocturnal trains that crossed the devastated continent. Their shadow haunts my writing. They symbolize solitude, distress, and the relentless march of Jewish multitudes toward agony and death. I freeze every time I hear a train whistle. Read the text and study the image from Spiegelman’s Maus.Which is an accurate statement about the excerpt and panel?

Read the sentence.There were a finite number of tickets to the game, as the stadium could only hold 20,000 people.Which word is closest in meaning to the underlined word?

Read the excerpt from “First Joint Debate at Ottawa,” by Abraham Lincoln. Now, I have no means of totally disproving such charges as this which the Judge makes. A man cannot prove a negative; but he has a right to claim, that when a man makes an affirmative charge, he must offer some proof to show the truth of what he says. I certainly cannot introduce testimony to show the negative about things, but I have a right to claim that if a man says he knows a thing, then he must show how he knows it. I always have a right to claim this, and it is not satisfactory to me that he may be “conscientious” on the subject.Does the author use a consistent tone in the passage?

Read the sentence.The investors could not handle the ups and downs so they removed their funds from the fluctuating market.Using the context clues, what is the meaning of the underlined word?

Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Why does King use this allusion?

Read the passage from A New Astronomy, by David Todd.From Polaris a line of small stars curves toward the handle of the Dipper, meeting the upper one of a pair of the third magnitude. This pair, with another farther on and parallel to it, form the 'Little Dipper,' Polaris being the end of its handle. The group is Ursa Minor. Opposite the handle of the great Dipper, and at about the same distance from Polaris, are five rather bright stars forming a flattened letter W. They are the principal stars of Cassiopeia.What strategy does the author use in his choice of language to convey his message?

Read the sentence.As the contractor looked at the dilapidated structure that stood on the empty lot, he noticed the cracks and holes in the roof and realized he had a great deal of work to do.Which word is closest in meaning to the underlined word?

Read the excerpt from Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.To this day I am shaken when I see a child, for behind him I glimpse other children. Starving, terrified, drained, they march without a backward glance toward truth and death—which are perhaps the same. Uncomplaining, unprotesting, asking no one’s pity, it is as if they have had enough of living on a planet so cruel, so vile and so filled with hate that their very innocence has brought their death.Read the text and study the images from Spiegelman’s Maus.Which best describes why Wiesel and Spiegelman include Jewish children in their works?

The paragraph below is an excerpt from an article written for a school newspaper.Texting is an increasingly popular means of communication with students at Mystic Falls High School. Students text their friends to make plans, ask questions, and share information. However, texting can also be distracting. It takes students' attention away from the primary purpose of school: learning.What is the tone of the article?

Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”But such an ordinance becomes unjust when it is used to maintain segregation and to deny citizens the First-Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and protest.Why does King use this allusion?

Read the excerpt from Studies of Trees, by Jacob Levison.The pines are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and include about 80 distinct species with over 600 varieties. The species enumerated here are especially common in the eastern part of the United States, growing either native in the forest or under cultivation in the parks. The pines form a very important class of timber trees, and produce beautiful effects when planted in groups in the parks.Which strategy does the author use in his choice of language to convey his message?

Read the excerpt.My father had never met Andrzej, yet that morning he sent for the boy he had forbidden me to see to come into our house. Not a word had been spoken to me about these arrangements. This was my father, and of course I was not consulted.I was standing in the kitchen when I heard Andrzej’s voice at our door. My knees sank. Mama scrutinized me. I did not even look at his face.“Welcome, Andrzej. Please have a seat.” Papa offered him a chair. . . .“I have a favor to ask of you, Andrzej . . . This is very difficult for me, but I must ask. It is no longer safe in Tylicz for Rena. Her mother and I are worried for her safety every day.”Determine the narrator’s point of view in Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.

Read the excerpt from Gelissen’s Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz.Thrown off balance, struggling to keep from falling into the abyss below, I plummeted out of reach. Rolling down the steep incline, I grabbed at tree branches to break my fall as they ripped the mittens from my hands. Biting my tongue, I splashed into a stream with no cushion but ice-covered boulders. The silence of the night shrank. Icy water crept into my clothes. Our ears pricked up for the sound of rudely woken dogs in the nearby kennels. There was the sound of water dripping off my elbows. Neither of us dared move or breathe. No dogs barked. Which best describes the impact of this excerpt that reflects Gelissen’s decision to tell her story in memoir form?

Read the excerpt.The silence of the night shrank. Icy water crept into my clothes. Our ears pricked up for the sound of rudely woken dogs in the nearby kennels. There was the sound of water dripping off my elbows. Neither of us dared move or breathe. No dogs barked.Finally, Andrzej signaled for me to stand up. Slowly, bracing my hands against the river rocks, I stood. My legs were barely able to stand my weight, they were shaking so badly with cold and fear.Which best describes the impact of Gelissen’s first-person account of her experiences in the excerpt from Rena's Promise: Two Sisters in Auschwitz?