English 11 Unit Test Practice exam with100% correct answers 2024.

Read the excerpt from Common Sense."Neither can ye reconcile Britain and America. The last cord now is broken, the people of England are presenting addresses against us."In this excerpt, Paine uses figurative language to? - correct answer Answer C (emphasize that harmony between Britain and America is not possible.) How is the concept of friendship portrayed in both Society and Solitude and Chapter I of Nature? - correct answer Answer B (Friendship is considered to be valuable but not necessarily vital.) Read this quotation from Chapter I of Nature.To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature.Which sentence from Nature best supports Emerson's claim? - correct answer Answer C (The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.) Which statement would be included in a summary of paragraph one of Society and Solitude? - correct answer Answer C (Solitude is an inner concept rather than an outward one.) Which best describes Paine's purpose in writing Common Sense? - correct answer Answer A (to persuade readers to fight for independence from Britain) Which slogan best describes the overriding cultural belief expressed in the Declaration of Independence? - correct answer Answer C ("Unity Against Tyranny") Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number I."Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated."Paine compares tyranny to hell in order to?: - correct answer Answer B (illustrate that the oppression of the British government is far-reaching and evil.) Read this excerpt from "The World on Turtle's Back."The animals thought that perhaps there was dirt at the depths of the ocean, but they had never tried to reach the bottom before. One by one they tried to swim down, but their attempts were futile. Finally, the muskrat disappeared into the cold depth of the ocean. After a lengthy amount of time, he drifted to the surface with a tiny speck of earth in his hand. He appeared to be dead, but the animals prayed and chanted, and finally he stirred. The Earth-Diver was successful in bringing forth the soil to make the earth grow.Based on this excerpt, which character trait was valued by the Iroquois? - correct answer Answer A (courage) Read this excerpt from "The World on Turtle's Back."When the girl awoke, she knew that she would bear twins. Even before they were born, there was contention between the twins. There was no peace between these two brothers. When it was time for them to be born, the right-handed twin wanted to be born in the normal way. The left-handed twin saw light in the other direction and was determined to be born through his mother's mouth or nose. In his attempt to be born in the opposite direction, he killed his mother.Based on this excerpt, it is reasonable to conclude that?: - correct answer Answer A (the brothers were opposites and would always be in conflict.) Which best describes the conclusion of the Declaration of Independence? - correct answer Answer D (The colonies are no longer loyal to Britain's tyrannical rule.) Read the quotation from "Song of Myself."You will hardly know who I am or what I mean,But I shall be good health to you nevertheless,And filter and fibre your blood.Failing to fetch me at first keep encouraged,Missing me one place search another,I stop somewhere waiting for you.Which statement best summarizes the theme that these lines suggest? - correct answer Answer B (The self is complex and an integral part of nature.) Read the statement.The government of England is subjecting the American colonists to laws that take away their unalienable rights.This statement is the Declaration of Independence's?: - correct answer Answer B (minor premise) Read the third stanza of "Song of Myself."My tongue, every atom of my blood, form'd from this soil, this air,Born here of parents born here from parents the same, and their parents the same,I, now thirty-seven years old in perfect health begin,Hoping to cease not till death.Which statement best describes the effect of the language in this stanza? - correct answer Answer C (It establishes that the speaker of the poem will be frank and honest.) In "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," what is the significance of the phrase "[Death] knew no haste"? - correct answer Answer D (The phrase characterizes Death as being removed from human concerns.) When Emerson states, "It by no means follows that we are not fit for society, because soirees are tedious," in Society and Solitude, how does he support his statement? - correct answer Answer C (He suggests that a person has one conception of one's self when in a group and another when with just one other person.)