Common Core ELA 11 A Unit Test UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Common Core ELA 11 A Unit Test
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Read the excerpt from Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms.
"Tenente," Passini said. "We understand you let us talk. Listen. There is nothing as bad as
war. We in the auto-ambulance cannot even realize at all how bad it is. ...
Common Core ELA 11 A Unit Test
UPDATED Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Read the excerpt from Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms.
"Tenente," Passini said. "We understand you let us talk. Listen. There is nothing as bad as
war. We in the auto-ambulance cannot even realize at all how bad it is. When people realize
how bad it is they cannot do anything to stop it because they go crazy. There are some people
who never realize. There are people who are afraid of their officers. It is with them the war is
made."
"I know it is bad but we must finish it."
"It doesn't finish. There is no finish to a war."
"Yes there is."
Passini shook his head.
"War is not won by victory. What if we take San Gabriele? What if we take the Carso and
Monfalcome and Trieste? Where are we then? Did you see all the far mountains to-day? Do
you think we could take all them too? Only if the Austrians stop fighting. One side must stop
fighting. Why don't we stop fighting? If they come down into Italy they will get tired -
Correct Answer- C/ They indicate that Passini feels passionately about his beliefs.
Read the excerpt from Flannery O'Connor's "The Life You Save May Be Your Own."
"A body and a spirit," he repeated. "The body, lady, is like a house: it don't go anywhere; but
the spirit, lady, is like a automobile: always on the move, always . . ."
This excerpt contains
one simile.
two metaphors.
two similes.
one case of irony. - Correct Answer- C/ two similes.
Which excerpt from The Great Gatsby best indicates that Nick is not fully content with his
life?
, He didn't say any more, but we've always been unusually communicative in a reserved way,
and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that.
Father agreed to finance me for a year, and after various delays I came East, permanently, I
thought, in the spring of twenty-two.
Instead of being the warm center of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged
edge of the universe—so I decided to go East and learn the bond business.
I had a dog—at least I had him for a few days until he ran away—and an old Dodge and a
Finnish woman, who made my bed and cooked breakfast and muttered Finnish wisdom to
herself over the electric stove. - Correct Answer- C/ Instead of being the warm center of the
world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe—so I decided to go
East and learn the bond business.
Read the sentence.
The speaker of Okita's poem tries to present herself in ways that have little to do with her
customs.
Which is the best revision of this sentence using academic vocabulary?
The speaker of Okita's poem has a go at painting herself in ways that have little to do with her
background.
The speaker of Okita's poem has a crack at describing herself in ways that have little to do
with her stock.
The speaker of Okita's poem makes an effort to show herself in ways that have little to do
with her family.
The speaker of Okita's poem attempts to characterize herself in ways that have little to do
with her heritage. - Correct Answer- D/ The speaker of Okita's poem attempts to characterize
herself in ways that have little to do with her heritage.
Read the excerpt from the interview with E.Y. (Yip) Harburg.
Everybody picked the song up in '30 and '31. Bands were playing it and records were made.
When Roosevelt was a candidate for President, the Republicans got pretty worried about it.
Some of the network radio people were told to lay low on the song. In some cases, they tried
to ban it from the air. But it was too late. The song had already done its damage.
From the content of the excerpt, it can be inferred that
the money Harburg made from the song made him a very wealthy man.
the song and its message struck a chord with the American public.
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