English 10b end of semester test with Verified Answers Graded A+
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English 10b end of semester test with Verified Answers Graded A+
1. (1) memorable (2) Choose the correct form of the missing words based on
develop (3) col-
lectively (4) char-
acterization
2. Nature is indiffer-
ent to humans.
3. transport
4. 1. True to life 2.
Dynamic?3. Re-
late to 4. ...
English 10b end of semester test with Verified Answers Graded A+
1. (1) memorable (2) Choose the correct form of the missing words based on
develop (3) col- the context of the sentence.
lectively (4) char- There are as many reasons to like a character as there
acterization are characters. A combination of elements works together
to make a character's memory memorize memorization
memorable. Writers also use different writing techniques
to developing develop development developmental their
characters. All these elements are collectible collectability
collectivization collectively known as character character-
ized characterization characteristics.
2. Nature is indiffer- The Open Boat-Based on the contextual information pro-
ent to humans. vided about author Stephen Crane, what theme does the
last sentence of this excerpt from his short story "The
Open Boat" likely reflect?
3. transport The school arranged for a minibus to all the
students to and from the museum.
4. 1. True to life 2. Realistic fiction depicts life and society in a comic-
Dynamic?3. Re- true-to-lifefrivolousglorifiedone-of-a-kind manner. Its main
late to 4. Daily characters are flatstaticlarger than life dynamic heroic.
struggles They grow and transform with their experiences, making
it easier for readers to relate to disconnect from compete
with fight with break from them. This genre primarily fo-
cuses on the heroic exploitsmetaphysical conflicts political
agendaspower dynamics daily struggles of ordinary peo-
ple, validating their experiences.
5. Nature; staring Read the following excerpt from Kate Chopin's "The Story
out the window of an Hour," in which the protagonist, Louise Mallard, is
helps Louise re- contemplating her life after learning of the death of her
connect with na- husband.
ture and, in the No; she was drinking the very elixir of life through that
process, redis- open window. Her fancy was running riot along those days
cover her fami- ahead of her. Spring days, and summer days, and all sorts
ly's identity now of days that would be her own. She breathed a quick
that she's with- prayer that life might be long. It was only yesterday she
out a husband. had thought with a shudder that life might be long.
, English 10b end of semester test with Verified Answers Graded A+
Based on the excerpt, what does the open window come
to symbolize for Louise?
6. freedom and in- Which of the following themes are reflected in Kate
dependence. Chopin's "The Story of an Hour?"
7. (1) realistic (2) Historical fiction is a branch of fiction that deals with his-
fresh light torical plots, characters, and setting. Not every detail in a
work of historical fiction is true, but the work as a whole
is a branch of the modernistrealisticabsurdistrevolutionist
genre. Authors generally use this genre to depict historical
events in
8. the sickness of Which detail from "Behold the Brooklyn Bridge" most
the workers clearly demonstrates the danger of building the bridge?
9. a favorable opin- The eager students sought out the approbation of their
ion about some- teacher. This was especially true because the term was
thing or some- ending, and report cards would soon be issued.
one Based on the context of the sentences, which definition
most clearly fits the word approbation?
10. If the Martians Which lines in this excerpt from War of the Worlds by H.G.
can reach Venus, Wells suggest a future in which humans will inhabit distant
there is no rea- planets?
son to suppose
that the thing
is impossible for
men, and when
the slow cooling
of the sun makes
this earth unin-
habitable, as at
last it must do,
it may be that
the thread of life
that has begun
here will have
streamed out and
caught our sister
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