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2.1: Central Ideas and Context: Utopia Answers

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Central idea: Utopians distribute wealth to care for all people.

A
Taking from the wealthy to feed the poor discourages hard work.
B
A meeting is held every year to determine which towns need help.
C
Representatives from each town meet to assess resources.
D
Utopia was written in a time of social inequality and poverty.
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Which line from Utopia is an example of an anecdote, a brief story or account of an event used to make a larger point?

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The folly of men has enhanced the value of gold and silver because of their scarcity; whereas, on the contrary, it is their opinion that Nature, as an indulgent parent, has freely given us all the best things in great abundance . . .
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It is certain that all things appear incredible to us in proportion as they differ from known customs; but one who can judge aright will not wonder to find that, since their constitution differs so much from ours, their value of gold and silver should be measured by a very different standard . . .
C
I never saw a clearer instance of the opposite impressions that different customs make on people than I observed in the ambassadors of the Anemolians, who came to Amaurot when I was there.
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But they much more admire and detest the folly of those who, when they see a rich man, though they neither owe him anything, nor are in any sort dependent on his bounty . . .
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Read the excerpt from Utopia.The folly of men has enhanced the value of gold and silver because of their scarcity; whereas, on the contrary, it is their opinion that Nature, as an indulgent parent, has freely given us all the best things in great abundance, such as water and earth, but has laid up and hid from us the things that are vain and useless.

A
Explorers during this period went to the New World in search of scarce resources.
B
During this period, the king was fighting for power that was held by church leaders.
C
Many people were dying from the Black Death during this period.
D
Increased prosperity during this period allowed more citizens to buy land.
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Central idea: Utopians strive to make gold and silver less valuable.

A
The Utopians use gold to make chains and earrings for enslaved people.
B
To show their disinterest in gold, Utopians drink from earthen cups.
C
It is a waste to use gold for everyday purposes, because it is hard to find.
D
Thomas More wrote during a time when gold was highly valued.
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find details to support the author’s central idealook to discover the text’s most important ideaexamine and explain their position on a central ideawrite an analogy that explains the text’s main idea

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find details to support the author’s central idea
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look to discover the text’s most important idea
C
examine and explain their position on a central idea
D
write an analogy that explains the text’s main idea
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Which should be included in a critique? Select 4 options.the central ideathe historical contextsupporting detailsthe reader’s positionsupporting evidence

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the central idea
B
the historical context
C
supporting details
D
the reader’s position
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supporting evidence
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A text’s central ideas are always

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defined as important historical facts.
B
supported by key details.
C
related to the author’s personal opinions.
D
explained in the text’s title.
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Read the excerpt from Utopia.I never saw a clearer instance of the opposite impressions that different customs make on people than I observed in the ambassadors of the Anemolians, who came to Amaurot when I was there. As they came to treat of affairs of great consequence, the deputies from several towns met together to wait for their coming. The ambassadors of the nations that lie near Utopia, knowing their customs, and that fine clothes are in no esteem among them, that silk is despised, and gold is a badge of infamy, used to come very modestly clothed; but the Anemolians, lying more remote, and having had little commerce with them, understanding that they were coarsely clothed, and all in the same manner, took it for granted that they had none of those fine things among them of which they made no use; and they, being a vainglorious rather than a wise people, resolved to set themselves out with so much pomp that they should look like gods, and strike the eyes of the poor Utopians with their splendour.

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The Anemolians are very careful about wearing fine clothes.
B
The Anemolians do not like wearing gold and silk.
C
The Utopians are not concerned about dressing fashionably.
D
The Utopians are jealous of the Anemolians’ clothing.
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Which line from Utopia is an example of an analogy?

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They supply or are supplied from one another, so that indeed the whole island is, as it were, one family.
B
They eat and drink out of vessels of earth or glass, which make an agreeable appearance, though formed of brittle materials . . .
C
They polish them, and with them they adorn their children, who are delighted with them . . .
D
They wonder much to hear that gold, which in itself is so useless a thing, should be everywhere so much esteemed . . .
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Thomas More wrote Utopia during a period of

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political stability and religious unity.
B
mutual tolerance and social diversity.
C
improvement in health and medical treatments.
D
increased prosperity and a growing middle class.

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