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Allusions and Perspective in Derek Walcott’s Midsummer Answers

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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.The leaf stems tug at their chains, the branches bendinglike Boer cattle under Tory whips that drag every wagonnearer to apartheid.

A
most people do not think about the racial tension in England.
B
oppressive political groups are a thing of the past.
C
there are many examples of oppression throughout history.
D
the racial tension in England is not affected by past events.
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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.Their thick skulls bled with rancorwhen the riot police and the skinheads exchanged quipsyou could trace to the Sonnets, or the Moor’s eclipse.

A
gender and geographic location
B
age and geographic location
C
culture and gender
D
race and culture
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Which quotation from Derek Walcott’s Midsummer contains an allusion?

A
With the stampeding hiss
B
race to extinction like the roar
C
the branches bending
D
in the alleys of Brixton
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Based on the information in the poem Midsummer, what is the speaker’s perspective on England?

A
The speaker thinks that England has serious racial equality issues.
B
The speaker thinks that England is handling racial tensions well.
C
The speaker thinks that race relations are improving greatly in England.
D
The speaker thinks that people in England are too violent.
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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.With the stampeding hiss and scurry of green lemmings, midsummer’s leaves race to extinction like the roarof a Brixton riot tunneled by water hoses;they seethe toward autumn’s fire—it is in their nature,being men as well as leaves, to die for the sun.

A
The speaker thinks that the riot was a mistake.
B
The speaker thinks that the riot was somewhat inevitable.
C
The speaker thinks that the riot should have happened in the fall.
D
The speaker thinks that the riot was entirely preventable.

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