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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.Praise had bled my lines white of any more anger,and snow had inducted me into white fellowships,

A
age
B
gender
C
race
D
location
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Based on the author’s allusions in Midsummer to "the child’s fairy tale,” "fairy rings,” and "thatched cottages fenced with dog roses,” readers can tell that the speaker

A
thinks that more plays should focus on popular fairy tales.
B
feels that most people in the country are unaware of the riots.
C
thinks that the countryside of England is beautiful.
D
feels that an idealized version of England does not exist.
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Allusions can help reveal a person’s

A
importance.
B
narration.
C
perspective.
D
appearance.
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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.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 words or phrases contain allusions? Check all that apply.Canadiansthe streets of Santa Festarted over againMaya Angelou’s booksearlier

A
Canadians
B
the streets of Santa Fe
C
started over again
D
Maya Angelou’s books
E
earlier
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Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.Praise had bled my lines white of any more anger,and snow had inducted me into white fellowships,while Calibans howled down the barred streets of an empire

A
believes most British people are prone to violence.
B
feels that the rioters are different than this Shakespearean character.
C
believes that the current anger in Brixton is justified.
D
feels that the rioters are similar to this Shakespearean character.
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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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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.the child’s fairy tale of an antic England—fairy rings,thatched cottages fenced with dog roses,a green gale lifting the hair of Warwickshire.

A
explains where many people went after the riots ended.
B
provides a visual and emotional contrast to the Brixton riot scenes.
C
lets the reader know where the author is from.
D
explains the popularity of fairytales in England.

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