Central Ideas and Context: Utopia

Question 1

Central idea: Utopians strive to make gold and silver less valuable.

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It is a waste to use gold for everyday purposes, because it is hard to find.

Question 2

When writing a critique, a reader first finds the central idea and supporting details, then

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states a position on the central idea.

Question 3

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 Utopians are not concerned about dressing fashionably.

Question 4

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

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Taking from the wealthy to feed the poor discourages hard work.

Question 5

Thomas More wrote Utopia during a period of

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increased prosperity and a growing middle class.

Question 6

A text’s central ideas are always

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supported by key details.

Question 7

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.

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Explorers during this period went to the New World in search of scarce resources.

Question 8

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; supporting details; the reader’s position; supporting evidence

Question 9

Read the excerpt from Utopia.But after the ambassadors had stayed a day among them, and saw so vast a quantity of gold in their houses (which was as much despised by them as it was esteemed in other nations), and beheld more gold and silver in the chains and fetters of one slave than all their ornaments amounted to, their plumes fell, and they were ashamed of all that glory for which they had formed valued themselves, and accordingly laid it aside . . .

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anecdote.

Question 10

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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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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