Word Meaning in the Preface to A Dictionary of the English Language — Cumulative exam Answers
Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet.Ghost: Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole, With juice of cursed hebona in a vial,And in the porches of mine ears did pour The leperous distilment; whose effect Holds such an enmity with blood of man That swift as quicksilver it courses through The natural gates and alleys of the body.
Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson.We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by the Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States . .
Read the historical fact.In medieval England, there was great tension between the Saxons and the Normans.
Read the sentence.After the group went canoeing, they returned to the dock exhilarated and ready to go kayaking.
Read the excerpt from "How to Think Like a Researcher," a chapter from How to Find Out Anything.But don’t throw your hands up in frustration and disgust just yet. Instead, let’s recast that open-ended question into a series of factual questions that you can answer.How much did CEO Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems earn in 2007?What was the average salary paid to the chief executive officers at the ten largest computer companies in the past five years?Who is an expert on computer industry compensation whom I can interview and quote?What books can I consult that discuss compensation trends in the software industry?By coming up with a series of factual questions to ask, the initial abstract question starts to take shape as a concrete project. These factual questions will yield to diligent research because answers to each of them can be found.
Which evaluation of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman makes an accurate conclusion about Wollstonecraft’s beliefs and correctly supports it with text evidence?
Read the excerpts from Samuel Johnson’s preface to A Dictionary of the English Language.In both excerpts, the word endeavour means to
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.In 1574 the city authorities are given powers to restrict playhouses, forcing the actors to find new premises in the suburbs. This becomes a golden opportunity for John Brayne and his brother-in-law, James Burbage, who in 1576 build a new theater, simply called The Theatre, at Shoreditch, just half a mile north of Bishopsgate. The following year a second theater, the Curtain, is built just two hundred yards away. Despite some heavy opposition from Puritan preachers and moralists, both theaters are successful.
Read the excerpt from Hamlet, Act I, Scene i.Marcellus: What! has this thing appear’d again to-night?Bernardo: I have seen nothing.Marcellus: Horatio says ’tis but our fantasy, And will not let belief take hold of him Touching this dreaded sight twice seen of us: Therefore I have entreated him along With us to watch the minutes of this night;
Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.But, sirs, there’s one thing I forgot to add:I’ve got relics and pardons in my bagAs good as anybody’s in England,All given to me by the Pope’s own hand.If any here should wish, out of devotion,To make an offering, and have absolution,Let them come forward now, and kneeling downHumbly receive my blessing and pardon.
Which sentences correctly use quotations from "A Modest Proposal"? Select three options.“It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads and cabbin-doors crowded with beggars, states Swift.”Swift asserts that whoever finds “a fair, cheap and easy method” for solving the overwhelming issue of poverty in England would deserve to have “his statue set up for a preserver of the nation.”Swift claims that his proposal would be profitable because no wealthy gentleman would think twice about paying ten shillings for the carcass of a good fat child.Swift explains that his proposal would bring relief to impoverished parents because they would “be rid of the charge of maintaining them after the first year.”“This would be a great inducement to marriage, which all wise nations have either encouraged by rewards, or enforced by laws and penalties,” writes Swift about his proposal.
Read the passage from Ivanhoe.About the hour of ten o’clock, the whole plain was crowded with horsemen, horsewomen, and foot-passengers, hastening to the tournament; and shortly after, a grand flourish of trumpets announced Prince John and his retinue, attended by many of those knights who meant to take share in the game, as well as others who had no such intention.About the same time arrived Cedric the Saxon, with the Lady Rowena, unattended, however, by Athelstane. This Saxon lord had arrayed his tall and strong person in armour, in order to take his place among the combatants; and, considerably to the surprise of Cedric, had chosen to enlist himself on the part of the Knight Templar.
Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.Claudius: Good Laertes,If you desire to know the certainty Of your dear father's death, is 't writ in your revenge, That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe, Winner and loser?Laertes: None but his enemies.Claudius: Will you know them then?Laertes: To his good friends thus wide I'll ope my arms; And like the kind life-rendering pelican, Repast them with my blood.
Which excerpts from Act III of Hamlet show that plot events have resulted in Claudius feeling guilty? Select 3 options.Claudius: I like him not, nor stands it safe with us To let his madness range.Claudius: I your commission will forthwith dispatch, And he to England shall along with you.Claudius: A brother’s murder! Pray can I not, Though inclination be as sharp as will:Claudius: Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow?Claudius: But, O! what form of prayer Can serve my turn? 'Forgive me my foul murder?'
What is the overall purpose of Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury?
Sedentary lifestyles are harmful. Sedentary lifestyles result in disease.
Read the passage from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.That the society is formed in the wisest manner, whose constitution is founded on the nature of man, strikes, in the abstract, every thinking being so forcibly, that it looks like presumption to endeavour to bring forward proofs; though proof must be brought, or the strong hold of prescription will never be forced by reason; yet to urge prescription as an argument to justify the depriving men (or women) of their natural rights, is one of the absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense.
Read the passage from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.Consequently the perfection of our nature and capability of happiness, must be estimated by the degree of reason, virtue, and knowledge, that distinguish the individual, and direct the laws which bind society: and that from the exercise of reason, knowledge and virtue naturally flow, is equally undeniable, if mankind be viewed collectively.
Read the passages from The War of the Worlds.But very early in the morning poor Ogilvy, who had seen the shooting star and who was persuaded that a meteorite lay somewhere on the common between Horsell, Ottershaw, and Woking, rose early with the idea of finding it. Find it he did, soon after dawn, and not far from the sand pits. . . . A large piece suddenly came off and fell with a sharp noise that brought his heart into his mouth.For a minute he scarcely realised what this meant, and, although the heat was excessive, he clambered down into the pit close to the bulk to see the Thing more clearly.
In The Iliad, one reason Hector can be considered an epic hero is because he
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