Answers TX-English III - BISD BA Response to 9/11 by Jonathan Safran Foer

A Response to 9/11 by Jonathan Safran Foer — Cumulative exam Answers

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Which excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron" best illustrates irony?

Hazel had a perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn’t think about anything except in short bursts.

There were tears on Hazel’s cheeks, but she’d forgotten for the moment what they were about.

And she had to apologize at once for her voice, which was a very unfair voice for a woman to use. Her voice was a warm, luminous, timeless melody.

A buzzer sounded in George’s head. His thoughts fled in panic, like bandits from a burglar alarm.

By signing Executive Order No. 9066, President Roosevelt assumed that

no one would actually be interned in camps.

he was doing what was best for his nation.

his direction and command would end the war.

the internment camps would be permanent.

The speaker in "The Weary Blues" is most likely

an audience member at a blues show.

a band member for a blues singer.

a contemporary blues critic.

a historian studying blues musicians.

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