Read the passage from The Farewell Speech. Shall they, think you, escape unpunished that have oppressed you, and have been respectless of their duty and regardless our honour? No, I assure you, Mr Speaker, were it not more for conscience' sake than for any glory or increase of love that I desire, these errors, troubles, vexations and oppressions done by these varlets and lewd persons not worthy of the name of subjects should not escape without condign punishment. Which best describes Queen Elizabeth's speaking style in the passage?
In The Farewell Speech, Queen Elizabeth’s use of first-person point of view
If Kaya wanted to analyze the development of the central ideas in The Farewell Speech, which questions should she ask herself? Choose three correct answers.
Read the passage from The “The Farewell Speech.” I do assure you there is no prince that loves his subjects better, or whose love can countervail our love. There is no jewel, be it of never so rich a price, which I set before this jewel: I mean your love. For I do esteem it more than any treasure or riches; for that we know how to prize, but love and thanks I count invaluable. The repetition of the word "love" is effective because it
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. How can the reader conclude that the passage takes place in the medieval period?
Read the excerpt from "A Modest Proposal." I profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that I have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work, having no other motive than the publick good of my country, by advancing our trade, providing for infants, relieving the poor, and giving some pleasure to the rich. I have no children, by which I can propose to get a single penny; the youngest being nine years old, and my wife past child-bearing. Which statement best describes how irony is used in this excerpt?
Read the excerpts from Samuel Johnson’s preface to A Dictionary of the English Language . So far have I been from any care to grace my pages with modern decorations, that I have studiously endeavoured to collect examples and authorities from the writers before the restoration. I look with pleasure on my book, however defective, and deliver it to the world with the spirit of a man that has endeavoured well. In both excerpts, the word endeavour means to
Which detail from Gilgamesh: A New English Version is the best example of an intervention by a supernatural force?
Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version . At four hundred miles they stopped to eat, at a thousand miles they pitched their camp. They had traveled for just three days and nights, a six weeks’ journey for ordinary men. When the sun was setting, they dug a well, they filled their waterskins with fresh water, Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop, he poured out flour as an offering and said, "Mountain, bring me a favorable dream.” Which characteristic of an epic hero is most reflected in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England . Rich landowners do not normally sell their grain immediately after the harvest is in, when prices are low; instead they store it until the numerous small-scale producers have sold all theirs and prices go up again. Pig farmers keep their flitches of bacon back in storage until they can get a better price for them later in the winter. Such tactics are made even more profitable by the unhappy fact that harvests can fail, causing local—and sometimes national—food shortages. What inference can be made about both rich landowners and pig farmers, based on this excerpt?
Read the passage from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England . It is unlikely that you will be hanged for taking a wild animal such as a rabbit; but, even so, you will get a fine amounting to three times the value of the animal as well as three months in prison, and you will have to enter into a bond to guarantee your good behavior in the future; a second offense will be treated more harshly. Which statement best describes how the author’s use of second-person point of view affects readers?
Read the excerpt from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. I have repeatedly asserted, and produced what appeared to me irrefragable arguments drawn from matters of fact, to prove my assertion, that women cannot, by force, be confined to domestic concerns; for they will, however ignorant, intermeddle with more weighty affairs, neglecting private duties only to disturb, by cunning tricks, the orderly plans of reason which rise above their comprehension. This idea enhances Wollstonecraft’s argument by
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. Which is the best description of the author’s diction in the passage?
How does the play-within-a-play in Act III of Hamlet represent Elizabethan drama?
Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. There is no concept of "health and safety" in Elizabethan England, so you will inevitably feel vulnerable when you arrive. Nauseating smells and sights will assail your senses; contemporary standards of cleanliness will worry you. People die every day from unknown ailments, the young as often as the old. Infectious diseases periodically kill thousands within a few weeks. Even when plague is not in town, it lurks as an anxiety in the back of people’s minds and, when it does strike, their worry turns to terror. On top of the illnesses, the chances of being attacked and hurt are much higher than in the modern world, and workplace injuries are far more common. What is the topic of this paragraph?
Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet . For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, The pangs of dispriz’d love, the law’s delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin? Based on this part of the soliloquy, which best describes Hamlet’s perception of life?
Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet . Ophelia: My lord, I have remembrances of yours, That I have longed long to re-deliver; I pray you, now receive them. Read the adaptation of the excerpt. Ophelia: I have some things here that I want to return to you. Please, take them back. What choice did the writer of this adaptation make?
Read the facts about Mary Wollstonecraft. Lived during the time of the American and French Revolutions Published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792 (in response to a French government report advocating that women should be educated only for household duties) Was embraced by twentieth-century women’s rights advocates Now read the passage from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman . In the present state of society, it appears necessary to go back to first principles in search of the most simple truths, and to dispute with some prevailing prejudice every inch of ground. Based on the facts, which inference about the passage is justified?
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