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Suspense in "The Cruel Tribute" Answers

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Read the summary of the contemporary novel Jurassic Park.A wealthy businessman uses modern DNA technology to bring dinosaurs back from extinction. He breeds many varieties of dinosaurs and plans to open a theme park where visitors can see them. However, the dinosaurs soon escape their pens and wreak havoc across the park, resulting in death and destruction.

A
through the emphasis on scientific advances
B
through the use of frightening creatures
C
through the emphasis on natural settings
D
through the use of everyday occupations
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Read the excerpt from a summary of the contemporary novel Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.To help save the day, Harry must get past a scary three-headed guard dog. In order to do this, he gets help from his friends Hermione and Ron. They all have become close friends during the course of the school year. After they solve this challenge, they move on to the next part of their plan.

A
To help save the day, Harry must get past a scary three-headed guard dog.
B
In order to do this, he gets help from his good friends Hermione and Ron.
C
They all have become close friends during the course of the school year.
D
After they solve this challenge, they move on to the next part of their plan.
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Which line from "Cruel Tribute” best supports the idea that Ariadne’s actions help advance the plot?

A
And now they passed close by the palace gate, and in it stood King Minos himself, and his daughter Ariadne, the fairest of the women of Crete.
B
Ariadne said no more; and yet she thought that she had never seen any one who looked so much like a hero as young Theseus.
C
All through that night Ariadne lay awake and thought of the matchless hero, and grieved that he should be doomed to perish.
D
Then she gave him a sharp sword, and hid it underneath his cloak, telling him that with it alone could he hope to slay the Minotaur.
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The story "Cruel Tribute” is broken into four parts:I. The TreatyII. The TributeIII. The PrincessIV. The Labyrinth

A
Sequencing the events this way does not affect the level of suspense.
B
Sequencing the events this way maintains the level of suspense.
C
Sequencing the events this way decreases the level of suspense.
D
Sequencing the events this way increases the level of suspense.
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Based solely on their titles, which contemporary novel most likely contains a mythological element that is also found in "Cruel Tribute?”

A
Call the Shots
B
Have a Nice Day
C
The Maze Runner
D
The Storyteller
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Read the passage from "Cruel Tribute.”Then the youths and maidens ran to Theseus and kissed his hands and feet, and thanked him for his great deed; and, as it was already growing dark, Theseus bade them follow him while he wound up the silken thread which was to lead them out of the Labyrinth. Through a thousand rooms and courts and winding ways they went, and at midnight they came to the outer door and saw the city lying in the moonlight before them; and, only a little way off, was the seashore where the black ship was moored which had brought them to Crete. The door was wide open, and beside it stood Ariadne waiting for them."The wind is fair, the sea is smooth, and the sailors are ready," she whispered; and she took the arm of Theseus, and all went together through the silent streets to the ship.

A
speeding up the plot to move the story forward and build tension.
B
starting the story in the middle of things.
C
describing a setting that causes anticipation.
D
showing the importance of a long period of time that has passed.
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Which line from "Cruel Tribute” best supports the idea that the elders help to advance the plot?

A
"O mighty king," they said, "what have we done that you should wish thus to destroy us from the earth?"
B
“But we do deny it—we do deny it!”
C
“What is the tribute which you require?”
D
“It is better that a few should perish than that the whole city should be destroyed,” they said.
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In part one of "Cruel Tribute,” how do King Aegeus’s actions affect the advancement of the plot?

A
He causes Ariadne to fall in love with Theseus.
B
He causes Theseus to become the new king.
C
He causes the birth of a hero in Troezen.
D
He causes King Minos to become angry.
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Read the passage from "Cruel Tribute.”Years passed by. Every spring when the roses began to bloom seven youths and seven maidens were put on board of a black-sailed ship and sent to Crete to pay the tribute which King Minos required. In every house in Athens there was sorrow and dread, and the people lifted up their hands to Athena on the hilltop and cried out, "How long, O Queen of the Air, how long shall this thing be?"In the meanwhile the little child at Troezen on the other side of the sea had grown to be a man. His name, Theseus, was in everybody's mouth, for he had done great deeds of daring; and at last he had come to Athens to find his father, King Aegeus, who had never heard whether he was alive or dead; and when the youth had made himself known, the king had welcomed him to his home and all the people were glad because so noble a prince had come to dwell among them and, in time, to rule over their city.

A
starting the story in the middle of things.
B
describing a setting that causes anticipation.
C
slowing down the plot to focus on an important character.
D
speeding up the plot to move the story forward and build tension.
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In "Cruel Tribute,” which character’s actions most advance the development of the plot?

A
Ariadne
B
King Minos
C
the Minotaur
D
Theseus

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