Read the excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron."The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General. Vonnegut uses satire in this excerpt by
Read the lines from The Elements of San Joaquín.Already I am becoming the valley,A soil that sprouts nothing.For any of us.
Read the excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron." “I think I’d make a good Handicapper General.”“Good as anybody else,” said George.“Who knows better’n I do what normal is?” said Hazel.“Right,” said George. He began to think glimmeringly about his abnormal son who was now in jail, about Harrison, but a twenty-one-gun salute in his head stopped that.How does the dialogue between George and Hazel develop Kurt Vonnegut’s message that advanced technology dehumanizes individuals?
How are the authors of “Ambush” and “Facing It” similar in their view of war?
In this passage, the author suggests that cruelty can occur when people face horrible conditions. Which evidence best supports this viewpoint? Select two options.
Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Night.Pressed tightly against one another, in an effort to resist the cold, our heads empty and heavy, our brains a whirlwind of decaying memories. Our minds numb with indifference.
Which excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron" best illustrates irony?
Which best explains how the title of A Rumor of War can be considered a paradox?
Read the excerpt from A Rumor of War.The discovery that the men we had scorned as peasant guerrillas were, in fact, a lethal, determined enemy and the casualty lists that lengthened each week with nothing to show for the blood being spilled broke our early confidence. According to the excerpt, the soldiers
Read the lines from Between Words.We could go Under trees and moons, With the stars tearing Like mouths in the night sky, And we’ll never arrive.
Read the stanza from Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California."In my hungry fatigue, and shopping for images, I went into the neon fruit supermarket, dreaming of your enumerations! Which statement best reflects the feeling conveyed in this stanza?
Which quotations from chapter 7 of Night convey an atmosphere of panic? Select two options.
Read this excerpt from Diane Di Prima’s poem "Buddhist New Year Song."I could see the planet from which we had comeI could not remember (then) what our purpose wasbut remembered the name Mahakala, in the dawnin the dawn confronted Shiva, the cold lightrevealed the “mindborn” worldsHow do the allusions exemplify Beat poetry?
Which quotations from chapter 7 of Night convey an atmosphere of panic? Select two options.
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