Using Resources and Reference Materials for Editing — Unit test

Question 1

Which best explains how the title of A Rumor of War can be considered a paradox?

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Wars are far too real and large scale to ever be considered merely rumors.

Question 2

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?

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The huge market and bright images create a feeling of being overwhelmed.

Question 3

Use the following definitions to answer the question.emit:1. (verb) to produce, to voiceomit:1. (verb) to leave something out, to forgetWhich sentence contains correct word usage?

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The teacher will omit the lowest score in order to increase the averages.

Question 4

Read this phrase from Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California."I wandered in and out of the brilliant stacks of cans following you, and followed in my imagination by the store detective.From this excerpt, it can best be inferred that the speaker is

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unconcerned about the time.

Question 5

Which line from Anthem best illustrates how the author uses a dystopian setting to develop a theme?

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But such has been the story, for I have lived in the City of the damned, and I know what horror men permitted to be brought upon them.

Question 6

How are the authors of “Ambush” and “Facing It” similar in their view of war?

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Both authors have painful and conflicted feelings.

Question 7

Use the following definitions to answer the question.emanate:1. (verb) to come from, originateeminent:1. (adjective) of high standing, well-knownimmanent:1. (adjective) within something, innateimminent:1. (adjective) about to occur, pendingRead the sentence.The fire burning out of control put the neighborhood in __________ danger.Which word best completes the sentence?

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imminent

Question 8

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

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felt that their efforts were not successful.

Question 9

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

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describing a society that has taken the idea of equality too far.

Question 10

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?

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The allusions are influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism.

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