Narrative Elements in “Pyramus and Thisbe”, from Ovid’s Metamorphoses — Unit test Answers

Read the excerpt from The Code Book.Despite the enormous strength of RSA and other modern ciphers, cryptanalysts are still able to play a valuable role in intelligence gathering. Their success is demonstrated by the fact that cryptanalysts are in greater demand than ever before—the NSA is still the world's largest employer of mathematicians.

Read the excerpt from "The Most Dangerous Game.""I wanted the ideal animal to hunt," explained the general. "So I said: 'What are the attributes of an ideal quarry?' And the answer was, of course, 'It must have courage, cunning, and, above all, it must be able to reason.'""But no animal can reason," objected Rainsford."My dear fellow," said the general, "there is one that can.""But you can't mean—" gasped Rainsford."And why not?""I can't believe you are serious, General Zaroff. This is a grisly joke.""Why should I not be serious? I am speaking of hunting.""Hunting? General Zaroff, what you speak of is murder."

Which sentence has an optimistic tone?

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

Which excerpt from Annabel Lee provides the best evidence to support the conclusion that Annabel Lee was loyal?

Which best describes the author’s viewpoint about the people who learned to decipher the Enigma in "The Enigma Machine”?

Which excerpt from "The Enigma Machine” supports the idea that Allied forces expected the Germans to complicate their coding system?

Read the excerpt from "The Enigma Machine.”At Bletchley Park, the main site in Britain where Enigma codes were deciphered, six thousand messages were decoded every day by a staff of ten thousand men and women. Many of the messages were inconsequential, but more than a few were critical to the outcome of the war.

Which excerpt from "The Enigma Machine” supports the claim that German soldiers accidentally helped the Allies figure out the Enigma codes?

Read the excerpt from "The Enigma Machine.”Cryptologists looked for cribs, which are repeated expressions in messages. Sloppy operators would repeat phrases like "nothing to report" or "weather forecast" (Wettervorhersage), which served as clues. If there were no cribs to be found, the British would send out false information about, say, British mines planted in a given area. The Germans might then send messages with the name of that area, which would provide clues about deciphering that code.

Which evidence from "The Rosetta Stone” supports the claim that Thomas Young played a key role in helping to decipher the hieroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone?

If someone were to describe "The Rosetta Stone” to a friend, he or she would most likely compare it to

Read the excerpt from "The Rosetta Stone.”Egyptian scripts were replaced with Coptic, which included six demotic characters. In the ninth century, Arab scholar Abu Bakr Ahmad Ibn-Wahshiyah was able to partly decipher the hieroglyphs by comparing them to Coptic. But in the eleventh century, it too was replaced, by Arabic. The link was once again severed. For centuries, Western scholars tried to decipher the hieroglyphs, with little success. They were working under a false hypothesis, that the hieroglyphs were pictograms, with each symbol representing an object or an idea.

Read the excerpt from "The Rosetta Stone.”Then chance stepped in. In 1798, Napoleon went to Egypt to protect its trade interests. In addition to an army, he brought along Egyptian scholars who were charged with copying the inscriptions and studying the architecture.The following year, the French bolstered their defenses by rebuilding a fort in the town of Rosetta. In the midst of the fortification, the Rosetta Stone was discovered. Ironically, this large stone tablet was found not by one of the scholars but by a soldier. Luckily, he recognized that the inscriptions must have value. Militarily, Napoleon's Egyptian campaign was a disaster—the British decimated the French navy—but historically, it was of long-lasting importance.

Which best describes the author’s viewpoint toward the actual Rosetta Stone in "The Rosetta Stone”?

Read the passage from "The Quinceanera.”The next thing I knew, the alarm on my phone rang, startling me out of a daze. It was 12:30, time for me to leave! In a rush of misery I realized I had to make a choice: get my sister’s gift or make it to my movie on time. A quick look at the jewelry reminded me that there wasn’t anything here I thought she’d like anyhow. But I had to get her something! And then it hit me. My sister liked movies – I could get her movie tickets at the theatre, or a gift certificate she could use whenever she wanted!

What is one key difference between "The Quinceanera" and "The Smithville Gazette: Neighborhood Thief Strikes Again"?

Read the passage from "Racing the Storm.”Anastasia shook her head in wonder. "You’re so lucky you have your license,” she said. "I wish I had been the one driving.”

In "Racing the Storm,” which character is a foil to Keri?

Read the passage from "Racing the Storm.”"Turn the radio off!” Keri shouted. "Anastasia!” She reached out and shook the other girl’s leg. "Turn it off! I need to concentrate.”"Yeesh!” Anastasia exclaimed. Finally giving her attention to the scene outside, she smiled. "Wow. It’s beautiful, isn’t it?” she said."Never mind,” Keri moaned, letting go of the wheel again to turn off the radio herself. "Look, I’m going to get off this highway. I don’t know where we’ll end up, but we have to do something.”