Introduction to Anglo-Saxon Literature: Beowulf — Unit test Answers

Look at the picture of John Harrison painted by artist Philippe Joseph Tassaert.

Read the excerpt from Early Victorian Tea Set.Among the upper classes, tea had been popular since before 1700. It received celebrity endorsement from Charles II’s queen, Catherine of Braganza, and from Queen Anne. It came from China, it was expensive, refreshingly bitter and drunk in tiny cups without milk or sugar. People kept their tea in locked tea caddies, as if it were a drug; for those who could afford it, it often was. In the 1750s Samuel Johnson confessed himself a happy addict:A hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant, whose kettle scarcely has time to cool, who with Tea amuses the evening, with Tea solaces the midnights, and with Tea welcomes the morning.

Read the excerpt from Early Victorian Tea Set.In the eighteenth century Josiah Wedgwood had made some of the most expensive stoneware ceramics – in jasper and basalt – in Britain, but this tea set shows that by the 1840s, when Wedgwood produced it, the company was aiming at a much wider market. This is quite clearly mid-range pottery, simple earthenware of a sort that many quite modest British households were then able to afford. But the owners of this particular set must have had serious social aspirations, because all three pieces have been decorated with a drape of lacy hallmarked silver.

Which line would be best to include in a summary of "Early Victorian Tea Set”?

Which research question would be the most effective in researching the harmful effects of food pesticides?

Which sentence most effectively uses a formal style and tone?

Tyson is researching the benefits of solar energy. Which is the most credible source on his list?

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Read the claim and counterclaim.Claim: The marine chronometer was the most historically important artifact because it made it possible for international trade to flourish.Counterclaim: At the time the marine chronometer was invented, international trade was already taking place.

Read the sentences.The Benin plaques are important. There are tons of reasons for this. They were triumphant works of art. The plaques also documented two pretty important moments of Euro-African contact. One was peaceful. The other was not.

Read the sentence.The ruling classes fervently promoted tea in the hopes that the working classes would consume less alcohol and actually do some work.

Read the excerpt from "Hokusai's The Great Wave” by Neil MacGregor.In the early nineteenth century Japan had been effectively closed off from the world for 200 years. It had simply opted out of the community of nations.Kings are burning somewhere,Wheels are turning somewhere,Trains are being run,Wars are being won,Things are being doneSomewhere out there, not here.Here we paint screens.Yes . . . the arrangement of the screens.This is Stephen Sondheim’s musical tableau of the secluded and calmly self-contained country in 1853, just before American gunships forced its harbours to open to the world. It is a witty caricature of the dreamy and aesthetic Japanese, serenely painting screens while across the seas Europe and America industrialize and political turmoil rages.

Which quotation from A History of the World in 100 Objects best reveals the historical significance of the chronometer?

Anthony is creating a webpage and sees this symbol next to a photograph he wants to use.

Ana is researching the history of jazz music in the United States. Which is the most credible source on her list?

Which sentence most effectively uses a formal style and tone?

Read the paragraph.Each year between April and October, millions of baseball fans head out to fields across America to watch their favorite teams compete against each other. But how and when did baseball become recognized as the national sport of the United States?

How should the sentence be revised to replace the infinitives with gerunds? Check all that apply.

Jaime is creating a webpage about the life and career of Jackie Robinson.

What factors affect an author’s viewpoint? Select 4 options.