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Read the passage from A Doll’s House.Nora: Nurse, I want you to tell me something I have often wondered about—how could you have the heart to put your own child out among strangers?Nurse: I was obliged to, if I wanted to be little Nora's Nurse.Nora: Yes, but how could you be willing to do it?Nurse: What, when I was going to get such a good place by it? A poor girl who has got into trouble should be glad to. Besides, that wicked man didn't do a single thing for me.Nora: But I suppose your daughter has quite forgotten you.Nurse: No, indeed she hasn't. She wrote to me when she was confirmed, and when she was married.

The nurse’s willingness to take care of Nora when Nora was little demonstrates a woman’s ability to do difficult work.

The nurse’s need to give up a child in order to have a job demonstrates a woman’s inability to support herself.

The fact that the nurse’s child wrote to her as a young girl and as an adult demonstrates a woman’s ability to keep friends forever.

The nurse’s assurance to Nora that her children ask for her often demonstrates women’s role in health care.

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Read the lines from "Girl Powdering Her Neck” by Cathy Song, then look at the artwork by Kitagawa Utamaro.Her hair is blackwith hints of red,the color of seaweedspread over rocks.Morning begins the ritualwheel of the body,the application of translucent skins.She practices pleasure:the pressure of three fingertipsapplying powder.Fingerprints of pollensome other hand will trace.The peach-dyed kimonopatterned with maple leavesdrifting across the silk,falls from right to leftin a diagonal, revealingthe nape of her neckand the curve of a shoulderlike the slope of a hillset deep in snow in a countryof huge white solemn birds.Her face appears in the mirror,a reflection in a winter pond,rising to meet itself.

The artwork’s use of color presents a woman of vigor and action, while the poem does not.

The poem portrays the woman as unrefined, while the painting presents her as cultured.

The artwork suggests a woman in her home, while the poem’s figurative language connects her to nature.

The poem suggests that the woman is aloof, while the painting shows her to be self-absorbed.

Which conflicts occur in this passage? Select three options.

Character vs. nature: The narrator must conquer the challenges of the landscape to visit the Place of the Gods.

Character vs. character: The narrator must face the Forest People, since they live directly on the route to the Place of the Gods.

Character vs. self: The narrator must convince himself that just seeing the Place of the Gods from a distance is not enough.

Character vs. society: The narrator must go to the Place of the Gods to satisfy his spirit because he is a priest’s son and must follow his father’s teachings.

Character vs. self: The narrator is overwhelmed with fear of what he sees coming from the Place of the Gods and momentarily retreats.

Read the passage from "By the Waters of Babylon.”Surely, that was enough to do, and live. Surely it was enough to spend the night upon the cliff. The Forest People themselves do not come near. Yet, all through the night, I knew that I should have to cross the river and walk in the places of the gods, although the gods ate me up. My magic did not help me at all and yet there was a fire in my bowels, a fire in my mind. When the sun rose, I thought, "My journey has been clean. Now I will go home from my journey." But, even as I thought so, I knew I could not. If I went to the Place of the Gods, I would surely die, but, if I did not go, I could never be at peace with my spirit again. It is better to lose one's life than one's spirit, if one is a priest and the son of a priest.

“My magic did not help me at all and yet there was a fire in my bowels, a fire in my mind.”

“When the sun rose, I thought, ‘My journey has been clean. Now I will go home from my journey.’”

“If I went to the Place of the Gods, I would surely die, but, if I did not go, I could never be at peace with my spirit again.”

“The Forest People themselves do not come near.”

Read the passage from Amy Tan's "Rules of the Game."One day, after we left a shop I said under my breath, "I wish you wouldn’t do that, telling everybody I’m your daughter.” My mother stopped walking. Crowds of people with heavy bags pushed past us on the sidewalk, bumping into first one shoulder, then another."Aiii-ya. So shame be with mother?” She grasped my hand even tighter as she glared at me.I looked down. "It’s not that, it’s just so obvious. It’s just so embarrassing.”"Embarrass you be my daughter?” Her voice was cracking with anger."That’s not what I meant. That’s not what I said.”"What you say?”I knew it was a mistake to say anything more, but I heard my voice speaking, "Why do you have to use me to show off? If you want to show off, then why don’t you learn to play chess?”My mother’s eyes turned into dangerous black slits. She had no words for me, just sharp silence.I felt the wind rushing around my hot ears. I jerked my hand out of my mother’s tight grasp and spun around, knocking into an old woman. Her bag of groceries spilled to the ground."Aii-ya! Stupid girl!” my mother and the woman cried. Oranges and tin cans careened down the sidewalk. As my mother stooped to help the old woman pick up the escaping food, I took off.

an internal conflict within the mother, who wants her daughter to grow up but does not want to let her go

an internal conflict within the daughter, who wants to be a grand master but does not want anyone to know about it

an external conflict between the mother, who wants to show off her famous daughter, and the daughter, who feels used

an external conflict between the mother and the neighborhood over the social pressure on the mother to be successful

Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll’s House.Nurse: Oh well, young children easily get accustomed to anything. Nora: Do you think so? Do you think they would forget their mother if she went away altogether?Nurse: Good heavens!—went away altogether?Nora: Nurse, I want you to tell me something I have often wondered about—how could you have the heart to put your own child out among strangers?Nurse: I was obliged to, if I wanted to be little Nora's Nurse.Nora: Yes, but how could you be willing to do it?Nurse: What, when I was going to get such a good place by it? A poor girl who has got into trouble should be glad to. Besides, that wicked man didn't do a single thing for me.

“Oh well, young children easily get accustomed to anything."

“Do you think they would forget their mother if she went away altogether?”

“How could you have the heart to put your own child out among strangers?”

“I want you to tell me something I have often wondered about”

Read the passage from Amy Tan's "Rules of the Game.”My parents made many concessions to allow me to practice. One time I complained that the bedroom I shared was so noisy that I couldn’t think. Thereafter, my brothers slept in a bed in the living room facing the street. I said I couldn’t finish my rice; my head didn’t work right when my stomach was too full. I left the table with half-finished bowls and nobody complained. But there was one duty I couldn’t avoid. I had to accompany my mother on Saturday market days when I had no tournament to play. My mother would proudly walk with me, visiting many shops, buying very little. "This my daughter Wave-ly Jong,” she said to whoever looked her way.One day after we left a shop I said under my breath, "I wish you wouldn’t do that, telling everybody I’m your daughter.” My mother stopped walking. Crowds of people with heavy bags pushed past us on the sidewalk, bumping into first one shoulder, then another.

She wants to adhere to the customs of the Chinese community.

She wants to satisfy people’s curiosity about her daughter.

She wants to share in her daughter’s accomplishments.

She wants to exert control over her daughter.

Read the passage from A Doll’s House.Helmer: [calls out from his room]. Is that my little lark twittering out there?Nora: [busy opening some of the parcels]. Yes, it is!Helmer: Is it my little squirrel bustling about?Nora: Yes!Helmer: When did my squirrel come home?Nora: Just now. [Puts the bag of macaroons into her pocket and wipes her mouth.] Come in here, Torvald, and see what I have bought.Helmer: Don't disturb me. [A little later, he opens the door and looks into the room, pen in hand.] Bought, did you say? All these things? Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?Nora: Yes but, Torvald, this year we really can let ourselves go a little. This is the first Christmas that we have not needed to economize.

They tell the reader that Torvald opens his door only when he realizes that Nora has spent money.

They tell the reader that Torvald uses pet names for Nora and treats her like a child.

They show the reader that Torvald thinks that Nora bought too much.

They show the reader that Torvald prefers his pets over his wife.

Which excerpt from the poem "Girl Powdering Her Neck” by Cathy Song is an example of a simile?

“her legs folded beneath her / as she sits on a buckwheat pillow”

“Morning begins the ritual / wheel of the body”

“The peach-dyed kimono / patterned with maple leaves”

“She dips a corner of her sleeve / like a brush into water”

Read the excerpt from act 1 of A Doll's House.Helmer: Nora! [Goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] The same little featherhead! Suppose, now, that I borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the Christmas week, and then on New Year's Eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and—Nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. Oh! don't say such horrid things.Helmer: Still, suppose that happened, —what then?Nora: If that were to happen, I don't suppose I should care whether I owed money or not.Helmer: Yes, but what about the people who had lent it?Nora: They? Who would bother about them? I should not know who they were.Helmer: That is like a woman! But seriously, Nora, you know what I think about that. No debt, no borrowing. There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. We two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle.Nora: [moving towards the stove]. As you please, Torvald.

Nora realizes that Helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him.

Nora realizes that she and Helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play.

Helmer realizes that Nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play.

Nora realizes that Helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.

Read the excerpt from act 3 of A Doll's House.Mrs. Linde: We have a great deal to talk about.Krogstad: I shouldn't have thought so.Mrs. Linde: No, you have never properly understood me.Krogstad: Was there anything else to understand except what was obvious to all the world—a heartless woman jilts a man when a more lucrative chance turns up?Mrs. Linde: Do you believe I am as absolutely heartless as all that? And do you believe that I did it with a light heart?Krogstad: Didn't you?Mrs. Linde: Nils, did you really think that?Krogstad: If it were as you say, why did you write to me as you did at the time?Mrs. Linde: I could do nothing else. As I had to break with you, it was my duty also to put an end to all that you felt for me.Krogstad [wringing his hands]. So that was it. And all this—only for the sake of money!Mrs. Linde: You must not forget that I had a helpless mother and two little brothers. We couldn't wait for you, Nils; your prospects seemed hopeless then.Krogstad: That may be so, but you had no right to throw me over for anyone else's sake.Mrs. Linde: Indeed, I don't know. Many a time did I ask myself if I had the right to do it.

Mrs. Linde knows that she has always loved Krogstad, and so does the audience, but Krogstad does not know this at the beginning of the scene.

Mrs. Linde knows that she is taking Krogstad's job, and so does the audience, but Krogstad does not know that this will happen.

Krogstad has always been in love with Mrs. Linde, and the audience knows it, but Mrs. Linde does not know this at the beginning of the scene.

Krogstad is going to try to take his job back from Mrs. Linde, and the audience knows it, but Mrs. Linde does not know that this will happen.

Which details from the text best support the analysis that the narrator is in awe of the city at night? Select three options.

“But it was not dark. Everywhere there were lights.”

“I thought to myself ‘This is a strong magic’ and trembled.”

“That was a sight indeed—yes, that was a sight: I could not have seen it in the body—my body would have died.”

“Everywhere went the gods, on foot and in chariots.”

“It was magic what they could do—it was magic what they did."

Read the excerpt from act 3 of A Doll’s House.Nora: In all these eight years—longer than that—from the very beginning of our acquaintance, we have never exchanged a word on any serious subject.Helmer: Was it likely that I would be continually and forever telling you about worries that you could not help me to bear?Nora: I am not speaking about business matters. I say that we have never sat down in earnest together to try and get at the bottom of anything.Helmer: But, dearest Nora, would it have been any good to you?Nora: That is just it; you have never understood me. I have been greatly wronged, Torvald—first by papa and then by you.

The conflict between Nora and Helmer shows how men and women could not agree on issues or successfully work together to solve important problems.

The conflict between Nora and Helmer shows how gender roles were defined, as Helmer has complete control over everything, including what the couple discusses.

The conflict between Nora and Helmer shows how men attempted to limit women’s economic freedoms, causing Nora to lie about how she obtained money.

The conflict between Nora and Helmer shows how women who ended marriages had no rights, leading Nora to have to hide her true feelings in order to stay married.

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