Which statement best describes the government in "Harrison Bergeron"?A. The government is an unseen power that is enforced by robotic police.
B. Ordinary people pass and enforce laws by popular vote.
C. An emperor, who does not have handicaps, runs the government.
D. The government uses deadly force to ensure equality.

Is euthanasia really murder?

Read the excerpt from The Odyssey. Plunder we took, and we enslaved the women, to make division, equal shares to all— but on the spot I told them: 'Back, and quickly! Out to sea again!' My men were mutinous, fools, on stores of wine. Sheep after sheep they butchered by the surf, and shambling cattle, feasting,—while fugitives went inland, running to call to arms the main force of Cicones. Which is the most effective paraphrase of this excerpt? When Odysseus and his men arrived on the island of Cicones, they enslaved women and feasted on the sheep and cattle they had butchered by the sea. Although Odysseus tells his men that they need to return quickly to the ship, the men are too busy dividing their findings into equal shares for everyone. Odysseus warns his men to return to the ship, but many of the men did not listen and instead ran inland to see what else they could take for themselves. The men continued their acts of greed despite Odysseus’s commands to stop and return to the ship, and the fugitives of Cicones ran inland to fetch help.

Read this passage taken from "How the Spaniards Came to Shung-opovi, How They Built a Mission, and How the Hopi Destroyed the Mission":Well, about this time the Strap Clan were ruling at Shung-opovi, and they were the ones that gave permission to establish the mission. The Spaniards, whom they called Castillia, told the people that they had much more power than all their chiefs and a whole lot more power than the witches. The people were very much afraid of them, particularly if they had much more power than the witches. They were so scared that they could do nothing but allow themselves to be made slaves. Whatever the Spaniards wanted done must be done. Any man in power who was in this position the Hopi called To-ta-achi, which means a grouchy person who will not do anything himself, like a child. They couldn't refuse, or they would be slashed to death or punished in some way. There were two To-ta-achi.

The missionary did not like the ceremonies. He did not like the Kachinas, and he destroyed the altars and the customs. He called it idol worship and burned up all the ceremonial things in the plaza.

Which of these elements are found in the Hopi story?

a. cultural differences between the Hopi people and the Spaniards
b. hardships faced by the Spaniards
c. tradition of the Hopi people
d. agreement of the Hopi people with the Spaniards
e. introduction of medicines by the Spaniards

What is the main theme reflected in this excerpt from “Ulysses” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson?There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners,
Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me--
That ever with a frolic welcome took
The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed
Free hearts, free foreheads--you and I are old;
Old age hath yet his honour and his toil.
Death closes all; but something ere the end,
Some work of noble note, may yet be done,
Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.


A .The old have free hearts and free minds.



B. The mariners have toiled hard to avoid the dark and broad seas.



C. It is very important to have free time and sunshine in life.



D. The old can regain honor by taking up challenges again.

Which of these excerpts from poems by Emily Dickinson uses irony?

Read the passage.“Let’s see, I know that number twenty-two is a good one. It’s real close to the store, so it will be easy for us to go get ice cream sandwiches after dinner. … Oh, it’s taken. What else is there? Ohhh, I forgot about number twenty-seven. It’s right across from the swimmin’ pool and game rooms. There it is, and there’s even a big shade tree for the really hot days.”

The passage is an example of _____.




a functional paragraph



a concluding paragraph



a topical paragraph