From idea to essay a rhetoric, Reader, and Handbook Eleventh Edition Jo Ray McCuen
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- Comparison/Contrast The Dream House Anthony C. Winkler QUIZ 1. After moving from Jamaica to California, Jessie’s family _____a
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Quiz1. Which of the following statements was made by the author? _____ a. “Until I became an adult, I spoke only black English.” _____ b. “I was taught throughout childhood to loathe black English.” _____ c. “Black English is more powerful than regular English.” _____ d. “Black English should be honored by grammarians.” 2. According to the author, black English is _____ a. demeaning to Blacks. _____ b. an aspect of the English language that should be abolished. _____ c. gang-related. _____ d. respectable and has enriched the fabric of American English. 3. Which of these did NOT bewilder older teachers: _____ a. “def” _____ b. “dis” _____ c. “for the heck of it” _____ d. “hit the skins” 4. How does the author use black English in his composition classes? _____ a. To point out how multilingual the students are _____ b. To point out how creative and inventive their culture is _____ c. None of the above _____ d. Both of the above 5. One conclusion drawn in the essay is that _____ a. usage should be appropriate to the circumstance. _____ b. black English users will remain powerless in life. _____ c. the English language needs complete reformation. _____ d. the university should teach more grammar. CHAPTER TWELVE Comparison/Contrast The Dream House Anthony C. Winkler QUIZ1. After moving from Jamaica to California, Jessie’s family _____a. became extremely poor and remained poor. _____b. eventually became quite wealthy. _____c. contracted asthma from the Los Angeles smog. _____d. made a decent living when the father became a car mechanic. 2. It took Mr. Peterson only two weeks to build _____a. a vacation cabin in the mountains. _____b. a computer for Josh. _____c. a vacuum for his wife. _____d. a deck off the kitchen.
_____a. imaginary ingredients. _____b. birch twigs. _____c. materials borrowed from a neighbor. _____d. bricks and mortar. 4. How many people could see Jessie’s playhouse? _____a. ten people _____b. three people _____c. nobody _____d. everybody
_____a. had a heart attack. _____b. built another playhouse. _____c. filed for a divorce. _____d. became a stock broker.
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_____ a. in a hotel room. _____ b. on the kitchen floor. _____ c. in a hospital bed. _____ d. on a ship at sea.
_____ a. his son. _____ b. the American Cancer Society. _____ c. a woman in Duarte. _____ d. the church.
_____ a. hippy clothes. _____ b. a tennis outfit. _____ c. a blue jogging suit. _____ d. his father's suit. Diogenes and Alexander Gilbert Highet Quiz1. Diogenes lives like a typical _____ a. monk. _____ b. king. _____ c. beggar. _____ d. soldier. 2. Diogenes believed that privacy was not necessary because _____ a. natural acts were not shameful. _____ b. privacy inevitably caused strife and war. _____ c. it alienated human beings from each other. _____ d. it promoted aristocracy. 3. Who was Alexander the Great’s teacher? _____ a. Plato _____ b. Sophocles _____ c. Diogenes _____ d. Aristotle 4. Alexander was in Corinth to _____ a. study the Odyssey and the Iliad. _____ b. learn Greek. _____ c. find an appropriate wife. _____ d. take command of the League of Greek States. 5. When Diogenes saw Alexander, Diogenes said, _____ a. “Stand to one side. You’re blocking the sunlight.” _____ b. “You won’t be happy until he wipes your nose for you.” _____ c. “I am trying to find a man.” _____ d. “You must restamp the currency.” Grant and Lee Bruce Catton QUIZ
_____ a. At the White House in Washington, D.C. _____ b. At the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland _____ c. At the court house in Atlanta, Georgia _____ d. At Appomattox, Virginia
_____ a. Lee was an aristocrat, Grant a western frontier man. _____ b. Lee had traveled all over the world, Grant only the U.S. _____ c. Lee suffered from asthma; Grant was healthy. _____ d. Lee was a poor military strategist, Grant a brilliant one.
_____ a. Napoleon was their great model to emulate. _____ b. life was competition, and everyone had a chance to win. _____ c. victory was more important than truth. _____ d. no slaves should be liberated.
_____ a. the landed nobility justified itself. _____ b. Lee was not tough enough on northerners. _____ c. money was more important than land. _____ d. the Confederacy offered a miserably restricted life.
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