ELA 10 - Cumulative Exam (Review), unit
test review English 10 EDGE Cumulative
Semester 2 Already Graded A+
What does the narrator's response to the setting reveal about his character?
Read the passage from "By the Waters of Babylon."
My father is a priest; I am the son of a priest. I have been in the Dead Places near us, with my
father—at first, I was afraid. When my father went into the house to search for the metal, I stood
by the door and my heart felt small and weak. It was a dead man's house, a spirit house. It did not
have the smell of man, though there were old bones in a corner. But it is not fitting that a priest's
son should show fear. I looked at the bones in the shadow and kept my voice still.
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A) By describing the details of a spirit house, he reveals why he gives in to his fear.
B) Because he is not able to show fear, he wishes that he were not a priest's son.
C) Due to his upbringing, we see that he is prepared for whatever the future holds.
D) In describing his past, he shows that he will live up to his father's expectations. ✔✔D) In
describing his past, he shows that he will live up to his father's expectations.
,Which type of appeal is used in this part of the speech?
Read the excerpt from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.
While we pursue these arms reductions, I pledge to you that we will maintain the capacity to
deter Soviet aggression at any level at which it might occur. And in cooperation with many of
our allies, the United States is pursuing the Strategic Defense Initiative—research to base
deterrence not on the threat of offensive retaliation, but on defenses that truly defend; on
systems, in short, that will not target populations, but shield them. By these means we seek to
increase the safety of Europe and all the world.
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A) an emotional appeal
B) an ethical appeal
C) an expert appeal
D) a logical appeal ✔✔D) a logical appeal
Which theme is best reflected in the resolution of this excerpt?
Read the passage from "By the Waters of Babylon."
,I told and he listened. After that, I wished to tell all the people but he showed me otherwise. He
said, "Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you may die of the truth. It
was not idly that our fathers forbade the Dead Places." He was right—it is better the truth should
come little by little. I have learned that, being a priest. Perhaps, in the old days, they ate
knowledge too fast.
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A) Speaking with honesty leads to wisdom.
B) Facing the truth is not an easy task.
C) Coming of age requires courage.
D) Rules are created to protect the weak. ✔✔B) Facing the truth is not an easy task.
Which statement best describes Reagan's main message for his audience in this excerpt?
Read the passage from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.
Where four decades ago there was rubble, today in West Berlin there is the greatest industrial
output of any city in Germany—busy office blocks, fine homes and apartments, proud avenues,
and the spreading lawns of park land. Where a city's culture seemed to have been destroyed,
today there are two great universities, orchestras and an opera, countless theaters, and museums.
, Where there was want, today there's abundance. . . . From devastation, from utter ruin, you
Berliners have, in freedom, rebuilt a city that once again ranks as one of the greatest on earth. . . .
In the 1950s, Khrushchev predicted: "We will bury you." But in the West today, we see a free
world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history.
In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of
health, even want of the most basic kind—too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still
cannot feed itself. After these four decades, then, there stands before the entire world one great
and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds
among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor.
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A) The Berlin Wall is a reminder of the past and of the war.
B) The United States is more powerful than the Soviet Union.
C) Democracy leads to greater prosperity than communism does.
D) Berlin is a thriving city that can boast of many accomplishments. ✔✔C) Democracy leads to
greater prosperity than communism does.
What evidence from the text supports the prediction that Mrs. Linde will get back together with
Krogstad?
test review English 10 EDGE Cumulative
Semester 2 Already Graded A+
What does the narrator's response to the setting reveal about his character?
Read the passage from "By the Waters of Babylon."
My father is a priest; I am the son of a priest. I have been in the Dead Places near us, with my
father—at first, I was afraid. When my father went into the house to search for the metal, I stood
by the door and my heart felt small and weak. It was a dead man's house, a spirit house. It did not
have the smell of man, though there were old bones in a corner. But it is not fitting that a priest's
son should show fear. I looked at the bones in the shadow and kept my voice still.
-
A) By describing the details of a spirit house, he reveals why he gives in to his fear.
B) Because he is not able to show fear, he wishes that he were not a priest's son.
C) Due to his upbringing, we see that he is prepared for whatever the future holds.
D) In describing his past, he shows that he will live up to his father's expectations. ✔✔D) In
describing his past, he shows that he will live up to his father's expectations.
,Which type of appeal is used in this part of the speech?
Read the excerpt from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.
While we pursue these arms reductions, I pledge to you that we will maintain the capacity to
deter Soviet aggression at any level at which it might occur. And in cooperation with many of
our allies, the United States is pursuing the Strategic Defense Initiative—research to base
deterrence not on the threat of offensive retaliation, but on defenses that truly defend; on
systems, in short, that will not target populations, but shield them. By these means we seek to
increase the safety of Europe and all the world.
-
A) an emotional appeal
B) an ethical appeal
C) an expert appeal
D) a logical appeal ✔✔D) a logical appeal
Which theme is best reflected in the resolution of this excerpt?
Read the passage from "By the Waters of Babylon."
,I told and he listened. After that, I wished to tell all the people but he showed me otherwise. He
said, "Truth is a hard deer to hunt. If you eat too much truth at once, you may die of the truth. It
was not idly that our fathers forbade the Dead Places." He was right—it is better the truth should
come little by little. I have learned that, being a priest. Perhaps, in the old days, they ate
knowledge too fast.
-
A) Speaking with honesty leads to wisdom.
B) Facing the truth is not an easy task.
C) Coming of age requires courage.
D) Rules are created to protect the weak. ✔✔B) Facing the truth is not an easy task.
Which statement best describes Reagan's main message for his audience in this excerpt?
Read the passage from Ronald Reagan's "Tear Down This Wall" speech.
Where four decades ago there was rubble, today in West Berlin there is the greatest industrial
output of any city in Germany—busy office blocks, fine homes and apartments, proud avenues,
and the spreading lawns of park land. Where a city's culture seemed to have been destroyed,
today there are two great universities, orchestras and an opera, countless theaters, and museums.
, Where there was want, today there's abundance. . . . From devastation, from utter ruin, you
Berliners have, in freedom, rebuilt a city that once again ranks as one of the greatest on earth. . . .
In the 1950s, Khrushchev predicted: "We will bury you." But in the West today, we see a free
world that has achieved a level of prosperity and well-being unprecedented in all human history.
In the Communist world, we see failure, technological backwardness, declining standards of
health, even want of the most basic kind—too little food. Even today, the Soviet Union still
cannot feed itself. After these four decades, then, there stands before the entire world one great
and inescapable conclusion: Freedom leads to prosperity. Freedom replaces the ancient hatreds
among the nations with comity and peace. Freedom is the victor.
-
A) The Berlin Wall is a reminder of the past and of the war.
B) The United States is more powerful than the Soviet Union.
C) Democracy leads to greater prosperity than communism does.
D) Berlin is a thriving city that can boast of many accomplishments. ✔✔C) Democracy leads to
greater prosperity than communism does.
What evidence from the text supports the prediction that Mrs. Linde will get back together with
Krogstad?
