Common Core ELA 11 A Unit Test
Read the excerpt from Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms.
"Tenente," Passini said. "We understand you let us talk. Listen.
... [Show More] There is nothing as bad
as war. We in the auto-ambulance cannot even realize at all how bad it is. When people
realize how bad it is they cannot do anything to stop it because they go crazy. There are
some people who never realize. There are people who are afraid of their officers. It is
with them the war is made."
"I know it is bad but we must finish it."
"It doesn't finish. There is no finish to a war."
"Yes there is."
Passini shook his head.
"War is not won by victory. What if we take San Gabriele? What if we take the Carso
and Monfalcome and Trieste? Where are we then? Did you see all the far mountains today? Do you think we could take all them too? Only if the Austrians stop fighting. One
side must stop fighting. Why don't we stop fighting? If they come down into Italy they will
get tired and go away. They have their own country. But no, instead there is a war."
Which best describes the effect of Passini's long pieces of dialogue?
They indicate that Passini is naive about the ways of war.
They indicate that Passini is guided by his emotions.
They indicate that Passini feels passionately about his beliefs.
They indicate that Passini is the main protagonist. - ANS-C/ They indicate that Passini
feels passionately about his beliefs.
Read the excerpt from Flannery O'Connor's "The Life You Save May Be Your Own."
"A body and a spirit," he repeated. "The body, lady, is like a house: it don't go
anywhere; but the spirit, lady, is like a automobile: always on the move, always . . ."
This excerpt contains
one simile.
two metaphors.
two similes.
one case of irony. - ANS-C/ two similes.
Which excerpt from The Great Gatsby best indicates that Nick is not fully content with
his life?
He didn't say any more, but we've always been unusually communicative in a reserved
way, and I understood that he meant a great deal more than that.
Father agreed to finance me for a year, and after various delays I came East,
permanently, I thought, in the spring of twenty-two.
Instead of being the warm center of the world, the Middle West now seemed like the
ragged edge of the universe—so I decided to go East and learn the bond business.
I had a dog—at least I had him for a few days until he ran away—and an old Dodge and
a Finnish woman, who made my bed and cooked breakfast and muttered Finnish
wisdom to herself over the electric stove. - ANS-C/ Instead of being the warm center of
the world, the Middle West now seemed like the ragged edge of the universe—so I
decided to go East and learn the bond business.
Read the sentence.
The speaker of Okita's poem tries to present herself in ways that have little to do with
her customs.
Which is the best revision of this sentence using academic vocabulary?
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