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IT IS IMPORTANT for you to read this introduction completely so you will be prepared to successfully complete all of the activities and assessments in this course. This introduction also provides valuable study suggestions and resources. As you proceed through this course, be sure you follow all the directions provided, and complete all the activities and assessments in the order in which they appear. This course will introduce you to the three branches of the American federal government: the legislature (Congress), the executive (the president), and the judiciary (the court system). You will learn how each branch of government operates, and you will study the powers that each branch possesses. Each branch of government is able to “check” the others, meaning that no branch of government can become all-powerful.The government’s powers come from the United States Constitution. This course will analyze the Constitution, noting its provisions for each branch of government. In addition, you will study some important legal cases that have affected constitutional interpretations. Throughout American history, politicians have debated the ideal level of government activity in society. After the American Revolution, many people perceived national government as the greatest threat to liberty. The Framers of the Constitution had to limit the government’s powers (with the Bill of Rights) to win support. As the United States grew, however, people expected the government to assume additional responsibilities and take an active role in protecting civil rights. This course will teach you about the rights and liberties associated with American citizenship, and allow you to form your own views about the proper role of government. American Government: National Level is divided into six units:Unit 1: Congress Unit 2: The PresidencyUnit 3: Federal OperationsUnit 4: The Federal JudiciaryUnit 5: Civil LibertiesUnit 6: Civil Rights engh015061_59_cohen_aaron.pdf Unformatted Attachment Preview Course Name: Multicultural Literature Student: Aaron Cohen Course ID: ENGH015061 ID: C52141679 Submittal: 59 Progress Test 3 This Progress Test covers the course materials that were assigned in Unit 5. Although the progress test is similar in style to the unit evaluations, the progress test is a closed-book, proctored test. You may not have access to notes or any of the course materials while you are taking the test. It is important that you do your own work. Select the response that best completes the statement or answers the question. ____ 1. the narrator’s old sweater being worn out is the __________ in “The Hockey Sweater.” a. b. c. d. ____ 2. In “It Used to Be Green Once,” which character is the most comfortable with his or her life as it is? a. b. c. d. ____ 3. Uncle Raz Dad Mum Raana “This didn’t sound like a horn at all but like a flock of ducks coming in for a feed” (52). In this quote from “It Used to Be Green Once,” a simile is used to compare a. b. c. d. ____ 5. Mum Raana the narrator Peti Who is responsible for breaking Uncle Peta’s leg in “It Used to Be Green Once”? a. b. c. d. ____ 4. falling action climax inciting event denouement a car and a meal. a horn and a flock of ducks. a gunshot and a duck call. a red car and a green car. The fence in “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled” is important to the plot of the story. When an inanimate object is part of the plot, the object is called a(n) a. b. c. d. stanza. archetype. prop. exposition. ____ 6. In “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled,” how is Mark Twain’s background reflected in the details of the story? a. b. c. d. ____ 7. Which sentence contains an example of onomatopoeia? a. b. c. d. ____ 8. Frightened by the cat, the dog ran like a scared rabbit. Snake-like tendrils of fog wound themselves around the treetops. The box hit the ground with a loud thump. The dog snoozed in front of the warm, friendly fireplace. “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled” is written with which of the following tones? a. b. c. d. ____ 9. Mark Twain grew up in a small town and loved riverboats. Mark Twain was raised in a large city and loved riding trains. Mark Twain lived in New York City as a child and moved to Alabama to write. Mark Twain’s father was an airplane pilot, and Twain shared his love of flying. light hearted and humorous sad and depressing gloomy and sinister harsh and critical “The Hockey Sweater” relies on the Toronto sweater to move the plot. The sweater is being used as a a. b. c. d. setting. prop. onomatopoeia. theme. ____ 10. This quote from “The Hockey Sweater” suggests which theme? “. . . it isn’t what you put on your back that counts, it’s what you’ve got inside your head” (108). a. b. c. d. Appearance is not as important as character and integrity. The way you look is more important than the way you behave. Vanity and pride are important for keeping friends. Those that choose to be different will always be picked on by others. ____ 11. A quote from “The Hockey Sweater” was placed on the Canadian five dollar bill for a time. a. b. true false ____ 12. “The Hockey Sweater” is a social commentary on the tensions between French and English-speaking Canadians. a. b. true false ____ 13. This quote describes Tom in “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled.” “We never minded our holey fruit at first. Dad used to pick up the cases of over-ripe apples or pears from town that he got cheap” (50). a. b. true false ____ 14. Which character does this quote best describe? “He began to think of the fun he had planned for this day, and his sorrows multiplied. Soon the free boys would come tripping along on all sorts of delicious expeditions, and they would make a world of fun of him for having to work . . .” (134) a. b. c. Tom from “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled” Roch from “The Hockey Sweater” Patricia from “It Used to Be Green Once” ____ 15. What does the title “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled” mean? a. b. c. d. People are gullible and easily tempted by something that they think they want. People are too smart to do something that someone else suggests might be good for them. People don’t often give into temptations because they have strong will power. People that do something wrong can claim that they are innocent because they are ignorant. ____ 16. The most important prop in “It Used to Be Green Once” is a. b. c. d. the pears. the car. the school bus. Mum’s purple dress. ____ 17. This quote from “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled” is which part of the plot? “At this dark and hopeless moment an inspiration burst upon him! Nothing less than a great, magnificent inspiration” (134). a. b. c. d. falling action resolution inciting event climax ____ 18. “It Used to Be Green Once” may be interpreted as having a sad tone because a. b. c. d. the children don’t appreciate how much Mum does for them. Mum gets frustrated and leaves the family to get away from the children. Uncle Peta never forgives Dad for breaking his leg. Mum never gets a new car and has to keep using the old one. ____ 19. The character of Mum in “It Used to Be Green Once” raises a large family on a limited income. What does she do to help save money, which the children find embarrassing? a. b. c. d. She darns the children’s clothes with red thread and digs the rotten spots out of the fruit. She walks to town in her galoshes to do the shopping to save money on gas for the car. She invites the new teacher in town to move in and pay rent to earn money for the family. She drives a car although she does not have a current driver’s license. ____ 20. “It Used to Be Green Once” is told by the author about her childhood. The point of view used to tell this story is a. b. c. d. first-person. second-person. third-person omniscient. third-person limited omniscient. ____ 21. Tom in “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled” is MORE concerned with clothes and physical appearance than Roch in “The Hockey Sweater” or Patricia in “It Used to Be Green Once.” a. b. true false ____ 22. In this sentence, “abominable” means hateful. “She pulled the sweater down and carefully smoothed all of the creases in the abominable maple leaf on which, right in the middle of my chest, were written the words ‘Toronto Maple Leafs’” (108). a. b. true false ____ 23. “The winters of my childhood were long, long seasons. We lived in three places—the school, the church and the skating rink . . .” (106) This quote describes Roch from “The Hockey Sweater.” a. b. true false ____ 24. The kids in “The Hockey Sweater” spend their time in three places. These places are a. b. c. d. the skating rink, school, and church. school, the park, and at camp. the basketball court, the skating rink, and church. the park, the skating rink, and the swimming pool. ____ 25. In “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled,” we can infer that Ben and Tom don’t always get along. a. b. true false ____ 26. In this sentence, “alacrity” means cheerfulness. “Tom gave up the brush with reluctance in his face but alacrity in his heart” (136). a. b. true false ____ 27. Which of the following best defines what satire is in literature? a. b. c. d. a story written about a famous person’s life by someone else a story written to criticize social conventions or the foolishness of people’s actions a story written in honor of someone’s life after that person has died to praise the individual a story that takes place in an imaginary world that contains elements of the supernatural ____ 28. In “It Used to Be Green Once,” what major event changes the family’s financial circumstances? a. b. c. d. Mum gets a good job in town. Uncle Peta dies, leaving a large sum of money. They find oil on the farm. Dad wins the lottery. ____ 29. This quote from “The Hockey Sweater” shows that the story is told from a third-person omniscient point of view. “That day I had one of the greatest disappointments in my life! I would even say that on that day I experienced a very great sorrow” (107). a. b. true false ____ 30. “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled” is told by an outside narrator who knows Tom’s thoughts, but not those of the other characters. This kind of narration is a. b. c. d. first-person. third-person limited omniscient. third-person omniscient. second-person. ____ 31. In “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled,” why does Ben decide he wants to whitewash the fence? a. b. c. d. He wants to appear grown up to impress a girl. He wants to make Sid jealous. He wants to help his friend Tom. He doesn’t want to miss any fun that Tom is having. ____ 32. The comparison in this quote from “The Hockey Sweater” is __________. “The Maple Leafs sweater weighed on my shoulders like a mountain” (108). a. b. c. d. a flashback a metaphor an inference a simile ____ 33. Which character does the following quote describe? “. . . was retiring from the field with a slipper in her hand and triumph in her eye” (134). a. b. c. Aunt Polly from “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled” Roch’s mother from “The Hockey Sweater” Mum from “It Used to Be Green Once” ____ 34. What human tendency does Mark Twain comment about in “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements— The Innocents Beguiled”? a. b. c. d. cowardice envy kindness courage ____ 35. “As soon as she had everything tidy she’d change into her good purple dress that she’d made from a Japanese bedspread, pull on her floppy brimmed blue sunhat and her slippers and galoshes, and go out and start up the car” (52). This quote describes Aunt Polly from “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements— The Innocents Beguiled.” a. b. true false ____ 36. In “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled,” Aunt Polly is a stern authority figure. a. b. true false ____ 37. Who is the central figure in “It Used to Be Green Once?” a. b. c. d. Uncle Peta Dad Mum Mr. Hadley ____ 38. In “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled,” when is Tom envious? a. b. c. d. when Aunt Polly tells Sid he can whitewash the fence when the other boys are free to play and he has to work when Ben does a better job than Tom with the whitewashing when Ben gives the one-eyed kitten to Billy Fisher ____ 39. Based on the use of the underlined word in this sentence, choose the best definition for the word. “. . . Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and that Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do” (136). a. b. c. allowed required anxious ____ 40. Based on the use of the underlined word in this sentence, choose the best definition for the word. “Some of the younger kids skited to their mates about our convertible and its top that went up and down” (51). a. b. c. cried skipped bragged ____ 41. An antagonist in “The Hockey Sweater” is the new sweater. a. b. true false ____ 42. In “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled,” what is Tom’s first thought about how the other boys will react to his whitewashing? a. b. c. d. He thinks they will be impressed. He imagines Sid having a temper tantrum because he can’t paint the fence. He is afraid that they will throw dirt on the fresh paint to cause trouble. He thinks they will laugh at him because he has to work while they can play. ____ 43. The setting for “The Hockey Sweater” is Chicago. a. b. true false ____ 44. Both Aunt Polly in “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled” and Roch’s mother in “The Hockey Sweater” give into their children’s wishes. a. b. true false ____ 45. This quote describes Patricia in “It Used to Be Green Once.” “Through our daydreams it might happen that we would recite a prayer: we would ask God to help us play as well as Maurice Richard” (107). a. b. true false ____ 46. “It Used to Be Green Once” is set in a small village in England. a. b. true false ____ 47. In “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled,” the antagonist is the fence. a. b. true false ____ 48. “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled” is about whitewashing, which literally means to paint a fence white. What is another meaning for the term “whitewashing,” which describes Tom’s actions in the story? a. b. c. d. singing a ballad about the accomplishments of a great warrior challenging someone to a fight over something valued by both parties dreaming of swimming and picnicking by the side of a river covering up unpleasant facts with half-truths ____ 49. Mum breaks the law in “It Used to Be Green Once” because she drives without a license. a. b. true false ____ 50. “Strong Temptations—Strategic Movements—The Innocents Beguiled” makes a statement about society through the theme. Which statement does the story make about people and society? a. b. c. d. One man’s work is another man’s pleasure. Pride is a dangerous trait. It can cause great pain in life. Revenge is sweet and is best served with justice. Honesty is always the best policy. Carefully review your answers on this progress test and make any corrections you feel are necessary. When you are satisfied that you have answered the questions to the best of your ability, transfer your answers to the online test submission page in the presence of your proctor. The University of Nebraska is an equal opportunity educator and employer. ©2019, The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska. All rights reserved. ... Purchase answer to see full attachment