Test 2, 10th Grade

Question 1

Who wrote the speech “I have a Dream”?

Answer 1

Martin Luther King Jr.

Question 2

Rhetoric

Answer 2

The art of public speaking using sound and syntax

Question 3

Rhetorical Question

Answer 3

Question asked to achieve an effect

Question 4

Chiasmus

Answer 4

Rhetorical device that inverts parallel structure consists of two grammatical units

Question 5

Antithesis

Answer 5

Parallelism in two phases or clauses to reinforce their contrast in meanings

Question 6

Anaphora

Answer 6

Deliberate repetition of words/phrases at the beginnings of lines of poetry, grammatical units or paragraphs

Question 7

Vocabulary of I Have a Dream

Answer 7

• Manacle: that which restrains
• Militancy: aggressiveness
• Inextricably: inescapably
• Interposition: doctrine by which a state opposes a federal low believed to encroach on its sovereignty

Question 8

What’s King Dream for the children of Alabama?

Answer 8

That one day little black boys and girls will be able to hold hands with little white boys and girls as brothers and sisters

Question 9

What attitude does King urge African Americans to take toward white people?

Answer 9

To stand tall in order to seek their justice and stand strong and together

Question 10

According to King, the founders who signed the constitution wrote African Americans “a bad check” . What does he mean?

Answer 10

He means that the founders demonstrate the African Americans as bad or insufficient people

Question 11

What’s the main focus of King’s speech?

Answer 11

To encourage the African Americans to fight for their rights and show white people that black people deserve the same rights

Question 12

In “I have a Dream”, what does the author urge his followers to?

Answer 12

To stand up tall and strong, to fight for their rights and for justice

Question 13

Summary of I Have a Dream

Answer 13

• It starts talking about how even though the “Emancipation Proclamation” exists, the Negro people still don’t have the same rights as as white people, and they aren’t treated in the same way.
• He says that it is time for the U.S. to lift the notion from racial injustice and that they won’t rest until black people has the same rights as white people.
• He mentions that black people shouldn’t let go until there are no more signs that say “For Whites Only”
• King says that black people also wanted to vote as white people do, and he wants freedom for the Negro people
• His Dream was that the nation will live the true meaning of its creed, and for slaves and slaves owners to sit together for a meal. Also black and white kids to hold hands with each other
• King wants freedom to exalt from every state, city, and hamlet. He finishes his speech by saying when they allow freedom to everyone, no matter their color or religion, they’ll hold hands hands and live in a free nation

Question 14

Allusion

Answer 14

Brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical cultural or literary significance. Doesn’t describe in detail the person or thing to which it refers

Question 15

Vocabulary words of Cupid’s arrow

Answer 15

• Blandish: to persuade by flattering
• Mean: stingy
• Prospects: hopes for advancements
• Toxophilite: one who loves archery
• Deodars: cedars native to the Himalayas

Question 16

Who’s the author of Cupid’s Arrow?

Answer 16

Rudyard Kipling

Question 17

Characters of Cupid’s Arrow

Answer 17

• Mr and Mrs Breighton
• Kitty Breighton
• Anthony Barr-Sagott
• Cubbon

Question 18

Write two of the settings of the story

Answer 18

• Simla

- India

Question 19

Explain what lesson can be learnt from the story

Answer 19

That money isn’t what always matters, and is okay to change things and do what we wish

Question 20

Summary of Cupid’s Arrow

Answer 20

• In Simla, lived a pretty and poor girl, daughter of a honest district and sessions judge.
• She was a good girl but knew her power and took advantage of it, which made her mom anxious about her future
• There was this powerful and rich commissioner, named Anthony Barr-Saggott.
• He was a man worth marrying, with good clothes and sympathetic attitude, always smiling and organising dances.
• Kitty was pretty good at archery and was known as “Diana” or “Tara-Devil”, and her mother wanted her to marry Barr-Saggott, but Kitty was already in love with a handsome man named Cubbon
• Barr-Saggott did wanted to marry Kitty, so he made an archery contest, if he won Kitty would have to marry him, but if she won she would be free and Have a diamond studded bracelet
• The day of the competition, Kitty was nervous, so Kitty’s mother begged her to lose and marry Anthony, but when the competition started, she started shooting arrows in the target
• Kitty won against Barr-Saggott, took the bracelet, and ran away with her lover leaving everybody astonished, especially her mom