Unit 7

Question 1

vilify

Answer 1

to defame; to slander; to blacken the character of

Question 2

vivacious

Answer 2

lively; spirited

Question 3

surmise

Answer 3

to infer on minimal grounds; conjecture; suppose

Question 4

tedious

Answer 4

boring; tiresome

Question 5

verbose

Answer 5

wordy

Question 6

terse

Answer 6

concise; brief; free of extra words

Question 7

stagnant

Answer 7

something that lies inactive or stays in one place

Question 8

zenith

Answer 8

the highest point

Question 9

zealot

Answer 9

a person with great enthusiasm

Question 10

wanton

Answer 10

immoral; lewd; having no regard for others

Question 11

tirade

Answer 11

a long and angry speech

Question 12

succinct

Answer 12

concise; clearly expressed with a few words

Question 13

undermine

Answer 13

to weaken the support of; to injure in a sneaky way

Question 14

viable

Answer 14

workable; capable of living and growing

Question 15

waver

Answer 15

to be indecisive or inconstant; to fluctuate in opinion

Question 16

It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced.

Answer 16

Those of us who are still alive need to promise to continue to fight for the ideas for which these men died.

Question 17

That we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.

Answer 17

We must be determined that this nation will have a new birth of freedom, and the idea that all the people should be involved in making laws and in governing themselves should not be destroyed.

Question 18

After reading The Killer Angels and Lee’s farewell, which of the following describe the type of person General Lee was? Select all that apply.

Answer 18

He cared about the men under his command.
He was an honorable man.

Question 19

My ideas are organized correctly into paragraphs.

Answer 19

5

Question 20

I have capital letters in all the wrong places.

Answer 20

1

Question 21

Most sentences and proper nouns begin with capitals, but I overlooked a few.

Answer 21

3

Question 22

My spelling is correct on simple words but not always on harder ones.

Answer 22

3

Question 23

It would take one reading to decode my paper and another to get the meaning.

Answer 23

1

Question 24

In the blanks provided, choose “yes” if the following item should be italicized; choose “no” if it should not.
poems

Answer 24

yes

Question 25

In the blanks provided, choose "yes" if the following item should be italicized; choose "no" if it should not. aircraft

Answer 25

yes

Question 26

episode of TV program In the blanks provided, choose "yes" if the following item should be italicized; choose "no" if it should not.

Answer 26

no

Question 27

chapters In the blanks provided, choose "yes" if the following item should be italicized; choose "no" if it should not.

Answer 27

no

Question 28

books In the blanks provided, choose "yes" if the following item should be italicized; choose "no" if it should not.

Answer 28

yes

Question 29

songs In the blanks provided, choose "yes" if the following item should be italicized; choose "no" if it should not.

Answer 29

yes

Question 30

articles In the blanks provided, choose "yes" if the following item should be italicized; choose "no" if it should not.

Answer 30

no

Question 31

plays In the blanks provided, choose "yes" if the following item should be italicized; choose "no" if it should not.

Answer 31

yes

Question 32

TV program In the blanks provided, choose "yes" if the following item should be italicized; choose "no" if it should not.

Answer 32

yes

Question 33

pamphlets In the blanks provided, choose "yes" if the following item should be italicized; choose "no" if it should not.

Answer 33

yes

Question 34

f you want to say that you are going to the cabin of the Jones family (singular), what is the proper way to do it?

Answer 34

We are going to the Jones's cabin.

Question 35

Oakland's baseball team mascot is the A's.

Answer 35

correct

Question 36

“The survivors wanted to communicate everything to the living: the victim's solitude and sorrow, the tears of mothers driven to madness, the prayers of the doomed beneath a fiery sky.”

Answer 36

“Hope, Despair, and Memory”

Question 37

“Neither anticipated that the cause of the conflict might cease with or even before the conflict itself should cease.”

Answer 37

Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address

Question 38

“You will take with you the satisfaction that proceeds from the consciousness of duty faithfully performed, and I earnestly.”

Answer 38

Lee’s Farewell Address

Question 39

“Indeed if memory helps us to survive, forgetting allows us to go on living.”

Answer 39

“Hope, Despair, and Memory”

Question 40

At the time of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, _________________ of the population were slaves.

Answer 40

1/8

Question 41

General Lee surrendered to Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on

Answer 41

April 9, 1865

Question 42

An inaugural address is an address given by a president when

Answer 42

He or she enters office after each election

Question 43

The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Answer 43

Was rewritten from a song about a man who was hanged

Question 44

Select the answer that best explains the meaning of Lincoln’s words: "Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation."

Answer 44

87 years ago, the founding fathers created a new country

Question 45

Select the answer that best explains the meaning of Lincoln’s words: "But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate — we can not consecrate — we can not hallow — this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract."

Answer 45

Looking at the bigger picture, we cannot make this ground more sacred because the men who died here already have made it sacred through their deaths.

Question 46

Select the answer that best explains the meaning of Lincoln’s words: "testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure"

Answer 46

Trying to see if a nation founded on freedom can continue to exist

Question 47

Lincoln uses repetition throughout “The Gettysburg Address.” Which of the following words does he not repeat in his address?

Answer 47

Freedom

Question 48

Pedro came with a viable solution for the broken-down machinery.

Answer 48

appropriate I'd waver a hundred dollars for the poor, if I had the money.

Question 49

I'd waver a hundred dollars for the poor, if I had the money.

Answer 49

inappropriate

Question 50

After wrecking our Suburban, I had to listen to my father's tirade for an hour.

Answer 50

appropriate

Question 51

We hiked to the zenith of the mountain and looked down at the city.

Answer 51

appropriate

Question 52

The vivacious cheerleader got the whole crowd on its feet.

Answer 52

appropriate

Question 53

I ate wanton soup at the Chinese restaurant.

Answer 53

inappropriate

Question 54

I surmise clothing stores with my friends on the weekend.

Answer 54

inappropriate

Question 55

My succinct candle burned all through the night.

Answer 55

inappropriate

Question 56

My brother doesn't care about anyone or anything. He is a zealot!

Answer 56

inappropriate

Question 57

My tedious history class is the longest 50 minutes I must endure daily.

Answer 57

appropriate

Question 58

My teacher gave me a "C" on my ten-page paper and wrote "verbose" at the top. I was wrong to suppose she'd give more points for writing a lot.

Answer 58

appropriate

Question 59

My uncle undermines watches and clocks for a living.

Answer 59

inappropriate

Question 60

A paper that reads like a first draft would receive a "5."

Answer 60

false

Question 61

Conventions are the rules of language.

Answer 61

true

Question 62

Spelling, punctuation, grammar, usage, paragraphing, and capitalization are all considered conventions.

Answer 62

true

Question 63

A paper that would require light editing to polish the text for publication would receive a "1."

Answer 63

false

Question 64

A paper with paragraphs that sometimes run together or begin in the wrong places would receive a "3" according to the Six-Trait Analytical Writing Assessment Model.

Answer 64

true