07 Jan Documentary

1. Question :

The speaker of “Hard Rock Returns to Prison…” looks up to Hard Rock.

True False

Question 2. Question :

Despite failing to pay his poll-tax, Thoreau described consistently paying his highway tax in “Civil Disobedience” because he wanted to be a good neighbor.

True False

Question 3. Question :

In “The Train from Hate” the speaker and his mother and sister were let off in town.

True False

Question 4. Question :

What biographical experience does Thoreau write about in “Civil Disobedience?”

Spending one night in jail

Staging a protest

Beginning a revolution

Failing to vote

Question 5. Question :

Mr. Blessington focused his curriculum on English writers instead of Hispanic writers, displaying his bias.

True False

Question 6. Question :

What does Thoreau argue is more important than government in “Civil Disobedience?”

Heeding one’s conscience

Having a standing militia

Enforcing laws

Stifling revolutions

Question 7. Question :

Which word best describes the tone of the last few stanzas of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock?”

Exuberant

Determined

Melancholy

Angry

Question 8. Question :

In “Hard Rock Returns to Prison…” Hard Rock becomes a metaphor that represents:

Succumbing to power

Accepting racial discrimination

Defying social discrimination

Defiance in the face of discrimination

Question 9. Question :

In “Bodega Dreams” why did the principal want Tapia to be the gym teacher?

He was a terrible science teacher

The state appointed him to be gym teacher

The principal wanted to minimize Tapia’s influence on the students

He was a professional basketball player

Question 10. Question :

What word best describes the form of “A Modest Proposal?”

Documentary

Comedy

Satire

Drama