"A Quilt of a Country” In lines 54-56, Quindlen says there was concern after the cold war that
“the left side of the hyphen... would overwhelm the right." Which
statement best summarizes this concern?
0 Immigrants would lose their ethnic identity after they came to America.
O Ethnic identity would become more important than national identity.
O No single ethnic group would form a clear majority of the population.
Ethnic groups would strive to create their own separate nations.

Describe the character of sissy jupe, from hard times, by charles dickens, in four sentences. use anaphora and one metaphor in your description.

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of julius caesar. cassius. am i not stayed for? tell me. cinna. yes, you are. o cassius, if you could but win the noble brutus to our party— cassius. be you content. good cinna, take this paper and look you lay it in the praetor’s chair, where brutus may but find it. and throw this in at his window. set this up with wax upon old brutus’ statue. all this done, repair to pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. is decius brutus and trebonius there? cinna. all but metellus cimber, and he’s gone to seek you at your house. well, i will hie, and so bestow these papers as you bade me. cassius. that done, repair to pompey’s theatre. what is cassius’s motivation for sending brutus the letter? cassius wants to make sure that cinna is on his side. cassius wants to reassure cinna that brutus will follow them. cassius wants to sway brutus to kill caesar. cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.

Select all that apply. because the length of his story is limited, short story writers typically: