English, 10.03.2021 19:40 iiheartshay
CommonLit story: Excerpts from three sisters (if you need the story just look up CommonLit and the name)
1. PART A: Which of the following identifies the theme of the text?
A Happiness is not easy to come by and must be actively pursued.
B Familial love is the only form of love that is reliable and consistent.
C Home is not located in a specific city, but wherever family and friends are.
D Happiness and success based around wealth will ultimately lead to dissatisfaction
2. PART B: Which section from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A āBrother of course will be a scientist; he certainly canāt go on living here. Only there is a problem about poor MĆ”sha...ā ( Paragraph 16)
B āThereās no satisfaction in any of it, and the time passes and you realize youāll never have the beautiful life you dreamed of; you just keep on digging yourself deeper and deeper into a hole... Iām in despairā ( Paragraph 33)
C āWhen you read about these things in books, it all seems terribly silly and predictable, but when you fall in love yourself, you realize nobody knows anything about it, everyone has to figure out for herself.ā ( Paragraph 49)
D āI donāt gamble anymore, I gave it up, but the main thing is youāre all girls, you get a military pension, and I donāt! I donāt have any income at all...ā ( Paragraph 62)
3. PART A: How does language from the text show the shift in mood between Act 1 and Act 3?
A The language becomes more optimistic as the sisters make the best of the life they have away from Moscow.
B The language becomes more enthusiastic as the sisters take concrete steps towards return to Moscow.
C The language becomes more accepting as the sisters begin to tolerate their life away from Moscow.
D The language becomes more desperate as the sisters become increasingly dissatisfied with their life away from Moscow.
4. PART B: Which detail from the text best support the answer to Part A?
A āevery day I forget more and more, and life goes by and it wonāt ever come back and weāre never going to Moscow, never, never. I can see it all now ā weāre never going to get there...ā ( Paragraph 33)
B āI know heās not very good-looking, but heās a good man, an honest man... People donāt marry for love; they marry because theyāre supposed to. At least I think they do.ā ( Paragraph 38)
C āI canāt keep it to myself anymore. (Pause) Iām in love, Iām in love... I love that man, the one you saw just now... Well, thatās it: I love VershĆnin.ā ( Paragraph 45)
D āIn the second place, you all seem mad at me because Iām not a scientist or a professor or something. But I have an occupation: Iām a member of the County Council, and I consider that just as honorable and just as important as an intellectual career.ā ( Paragraph 62)
5. PART A: What does Moscow represent for the three sisters?
A Repairing their family
B Escaping tragedy
C Fulfilling their desires
D Finding true love
6. PART B: Which quote from the text provides the best support for the answer to Part A?
A āFather got his command 11 years ago, and we left Moscow and came here. It was the beginning of May then tooā ( Paragraph 8)
B āThis morning I woke up and realized it was springtime: everything was so bright, I felt such a wave of happiness inside me, and I wanted so much to go back home.ā ( Paragraph 8)
C āI knew Iād meet my true love there; I used to dream about him. But you see it was all a lot of nonsense...ā ( Paragraph 39)
D āĆlga dear, I do respect the baron, I do, heās a wonderful man, I will marry him, I promise, only please letās go to Moscow!ā ( Paragraph 74)
7. How do the three sisters develop between Act 1 and the end of Act 3?
Answers: 3
English, 21.06.2019 14:00
Read the excerpt from the strange case of dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. from that time forward, mr. utterson began to haunt the door in the by-street of shops. in the morning before office hours, at noon when business was plenty, and time scarce, at night under the face of the fogged city moon, by all lights and at all hours of solitude or concourse, the lawyer was to be found on his chosen post. "if he be mr. hyde,ā he had thought, "i shall be mr. seek.ā how is mr. utterson characterized in the excerpt? as mysterious as depressed as determined as generous
Answers: 1
English, 22.06.2019 03:30
How do "the jilting of granny weatherall" and "the love somg of j alfred prufrock" differ?
Answers: 3
English, 22.06.2019 07:00
Why are danforth, hathorne, and the other authorities so resistant to believing the claim that abigail and the other girls are lying?
Answers: 2
English, 22.06.2019 07:20
In the space below, write a 800-1,000 word fictional narrative with an engaging hook, well-developed characters, conflict, and resolution, effective dialogue, examples of suspense and symbolism, and proper use of creative punctuation, including quotation marks, commas, and dashes.
Answers: 1
CommonLit story: Excerpts from three sisters (if you need the story just look up CommonLit and the n...
Computers and Technology, 16.11.2020 20:50
Mathematics, 16.11.2020 20:50
Mathematics, 16.11.2020 20:50
English, 16.11.2020 20:50
Mathematics, 16.11.2020 20:50
Spanish, 16.11.2020 20:50
Mathematics, 16.11.2020 20:50
English, 16.11.2020 20:50
Chemistry, 16.11.2020 20:50
Social Studies, 16.11.2020 20:50
English, 16.11.2020 20:50
Chemistry, 16.11.2020 20:50
History, 16.11.2020 20:50
Mathematics, 16.11.2020 20:50