Unit Two Gold Study Guide
The aspect of Abraham Lincoln that Sandburg reflects in this essay is Lincoln’s ______.
Lincoln was willing to “stick [the Constitution] in a hole” is because he believed it was necessary to ______the Constitution in order to ______the Union.
Sandburg portrays Lincoln as a principled and practical ______.
Sandburg describes Lincoln’s admission of Nevada to the Union as ______because he wants to show that Lincoln used ______to gain his desired end.
Given that Sandburg’s A Lincoln Preface is biographical, a purpose for reading it might be ______about Abraham Lincoln’s life.
Sandburg’s biography of Lincoln paints a picture of the president as a ______man who lived in a time of a ______.
King’s intended effect in the speech “I Have a Dream” is to challenge people to improve the ______of all Americans
The speech “I Have a Dream” reveals that King was a leader who was deeply concerned about the ______of black people.
The ending of “I Have a Dream” evokes a strong feeling of ______
______.
The bus driver asks Rosa Parks to give up her seat because she is in the front of the “black section” and a ______doesn’t have a seat to sit in.
Rosa Parks explains “what kind of tired” she was so people will know she ______to give up her seat.
The phrase that best describes the workers mentioned in “I Hear America Singing” is people ______and being satisfied by their work.
The theme, or message, that Whitman conveys in “I Hear America Singing” is America is the sum of different contributions ______.
The best description of Chief Dan George’s idea of new Native American warriors is the new warriors will have skills that give them a sense of ______and ______.
The Mandarin’s daughter gives advice from behind a screen because she does not want her father to appear weak by openly receiving advice from ______.
The townspeople become weak or ill and many die in response to ______
______over and over again.
The immediate consequences of the meeting between the Mandarin and Kwan-Si isthey agree to ______to the problem that the daughter suggests.
The daughter helps her father and Kwan-Si see the solution to the problem by taking them outside to see how ______go together.
A reader can determine the moral of a fable when the moral is not stated directly in the fable by examining the ______of the characters.
The element of fantasy that is essential to “Old Man of the Temple” isthe narrator’s encounter with a ______.
The narrator describes______as well-behaved and obedient.
When Doss speaks in a “thin, piping” voice, it is because Doss has been transformed into ______.
This story a fantasybecause it contains elements that ______.
The most likely inference to be drawn from the scene where the old man sees his dead wife coming toward him is that the ______has called his ______to him.
The old man falls to the ground in a heap when he sees his wife from this we can infer that the old man’s spirit leaves Doss’s body ______his wife’s spirit.
The ghost of Krishna Battar has been ______family’s door.
The most likely inference to be drawn from the absence of knocking sounds at the temple doors is that the old man’s spirit has ______.
In “Perseus,” King Acrisius confines his daughter to an underground house because he wants to make certain she has ______.
When Danaë and the infant Perseus are adrift in the great chest, it seems reasonable to assume they will escape because the myth’s hero will likely ______.
The true father of Perseus is the god ______.
As Perseus grows up, Danaë allows him to become a ______on the little island because Acrisius cannot know where he is.
Polydectes invites Perseus to his wedding celebration in order to take advantage of the youth’s ______.
Athena gave Perseus her brilliantly polished shield because it would spare Perseus from looking at Medusa and thus prevent him from ______.
Hermes and Athena didn’t give Perseus all he needed to attack Medusa because Perseus had ______with the Gray Women first.
Perseus probably could not have defeated Medusa without supernatural assistance because he could not have ______her, ______at her, or ______her scales.
In the world of mythology, a sure way to draw the wrath of the gods is to proclaim ______over a god.
When Komunyakaa says the boys were “Glistening with sweat,” the image provides a ______picture of the players.
When Komunyakaa writes of the players driving to the basket and gliding “like a sparrow hawk,” he suggests the grace of flight in the players’ moves. He might have selected a sparrow hawk for this image rather than a dove because sparrow hawks use ______moves and doves do not.
The first two lines of “The Spearthrower” by Lillian Morrison are “She walks alone/ to the edge of the park.” The woman is alone because women interested in athletics have often ______.
In “The Spearthrower,” the line “her quick laps” demonstrate Morrison’s theme about women’s athletics. By using the word “her,” it emphasizes that the “runner” is a ______because most readers might assume “runner” means ______.
In “Shoulders,”the man is carrying “sensitive cargo” so carefully crossing the street because the cargo ______.
In “Shoulders,” the line “His ear fills up with breathing” creates the sense of what it feels like to have a ______on your shoulder.
Short Answer—We will not be covering the answers to the following questions in class. Please reread the stories if necessary and prepare an answer for each one. You will not be able to use notes for the test, so be sure to commit your answers to memory.
To what does Lincoln compare the newspaper editor Horace Greeley? What does Lincoln imply about Greeley’s character?
King says, “And if America is to be a great nation this must become true.” Explain what he thinks must become true.
Rosa Parks wrote her autobiography to share her experiences and increase readers’ understanding of African Americans. Cite a detail from the essay that describes what her life was like under segregation.
Chief George says, “Let me once again live in harmony with my environment.” How does he intend to do so? Explain two ways, citing details from the poem.
Define fable and explain how “The Golden Kite, the Silver Wind” meets the definition.
In the story middle of the story, Doss says, “Me!…These new chariots!” What are the chariots to which Doss refers?
Describe how Hermes plans to force the Gray Women into telling Perseus how to find the Northern nymphs.
What does the speaker mean in “Slam, Dunk, & Hook” when he says the boys play “with Mercury’s/insignia on their sneakers”? What does this reference suggest about the boys’ ability to play basketball?
In presenting the father, the speaker of “Shoulders” says, “His ear fills up with breathing./He hears the hum of the boy’s dream/deep inside him.” What does this image suggest about the man’s feelings toward his child?