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Name: ______
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Quarter 1 Assessment
English 10
Mrs. Nielsen
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Quarter 1 Assessment
Section I: Vocabulary
Multiple Choice. Directions: Choose the correct vocabulary word that will complete the sentence.
List #1
1) The new musical was surrounded by ______because many people were spreading rumors about the director and the cast members.
2) Heather’s mission was complicated by the fact that the softball team was already deeply ______; they may not welcome her as a new member.
3) It is helpful to summarize the effects of rule changes on the students from their ______in order to be sure the changes are not too harsh.
4) Are specific types of sculptures ______to museums, or can you find them elsewhere?
5) Even though the state is very closely ______by the Department of environmental Conservation, New York continues to offer great fishing opportunities.
List #2
6) As Matthew worked toward getting to know the student better, he realized quickly that they both enjoyed the same things and that their home lives were ______to each other: they both were the eldest of two children and often moved around.
7) The school board kept the budget ______, which prevented principals from hiring the new teachers they needed for the increasing student population.
8) The governments of the United Kingdom, Chile, and Brazil all ______similar restrictions on over-the-counter medications.
9) All predictions based on computer projections have ______uncertainties, because even computers cannot predict every possible outcome.
10) Although most teenagers enjoy ______films, there is something to be said about the creativity it took to produce special effects before computers were a regular part of everyone’s lives.
List #3
11) The TV ratings firm said that predictable nature of audiences made it easy to create a ______on which to properly rate shows.
12) One thing I felt keenly while reading was the ______of even great minds, based on when they lived in history because there are many outlooks which would not fit what we know of the world today.
13) The goals of the project ______to keep folk music from being eliminated from around the world.
14) The threadbare blanket was not ______to keep Tina warm in the below freezing temperatures.
15) Some critics said that poor and uninsured patients sometimes used the emergency room as their ______source of medical care.
Section II: Literature
The Hero’s Journey
Matching. Directions: Match the term on the left with its description on the right.
16) The Abyss a) invites the main character into adventure, they must
go willingly or unwillingly
17) Call b) where the hero must face the greatest
challenge and overcome his/her greatest fear
18) Known/Unknown c) the hero or initiate is “at one” with their new self,
they receive a literal or figurative gift
19) Threshold d) the “jumping off point,” traveling from the known to
the unknown
20) Atonement e) the hero goes home or back to everyday life, they are
changed by their journey
21) Return f) where the hero calls ‘home’/ a place full of dangers
and challenges
The Medieval Era, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Multiple Choice. Directions: Choose the best response from the multiple choices.
22) The Medieval time period took place in the years
23) During the Medieval period, what was the center of life and politics?
24) Feudalism in medieval England was
25) Who is considered to be the “Father of Modern Literature”?
26) During the medieval period, tales about imaginative adventures with heroes, love, and chivalry were considered
27) Chivalry is the concept of
28) The story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight begins on
29) The knights and ladies of the court are gathered in the castle of…
30) When the Green Knight enters the dining hall, he is carrying
31) Why has the Green Knight come to the court?
32) Gawain is King Arthur’s
33) In one year and one day, Sir Gawain must face the Green Knight and do what?
34) Before meeting the Green Knight, Sir Gawain stays with a Lord and his wife. Sir Gawain and the Lord have an agreement that at the end of each day, they will exchange what they have earned or received. What was the Lord testing in Sir Gawain?
35) What gift does Gawain accept from the Lord’s wife and why does he not give it to the Lord at the end of the day?
36) At the end of the story, the Green Knight only nicks Sir Gawain’s neck instead of killing him. How does Sir Gawain feel about this? What does he keep with him to remind him of the experience?
Section II: Writing
STAR Revisions
Matching. Directions: Match the term on the left with its description on the right.
37) Substitute a) move things around; sentences, words, phrases
38) Take Out b) put things into your writing; more detail, information
39) Add c) pull information out; repetitive info, info that does
not make sense
40) Rearrange d) change one thing for another; specific info for
nonspecific
Section III: Grammar
The grammar section will consist of multiple choice questions about a sentence similar to those we have on our Grammar Cards. You will also be required to label parts of speech based on the same sentence, and write the corrected version.