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Review Pack
A) Literature:
From The Necklace:

1. Which ironic twist does the surprise ending of “The Necklace” suggest?
a. If Madame Loisel had not spoken to Madame Forestier in the park, Madame Forestier
would not have recognized her friend.
b. If Madame Loisel had not had to work hard for ten years, she would still be as pretty
and as charming as Madame Forestier.
c. If Madame Forestier had known about the loss of the necklace, she would have gladly
lent Madame Loisel a different piece of jewelry.
d. If Madame Loisel had admitted to Madame Forestier that she lost the necklace, the
Loisels would have had to borrow only five hundred francs to pay for it.

2. After ten years of working off the price of the necklace, the once-charming
Madame Loisel is “hard and coarse” and “disheveled.” This is ironic because
Madame Loisel
a. values luxury and beauty but loses both through carelessness.
b. requires strength and energy to work off the price of the necklace.
c. loses the necklace because she has so much fun as the belle of the ball.
d. borrows the necklace to be admired at the ball but then loses her friend’s
respect.

3. What is ironic about Monsieur Loisel’s situation?

a. Because he tries to do something nice for his wife, Monsieur Loisel finds his
comfortable life destroyed.
b. Because he marries a beautiful young woman, Monsieur Loisel hopes to
impress people and receive a promotion.
c. Because his wife is vain and silly, Monsieur Loisel makes a mistake by trusting
her with expensive jewelry.
d. Because his wife learns to work hard, Monsieur Loisel builds a reputation as a
trusted and capable husband.

4.What one lesson is suggested by the story’s ending, when Madame

Forestier tells Madame Loisel that the necklace was a fake?
a. Pride goes before a fall.
b. Beauty is only skin deep.
c. Appearances may be deceiving.
d. Friends stick together through trouble.

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5. Theme of deceptiveness of appearance is depicted throughout The

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From The Seventh Man:

1. What can readers infer about the narrator’s feelings after K dies?
a. The narrator feels concerned that K may still be alive.
b. The narrator feels sad but knows he did nothing wrong.
c. The narrator feels angry that he brought K to the beach.
d. The narrator feels guilty that he did not try to save his friend

2. “The Seventh Man” begins with the narrator in a room of people, about to tell his
story. Read this sentence from the story. He cleared his throat, and for a moment or
two his words were lost in silence. The underlined oxymoron suggests that
a. it is difficult to tell a traumatic story.
b. it is necessary to pause before telling a story.
c. the narrator’s audience is quiet and respectful.
d. the narrator has forgotten what he wants to say.

3. “And he was smiling at me. Not with an ordinary smile—it was a big, wide-open grin
that literally stretched from ear to ear. His cold, frozen eyes were locked on mine. He was
no longer the K I knew.
What is the tone of the previous lines?
a. happiness
b. eerie
c. neutral
d. sarcastic

4. Compare and contrast the narrator’s feelings about the ocean after the tragedy and in the
present day. (60- 100 words)
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B) Grammar & Conventions:

1. Salma washed her hands, cooked a delicious meal, and cleaned the house.
A. NO CHANGE
B. meal—and cleaned
C. meal; and cleaned
D. meal. And cleaned

2. After the Industrial Revolution; many scientists invented different machinery to enhance
people’s lives.
A. NO CHANGE
B. Revolution. Many
C. Revolution—many
D. Revolution, many

3. After Gamila washed her hands, she chopped the vegetables.

A. NO CHANGE
B. had washed
C. were washing
D. washed

4. Before Jamila started the project, she had done a research.

A. NO CHANGE
B. had started
C. is starting
D. will start

5. While Adam played football, it rained heavily.

A. NO CHANGE
B. was playing
C. had played
D. will play

6. Adham makes fun of his friends, sings songs, and wastes his time.
A. NO CHANGE
B. songs—and
C. songs; and
D. Songs. And

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7. Martha, where is an American citizen, visits Egypt every year.

A. NO CHANGE
B. which
C. whom
D. who

8. Kareem, who is a smart student, is easily distracted by his peers.

A. NO CHANGE
B. where
C. when
D. which

9. I have invited my friend, Youssef, whom is admired by the entire class.

A. NO CHANGE
B. who
C. where
D. when

10. I studied all the lessons where are included in the final exam.
A. NO CHANGE
B. which
C. when
D. who

11. To pass the exam with flying colors, you have to study your lessons well.
The underlined portion is a(n) ____.
A. Appositive phrase
B. Infinitive phrase
C. Gerund phrase
D. Prepositional phrase

12. An email was sent by Habiba last night.

A. NO CHANGE
B. is sending
C. will send
D. sends

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13. A project is doing by an Omar now.

A. NO CHANGE
B. is being done
C. was done
D. is done

14. Maryam, along with Jamila and Martha, study chemistry.

A. NO CHANGE
B. to study
C. studies
D. are studying

15. Both Salma and Gamila go to the beach every year.

A. NO CHANGE
B. goes
C. is going
D. was going

16. Mathematics is a challenging subject.

A. NO CHANGE
B. being
C. are
D. were

17. The Avengers is my favorite movie.

A. NO CHANGE
B. being
C. are
D. to be

18. I enjoy watching T.V., listening to music, and playing football.

A. NO CHANGE
B. to play
C. plays
D. listened

19. Pam ate an apple pie, drank juice, and listened to jazz music.
A. NO CHANGE
b. drinking
C. to drink
D. drinks

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20. Jack is punctual, wise, and reliable student.

A. NO CHANGE
B. reliability
C. to rely
D. relied

21. He started the engine, released the hand break, and checked the mirror.
A. NO CHANGE
B. checking
C. to check
D. checks

22. A car is repairing the mechanic at the moment.

A. NO CHANGE
B. repairs
C. will repair
D. is being repaired

23. The clerk sold the scarf with red print to the woman.
A. NO CHANGE
B. The clerk with red print sold the woman to the scarf.
C. The scarf with red print sold the clerk to the woman.
D. The clerk with the scarf sold the woman with red print.

24. Looking around the aisle of my local drugstore, I was amazed by the varieties of
cosmetics that are available today.
A. NO CHANGE
B. Looking around the aisle of my local drugstore, the varieties of cosmetics that are
available were amazed.
C. Looking around the aisle of my local drugstore, the varieties of cosmetics that are
available looked for me.
D. None of the Above

25. After washing my car, I polished it.

A. NO CHANGE
B. After washing my car, the paint polished the car.
C. After washing my car, the tire polished the car.
D. After washing my car, the cat polished the car.

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26. James is afraid from spiders.

A. NO CHANGE
B. in
C. on
D. of

27. Kate is accused on stealing a diamond ring.

A. NO CHANGE
B. of
C. from
D. about

28. I saw a herd of buffalos which roamed the Savannah freely.

A. NO CHANGE
B. where
C. when
D. who

29. I bought the blouse where you liked.

A. NO CHANGE
B. when
C. which
D. whom

30. Marie complained to the man whose dog bit her.

A. NO CHANGE
B. who
C. which
D. where

31. The lady whose speaks French is my aunt.

A. NO CHANGE
B. whom
C. who
D. where

32. The bike who he bought last week is cheap.

A. NO CHANGE
B. whose
C. which
D. where

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33. That’s the poor man which house was destroyed.

A. NO CHANGE
B. whom
C. who
D. whose

34. The tall man to who my parents are talking is my teacher.

A. NO CHANGE
B. which
C. whom
D. where

35. Romeo and Juliet who parents hated each other commit a suicide.
A. NO CHANGE
B. whose
C. where
D. whom

36. Jane asked me to who I had sent the parcel.

A. NO CHANGE
B. whom
C. whose
D. where

37. These are my friends with who I often play cards.

A. NO CHANGE
B. whose
C. whom
D. where

38. Freddie is a decent, practical, and punctual employee.

A. NO CHANGE
B. practically
C. practice
D. practiced

39. The pupils which were at the playground made a lot of noise.
A. NO CHANGE
B. where
C. whose
D. who

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40. I can’t remember the movie which we watched a month ago.

A. NO CHANGE
B. where
C. who
D. whom

C) Vocabulary:

1. My device is compatible with the latest software update.

The synonym “compatible” is ____.
A. harmonious
B. collective
C. generous
D. indifference

2. His apathy towards his project made his peers more frustrated.
The synonym of “Apathy” is ____.
A. indifference
B. care
C. polite
D. hostility

3. The apprehensive parents kept their children indoors as neighborhood

crime increased.
The synonym of “Apprehensive” is ___.
A. anxious
B. patient
C. careful
D. rusty

4. When the soldier died protecting his comrades, his wife received a call of condolence
from our nation's president.
The synonym of “Condolence” is ___.
A. sympathy
B. generosity
C. denial
D. desire

5. The newspaper report detailed the fraudster's multifarious business activities.

The synonym of “multifarious” means ___.
A. easy
B. diverse
C. rigid
D. flexible

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5. When my husband and I were debating our vacation plans, we were in a quandary between
going on a cruise and flying to New York City.
The word “quandary” most nearly means __.
A. predatory
B. dilemma
C. rigid
D. flexible

6. Sheila is a strict vegetarian who would never become omnivorous by adding meat to her
diet.
The word “omnivorous” nearly means ___.
A. predatory
B. dilemma
C. rigid
D. flexible

7. James has made plans to revel in a huge party after his graduation ceremony.
The word “revel” most nearly means ____.
A. naïve
B. suppress
C. outdated
D. praise

8. The young restaurant manager refuses to hire people over the age of fifty because he
considers them obsolete in the workplace.
The word “obsolete” most nearly means ___.
A. naïve
B. suppress
C. outdated
D. praise

9. A tranquilizer gun will effectively stultify even the most violent animals.
What does “stultify” mean?
A. naïve
B. suppress
C. outdated
D. praise

10. To the defendant’s surprise, the judge found her innocent of the kidnapping charges
because she was ingenuous and knew nothing about her boyfriend’s plans.
The word “ingenuous” most nearly means ___.
A. naïve
B. suppressed
C. outdated
D. praise

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11. The parsimonious witch cursed the entire village to avenge her loss.
The word “parsimonious” most nearly means __.
A. stingy
B. reliable
C. dedicated
D. moral

12. Junior high school is a place where insecurity, peer pressure, hurt feelings, and acts of
reprisal plague the lives of adolescents.
The word “reprisal” most nearly means ____.
A. vengeance
B. parallel
C. reward
D. jealousy

13. The veteran football players will often deride their rookie teammates until the coach
interferes.
The word “Deride” most nearly means ___.
A. mock
B. terminate
C. rely
D. advocate

14. The spiritual leader of the Indian tribe will consecrate the burial grounds of his
people.
What does “consecrate” mean?
A. horrible
B. jealous
C. hallow
D. selfish

15. The dictator suppressed his people in many ways such as taxes.
What does “suppressed” mean?
A. restrained
B. equal
C. minor
D. jealousy

16. When people put on uniforms, their attitude becomes more confident and their
manner more officious.
What does “officious” mean?
A. delicate
B. busy
C. tasty
D. domineering

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17. Many people get their greatest solace from gardening.

What does “Solace” mean?
A. rejection
B. comfort
C. decrease
D. denial

18. Martin Luther King was a man who abhorred violence and was deeply committed to
reconciliation.
What does “abhorred” mean?
A. adored
B. changed
C. relied
D. hated

19. The country's constitution was amended to allow women to vote.

What does “Amended” mean?
A. regulated
B. corrupted
C. adjusted
D. cancelled

20. The university waives the application fee for low-income students.
The word “waives” most nearly means ___.
A. adjusted
B. generated
C. renounced
D. captured

21. The United Nations condemned the reprehensible attack on civilians during the war.
The word “reprehensible” most nearly means _____.
A. calm
B. smooth
C. despicable
D. generous

22. Dicken’s novel is a somber portrait of life in England during the 18th century as he
depicts poverty and misery.
The word “somber” most nearly means ___.
A. dismal
B. energetic
C. prosperous
D. reliable

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23. The evidence implicated many government officials in the conspiracy.

The word “implicated” most nearly means ____.
A. Prevent
B. Involve
C. Adjust
D. rectify

22. The new medical treatment obviates the need for surgery.
The word “obviates” means ___.
A. Prevent
B. Involve
C. Adjust
D. rectify

23. The loss of electricity caused chaos throughout the city.

The word “chaos” most nearly means ____.
A. peace
B. generates
C. turmoil
D. rough

24. Because the battery is corrosive, you should not touch it with unprotected hands.
The word “corrosive” most nearly means ____.
A. damaging
B. reliable
C. generosity
D. order

25. When Clara learned her law firm was trying to hide important evidence, she
became a renegade and joined the opposing legal team.
The word “renegade” most nearly means ___.
A. patriot
B. rebel
C. clever
D. weak

26. The country is an economic basket case with chronic unemployment and
rampant crime.
The word “rampant” most nearly means ___.
A. minor
B. uncontrolled
C. frequent
D. hasty

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27. During the bank robbery, only one of the masked men did not brandish a pistol
at the horrified customers.
What does the word “brandish” mean?
A. swallow
B. flourish
C. display
D. nourish

28. The old library smelt musty with disuse. There was a damp, musty smell in the
room.
What does “musty” mean?
A. nourish
B. flowery
C. rotten
D. furious

29. The law is very explicit about how these measures should be enacted.
What does “explicit” mean?
A. Vague
B. Jealousy
C. Precise
D. Produce

30. At the pinnacle of her career, Gail was on the cover of every entertainment
magazine.
The word “pinnacle” most nearly means ______.
A. moderate
B. bottom
C. general
D. peak

31. It is ironic that the robber's car crashed into a police station.
The word “ironic” most nearly means ____.
A. burden
B. jealousy
C. trifle
D. cynical

32. A good massage will leave you with supple muscles afterwards.
The word “supple” most nearly means ___.
A. fitting
B. trifle
C. adventurous
D. flexible

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33.The company president made a wise decision to accede to consumer pressure and lower
the prices of his goods.
The word “accede” most nearly means ____.
A. denial
B. decline
C. agree
D. wish

34. Susan is a strict vegetarian who would never become omnivorous by adding meat to
her diet.
The word “omnivorous” most nearly means ___.
A. plant eater
B. meat eater
C. jealousy
D. bossy

35. The decline of the housing market has put many real estate agents into a financial
quandary.
The word “Quandary” most nearly means ___.
A. jealousy
B. demolish
C. denial
D. dilemma

36. The French people reveled their victory after winning the World Cup on the streets.
What does “reveled” mean?
A. dislike
B. condemned
C. disgrace
D. celebrated

37. If you accidentally drop your cell phone in water, you will effectively stultify it.
What does “stultify” mean?
A. think
B. vague
C. obvious
D. destroy

38. Since my grandmother is on a fixed income, she bought parsimonious products.

What does “Parsimonious” mean?
A. adjust
B. remarkable
C. expensive
D. cheap

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39. I have to return the software back to the store because it is not compatible with my
computer.
What does “compatible” mean?
A. clashing
B. obvious
C. agreeable
D. bargain

40. Yesterday a book of condolence was opened in her memory at her local church.
What does “condolence” mean?
A. allowance
B. cheerful
C. regret
D. sympathy

D) Reading:
Charles Dickens, a nineteenth-century English author, wrote about the Industrial Revolution. In
this excerpt from the novel Hard Times, Dickens focuses his social commentary on an English
mill town. Read the excerpt below and use information from it to answer the questions that
follow.

from Hard Times

by Charles Dickens

It was a town of red brick, or of brick that would have been red if the smoke and ashes had
allowed it; but as matters stood it was a town of unnatural red and black. . . . It was a town of
machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke trailed themselves
forever and ever, and never got uncoiled. It had a black canal in it, and a river that ran purple
with ill-smelling dye, and vast piles of building full of windows where there was a rattling and a
trembling all day long, and where the piston of the steam-engine worked monotonously up and
down like the head of an elephant in a state of melancholy madness. It contained several large
streets all very like one another, and many small streets still more like one another, inhabited by
people equally like one another, who all went in and out at the same hours, with the same sound
upon the same pavements, to do the same work, and to whom every day was the same as
yesterday and tomorrow, and every year the counterpart of the last and the next.

These attributes of Coketown were in the main inseparable from the work by which it was
sustained; against them were to be set off comforts of life which found their way all over the
world, and elegancies of life which made, we will not ask how much of the fine lady, who could
scarcely bear to hear the place mentioned. The rest of its features were voluntary, and they were
these

You saw nothing in Coketown but what was severely workful. If the members of a religious
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they made it a pious warehouse of red brick, with sometimes (but this is only in highly
ornamental examples) a bell in a bird-cage on the top of it. The solitary exception was the New
Church; a stuccoed edifice with a square steeple over the door, terminating in four short
pinnacles like florid wooden legs. All the public inscriptions in the town were painted alike, in
severe characters of black and white. The jail might have been the infirmary, the infirmary might
have been the jail, the townhall might have been either, or both, or anything else, for anything
that appeared to the contrary in the graces of their construction. Fact, fact, fact, everywhere in the
material aspect of the town; fact, fact, fact, everywhere in the immaterial. The McChoakumchild
school was all fact, and the school of design was all fact, and the relations between master and
man were all fact, and everything was fact between the lying-in hospital and the cemetery, and
what you couldn’t state in figures, or show to be purchaseable in the cheapest market and
saleable in the dearest, was not, and never should be, world without end, Amen.

1. Which of the following is suggested by the imagery in paragraph 1?

A. faith
B. comfort
C. efficiency
D. uniformity

Read the sentence from paragraph 1 in the box below.

It was a town of machinery and tall chimneys, out of which interminable serpents of smoke
trailed themselves forever and ever, and never got uncoiled.

2. What does the serpent metaphor emphasize?

A. the long-term dangers of snakes and machines
B. the unending poisonous effects of industrialization
C. the crookedness of the chimneys
D. the destruction of nature

Read the sentence from paragraph 3 in the box below.

The jail might have been the infirmary, the infirmary might have been the jail, the townhall
might have been either, or both, or anything else, for anything that appeared to the contrary in the
graces of their construction

3. What does this sentence mean?

A. Though their purposes vary, the buildings look the same.
B. The infirmary is between the jail and the townhall.
C. The citizens of Coketown often confuse the buildings.
D. With each new construction, Coketown becomes more appealing.

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4. The author uses repetition and parallelism to

Fact, fact, fact, everywhere in the material aspect of the town; fact, fact, fact, everywhere in the
immaterial.

A. emphasize the monotony of Coketown.

B. indicate a change in tone.
C. show respect for the town.
D. suggest that the townspeople admire Coketown.

When Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, he considered it a failure. Today it is
considered one of the outstanding speeches in history. In his article, Richard Katula writes about
the greatness of the speech. Read the article and the Gettysburg Address below. Use information
from the article and the Gettysburg Address to answer the questions that follow.

The Speech They Only Wish They Could Make

by Richard A. Katula from The Boston Globe November 21, 1999

One hundred and thirty-six years ago last Friday, in the aftermath of the bloodiest battle of the
Civil War, a huge crowd gathered around a 12- by 20-foot stage in Gettysburg, Pa., to dedicate
the country’s first national cemetery. Edward Everett, the premier orator of the time, was the
featured speaker. President Abraham Lincoln was invited as an afterthought to give “a few
appropriate remarks.”

Everett delivered, mostly from memory, a Periclean eulogy lasting two hours. B.B. French
played a funeral dirge, and then Ward Hill Lamon, an aide, introduced the president.

Lincoln rose, took two sheets of paper from his breast pocket, looked at them, and then spoke
270—some say 272—of the most important words ever uttered. He sat down to polite applause
from the crowd, turned to Lamon and pronounced the speech “a flat failure.” He rarely
mentioned it again.

Shortly thereafter, a letter arrived from the venerable Everett saying, “I should be glad if I could
flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in two hours as you did in
two minutes.”

Everett, the Dorchester native who had been a minister, Harvard College professor, legislator,
statesman, and a vice-presidential candidate in 1860, knew quality when he heard it. The
Gettysburg Address became America’s most celebrated speech. Why? It’s a fitting question in
this season of accelerating oratory from the men who would hope to be presidential candidates.

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The sources of the Gettysburg Address’s greatness remain a centerpiece of academic discourse,
and scholars who enter into the debate do so with both reverence and trepidation. The key is to
measure it by applying three timeless principles of the ancient art of rhetoric: timeliness,
timelessness, and eloquence.

First, the speech is timely. Lincoln delivered a classic eulogy, an “epitaphios logos,” containing
two parts: praise for the dead and advice for the living. The structure of the address is also timely
as Lincoln moves from the birth of the nation—“our fathers brought forth upon this continent a
new nation”—to the death of the soldiers, to the rebirth of the nation and “a new birth of
freedom.” Thus, the soldiers did not die in vain, but to preserve the nation, a most worthy cause.

Great orations must also be grounded in timeless principles, and Lincoln’s address was. Lincoln
held up the overarching principle of equality as a way to resolve the essential contradiction in our
two founding documents: the Declaration of Independence, which states that all men are created
equal, and the Constitution, which did not prohibit slavery. By declaring equality the overriding
concern—the principle for which our soldiers had died—he changed the course of our national
destiny, turning it once and for all time toward the pursuit of this worthy ideal.

Finally, the address is eloquent. Delivered with grace and sincerity, the speech stands as a gem of
the English language. Lincoln used classical rhetorical techniques such as parallel phrasing,
cadence, metaphor, and allusion to achieve his high oratorical tone. But while borrowing from
the poetic, Lincoln’s words remain speakable as oratory. Thus, the address has become literature
as much as it remains oratory.

The Gettysburg Address remains the most important speech in American history because it
completes the vision of our founders. Through his brief remarks, Lincoln joined a chorus of
illustrious American political philosophers of the time, men such as Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Daniel Webster, Theodore Parker, and Frederick Douglass, who were asking what it meant to be
an American.

Comprising just 10 sentences, it has triumphed over time, condemnation, obscurity, parody, and
comparison. In these closing days of the millennium, as countdowns of top one-hundreds
proliferate, this oration should top everyone’s list of best speeches—and stand as a model of
what political rhetoric, at its best, can be.

The Gettysburg Address

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation,
conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived
and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come
to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that
that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

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But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this
ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our
poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but
it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us
to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we
here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall
have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people,
shall not perish from the earth.

President Abraham Lincoln, November 19, 1863

1. The main purpose of Katula’s article is to

a) argue that speechmaking should be taken more seriously.
b) analyzeeachsentenceofLincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
c) capturetheemotionofhonoringthe courage of the soldiers.
d) provide insight into what made Lincoln’s speech great.

2.According to Katula, President Lincoln “was invited as an afterthought to give ‘a few

appropriate remarks.’” Based on information in this article, this statement is
A. deceptive.
B. symbolic.
C. ironic.
D. persuasive

Read the sentence from paragraph 4 of Katula’s article in the box below.

I should be glad if I could flatter myself that I came as near to the central idea of the occasion in
two hours as you did in two minutes.

3. Which of the following best expresses

a) what Edward Everett was saying to Abraham Lincoln in this statement?
b) He was scolding Lincoln because his speech was too brief for the occasion.
c) Hewasrevealingthathewasmore concerned about time than content.
d) HewasadmiringLincoln’sabilityto make his point in a few words. *
e) He was attempting to be polite to the President of the United States.

4. In paragraph 5, Katula establishes Everett’s accomplishments in order to

a) show he respects Everett more than Lincoln.
b) demonstrateEverett’squalificationsfor judging the speech. *
c) presentthesourcematerialfor Lincoln’s speech.
d) show the author’s disdain for Lincoln’s speaking abilities

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5. In paragraph 6, the word rhetoric means

a) celebrated poetry.
b) informaldiscussion.
c) formal essay.
d) effective speech

6. In paragraph 8 of Katula’s article, what does the phrase “overriding concern”

mean?
A. a problematic issue
B. protectedbylaw
C. ofgreatestimportance*
D. no longer a worry

7. In paragraph 3 of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln speaks of “that cause for which they
gave the last full measure of devotion.” That cause was to

a) hallow the ground where they died.

b) preserve the nation.
c) finishtheworkthattheyhadstarted.
d) seek personal honor

Read the sentence from the Gettysburg Address in the box below.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate— we can not hallow—this
ground.

8.Which of the following writing techniques does the sentence illustrate?

a) parallel structure *
b) subordination
c) metaphor
d) sensory imagery

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