English II Semester Exam

In "The Veldt": How does Wendy & Peter’s reaction to the nursery being closed show the theme of the story?

• It shows that technology can help support a family going through tough times.

•    It shows that technology can keep people from pursuing their hopes and dreams.

• It shows that technolgy can hurt relationships and cause people to become destructive toward each other.E

In "The Veldt": how did the author's description of the lions build tension in the story?

• The lions are so loud that they annoy George and Lydia.

• The lions are so life like that they appear threatening to George and Lydia.

• The lions are so dirty that it suggest George and Lydia are careless home owners.

"Time Capsule Found on a Dead Planet"

The speaker said in the poem that money "created greed and hunger, which were its two faces." What does this line suggest about the effect of money on people? How do greed and hunger become the faces of money?

In "Cooking Time", what was AgriGlobal's relationship to the society as a whole?

• It owns everything in society, controlling most aspects of life.

• It is the government the people have chosen to help their society.

• It was the police force that enforced the rules of society.

In "Cooking Time", Mandy had a plan to escape the control of AgriGlobal and the fake food of Newtri. Her plan was to:

• Escape through taking over AgriGlobal.

• Escape through the game into the past.

• Escape by forming an army to free everyone from the control of AgriGlobal.

In "The Wretched and the Beautiful" who was actually more cruel: the humans or the second group of aliens? Why would you say this?

Long Response #1

Science fiction is a critique of society. Think about the stories we read. How did a couple of these stories demonstrate a critique of the world we live in?

Long Written Response #2

After the unit on science fiction, how do you feel about technology? How does technology affect our lives? Do you feel it is for the better or worse? Give reason and example.

Match the following Rhetoric Techniques:

• Logos

• An advertisement using data from research.

• Ethos

• An advertisement with a sad puppy dog.

• Pathos

• An advertisement using a movie star.

Identify the Advertising technique being used

• Ethos

• Pathos

• Logos