2023 11B CP #1

What does the word CRUCIBLE mean?

• a chaotic battlefield

• a mental state that results from exposure to violence

• a severe trial that results in the creation of something new

• a government department

What about the old man in The "Tell-Tale Heart" bothers the narrator so much that he decides to kill him?

Which piece of evidence from "The Tell-Tale Heart" provides EXPLICIT evidence for why the narrator wants to kill the old man?

• I loved the old man. He had never wronged me. He had never given me insult.

• Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees--very gradually--I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye forever.

• It is impossible to say how first the idea entered my brain; but once conceived, it haunted me day and night.

• And now have I not told you that what you mistake for madness is but over acuteness of the senses?

Readers of “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe can infer that the narrator is very confident that he concealed the old man’s body well.

Which statement from the text provide evidence for this implicit meaning?

• And still the men chatted pleasantly, and smiled. Was it possible they heard not?

• They sat, and while I answered cheerily, they chatted of familiar things.

• There was nothing to wash out--no stain of any kind--no blood-spot whatever. I had been too wary for that. A tub had caught all--ha! ha!

• I knew what the old man felt, and pitied him, although I chuckled at heart.

In “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe, the author leaves it uncertain whether the sound of the man’s heart is real or imaginary. Why might Poe have left this matter uncertain?

• to allow readers to understand the narrator's insanity and the real situation

• to leave it uncertain whether the narrator will be convicted of the old man's murder

• to add some implicit meaning to a text that was mostly explicitly stated

• to make a more realistic mystery story that remains unsolved

What is the main purpose of the rising action in a plot?

• to provide background information and set the scene

• to wrap up loose ends and bring the story to a close

• to force the characters to confront the conflict

• to introduce conflict and raise tension

What is an adjective?

• a person, place or thing,

• a word that modifies a verb

• a word that modifies a noun

• the action in a sentence

If you add the prefix IN to the word SIGNIFICANT, what is the new part of speech and definition?

• it becomes a noun and means 'the quality of being too small to be worth consideration'

• it becomes an adjective and means 'too small to be worth consideration'

• it becomes a noun meaning 'sufficiently important to be worthy of attention'

• it becomes an adjective meaning 'the quality of being worthy of attention'

What were the McCarthy Trials about?

• searching for witches in Salem, Massachusetts

• searching for communist witches in politics and Hollywood

• searching for supposed communists in politics and Hollywood

• searching for communists in Salem, Massachusetts

Which of the following BEST describes who the Salem Witch Trials and McCarthyism were similar?

• In both, an ongoing conflict fueled the paranoia that resulted in finger pointing and actions of individuals to be called into question.

• In both, the Senate was responsible for holding hearings and determining the fate of the accused.

• In both, accused individuals were treated fairly and with respect.

• In both, people were punished for naming names and accusing others.