Freedom Ursula K Le Guin

How does the following passage add to the author’s development of her argument (paragraph 4)?

I see my own publishers, in a silly panic of ignorance and greed, charging public libraries for an e-book six or seven times more than they charge customers.

• By providing an example of greed in the publishing industry

• By contrasting the differences between publishers and public libraries

• By explaining how revenue is typically generated in the publishing industry

• By illustrating the widespread ignorance of customers

What is the meaning of grounds as it is used in the following sentence (paragraph 2)?

Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope.

• The solid surface of the earth

• An area of enclosed land

• Factors forming a belief

• Alternative ways of thinking

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Which of these sentences best summarizes the author’s message in paragraphs 4-5)?

• Writing can be both an art and a commodity.

• Writers are likely to lose control of their profession due to technology.

• Authors should be the ones making a profit from their works, not publishers.

• It is up to writers to push back against the corrupt ways of the publishing industry.

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Which of these sentences from the passage best supports the correct answer to Question 3?

• “We just saw a profiteer try to punish a publisher for disobedience, and writers threatened by corporate fatwa.”

• “Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art.”

• “Books aren’t just commodities; the profit motive is often in conflict with the aims of art.”

• “We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable...”

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Lack of knowledge or information is

• proceeds

• commodity

• ignorance

• motive

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A product that can be bought or sold is known as a

• motive

• commodity

• proceed

• disobedience

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A reason for doing something is a

• motive

• ignorance

• commodity

• proceed

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Money obtained from an activity is known as

• motive

• commodity

• ignorance

• proceeds

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In what ways do fantasy and science fiction explore the human condition and issues in society? Can you think of any examples from a text or movie to share?