Memoirs of a 16th Century Doctor

Identify which of these themes are discussed in the passage:

• the horrors of war

• the keeping of secrets

• the idea of loyalty

• the destruction of nature

• the struggles of youth

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2

Which of these can be inferred from the passage about the field of medicine in the 16th century?

• very few doctors could be found in Europe

• books on medicine contained many errors

• surgeons were greatly respected by rulers

• doctors refined their skills by joining the army

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2

Identify and describe two similarities and two differences between the methods of war in the 16th and 21st centuries.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Create

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2

Why was the narrator unable to sleep well on his first night in Turin?

• He was scarred by the cruelty of the soldiers.

• He feared for his life in the midst of the battle.

• He was afraid that his remedy was dangerous.

• He was eager to heal as many soldiers as possible.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.3

And he made mepay my courtto him for two years, before I could possibly draw the recipe from him.The underlined phrase indicates that the surgeon in Turin wanted the narrator to (a)   him.

• lecture
• promote
• flatter
• imitate

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Understand

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.4

Which of these can be inferred about the narrator from the passage?

• He was a good judge of character.

• He was experienced in the ways of war.

• He was a timid and reserved man.

• He was dedicated to his work.

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Evaluate

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.3

Which of these pictures represents ‘battlements’?

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Bloom's Taxonomy: Analyze

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.4