A Fable for Tomorrow Quiz

Which statement best describes the author’s purpose in writing Silent Spring?

• to call attention to the fact that America is filled with beautiful towns and farms

• to raise an alarm about the effects of pesticides like DDT on the environment

• to argue that pesticides saved millions of lives in WWII from insect-borne disease

• to warn that DDT may be a necessary evil for producing sufficient crop yields

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Which quotation from the text best supports the answer to the author's purpose?

• “Along the roads, laurel . . . and alder, great ferns and wildflowers delighted the traveler’s eye.”

• “The countryside was, in fact, famous for the abundance and variety of its bird life.”

• “Between the shingles of the roofs, a white granular powder still showed a few patches.”

• “I know of no community that has experienced all the misfortunes I describe.”

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Which of the following is an example of figurative language used to inspire pathos?

• “Everywhere was a shadow of death. The farmers spoke of much illness among the families.”

• “The birds, for example—where had they gone? Many people spoke of them, puzzled and disturbed.”

• “The town lay in the midst of a checkerboard of prosperous farms, with fields of grain and hillsides.”

• “This town does not actually exist, but it might easily have a thousand counterparts in America.”

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What is the tone of Rachel Carson’s “A Fable for Tomorrow”?

• sarcastic and ironic

• angry and indignant

• 
  serious and somber

• malicious and mocking

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blight

• disease

• at the point of death

• appeal to emotions

• ghost

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moribund

• disease

• at the point of death

• appeal to emotions

• ghost

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pathos

• disease

• at the point of death

• appeal to emotions

• ghost

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specter

• disease

• at the point of death

• appeal to emotions

• ghost

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maladies

• illness

• a chemical agent

• potential human risks

• ghost or phantom

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pesticide

• illness

• a chemical agent

• potential human risks

• ghost or phantom

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