Staar: The Emperor and the Nightingale

Staar: The Emperor and the Nightingale

6th Grade

10 Qs

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Staar: The Emperor and the Nightingale

Staar: The Emperor and the Nightingale

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th Grade

Hard

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Read this line from the play.


EMPEROR: How can such a plain-looking bird sing so beautiful?


What is the most likely purpose of this line?

To create suspense about what the emperor will do next

To set a tone of bewilderment

To resolve the emperor's problem

To foreshadow an event that will change the emperor's perspective.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the best summary of the play?

The emperor hears about a nightingale, and when he sees it, he is impressed by its song but not by its looks. Later the craftsman brings the emperor an attractive mechanical nightingale. Since the real nightingale has been replaced, it leaves, returning only when the emperor has learned an important lesson.

The emperor hears his servants discussing the beauty of the palace. When they mention the beautiful song of the nightingale, the emperor asks them to bring the bird to him. While the emperor truly enjoys the song of the nightingale, a craftsman makes him a mechanical nightingale that he likes even more.

While the emperor owns many beautiful things, he wants to hear the song of a nightingale that lives in the forest. He is excited when a craftsman brings him a beautiful mechanical that signs just like the real one. He uses the mechanical nightingale so much that it breaks.

The emperor asks to hear the singing of a nightingale that his servants have mentioned. Although the nightingale does not look beautiful, its singing is lovely. The emperor keeps the nightingale by his side so that he can hear its song wherever he pleases.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The servants' conversation in Scene 1 is important because it -

shows that the emperor depends on other people

explains why the emperor enjoys listening to music

establishes how much the emperor values beauty

illustrates why the nightingale prefers to live in the forest

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which words from Scene 4 help the reader know what distorted means?

broke last year

cared only for

never see her again

advised you

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why are the stage directions at the end of Scene 3 important?

They tell the reader that the nightingale abandons the emperor.

They allow the reader to appreciate the beauty of the mechanical nightingale.

They help the reader visualize the comfortable surroundings the emperor enjoys.

They let the reader recognize the difference between the two nightingales.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What causes the emperor to realize he made a mistake?

The mechanical nightingale puts him to sleep.

The mechanical nightingale can no longer make music.

The real nightingale leaves the place.

The real nightingale grants the emperor forgiveness.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The language used in paragraph 4 helps the reader infer that the -

servants were doubtful of the garden's existence at first

garden is a new addition to the emperor's kingdom

beauty of the emperor's garden is unrivaled

emperor has a great knowledge of many types of plants

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