Allegory & Theme

(Passage 1) In the literal meaning of the story, what happens to Sharon?

• She learns how to run a farm by herself.

• She finds a laptop from the future.

• She travels back in time.

• She invents the Internet.

(Passage 1) Which event is part of the literal meaning of the story?

• Sharon represents curiosity.

• The computer represents danger.

• Sharon destroys the computer.

• Sharon lives until the year 2020.

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(Passage 1) In the symbolic meaning of the story, what does the computer most likely represent?

• knowledge

• war

• high school

• courage

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(Passage 1) Which theme is supported by the literal and symbolic meanings of the story?

• Technology can help us solve any problem, no matter how difficult.

• The future will always be worse than the present.

• There are human limits to the amount of information we can handle.

• Understanding the past helps one understand the future.

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(Passage 2) In the literal meaning of the story, what do the prisoners see?

• the beauty of the real world

• shadows on a wall

• violent monsters

• people escaping from caves

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(Passage 2) Which event is part of the literal meaning of the story?

• The shadows represent monsters.

• The prisoners represent enemies.

• One prisoner leaves the cave.

• The cave disappears.

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(Passage 2) In the symbolic meaning of the story, what does the cave most likely represent?

• dark, frightening places

• our hopes and dreams

• stone walls

• the limits of our perception

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(Passage 2) In the symbolic meaning of the story, what do the shadows most likely represent?

• 
  the ghosts of prisoners who died in the cave

• the fact that we do not know everything about our world

• 
  problems that we create for ourselves because of our own fears

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(Passage 2) What idea is represented by the game the prisoners play?

• Games do not reflect the real world because they are artificial. 

• People often draw the wrong conclusions because they do not have all the facts. 

• Prisoners need to find ways to occupy their time, so they often invent new things.

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(Passage 2) Which theme is supported by the literal and symbolic meanings of the story?

• Some people would rather live in ignorance than take an unknown risk.

• Enclosed spaces make people misinterpret what they see.

• Our instincts are often correct, but most people doubt them.

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