EOC Based Questions: Lesson 1.2: “Bread”

What is the primary purpose of the first section describing the narrator's everyday experience with bread?

• To establish a sense of normalcy and routine

• To foreshadow the scarcity of bread in the next section

• To highlight the narrator's baking skills

• To emphasize the narrator's appreciation for bread

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How does the kitchen setting with the breadboard and the bread knife contribute to the theme of scarcity in "Bread"?

• It emphasizes the abundance of food in the narrator's life.

• It highlights the ritualistic nature of preparing food.

• It contrasts with the famine scenario described later in the text.

• It suggests the narrator's preference for homemade bread.

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Which of the following quotes from the passage best convey the narrator's desperation and the harsh realities of famine?

• "the precious bread"

• "keeping it for myself"

• "my starving sister"

• "struggle for survival"

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In paragraph 2, what does the piece of bread represent to the narrator?

• A last hope for survival

• A reward for self-sacrifice

• A temptation to be resisted

• A connection to happier times

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How does the prison setting contribute to the theme of moral dilemma in "Bread"?

• It suggests that imprisonment leads to personal growth.

• It demonstrates the narrator's fear of authority figures.

• It underscores the importance of communication in difficult situations.

• It highlights the ethical choices faced by the narrator.

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In paragraph 4, the author's use of the phrase "a yellow bowl that was once in your home" serves to:

• Highlight the narrator's longing for a familiar, safe environment.

• Contrast the narrator's current circumstances with their past.

• Symbolize the temptation of material wealth.

• Foreshadow the supernatural consequences to come.

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Which of the following techniques does the author use in paragraph 5 to reinforce the idea that material wealth does not automatically confer virtue or protection?

• Juxtaposition of the rich sister's refusal to share and the supernatural consequences.

• Vivid sensory details describing the yellow bowl and the bread.

• Rhetorical questions that challenge the reader's assumptions.

• Shifts in narrative perspective to explore multiple characters' motivations.

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How does the author's use of specific details about the bread and its consumption contribute to the overall theme of survival in "Bread"?

• It suggests that food is a basic human need.

• It implies that bread is a symbol of cultural identity.

• It contrasts with the narrator's emotional detachment.

• It signifies the narrator's obsession with culinary arts.

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In the final scenario, the author's description of the "floating loaf of bread" primarily serves to:

• A. Introduce an element of the supernatural or fantastical.

• B. Highlight the narrator's skepticism and unwillingness to be deceived.

• C. Provide a vivid sensory image to engage the reader's imagination.

• D. Foreshadow the resolution of the narrative.

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In Margaret Atwood’s “Bread,” one thing the bread symbolizes in the excerpt is:

• Survival

• Wealth

• Technology

• Freedom

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