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Tribute to the Dog Test
By Britany Pope
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Part 1: Vocabulary
Question 1
1.
the intention or desire to do evil
treacherous
malice
evidence
argument
Question 2
2.
tending to betray, extremely dangerous
claim
embrace
treacherous
counterargument
Question 3
3.
state of having great success or wealth
prosperity
counterargument
argument
treacherous
Question 4
4.
to hold closely or hug
reasons
claim
embrace
prosperity
Question 5
5.
a spoken public address to an audience
evidence
counterargument
malice
speech
Question 6
6.
an verbal or written effort to convince
argument
prosperity
reasons
embrace
Question 7
7.
to assert to be true
reasons
claim
speech
malice
Question 8
8.
George Graham Vest was a
jury
veterinarian
lawyer
dog owner
Question 9
9.
Vest argues that
people make better friends than animals.
dogs are unselfish and faithful to their masters.
a dog doesn’t understand its master.
all people should own dogs.
Question 10
10.
One reason Vest uses to support his argument is that
people need money
people are faithful
a dog will never desert his master
a dog always needs food from people
Question 11
11.
In his speech, Vest describes people as
easily swayed by changes in fortune, or luck.
stronger than dogs
always kind and loving
never selfish or unfaithful
Question 12
12.
In a speech, an emotional appeal
always makes a listener happy.
cannot include facts or evidence.
creates strong feelings in the listener.
can never persuade listeners.
Question 13
13.
Vest uses emotional appeals in his speech to
prove that he himself likes dogs.
influence the jury to vote for Vest’s client who lost his dog.
show that his client is a good person.
explain why dogs make the best pets.
Question 14
14.
A person might be treacherous if he or she is
helping a friend.
wearing a funny hat.
breaking a promise.
sick for a long time.
Question 15
15.
Another word for malice might be
kindness
cruelty
failure
comfort
Question 16
16.
An embrace shows
acceptance
anger
malice
watchfulness
Question 17
17.
A sign of prosperity is
having a long illness
being kind to an animal
losing a job
having enough money
Question 18
18.
What is Vest's central claim about a person's dog?
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog.
A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness.
A man's dog will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side.
A man's dog will lick the wounds and sore that come in encounters with the roughness of the world.
Question 19
19.
Which of the following three items support your answer to question 18.
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him, the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog.
A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness.
A man's dog will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side.
A man's dog will lick the wounds and sore that come in encounters with the roughness of the world.