12th Grade Unit 1 Pre-Assessment
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5 questions
Note from the author:
First Five Questions of Unit 1 Power Standards
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What are the two central Idea/themes of this passage?
Excerpt from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
About six in the evening, as I sat at tea with my wife in the summerhouse talking vigorously about the battle that was lowering upon us, I heard a muffled detonation from the common, and immediately after a gust of firing. Close on the heels of that came a violent rattling crash, quite close to us, that shook the ground; and, starting out upon the lawn, I saw the tops of the trees about the Oriental College burst into smoky red flame, and the tower of the little church beside it slide down into ruin. The pinnacle of the mosque had vanished, and the roof line of the college itself looked as if a hundred-ton gun had been at work upon it. One of our chimneys cracked as if a shot had hit it, flew, and a piece of it came clattering down the tiles and made a heap of broken red fragments upon the flower bed by my study window. I and my wife stood amazed. Then I realized that the crest of Maybury Hill must be within range of the Martians' Heat-Ray now that the college was cleared out of the way. At that I gripped my wife's arm, and without ceremony ran her out into the road. "We can't possibly stay here." I said; and as I spoke the firing reopened for a moment upon the common. "But where are we to go?" said my wife in terror.
What are the two central Idea/themes of this passage?
Excerpt from The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells
About six in the evening, as I sat at tea with my wife in the summerhouse talking vigorously about the battle that was lowering upon us, I heard a muffled detonation from the common, and immediately after a gust of firing. Close on the heels of that came a violent rattling crash, quite close to us, that shook the ground; and, starting out upon the lawn, I saw the tops of the trees about the Oriental College burst into smoky red flame, and the tower of the little church beside it slide down into ruin. The pinnacle of the mosque had vanished, and the roof line of the college itself looked as if a hundred-ton gun had been at work upon it. One of our chimneys cracked as if a shot had hit it, flew, and a piece of it came clattering down the tiles and made a heap of broken red fragments upon the flower bed by my study window. I and my wife stood amazed. Then I realized that the crest of Maybury Hill must be within range of the Martians' Heat-Ray now that the college was cleared out of the way. At that I gripped my wife's arm, and without ceremony ran her out into the road.
"We can't possibly stay here." I said; and as I spoke the firing reopened for a moment upon the common. "But where are we to go?" said my wife in terror.
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Which two detail best supports the answer to the previous question?
Which two detail best supports the answer to the previous question?
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Which option best summarizes the passage below?
Are you far away from your grandchildren and often want to connect with them on social networking sites? Do you feel less confident in understanding the ways to protect yourself from online scams? Or have you ever been victimized due to demographics? Then you are not alone. Although social media is a great way to stay in touch with family and friends, all this comes at a price. Online privacy is often debated to be scarcer than ever as ads have new possibilities and have started to risk the online privacy of many, including seniors. Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, recently faced accusations surrounding online privacy and data theft. The allegations sparked a lot of conversations, especially after knowing that the gathered information was later sold to advertisers. Baby boomers are not familiar with the trends of social media and the internet, making them the easiest target for hackers and snoopers.
Which option best summarizes the passage below?
Are you far away from your grandchildren and often want to connect with them on social networking sites? Do you feel less confident in understanding the ways to protect yourself from online scams? Or have you ever been victimized due to demographics? Then you are not alone. Although social media is a great way to stay in touch with family and friends, all this comes at a price. Online privacy is often debated to be scarcer than ever as ads have new possibilities and have started to risk the online privacy of many, including seniors. Zuckerberg, the creator of Facebook, recently faced accusations surrounding online privacy and data theft. The allegations sparked a lot of conversations, especially after knowing that the gathered information was later sold to advertisers. Baby boomers are not familiar with the trends of social media and the internet, making them the easiest target for hackers and snoopers.
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Which plot element best fits with the excerpt?I have just returned from a visit to my landlord— the solitary neighbor that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful country! In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society. A perfect place to avoid human society and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us. A capital fellow! He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as I rode up, and when his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still further in his waistcoat, as I announced my name.‘Mr. Heathcliff?’ I said. A nod was the answer.
Which plot element best fits with the excerpt?
I have just returned from a visit to my landlord— the solitary neighbor that I shall be troubled with. This is certainly a beautiful country! In all England, I do not believe that I could have fixed on a situation so completely removed from the stir of society. A perfect place to avoid human society and Mr. Heathcliff and I are such a suitable pair to divide the desolation between us. A capital fellow! He little imagined how my heart warmed towards him when I beheld his black eyes withdraw so suspiciously under their brows, as I rode up, and when his fingers sheltered themselves, with a jealous resolution, still further in his waistcoat, as I announced my name.
‘Mr. Heathcliff?’ I said. A nod was the answer.
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What is the main conflict of this text?
Excerpt from War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinized and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the organisms under the microscope do the same. No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most terrestrial men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment.
What is the main conflict of this text?
Excerpt from War of the Worlds By H. G. Wells
No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinized and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinize the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the organisms under the microscope do the same. No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most terrestrial men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us. And early in the twentieth century came the great disillusionment.