"The People" Keystone Practice Set

Instructions

Read the entire passage below and answer the following questions.

Required

1

Read the line from the drama.

“THE EARNEST APPROACH: ... But you deal with ideas, and you must do it soberly. There is a place for a good earnest journal of protest, but all this levity—this fooling—”

What does the word levity mean?

L.F.1.2.3

Required

1

Read the line from the drama.

“OSCAR: (Rising) I’ll tell you where the fault lies. (Points to ED) Here! This. The editor-in-chief returning from a long trip and the first golden words that fall from his lips are words of censure for his faithful subordinates.”

Which sentence best explains the effect of the figurative language?

L.F.2.5.1

Required

1

Read the line from the drama.

“THE LIGHT TOUCH: ... A lighter touch—that’s what ‘The People’ needs. You’re as heavy as mud.”

What is meant by the simile “heavy as mud”?

L.F.2.5.1

Required

1

Read the line from the drama.

“THE PHILOSOPHER: It should be more carelessly done, and then it would be more perfectly done. You should be less definite, and you would have more definiteness. You should not know what it is you want, and then you would find what you are after.”

How does the author’s use of paradox communicate an idea?

L.F.1.1.3

Required

1

Read the line from the drama.

“THE BOY: (After a bewildered moment) Oh, you’re joking. You know, (confidentially) I wondered about that—whether you would joke here. I thought you would.”

Which idea is emphasized by the stage directions for The Boy?

L.F.2.5.3

Required

1

Which inference is most supported by the drama?

L.F.2.1.1

Required

1

Which line from the drama best supports the generalization that some people see their cause as more important than other causes?

L.F.2.1.2

Required

1

How does Tom’s view of “The People” differ from Oscar’s view?

L.F.2.3.1

Required

1

Which line from the drama best represents the main idea?

L.F.1.3.1

"The People" Keystone Practice Set

Read the line from the drama.“THE EARNEST APPROACH: ... But you deal with ideas, and you must do it soberly. There is a place for a good earnest journal of protest, but all this levity—this fooling—”What does the word levity mean?

Read the line from the drama.“THE LIGHT TOUCH: ... A lighter touch—that’s what ‘The People’ needs. You’re as heavy as mud.”What is meant by the simile “heavy as mud”?

Read the line from the drama.“THE BOY: (After a bewildered moment) Oh, you’re joking. You know, (confidentially) I wondered about that—whether you would joke here. I thought you would.”Which idea is emphasized by the stage directions for The Boy?

Which inference is most supported by the drama?

Which line from the drama best supports the generalization that some people see their cause as more important than other causes?

How does Tom’s view of “The People” differ from Oscar’s view?

Which line from the drama best represents the main idea?

Read the line from the drama.“THE EARNEST APPROACH: ... But you deal with ideas, and you must do it soberly. There is a place for a good earnest journal of protest, but all this levity—this fooling—”What does the word levity mean?

Read the line from the drama.“THE LIGHT TOUCH: ... A lighter touch—that’s what ‘The People’ needs. You’re as heavy as mud.”What is meant by the simile “heavy as mud”?

Read the line from the drama.“THE BOY: (After a bewildered moment) Oh, you’re joking. You know, (confidentially) I wondered about that—whether you would joke here. I thought you would.”Which idea is emphasized by the stage directions for The Boy?

Which inference is most supported by the drama?

Which line from the drama best supports the generalization that some people see their cause as more important than other causes?

How does Tom’s view of “The People” differ from Oscar’s view?

Which line from the drama best represents the main idea?

Read the line from the drama.

“THE EARNEST APPROACH: ... But you deal with ideas, and you must do it soberly. There is a place for a good earnest journal of protest, but all this levity—this fooling—”

What does the word levity mean?

Read the line from the drama.

“THE LIGHT TOUCH: ... A lighter touch—that’s what ‘The People’ needs. You’re as heavy as mud.”

What is meant by the simile “heavy as mud”?

Read the line from the drama.

“THE BOY: (After a bewildered moment) Oh, you’re joking. You know, (confidentially) I wondered about that—whether you would joke here. I thought you would.”

Which idea is emphasized by the stage directions for The Boy?

Read the line from the drama.

“THE EARNEST APPROACH: ... But you deal with ideas, and you must do it soberly. There is a place for a good earnest journal of protest, but all this levity—this fooling—”

What does the word levity mean?

Read the line from the drama.

“THE LIGHT TOUCH: ... A lighter touch—that’s what ‘The People’ needs. You’re as heavy as mud.”

What is meant by the simile “heavy as mud”?

Read the line from the drama.

“THE BOY: (After a bewildered moment) Oh, you’re joking. You know, (confidentially) I wondered about that—whether you would joke here. I thought you would.”

Which idea is emphasized by the stage directions for The Boy?