Apex Quiz

Test (CST): The Colonizers and the Colonized
Total Questions: 20
Question 1
Depth Of Knowledge: None

Bloom Level: Application
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Read the following passage from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness:
Moreover, I respected the fellow. Yes; I respected his collars, his vast
cuffs, his brushed hair. His appearance was certainly that of a
hairdresser's dummy; but in the great demoralization of the land he
kept up his appearance. That's backbone. His starched collars and
got-up shirt-fronts were achievements of character.
Which words most clearly show an imperialist attitude?
# Choice Feedback
A. I respected the fellow
B. the great demoralization of the land Correct!

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C. starched collars and got-up shirt-fronts
D. he kept up his appearance
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The correct answer is: the great demoralization of the land.
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Only here the dwellings were gone, too. Still I passed through several
abandoned villages. There's something pathetically childish in the
ruins of grass walls.
# Choice Feedback
A. pathetically childish Correct!
B. dwellings were gone
C. abandoned villages
D. ruins of grass walls
The correct answer is: pathetically childish.
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The correct answer is: pathetically childish.
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It was paddled by black fellows. You could see from afar the white of
their eyeballs glistening. They shouted, sang; their bodies streamed
with perspiration; they had faces like grotesque masks—these chaps;
but they had bone, muscle, a wild vitality, an intense energy of
movement, that was as natural and true as the surf along their coast.
# Choice Feedback
A. an intense energy of movement
B. natural and true as the surf
C. faces like grotesque masks Correct!
D. the white of their eyeballs
The correct answer is: faces like grotesque masks.
Question 2

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Category: Identify language
Read this excerpt from "Letter to George III, 1793" by Emperor Qian Long:
Our dynasty's majestic virtue has penetrated unto every country under
Heaven, and Kings of all nations have offered their costly tribute by
land and sea. As your Ambassador can see for himself, we possess
all things. I set no value on objects strange or ingenious, and have no
use for your country's manufactures.
Which words in the text most clearly show a superior attitude?
# Choice Feedback
A. Our dynasty's majestic virtue Correct!
B. costly tribute by land and sea
C. objects strange or ingenious
D. your Ambassador can see for himself
The correct answer is: Our dynasty's majestic virtue.
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You, O King, from afar have yearned after the blessings of our
civilisation, and in your eagerness to come into touch with our
converting influence have sent an Embassy across the sea bearing a
memorial. I have already taken note of your respectful spirit of
submission, have treated your mission with extreme favour . . . .
# Choice Feedback
A. from afar have yearned
B. I have already taken note
C. treated your mission with extreme favour
D. your respectful spirit of submission Correct!
The correct answer is: your respectful spirit of submission.
[A]s the tea, silk and porcelain which the Celestial Empire produces,
are absolute necessities to European nations and to yourselves, we
have permitted, as a signal mark of favour, that foreign [merchant
firms] should be established at Canton, so that . . . your country thus
participate in our beneficence.
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# Choice Feedback
A. the Celestial Empire produces
B. participate in our beneficence Correct!
C. should be established at Canton
D. necessities to European nations
The correct answer is: participate in our beneficence.
Question 3

Bloom Level: Analysis
Read the following excerpt from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness:
Once, I remember, we came upon a man-of-war anchored off the

coast. There wasn't even a shed there, and she was shelling the bush.
It appears the French had one of their wars going on thereabouts. . . .
In the empty immensity of earth, sky, and water, there she was,
incomprehensible, firing into a continent. Pop, would go one of the
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six-inch guns; a small flame would dart and vanish, a little white
smoke would disappear, a tiny projectile would give a feeble screech
—and nothing happened. Nothing could happen. There was a touch of
insanity in the proceeding.
Which idea about colonialism is most clearly expressed in this excerpt?
# Choice Feedback
A. The colonists cruelly harm human beings

for no reason.
B. War, which is common in the colonies, is

horrible and upsetting.
C. The actions of the colonists are foolish Correct!

and ineffective.
D. Larger weapons are necessary in order to

conquer continents.
The correct answer is: The actions of the colonists are foolish and ineffective.
A horn tooted to the right, and I saw the black people run. A heavy
and dull detonation shook the ground, a puff of smoke came out of
the cliff, and that was all. No change appeared on the face of the
rock. They were building a railway. The cliff was not in the way or
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rock. They were building a railway. The cliff was not in the way or
anything; but this objectless blasting was all the work going on.
# Choice Feedback
A. The colonists cruelly harm human beings

for no reason.
B. The actions of the colonists are foolish Correct!

and ineffective.
C. More explosives are needed in order to

tame Africa.
D. Colonists are essentially fearful and

cowardly creatures.
I avoided a vast artificial hole somebody had been digging on the

slope, the purpose of which I found it impossible to divine. It wasn't a
quarry or a sandpit, anyhow. It was just a hole. It might have been
connected with the philanthropic desire of giving the criminals
something to do. I don't know.

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# Choice Feedback
A. The actions of the colonists are foolish Correct!

and ineffective.
B. The colonists cruelly harm human beings

for no reason.
C. More tools are needed if anyone is to

bring order to the colonies.
D. The prison population is far too high in

the colonies.
Question 4

Category: Determine themes
Your request for a small island near Chusan, where your merchants
may reside and goods be warehoused, arises from your desire to
develop trade. . . . [S]uch an island would be utterly useless for your
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develop trade. . . . [S]uch an island would be utterly useless for your
purposes. Every inch of the territory of our Empire is marked on the
map and the strictest vigilance is exercised over it all: even tiny islets
and far-lying sand-banks are clearly defined as part of the provinces
to which they belong. Consider, moreover, that England is not the only
barbarian land which wishes to establish . . . trade with our Empire.
Which two ideas about colonialism are most clearly expressed in this excerpt?
# Choice Feedback
A. China will accept some nonviolent

colonialism; the Chinese consider foreign
trade unnecessary.
B. China will resist trade; the Chinese Correct!

consider people from other nations to be
inferior.
C. China will welcome England; the Chinese

consider Britain superior to other nations.
D. China will engage in colonialism; the

Chinese consider people from other
nations easy to control.
The correct answer is: China will resist trade; the Chinese consider people from other nations to be
inferior.
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[S]upposing that other nations were all to imitate your evil example
and beseech me to present them each and all with a site for trading
purposes, how could I possibly comply? This also is a flagrant
infringement of the usage of my Empire and cannot possibly be
entertained. . . . [T]he barbarian merchants of Europe have had a
definite locality assigned to them at Aomen for residence and trade,
and have been forbidden to encroach an inch beyond the limits
assigned to that locality.
# Choice Feedback
A. China will accept some nonviolent

colonialism; the Chinese consider foreign
trade unnecessary.
B. China will welcome England; the Chinese

C. China will resist trade; the Chinese Correct!

consider people from other nations to be
inferior.
D. China will engage in colonialism; the

The correct answer is: China will resist trade; the Chinese consider people from other nations to be
inferior.
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Regarding your nation's worship of the Lord of Heaven, it is the same

religion as that of other European nations. Ever since the beginning of
history, sage Emperors and wise rulers have bestowed on China a
moral system and inculcated a code, which from time immemorial
has been religiously observed by the myriads of my subjects. . . . The
distinction between Chinese and barbarian is most strict, and your
Ambassador's request that barbarians shall be given full liberty to
disseminate their religion is utterly unreasonable.
# Choice Feedback
A. China will welcome England; the Chinese

B. China will engage in colonialism; the

C. China will accept nonviolent colonialism;

the Chinese consider foreign cultures
valuable.
D. China will resist foreign influences; the Correct!

nations to be inferior.
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The correct answer is: China will resist foreign influences; the Chinese consider people from other
nations to be inferior.
Question 5

Category: Analyze ideas
Read this excerpt from A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf:
I went, therefore, to the shelf where the histories stand and took down
one of the latest, Professor Trevelyan's History of England. . . . A very
queer, composite being thus emerges. Imaginatively [a woman] is of
the highest importance; practically she is completely insignificant.
She pervades poetry from cover to cover; she is all but absent from
history. She dominates the lives of kings and conquerors in fiction; in
fact she was the slave of any boy whose parents forced a ring upon
her finger.
Which sentence best states the idea that this excerpt helps to develop?
# Choice Feedback
A. In England, women had no place in

literature.
B. In England, women had no place among

kings.
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C. In England, women were seen more as Correct!
objects of affection than as capable
people.
D. In England, women did not have enough

free time to develop their true talents.
The correct answer is: In England, women were seen more as objects of affection than as capable
people.
Betrothal often took place while one or both of the parties was in the
cradle, and marriage when they were scarcely out of the nurses'
charge.' That was about 1470. . . . The next reference to the position
of women is some two hundred years later. . . . 'It was still the
exception for women of the upper and middle class to choose their
own husbands, and when the husband had been assigned, he was
lord and master. . . . Yet even so,' Professor Trevelyan concludes,
'neither Shakespeare's women nor those of authentic seventeenth-
century memoirs . . . seem wanting in personality and character.'
# Choice Feedback
A. Women were represented as being weak

in literature but were granted great power
in real life.
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B. Women were represented as being strong Correct!
in literature but were not allowed power in
real life.
C. Women were not respected in literature

but were given enormous respect in real
life.
D. Women were not represented in literature

but had great impact on society in real
life.
The correct answer is: Women were represented as being strong in literature but were not allowed
power in real life.
[G]enius like Shakespeare's is not born among labouring, uneducated,

servile people. . . . How, then, could it have been born among women
whose work began, according to Professor Trevelyan, almost before
they were out of the nursery, who were forced to it by their parents
and held to it by all the power of law and custom? Yet genius of a sort
must have existed among women as it must have existed among the
working classes.
# Choice Feedback
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A. In Shakespeare's time, women had the Correct!
same genius as men but weren't allowed
to develop it.
B. In Shakespeare's time, women didn't have

to develop their genius if they lived with
their parents.
C. In Shakespeare's time, women were more

interested in working than developing
their genius.
D. In Shakespeare's time, women developed

their genius because parents pushed
them to do it.
The correct answer is: In Shakespeare's time, women had the same genius as men but weren't
allowed to develop it.
Question 6

Category: Analyze ideas
When, however, one reads of a witch being ducked, of a woman

possessed by devils, of a wise woman selling herbs, or even of a very
remarkable man who had a mother, then I think we are on the track of
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remarkable man who had a mother, then I think we are on the track of
a lost novelist, a suppressed poet, of some mute and inglorious Jane
Austen, some Emily Brontë who dashed her brains out on the moor or
mopped and mowed about the highways crazed with the torture that
her gift had put her to.
# Choice Feedback
A. Intelligent, creative women have often

refused to make their talents known.
B. The true talents of intelligent, creative Correct!

women have often gone unrecognized.
C. Intelligent, creative women who were

acknowledged have often regretted their
fame.
D. The true talents of intelligent, creative

women often lay in areas other than
literature.
The correct answer is: The true talents of intelligent, creative women have often gone unrecognized.
Let us suppose that a father from the highest motives did not wish
his daughter to leave home and become writer, painter or scholar. . . .
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his daughter to leave home and become writer, painter or scholar. . . .
[T]here was an enormous body of masculine opinion to the effect that
nothing could be expected of women intellectually. Even if her father
did not read out loud these opinions, any girl could read them for
herself; and the reading, even in the nineteenth century, must have
lowered her vitality, and told profoundly upon her work.
# Choice Feedback
A. Women have contributed to their parents'

desire to protect them.
B. Women have contributed to the body of

opinion about their role in society.
C. Women have been held back by men's Correct!

view of what they can do.
D. Women have been held back by their

desire not to leave their parents' home.
The correct answer is: Women have been held back by men's view of what they can do.
Nick Greene, I thought, remembering the story I had made about

Shakespeare's sister, said that a woman acting put him in mind of a
dog dancing. Johnson repeated the phrase two hundred years later of
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dog dancing. Johnson repeated the phrase two hundred years later of
women preaching. And here, I said, opening a book about music, we
have the very words used again in this year of grace, 1928, of women
who try to write music. 'Of Mlle. Germaine Tailleferre one can only
repeat Dr Johnson's dictum. . . . "Sir, a woman's composing is like a
dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well, but you are
surprised to find it done at all."
# Choice Feedback
A. Women have faced negative attitudes in

some areas, but other areas have always
been open to them.
B. Women had faced negative attitudes in

Shakespeare's time, but in Woolf's time,
these attitudes had improved.
C. Women have always faced negative

attitudes in music and painting but not in
literature or acting.
D. Women have always faced negative Correct!

attitudes in jobs that were traditionally
dominated by men.
The correct answer is: Women have always faced negative attitudes in jobs that were traditionally
dominated by men.
Question 7
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Question 7

Bloom Level: Comprehension
Category: Determine impact
Cleopatra must have had a way with her; Lady Macbeth, one would
suppose, had a will of her own; Rosalind, one might conclude, was an
attractive girl. Professor Trevelyan is speaking no more than the truth
when he remarks that Shakespeare's women do not seem wanting in
personality and character. Not being a historian, one might go even
further and say that women have burnt like beacons in all the works
of all the poets from the beginning of time.
What do the underlined words in this excerpt most clearly suggest?
# Choice Feedback
A. Women have always been at the heart of

literary controversies.
B. Women have always been portrayed

negatively in literature.
C. Women have always been a vital and Correct!

central part of literature.
D. Women have always been heroic

characters in literature.
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The correct answer is: Women have always been a vital and central part of literature.
It may be, O King, that the above proposals have been wantonly made
by your Ambassador on his own responsibility, or peradventure you
yourself are ignorant of our dynastic regulations and had no intention
of transgressing them when you expressed these wild ideas and
hopes.
What do the underlined words in this excerpt most clearly suggest?
# Choice Feedback
A. The king's requests are strange and will

require some thought.
B. There is no country that would give the

king what he's asking for.
C. The king's requests are imaginative and

show great vision.
D. There is no chance that the king will get Correct!

what he's asking for.
The correct answer is: There is no chance that the king will get what he's asking for.
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The correct answer is: There is no chance that the king will get what he's asking for.
It was disappointing not to have brought back in the evening some

important statement, some authentic fact. Women are poorer than
men because — this or that. Perhaps now it would be better to give up
seeking for the truth, and receiving on one's head an avalanche of
opinion hot as lava, discoloured as dish-water.
What do the underlined words in this excerpt most clearly suggest about the opinions
Woolf is referring to?
# Choice Feedback
A. They are unpopular and dishonest.
B. They are unpleasant and distasteful. Correct!
C. They are unintelligent but also open and

honest.
D. They are useful for responding to other

opinions.
The correct answer is: They are unpleasant and distasteful.
Question 8
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Question 8

Category: Determine impact
Read the following excerpt from Heart of Darkness:
Land in a swamp, march through the woods, and in some inland post
feel the savagery, the utter savagery, had closed round him—all that
mysterious life of the wilderness that stirs in the forest, in the jungles,
in the hearts of wild men.
Which of the following emotions does the connotation of the word wild evoke in the
passage?
# Choice Feedback
A. Contentment
B. Anger
C. Respect
D. Fear Correct!
The correct answer is: Fear.

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Paths, paths, everywhere; a stamped-in network of paths spreading

over the empty land, through the long grass, through burnt grass,
through thickets, down and up chilly ravines, up and down stony hills
ablaze with heat.
Which of the following emotions does the connotation of the word empty evoke in the
passage?
# Choice Feedback
A. Loneliness Correct!
B. Freedom
C. Peace
D. Vulnerability
The correct answer is: Loneliness.
An hour afterwards I came upon the whole concern wrecked in a

bush—man, hammock, groans, blankets, horrors. The heavy pole had
skinned his poor nose. He was very anxious for me to kill somebody,
but there wasn't the shadow of a carrier near.
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but there wasn't the shadow of a carrier near.
Which of the following emotions does the connotation of the word anxious evoke in the
passage?
# Choice Feedback
A. Anger Correct!
B. Worry
C. Shyness
D. Vulnerability
The correct answer is: Anger.
Question 9

Bloom Level: Synthesis
Category: Evaluate structure
For it is a perennial puzzle why no woman wrote a word of that

extraordinary literature when every other man, it seemed, was
capable of song or sonnet. What were the conditions in which women
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capable of song or sonnet. What were the conditions in which women
lived? I asked myself; for fiction, imaginative work that is, is not
dropped like a pebble upon the ground, as science may be; fiction is
like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached
to life at all four corners.
Which statement best conveys how Woolf achieves her purpose in this excerpt?
# Choice Feedback
A. She asks a question to show her thought Correct!

process in trying to understand why so
few women wrote fiction.
B. She asks a question to encourage the

reader to try to understand why women
didn't write songs and sonnets.
C. She uses a simile to show how women's

potential has gone untapped throughout
history.
D. She uses a simile to show that women

were incapable of writing both science
and fiction until the twentieth century.
The correct answer is: She asks a question to show her thought process in trying to understand why
so few women wrote fiction.

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Meanwhile [Shakespeare's] extraordinarily gifted sister, let us
suppose, remained at home. She was as adventurous, as imaginative,
as agog to see the world as he was. But she was not sent to school.
She had no chance of learning grammar and logic, let alone of
reading Horace and Virgil. She picked up a book now and then, one of
her brother's perhaps, and read a few pages. But then her parents
came in and told her to mend the stockings or mind the stew and not
moon about with books and papers.
# Choice Feedback
A. She tells a story to illustrate how women's Correct!

talent has been historically suppressed.
B. She tells a story to show how many great

works have gone unnoticed due to
sexism.
C. She uses the phrase "extraordinarily

gifted" to show that talent ran in
Shakespeare's family.
D. She uses the phrase "now and then" to

show that many women were uncertain of
their own talents.
The correct answer is: She tells a story to illustrate how women's talent has been historically
suppressed.
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I went, therefore, to the shelf where the histories stand and took down
one of the latest, Professor Trevelyan's History of England. . . . 'Wife-
beating', I read, 'was a recognized right of man, and was practised
without shame by high as well as low. . . . Similarly,' the historian goes
on, 'the daughter who refused to marry the gentleman of her parents'
choice was liable to be locked up, beaten and flung about the room. . .
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# Choice Feedback
A. She cites a historian to make it clear that Correct!

she is basing her argument on facts.
B. She mentions the book title to make sure

the reader knows she is talking about
women.
C. She mentions the book title to make sure

the reader knows that her argument
focuses on England.
D. She cites a historian to make it clear that

she is referring to customs from the past.
The correct answer is: She cites a historian to make it clear that she is basing her argument on
facts.
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Question 10

Bloom Level: Synthesis
Category: Evaluate structure
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I've seen the devil of violence, and the devil of greed, and the devil of
hot desire; but, by all the stars! these were strong, lusty, red-eyed
devils, that swayed and drove men—men, I tell you. But as I stood on
this hillside, I foresaw that in the blinding sunshine of that land I
would become acquainted with a flabby, pretending, weak-eyed devil
of a rapacious and pitiless folly.
Why did Conrad most likely include this passage in the story?
# Choice Feedback
A. To show that devils, like human beings,

gain weight if they don't work out
regularly
B. To express the idea that foolish Correct!

ineffectiveness is the central problem of
colonialism
C. To convey the sense of overwhelming

human evil in a world where devils
outnumber stars
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D. To show that pretending to be a devil is
foolish, and that it is better to try to be
good
The correct answer is: To express the idea that foolish ineffectiveness is the central problem of
colonialism.
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It may be, O King, that the above proposals have been wantonly made
by your Ambassador on his own responsibility, or peradventure you
yourself are ignorant of our dynastic regulations and had no intention
of transgressing them when you expressed these wild ideas and
hopes.
Why did Qian Long most likely include this passage in the letter?
# Choice Feedback
A. To clearly warn the English king not to

make similar requests of China in the
future
B. To help the English king by letting him

know his ambassador may be disobeying
orders
C. To subtly tell the English king that he is

open to different requests at another time
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D. To give the English king a graceful way Correct!
out of what could be an awkward
situation
The correct answer is: To give the English king a graceful way out of what could be an awkward
situation.
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[A]ny woman born with a great gift in the sixteenth century would
certainly have gone crazed, shot herself, or ended her days in some
lonely cottage outside the village, half witch, half wizard, feared and
mocked at.
Why did Woolf most likely include this passage in the essay?
# Choice Feedback
A. To add a magical feeling that makes her

essay more interesting and fun
B. To establish her credibility as an expert

on supernatural phenomena
C. To add an emotional element that evokes Correct!

sympathy on the part of the reader
D. To use a historical period to help the

reader track her argument more easily
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reader track her argument more easily
The correct answer is: To add an emotional element that evokes sympathy on the part of the reader.
Question 11

Category: Determine point of view
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Read this excerpt from "The White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling:
Take up the White Man's burden—

The savage wars of peace—
Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease;
And when your goal is nearest
The end for others sought,
Watch sloth and heathen Folly
Bring all your hopes to nought.
Which statement best describes Kipling's point of view in this excerpt?
# Choice Feedback
A. The people that have been helped by Correct!

colonial powers undo all the good that
colonial powers have achieved.
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B. The people that have been helped by
colonial powers later take up the White
Man's burden themselves.
C. Colonial powers cannot stop sickness no

matter how hard they try.
D. Colonial powers cannot prevent war no

matter how hard they try.
The correct answer is: The people that have been helped by colonial powers undo all the good that
colonial powers have achieved.
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Read this excerpt from "The White Man's Burden" by Rudyard Kipling:

And reap his old reward:
The blame of those ye better,
The hate of those ye guard—
Which statement best describes Kipling's point of view in this excerpt?
# Choice Feedback
A. Colonial powers are disliked by the Correct!

people they help.
B. Colonial powers are betrayed by the

people they help.
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C. Colonial powers need not be rewarded by
the people they help.
D. Colonial powers are excessively rewarded

by the people they help.
The correct answer is: Colonial powers are disliked by the people they help.
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Which excerpt from Rudyard Kipling's "The White Man's Burden" conveys the perspective
that colonized people never show appreciation for what white men do for them?
# Choice Feedback
A. Take up the White Man's burden—

The savage wars of peace—
Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease
B. Take up the White Man's burden—

Send forth the best ye breed—
Go bind your sons to exile
To serve your captives' need
C. Take up the White Man's burden— Correct!

D. Take up the White Man's burden—

No tawdry rule of kings,
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No tawdry rule of kings,
But toil of serf and sweeper—
The tale of common things
The correct answer is:
Question 12

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Read this excerpt from a story:
I didn't mean to drop Aunt Sally's favorite vase, I swear. I was only
trying to dust it off a little, and next thing I knew, it slipped out of my
hands and down the flight of stairs I decided to lean over while
dusting it. I don't know why she was so upset when she saw it. It
actually looked better in a hundred pieces.
Which statement best describes the narrator's point of view in this excerpt?
# Choice Feedback
A. She hates Aunt Sally's vase. Correct!

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B. The vase was extremely dusty.
C. Aunt Sally wanted her to break the vase.
D. She didn't mean to drop the vase.
The correct answer is: She hates Aunt's Sally vase.
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I don't know why everyone was so happy when we reached the top of
the mountain. It only took us four hours to hike up there. And I'm still
not sure why everyone was amazed as we looked down. I mean, it
was only the most spectacular view I'd ever seen in my life.
# Choice Feedback
A. He was in awe of what he saw from the Correct!

top of the mountain.
B. He was bored by everything that

happened on the hike.
C. He was in a state of panic because he

was up so high.
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D. He was sorry he agreed to the hike up the
mountain.
The correct answer is: He was in awe of what he saw from the top of the mountain.
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Everyone was excited that Dawn Farr was coming to town for a
concert. She had written four number-one songs, and two of her
albums had gone double platinum. There were probably going to be a
few people lined up to buy tickets.
# Choice Feedback
A. She knows the line to buy tickets will be Correct!

very long.
B. She thinks seeing the show isn't really

worth waiting in a long line.
C. She knows she'll be able to buy tickets for

the show.
D. She thinks seeing the show won't be as

much fun as people hope.
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The correct answer is: She knows the line to buy tickets will be very long.
Question 13

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I have to present a scene at today's meeting of our drama club, but

I've been so busy I haven't had time to rehearse. I'm not sure I know
my lines. I'm not even sure I really know what the scene is about. I'm
really looking forward to doing this.
# Choice Feedback
A. He doesn't really want to perform his Correct!

scene today.
B. He doesn't really want to be in the drama

club.
C. He is eager to do the scene because he

knows he can make it up as he goes
along.
D. He is eager to do the scene because he

:
D. He is eager to do the scene because he
knows he can pretend he forgot his lines
on purpose.
The correct answer is: He doesn't really want to perform his scene today.
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Carol and I had a big argument yesterday. After the argument, she
wanted me to apologize, which was ridiculous, since she's clearly in
the wrong. We're not speaking to each other. And here she comes
now: just the person I wanted to see.
Which statement best describes the writer's point of view in this excerpt?
# Choice Feedback
A. She doesn't really want to see Carol right Correct!

now.
B. She doesn't really want to be friends with

Carol.
C. She really wants to apologize to Carol.
D. She really wants to be angry with Carol.
The correct answer is: She doesn't really want to see Carol right now.
:
The correct answer is: She doesn't really want to see Carol right now.
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Eric thought it was going to be a great picnic — but then John showed
up. John. He always had to make an appearance. "Hello, John," said
Eric, "a pleasure to see you again."
Which statement best describes the writer's point of view in this excerpt?
# Choice Feedback
A. Eric doesn't really think it's fun to be Correct!

around John.
B. Eric secretly wishes he could be more like

John.
C. Eric doesn't really want to go to the picnic

today.
D. Eric secretly wishes he was invited to

more things.
The correct answer is: Eric doesn't really think it's fun to be around John.
Question 14
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Category: Discussion techniques
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In this conversation, which group discussion technique does Jennifer most clearly show?
JENNIFER:
Let's get started. Today's topic is Shaping Our World with Paper Dolls
by Maurice Peters. Any thoughts right off the bat? Emily?
ANNA:
[Looking uncomfortable] Um . . . the title was a little misleading.
DANIEL:
How do you mean?
[ANNA shifts uncomfortably.]
JENNIFER:
Go ahead, Anna. We want to hear your thoughts.
# Choice Feedback
A. Making an objective
B. Promoting participation Correct!
C. Challenging assumptions
:
D. Asking a rhetorical question
The correct answer is: Promoting participation.
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In this conversation, which group discussion technique does Jennifer most clearly show?
DANIEL:
I thought the title worked pretty well.
JENNIFER:
Because of what you said earlier? Paper dolls are fragile, and so are
people.
DANIEL:
Kind of. More like cultures are fragile. They change, adapt, and get
molded into something new.
JENNIFER:
But could that versatility be viewed as a strength?
# Choice Feedback
A. Making an objective
B. Promoting participation
:
C. Challenging assumptions Correct!
The correct answer is: Challenging assumptions.
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In this conversation, which group discussion technique does Daniel most clearly show?
JENNIFER:
So what are our next steps? Is this a question we can research?
DANIEL:
I vote we look up reviews online and see if anyone else complained
about the title. Maybe check some literary magazines, too.
JENNIFER:
Does that sound good, Anna?
ANNA:
Sure.
RAMONA:
Settled then. Let's head to the computer lab.
# Choice Feedback
:
A. Making an objective Correct!
B. Promoting participation
C. Challenging assumptions
The correct answer is: Making an objective.
Question 15

Category: Analyzing Themes
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Which question best represents the theme Woolf analyzes in A Room of One's Own?
# Choice Feedback
A. Why didn't more women become

actresses during Shakespeare's day?
B. Why was love not a factor in choosing a

husband in the 16th century?
:
C. Why were women considered the
property of men in the Elizabethan era?
D. Why didn't women write during certain Correct!

historical periods?
The correct answer is: Why didn't women write during certain historical periods?
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# Choice Feedback
A. Why didn't women stand up for their

rights earlier in history?
B. Why are women important characters in Correct!

literature but unimportant in history?
C. Why were women considered property of

their husbands in Shakespeare's time?
D. Why couldn't women vote and get

involved politically?
The correct answer is: Why are women important characters in literature but unimportant in history?
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# Choice Feedback
A. Why didn't women stand up for their

rights earlier in history?
B. Why weren't women allowed to have

money and education during the 16th
century?
C. Why are women portrayed powerfully in Correct!

literature but ignored in history?
D. Why were women considered the

property of men during the Elizabethan
era?
The correct answer is: Why are women portrayed powerfully in literature but ignored in history?
Question 16

Category: Determine Themes
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Which theme of imperialist literature is echoed in A Room of One's Own?

:
# Choice Feedback
A. It is acceptable to treat certain human Correct!

beings as inferior.
B. It is fine to prohibit the use of particular

languages.
C. People should be paid according to the

quality of their work.
D. Isolating people can force cultural

change.
The correct answer is: It is acceptable to treat certain human beings as inferior.
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# Choice Feedback
A. Forced arranged marriages are

acceptable in certain cultures.
B. It is common to devalue the importance

of motherhood.
:
C. It is acceptable to label specific groups of Correct!
people as inferior.
D. Education should be prohibited unless it

is given in English.
The correct answer is: It is acceptable to label specific groups of people as inferior.
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# Choice Feedback
A. New cultures can be created through

racial blending.
B. Isolating people can force cultural

change.
C. It is acceptable to consider certain Correct!

humans as personal property.
D. It is common to devalue the importance

of motherhood.
The correct answer is: It is acceptable to consider certain humans as personal property.
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Question 17

Category: Identify point of view
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The room fell quiet as Earl got up to speak. Everyone knew the class
computer had disappeared, and Earl was regarded as the person
most likely to have taken it. As Kevin waited to hear Earl talk, he could
almost feel the others ready to openly accuse him. But Kevin wanted
to hear what Earl had to say for himself.
Which statement best describes Kevin's point of view in this story?
# Choice Feedback
A. He has no doubt that Earl took the

computer.
B. He believes Earl is going to lie to the

class.
C. He is not convinced that Earl is guilty. Correct!
D. He thinks Earl is going to confess.
The correct answer is: He is not convinced that Earl is guilty.
:
The correct answer is: He is not convinced that Earl is guilty.
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The large old house sat silent and brooding under the overhanging
trees. Everyone had warned me that strange things happened in this
house; they said dark forces had taken over. Now, seeing it in person,
I thought it was every bit as scary as they had warned. Still, no turning
back now. The newspaper was expecting my story about the house
tomorrow morning.
Which statement best describes the narrator's point of view in this story?
# Choice Feedback
A. She doesn't want to go into the house but Correct!

wants to learn the truth.
B. She wants to go into the house to

experience the dark forces inside.
C. She doesn't want to go into the house but

will not admit her fear.
D. She wants to go into the house to show

people how brave she is.
The correct answer is: She doesn't want to go into the house but wants to learn the truth.
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Clarice studied the clouds gathering overhead. Still a mile to go to

reach camp. She thought back to this morning when their guide
suggested she pack some rain gear. She quickened her pace.
Which statement best describes Clarice's point of view in this story?
# Choice Feedback
A. She's not concerned about her guide

because she knows he has rain gear.
B. She's worried about her guide because

he's alone back at the camp.
C. She's not concerned about the rain

because she's only a mile from camp.
D. She's worried about the rain and sorry she Correct!

didn't listen to the guide.
The correct answer is: She's worried about the rain and sorry she didn't listen to the guide.
Question 18

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Category: Analyzing Ideas
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Based on A Room of One's Own, what does Woolf most likely believe?
# Choice Feedback
A. Achieving success depends on Correct!

opportunities and encouragement.
B. Male writers produce better manuscripts

than female writers do.
C. There was no need for female actresses

in the playhouses.
D. Shakespeare's talent was the only thing

that made him a great writer.
The correct answer is: Achieving success depends on opportunities and encouragement.
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# Choice Feedback
A. Shakespeare's talent, not his opportunity,

is what made him a great writer.
:
is what made him a great writer.
B. Discrimination and its effects on people Correct!

are often hard to recognize.
C. If writers created stronger female

characters, gender equality would occur
naturally.
D. There was no valid reason for women to

write under pen names during Elizabethan
times.
The correct answer is: Discrimination and its effects on people are often hard to recognize.
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# Choice Feedback
A. As a general rule, manuscripts produced

by men show more talent than
manuscripts produced by women.
B. The majority of women living in

Elizabethan times suffered from mental
illnesses brought on by gender inequality.
C. Shakespeare's superior talent, not his

opportunity, is what made him a great
writer.
:
D. Because of women's circumstances Correct!
during Elizabethan times, it would have
been surprising to see great talent
emerge from a female writer.
The correct answer is: Because of women's circumstances during Elizabethan times, it would have
been surprising to see great talent emerge from a female writer.
Question 19

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What is the name for the attitude and practice of some countries in imposing their power
and culture on other cultures?
# Choice Feedback
A. Monarchy
B. Imperialism Correct!
C. Corruption
D. Submission
:
The correct answer is: Imperialism.
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What attitude do imperialist people have toward others?
# Choice Feedback
A. A questioning one.
B. A respectful one.
C. A dominant one. Correct!
D. A submissive one.
The correct answer is: A dominant one.
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How is an imperialist likely to treat someone from another culture?
# Choice Feedback
A. With superiority and dominance. Correct!
B. With kindness and respect.

:
C. With an eager curiosity.
D. With great fear and anxiety.
The correct answer is: With superiority and dominance.
Question 20

Bloom Level: None
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How does Joseph Conrad's use of a frame narrative in Heart of Darkness affect the story?
# Choice Feedback
A. It allows the reader to experience two

stories unfolding at the same time.
B. It allows the narrator to share reflections Correct!

about previous important events.
C. It allows the story to be told from multiple

points of view.
D. It allows the story to be told in a way that

involves few or no characters.
:
The correct answer is: It allows the narrator to share reflections about previous important events.
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Why is Joseph Conrad's story Heart of Darknessconsidered a frame narrative?
# Choice Feedback
A. Because it is a story within a story. Correct!
B. Because it is frozen in time.
C. Because the context of the story is

unknown.
D. Because the story takes a very specific

shape.
The correct answer is: Because it is a story within a story.
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How does Joseph Conrad set up the frame narrative structure of Heart of Darkness?
# Choice Feedback
A. He explains the structure to the reader at

:
A. He explains the structure to the reader at
the beginning of the story.
B. He breaks the narrative into different

chunks of time from different points of
view.
C. He begins with one narrator, who tells a Correct!

second story to the characters in the first
story
D. He establishes a rhythm of sentence

lengths that give the story an ominous
feeling.
The correct answer is: He begins with one narrator, who tells a second story to the characters in the
first story.
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Test (CST): The Colonizers and the Colonized

Depth Of Knowledge: None

1a ) 1548103 SHOW MORE

Read the following passage from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness:

Which words most clearly show an imperialist attitude?

A. I respected the fellow

B. the great demoralization of the land Correct!

D. he kept up his appearance

1b ) 1548104 SHOW MORE

Read the following passage from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness:

Which words most clearly show an imperialist attitude?

A. pathetically childish Correct!

B. dwellings were gone

D. ruins of grass walls

1c ) 1548105 SHOW MORE

Read the following passage from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness:

Which words most clearly show an imperialist attitude?

A. an intense energy of movement

B. natural and true as the surf

C. faces like grotesque masks Correct!

D. the white of their eyeballs

Depth Of Knowledge: None

2a ) 1536219 SHOW MORE

Which words in the text most clearly show a superior attitude?

A. Our dynasty's majestic virtue Correct!

B. costly tribute by land and sea

C. objects strange or ingenious

D. your Ambassador can see for himself

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Which words in the text most clearly show a superior attitude?

A. from afar have yearned

B. I have already taken note

C. treated your mission with extreme favour

D. your respectful spirit of submission Correct!

2c ) 1536221 SHOW MORE

A. the Celestial Empire produces

B. participate in our beneﬁcence Correct!

C. should be established at Canton

D. necessities to European nations

Depth Of Knowledge: None

3a ) 1548107 SHOW MORE

Read the following excerpt from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness:

Once, I remember, we came upon a man-of-war anchored off the

Which idea about colonialism is most clearly expressed in this excerpt?

A. The colonists cruelly harm human beings

B. War, which is common in the colonies, is

C. The actions of the colonists are foolish Correct!

D. Larger weapons are necessary in order to

3b ) 1548108 SHOW MORE

Read the following excerpt from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness:

Which idea about colonialism is most clearly expressed in this excerpt?

A. The colonists cruelly harm human beings

B. The actions of the colonists are foolish Correct!

C. More explosives are needed in order to

D. Colonists are essentially fearful and

3c ) 1548109 SHOW MORE

Read the following excerpt from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness:

I avoided a vast artiﬁcial hole somebody had been digging on the