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The poems "I Hear America Singing" and "I, Too" speak of the American identity, but they differ in many ways. Which analysis correctly presents the contrast between the two poems? ~~> In Whitman's poem, the workers use their voices to proclaim an American identity in which each person p...

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End of Semester Test English 11A Questions
& 100% Correct Answers
The poems "I Hear America Singing" and "I, Too" speak of the American

identity, but they differ in many ways. Which analysis correctly presents the

contrast between the two poems?

✓ ~~> In Whitman's poem, the workers use their voices to proclaim an

American identity in which each person plays an equal part. In

contrast, in Hughes's poem, the speaker's voice is stifled when he is sent

to the kitchen, demonstrating that not everyone has an equal

opportunity to be part of the American identity.




Why does the speaker in this excerpt from Langston Hughes's "I, Too" wish to

eat at the table?




Tomorrow,

I'll be at the table

When company comes.

Nobody'll dare

Say to me,

"Eat in the kitchen,"

Then.

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✓ ~~> The speaker resents being sent to the kitchen and wants an

equal seat at the table with other people.




Read this excerpt from the Cherokee creation story "How the World Was

Made":




When all was water, the animals were above in Galûñ'lati, beyond the arch;

but it was very crowded, and they wanted more room. They wondered what

was below the water, and at last Beaver's Grandchild, the little Water-beetle,

offered to go and see if he could learn. He darted in every direction over the

surface of the water, but could find no firm place to rest. Then he dived to

the bottom and came up with some soft mud, which began to grow and

spread on every side until it became the island that we call Earth. It was

afterward fastened to the sky with four cords, but no one remembers who did

this.




At first Earth was flat and very soft and wet. The animals were anxious to get

down, and set out different birds to see if it was yet dry, but they found no

place to alight and came back again to Galûñ'lati. At last it seemed to be

time, and they

✓ ~~> earth diver and emergence




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Which six sentences from this creation story best show the elements of an

earth diver story?

✓ ~~> 1) The Hoga came down from above and found Earth covered

with water.




2)So they sent Muskrat down into the water.




3)Then they sent Loon down.




4)Then they sent Beaver down into the water.




5)When he came up there was a little mud in his claws.




6)But the people took the mud out of his claws and made the land.




Which phrase in this excerpt from The Redeemed Captive by John Williams

demonstrates a Puritan influence?

✓ ~~> he pulled off a crucifix from his own neck




Which of these themes are typically found in colonial literature?




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