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1
Question
What does the giant wave symbolize in 'The Seventh Man'?
Answer
The giant wave symbolizes the things people fear in life.
2
Question
What does the narrator imply when he says, 'For me it was a huge wave' in 'The Seventh Man'?
Answer
The narrator implies that every individual must confront fear in some form in life.
3
Question
What does the narrator mean when he says turning our backs on fear surrenders the most precious thing inside us to something else in 'The Seventh Man'?
Answer
It means that avoiding fear gives fear power over ourselves and we lose our freedom.
4
Question
How does the narrator illustrate his statement about surrendering to fear in 'The Seventh Man'?
Answer
The narrator illustrates the statement by running away instead of saving his friend due to fear of the wave.
5
Question
Provide examples of foreshadowing in 'The Seventh Man'.
Answer
Foreshadowing examples include the observation of an unusual look on the beach and the description of the power of the storm.
6
Question
What effect does the simile 'A wave like a huge snake with its head held high, poised to strike' have in 'The Seventh Man'?
Answer
The simile creates a sense of danger when comparing the wave to a snake.
7
Question
What is the author personifying in 'The Seventh Man' with the statement, 'The storm’s great ‘eye’ seemed to be up there, fixing its cold stare on all of us below'?
Answer
The author is personifying the 'eye' of the storm to highlight the power of nature.
8
Question
How does the author advance the plot in 'The Seventh Man' through foreshadowing and suspense?
Answer
Foreshadowing and suspense are used to create tension and anticipation in the plot.
9
Question
What does the speaker find in the poem 'Carry'?
Answer
The speaker finds a hawk that has died catching its prey.
10
Question
What does the personification in lines 24-49 of 'Carry' symbolize?
Answer
The personification symbolizes betrayal.
11
Question
How would you describe the tone of the poem 'Carry' based on the author's use of figurative language?
Answer
The tone of the poem is described as lovely yet dangerous.
12
Question
What does 'undertow’s rough hands' mean in the poem 'Carry'?
Answer
It refers to a strong current below the surface of water.
13
Question
Which line in 'Carry' contributes most to the tone of reverence for the water?
Answer
Line 17: enough to feed us all.
14
Question
What is the theme of the entire poem 'Carry'?
Answer
The theme suggests that all living things are part of nature, sustained by it, and ultimately ended by it.
15
Question
Compare a quote from 'Carry' to a quote from 'The Seventh Man' that carries a similar meaning or feeling.
Answer
In 'Carry': Line 15-20, 'We’re in the eye of the storm'. Similar quote in 'The Seventh Man': 'We’re in the eye of the storm', my father told me.
16
Question
What is the theme of the entire poem according to the text?
Answer
All living things are part of nature. We are sustained by nature and ultimately ended by it.
17
Question
Which quote in The Seventh Man carries the same meaning or feeling as 'We're in the eye of the storm' in Carry?
Answer
It'll stay quiet like this for a while, maybe fifteen, twenty minutes, kind of like an intermission.
18
Question
What does the water symbolize in both the poem and the story according to the text?
Answer
The power of nature, renewal, sustenance, and life.
19
Question
What are the brothers' contributions to Jerusalem as described in the text?
Answer
They help the less fortunate out of the goodness of their hearts.
20
Question
How do the brothers respond to the newfound 'fortune' in the story?
Answer
John 'runs away' from the gold, while Athanasius takes the gold to do good with it.
21
Question
What does the angel want Athanasius to do in the story?
Answer
The angel wants him to resist temptation.
22
Question
What is the main difference between Athanasius and his brother as described in the text? Who in your opinion did the right thing?
Answer
Athanasius spends the gold doing good while John runs away from it. In your opinion, consider who you think did the right thing.
23
Question
What does Lady Macbeth fear in the lines 'Yet I do feel thy nature; / It is too full o' the milk of human kindness / To catch the nearest way'?
Answer
Lady Macbeth fears she is too much of a coward to commit a murder herself.
24
Question
What theme of the play is represented by the quote 'Fair is foul, and foul is fair'?
Answer
Things are not as they seem in Macbeth.
25
Question
Whose death does Malcolm refer to when he speaks here?
Answer
The original Thane of Cawdor's death.
26
Question
Which theme of the play does the quote 'Fair is foul, and foul is fair' represent?
Answer
Things are not as they seem.
27
Question
In these lines, what does Lady Macbeth fear?
Answer
Lady Macbeth fears she is too much of a coward to commit a murder herself.