English 12B Unit 4 Exam / Key Questions with 100% Correct Answers.Quiz____?Read the sentence from The Woman in White.Finding us distinguished, as a nation, by our love of athletic exercises, the little man, in the innocence of his heart, devoted himself impromptu to all our English sports and pastimes whenever he had the opportunity of joining them; firmly persuaded that he could adopt our national amusements of the field by an effort of will precisely as he had adopted our national gaiters and our national white hat.Based on the context in which the word impromptu is used, which response most accurately defines this word? - Answer✓✓ at the spur of the moment or without any advance notice or preparation ^ correct 1/1 Quiz____?Read the excerpt from The Woman in White.My father was a drawing-master before me. His exertions had made him highly successful in his profession; and his affectionate anxiety to provide Page 1 of 22 1 / 3
for the future of those who were dependent on his labours had impelled him, from the time of his marriage, to devote to the insuring of his life a much larger portion of his income than most men consider it necessary to set aside for that purpose.Which responses accurately state strategies that a student could use to determine the meaning of impelled?(Select all that apply.) - Answer✓✓ Brainstorm a different word, like caused or forced, that would make sense in the sentence.^ correct Consider words like compelled and propelled, which have similar roots.^ correct 1/1 Quiz____?Read the excerpt from The Woman in White."No, no, no," she said vehemently. "I'm quite safe, and quite happy now. If you are a gentleman, remember your promise. Let him drive on till I stop him. Thank you—oh! thank you, thank you!" Which responses accurately explain ways that a student who did not know the word vehemently could determine its meaning?(Select all that apply.) - Page 2 of 22 2 / 3
Answer✓✓ Brainstorm other words, like "forcefully" or "emphatically," that would make sense in the sentence.^ correct Analyze its suffix, -ly, to determine that it is an adverb describing how the woman spoke.^ correct 1/1 Quiz____?Read the lines from Rupert Brooke's poem "The Soldier." A body of England's, breathing English air,Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.Which responses accurately explain the author's purpose in using the words "Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home"?(Select all that apply.) - Answer✓✓ Brooke uses simple, beautiful phrasing to further emphasize the pure goodness of England.^ correct Page 3 of 22
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