Lesson 3: contribution to statistics & and yet the books
eng 2a: q (pap) unit 5: europe ii

1. identify the bold faced words in the following sentence: i have read (that gorillas will not cross rivers.)

a). direct object

b). indirect object

c). predicate nominative

d). object of a preposition

2. identify the bold faced words in the following sentence: send (whomever you like) these free tickets.

a). direct object

b). indirect object

c). predicate nominative

d). object of a preposition

3. identify the bold faced words in the following sentence: (after a rough start,) amelia managed to fly from newfoundland to paris.

a). adjectival clause

b). adverbial clause

c). noun clause

d). not a clause

4. in "a contribution to statistics," the tone is generally

a). light

b). calculated

c). humerous

d). fearful

5. in both poems, one constant is

a). nature

b). books

c). chao

d). mortality

6. "a buzzing flame licked away their letters" is an example of

a). personification

b). characterization

c). detail

d). foreshadowing

Read the excerpts from "the royal house of thebes" and "the story of a warrior queen." "we are women," she told her sister. "we must obey. we have no strength to defy the state." "choose your own part," antigone said. "i go to bury the brother i love." "you are not strong enough," ismene cried. "why, then when my strength fails," antigone answered, "i will give up." she left her sister; ismene dared not follow her. —"the royal house of thebes" again and again the romans were defeated, till it almost seemed as if the britons really would succeed in driving them out of the country. boadicea herself led the soldiers, encouraging them with her brave words. "it is better to die with honor than to live in slavery," she said. "i am a woman, but i would rather die than yield. will you follow me, men? " and of course the men followed her gladly. —"the story of a warrior queen" how are the archetypes presented in these two passages different? the first passage shows antigone as a warrior, and the second passage shows boadicea as a tragic heroine. the first passage shows antigone as a tragic heroine, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage. the first passage shows antigone as a rebel, and the second passage shows boadicea as a warrior. the first passage shows antigone as a villain, and the second passage shows boadicea as a sage.