Question

Read the source of the allusion.

In Voltaire's 1759 novel Candide, Pangloss is a tutor whose worldview is relentlessly upbeat to the point of excessive optimism.

What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?

As we hiked through the snow-covered woods, we remembered the weather forecaster's predictions, which seemed in retrospect rather Panglossian.

unreasonably positive

uncannily prophetic

unfairly pessimistic

Answer 1

@SmokeyBrown

Answer 2

Well, if Pangloss was characteristically optimistic, which answer do you think is best?

Answer 3

B

Answer 4

I think the best answer would be "unreasonably positive". That's closest in meaning to "optimistic"

Answer 5

Read the following excerpt. It is adapted from a 1905 speech by Florence Kelley, a United States social worker and reformer.
Tonight while we sleep, several thousand little girls will be working in textile mills, all the night through, in the deafening noise of the spindles and the looms spinning and weaving cotton and wool, silks and ribbons for us to buy. . . .
A girl of six or seven years, just tall enough to reach the bobbins, may work eleven hours by day or by night. And they will do so tonight, while we sleep. . . .
No one in this room tonight can feel free from such participation. The children make our shoes in the shoe factories; they knit our stockings, our knitted underwear in the knitting factories. They spin and weave our cotton underwear in the cotton mills. Children braid straw for our hats, they spin and weave the silk and velvet wherewith we trim our hats. They stamp buckles and metal ornaments of all kinds, as well as pins and hat-pins. Under the sweating system, tiny children make artificial flowers and neckwear for us to buy. They carry bundles of garments from the factories to the tenements, little beasts of burden, robbed of school life that they may work for us.
We do not wish this. We prefer to have our work done by men and women. But we are almost powerless. Not wholly powerless, however, are citizens who enjoy the right of petition. For myself, I shall use this power in every possible way until the right to the ballot is granted, and then I shall continue to use both.
Adapted from Florence Kelley, speech before the convention of the National American Suffrage Association
Based on the excerpt, what is the purpose of Florence Kelley's speech?

A. to persuade the audience to take care of orphaned children

B. to offer strategies to overcome child poverty

C. to bring awareness to the predicament of working children

D. to describe the benefits of school for working-class children

Answer 6

The paragraph seems to be mostly about child workers. Which choice would be best, with that in mind?

Answer 7

C

Answer 8

Yeah, I think you're right

Answer 9

Read the source of the allusion.

According to Greek mythology, a Chimera was an improbable fire-breathing monster with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent.

What is the meaning of the allusion in the sentence below?

The artist's drawings are characterized by chimerical creatures appearing in settings such as bus stations and Laundromats.

A. disgusting

B. tiny

C. fanciful

Answer 10

I'd say "fanciful" is most likely, since the key element of a chimera is that it's an impossible combination of different things

Answer 11

Add a comma, semicolon, or colon if needed. Otherwise, submit the text without any additional punctuation.

In order to introduce possible alien beings to Earthlings, the Voyager spacecrafts have carried various audio recordings ___ samples of Bach, greetings in fifty-five languages, Navajo chants, volcanic eruptions, and more.

Answer 12

I think it'd be a colon, since it's the beginning of a list of things

Answer 13

what a colon look like ?

Answer 14

It's this one ":"

Answer 15

Fix any words that are used incorrectly. If there are no errors, submit the text without making any changes.

When Martin Luther King, Jr., gave his famous ''I Have a Dream'' speech on

August 28, 1963, he opened with an allusion to Lincoln's Gettysburg Address

Answer 16

Hm, maybe "Gettysburg Address" should be in quotes, but otherwise I think it's fine

Answer 17

well you should fix any that are and rewrite it to its correct form

Answer 18

Yeah, the name of the speech should be in quotes, but I think the rest of the sentence is correct

Answer 19

Choose the word that best reinforces the text's overall meaning and tone.

During the science, space, and Technology Committee hearing, the senator asked the NASA panelist to __________ her position on the team before commencing.

A. confirm

B. ensure

C. ascertain

Answer 20

I think "confirm" would make the most sense. Since the senator is asking the panelist, ensure and ascertain wouldn't really make sense, because the panelist already knows her own position.

Answer 21

Read the passage.

excerpt from "Four Freedoms Speech" by Franklin D. Roosevelt

In the future days, which we seek to make secure, we look forward to a world founded upon four essential human freedoms.

The first is freedom of speech and expression—everywhere in the world.

The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way—everywhere in the world

The third is freedom from want—which, translated into world terms, means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants—everywhere in the world.

The fourth is freedom from fear—which, translated into world terms, means a worldwide reduction of armaments to such a point and in such a thorough fashion that no nation will be in a position to commit an act of physical aggression against any neighbor—anywhere in the world.

That is no vision of a distant millennium. It is a definite basis for a kind of world attainable in our own time and generation. That kind of world is the very antithesis of the so-called new order of tyranny which the dictators seek to create with the crash of a bomb.

To that new order we oppose the greater conception—the moral order. A good society is able to face schemes of world domination and foreign revolutions alike without fear.



Read the excerpt from Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Four Freedoms Speech," and then consider the four-framed image.

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How does the printed text compare to the image?

A. While the text describes how each of the four freedoms relate to and depend upon each other, the image depicts them as separate and wholly independent.

B. While the text makes clear that Roosevelt is focused only on ensuring that these freedoms exist in America, the image implies that each one should flourish across the globe.

C. While the text describes each freedom in more general terms, the image provides specific and evocative visual representations of each freedom described.

D. While the text makes clear which of the four freedoms Roosevelt considers to be most important, the image implies that all four freedoms are equally essential.

Answer 22

I think A would be our choice here, since I don't really see the others as being true

Answer 23

Refer to Explorations in Literature for a complete version of this speech.

Read this passage from "Four Freedoms Speech" by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

A part of the sacrifice means the payment of more money in taxes. In my Budget Message I shall recommend that a greater portion of this great defense program be paid for from taxation than we are paying today. No person should try, or be allowed, to get rich out of this program; and the principle of tax payments in accordance with ability to pay should be constantly before our eyes to guide our legislation.

Based on this passage, what is Roosevelt's view on tax increases?

A. Tax increases should apply to the wealthy as well as to everyone else.

B. Tax increases may be necessary, but will usually be unpopular.

C. Tax increases are the only way for the government to raise money.

D. Tax increases should be the last option a government uses.

Answer 24

Roosevelt emphasizes "tax payments in accordance with ability to pay", meaning rich and poor would pay taxes; in fact, rich people would pay more. Which option represents this?

Answer 25

A.

Answer 26

Yeah, I think you're right on that one

Answer 27

Read this passage from "Four Freedoms Speech" by Franklin D. Roosevelt.

As a nation, we may take pride in the fact that we are soft-hearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed.

We must always be wary of those who with sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal preach the “ism” of appeasement.

How does Roosevelt’s use of rhetoric in this excerpt advance his viewpoint?

A. By using musical imagery, Roosevelt condemns the emptiness of the efforts made by those who support appeasement.

B. By using parallel structure, Roosevelt draws a contrast between the virtues of America and the flaws of other nations.

C. By appealing to national pride, Roosevelt is hoping to inspire his audience to stand up for American ideals.

D. Roosevelt uses hypophora to answer the questions the American people had about involvement in World War II.

Answer 28

i might be A

Answer 29

Yeah, I'd agree with you, A seems like a good choice.

Answer 30

In “Four Freedoms Speech,” how does Roosevelt use the four freedoms he identifies to make a strong statement about the war in Europe?


A. By introducing the freedoms at the start of the speech, Roosevelt uses them as an organizing device to guide his audience through the "physical aggression" and the many war crimes that have occurred during the war.


B. By linking the freedoms to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, Roosevelt persuades his audience that the "dictators" have similar ideals and could be strong allies for America.


C. By contrasting the "moral order" of the freedoms with the "new order" that dictatorships enforce with "bombs" and "concentration camps," Roosevelt makes it clear to his audience which side is just and decent.

D. By citing specific examples of how each freedom has been violated by "dictators," Roosevelt creates a strong and detailed illustration of the ways in which the dictatorships are a threat to "civilized society" throughout the w

Answer 31

I think you'd probably want to choose between C and D. Which one matches the content of the speech better?

Answer 32

D

Answer 33

That sounds good to me