bill533:
Read the passage. excerpt from Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton So they all talked of the sickness of the land, of the broken tribe and the broken house, of young men and young girls that went away and forgot their customs, and lived loose and idle lives. They talked of young criminal children, and older more dangerous criminals, of how white Johannesburg was afraid of black crime. One of them went and got him a newspaper, the Johannesburg Mail, and showed him in bold, black letters, OLD COUPLE ROBBED AND BEATEN IN LONELY HOUSE. FOUR NATIVES ARRESTED. Question 1 Part A Which theme is revealed in this excerpt? A. Racism and inequality lead to suffering for those who are its victims. B. Reconciliation and forgiveness are powerful forces. C. The loss of traditional values can be disastrous to a society. D. Only love and acceptance can overcome hatred and fear. Part B Which statement best explains how the theme identified in Part A develops over the course of the text? A. Despite the fact that Absalom killed Arthur Jarvis, Kumalo and James Jarvis find a way to develop an unlikely friendship. B. Kumalo and Absalom eventually overcome their differences and their shared sense of shame in order to make peace with one another before Absalom’s death. C. Absalom leaves his village only to be corrupted by the amoral and divided city, which leads him into a life of crime that costs him and another man their lives. D. Gertrude is unable to find honest work in Johannesburg, and because of her race, must live in the awful conditions of a shantytown.
bill533:
@umm
umm:
Any ideas/guesses?
umm:
For part A - From the given passage they gave you, there are plenty of pointers: So they all talked of the sickness of the land, of the broken tribe and the broken house, of young men and young girls that went away and forgot their customs, and lived loose and idle lives. They talked of young criminal children, and older more dangerous criminals, of how white Johannesburg was afraid of black crime. One of them went and got him a newspaper, the Johannesburg Mail, and showed him in bold, black letters, OLD COUPLE ROBBED AND BEATEN IN LONELY HOUSE. FOUR NATIVES ARRESTED.
bill533:
C ?
umm:
Bingo.
umm:
Okay, for part B. Any ideas on it?
bill533:
No honestly but i have a pretty good idea what the answer is though
umm:
Okay, what do you think?
bill533:
C
bill533:
wait let me rephrase
bill533:
I don't think it was C
umm:
Okay, and why do you think it is or isn't?
bill533:
because according in the story it talks how everything in the story there is so much crime and trouble going on in story but i don't think C conclude with it but i might be wrong
umm:
l agree, but with what I found, it said: Absalom Kumalo: Stephen Kumalo's only child. He went to Johannesburg to find Stephen's sister, but never returned or even wrote to his parents. When Stephen finds him, he has been thrown out of several houses for bad behavior, spent time in a reformatory, gotten a young girl pregnant, and, just when he seemed to be turning his life around, robbed and murdered a kind, well-respected white man. Absalom is young, immature, and irresponsible, but being caught, paradoxically, brings out the best in him. He admits to the murder, and tells the truth from then on. He somberly accepts the fact that his 'friends' deny being at the murder scene. Though he is terrified of his execution, he eventually comes to terms with it, and arranges for all of his money to be given to his child when it is born. He slowly becomes an adult. This may be the only positive effect of the way he has lived: for the most part, he has acted foolishly, and in many ways, his life seems pointless. This is something very difficult for his father to accept.
bill533:
Interesting, i see coming from this clearly what the answer should be
bill533:
But i don't think it is A and D
umm:
Reasonable from the given passage/statement I posted above.
bill533:
it is C
umm:
Bingo. Good job. C:
bill533:
thank you umm but could you help me check over my questions and see if its correct
umm:
I can try the best I can.
bill533:
if you wouldn't mind
bill533:
Which detail from Cry, the Beloved Country shapes the theme that the racial divisions in South Africa can be mended, despite how grim the situation appears? A. Absalom writes a letter of apology to the widow and the son of the man he killed. B. After the trial, a white man breaks tradition and goes over to the black side to help Kumalo. C. The judge frees the two Africans who committed the robbery and murder with Absalom. D. During the sentencing phase of Absalom's trial, James Jarvis testifies and asks that the court show mercy.
bill533:
i think the answer is B
umm:
Correct.
bill533:
Read the passage. excerpt from Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton Outside there is singing, singing round a fire. It is Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika that they sing. God Save Africa. God save this piece of Africa that is my own, delivered in travail from my body, fed from my breast, loved by my heart, because that is the nature of women. Oh, lie quietly, little one. Which statement best explains the effect of the language in this excerpt? A. The description of “God Save Africa” as a song about a mother and a child suggests to readers that the conflict in the novel is really between people of different generations. B. The reference to a “little one” makes readers feel as though they are listening to a nursery rhyme and evokes the narrator’s childlike sense of wonder. C. The use of traditional African language to name the song, “Nkosi sikelel’ iAfrika," transports readers to the setting of the story and gives it a heightened authenticity. D. The repetition of the word “singing” makes the excerpt melodic and rhythmic, transporting the reader into a mysterious place.
bill533:
I think it is C
umm:
Incorrect,
umm:
It would be more of A - The description of “God Save Africa” as a song about a mother and a child suggests to readers that the conflict in the novel is really between people of different generations.
bill533:
oh ok
bill533:
Read the passage. excerpt from Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton ‘Men as old as you are doing it every day, umfundisi. And women, and some that are sick, and children. They start walking at four in the morning, and they do not get back till eight at night. They have a little food, and their eyes are hardly closed before they must stand up again, sometimes to start off again with nothing but hot water in their stomachs. I cannot stop you taking a bus, umfundisi, but this is a cause to fight for. If we lost it, then they will have to pay more in Sophiatown and other places.’ Question 1 Part A While searching for Absalom, Kumalo and Msimangu encounter a bus boycott. When describing the boycott to Kumalo, the speaker relies on vivid imagery. Which statement best describes the effect of the imagery in this excerpt on Kumalo? A. Adding imagery adds drama and suspense to the story. B. The imagery illustrates the desperate poverty and injustices in South Africa, increasing the sense that something terrible has happened to Absalom. C. The use of imagery emphasizes how important the boycott is to the people of South Africa, persuading Kumalo to join the boycott. D. The imagery emphasizes the racial divide between blacks and whites, increasing Kumalo’s hatred for those in power who oppress native Africans. Question 2 Part B During the boycott, Kumalo watches people, white and black, help each other. Which statement best explains how Kumalo’s reaction develops the theme that racism can divide and destroy a society? A. Kumalo’s tears at witnessing such cooperation indicates that he is not used to seeing people of different races work together. B. Kumalo’s disgust shows the growing divide between black people and white people in South Africa. C. Msimangu’s fear demonstrates the tension between black people and white people in South Africa and the coming civil war. D. Kumalo’s comments on the police presence reveal that the government is the real enemy.
bill533:
Part A is B and Part B is A
umm:
Correct.
bill533:
Read the passage. excerpt from Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton So they all talked of the sickness of the land, of the broken tribe and the broken house, of young men and young girls that went away and forgot their customs, and lived loose and idle lives. They talked of young criminal children, and older and more dangerous criminals, of how white Johannesburg was afraid of black crime… Which statement best explains how the imagery in this excerpt develops meaning? A. The word sickness points to a drought that is driving people from their land into the city. B. The repetition of broken reinforces the idea that society is divided and traditional values are being lost. C. The phrase “young criminal children” develops the idea that there is no hope for society; Johannesburg and its people are a lost cause. D. The description of conflict between whites and blacks presents the idea that segregation is the only way to move forward.
bill533:
The answer is B
umm:
Correct.
bill533:
How does the dawn that Kumalo sees at the end of the novel affect the mood of the text? A. It creates a cynical mood by contrasting the beauty of the landscape with the ugliness of South African society. B. It ends the novel on a subdued yet optimistic or hopeful note. C. It ends the novel on a playful or lighthearted note. D. It creates a deeply somber mood that reflects the sense of loss that Kumalo feels over Absalom's death.
bill533:
Answer is B
umm:
Correct.
bill533:
A Big Surprise from the Edge of the Solar System by Dr. Tony Phillips of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center 1 NASA's Voyager probes are truly going where no one has gone before. Gliding silently toward the stars, 9 billion miles from Earth, they are beaming back news from the most distant, unexplored reaches of the solar system. 2 Mission scientists say the probes have just sent back some very big news indeed. 3 It's bubbly out there. 4 According to computer models, the bubbles are large, about 100 million miles wide, so it would take the speedy probes weeks to cross just one of them. Voyager 1 entered the "foam-zone" around 2007, and Voyager 2 followed about a year later. At first researchers didn't understand what the Voyagers were sensing--but now they have a good idea https://i.postimg.cc/ry1Hryxt/Figure-1-2-22.jpg Figure 1: Magnetic bubbles at the edge of the solar system are about 100 million miles wide--similar to the distance between Earth and the Sun. Credit: NASA Figure 1: Magnetic bubbles at the edge of the solar system are about 100 million miles wide--similar to the distance between Earth and the Sun. Credit: NASA 5 "The sun's magnetic field extends all the way to the edge of the solar system," explains Opher.1"Because the sun spins, its magnetic field becomes twisted and wrinkled, a bit like a ballerina's skirt. Far, far away from the sun, where the Voyagers are now, the folds of the skirt bunch up." 6 When a magnetic field gets severely folded like this, interesting things can happen. Lines of magnetic force criss-cross and "reconnect." (Magnetic reconnection is the same energetic process underlying solar flares.) The crowded folds of the skirt reorganize themselves, sometimes explosively, into foamy magnetic bubbles. 7 "We never expected to find such a foam at the edge of the solar system, but there it is!" says Opher's colleague, University of Maryland physicist Jim Drake. 8 Theories dating back to the 1950s had predicted a very different scenario: The distant magnetic field of the sun was supposed to curve around in relatively graceful arcs, eventually folding back to rejoin the sun. The actual bubbles appear to be self-contained and substantially disconnected from the broader solar magnetic field. 9 Energetic particle sensor readings suggest that the Voyagers are occasionally dipping in and out of the foam—so there might be regions where the old ideas still hold. But there is no question that old models alone cannot explain what the Voyagers have found. 10 Says Drake: "We are still trying to wrap our minds around the implications of these findings." 11 The structure of the sun's distant magnetic field—foam vs. no-foam—is of acute scientific importance because it defines how we interact with the rest of the galaxy. Researchers call the region where the Voyagers are now "the heliosheath." It is essentially the border crossing between the Solar System and the rest of the Milky Way. Lots of things try to get across— interstellar clouds, knots of galactic magnetism, cosmic rays and so on. Will these intruders encounter a riot of bubbly magnetism (the new view) or graceful lines of magnetic force leading back to the sun (the old view)? https://i.postimg.cc/25nQKyzQ/Figure-2-2-22.jpg old view new view Figure 2: Old and new views of the heliosheath. Red and blue spirals are the gracefully curving magnetic field lines of orthodox models. New data from Voyager add a magnetic froth (inset) to the mix. 12 The case of cosmic rays is illustrative. Galactic cosmic rays are subatomic particles accelerated to near-light speed by distant black holes and supernova explosions. When these microscopic cannonballs try to enter the solar system, they have to fight through the sun's magnetic field to reach the inner planets. 13 "The magnetic bubbles appear to be our first line of defense against cosmic rays," points out Opher. "We haven't figured out yet if this is a good thing or not." 14 On one hand, the bubbles would seem to be a very porous shield, allowing many cosmic rays through the gaps. On the other hand, cosmic rays could get trapped inside the bubbles, which would make the froth a very good shield indeed. 15 So far, much of the evidence for the bubbles comes from the Voyager energetic particle and flow measurements. Proof can also be obtained from the Voyager magnetic field observations and some of this data is also very suggestive. However, because the magnetic field is so weak, the data takes much longer to analyze with the appropriate care. Thus, unraveling the magnetic signatures of bubbles in the Voyager data is ongoing. 16 "We'll probably discover which is correct as the Voyagers proceed deeper into the froth and learn more about its organization," says Opher. "This is just the beginning, and I predict more surprises ahead." Source: www.nasa.gov 1 Dr. Merav Opher was born in Haifa, Israel in 1970. She received her B.Sc. in Physics at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil in 1992. In 1998, she received her Ph.D. from the Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Her research interests are in the area of plasma effects in space physics and astrophysics. 3. In the article, the author reveals Opher’s claim that “The magnetic bubbles appear to be our first line of defense against cosmic rays . . .” Choose two sentences from the article that most help to develop this claim. A. “When a magnetic field gets severely folded like this, interesting things can happen.” B. “The crowded folds of the skirt reorganize themselves, sometimes explosively, into foamy magnetic bubbles.” C. "The actual bubbles appear to be self-contained and substantially disconnected from the broader solar magnetic field." D. "Lots of things try to get across—interstellar clouds, knots of galactic magnetism, cosmic rays, and so on." E. "When these microscopic cannonballs try to enter the solar system, they have to fight through the sun's magnetic field to reach the inner planets." F. "On the other hand, cosmic rays could get trapped inside the bubbles, which would make the froth a very good shield indeed."
bill533:
I KNOW IT'S A LONG ONE But i think the answers A and E SORRY I HAD TO change something
umm:
No worries, give me a few mins to read it.
bill533:
ok
umm:
Correct.
bill533:
really how come i thought those were wrong
umm:
Wait, actually it would be C and E; because
bill533:
?
bill533:
Read the passage. excerpt from Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton All roads lead to Johannesburg. If you are white or if you are black they lead to Johannesburg. If the crops fail, there is work in Johannesburg. If there are taxes to be paid, there is work in Johannesburg. If the farm is too small to be divided further, some must go to Johannesburg. If there is a child to be born that must be delivered in secret, it can be delivered in Johannesburg. Which statement best explains how the imagery in this excerpt develops meaning? A. The description of those who come to Johannesburg shows that people viewed Johannesburg as a solution to every problem, conveying the desperation of the people while foreshadowing the idea that Johannesburg will be overwhelmed by the number of people coming to it. B. The imagery of both whites and blacks going to the city develops the meaning that the city is a place where opportunities are available for everyone and is a place where, despite challenges, justice can be realized in South Africa. C. The description of a child being born reinforces the idea that only immoral people make their way to Johannesburg; the city is a place of corruption, despair, and sin. The imagery forecasts that terrible things await anyone who leaves the country for the city. D. The imagery used to describe farming supports the idea that farming is obsolete and to indicate the sadness that the writer feels that an ancient way of life has come to an end.
bill533:
i think it is B
umm:
Sorry, accidentally deleted what I said from the above answer. And, I believe that is correct.
bill533:
YOU THINK ?
umm:
Or, know it is. So yes, correct.
bill533:
one question is C and E ?
umm:
Correct.
bill533:
it's wrong
umm:
Hm, does it come up with what is correct or no?
bill533:
no
umm:
Hm.
bill533:
Part A Why does Paton use the third-person omniscient point of view throughout John Kumalo’s speech about the discovery of gold? A. Third-person omniscient narrator enables Paton to use more vivid imagery and to add more compelling details. B. It enables him to switch perspectives rapidly, creating suspense and causing readers to become more interested in what will happen next. C. This fluid perspective allows Paton to provide the reader with a broader understanding of the history, landscape, and cultural experiences of the characters throughout the novel. D. The use of this perspective makes it easier for the reader to follow the plot of the story. Question 2 Part B Which statement best explains how the theme that power leads to corruption and injustice is developed in this scene? A. Jarvis’s disinterest shows how disconnected people are from politics. The reason for this is that they are powerless to change anything. They give in and openly support corruption and injustice. B. Police officers are meant to maintain law and order and are meant to serve and protect the people. However, the police officer’s comments about killing John before he becomes a problem show readers how corrupt the city and its government truly is. C. Msimangu should be a leader for the people of Johannesburg. However, Msimangu’s admiration for John shows how ignorant the people of Johannesburg are and how easily they are corrupted by false leaders. D. The crowd’s reaction to John shows how angry people are and how much power they truly possess. Because of their power, it is hinted that everyone will soon unite and start a civil war. IS IT C and D ?
umm:
Correct,
bill533:
are you sure
bill533:
i had two f's in a row on this,
umm:
Positive.
bill533:
you can look up Cry, the Beloved Country
umm:
I've read the book.
bill533:
i don't know
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