American Lit. Q's, pleeaassee help=) 10 points best and quickest answer=)?

Question

27. In "Those Winter Sundays," the speaker comes to realize that __________.

his father never loved him

love comes in only one form

acts of love often go unrecognized

love is an emotion he has yet to experience


28. Describing Lady Freedom in ways that make readers view her as a homeless person allows poet Rita Dove to comment on __________.

the failure of America to live up to its core values

the lack of respect people have for national monuments

the overt racism that continues to exist in America

America's need to defend itself against foreign and domestic enemies


29. Why do many of Richard Rodriguez's relatives in "Complexion" take a negative view toward his dark skin?

To them, dark skin is associated with having to do difficult labor outside for little money.

To them, dark skin is a sign of a lack of intelligence.

To them, dark skin is an indication that one's family has been neglectful.

To them, dark skin represents a willful disregard for one's personal health and safety.


30. Why did Suzan Shown Harjo write "Last Rites for Indian Dead"?

to demand equal treatment and respect for Native Americans

to ask the government to continue its policies with regard to Native Americans

to show readers the many cultural contributions made by Native Americans

to explain the historical significance of several nineteenth-century battles


31. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

I could see the location of my house, the local park, and the dance studio when I viewed the __________ photograph.

grievous

coherent

aerial

devious


32. Choose the words that best complete the sentence.

The __________ from the local cathedral treated the churchyard as __________ space.

clergy … hallowed

iconoclast … ephemeral

dialect … forlorn

knell … jubilant


33. Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

When my cousin Audrey fell off her bike, she had __________ all over her leg and needed a lot of bandages.

palettes

solvents

lacerations

nomads


34. Choose the words that best complete the sentence.

Despite having __________ opportunities to show how __________ he felt for being rude to me, Glen never apologized.

perfidious … stoic

deliberate … eloquent

irrevocable … morose

ample … contrite


35. Choose the words that best complete the sentence.

The reporter's __________ article attacked the __________ of the government, which promised equality for all but secretly promoted inequality.

prosaic … panacea

turgid … gluttony

scathing … hypocrisy

vigilant … hiatus


36. The following sentence may contain a grammar or usage error. Read the sentence and identify its error, if there is one, by choosing the appropriate answer. If there is no error in the sentence, choose no error.

To get to the store, Moria had to cross the street, walk to the corner, and to take the shortcut across the park.

Moria had to

cross the street

walk to the corner

to take the shortcut

no error


37. The following sentence may contain a grammar or usage error. Read the sentence and identify its error, if there is one, by choosing the appropriate answer. If there is no error in the sentence, choose no error.

To support the cause, each of the new participants are giving a short speech.

To support the cause

of the new participants

are giving

a short speech

no error

Answer 1

27).

In "Those Winter Sundays," the speaker comes to realize that __________.

acts of love often go unrecognized



28).

Describing Lady Freedom in ways that make readers view her as

a homeless person allows poet Rita Dove to comment on __________.

the overt racism that continues to exist in America



29).

Why do many of Richard Rodriguez's relatives in "Complexion"

take a negative view toward his dark skin?

To them, dark skin is associated with having to do

difficult labor outside for little money.



30).

Why did Suzan Shown Harjo write "Last Rites for Indian Dead"?

to ask the government to continue its policies with regard to Native Americans



31).

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

I could see the location of my house, the local park, and the dance studio

when I viewed the __________ photograph.

aerial



32). Choose the words that best complete the sentence.

The __________ from the local cathedral treated

the churchyard as __________ space.

clergy … hallowed



33).

Choose the word that best completes the sentence.

When my cousin Audrey fell off her bike, she had __________ all over her leg

and needed a lot of bandages.

lacerations



34).

Choose the words that best complete the sentence.

Despite having __________ opportunities to show how __________ he felt for

being rude to me, Glen never apologized.

ample … contrite



35).

Choose the words that best complete the sentence.

The reporter's __________ article attacked the __________ of the government, which promised equality for all but secretly promoted inequality.

scathing … hypocrisy



36).

The following sentence may contain a grammar or usage error.

Read the sentence and identify its error, if there is one, by choosing the

appropriate answer. If there is no error in the sentence, choose no error.

To get to the store, Moria had to cross the street, walk to the corner, and to take the shortcut across the park.

walk to the corner



37).

The following sentence may contain a grammar or usage error.

Read the sentence and identify its error, if there is one,

by choosing the appropriate answer.

If there is no error in the sentence, choose no error.

To support the cause, each of the new participants are giving a short speech.

are giving

Answer 2

# 31 is aerial

# 33 is lacerations

# 34 is ample ... contrite

# 36 to take the shortcut

# 37 are giving





(Hope this helps, can't really answer for the rest)

Answer 3

Complexion By Richard Rodriguez