Crisis No. 1
Bonus history question: What is the name famous Revolutionar War book by Thomas Paine?
Answer: Common Sense
7. The description of the "stray goose" on April 1st represents:
A) A symbol of isolation and confusion, as it seems lost in the fog.
B) The arrival of new life and the promise of spring.
C) The confusion of nature as it struggles with the changing seasons.
D) The goose as a metaphor for the narrator’s wandering thoughts.
A) A symbol of isolation and confusion, as it seems lost in the fog
In this passage, Paine refers to "the times that try men's souls."
What "times" (or historical events) is Paine referring to?
a. the deep struggles in America to attain integrated schools
b. the fear ruling America after the terrorist attacked on 9-11
c. the cruelties Africans were experiencing as victims of slavery
d. Great Britain's taxation and colonial rule of the American colonies
d. Great Britain's taxation and colonial rule of the American colonies
A) The physical weather change from winter to spring.
B) A personal realization of the narrator’s happiness during this time.
C) A metaphor for the renewal of human spirit and the end of sorrow or dissatisfaction.
D) A commentary on the cold and harsh human relationships that exist in the winter months.
C) A metaphor for the renewal of human spirit and the end of sorrow or dissatisfaction.
Which statement from the passage indicates that the "sunshine soldier" has chosen the wrong path?
a. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods...
b. Even the expression is impious, for so unlimited a power can belong only to GOD.
c. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country...
d. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.
e. Britain, with an army to enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but ‘to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER,’
c. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country...
3. What is the significance of the narrator mentioning the "striped snake" in the second paragraph?
A) It highlights the idea of nature being in a dormant, "torpid" state until awakened by the spring.
B) The snake represents a dangerous animal in the environment.
C) The snake symbolizes man's primitive, violent instincts.
D) The snake is a metaphor for the narrator’s isolation
A) It highlights the idea of nature being in a dormant, "torpid" state until awakened by the spring.
Given that this passage was composed before the Revolutionary War, the terms "sunshine patriot" may best be described as
a. an enthusiastic combatant.
b. a warm and generous person.
c. a fickle and unreliable coward
d.a strange and eccentric figure
a. an enthusiastic combatant.
"The owner of the axe, as he released his hold on it, said that it was the apple of his eye; but I returned it sharper than I received it."
1. What does the quotation from the passage emphasize about the speaker?
a. He does not take care of other people's property.
b. He is indifferent toward other people's property.
c. He was disappointed in the poor quality of the axe.
d. He is appreciative and respectful of the property of others.
d. He is appreciative and respectful of the property of others.
Why does Paine describe the soldiers who "shrink from the service of [their] country" as the "summer" soldier and "sunshine" patriot?
a. because Paine is interested in praising them for their positive virtues.
b. because Paine believes that America will only be free if it maintains its optimism
c. because they are "fair weather" friends who abandon their cause at the first sign of trouble
d. because Paine thought that the revolution should occur during the summer months, rather than the winter
c. because they are "fair weather" friends who abandon their cause at the first sign of trouble
What does this quotation emphasize about the author?
a. He believes that this is an extremely warm spring.
b. He believes that man and snakes are both cold-blooded.
c. He believes that men should be content being exactly as they are.
d. He believes that all mankind strives to live the best life possible everyday.
e. He believes that man is happy with contentment unless he is prompted to live a greater life.
e. He believes that man is happy with contentment unless he is prompted to live a greater life.