Mike's+Answer+Key

Part 1: 1. Choice B: the author is convinced through pressure from the natives that he mush shoot the elephant to please them 2. Choice C: the speaker does not seem to really want to shoot the elephant, yet he accepts that it will happen in the end. 3. Choice A: in the first paragraph the author believes he will shoot the elephant, in the second he says he doesn’t have to and decides not to. 4. Choice D: he is comparing himself and his will to or not to shoot the elephant to a puppet being controlled by the audience that has gathered 5. Choice C: the author says the elephant had a “grandmotherly” appearance and way of doing things, showing the elephant is very gentle and human-like, too much so to shoot. 6. Choice B: Orwell is not trying to raise awareness for elephants (A) or help/ brag in any way (C,D,E), he is simply sharing an important life story and how the incident played out. 7. Choice C: the passage is not any extreme such as urgent or frantic (A,B), and Orwell does not seem bored by his own story, or suspicious of what he already know happened (D,E), the best choice is C. 8. Choice A: Discerned is the closest synonym to perceived that fits this context 9. Choice D: Orwell is giving the elephant human-like qualities (grandmotherly air)

Part 2: 10. Choice C: in the first paragraph, the author believes the man will be safe with the powerful court of the elders, by the third he firmly believes the man will be lynched. 11. Choice D: the elders are revered by the townspeople, so their mock-court is referred to as sacred because of their high position in society 12. Choice D: the court of elders judged over all these things, most similar to arbitrated 13. Choice E: the elder was not mean or unreasonable in his asking for pardon of the man (A,B), the mob obviously respected all the elders until this comment was made, meaning they could not have already disliked him (C), and the crowd did have a reason for doing this, no matter how foolish (D) therefore none of the choices are correct. 14. Choice C: the author includes all of these except a depiction of the actual lynching in this excerpt. 15. Choice A: the author is not sad or angry in any way (B,D,E), and he does not hope for the man’s freedom, or any other good thing for that matter (D), he merely explains the situation, and that the man __ will __ be safe. 16. Choice E: the crowd will not be pacified or placated, both mean calmed or made calm again. 17. Choice B: the tire is obviously used often in this culture to signify condemnation of the accused, therefore this man gives up resistance when it is brought out and accepts his fate sadly.

Part 3: 18. Choice C: while a nation can be built and dedicated, it cannot be conceived like a human, dedicated is even a little to human for a nation, therefore the answer is C, personification. 19. Choice C: Lincoln is saying that, although the world will not give much importance to the procession here, the men who died here will not be forgotten by the people who were affected, and all Americans. 20. Choice A: Lincoln is presenting this speech to a group of sad, mourning people, the speech is given in a solemn manner to show empathy, as well as be able to still get the message across he wanted to. 21. Choice D: Lincoln mentions the numerous deaths of Americans in his speech many times, since southerners were still considered Americans in the Civil War, numerous deaths/casualties on both sides can be inferred. 22. Choice A: In the first paragraph Lincoln begins by setting up the scene with the importance and true nature of the war, in the third paragraph, Lincoln switches to talking about the effect of the dead and how to properly honor them and continue the project they started. 23. Choice B: Lincoln states that the people who fought and died there have already consecrated the ground far beyond the capabilities of the people gathered there to listen. 24. Choice D: Lincoln is making this speech to console upset and angry citizens, as well as get them ready for more rough times ahead with the continuing of the war. 25. Choice C: Here, Lincoln is referring to the soldiers who fought on that battlefield.