Question

In "A Quilt of a Country" the writer suggests the paradox "out of many, one". What makes this statement a paradox?

Question 1 options:

It contains a comparison between two things


It contains a symbol of peace and the American dream.


It contains a contradictory statement that is, in fact, true.


It contains imagery of a nation in the midst of turmoil.

Question 2 (1 point)
How does the symbol of the quilt in "A Quilt of a Country" portray the American people?

"That’s because it was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk-art forms, velvet and calico and checks and brocades."

Question 2 options:

Like a quilt, the American people are diverse, different pieces sewn together to create a tapestry of culture and country.


Like a quilt, the American people are warm and comforting.


Like a quilt, the American people are hard-working and reliable.


Like a quilt, the American people strive to be closely connected to one another without difference.

Question 3 (1 point)
"A Quilt of Country" was published in a news magazine following what occurrence?



Newsweek staff on 09/26/01 at 8:00 p.m.
Question 3 options:

World War II


Vietnam War


The Gulf War


9/11 Trade Center Attacks

Question 4 (1 point)
In "A Quilt of a Country", what is the one thing that Quindlen suggests unifies America?

Today the citizens of the United States have come together once more because of armed conflict and enemy attack. Terrorism has led to devastation—and unity.

Question 4 options:

Working hard to make America better


Facing common enemies


Building a strong and peaceful economy


Becoming more like one another

Question 5 (1 point)
What effect does the metaphor have on the meaning of the passage from "Here is New York"?

"The commuter is the queerest bird of all. The suburb he inhabits has no essential vitality of its own and is a mere roost where he comes at day’s end to go to sleep."

Question 5 options:

The symbolism of the suburbs as a “roost” expresses the safety and comfort of the commuter’s home.


As birds are inherently pests, the writer uses symbolism to express his view that commuters offer nothing positive to New York.


The symbol of commuters as birds illustrates how they come and go without ever experiencing the city.


By describing the commuter as a bird, the writer emphasizes the freedom of commuters who can come and go from the city as they please.

Question 6 (1 point)
Read this excerpt from "Here is New York."

"…each embraces New York with the intense excitement of first love, each absorbs New York with the fresh eyes of an adventurer, each generates heat and light to dwarf the Consolidated Edison Company."

How does the author use imagery in “Here is New York” to advance his viewpoint?

Question 6 options:

The imagery illustrates his view of what a true New Yorker is and the relationship a New Yorker should have with the city


The imagery emphasizes that individual people can find opportunities in New York that they cannot find elsewhere.


The imagery expresses the majesty of New York City and illustrates how the writer sees New York.


Specific references to personal experiences illustrate how the writer felt when he first came to New York.

Question 7 (1 point)
Which quotations from “Here is New York” develop the author’s viewpoint that commuters do not truly experience New York City?

Question 7 options:

"Commuters give the city its tidal restlessness,…"


"There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable."


"he has never come suddenly on anything at all in New York as a loiterer, because he has no time between trains"


"he has fished in Manhattan's wallet and dug out coins"

Answer 1

Modern paper is normally made from wood pulp.[1] Wood is ground up and mixed with water and other chemicals to make a thin liquid called "paper pulp". Paper pulp can be bleached to make paper more white, and dyes can be added to make colored paper. This pulp is pressed into sheets of paper. Printing is often done on paper before the paper is cut into sheets. Newsprint paper (newspaper) comes in a huge roll, and goes through the printing process as one continuous sheet. It is cut by a machine-driven guillotine blade later. Folding comes last, then packing for distribution.

Sometimes paper is made heavier and more glossy (shiny) by adding clay, and by 'milling' it. Milling is done by squeezing the paper through a series of rollers. Sometimes paper is made from used or waste paper: this is recycling.

Not all paper is made from wood. Other kinds of fiber can be used. People still make paper from cotton, linen and hemp for special purposes.