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1. PART A: Which statement expresses one of the main themes of the poem?
A. It can be better to live in the present, because reflecting on the past and
planning for the future can bring worry and disappointment.
B. It is humansâ responsibility to care for the environment and their fellow
creatures on Earth.
C. Humans rarely feel guilty about their impact on the environment, because
natural resources are necessary for them to survive.
D. The damage that humans inflict upon the environment and the animals that
inhabit it are irreversible.
2. PART B: Which TWO details from the text best support the answer to Part A?
A. âI'm truly sorry man's dominion / Has broken Nature's social unionâ (Lines 7-8)
B. âI doubt not, sometimes, that you may steal; / What then? Poor beast, you must
live!â (Lines 13-14)
C. âYou thought to dwell, / Till crash! The cruel plough passed / Out through your
cellâ (Lines 28-30)
D. âWithout house or holding, / To endure the winterâs sleety dribble, / And hoarfrost coldâ (Lines 34-36)
E. âThe best laid schemes of mice and men / Go often askew, / And leave us
nothing but grief and painâ (Lines 39-41)
F. âStill you are blessed, compared with me! / The present only touches youâ (Lines
43-44)
3. PART A: How is the speaker affected by the knowledge that he has destroyed the mouseâs
home?
A. The speaker feels guilty that he has destroyed the mouseâs home when the
mouse is just trying to survive.
B. The speaker is upset that the mouseâs presence in his field is delaying him from
ploughing the rest of the field.
C. The speaker is confident that the mouse will be able to survive the cold winter,
even without its house.
D. The speaker is impressed that the mouse is intelligent enough to prepare for the
winter by creating shelter.
4. PART B: Which quote from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. âI would be loath to run and chase you, / With murdering scraperâ (Lines 5-6)
B. âWhich makes you startle / At me, your poor, earth born companionâ (Lines
10-11)
C. âYour small house, too, in ruin! / Its feeble walls the winds are scattering!â (Lines
19-20)
D. âYou saw the fields laid bare and empty, / And weary winter coming fastâ (Lines
25-26)
5. How does the poetâs comparison of mice and humans in the final two stanzas contribute to
the poemâs overall meaning?
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