PLEASE HELP ASAP!! Does anyone know the answers for the 2.10 Unit Test for American Literature?

Question 8: in the American Crisis, what is the purpose of the use of the underlined word in this quote:

“I once felt all that kind of anger, which a man ought to feel, against the mean principles that are held by the tories: a noted one, who kept a tavern at Amboy, was standing at his door, with as pretty a child in his hand, about eight or nine years old, as I ever saw, and after speaking his mind as freely as he thought was prudent, finished with this unfatherly expression, “Well! Give me peace in my day” (41)

A. The use of “unfatherly” points out the that Tory is thinking about his current happiness and not taking about the future of his son.

B. The use of “unfatherly” points out that the Tory is belittling his son.

C. The use of “unfatherly” makes the reader angry that the author is arguing for independence from Britain, which is like a father to the colonies.

D. The use of “unfatherly” makes the reader question the Tory’s parenting skills

Question 9:
What is one theme of Phillis Wheatley’s On being brought from Africa to America?

A. Slavery goes against God’s laws

B. People of all colors can be redeemed by God

C. God is removed from the daily lives of humans

D. Slave traders will someday be enslaved by God

Question 10: Which quote best supports your answer to the last question?

A. “Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan Land, taught my benighted soil to understand that there’s a God, there’s a savior too”

B. “Once I redemption neither sought nor knew, some view our sable race with scornful eye, their color is a diabolic die”

C. “Remember, Christians, negroes, black as Cain may be refin’d and join th’ angelic train”

Question 11:
Watch this excerpt of the Declaration of Independence:

Which of the following help build the mood in this reading?

A. The emphasizing of important words

B. The use of music to build tension

C. The reader pauses after important phrases

D. All of the above

Question 12:
What do the words absolute despotism mean as they are used in paragraph 2?

A. Excessive hardship and suffering

B. Complete and cruel domination

C. Utter arrogance and wickedness

D. Total commitment and determination

Question 13:
Jefferson begins the majority of the paragraphs in the “Declaration of Independence” with the words “He has” Why is this structure effective in helping Jefferson make his argument?

A. It contrasts the kings behavior with that of his deputies

B. In enables the reader to determine which of the kings offenses are the most severe

C. It emphasizes the kings role in inflicting multiple forms of injustice

D. It proposes a clear series of actions to oppose the kinds mistreatment

Question 14:
What two things does Phillis Wheatley compare in “An Hymn to the Evening”?

A. The lives of slaves and the lives of free people

B. A productive day and a wasted day

C. The human heart and the setting sun

D. The poets song and a birds song

Question 15:
Which quote best expresses the attitudes of many of Olaudah Equiano’s countrymen in “Abroad a Slave Ship”?

A. “Happily perhaps for myself I was soon reduced so low here that it was thought necessary to keep me almost always on deck” (54)

B. “One day, when we had a smooth sea and moderate wind, two of my wearied countrymen who were chained together (I was near them at the time) preferring death to such a life of misery, somehow made through the netting’s and jumped into the sea” (54)

C. “The stench of the hold while we were on the coast was so intolerably loathsome, that it was dangerous to remain there for any time, and some of us had been permitted to stay on the deck for the fresh air, but now that the whole ships cargo were confined together, it became absolutely pestilential” (53)

Question 16:
Olaudah Equiano illustrates the horrors of his journeys on the slave ship by .

A. Criticizing the American government

B. Appealing to his readers religious faith

C. Arguing against natural law

D. Using vivid sensory details

Question 17:
How does Francis Scott Key convey the “glory” of the American flag?

A. He compares the flag to a soldiers courage and patriotism

B. He uses dark, threatening imagery to describe the flag itself

C. He summarizes the history and significance of the flag

D. He builds tension, and then reveals that the flag is still standing