From "John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address, January 20, 1961"

Read the quotation.

"...I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forebears

prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago."

In which document was the oath Kennedy took "prescribed nearly a century and three-

quarters ago"?

O A.

the Constitution

OB. the Declaration of Independence

o C. the Articles of Confederation

OD. George Washington's first inaugural address

What is similar about a satire and a parable? o a. both are based on a previous work. o b. both attempt to persuade an audience. o c. both use humor to entertain an audience. o d. both are very short in length.

Which statement best summarizes this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich? and in imagination he began to recall the best moments of his pleasant life. but strange to say none of those best moments of his pleasant life now seemed at all what they had then seemed—none of them except the first recollections of childhood. there, in childhood, there had been something really pleasant with which it would be possible to live if it could return. but the child who had experienced that happiness existed no longer, it was like a reminiscence of somebody else.

What does robert frost accomplish by using blank verse in his poems he mimics the sound of natural speech. he establishes a sense of formality. he establishes order through rhyme. he makes his poems original by breaking the rules.