Guide Questions “The Last Dog”
1.Before the story begins, Brock has wandered into many "ancient fictions”. Describe
these "ancient fictions”.
2. Describe the dome where Brock lives.
3. A proverb in Brock's world is “The key to survival is efficiency.” 4. Give an example
of something that happens in Brock's world that illustrates this proverb.
5. How was Brock raised as a child?
6. Which event takes place before Brock meets the dog?
7. What is the puppy doing when Brock first finds it? 8. Describe the people in Brock’s world as to their behavior and feelings. 9. How does meeting the dog change Brock? How does this meeting change both his personality and his future? 10. Why does Brock bite brog on the tail? 11. Find the meaning of the following words: foresighted, evasive, languishing, disembodied, foray, reproof, copious, posterity. 12. What is the last thing Brock does in the story?

Which of the following is a synonym for context, as it relates to poetry? select one: a. story b. music c. origin d. author

Select the correct answer. lyric poems often deal with intense emotions. which statement best describes the shift in emotion in "lift every voice and sing" as it moves from the first into the second stanza? lift every voice and sing till earth and heaven ring, ring with the harmonies of liberty; let our rejoicing rise high as the listening skies, let it resound loud as the rolling sea. sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us, sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us, facing the rising sun of our new day begun let us march on till victory is won. stony the road we trod, bitter the chastening rod, felt in the days when hope unborn had died; yet with a steady beat, have not our weary feet come to the place for which our fathers sighed? we have come over a way that with tears has been watered, we have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered, out from the gloomy past, till now we stand at last where the white gleam of our bright star is cast. a. the joyful call of the first stanza gives way to a bitter recounting of history in the second. b. the first stanza's anger is replaced by the second stanza's resignation. c. the poem moves from a sense of wonder in the first stanza toward a sense of perplexity in the second. d. there is no change between the first stanza and the second. the emotions are the same in both.

Which option is the most relevant piece of evidence for this claim