1. Why does the author most likely devote so much of the article to references to popular entertainers such as Connie Francis, the Supremes, and Roy Orbison? Standards: RI.11-12.3
A. to illustrate how Coca-Cola has become inextricably linked with popular culture in the
20th century
to demonstrate the staying power of the Coca-Cola brand compared to most popular
entertainers
C. to show how embarrassingly behind the times Coca-Cola has been when it comes to
following popular culture
D. to help reignite public interest in the Coca-Cola brand and its various products
B.
2. Why does the author most likely open the article by discussing the deaths of William
D'Arcy and Archie Lee? Standards: RI.11-12.3
A. It effectively marks the end of print advertising's dominance and the beginning of a new
era in media.
B. It conveys just how ruthless the advertising business can be to even its most respected
practitioners.
C. It shows that Coca-Cola's era of dominance was drawing to a close.
D. It foreshadows the tumultuous decade in American history which was about to come.

Match each excerpt to the correct stanza structure. 1. it was many and many a year ago, in a kingdom by the sea, that a maiden there lived whom you may know by the name of annabel lee; and this maiden she lived with no other thought than to love and be loved by me. (from "annabel lee" by edgar allan poe) 2. o thou, new-year, delaying long, delayest the sorrow in my blood, that longs to burst a frozen bud and flood a fresher throat with song. (from "in memoriam" by alfred lord tennyson) 3. nature’s first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. her early leaf’s a flower but only so an hour. then leaf subsides to leaf. so eden sank to grief,; so dawn goes down to day. nothing gold can stay. (from "nothing gold can stay" by robert frost) 4. at sestos hero dwelt; hero the fair, whom young apollo courted for her hair, and offered as a dower his burning throne, where she should sit for men to gaze upon. the outside of her garments were of lawn, the lining purple silk, with gilt stars drawn; (from "hero and leander" by christopher marlowe) quatrain couplet octave sestet