Claude McKay 1. What took place that persuaded McKay to write the poem that many believe sparked an interest in African Americans to fight for a change? 2. Proved two facts about McKay’s life. “America” 3. Explain the metaphor in the first two lines. 4. How does the oxymoron in line four demonstrate the reason McKay loves America still? 5. In your opinion, explain lines five and six in detail. 6. Why does the speaker refuse to return violence in lines nine-ten? 7. What treasures sink in the sand according to McKay? “If We Must Die” 8. According to McKay, what should African Americans not do in the face of race discrimination? 9. In what ways could a person gain their enemies’ respect? Both Poems 10. What topics are explored in both poems? 11. What does McKay reveal about these topics? What insight into life is provided?

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich: her attitude towards him and his diseases is still the same. just as the doctor had adopted a certain relation to his patient which he could not abandon, so had she formed one towards him—that he was not doing something he ought to do and was himself to blame, and that she reproached him lovingly for this—and she could not now change that attitude. "you see he doesn't listen to me and doesn't take his medicine at the proper time. and above all he lies in a position that is no doubt bad for him—with his legs up." she described how he made gerasim hold his legs up. the doctor smiled with a contemptuous affability that said: "what's to be done? these sick people do have foolish fancies of that kind, but we must forgive them. . " they all rose, said good-night, and went away. when they had gone it seemed to ivan ilyich that he felt better; the falsity had gone with them. but the pain remained—that same pain and that same fear that made everything monotonously alike, nothing harder and nothing easier. everything was worse. again minute followed minute and hour followed hour. everything remained the same and there was no cessation. and the inevitable end of it all became more and more terrible. based on the excerpt, how is praskovya fedorovna a character foil to ivan ilyich? a. she is kind and takes care of ivan, which is why he feels guilty about how he treated her for most of their married life. b. she is vindictive toward ivan while pretending to be worried about him, thus reminding him of how his family has never forgiven him. c. she plays the part of the worried wife without any real feeling, symbolizing the false propriety ivan upheld but now hates. d. she is young, healthy, and beautiful—everything ivan can never be again and wishes he could return to. reset next