Fear_of_Change-7

IRA| COMMONLIT Text-Dependent Questions Directions: For the following questions, choose the best answer or respond in complete sentences. 1. PART A: Which of the following best summarizes a central idea of the text? One cannot truly live if one fears the future and resists change. B. Any hope for peace is unattainable and thus cause for fear. C. Anyone who is afraid is guilty of some form or sort of crime. D. America differs from Europe because it has never had a ruling class that feared change. 2. PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A? A. "One is justified by human experience in gauging the degree of guilt by the readiness of the fear." (Paragraph 7) "False prophets always prophesy peace, and the reason their prophecy is false is that there never is peace in the way they mean it." (Paragraph 10) "Life is just one unexpected thing after another, and if a man fails to appreciate the glory of the unexpected, his pulse is slowing up." (Paragraph 18) D. "Here in the United States we have never had a king, yet we have a privileged aristocracy which can be as sharply defined as the nobility of England or the Junkers of Germany." (Paragraph 35) (o) 3. PART A: Which of the following best describes the tone of the passage? A. Angry, because Ford resents lazy workers Idealistic, because Ford has high (somewhat unrealistic) hopes C. Indifferent, because as a success Ford has no interest in the workers' cause D. Sarcastic, because Ford despises the rich upper class