Eng201 Unit Test

ENG403B/404B: British and World Literature | Unit 2 | Lesson 8: Unit Test

Unit Test Reading Passages
Passage 1
Instructions: Use this passage to answer Questions 1–5 of the Unit Test for the Critical Skills Practice unit. from Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott
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(15)

In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentworth, of Warncliffe Park, and around Rotherham.
Here haunted of yore the fabulous Dragon of Wantley; here were fought many of
the most desperate battles during the Civil Wars of the Roses; and here also flourished in ancient times those bands of gallant outlaws, whose deeds have been rendered so popular in English song.
Such being our chief scene, the date of our story refers to a period towards the end of the reign of Richard I., when his return from his long captivity had become an event rather wished than hoped for by his despairing subjects, who were in the meantime subjected to every species of subordinate oppression. The nobles, whose power had become exorbitant during the reign of Stephen, and whom the prudence of Henry the Second had scarce reduced to some degree of subjection to the crown, had now resumed their ancient license in its utmost extent; despising the feeble interference of the English Council of State, fortifying their castles, increasing the number of their dependants, reducing all around them to a state of vassalage, and striving by every means in their power, to place themselves each at the head of such forces as might enable him to make a figure in the national convulsions which appeared to be impending. © 2009 K12 Inc. All rights reserved.
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Passage 2
Instructions: Use this passage to answer Questions 21–25 of the Unit Test for the Critical Skills Practice unit.
McCauley Arboretum by Ruben Weiss
(1) In the winter of 1980, Dr.
Keith Farrow and Emily Lane, a professor and a graduate student at Hickory
College, they began to discuss turning a parcel of land on the west side of campus into an arboretum. (2) This was around the time that the United States men’s ice hockey team shocked the world by winning the gold medal in the Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. (3) A grove of sycamore trees on the land was plagued with disease. (4) It was also in a state of serious neglect. (5) Few people held out much hope that any of the trees in the grove could be saved. (6) Dr. Farrow and Mrs. Lane, however, called formed a committee devoted to doing just that and, to everyone’s surprise and delight, were awarded a grant from the EPA to save the grove and establish the arboretum. (7) In 1981, a fundraising drive was begun by the Hickory College Green Thumb Club to raise additional money for the project.
(8) Meanwhile, Dr. Farrow and Mrs. Lane began to use their grant money to try to salvage some of the sycamore trees. (9) Their efforts were fairly successful; only six trees could not be saved. (10) The Green Thumb
Club then divided the land formerly occupied by the dead trees into small plots. (11) These plots were used
for organic gardening. (12) By the summer of 1982, the newly named McCauley Arboretum was up and running. (13)
Today it is one of Hickory College’s most beloved campus features.

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