Untitled Flashcards Set

Term: 1. The principal contrast employed by the author in the passage is between_______________.  Definition: (c) Imperial China and Europe

Term: 2 . In paragraph 2, which of the following rhetorical devices is most in evidence? Definition:  (b) The massing of factual information

Term: 3 . The primary rhetorical function of lines 14–22 is to___________________. Definition: (a) provide support for a thesis supplied in lines 1–2

Term: Lines 14–17 contain which of the following? Definition:  (b) Parallel syntax

Term: 5 . In the last sentence of paragraph 2 (lines 18–22), which of the following words is parallel in function to “inventor’’ (line 18)? Definition: (c) “creator’’ (line 20)

Term: 6 . In line 28, “bearing’’ modifies___________________. Definition: (b) “strangers’’ (line 27)

Term:  7 . The point of view expressed in “They . . . men’’ (lines 29–33) is that of________________.

Definition: (d) eighteenth-century Chinese

Term: 8 . The word “importunate’’ (line 35) is reinforced by the author’s later reference to________________.

Definition: (c) “knocking on its doors’’ (line 40)

Term: 9 . Which of the following best describes the first sentence of paragraph 4 (lines 34–35)? Definition: (a) The author’s interpretation of China’s situation in the late eighteenth century

Term: 10 . Which of the following characteristics of Imperial China or Britain is most emphasized in paragraph 4? Definition: (b) Imperial China’s aloof and insular attitude toward Europeans

Term: 11 . The tone of this passage is best described as… Definition: critical and analytical, with a hint of irony toward China’s sense of superiority