Question

viviene daley end of semester exam dec : 2025

1. which sentence from the excerpt best supports the correct answer to question 7?

a. \you may say—and i know, salim, that you have thought it—that i have turned my back on my community and sold out.\
b. \i say: \sold out to what and from what? what do you have to offer me? what is your own contribution? and can you give me back my manhood?\\
c. \for people in our situation, people led in slavery, that is the biggest trap of all.\
d. \after all, we make ourselves according to the ideas we have of our possibilities. i would have hidden in my hole and been crippled by my sentimentality, doing what i was doing, and doing it well, but always looking for the wailing wall.\

1. which meaning of anachronistic (paragraph 7) most closely matches its meaning in the following excerpt?

\i began to understand at the same time that my anguish about being a man adrift was false, that for me that dream of home and security was nothing more than a dream of isolation, anachronistic and stupid and very feeble.\
answer choices for the above question
a. adjective | pertaining to something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time
b. noun | something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time
c. adjective | pertaining to something or someone that is idiotic or weak
d. adjective | out of place

Explanation:

Question 8

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A: Presents a possible accusation, not supporting an answer (needs context of Q7, but likely not).
• Option B: A response to an accusation, not supportive.
• Option C: Talks about slavery's trap, not relevant to typical Q7 (like theme/character).
• Option D: Discusses self - making and growth, likely supporting a Q7 about character development or choices.

1. Analyze the word's role: "anachronistic" is used as an adjective (describes "dream"). Eliminate B (noun).
2. Analyze context: The dream of home/security is "isolation, anachronistic...". The meaning "out of place" fits as the dream is inappropriate or misaligned. A's historical time meaning doesn't fit here; C's "idiotic/weak" is covered by "stupid/feeble" nearby, so "anachronistic" is "out of place".

Answer:

D. "After all, we make ourselves according to the ideas we have of our possibilities. I would have hidden in my hole and been crippled by my sentimentality, doing what I was doing, and doing it well, but always looking for the wailing wall."

Question 9