Question 1

Who is Patrick Henry's target audience?

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American Politicians

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The general public

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English Politicians

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Women who are pacifists

Question 2

What is the EXIGENCE for this speech? What specific event caused Henry the most concernt and triggered Henry to speak out?

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The British sent troops to the colonies and quartered them in houses with the settlers

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The treaty with the Iroquois that forbade colonists to settle in Maine

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The British's humiliating defeat in the French and Indian War

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The passing of Stamp Act

Question 3

What is Henry's specific PURPOSE?

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To convince the colonists to take up arms and fight against the British

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To convince the colonists to ratify the Constitution

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To persuade England to release America from the treaty

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To persuade colonists to donate money to the war effort

Question 4

Which of the following is a counter-claim? (a statement Henry would disagree with)

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They think us weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary

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Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not?

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Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss

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I consider this as nothing less than a choice between freedom or slavery

Question 5

Which of the following is a REBUTTAL? (comeback attacking the other side)

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Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years . Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing

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I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it.

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It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against painful truth.

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Why stand we here idle? What is it that these gentlemen wish? Is life so dear...

Question 6

What is Patrick Henry's tone?

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Bold, hyperbolic

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Depressed, melancholy

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Optimistic, hopeful

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Neutral, unemotional

Question 7

What is the central idea of "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death?"

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Only military action can help colonists gain rights and freedoms

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Some people are suicidal and want to be free from this life

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Britain was overly tyrannical and oppressive compared to other nations of the period

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Economic oppression, such as inflation and taxation, is as damaging as war

Question 8

Which is NOT a literary device that Henry uses in his speech?

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He uses symbolism of lambs and blood to compare fallen soldiers to Christ

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He uses ethos and allusion to develop the idea that God is on the colonists' side

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He uses a conceit, or extended metaphor, to compare the colonists to slaves

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He uses hyperbole to exaggerate the oppression of the British and what could happen to the colonists

Question 9

Which of the following quotes BEST represents parallelism? (Rule of 3 / creating a pattern)

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We have petitioned, we have remonstrated, we have supplicated, we have prostrated

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For my own part, I consider as nothing less than a choice between freedom or slavery

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what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us into submission?

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There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.

Question 10

Which of the following BEST represents an appeal to ETHOS? (author's credibility, upstanding character)

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Loyalty toward the majesty of heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.

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Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace! But there is no peace.

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Judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which these gentlemen have been pleased

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The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!

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