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The Life Line

Quiz by Nicole Garcia

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  • Q1
    Which artist painted The Life Line?
    Thomas Moran
    James Whistler
    Winslow Homer
    Edward Hopper
    120s
  • Q2
    What does the first paragraph of this text describe?
    The first paragraph describes the artist's reasons for creating this painting.
    The first paragraph describes how a lifesaving device works in real life.
    The first paragraph describes the mysteries left in the painting by the artist.
    The first paragraph describes what is happening in the painting.
    120s
  • Q3
    The first paragraph describes the mysteries left in the painting by the artist. Audio Answer3. Read this sentence from the text: “Crashing waves, dark threatening skies, and fierce winds surround the two figures in the center.” What evidence from the painting supports the author's description of the wind as fierce, or powerful?
    The red scarf looks like it is blowing in the man’s face.
    The rope on the left side is slack in the water.
    The woman’s hair looks like it is soaking wet.
    The skies look dark and threatening.
    120s
  • Q4
    How could the weather in the painting best be described?
    calm and rainy
    stormy and dangerous
    bright and windy
    hot and humid
    120s
  • Q5
    What is this text mostly about?
    the painting The Life Line
    how lifesaving devices work
    a heroic rescue at sea
    Winslow Homer’s inspiration
    120s
  • Q6
    Read these sentences from the first paragraph of the text: “Crashing waves, dark threatening skies, and fierce winds surround the two figures in the center. Remnants of a sinking ship are barely visible in the upper left. Only a thin rope supports the weight of the man and woman, who are suspended above the turbulent sea.” Why might the author have used the word “only” in the third sentence of this excerpt, when mentioning the thin rope?
    to imply that the scene in the painting is not realistic
    to emphasize that the rope was strong, even though it was thin Audio
    to make the situation seem even more dangerous
    to suggest that most rescues like the one in the painting require one rope
    120s
  • Q7
    Read these sentences from the text. “One year before he painted The Life Line, American artist Winslow Homer witnessed a demonstration of a lifesaving device like the one shown in this picture. He included details that show how it worked.” What phrase could replace the word “it” in the second sentence without changing the sentence’s meaning?
    the lifesaving device
    the demonstration
    the picture
    the artist
    120s

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