"Whereas there is evidence that available and needed workers have been barred from employment in industries engaged in defense production solely because of considerations of race, creed, color, or national origin to the detriment of work­ ers' morale and national unity: Now, therefore, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution .... I do hereby reaffirm the policy of the United States that there shall be no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race, creed, color or national origin."

-Executive Order No. $8802$, June $25, 1941$

"Whereas the successful prosecution of the war requires every possible protec­ tion against espionage and against sabotage to national-defense .... I hereby authorize and direct the Secretary of War ... to prescribe military areas ... from which any and all persons may be excluded."

-Executive Order $9066$, February $19, 1942$

Using the excerpts, answer a, b, and c.

a) Briefly explain the context for the executive order of June $25, 1941$.

b) Briefly explain the context for the executive order of February $19, 1942$.

c) Briefly explain ONE inconsistency or similarity between the two orders.

How is West Egg different from East Egg?

What are some differences between the homes on East Egg and those on West Egg? Select all that apply.

A. West Egg homes imitate old styles, while East Egg homes were made when those styles were first designed.

B. East Egg homes are more flimsily constructed, while those on West Egg are more durable because they were built with higher-quality materials.

C. The narrator describes his first impressions of East Egg with light, dreamy imagery and those of West Egg with dark, shadowy imagery.

D. The narrator says that the homes on West Egg are more contemporary and fashionable than the homes on East Egg.

E. The homes on East Egg have smaller lawns and gardens than the homes on West Egg do.

Based on A Farewell to Arms, how does Hemingway create realistic dialogue for his characters?

The characters give long, winding speeches to express their views.

The characters use simple words and speak in short, clear sentences.

The characters reference vague ideas and use difficult language.

The characters integrate needless conjunctions to join sentences.

“There is nothing worse than war.” “Defeat is worse.” “I do not believe it,” Passini said still respectfully. “What is defeat? You go home.” “They come after you. They take your home. They take your sisters.” “I don’t believe it,” Passini said. “They can’t do that to everybody. Let everybody defend his home. Let them keep their sisters in the house.”

This excerpt exemplifies how Hemingway's dialogues typically includes:

a. common language and vague pronouns to refer to complex ideas

b. complicated syntax and inflated vocabulary choices

c. colorful language and specific word choices to define complex ideas

d. difficult vocabulary and cultural references to elicit reader response

Read the excerpt from Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms.

The major asked me to have a drink with him and two other officers. We drank rum and it was very friendly. Outside it was getting dark. I asked what time the attack was to be and they said as soon as it was dark. I went back to the drivers. They were sitting in the dugout talking and when I came in they stopped. I gave them each a package of cigarettes, Macedonias, loosely packed cigarettes that spilled tobacco and needed to have the ends twisted before you smoked them. Manera lit his lighter and passed it around. The lighter was shaped like a Fiat radiator. I told them what I had heard.

What does the excerpt reveal about the narrator?

A) He prefers the company of the officers to that of the drivers.

B) He only spends time with the officers so he can get cigarettes for the drivers.

C) He looks down on everyone involved in the war, both officers and enlisted men.

D) He interacts easily with both his superiors and the drivers.

What does the first sentence of this passage reveal about the narrator? Explain.

(a) How is the narrator's voice different from the boy's dialogue?
(b) Explain how this difference suggests B. Wordsworth's effect on the boy.

"Through his artistic efforts the Negro is smashing this immemorial stereotype faster than he has ever done through any other method he has been able to use. . . . He is impressing upon the national mind the conviction that he is an active and important force in American life; that he is a creator as well as a creature; that he has given as well as received; that he is the potential giver of larger and richer contributions ....

"I do not think it too much to say that through artistic achievement the Negro has found a means of getting at the very core of the prejudice against him by challenging the Nordic superiority complex. A great deal has been accom­ plished in this decade of 'renaissance."'

-James Weldon Johnson, poet and secretary of the NAACP, Harper's, $1928$

Using the excerpt, answer a, b, and c.

a) Briefly explain ONE way the Harlem Renaissance supported the point of view in the excerpt.

b) Briefly explain ONE example of an African American artist's achievement from the era that would support this excerpt.

c) Briefly explain what the author most likely meant by "the very core of prejudice" faced by African Americans in the $1920$s.

A provision of the Treaty of 1818 that expanded the United States also?

Who were the Tuskegee Airmen during the Second World War?

Write the balanced chemical equation for the following reaction: sodium metal reacts with water to produce sodium hydroxide and hydrogen gas.

Answer the following questions without referring to Table 2.1:

What are the main subatomic particles that make up the atom?

How would you classify the burning of natural gas? A exothermic chemical change, B endothermic chemical change, C exothermic physical change, D endothermic physical change.