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Section 2

Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer
1 6 11 16
2 7 12 17
3 8 13 18
4 9 14 19
5 10 15 20

Section 3
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1 6
2 7
3 8
4 9
5 10

Section 1 ( /40)
1) Read the paragraph:
Although I love movies, I’ve found that there are drawbacks to movie going. One problem is just the inconvenience of it all. To get to the theater, I have to drive for at least fifteen minutes, or more if traffic is bad. It can take forever to find a parking spot, and then I have to walk across a huge parking lot to the theater. There I encounter long lines, sold-out shows, and ever-increasing prices. Another problem is my lack of self-control at the theater. I often stuff myself with unhealthy high-calorie snacks. My choices might include a bucket of popcorn, a box of Milk Duds, a giant soda, or all three. The worst problem is some of the other moviegoers. Kids run up and down the aisle. Teenagers laugh and shout at the screen. People of all ages drop soda cups and popcorn tubs, cough and burp, and talk to one another. All in all, I would rather stay home and watch a DVD in the comfort of my own living room.

2) Complete the outline of the given paragraph. Topic sentence and concluding sentence must be given as a full sentence, but all other answers must be given shortly, as points (words and phrases).

Outline Student’s answer based on the paragraph above
Topic sentence
TS: …
Supporting idea 1 S1: …
Explanations and examples for supporting idea 1 • …
• …• …
Supporting idea 2 S2: …
Explanations and examples for supporting idea 2 • …
• …• …
Supporting idea 3 S3: …
Explanations and examples for supporting idea 3 • …
• …• …
Concluding sentence CS: …

Section 2 ( /40)
Choose and highlight the correct verb form in each of the sentences:

  1. The only dog in the village _ very loudly.
    a) bark b) barks
  2. The zebras _ wildly across the field.
    a) gallops b) gallop
  3. There _ been many earthquakes this year.
    a) has b) have
  4. The man who owns 7 dogs _ here regularly.
    a) shops b) shop
  5. The basketball players and the coach _ at the school.
    a) volunteer b) volunteers
  6. The basketball players or the coach _ at the school.
    a) volunteer b) volunteers
  7. Either your brothers or your sister _ to pay.
    a) has b) have
  8. Not only the director but also the workers _ coming to the picnic.
    a) is b) are
  9. The leader of the firefighters _ long hair.
    a) has b) have
  10. Here _ the winner of the chess tournament.
    a) come b) comes
  11. Everybody _ it when you listen to them and not only talk about yourself.
    a) likes b) like
  12. Latest National Inquisitor Magaine claims that there __ photographs of the Loch Ness Monster eating Elvis.
    a) is b) are
  13. Neither Fred’s attitude nor his sulky clothes __ Esmeralda, who lets Fred pick up the check every time they dine out.
    a) bothers b) bother
  14. Each of those 10 opera singers _ able to hit notes high enough to break glass and rupture eardrums.
    a) are b) is
  15. Every boy and girl __ who Santa Claus is.
    a) know b) knows
  16. Do you know where my glasses_______?
    a) is b) are
  17. Either the dynamite shrimp platter or shrimp pizza __ the best choice for lunch at Crusty’s Seafood Restaurant.
    a) is b) are
  18. The overcoat with big black buttons _ at the laundry now.
    a) is b) are
  19. The students who are eager to work in groups _ are usually the very noisy ones.
    a) is b) are
  20. Here __ my test paper.
    a) is b) are

Sample Solution

Sample solution

Dante Alighieri played a critical role in the literature world through his poem Divine Comedy that was written in the 14th century. The poem contains Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso. The Inferno is a description of the nine circles of torment that are found on the earth. It depicts the realms of the people that have gone against the spiritual values and who, instead, have chosen bestial appetite, violence, or fraud and malice. The nine circles of hell are limbo, lust, gluttony, greed and wrath. Others are heresy, violence, fraud, and treachery. The purpose of this paper is to examine the Dante’s Inferno in the perspective of its portrayal of God’s image and the justification of hell. 

In this epic poem, God is portrayed as a super being guilty of multiple weaknesses including being egotistic, unjust, and hypocritical. Dante, in this poem, depicts God as being more human than divine by challenging God’s omnipotence. Additionally, the manner in which Dante describes Hell is in full contradiction to the morals of God as written in the Bible. When god arranges Hell to flatter Himself, He commits egotism, a sin that is common among human beings (Cheney, 2016). The weakness is depicted in Limbo and on the Gate of Hell where, for instance, God sends those who do not worship Him to Hell. This implies that failure to worship Him is a sin.

God is also depicted as lacking justice in His actions thus removing the godly image. The injustice is portrayed by the manner in which the sodomites and opportunists are treated. The opportunists are subjected to banner chasing in their lives after death followed by being stung by insects and maggots. They are known to having done neither good nor bad during their lifetimes and, therefore, justice could have demanded that they be granted a neutral punishment having lived a neutral life. The sodomites are also punished unfairly by God when Brunetto Lattini is condemned to hell despite being a good leader (Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). While he commited sodomy, God chooses to ignore all the other good deeds that Brunetto did.

Finally, God is also portrayed as being hypocritical in His actions, a sin that further diminishes His godliness and makes Him more human. A case in point is when God condemns the sin of egotism and goes ahead to commit it repeatedly. Proverbs 29:23 states that “arrogance will bring your downfall, but if you are humble, you will be respected.” When Slattery condemns Dante’s human state as being weak, doubtful, and limited, he is proving God’s hypocrisy because He is also human (Verdicchio, 2015). The actions of God in Hell as portrayed by Dante are inconsistent with the Biblical literature. Both Dante and God are prone to making mistakes, something common among human beings thus making God more human.

To wrap it up, Dante portrays God is more human since He commits the same sins that humans commit: egotism, hypocrisy, and injustice. Hell is justified as being a destination for victims of the mistakes committed by God. The Hell is presented as being a totally different place as compared to what is written about it in the Bible. As a result, reading through the text gives an image of God who is prone to the very mistakes common to humans thus ripping Him off His lofty status of divine and, instead, making Him a mere human. Whether or not Dante did it intentionally is subject to debate but one thing is clear in the poem: the misconstrued notion of God is revealed to future generations.

 

References

Babor, T. F., McGovern, T., & Robaina, K. (2017). Dante’s inferno: Seven deadly sins in scientific publishing and how to avoid them. Addiction Science: A Guide for the Perplexed, 267.

Cheney, L. D. G. (2016). Illustrations for Dante’s Inferno: A Comparative Study of Sandro Botticelli, Giovanni Stradano, and Federico Zuccaro. Cultural and Religious Studies4(8), 487.

Verdicchio, M. (2015). Irony and Desire in Dante’s” Inferno” 27. Italica, 285-297.

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