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What is an example of verbal irony

How about 'Hurry up and wait'...that one is pretty popular in the military.

What did King George the III's scepter look like

King George the III's scepter was long and gold and can be seen in some portraits from his reign.

Which word best characterizes yang guizi

Beast-like

Hairy

What European cultural practice was considered barbaric to the Chinese

Dancing arm-in-arm

Public physical contact

Why does emperor qian long have reservations about mixing british and Chinese cultures

He does not want his people to be exposed to a barbarian culture.

What was the context of the two speeches given by FDR that were studied in this lesson

Due to an attack by Japan, America needed to enter World War II and fight the Axis powers.

For what reason does Mukharji most likely use sarcasm to describe his experiences in London

He wants to make his opinions known without being obviously insulting.…

He doesn't want to insult all British people, since he found some of them to be accepting.

It allows him the ability to make his writing entertaining.

Which statement most accurately describes a characteristic of sarcasm in literature

Sarcasm sounds positive but is meant to be the opposite.

After the 16th century what type of person was labeled a barbarian


Any person who exhibited wild or rude behavior

According to Qian Long why are European missionary activities restricted in China

Because the Chinese religion is an ancient tradition that doesn't need to change.

According to the narrator of A Visit To Europe which belief did the British hold about Indian marriages

Indian men had hundreds of wives

In the excerpt you read from Mukharji's A Visit to Europe what assumption did the British commoners make about the visiting Indians

Everyone there knew each other.

What is one of the faults of imperialism that becomes clear in Heart of Darkness

the colonists activities are largely ineffective -apex

What is one example of the ineffectiveness colonialists activities that Marlow witness in Africa

A warship fires guns at an unpopulated hillside.-APEX

Which sentence expresses an argument that a typical English person in the 1700s or 1800s might have made to defend imperialism

"we need to teach the people in the colonies to accept Christians values."

Apex

what is the most accurate definition of sarcasm

The use of verbal irony to criticize

Which statement best describes the effect of word choice on the tone of the excerpt

words like “violence“ and “bloodshed” give the excerpt a threatening tone

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