3. Choose the best description of Chief Dan George’s idea of new Native American warriors.
The new warriors will solve the nation’s environmental problems.
The new warriors will use the weapons of their forefathers.
The new warriors will be lawyers and politicians.
The new warriors will have skills that give them a sense of worth and purpose.
4. What element of fantasy is essential to “Old Man of the Temple”?
The old man’s appearance at the temple
The bramble-covered temple
The narrator’s encounter with a ghost
The appearance of the old man’s dead wife
5. What is the main conflict in “Old Man of the Temple”?
An external conflict between Doss and the old man
An internal conflict between the old man and his memories
An external conflict between the narrator and the old man
An internal conflict between the narrator and his conscience
6. The difference in character between Doss and the old man is the difference between
intelligence and stupidity.
pride and humility.
humor and despair.
patience and irritability.
7. Which of the following quotations from other works of literature best expresses the attitude of the narrator toward the old man of the temple?
“In old age we live under the shadow of Death, which, like a sword of Damocles, may descend at any moment. . . .”
“Old men must die or the world would grow mouldy, would only breed the past again.”
“What can an old man do but die?”
“There is a majesty and an eloquence in the death of the aged that nothing can touch.”
The new warriors will solve the nation’s environmental problems.
The new warriors will use the weapons of their forefathers.
The new warriors will be lawyers and politicians.
The new warriors will have skills that give them a sense of worth and purpose.
4. What element of fantasy is essential to “Old Man of the Temple”?
The old man’s appearance at the temple
The bramble-covered temple
The narrator’s encounter with a ghost
The appearance of the old man’s dead wife
5. What is the main conflict in “Old Man of the Temple”?
An external conflict between Doss and the old man
An internal conflict between the old man and his memories
An external conflict between the narrator and the old man
An internal conflict between the narrator and his conscience
6. The difference in character between Doss and the old man is the difference between
intelligence and stupidity.
pride and humility.
humor and despair.
patience and irritability.
7. Which of the following quotations from other works of literature best expresses the attitude of the narrator toward the old man of the temple?
“In old age we live under the shadow of Death, which, like a sword of Damocles, may descend at any moment. . . .”
“Old men must die or the world would grow mouldy, would only breed the past again.”
“What can an old man do but die?”
“There is a majesty and an eloquence in the death of the aged that nothing can touch.”