Answer to Question #174930 in English for rickeria

Question

Assessment started: The New Colossus.

Item 1

What is the main idea of the poem?

• To speak out against immigration
• To show how great America is
• To welcome immigrants to America
• To offer hope to those leaving America

"The New Colossus is inscribed on what famous statue?

• The Effiel Tower
• The Vietnam Memorial
• The Statue of Liberty
• The Washington Monument

The speaker calls the Statue of Liberty the "Mother of Exiles," What is an exile?

• An immigrant
• Someone who has spent years abroad
• An American citizen
• Someone forced from his country

How does the author use personification in the poem?

• Referring to the statue as "her" and "she"
• Having the statue speak
• Saying her eyes command
• All of the above

What is the meaning of "beacon" in the poem?

• Light
• Waving
• Freedom
• Beckoning

What name does the poet give to the statue in the poem?

• Mother of New York
• Mother of Immigrant
• Mother of Exiles
• Mother of Liberty

Throughout the poem, what is the light a symbol of?

• freedom
• hope
• exiles
• strength

Answer 1

• To welcome immigrants to America
• The Statue of Liberty
• An immigrant
• Referring to the statue as "her" and "she"
• Freedom
• Mother of Exiles
• freedom