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1
What award did Al Gore win?
The Medal of Honor
An Emmy
The Pulitzer Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
2
Which of these sentences contains an infinitive phrase that acts as an adjective?
We hoped to stop the wastefulness at our school.
Marcus is the person to speak with about the club.
To recycle more wasour class goal for this year.
Starting the environmental club was a good idea.
3
True or False: Al Gore is giving a speech because he won an award!
True
False
4
What is the main reason Gore wrote this speech?
To thank them for the Nobel Prize.
To give facts.
To have a global treaty.
To convince peope to take action.
5
According to Gore, how much global-warming pollution was added to the atmosphere on the day he gave the speech?
100,000 tons of pollution
70 million tons of pollution
10 million tons of pollution
50,000 tons of pollution
6
Question 9
A
D
C
B
7
What is the meaning of the Latin prefix uni-?
having or consisting of many
having or consisting of only one
having or consisting of nothing
having or consisting of few
8
How does Gore appeal to reason in his Nobel speech?
He compares his opinion to public opinion.
He presents logical arguments supported by facts.
He uses words that convey strong emotions.
He supports his ideas with celebrity statements.
9
Al Gore spoke about the United Nations to prove that…
The US has good ideas.
Only certain people can stop climate change.
Countries have come together before and can do it again to stop pollution
The UN is a good idea
10
What is the Nobel Prize?
award granted to those who have done work to promote justice
award granted to those who have done work to inspiration
An awesome an really big award for a especific person
award granted to those who have done work to promote peace
11
What is the crisis which Gore is concerned?
WAR
777
Revolution
Pollution and contamination
12
"In every land, the truth-once known-has the power to set us free." What is Gore's point?
Everybody has a different understanding of the truth.
Becoming aware of the truth can make us change.
Freedom is more important than truth.
Only certain people should know the truth.
13
What is a solution Gore proposes in his speech?
He believes there's no hope.
Drive only electric cars
Limit CO2 emissions
Only use solar power.
14
What is Gore's attitude on the progress made to reduce global warming?
interested but lazy
distrustful but forgiving
concerned but positive
pleased but confused
15
What is Gore's attitude about climate change?
interested
distrustful
hopeful/positive/concerned
Notconcerned
16
Which of the following phrases from Gore's Nobel speech convey strong emotion?
Quantities of coal, two decade, hometown paper
Increasing alarm, extraordinary threat, climate crisis
17
Which of these illustrates the meaning of the word crisis?
A sunshiny day
A sleeping dog
A spreading wildfire
A chilly afternoon
18
In the speech of the nobel prize by Al Gore, what does he tried to convince others?
To buy medicine
to give money to nobel prize
to take care of the planet
to plant a tree
19
Why does Gore repeat the words "seven years" in his speech?
because he wants to be reelected
because he is unsure of how long climate change will take
because he is trying to emphasize the seriousness of the problem
because he likes repeating himself
20
If someone gives directions with urgency, then what should you do. Your answer should be based off the word urgency.
Ignore them.
Consider it a warning.
Follow them immediately.
Remember the directions for later.
21
The word cellular means "made of cells." So what would unicellular mean?
made of one cell
made of no cells
made of few cells
made of many cells
22
According to Gore, what is the reason little is being done to reduce global warming?
People think it's a good thing.
We don't understand the danger of this situation.
People think the problem will go away.
We assume the government is taking care of it.
23
How does Gore think we should respond (fix) this crisis?
We shouldn't
Slowly
Fearfully
Rapidly
24
Al Gore tells us about how Alfred Nobel never intended for dynamite to be used as a weapon, he was trying to say that
Humans never meant to pollute the environment
Humans meant to harm the environment
Afred Nobel was a bad person
Dynamite was useful
25
What is the main topic of Gore's Nobel Speech?
Pollution.
Recycling
Climate Change
Politics
26
Al Gore's persuasive argument in his Nobel Speech says that...
Both A and B
None of the above
A. Climate change is a problem we created
B. We can act to avoid the worst of the damage from climate change
27
Why did Al Gore won the Nobel Prize?
PECHO PALOMO
He created the atomic bomb
He educated people about the threats of climate change.
He created ant man in the atomic space.
28
What is the meaning of illusion in this sentence: Carnival mirrors create the illusion people are taller than they are.
Surprise
Fact
Unpleasant truth
False appearance
29
In his Nobel Acceptance Speech, what American poet does Al Gore quote?
Robert Frost
Kevin Bacon
Maya Angelou
Walt Whitman
30
Which of the following phrases from Gore's Nobel speech convey strong emotion?
Increasing alarm, extraordinary threat, climate crisis
Quantities of coal, two decade, hometown paper
31
Why does Gore mention multiple continents in his speech?
to show that he understands geography
to show all the places he has traveled to
to show that the effects of climate change are global
to indicate which continents are not experiencing climate change
32
How might the video of Al Gore's Nobel acceptance speech be considered more effective than the text of his speech?
Only the video conveys his concern for the state of the environment.
Only the video conveys Gore's concern for the state of the environment.
Only the video calls the audience to action.
Only the video allows the audience to hear the emotion in his voice.
33
Question 15
D
A
C
B
34
How do you know Gore's main reason for writing the speech?
...it is not a passing affliction that will heal itself.
Nobel created this price and the others that bear his name.
The very web of life on which we depend is being ripped and frayed.
We are what is wrong, and we must make it right.
35
Why does he criticize the US and China?
They aren't discussing the concerns with other countries.
They're not encouraging other countries to help solve the problem.
They emit the most CO2 and don't try to control it.
They refuse to use renewable energy technologies.
36
Which quote answers how Gore appeals to reason in his speech?
C
B
D
A
37
How do we know Gore's attitude on the situation of Global Warming?
B
C
A
D
38
Why has Al Gore been asked to give this speech?
His environmental efforts
His invention
He is was the VP of the U.S.
His generous money donations
39
What did Alfred Nobel create?
nuclear bombs
coal
recycling
dynamite
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What
solution
to reduce global warming does Gore propose in his Nobel speech?
close coal factories
ban motor vehicles
limit CO2 emissions
release trapped heat
