The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and
then Part B.
Part A Which answer choice describes Gore’s main reason for writing his
Nobel speech?
Question 1 options:
to convince people to act
to describe scientific facts
to demand a political treaty
to thank the prize committee
Question 2 (2 points)
Part B Which sentence from the Nobel speech best supports the answer to
Part A(question 1)?
Question 2 options:
Seven years later, Alfred Nobel created this prize and the others that bear
his name.
The experts have told us it is not a passing affliction that will heal by itself.
We are what is wrong, and we must make it right.
The very web of life on which we depend is being ripped and frayed.
Question 3 (2 points)
The following question has two parts. Answer Part A first, and
then Part B.
Part A In his Nobel speech, what is Gore’s attitude regarding the progress
made to reduce global warming?
Question 3 options:
distrustful but forgiving
concerned but positive
pleased but confused
interested but lazy
Question 4 (2 points)
Part B Which sentence from the speech best supports the answer to Part A?
Question 4 options:
We, the human species, are confronting a planetary emergency—a threat
to the survival of our civilization that is gathering ominous and destructive
potential even as we gather here.
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So today, we dumped another 70 million tons of global-warming pollution
into the thin shell of atmosphere surrounding our planet, as if it were an
open sewer.
We must quickly mobilize our civilization with the urgency and resolve
that has previously been seen only when nations mobilized for war.
These are the last few years of decision, but they can be the first years of a
bright and hopeful future if we do what we must.
Question 5 (2 points)
Read the following sentence from Gore’s Nobel speech.
In every land, the truth—once known—has the power to set us free.
What is most likely the point that Gore is making with this statement?
Question 5 options:
Freedom is more important than acknowledging truth.
Truth should only be shared with certain individuals.
People who become aware of the truth can change.
Every nation has a different understanding of truth.
