Question

There are 18 lines in the poem. The poem is numbered every 5 lines.,end italics,

from ,begin bold,Languages,end bold,



There are no handles upon a language
Whereby men take hold of it
And mark it with signs for its remembrance.
It is a river, this language,
Once in a thousand years
Breaking a new course
Changing its way to the ocean.
It is mountain effluvia,superscript,1,baseline,
Moving to valleys
And from nation to nation
Crossing borders and mixing.
Languages die like rivers.
Words wrapped round your tongue today
And broken to shape of thought
Between your teeth and lips speaking
Now and today
Shall be faded hieroglyphics,superscript,2,baseline,
Ten thousand years from now.



(from "Languages" by Carl Sandburg)





,begin bold,,superscript,1,baseline,effluvia,end bold, mists or fogs
,begin bold,,superscript,2,baseline,hieroglyphics,end bold, an ancient system of symbolic writing

Question 1
This question has two parts. Answer Part A, and then answer Part B.



,begin emphasis,Part A,end emphasis,
What is a theme of the poem?

Question 1 Answer options with 4 options
1.
All languages will disappear over time.

2.
Languages bring people closer together.

3.
Languages allow people to express ideas.

4.
All languages must adjust to cultural change.

Question 2
,begin emphasis,Part B,end emphasis,
Select ,begin emphasis,two,end emphasis, excerpts from the poem that ,begin emphasis,best,end emphasis, support the correct answer from Part A.

Question 2 Answer options with 5 options
1.
"There are no handles upon a language
Whereby men take hold of it
And mark it with signs for its remembrance." (Lines 1–3)

2.
"Once in a thousand years
Breaking a new course" (Lines 5–6)

3.
"Moving to valleys
And from nation to nation
Crossing borders and mixing." (Lines 9–11)

4.
"Words wrapped round your tongue today
And broken to shape of thought" (Lines 13–14)

5.
"Shall be faded hieroglyphics
Ten thousand years from now." (Lines 17–18)

Answer 1

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Question 1 Answer:

3. Languages allow people to express ideas.

Question 2 Answer:
1. "There are no handles upon a language
Whereby men take hold of it
And mark it with signs for its remembrance." (Lines 1–3)

3. "Moving to valleys
And from nation to nation
Crossing borders and mixing." (Lines 9–11)