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Burning a book

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Created on February 19, 2025

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Burning a book

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Please use this time to reflect about why your answer is incorrect

the differences between how truth and lies burn

a book burning from its outermost layers inwards

a book burning by accident

A book refusing to burn

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What is the central image of the first stanza?

people who hate reading books

not bothering to write certain books at all

wild dogs that keep people from learning

empty libraries that towns cannot afford to fill

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According to the speaker, what is more disturbing than book burning?

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We are all guilty of censorship when we reject ideas that do not align with our own

The worst threat of censorship is its ability to erase prominent writers from history

Book burning creates ignorance and chaos in societies; free speech should be encouraged

Ignorance and a lack of new ideas are greater threats to society than burning books

Which of the following best summarizes the theme of this poem?

"So I've burned books. And there are many / I haven't even written, and nobody has." (Lines 18-19)

"the terrorized countryside where wild dogs / own anything that moves (Lines 14-15)

"more disturbing / than book ashes are whole libraries that no one / got around to writing" (Lines 10-12)

"the cover goes first, then outer leaves/curling away, then spine and a scattering" (lines 3-4)

Which lines from the poem best support your answer from the previous question?

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Chapter 2 "Diction"

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Chapter 2 "Theme"

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lack of ideas

acceptance of book-burning

an inability to read

hostility toward censorship

Read the following dictionary entry: which definition best fits the word "unthought" as used in line 13?

"where wild dogs / own anything that moves" (Lines 14-15)

"terrorized countryside" (Line 14)

"whole libraries that no one / got around to writing" (Lines 11-12)

"trying for character / but just faking it" (Lines 9-10)

Which of the following phrases from the text best supports your previous answer?

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