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Quick Quiz “Winter Dreams” and “The Reach of Imagination”

Quick Quiz “Winter Dreams” and “The Reach of Imagination” Find your favorite paragraph of “Winter Dreams” that contains at least three devices. Copy the sentences which contain the devices and label them. Explain how the devices you found create or support the meaning of the words.

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Quick Quiz “Winter Dreams” and “The Reach of Imagination”

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  1. Quick Quiz “Winter Dreams” and “The Reach of Imagination” • Find your favorite paragraph of “Winter Dreams” that contains at least three devices. Copy the sentences which contain the devices and label them. • Explain how the devices you found create or support the meaning of the words. • Look at the second to last paragraph of “Winter Dreams” that starts “For the first time” on page 13. Based on the imagery motifs in the rest of the story, what does it mean “the gates were closed, the sun was gone down”? What is happening to Dexter here and how has the ending of the story fulfilled the earlier foreshadowing, “Remember that—for only in the light of it can what he did for her be understood”. • Jacob Bronowski earned a PHD in what subject? What effect does his education have on the subject he tackles? • What is the thesis of “The Reach of the Imagination”? Identify one sentence that you feel best represents Bronowski’s argument. • According to paragraphs 9-11, page 618, what is the connection between imagination and human brains? Why is symbolism important?

  2. 7. Reread paragraph #14, pages 618-619. How does Keat’s phrase “the unheard melodies are sweeter” apply to both Gatsby and Dexter Green? What role does memory play in each story? 8. Considering paragraphs #20 and #22 and current school budget cutting debates, what would happen to the sciences if all humanities education was cut from university budgets? 9. Reread the sentence in paragraph #21, page 621 that starts, “When a man counts. . .” then reconsider Henry David Thoreau’s assertion, “I cannot count one. I know not the first letter of the alphabet.” How does each of these writers use counting as a metaphor. What is meant by each phrase? 10. Why does Bronowski end with man’s quest to go to the moon (notice the year of publication)? What does he suppose this achievement represents? What is a modern equivalent scientific achievement that requires this marriage of imagination and science for man to achieve?

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