CMA Review Questions Station

What is a central idea of the “Memoir of Siegfried Eifrig”?
Use details from the passage to support your answer.

#6
I watched the flame at the top of my torch burn and urge me on.
Which word would BEST replace urge in the story?
A. drive
B. pressure
C. support
D. tempt

#7
Which type of figurative language is used in the first stanza of the poem?
A. hyperbole
B. metaphor
C. personification
simile
#8
What does the phrase sea of flags mean in the passage?
I ran into the open air and witnessed a sea of flags, and the cheers from those in the stadium rose to fill the air.
A. many people in the stadium had flags
B. many people threw their flags into the air
C. many flags from the sea had washed ashore
D. many flags burned when they touched the flame

#9
At last I entered a field,
Viewed by thousands,
And climbed back toward the sky,
A mountain made by man from concrete.

What is the BEST explanation of the meaning suggested by the line “And climbed back toward the sky”?
A. going beyond ordinary limits
B. climbing and leaving the earth
C. returning to an unreachable place
D. moving faster than the other runners

#10
What is the BEST meaning of the term cauldron?
Many athletes carried the flame from Greece, but only one brought the flame into the arena and lit the cauldron.
A. torch
B. urn
C. flame
D. bowl