Part A Reread the following quotation by Professor Carlin Barton.
“The gladiator, by his oath, transforms what had originally been an involuntary act to a voluntary one,
and so, at the very moment that he becomes a slave condemned to death, he becomes a free agent
and a man with honor to uphold.”
How does this quotation affect the reader’s perception of gladiators and tributes?
A. The reader understands that the oath creates fighters who choose survival as a form of honor.
B. The reader gains respect for fighters who are willing to die in order to please the government and its citizens.
C. The reader realizes that fighters are condemned to death whether they fight in the arena or not.
D. The reader forms additional questions about the morality of gladiatorial fighting.
Part B
Select two pieces of evidence from the technical article that support the answer to Part A.
A. Perhaps trained gladiators developed bonds of brotherhood, just as some of the tributes did.
B. “When the oath was over, we posed like slaves and saluted our master…”
C. In the end, the District 12 tributes triumph by protecting their honor and demonstratin
the human spirit.
D. But survival, not entertainment, is at the heart of the “games” for those who fight.
E. Evidence shows that gladiators took the oath only to appease those who held power over them