English 4 Final Exam Studyguide

a. Smiling, Annabelle followed the coach's instructions without correcting him.

How might you rewrite sentence 5 to show correct use of punctuation? Select one: a. Smiling, Annabelle followed the coach's instructions without correcting him. b. Smiling, Annabelle followed the coach's instructions, without correcting him. c. Smiling; Annabelle followed the coach's instructions, without correcting him. d. Smiling; Annabelle followed the coach's instructions without correcting him.

d. Our coach, wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving, did not even notice his mistake.

How should sentence 6 be rewritten? Select one: a. Wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving our coach did not even notice his mistake. b. Our coach was wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving did not even notice his mistake. c. Our coach did not even notice his mistake wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving. d. Our coach, wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving, did not even notice his mistake.

a. -

How should you fill in the punctuation missing from sentence 20? Select one: a. - b. : c. ! d. ?

d. To celebrate, we decided to take one last swim before we started our long drive home—after all, who knows when we'd see the ocean again?

How should you punctuate sentence 18? Select one: a. To celebrate: we decided to take one last swim before we started our long drive home; after all—who knows when we'd see the ocean again? b. To celebrate, we decided to take one last swim before we started our long drive home; after all, who knows when we'd see the ocean again. c. To celebrate we decided to take one last swim before we started our long drive home: after all, who knows when we'd see the ocean again! d. To celebrate, we decided to take one last swim before we started our long drive home—after all, who knows when we'd see the ocean again?

d. But more than anything else, we love going on long road trips—we drove all the way from Chicago to Miami one summer.

How should you rewrite sentence 13 to show correct use of punctuation? Select one: a. But; more than anything else, we love going on long road trips, we drove all the way from Chicago to Miami one summer. b. But more than anything else; we love going on long road trips; we drove all the way from Chicago to Miami one summer. c. But more than anything else—we love going on long road trips, we drove all the way from Chicago to Miami one summer. d. But more than anything else, we love going on long road trips—we drove all the way from Chicago to Miami one summer.

b. This quality might seem bland and boring to a modern reader.

How would you clarify sentence 14 by adding more specific adjectives? Select one: a. This quality might seem general and uninteresting to a modern reader. b. This quality might seem bland and boring to a modern reader. c. This quality might seem everyday and ill-defined to a modern reader. d. This quality might seem common and indefinite to a modern reader.

a. decree.

In line 132, the word canon means Select one: a. decree. b. standard. c. body of rules. d. accepted texts.

d. lustfulness.

In line 140, Hamlet compares King Claudius to a satyr to emphasize his uncle's Select one: a. strength. b. ugliness. c. fierceness. d. lustfulness.

c. restating his call to action.

In the final paragraph, Tutu is _ Select one: a. giving further directions about joining the UNSC. b. introducing Aung San Suu Kyi as speaker. c. restating his call to action. d. resigning from the UNSC.

c. weariness with life.

In the first performance, the actor's interpretation chiefly emphasizes Hamlet's Select one: a. anger at his own weakness. b. suspicion of his mother. c. weariness with life. d. growing insanity.

b. a metaphor that compares Hamlet's grief to cloud cover.

"How is it that the clouds still hang on you?" (line 66) is an example of Select one: a. personification that suggests Hamlet is the embodiment of grief. b. a metaphor that compares Hamlet's grief to cloud cover. c. a simile that likens Hamlet's grief to a stormy day. d. hyperbole that exaggerates Hamlet's grief.

c. Chaucer's pilgrims form such a heterogeneous group and include representative medieval social classes. However, they are also presented as real people with real biographies.

(1) Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales is a collection of stories told by pilgrims who are journeying to the shrine of St. Thomas Becket at Canterbury. (2) Such pilgrimages were common in the Middle Ages. (3) They often served to bring people from different backgrounds together. (4) Chaucer's pilgrims, who form such a heterogeneous group, include representative medieval social classes, but they are also presented as real people with real biographies. (5) Chaucer's pilgrims are introduced to the reader in "The Prologue" of The Canterbury Tales. (6) By describing people from all walks of life, the narrator of "The Prologue" paints a picture of fourteenth-century England. (7) The Canterbury Tales displays the entire range of medieval society: the nobility, clergy, learned professions, skilled workers, tradesmen, and laborers. (8) Each pilgrim represents a group. (9) Perhaps that is why the narrator does not refer to them by their names. (10) He instead identifies the pilgrims by their class, like the Knight; or by their occupation, like the Merchant; or by their situation in life, like the Wife of Bath. (11) The first pilgrim the narrator introduces is the Knight. (12) The treatment of this nobleman is a good example of how the narrator combines the general and the particular. (13) He starts by describing the Knight as a "worthy" man. (14) This quality might seem ordinary to a modern reader. (15) One modern translation renders this term as "excellent" and another as "most distinguished." (16) Some of the other qualities the narrator attributes to the Knight, such as chivalry, are also indefinite to a modern reader.(17) But the narrator doesn't stop with these rather generic qualities; he also presents the Knight as an individual. (18) This nobleman becomes much more than a mere fact of social history. (19) The narrator describes the Knight's military career in very specific detail. (20) He mentions all the foreign places where the Knight has fought, both near and far, such as Spain, Egypt, Turkey, and Russia. (21) The narrator also depicts him fighting fiercely in tournaments, which were a knight's dangerous recreation, and in which the Knight "always killed his foe." (22) However, despite all his soldiering, this tough, deadly fighter has remained as "meek as a maiden." (23) In this way, the Knight becomes more than a mere role model for chivalrous behavior. (24) He starts to exist as a real person with a full biography. QuestionHow might you revise the syntax of sentence 4 for a more engaging effect? Select one: a. Chaucer's pilgrims form such a heterogeneous group. They include representative medieval social classes, but they are also presented as real people with real biographies. b. Chaucer's pilgrims form such a heterogeneous group, and include representative medieval social classes, and are also presented as real people with real biographies. c. Chaucer's pilgrims form such a heterogeneous group and include representative medieval social classes. However, they are also presented as real people with real biographies. d. Chaucer's pilgrims form such a heterogeneous group. They include representative medieval social classes. They are also presented as real people. They have real biographies.

c. My sister Ellen and I were chatting in the living room.

(1) My sister Ellen and I chatted in the living room. (2) "I read an article yesterday," she remarked, "that argued that voting should be made compulsory in the United States-like jury duty. (3) I think you should read the article. (4) The author made some cogent points."(5) Ellen is always trying to improve my mind and ethical standards. (6) I thought I would tease her a bit. (7) "Increase the number of American voters," I observed in a sneering tone, "and you only increase the number of people who make bad choices."(8) She fell for it, responding in the superior way she typically adopts for her lectures to me. (9) "You shouldn't be so cynical. (10) Our political life would be greatly improved by compulsory voting."(11) I had actually read the article myself. (12) I still wanted to annoy her. (13) "I'm sure you will tell me how."(14) "Well, there are several possible benefits," Ellen began. (15) "An increase in voter turnout might cause a growth in civic awareness."(16) "How could you be sure which came first?" I demanded. (17) "Increase in voter turnout might be caused by growth in civic awareness. (18) You'll have to give me something more convincing than that."(19) "Okay, how about this?" Ellen said. (20) "A growth in voter turnout will make our political process more truly democratic. (21) Elected officials don't feel a need to reach out to those who probably don't vote."(22) "I guess I can accept that," I said. (23) "Anything else?"(24) "Yes, and I think this might be the most important benefit," Ellen claimed. (25) "A expansion in number of voters might result in elections that are less polarized. (26) Candidates would not be so likely to pitch their messages to the extremes of the electorate."(27) "You're right, that would be an improvement," I admitted. (28) "The problem is, Americans don't like to be told what to do. (29) Even when it's something that they know they should do-like vote. (30) So the idea of mandatory voting is probably a nonstarter in our political culture." QuestionWhich would be the best way to revise sentence 1 using a gerund? Select one: a. My sister Ellen and I were having a chat in the living room. b. My sister Ellen and I having chatted in the living room. c. My sister Ellen and I were chatting in the living room. d. My sister Ellen and I did chat in the living room.

c. have become too closely related and have no warm feelings for the other.

By his aside "A little more than kin and less than kind" (line 65), Hamlet means that he and Claudius Select one: a. are united by nothing more than kinship and detest each other. b. have become jealous of each other's relationship with Queen Gertrude. c. have become too closely related and have no warm feelings for the other. d. were rivals for the kingship and now regard each other with suspicion.

d. There in my guitar case were the keys.

How might you rewrite sentence 27? Select one: a. There, in my guitar case, is the keys. b. There in my guitar case are the keys. c. There, in my guitar case, was the keys. d. There in my guitar case were the keys.

a. Some of the other qualities the narrator attributes to the Knight, such as chivalry, are also puzzlingly indefinite to a modern reader.

Choose the best way to clarify sentence 16 by adding a more specific adverb. Select one: a. Some of the other qualities the narrator attributes to the Knight, such as chivalry, are also puzzlingly indefinite to a modern reader. b. Some of the other qualities the narrator attributes to the Knight, such as chivalry, are also simply indefinite to a modern reader. c. Some of the other qualities the narrator attributes to the Knight, such as chivalry, are also largely indefinite to a modern reader. d. Some of the other qualities the narrator attributes to the Knight, such as chivalry, are also probably indefinite to a modern reader.

a. The first pilgrim the narrator introduces is the Knight, and the treatment of this nobleman is a good example of how the narrator combines the general and the particular.

Choose the best way to connect sentences 11 and 12 with a coordinating conjunction. Select one: a. The first pilgrim the narrator introduces is the Knight, and the treatment of this nobleman is a good example of how the narrator combines the general and the particular. b. The first pilgrim the narrator introduces is the Knight, but the treatment of this nobleman is a good example of how the narrator combines the general and the particular. c. The first pilgrim the narrator introduces is the Knight, yet the treatment of this nobleman is a good example of how the narrator combines the general and the particular. d. The first pilgrim the narrator introduces is the Knight, so the treatment of this nobleman is a good example of how the narrator combines the general and the particular.

d. Read the article.

Choose the best way to revise sentence 3 using the imperative mood. Select one: a. Reading the article would be good for you. b. You should read the article. c. Why not read the article? d. Read the article.

a. By describing people from all walks of life, the narrator of "The Prologue" paints a comprehensive picture of fourteenth-century England.

Choose the best way to revise sentence 6 by adding a more specific adjective. Select one: a. By describing people from all walks of life, the narrator of "The Prologue" paints a comprehensive picture of fourteenth-century England. b. By describing people from all walks of life, the narrator of "The Prologue" paints a good picture of fourteenth-century England. c. By describing people from all walks of life, the narrator of "The Prologue" paints an interesting picture of fourteenth-century England. d. By describing people from all walks of life, the narrator of "The Prologue" paints a detailed picture of fourteenth-century England.

d. In this way, the Knight becomes more than a mere role model for chivalrous behavior. He starts to exist as a real person. He has a full biography.

Choose the best way to revise the syntax of sentences 23 and 24 using parallel structure. Select one: a. In this way, the Knight becomes more than a mere role model for chivalrous behavior, but starts to exist as a real person with a full biography. b. In this way, the Knight becomes more than a mere role model for chivalrous behavior. He starts to exist. He is a real person with a full biography. c. In this way, the Knight becomes more than a mere role model for chivalrous behavior, and starts to exist as a real person. He has a full biography. d. In this way, the Knight becomes more than a mere role model for chivalrous behavior. He starts to exist as a real person. He has a full biography.

c. gloom

Choose the word that best fits the context of darkness in sentence 3. 3] I call upon my brothers and sisters on the UNSC to pass a resolution that binds Burma's regime into an irreversible contract--one that commits it to a transition to democratic government and ensures the release, not only of Aung San Suu Kyi, but of all those who have endured the darkness of a Burmese prison for the sake of freedom. Select one: a. blindness b. evil c. gloom d. blessing

c. skillful politician.

Claudius's opening speech primarily reveals him to be a Select one: a. fierce warrior. b. devoted husband. c. skillful politician. d. cunning conspirator.

d. Often siblings share the same facial features—eyes, noses, or smiles.

Directions Read the passage and answer the question that follows. (1) My brother and I look nothing alike. (2) There are some families in which the resemblance is uncanny. (3) Often siblings share the same facial features (eyes, noses, or smiles). (4) Annabelle, who is one of my teammates, _____ so much like her older sister that our soccer coach once called her to demonstrate a drill by using the wrong name! (5) Smiling Annabelle followed the coach's instructions without correcting him. (6) Our coach wrapped up in the demonstration he was giving did not even notice his mistake. (7) Later, picking teams for a scrimmage match, the team captain made the same error. (8) Neither our coach nor our teammates ____ ever mistaken me for my brother like that. (9) Even though we don't resemble each other physically, my brother and I enjoy a lot of the same things. (10) We both play the guitar and read biographies for fun. (11) Steak and eggs ___ our favorite breakfast. (12) We even took a cooking class together to learn how to make it ourselves. (13) But more than anything else, we love going on long road trips, we drove all the way from Chicago to Miami one summer. (14) That's one vacation I'll never forget, because we almost didn't make it home. (15) Our last morning in Miami, we brought our guitars down to the beach. (16) Looking out over the ocean, we practiced a new song, composed during the trip. (17) Our guitars never sounded better. (18) To celebrate, we decided to take one last swim before we started our long drive home after all, who knows when we'd see the ocean again? (19) I told my brother to put the car keys in his guitar case so they wouldn't get lost in the surf, and then we ran into the water. (20) When it was time to go, my brother opened his case and shouted, "Oh no! The keys aren't here! I must have left them in my pocket, which means they're __" (21) He trailed off and shifted his gaze across the ocean. (22) We spent over an hour kicking through the sand looking for the keys. (23) Eventually, we gave up and called the auto club to bring us a spare set. (24) With nothing to do but wait, we decided to play our guitars to pass the time (25) I grabbed my case and popped the lid. (26) I couldn't believe my eyes! (27) There in my guitar case was the keys. (28) ____ , all I could do was laugh. (29) My brother and I learned an important lesson that trip: we might not look alike, but our guitar cases sure do! Question How might you rewrite sentence 3 to show correct use of punctuation? Select one: a. Often; siblings share the same facial features (eyes, noses, or smiles). b. Often-siblings share the same facial features (eyes, noses, or smiles). c. Often siblings share the same facial features, eyes, noses, or smiles. d. Often siblings share the same facial features—eyes, noses, or smiles.

b. decay.

Hamlet's extended comparison in lines 135-137 of the world to an "unweeded garden" contributes to the play's mood of Select one: a. joy. b. decay. c. fear. d. ripeness.

a. desire to die.

Hamlet's figurative language "O, that this too, too sullied flesh would melt,/ Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew" (lines 129-130) shows his Select one: a. desire to die. b. physical pain. c. fear of the future. d. disgust with himself.

a. profound melancholy.

Hamlet's first long speech (lines 76-86) shows his Select one: a. profound melancholy. b. need for concealment. c. interest in acting. d. rage at his mother.

b. He mentions all the foreign places where the Knight has fought. He has fought both near and far. He has fought in Spain and Egypt. He has fought in Turkey and Russia.

How could you revise the syntax of sentence 20 to eliminate wordiness? Select one: a. He mentions all the foreign places where the Knight has fought. They are both near and far, such as Spain, Egypt, Turkey, and Russia. b. He mentions all the foreign places where the Knight has fought. He has fought both near and far. He has fought in Spain and Egypt. He has fought in Turkey and Russia. c. He mentions all the foreign places where the Knight has fought. The Knight has fought both near and far, such as Spain, Egypt, Turkey, and Russia. d. He mentions all the places where the Knight has fought. He talks about the foreign places both near and far, such as Spain, Egypt, Turkey, and Russia.

c. He instead identifies the pilgrims by their class like the Knight. Or occupation like the Merchant. Or situation in life like the Wife of Bath.

How might you revise the syntax of sentence 10 for a more informal effect? Select one: a. He instead identifies the pilgrims by their class, like the Knight; occupation, like the Merchant; or situation in life, like the Wife of Bath. b. He instead identifies the pilgrims by their class (the Knight), by their occupation (the Merchant), or by their situation in life (the Wife of Bath). c. He instead identifies the pilgrims by their class like the Knight. Or occupation like the Merchant. Or situation in life like the Wife of Bath. d. He instead identifies the pilgrims by their class, like the Knight. Or he identifies them by their occupation, like the Merchant. Or he identifies them by their situation in life, like the Wife of Bath.

c. Looking out over the ocean, we practiced a new song composed during the trip.

How might you rewrite sentence 16 to show the correct punctuation of a participle? Select one: a. Looking out over the ocean we practiced a new song composed during the trip. b. Looking out over the ocean we practiced a new song, composed during the trip. c. Looking out over the ocean, we practiced a new song composed during the trip. d. Looking out over the ocean; we practiced a new song, composed during the trip.

c. was marked by devotion as well as corruption.

In the medieval church, a pardoner was a member of the clergy who had authority from the pope to grant indulgences—certificates of forgiveness for sin—to people who showed great charity. In practice, however, many pardoners were unethical and sold their certificates to make money for the church or themselves. Question Chaucer's characterization of the Pardoner in "The Pardoner's Prologue" allows the reader to infer that the medieval church Select one: a. was mostly worldly in its effect. b. had little effect on ordinary people. c. was marked by devotion as well as corruption. d. was characterized by simple beliefs.

d. grief for the late king's death and joy at his own marriage to Queen Gertrude.

In the opening lines of Scene 2, Claudius explicitly presents a conflict between Select one: a. preference for a smooth succession and suspicion of his heir, Hamlet. b. ambition to rule Denmark and guilt over the means he used to become king. c. desire to go to war against Fortinbras and reluctance to risk himself in battle. d. grief for the late king's death and joy at his own marriage to Queen Gertrude.

b. emotional pain.

In the second performance, the actor's interpretation chiefly emphasizes Hamlet's Select one: a. princely dignity. b. emotional pain. c. intellectual brilliance. d. disgust with women.

b. despises those whom he deceives.

Lines 18-22 of "The Pardoner's Prologue" show that the Pardoner - Select one: a. is fearful about the afterlife. b. despises those whom he deceives. c. has no concern about the afterlife. d. despises himself for his hypocrisy.

b. provides comic relief.

Remember that each pilgrim is telling a tale as part of a story telling contest as they travel together on a journey to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. Some stories are morality stories, some love stories, and some had religious themes. The Pardoner's Tale comes after a the Physician's tale which was depressing tale of a beheading. The Pardoner seeks to lighten the mood. Reread lines 9-15. Question As part of the frame story of The Canterbury Tales, "The Pardoner's Prologue" Select one: a. heightens suspense. b. provides comic relief. c. offers moral guidance. d. foreshadows the ending.

c. Her interactions with society determine how she feels about her racial identity.

Reread the following section. 1 I am colored but I offer nothing in the way of extenuating circumstances except the fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mother's side was not an Indian chief.2 I remember the very day that I became colored. Up to my thirteenth year I lived in the little Negro town of Eatonville, Florida. It is exclusively a colored town. The only white people I knew passed through the town going to or coming from Orlando. The native whites rode dusty horses, the Northern tourists chugged down the sandy village road in automobiles. The town knew the Southerners and never stopped cane chewing when they passed. But the Northerners were something else again. They were peered at cautiously from behind curtains by the timid. The more venturesome would come out on the porch to watch them go past and got just as much pleasure out of the tourists as the tourists got out of the village. Question What central idea does Hurston emphasize with the phase "became colored" in paragraph 2? Select one: a. She has no race. b. Her skin color changed when she turned thirteen. .c. Her interactions with society determine how she feels about her racial identity.

b. Hurston's own identity remains intact despite external circumstances.

Reread the following section. 10 For instance at Barnard. "Beside the waters of the Hudson, I feel my race. Among the thousand white persons, I am a dark rock surged upon, overswept by a creamy sea. I am surged upon and overswept, but through it all, I remain myself. When covered by the waters, I am; and the ebb but reveals me again." Question What point does Hurston make with the metaphor she develops in paragraph 10? Select one: a. Hurston sometimes feels overwhelmed by the way others see her. b. Hurston's own identity remains intact despite external circumstances. c. Hurston fears that her racial identity will be eroded by her surroundings. d. Hurston's feelings about her color cannot be easily washed away by outside forces.

d. "My pulse is throbbing like a war drum."

Reread the following section. 11 Sometimes it is the other way around. A white person is set down in our midst, but the contrast is just as sharp for me. For instance, when I sit in the drafty basement that is The New World Cabaret with a white person, my color comes. We enter chatting about any little nothing that we have in common and are seated by the jazz waiters. In the abrupt way that jazz orchestras have, this one plunges into a number. It loses no time in circumlocutions, but gets right down to business. It constricts the thorax and splits the heart with its tempo and narcotic harmonies. This orchestra grows rambunctious, rears on its hind legs and attacks the tonal veil with primitive fury, rending it, clawing it until it breaks through to the jungle beyond. I follow those heathen—follow them exultingly. I dance wildly inside myself; I yell within, I whoop; I shake my assegai above my head, I hurl it true to the mark yeeeeooww! I am in the jungle and living in the jungle way. My face is painted red and yellow and my body is painted blue. My pulse is throbbing like a war drum. I want to slaughter something—give pain, give death to what, I do not know. But the piece ends. The men of the orchestra wipe their lips and rest their fingers. I creep back slowly to the veneer we call civilization with the last tone and find the white friend sitting motionless in his seat, smoking calmly. Question Which sentence in paragraph 11 most effectively expresses Hurston's physical connection with the music at The New World Cabaret? Select one: a. "We enter chatting about any little nothing that we have in common and are seated by the jazz waiters." b. "I hurl it true to the mark yeeeooww!" c. "I am in the jungle and living in the jungle way." d. "My pulse is throbbing like a war drum."

b. the author values jazz as a part of her cultural heritage.

Reread the following section. 11 Sometimes it is the other way around. A white person is set down in our midst, but the contrast is just as sharp for me. For instance, when I sit in the drafty basement that is The New World Cabaret with a white person, my color comes. We enter chatting about any little nothing that we have in common and are seated by the jazz waiters. In the abrupt way that jazz orchestras have, this one plunges into a number. It loses no time in circumlocutions, but gets right down to business. It constricts the thorax and splits the heart with its tempo and narcotic harmonies. This orchestra grows rambunctious, rears on its hind legs and attacks the tonal veil with primitive fury, rending it, clawing it until it breaks through to the jungle beyond. I follow those heathen—follow them exultingly. I dance wildly inside myself; I yell within, I whoop; I shake my assegai above my head, I hurl it true to the mark yeeeeooww! I am in the jungle and living in the jungle way. My face is painted red and yellow and my body is painted blue. My pulse is throbbing like a war drum. I want to slaughter something—give pain, give death to what, I do not know. But the piece ends. The men of the orchestra wipe their lips and rest their fingers. I creep back slowly to the veneer we call civilization with the last tone and find the white friend sitting motionless in his seat, smoking calmly.12 "Good music they have here," he remarks, drumming the table with his fingertips.13 Music! The great blobs of purple and red emotion have not touched him. He has only heard what I felt. He is far away and I see him but dimly across the ocean and the continent that have fallen between us. He is so pale with his whiteness then and I am so colored. Question From the description of the performance at the jazz club, the reader can infer that Select one: a. the New World Cabaret does not have many white patrons. b. the author values jazz as a part of her cultural heritage. c. the musicians in the orchestra are African American. d. the white friend did not enjoy the performance.

a. There are several markers that contribute to Hurston's perception of self.

Reread the following section. 14 At certain times, I have no race, I am me. When I set my hat at a certain angle and saunter down Seventh Avenue, Harlem City, feeling as snooty as the lions in front of the Forty-Second Street Library, for instance. So far as my feelings are concerned, Peggy Hopkins Joyce on the Boule Mich with her gorgeous raiment, stately carriage, knees knocking together in a most aristocratic manner, has nothing on me. The cosmic Zora emerges. I belong to no race nor time. I am the eternal feminine with its string of beads.15 I have no separate feeling about being an American citizen and colored. I am merely a fragment of the Great Soul that surges within the boundaries. My country, right or wrong.16 Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company! It's beyond me. Question Which sentence best summarizes the ideas in paragraphs 14-16? Select one: a. There are several markers that contribute to Hurston's perception of self. b. Sometimes Hurston defines herself by her gender more than her race. c. Hurston feels the same way about her race and her nationality. d. When Hurston is discriminated against, she takes it personally.

d. People of all colors are essentially made of the same human characteristics.

Reread the following section. 17 But in the main, I feel like a brown bag of miscellany propped against a wall. Against a wall in company with other bags, white, red and yellow. Pour out the contents, and there is discovered a jumble of small things priceless and worthless. A first-water diamond, an empty spool, bits of broken glass, lengths of string, a key to a door long since crumbled away, a rusty knife-blade, old shoes saved for a road that never was and never will be, a nail bent under the weight of things too heavy for any nail, a dried flower or two, still a little fragrant. In your hand is the brown bag. On the ground before you is the jumble it held—so much like the jumble in the bags, could they be emptied, that all might be dumped in a single heap and the bags refilled without altering the content of any greatly. A bit of colored glass more or less would not matter. Perhaps that is how the Great Stuffer of Bags filled them in the first place—who knows? Question Based on Hurston's metaphor of the bags of miscellany, the reader can infer which statement? Select one: a. Each person is unique, regardless of his or her color. b. A person's racial identity is made up of several competing factors. c. Every person has complex feelings about his or her own racial identity. d. People of all colors are essentially made of the same human characteristics.

c. She engages the reader by using the second person (you, your).

Reread the following section. 17 But in the main, I feel like a brown bag of miscellany propped against a wall. Against a wall in company with other bags, white, red and yellow. Pour out the contents, and there is discovered a jumble of small things priceless and worthless. A first-water diamond, an empty spool, bits of broken glass, lengths of string, a key to a door long since crumbled away, a rusty knife-blade, old shoes saved for a road that never was and never will be, a nail bent under the weight of things too heavy for any nail, a dried flower or two, still a little fragrant. In your hand is the brown bag. On the ground before you is the jumble it held—so much like the jumble in the bags, could they be emptied, that all might be dumped in a single heap and the bags refilled without altering the content of any greatly. A bit of colored glass more or less would not matter. Perhaps that is how the Great Stuffer of Bags filled them in the first place—who knows? Question How does Hurston craft an effective conclusion? Select one: a. She restates her claim and reasons. b. She identifies and refutes a counterargument. c. She engages the reader by using the second person (you, your). d. She introduces convincing evidence to support her main points.

c. "I was the first 'welcome-to-our-state' Floridian ... "

Reread the following section. 3 The front porch might seem a daring place for the rest of the town, but it was a gallery seat for me. My favorite place was atop the gate-post. Proscenium box for a born first-nighter. Not only did I enjoy the show, but I didn't mind the actors knowing that I liked it. I usually spoke to them in passing. I'd wave at them and when they returned my salute, I would say something like this: "Howdy-do-well-I-thank-you-where-you-goin'?" Usually automobile or the horse paused at this, and after a queer exchange of compliments, I would probably "go a piece of the way" with them, as we say in farthest Florida. If one of my family happened to come to the front in time to see me, of course negotiations would be rudely broken off. But even so, it is clear that I was the first "welcome-to-our-state" Floridian, and I hope the Miami Chamber of Commerce will please take notice. Question Which stylized phrase in paragraph 3 most effectively captures Hurston's feelings about her interactions with the tourists who passed through her childhood town? Select one: a. "Proscenium box for a born first-nighter." b. "If one of my family happened to come to the front in time to see me, of course negotiations would be rudely broken off." c. "I was the first 'welcome-to-our-state' Floridian ... "

a. Hurston's color eclipsed other parts of her identity.

Reread the following section. 5 But changes came in the family when I was thirteen, and I was sent to school in Jacksonville. I left Eatonville, the town of the oleanders, as Zora. When I disembarked from the river-boat at Jacksonville, she was no more. It seemed that I had suffered a sea change. I was not Zora of Orange County any more. I was now a little colored girl. I found it out in certain ways. In my heart as well as in the mirror, I became a fast brown--warranted not to rub nor run. Question What inference can readers make based on the details of paragraph 5? Select one: a. Hurston's color eclipsed other parts of her identity. b. Hurston was discriminated against because of her color. c. The population of Jacksonville was predominately white. d. As a thirteen-year-old, Hurston did not like her new school.

c. "No one on earth ever had a greater chance for glory."

Reread the following section. 6 But I am not tragically colored. There is no great sorrow dammed up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes. I do not mind at all. I do not belong to the sobbing school of Negrohood who hold that nature somehow has given them a lowdown dirty deal and whose feelings are all but about it. Even in the helter-skelter skirmish that is my life, I have seen that the world is to the strong regardless of a little pigmentation more or less. No, I do not weep at the world—I am too busy sharpening my oyster knife. 7 Someone is always at my elbow reminding me that I am the grand-daughter of slaves. It fails to register depression with me. Slavery is sixty years in the past. The operation was successful and the patient is doing well, thank you. The terrible struggle that made me an American out of a potential slave said "On the line!" The Reconstruction said "Get set!"; and the generation before said "Go!" I am off to a flying start and I must not halt in the stretch to look behind and weep. Slavery is the price I paid for civilization, and the choice was not with me. It is a bully adventure and worth all that I have paid through my ancestors for it. No one on earth ever had a greater chance for glory. The world to be won and nothing to be lost. It is thrilling to think—to know that for any act of mine, I shall get twice as much praise or twice as much blame. It is quite exciting to hold the center of the national stage, with the spectators not knowing whether to laugh or to weep. Question Which reason in paragraph 7 best supports Hurston's claim that she is not "tragically colored"? Select one: a. "There is no great sorrow damned up in my soul, nor lurking behind my eyes." b. "Slavery is sixty years in the past." c. "No one on earth ever had a greater chance for glory." d. "... I shall get twice as much praise or twice as much blame."

b. He merely says the music is "good."

Reread the selection. 11 Sometimes it is the other way around. A white person is set down in our midst, but the contrast is just as sharp for me. For instance, when I sit in the drafty basement that is The New World Cabaret with a white person, my color comes. We enter chatting about any little nothing that we have in common and are seated by the jazz waiters. In the abrupt way that jazz orchestras have, this one plunges into a number. It loses no time in circumlocutions, but gets right down to business. It constricts the thorax and splits the heart with its tempo and narcotic harmonies. This orchestra grows rambunctious, rears on its hind legs and attacks the tonal veil with primitive fury, rending it, clawing it until it breaks through to the jungle beyond. I follow those heathen—follow them exultingly. I dance wildly inside myself; I yell within, I whoop; I shake my assegai above my head, I hurl it true to the mark yeeeeooww! I am in the jungle and living in the jungle way. My face is painted red and yellow and my body is painted blue. My pulse is throbbing like a war drum. I want to slaughter something—give pain, give death to what, I do not know. But the piece ends. The men of the orchestra wipe their lips and rest their fingers. I creep back slowly to the veneer we call civilization with the last tone and find the white friend sitting motionless in his seat, smoking calmly.12 "Good music they have here," he remarks, drumming the table with his fingertips.13 Music! The great blobs of purple and red emotion have not touched him. He has only heard what I felt. He is far away and I see him but dimly across the ocean and the continent that have fallen between us. He is so pale with his whiteness then and I am so colored. Question What evidence does Hurston give to support her claim that her white friend was not as affected as she was by the music at the jazz club? Select one: a. He remains motionless as the orchestra plays. b. He merely says the music is "good." c. He looks disinterested. d. He turns pale.

c. Ellen is always trying to improve my mind and ethical standards, so thought I would tease her a bit.

Select the best method to revise sentences 5 and 6 using a coordinating conjunction. Select one: a. Ellen is always trying to improve my mind and ethical standards, and I thought I would tease her a bit. b. Ellen is always trying to improve my mind and ethical standards, but I thought I would tease her a bit. c. Ellen is always trying to improve my mind and ethical standards, so thought I would tease her a bit. d. Ellen is always trying to improve my mind and ethical standards, yet I thought I would tease her a bit.

b. Give me something more convincing than that.

Select the best way to revise sentence 18 using the imperative mood. Select one: a. I want something more convincing than that! b. Give me something more convincing than that. c. You can give me something more convincing than that. d. Can't you give me something more convincing than that?

b. An expanding number of voters might result in elections that are less polarized.

Select the best way to revise sentence 25 using a gerund. Select one: a. An expansion in voting might result in elections that are less polarized. b. An expanding number of voters might result in elections that are less polarized. c. An expansion in number of voters is the result of elections that are less polarized. d. An expansion in numbering of voters might result in elections that are less polarized.

b. Don't be so cynical.

Select the best way to revise sentence 9 using the imperative mood. Select one: a. You are so cynical! b. Don't be so cynical. c. I wouldn't be so cynical. d. I wish you wouldn't be so cynical.

d. I had actually read the article myself, but I still wanted to annoy her.

Select the best way to revise sentences 11 and 12 using a coordinating conjunction. Select one: a. I had actually read the article myself, so I still wanted to annoy her. b. I had actually read the article myself, and I still wanted to annoy her. c. I had actually read the article myself, or I still wanted to annoy her. d. I had actually read the article myself, but I still wanted to annoy her.

d. emulate.

Study the following dictionary entry. coun•ter•feit ('kaun-ter-fit) trans.verb 1. to make a false copy, simulate 2. to pretend, feign 3. archaic to disguise 4. archaic emulate Based on its context in line 43 of "The Pardoner's Prologue", the word counterfeit most likely means Select one: a. feign. b. simulate. c. disguise. d. emulate.

c. uneducated

Study the following dictionary entry. lewd (lood) adjective 1. preoccupied with sex; lustful 2. obscene; indecent 3. archaic wicked 4. archaic ignorant; stupid Chaucer's original text for line 33 of "The Pardoner's Prologue" reads, "For lewed peple loven tales olde."Which meaning of lewd did Chaucer intend? Select one: a. lecherous b. erotic c. uneducated d. evil

a. definition 1

Study the following dictionary entry. vi•cious ('vi-shus) adjective 1. having the nature or quality of vice, immoral 2. marked by corruption or fault 3. characterized by dangerous or violent habits 4. malicious, spiteful Based on its context, which definition corresponds with Chaucer's usage of vicious in line 55 of "The Pardoner's Prologue"? For though I am a wholly vicious man Don't think I can't tell moral tales. I can! Select one: a. definition 1 b. definition 2 c. definition 3 d. definition 4

c. scholar.

The classical allusions to Hyperion, a satyr, Niobe, and Hercules in Hamlet's soliloquy develop Hamlet's characterization as a Select one: a. poet. b. artist. c. scholar. d. courtier.

b. his desire for vengeance and his need for concealment.

The conflict Hamlet expresses at the end of his soliloquy is best described as one between Select one: a. his disappointment in his mother and his love for her. b. his desire for vengeance and his need for concealment. c. his grief for his father and his reluctance to voice it. d. his suspicion of his uncle and his fear of him.

a. callousness.

The description of his victims in lines 44-47 of "The Pardoner's Prologue" conveys the Pardoner's Select one: a. callousness. b. irreverence. c. brilliance. d. contempt.

c. eagerness.

The simile in lines 11-13 of the Prologue emphasizes the Pardoner's Select one: a. delicacy. b. timidity. c. eagerness. d. peacefulness.

c. The narrator also depicts the Knight fighting fiercely in tournaments, which were a knight's dangerous recreation. He "always killed his foe."

Which is the best way to revise the syntax of sentence 21 for a more engaging effect? Select one: a. The narrator also depicts him fighting fiercely in tournaments. The Knight "always killed his foe" in these dangerous recreations. b. The narrator also depicts him fighting fiercely in tournaments. These were a knight's dangerous recreation, and the Knight "always killed his foe." c. The narrator also depicts the Knight fighting fiercely in tournaments, which were a knight's dangerous recreation. He "always killed his foe." d. The narrator also depicts him fighting fiercely. In tournaments that were a knight's dangerous recreation, the Knight "always killed his foe."

d. hints that his marriage and kingship are a mixed blessing.

With the paradoxical expression "With mirth 1 in funeral and with dirge2 in marriage" (line 12), Claudius 1 mirth - amusement, especially as expressed in laughter 2 dirge - a mournful song, usual played at a funeral Select one: a. contrasts life and death. b. celebrates the late king's passing. c. expresses a negative view of his marriage to Gertrude.

a. Tutu urges action to help support people of Burma.

What is Tutu urging his audience to do in the opening of this speech? Select one: a. Tutu urges action to help support people of Burma. b. Tutu urges military action against the people of Burma. c. Tutu urges listeners to write a letter to the editors of the Burmese newspapers. d. Tutu urges the Burmese people to imprison Aung San Suu Kyi.

b. Freedom then is our dangerous message, our potent weapon.

What line appeals to the listener's emotions? Select one: a. I call upon my brothers and sisters on the UNSC to pass a resolution that binds Burma's regime into an irreversible contract... b. Freedom then is our dangerous message, our potent weapon. c. ...help us now to support the people of Burma. d. I make a direct call here to our friends on the UNSC [United Nations Security Council],...

a. Argument by analogy (compares two situations to make a point)

What persuasion technique is used in sentence 5? Select one: a. Argument by analogy (compares two situations to make a point) b. Appeal to force (persuade using threats) c. Appeal to pity (persuade using sympathy) d. Bandwagon argument (appeal to growing popularity of an idea)

a. Repetition

What rhetorical strategy is used in sentence 6? Select one: a. Repetition b. Metaphor c. Allegory d. Allusion

d. Tell me how.

Which is the best method to revise sentence 13 using the imperative mood? Select one: a. I want you to tell me how. b. You want to tell me how. c. Will you tell me how? d. Tell me how.

c. This quality might seem ordinary to a modern reader, although one modern translation renders this term as "excellent" and another as "most distinguished."

Which is the best way to clarify the meaning of sentences 14 and 15 with a subordinating conjunction? Select one: a. This quality might seem ordinary to a modern reader, because one modern translation renders this term as "excellent" and another as "most distinguished." b. This quality might seem ordinary to a modern reader, if one modern translation renders this term as "excellent" and another as "most distinguished." c. This quality might seem ordinary to a modern reader, although one modern translation renders this term as "excellent" and another as "most distinguished." d. This quality might seem ordinary to a modern reader, while one modern translation renders this term as "excellent" and another as "most distinguished."

b. Because such pilgrimages were common in the Middle Ages, they often served to bring people from different backgrounds together.

Which is the best way to connect sentences 2 and 3 with a subordinating conjunction? Select one: a. Although such pilgrimages were common in the Middle Ages, they often served to bring people from different backgrounds together. b. Because such pilgrimages were common in the Middle Ages, they often served to bring people from different backgrounds together. c. Until such pilgrimages were common in the Middle Ages, they often served to bring people from different backgrounds together. d. If such pilgrimages were common in the Middle Ages, they often served to bring people from different backgrounds together.

d. The Canterbury Tales displays the entire range of medieval society. There are the nobility and clergy. There are learned professions and skilled workers. There are tradesmen and laborers.

Which is the best way to revise the syntax of sentence 7 using parallel structure? Select one: a. The Canterbury Tales displays the entire range of medieval society. These include the nobility, clergy, learned professions, skilled workers, tradesmen, and laborers. b. The Canterbury Tales displays the entire range of medieval society-from the nobility and clergy, to learned professions and skilled workers, to the tradesmen and laborers. c. The Canterbury Tales displays the entire range of medieval society. The reader meets the nobility, clergy, learned professions, skilled workers, tradesmen, and laborers. d. The Canterbury Tales displays the entire range of medieval society. There are the nobility and clergy. There are learned professions and skilled workers. There are tradesmen and laborers.

b. The Pardoner exploits others' piety, or religious beliefs, to get wealth for himself.

Which of the following best expresses the central idea of "The Pardoner's Prologue"? Select one: a. The Pardoner believes that avarice is the root of all evil. b. The Pardoner exploits others' piety, or religious beliefs, to get wealth for himself. c. The Pardoner hopes that his preaching helps people to reform. d. The Pardoner chooses moral stories that appeal to simple people.

a. Compulsory voting would greatly improve our political life.

Which of the following is the best way to revise sentence 10 using the active voice? Select one: a. Compulsory voting would greatly improve our political life. b. Our political life would greatly improve with compulsory voting. c. With compulsory voting, our political life would greatly improve. d. Compulsory voting would be a great improvement to our political life.

c. Elected officials don't feel a need for reaching out to those who probably don't vote.

Which of the following is the best way to revise sentence 21 using a gerund phrase? Select one: a. Elected officials are not doing the reach out to those who are probably not voting. b. Elected officials aren't feeling a need to reach out to those who probably don't vote. c. Elected officials don't feel a need for reaching out to those who probably don't vote. d. Elected officials do not feel a need to reach out to those who probably aren't voting.

a. "Increasing the number of American voters," I observed in a sneering tone, "will only increase the number of people who make bad choices."

Which of the following is the best way to revise sentence 7 using a gerund phrase? Select one: a. "Increasing the number of American voters," I observed in a sneering tone, "will only increase the number of people who make bad choices." b. "An increase in the number of American voters," I observed in a sneering tone, "will only increase the number of people who make bad choices." c. "To increase the number of American voters," I observed in a sneering tone, "is only to increase the number of people who make bad choices." d. "To increase American voters," I observed in a sneering tone, "will only increase the number of people who make bad choices."

c. The second actor's violent movement expresses Hamlet's interior conflicts.

Which of the following seems the best description of the effect of either actor's performance? Select one: a. The first actor's controlled movement expresses Hamlet's withdrawal from his world. b. The first actor's measured vocal delivery expresses Hamlet's powerful mind. c. The second actor's violent movement expresses Hamlet's interior conflicts. d. The second actor's strained vocal delivery expresses Hamlet's immaturity.

a. unlawful

Which of the following words could be substituted for illegitimate in sentence 2? [2] As happened with the apartheid regime in South Africa, the people of Burma have unequivocally rejected their illegitimate rulers; and the legitimate representatives of Burma's people have urged the world to support them. Select one: a. unlawful b. merciful c. formal d. legal

d. powerful

Which of the following words could be substituted for potent in sentence 7? [7] Freedom then is our dangerous message, our potent weapon. Select one: a. lethal b. feared c. delicate d. powerful

b. Lines 16-20 The curse of avarice and cupidityIs all my sermon, for it frees the pelf**.Out come the pence, and specially for myself,For my exclusive purpose is to win And not at all to castigate their sin.

Which passage best supports the central idea of "The Pardoner's Prologue"? Select one: a. Lines 1-8 "My lords", he said, "in churches where I preach I cultivate a haughty kind of speech And ring it out as roundly as a bell;I've got it all by heart, the tale I tell. I have a text, it always is the same And always has been, since I learnt the game.Old as the hills and fresher than the grass,Radix malorum est cupiditas*... b. Lines 16-20 The curse of avarice and cupidityIs all my sermon, for it frees the pelf**.Out come the pence, and specially for myself,For my exclusive purpose is to win And not at all to castigate their sin. c. Lines 31-34 "Well, then I give examples thick and fast From bygone times, old stories from the past.A yokel* mind loves stories from of old,Being the kind it can repeat and hold. d. Lines 41-43 No, nor make baskets, like St. Paul, to gain A livelihood. I do not preach in vain.There's no apostle I would counterfeit*;

a. is

Which word correctly fills in the blank in sentence 11? Select one: a. is b. are c. was d. were

b. Astonished

Which word correctly fills in the blank in sentence 28? Select one: a. Astonish b. Astonished c. Astonishes d. Astonishing

c. looks

Which word correctly fills in the blank in sentence 4? Select one: a. looking b. looked c. looks d. look

b. have

Which word correctly fills in the blank in sentence 8? Select one: a. haven't b. have c. had d. has

b. Growth in civic awareness might cause an increase in voter turnout.

Which would be the best way to revise sentence 17 using the active voice? Select one: a. Increase in voter turnout might be a cause of growth in civic awareness. b. Growth in civic awareness might cause an increase in voter turnout. c. Growth in civic awareness might be caused by an increase in voter turnout. d. Increase in voter turnout might be the cause of growth in civic awareness.

a. presents the kingdom as united under his leadership.

With the figure of speech "...our whole kingdom / To be contracted in one brow of woe" (lines 3-4), Claudius Select one: a. presents the kingdom as united under his leadership. b. draws attention to the tragedy of the late king's death. c. undercuts Hamlet's grief for his father's passing. d. highlights the queen's status as a widow.

complementary

completing; forming a whole

radical

extreme; desirous of change in established institutions or practices

inclinations

leaning toward; propensities for

d. no remorse about his livelihood.

lines 23-24. "And thus I preach against the very viceI make my living out of--avarice. From lines 23-24, the reader can infer that the Pardoner feels Select one: a. hatred for those he defrauds. b. troubled by his method of living. c. envious of those richer than he. d. no remorse about his livelihood.

tension

mental strain or excitement

convince

persuade or lead to agreement by means of argument

bias

predisposition toward; preference for one thing over another

controversy

public disagreement, argument

integrity

quality of being ethically or morally upright

appreciation

recognition of the quality, significance, or value of someone or something

ethics

rules of conduct or set of principles

predominance

superiority in control, force, or influence

persistence

the act or quality of holding firmly to a purpose or task in spite of obstacles

conform

to be similar to or match something or someone; to act or be in accord or agreement

accumulate

to gather or pile up

restrain

to hold back or control

mediate

to settle differences between two individuals or groups

reinforce

to strengthen; to give more force to

exploit

to take advantage of; to use for selfish or unethical purposes