English 4 Final Exam Studyguide

to bring back to original condition; to renew; to revive

restore

to hold back or control

restrain

to set off a chain of events

trigger

ability to see; insight

vision

an idea that is implied or that recurs in a work; a message conveyed in a literary work Answer 3

theme

(1) "The Big Blowup" broke out in late August 1910. (2) This wildfire destroyed a huge area of forest in the northwestern United States. (3) Several small towns were completely or partly destroyed, and at least eighty five people-most of them firefighters-died in the inferno. (4) The smoke from the Big Blowup spread across the country, and its soot fell on Greenland!(5) The entire region had suffered from drought conditions that summer, and the forests were full of tinder dry underbrush. (6) During July, thousands of forest fires broke out, ignited by lightning strikes and cinders from railroad trains. (7) Then, on August 20, disaster struck. (8) A strong, dangerous wind, which is known as a "Palouser," fanned these flames into a conflagration that over the next two days would blacken an area larger than Yellowstone National Park. (9) One firefighter recalled that the high flames driven by the winds rose and fell.(10) Many dramatic tales of heroic survival were reported following the fire. (11) The best known is that of a forester named Ed Pulaski, who was fighting a fire ten miles southwest of the town of Wallace, Idaho. (12) Pulaski's team was facing imminent death from the advancing flames. (13) He ordered them to follow him into a mineshaft. (14) After hanging water soaked blankets over the entrance to the mineshaft, forest ranger Pulaski threatened to shoot anyone foolhardy enough to try to flee. (15) The next morning, all but five had survived. (16) Pulaski is still remembered for his courageous leadership during the Big Blowup. (17) However, another story, which credits him with the invention of a device known as a "pulaski" is just a legend; this firefighting tool, a combination of axe and mattock, was already in existence as early as 1876 when Pulaski was only a child!(18) Gifford Pinchot was the first chief of the Forest Service founded five years before the Great Fire of 1910. (19) What did he and other influential foresters like him see as the lesson of the Big Blowup? (20) In Pinchot's book The Fight for Conservation, which was published in the same year as the Great Fire, he claimed, "Today we understand that forest fires are wholly within the control of men." (21) Under the leadership of Pinchot and those who followed him, the official policy of the Forest Service remained the "fire-suppression" model, the effort to either prevent forest fires or to put them out as quickly as possible. (22) Yet both in the aftermath of the Big Blowup and in later years, some foresters felt that this policy was unwise. (23) They said that fire had a role in forest health. (24) These foresters claimed that allowing some forest fires to burn would reduce the quantity of fuel, such as underbrush, that created the precondition for disastrous wildfires such as the Big Blowup. (25) However, the fire-suppression model would continue to dominate Forest Service policy throughout the 20th century. Question Choose the BEST way to revise sentence 1 by adding the appositive phrase the largest wildfire in U.S. history. Select one: a. The largest wildfire in U.S. history was "the Big Blowup," which broke out in late August 1910. b. "The Big Blowup" was the largest wildfire in U.S. history. It broke out in late August 1910. c. "The Big Blowup," the largest wildfire in U.S. history, broke out in late August 1910. d. The largest wildfire in U.S. history, "the Big Blowup" broke out in late August 1910.

c. "The Big Blowup," the largest wildfire in U.S. history, broke out in late August 1910.

Directions Read the narrative and answer the question that follows. (1) You grandkids asked me to write down what I recall about being an emigrant crossing the Great Plains in a covered wagon. (2) It all seems so long ago now. (3) And some things are still too sad or too scary to want to remember. (4) I've heard people say about the overland trails, "The cowards never started, and the weak died along the way." (5) Well, I don't feel right about calling anyone a coward. (6) I've learned the folly of sitting in judgment on other folks. (7) But I will say something about the weak dying along the way. (8) The strong died as well, because smallpox and cholera are no respecters of persons. (9) I saw so many grave markers by the side of the trail.(10) It was in the spring that we started out. (11) Coming from back East, most of us were used to a landscape with plowed fields and woods. (12) The uncultivated, treeless plains stretching to the horizon frightened many emigrants. (13) I guess I was different because, when we left the Missouri River and climbed the bluffs, the view pleased me. (14) There were green hills as far as I could see.(15) We brought the best oxen and horses we had on the farm to pull our wagons, but even so we often traveled only about ten miles a day. (16) This was partly the result of the need of frequent halts to rest both the animals and the emigrants. (17) But bad weather-such as heavy rains-also often slowed us down.(18) One day after traveling some distance we found that our three-year-old Amy was missing, and I still can't recall this without a sick feeling here in the pit of my stomach. (19) She had been left behind when we started moving again after a halt. (20) Mercifully, another wagon train found Amy and soon returned her to us. (21) But the memory of those few hours still haunts me.(22) A good memory is how we celebrated the Fourth of July on the trail. (23) We ate roasted antelope with gooseberry sauce, sang patriotic songs, and recited what we could remember of the Declaration of Independence. (24) This is uplifting to think about. (25) Perhaps that's enough for now. (26) Later I'll tell you about crossing the Columbia River. (27) Now that was an experience! Question: Choose the BEST way to revise sentence 2 using figurative language to create a sad mood. Select one: a. It all seems so long ago now, but I want to preserve the past for them. b. It all seems so long ago now, and I can barely remember what happened. c. It all seems so long ago now, like a sign standing on the distant horizon. d. It all seems so long ago now, like looking through the wrong end of the telescope.

c. It all seems so long ago now, like a sign standing on the distant horizon.

mental strain or excitement

tension

to settle differences between two individuals or groups

mediate

leaning toward; propensities for

inclinations

quality of being ethically or morally upright

integrity

high degree of concentration, power, or force

intensity

an unplanned or unexpected meeting

encounter

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

appreciation

a guarantee or pledge

assurance

to understand or form in the mind; to devise

conceive

An essential appositive phrase in sentence 8 is Select one: a. "dangerous wind." b. "over the next two days." c. "which is known as a 'Palouser.'" d. "larger than Yellowstone National Park."

d. "larger than Yellowstone National Park."

In "The Spring and the Fall," the most explicit statement of the theme is presented in Select one: a. lines 7-8. In the fall of the year, in the fall of the year,I walked the road beside my dear. b. lines 11-12. He laughed at all I dared to praise,And broke my heart, in little ways. c. lines 15-16. There's much that's fine to see and hear In the spring of a year, in the fall of a year. d. lines 17-18. 'Tis not love's going hurts my days,But that it went in little ways.

d. lines 17-18. 'Tis not love's going hurts my days,But that it went in little ways.

Which word is the correct spelling of a word that is misspelled in the fourth paragraph? Select one: a. scholer b. extraordinery c. vengence d. multifaceted

d. multifaceted

a prose or verse composition that is intended to be acted out

drama

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

persistence

extreme; desirous of change in established institutions or practices

radical

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

a. Repetition

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.

a. profound melancholy.

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

b. Astonished

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.

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

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.

b. provides comic relief.

public disagreement, argument

controversy

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.

d. emulate.

Which is the BEST way to revise sentence 17 using connotative words to create a more unpleasant mood? Select one: a. But brutal weather-such as blinding rains-also often slowed us down. b. But extreme weather-such as pouring rains-also often slowed us down. c. But adverse weather-such as drenching rains-also often slowed us down. d. But poor weather-such as soaking rains-also often slowed us down.

a. But brutal weather-such as blinding rains-also often slowed us down.

Which of the following correctly revises sentence 7 using an indirect quotation? Select one: a. The English revenge tragedy had its roots in what literary historians call Roman theater's tragedy of blood. b. "The English revenge tragedy had its roots in what literary historians call Roman theater's tragedy of blood." c. "The English revenge tragedy had its roots" in what literary historians call Roman theater's tragedy of blood. d. "The English revenge tragedy" had its roots in what literary historians call "Roman theater's tragedy of blood."

a. The English revenge tragedy had its roots in what literary historians call Roman theater's tragedy of blood.

Choose the BEST way to revise sentence 18 by adding the appositive phrase the pioneer conservationist. Select one: a. Gifford Pinchot, the pioneer conservationist, was the first chief of the Forest Service founded five years before the Great Fire of 1910. b. Gifford Pinchot was the pioneer conservationist who was the first chief of the Forest Service founded five years before the Great Fire of 1910. c. Gifford Pinchot was a pioneer conservationist. He was the first chief of the Forest Service founded five years before the Great Fire of 1910. d. The pioneer conservationist, Gifford Pinchot, was the first chief of the Forest Service founded five years before the Great Fire of 1910.

a. Gifford Pinchot, the pioneer conservationist, was the first chief of the Forest Service founded five years before the Great Fire of 1910.

How would you revise sentence 9 using imagery to create a bleak mood? Select one: a. I saw so many grave markers by the side of the trail-crudely lettered, sun-bleached, wind-scoured. b. I saw so many grave markers by the side of the trail that I stopped reading the inscriptions. c. I saw so many grave markers by the side of the trail. All these folks were just weak, frail, feeble? d. I saw so many grave markers by the side of the trail, like punctuation marks on a long, sad, sentence.

a. I saw so many grave markers by the side of the trail-crudely lettered, sun-bleached, wind-scoured.

Which is the BEST way to revise sentence 22 using a connotative word to create an exuberant tone? Select one: a. Now that was an adventure! b. Now that was an occasion! c. Now that was an occurrence! d. Now that was an incident!

a. Now that was an adventure!

Which is the BEST way to revise sentence 2 using precise details? Select one: a. This wildfire destroyed three million acres of forest in eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana. b. This wildfire destroyed an area of forest about the size of Connecticut in the northwestern United States. c. This wildfire destroyed millions of acres of forest across three states in the northwestern United States. d. This wildfire destroyed parts of many national forests located in eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana.

a. This wildfire destroyed three million acres of forest in eastern Washington, Idaho, and Montana.

Which is the correct spelling of cannen in sentence 25? Select one: a. canon b. kanon c. kannen d. cannon

a. canon

"The Spring and the Fall" and "The Helmsman" both depart from the pastoral tradition because Select one: a. each rejects idealized views of nature. b. each presents idealized views of nature. c. each features highly artificial language. d. each has regular meter and rhyme.

a. each rejects idealized views of nature.

Read this sentence from paragraph 3. "In addition to easing pain, adherents of acupressure find it effective in relieving stress; boosting the immune system; increasing circulation; as well as helping people gain a better understanding of their own bodies." Which word could best replace the word adherents in this sentence? Select one: a. supporters b. regulators c. students d. critics

a. supporters

Which is the BEST way to revise sentence 22 using a connotative word to create a positive tone? Select one: a. A fine memory is how we celebrated the Fourth of July on the trail. b. A splendid memory is how we celebrated the Fourth of July on the trail. c. A pleasant memory is how we celebrated the Fourth of July on the trail. d. A welcome memory is how we celebrated the Fourth of July on the trail.

b. A splendid memory is how we celebrated the Fourth of July on the trail.

Which is the BEST way to revise sentence 13 using a connotative word to create a joyful mood? Select one: a. I guess I was different because, when we left the Missouri River and climbed the bluffs, the view lifted me. b. I guess I was different because, when we left the Missouri River and climbed the bluffs, the view enchanted me. c. I guess I was different because, when we left the Missouri River and climbed the bluffs, the view gladdened me. d. I guess I was different because, when we left the Missouri River and climbed the bluffs, the view encouraged me.

b. I guess I was different because, when we left the Missouri River and climbed the bluffs, the view enchanted me.

Which of the following correctly revises sentence 4 using an introductory phrase? Select one: a. In Shakespeare's day; this type of play was a real crowd-pleaser. b. In Shakespeare's day, this type of play was a real crowd-pleaser. c. A real crowd-pleaser in Shakespeare's day was this type of play. d. A real crowd-pleaser, was this type of play in Shakespeare's day.

b. In Shakespeare's day, this type of play was a real crowd-pleaser.

Choose the most effective way to revise sentence 23 by inverting the word order. Select one: a. Shakespeare, in creating Hamlet, transformed these formulaic elements. b. In creating Hamlet, Shakespeare transformed these formulaic elements. c. These formulaic elements were transformed by Shakespeare in creating Hamlet. d. These formulaic elements Shakespeare transformed in creating Hamlet.

b. In creating Hamlet, Shakespeare transformed these formulaic elements.

Which is the BEST way to revise sentence 9 using precise details? Select one: a. One firefighter who fought "The Big Blowup" later recalled that the very high flames driven by the very strong winds rose and fell. b. One firefighter, Edward G. Stahl, recalled that flames hundreds of feet high driven by tornado-force winds rose and fell like red demons. c. One firefighter later recalled that the flames were very high because they were driven by strong winds so that the flames rose and fell. d. One firefighter later recalled the flames. They were very high. Driven by strong winds, the flames rose and fell.

b. One firefighter, Edward G. Stahl, recalled that flames hundreds of feet high driven by tornado-force winds rose and fell like red demons.

Reread paragraph 1. 1 Imagine that you are in pain. The medicine your doctor prescribed is not making it go away. Physical therapy isn't helping either. You feel like you've tried everything. What do you do next? What is the author's point of view in paragraph 1 of the passage? Select one: a. first-person b. second-person c. third-person limited d. third-person omniscient

b. second-person

The tones of "The Spring and the Fall" and "The Helmsman" are similar because the speaker in each poem expresses a response to nature that is Select one: a. practical. b. sensuous. c. reverent. d. fearful.

b. sensuous.

"The Spring and the Fall" is an example of traditional form because the poet Select one: a. writes about the joys and sorrows of love. b. uses a pattern of regular meter and end rhyme. c. frequently uses enjambment to link lines. d. often punctuates lines with dashes.

b. uses a pattern of regular meter and end rhyme.

"The Helmsman" is an example of organic form because the poet Select one: a. writes about the patterns of nature. b. uses free verse without any fixed rules. c. frequently begins lines with the same word. d. punctuates lines with commas and periods.

b. uses free verse without any fixed rules.

The Spring and the Fall" and "The Helmsman" both reflect the pastoral tradition but for different reasons."The Spring and the Fall" reflects the pastoral tradition because the poet Select one: a. uses highly artificial language. b. uses regular meter and rhyme. c. describes idealized scenes of nature. d. presents innocent nymphs and shepherds.

b. uses regular meter and rhyme.

predisposition toward; preference for one thing over another

bias

Choose the revision of sentence 8 that correctly uses a subordinate clause. Select one: a. The most famous English play in this tradition, Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, would have been familiar to Shakespeare. b. Shakespeare would have been familiar with the most famous English play in this tradition, which was Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy. c. Because it was the most famous English play in this tradition, The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kid would have been familiar to Shakespeare. d. Shakespeare would have been familiar with Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy, the most famous English play in this tradition.

c. Because it was the most famous English play in this tradition, The Spanish Tragedy by Thomas Kid would have been familiar to Shakespeare.

The narrative structure of "The Helmsman" describes a Select one: a. a flight from far inland down to the sea. b. a climb from the shore up into the hills. c. a flight through fields, woods, and hills. d. a flight from the sea far into the land.

d. a flight from the sea far into the land.

Choose the BEST way to revise sentence 6 by inverting the word order. Select one: a. Shakespeare's achievement was in Hamlet to elevate this form of popular culture into a literary masterpiece. b. In Hamlet Shakespeare elevated this form of popular culture into a literary masterpiece. c. Elevating this form of popular culture into a literary masterpiece was Shakespeare's achievement in Hamlet. d. Shakespeare's achievement was to elevate a form of popular culture into a literary masterpiece in Hamlet.

c. Elevating this form of popular culture into a literary masterpiece was Shakespeare's achievement in Hamlet.

How would you use imagery in revising sentence 14 to heighten a joyful mood? Select one: a. There were green, grassy hills as far as I could see into the distance. b. As far as I could see were hills covered with tall grass. c. Hills covered with lush, emerald-green grass rolled to the horizon. d. The hills, which were covered with green grass, stretched as far as I could see.

c. Hills covered with lush, emerald-green grass rolled to the horizon.

Choose the BEST way to revise the syntax of sentence 18 to heighten the tone of increasing anxiety. Select one: a. I still can't recall without a sick feeling here in the pit of my stomach how one day after traveling some distance we found that our three-year-old Amy was missing. b. After traveling some distance one day, we found that our three-year-old Amy was missing. I still can't recall this without a sick feeling here in the pit of my stomach. c. One day after traveling some distance we found that our three-year-old Amy was missing. I still can't recall this without a sick feeling. Here in the pit of my stomach. d. We found that our three-year-old Amy was missing one day after we had traveled some distance. I still can't recall this without a sick feeling here in the pit of my stomach.

c. One day after traveling some distance we found that our three-year-old Amy was missing. I still can't recall this without a sick feeling. Here in the pit of my stomach.

Choose the BEST way to revise sentence 12 by adding the appositive phrase of forty-three men. Select one: a. Pulaski's team was facing imminent death from the advancing flames. It was made up of forty-three men. b. Of forty-three men,Pulaski's team was facing imminent death from the advancing flames. c. Pulaski's team of forty-three men was facing imminent death from the advancing flames. d. Pulaski's team was of forty-three men. They faced imminent death from the advancing flames.

c. Pulaski's team of forty-three men was facing imminent death from the advancing flames.

Which of the following is the most effective way to combine sentences 10 and 11? Select one: a. Revenge tragedies had typical characteristics, but all are present in Hamlet. b. Revenge tragedies had typical characteristics, and so all are present in Hamlet. c. Revenge tragedies had typical characteristics that all are present in Hamlet. d. Revenge tragedies had typical characteristics, so all are present in Hamlet.

c. Revenge tragedies had typical characteristics that all are present in Hamlet.

Reread paragraph 11. Which Is for You? 11 Both of these therapies should only be performed by competent, certified practitioners. Because acupuncture is more invasive, many people try acupressure first. It is usually the safer choice because it doesn't involve breaking the skin. Acupuncture carries a slight chance of infection or internal bleeding, though these are extremely rare. No matter which you choose, if you are in pain, you may benefit from either, or both, of these ancient Chinese therapies. Based on paragraph 11 of the passage, what conclusion can the reader make about the author? Select one: a. She practices alternative medicine herself. b. She feels that acupuncture is a dangerous procedure. c. She believes patients can be helped by either method. d. She thinks that a certified acupuncturist is usually the best solution.

c. She believes patients can be helped by either method.

Which shows the correct way to hyphenate sentence 5? Select one: a. The entire-region had suffered from drought conditions that summer, and the forests were full of tinder dry underbrush. b. The entire region had suffered from drought conditions that summer, and the forests were full of tinder dry under-brush. c. The entire region had suffered from drought conditions that summer, and the forests were full of tinder-dry underbrush. d. The entire region had suffered from drought-conditions that summer, and the forests were full of tinder dry underbrush.

c. The entire region had suffered from drought conditions that summer, and the forests were full of tinder-dry underbrush.

The structure of "The Spring and the Fall" emphasizes love's Select one: a. joy and sorrow. b. pleasure and pain. c. growth and decay. d. beauty and ugliness.

c. growth and decay.

Which lines in "The Spring and the Fall" show enjambment? Select one: a. lines 1-2 In the spring of the year, in the spring of the year,I walked the road beside my dear. b. lines 3-4 The trees were black where the bark was wet.I see them yet, in the spring of the year. c. lines 5-6 He broke me a bough of the blossoming peach That was out of the way and hard to reach. d. lines 7-8 In the fall of the year, in the fall of the year,I walked the road beside my dear.

c. lines 5-6 He broke me a bough of the blossoming peach That was out of the way and hard to reach.

Which lines in "The Helmsman" show enjambment? Select one: a. lines 1-2 O be swift—we have always known you wanted us. b. lines 3-4 We fled inland with our flocks,we pastured them in hollows, c. lines 5-6 cut off from the windand the salt track of the marsh. d. lines 7-8 We worshipped inland—we stepped past wood-flowers,

c. lines 5-6 cut off from the windand the salt track of the marsh.

Which is the correct spelling of a word that is misspelled in sentence 5? Select one: a. corheography b. elegence c. playwrights' d. katharsis

c. playwrights'

Reread paragraphs 6 and 7. 6 Acupuncture and acupressure access the same pressure points, but while acupressure uses gentle to firm skin-to-skin pressure, acupuncture uses needles. 7 Like acupressure, acupuncture targets very specific spots on the body to treat pain and promote health. However, acupuncture triggers a stronger reaction than acupressure because it involves the insertion of extremely thin needles through the skin at the pressure points. Traditional Chinese medicine teaches that pain is the result of a person's energy flow, or chi, being out of balance. Inserting needles into the pathways will restore balance to a person's chi. What is the point of comparison used to compare acupressure and acupuncture? Select one: a. history b. popularity c. techniques d. time commitment

c. techniques

completing; forming a whole

complementary

Which of the following is the best revision of sentence 9 using a direct quotation? Select one: a. Kyd "filled the stage with an unprecedented level of gore, including a hanging, multiple stabbings, and a character who bites off his own tongue," according to theater historian Bridget Chastain. b. Kyd "filled the stage with an unprecedented level of gore," according to theater historian Bridget Chastain, "including a hanging, multiple stabbings, and a character who bites off his own tongue." c. According to theater historian Bridget Chastain, "Kyd filled the stage" with an unprecedented level of gore, including a hanging, multiple stabbings, and a character who bites off his own tongue. d. According to theater historian Bridget Chastain, "Kyd filled the stage with an unprecedented level of gore, including a hanging, multiple stabbings, and a character who bites off his own tongue."

d. According to theater historian Bridget Chastain, "Kyd filled the stage with an unprecedented level of gore, including a hanging, multiple stabbings, and a character who bites off his own tongue."

What is the main idea of the passage? Select one: a. Acupressure and acupuncture are both traditional Chinese therapies, but only one uses needles. b. Acupuncture is more invasive than acupressure, putting patients at a slight risk for infection. c. Make sure to use a competent, certified practitioner if you get acupressure or acupuncture treatments. d. Acupressure and acupuncture are two Eastern therapies that are increasingly being used by Americans to ease pain.

d. Acupressure and acupuncture are two Eastern therapies that are increasingly being used by Americans to ease pain.

Which shows the correct way to hyphenate sentence 14? Select one: a. After hanging water soaked blankets over the entrance to the mine-shaft, forest ranger Pulaski threatened to shoot anyone foolhardy enough to try to flee. b. After hanging water soaked blankets over the entrance to the mineshaft, forest-ranger Pulaski threatened to shoot anyone foolhardy enough to try to flee. c. After hanging water soaked blankets over the entrance to the mineshaft, forest ranger Pulaski threatened to shoot anyone fool-hardy enough to try to flee. d. After hanging water-soaked blankets over the entrance to the mineshaft, forest ranger Pulaski threatened to shoot anyone foolhardy enough to try to flee.

d. After hanging water-soaked blankets over the entrance to the mineshaft, forest ranger Pulaski threatened to shoot anyone foolhardy enough to try to flee.

Read this informal outline of the passage section titled "Jane Goodall." Main idea: Research by Jane Goodall and others revealed information that changed society's view of chimps Supporting detail: Chimps live in complex social groups Supporting detail: Chimps feel pain and sorrow Supporting detail: Which of the following is a supporting detail that completes the informal outline of this section? Select one: a. Chimps were studied by other researchers b. Chimp studies were featured on television c. Chimps live in the Gombe forest in Tanzania d. Chimps remember numbers and enjoy puzzles

d. Chimps remember numbers and enjoy puzzles

Choose the correct way to hyphenate sentence 3. Select one: a. Several small towns were completely or partly-destroyed, and at least eighty five people—most of them firefighters—died in the inferno. b. Several small-towns were completely or partly destroyed, and at least eighty-five people—most of them firefighters—died in the inferno. c. Several small towns were completely or partly destroyed, and at least eighty five people—most of them fire-fighters—died in the inferno. d. Several small towns were completely or partly destroyed, and at least eighty-five people—most of them firefighters—died in the inferno.

d. Several small towns were completely or partly destroyed, and at least eighty-five people—most of them firefighters—died in the inferno.

Choose the BEST way to revise sentence 12 using a connotative word to create a more negative tone. Select one: a. The uncultivated, treeless plains stretching to the horizon worried many emigrants. b. The uncultivated, treeless plains stretching to the horizon scared many emigrants c. The uncultivated, treeless plains stretching to the horizon upset many emigrants. d. The uncultivated, treeless plains stretching to the horizon terrified many emigrants.

d. The uncultivated, treeless plains stretching to the horizon terrified many emigrants.

Which is the BEST way to revise sentence 23 using precise details? Select one: a. Fire had a large role in forest health, these foresters pointed out. b. They said to the other foresters that fire had a role in good forest health. c. They thought that forest fires had a big role to play in the health of the forests. d. They argued that fire had a decisive role in maintaining long-term forest health.

d. They argued that fire had a decisive role in maintaining long-term forest health.

Choose the BEST way to revise sentence 24 using figurative language to create a joyful mood. Select one: a. This is uplifting to think about, like drifting smoke from our campfires. b. This is uplifting to think about, not like our long, weary journey. c. This is uplifting to think about, and I like to recall that happy day. d. This is uplifting to think about, like a soaring skyrocket.

d. This is uplifting to think about, like a soaring skyrocket.

Choose the BEST way to revise the syntax of sentence 15 to emphasize the difficulty of incremental travel. Select one: a. We often traveled only about ten miles a day even though we brought the best oxen and horses we had on the farm to pull our wagons. b. We brought to pull our wagons the best oxen and horses we had on the farm, but even so we often traveled only about ten miles a day. c. To pull our wagons we brought the best oxen and horses we had on the farm, but even so we often traveled only about ten miles a day. d. We brought the best oxen and horses we had on the farm. They pulled our wagons. But even so we often traveled only about ten miles a day.

d. We brought the best oxen and horses we had on the farm. They pulled our wagons. But even so we often traveled only about ten miles a day.

The Spring and the Fall" and "The Helmsman" both reflect the pastoral tradition but for different reasons."The Helmsman" reflects the pastoral tradition because the poet Select one: a. celebrates complicated rural life. b. uses irregular meter and rhyme. c. uses highly formal language. d. presents speakers who are shepherds.

d. presents speakers who are shepherds.

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.

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

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

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

c. uneducated

persuade or lead to agreement by means of argument

convince

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.

d. no remorse about his livelihood.

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

d. powerful

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.

a. Compulsory voting would greatly improve our political life.

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.

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

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.

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

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. despises those whom he deceives.

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

b. have

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.

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

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

conform

superiority in control, force, or influence

predominance

to strengthen; to give more force to

reinforce

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

a. decree.

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.

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

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

c. eagerness.

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. gloom

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

c. looks

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.

c. scholar.

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.

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

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.

d. There in my guitar case were the keys.

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.

d. lustfulness.

to form a mental image of something or someone

visualize

An essential appositive phrase in sentence 11 is Select one: a. "named Ed Pulaski." b. "ten miles southwest." c. "who was fighting a fire." d. "of the town of Wallace, Idaho."

a. "named Ed Pulaski."

Water in "The Helmsman" seems to represent Select one: a. death. b. life. c. fate. d. fear.

a. death.

(1) Shakespeare's contemporary Sir Francis Bacon observed that revenge is a kind of wild justice. (2) Shakespeare explores this theme in Hamlet. (3) Hamlet is a revenge tragedy. (4) This type of play was a real crowd-pleaser in Shakespeare's day. (5) Audiences found enjoyment in the choreography of staged combat, the elegance of the playwrites' poetic language, and the emotional catharsis associated with the genre. (6) Shakespeare's achievement in Hamlet was to elevate this form of popular culture into a literary masterpiece. (7) The English revenge tragedy has its roots in Roman theater's tragedy of blood. (8) Shakespeare would have been familiar with the most famous English play in this tradition, Thomas Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy. (9) According to theater historian Bridget Chastain, Kyd filled the stage with an unprecedented level of gore, including a hanging, multiple stabbings, and a character who bites off his own tongue. (10) Revenge tragedies had typical characteristics. (11) These traits all are present in Hamlet. (12) They include a secret murder, the ghost of the victim demanding vengeance, and the avenger pretending to be mad. (13) The avenger in The Spanish Tragedy is the character Hieronimo. (14) Scholars of revenge tragedy may be interested to note that the weapon Hieronimo employs for his revenge is a play-within-a-play. (15) This episode anticipates Hamlet's use of his play-within-a-play, "The Mousetrap," to expose the guilt of Claudius.(16) Although Shakespeare used these formulaic elements in creating Hamlet, he transformed the revenge tragedy in the process. (17) Shakespeare scholar Frances Short observes that, in Hamlet, Shakespeare simultaneously draws on convention and advances the genre. (18) By having Hamlet reflect repeatedly on what he is doing, rather than simply rushing to his vengeance, Shakespeare creates an individual with an extraordinarily complex psychology. (19) The simple duty of vengeance provides the moral for other revenge tragedies. (20) By contrast, Hamlet is thematically multifaseted, which has provided material for widely varying interpretations of the play. (21) Shakespeare found an immensely popular type of theater made-to-order in the revenge tragedy. (22) This type of drama was characterized by a series of unvarying formulaic elements. (23) Shakespeare transformed these formulaic elements in creating Hamlet. (24) Scholars and audiences alike cannot overestimate the value of this transformation. (25) Indeed, it is hard to imagine the literary cannen without Hamlet. Choose the BEST way to combine sentences 2 and 3. Select one: a. Shakespeare explores this theme in Hamlet, which is a revenge tragedy. b. Shakespeare explores this theme, because Hamlet is a revenge tragedy. c. Shakespeare explores this theme in Hamlet, and itis a revenge tragedy. d. Shakespeare explores this theme, but Hamlet is a revenge tragedy.

a. Shakespeare explores this theme in Hamlet, which is a revenge tragedy.

Choose the revision of sentence 17 that uses a direct quotation most effectively. Select one: a. Shakespeare scholar Frances Short observes, "In Hamlet, Shakespeare simultaneously draws on convention and advances the genre." b. "Shakespeare scholar Frances Short observes that, in Hamlet, Shakespeare simultaneously draws on convention and advances the genre." c. Shakespeare scholar Frances Short observes that, in Hamlet, Shakespeare simultaneously "draws on convention and advances the genre." d. "In Hamlet," observes Shakespeare scholar Frances Short, Shakespeare simultaneously draws on convention and advances the genre.

a. Shakespeare scholar Frances Short observes, "In Hamlet, Shakespeare simultaneously draws on convention and advances the genre."

An essential appositive phrase in sentence 17 is Select one: a. "as early as 1876." b. "known as a 'pulaski.'" c. "a combination of axe and mattock." d. "which credits him with the invention."

b. "known as a 'pulaski.'"

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.

b. Don't be so cynical.

How would you revise the syntax of sentence 3 to make the tone more negative? Select one: a. And I don't want to remember some things that are still too sad or too scary. b. And I don't want to remember some things. Things still too sad or too scary. c. And some things I don't want to remember. Sad things. Scary things. d. And some things are still too sad or too scary to want to remember.

c. And some things I don't want to remember. Sad things. Scary things.

to break down or fall apart suddenly and cease to function

collapse

Which sentence from the passage "Chimps and Us" is a minor supporting detail about the rescue and relief of chimpanzees? Select one: a. "Humans have had a long and complicated history with chimpanzees." (paragraph 1) b. "We do know that the use of chimps for science, in entertainment, and as pets, goes back hundreds of years." (paragraph 3) c. "Spurred on by Goodall's findings, other researchers began studying chimpanzee behavior more closely." (paragraph 9) d. "Zoos had long been one of the most serious offenders." (paragraph 10)

d. "Zoos had long been one of the most serious offenders." (paragraph 10)

Reread paragraph 2. 2 Chimpanzees are native to Africa. No one knows when chimps and humans first came into contact, but it seems certain that Africans have long interacted with chimps. Other early human-chimp interactions can be assumed from the long history of zoos, which date from 5,500 years ago or more. Still, no one is sure when a chimp first appeared in a zoo. The first modern zoo, built in Paris in 1793, probably had at least one or two chimps or other great apes. Using the meaning of the prefix "inter-," what does the word interactions mean in paragraph 2 of the passage? Select one: a. in-depth studies b. attitudes about primates c. decisions made by others d. communication between groups

d. communication between groups

to give one's entire energy or attention to something or someone Answer 5

devote

rules of conduct or set of principles

ethics

to gather or pile up

accumulate

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.

b. decay.

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.

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

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. 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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

a. callousness.

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

a. definition 1

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. desire to die.

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

a. is

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."

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

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

a. -

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

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

exploit

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

c. skillful politician.

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.

d. Read the article.

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

a. unlawful

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.

c. was marked by devotion as well as corruption.

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.

c. weariness with life.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

a. presents the kingdom as united under his leadership.

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

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],...

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

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. Give me something more convincing than that.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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*;

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.

"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.

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

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. emotional pain.

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.

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

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.

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

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 ... "

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

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."

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

(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. 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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. 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.

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.

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

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

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

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."

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

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.

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

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."

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

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. restating his call to action.

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."

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

d. Tell me how.

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.

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.

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. 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?

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.

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

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.

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