English 11 cumulative exam 1

Fill in the blanks in order.

repeat . . . walked

starts at chapter 5

starts at chapter 5

Which image would be best to use in a PSA promoting seatbelt safety?

3rd

Which words and phrase beset establish mood in the except

"walk to and fro"

Which excerpt from Black Boy best illustrates the effect that society has on Wright's father?

From the white landowners above him there had not been handed to him a chance to learn the meaning of loyalty, of sentiment, of tradition.

Why does the Supreme Court describe these considerations?

to emphasize the challenges inherent in determining a ruling for a varied nation

How do these lines reflect the poet's general style?

They show the poem's relaxed, candid tone.

What can readers infer about Hurston from her voice in Their Eyes Were Watching God?

She appreciates history and culture.

In the second paragraph of "Ain't I a Woman?," how does Truth appeal to listeners' sense of logic

She demonstrates that women are just as strong as men.

Which best describes the conclusion of the Declaration of Independence?

The colonies are no longer loyal to Britain's tyrannical rule.

How do the themes of "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex" differ?

While "Psalm" argues that the soul continues after death, "Auspex" indicates that time destroys the heart's passions.

Which practice was common among modernist poets?

using experimental techniques

Which of the following is a redundant pair?

vast openness

What is the most important message of My Bondage and My Freedom?

slavery

The text structure used to support the viewpoint in the paragraph is

Main idea and details

Which correctly demonstrates MLA formatting?

One way of going about research is "by browsing the academic search engine at your school library" (Scott 56).

In what way are the lines of "The Weary Blues" similar to the lyrics of a blues song?

The poem uses repetition to create meaning.

Fill in the blanks in order.

convinced . . . . changed . . . . walk

Which words in this excerpt support the idea that the husband was very devoted to his wife?

a man who aimed to please his pregnant wife

What is the definition of a word called?

its denotation

Which excerpt from "The Adventure of the Mysterious Picture" conveys the eerie tone of the passage?

As I heard the wind moan among the trees, I caught a reflection of this accursed visage in the pane of glass, as though it were staring through the window at me.

In paragraphs three and four of "Where I Lived and What I Lived For" in Walden, how does Thoreau contrast the way he lives with the way others live?

He believes his life to be extremely simple, and he believes others' lives to be needlessly complicated.

In the beginning of "The World on Turtle's Back," why did the husband become "terrified"?

He was terrified that he would be punished for marring a sacred tree.

In "My Heart Is Bursting," which quote most contributes to the central idea that the Kiowa tribe wishes to maintain their lifestyle and traditions

I don't want

Which best describes the effect of the expression "Woe's me"?

It heightens the sense of loss in the poem.

How does the second stanza of "Auspex" tie the first and third stanzas together?

It offers a counterclaim to the first stanza, which is then rejected in the third stanza.

How does this stanza express an optimistic view?

It urges readers to be brave in the face of death.

Which statement best describes Emerson's opinion of communities, according to the first paragraph of Society and Solitude?

Regardless of how tightly bound communities may seem, each person is ultimately alone.

Why did the Supreme Court decide to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson, as explained in Brown v. Board of Education?

Separate is inherently unequal.

How is the concept of solitude portrayed in both Society and Solitude and Chapter I of Nature?

Solitude is viewed as a source of strength.

How does the excerpt relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?

The Brown case addresses whether education systems separated by race limit citizens' privileges.

Read the excerpt from chapter 11 of The Awakening. "Edna, dear, are you not coming in soon?" he asked again, this time fondly, with a note of entreaty. "No, I am going to stay out here." "This is more than folly," he blurted out. "I can't permit you to stay out there all night. You must come in the house instantly." Which best explains how the excerpt is an example of realism?

The conversation imitates conversations in real life.

Which statement best describes the main idea of paragraph 5, which begins "For Wilson," in "How We Entered World War I"?

The economy of the United States improved greatly after the ban on trade was removed.

Which is the best way to write this sentence in the active voice?

The entire senior class and several chaperones attended the dance.

How does the narrator's viewpoint reveal a social attitude of Gilman's time?

The narrator feels an overwhelming responsibility to meet society's expectations.

How does the text structure of "Wilson's War Message to Congress" help to support his message?

Wilson presents

Which event described in chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter occurs after Hester leaves the jail?

Young children run heedlessly before Hester to the scaffold.

Which best describes Bright Romanticism?

a post-Revolutionary War literary movement that focused on the beauty and optimism of the period

Julia is writing a research paper about vegetarianism, and she has several potential research questions. Which is her best option

c

Based on Chief Joseph's message in "An Indian's View of Indian Affairs," the Nez Percé people most likely value

peace, tradtion

Based on the excerpt, Dickinson's attitude toward death can best be described as

respectful acceptance

Which event described in chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter takes place before the story begins?

the puritans erect a jail

In "Sympathy," why does Dunbar repeat the phrase "I know" throughout the poem?

to emphasize his understanding of the harsh effects of racism on individuals

Which statement best describes the purpose of this excerpt?

to explain how balance came to exist in the natural world

Considering "Civil Disobedience," why did both Thoreau and Martin Luther King, Jr. engage in acts of civil disobedience?

to protest government policies they believed were unjust

Which best describes why Truth describes her personal experiences in "Ain't I a Woman?"

to provide credible proof that women are not protected from hardship or struggle

The fact that "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was popular suggests that the colonists

were interested in Edwards's ideas about religion

Emerson claims that stars are similar to dreams by stating they are

-"always present, they are inaccessible"

How are the themes of "We Wear the Mask" and "A Man Said to the Universe" similar?

Both show how humans can be helpless in the face of external forces.

In "My Heart Is Bursting," which tactic does Santana use to convey the central idea that the Kiowa people intend to remain on their own land?

Santana direcrly states

Read the excerpt from chapter 38 of The Awakening. "Perhaps—no, I am not going. I'm not going to be forced into doing things. I don't want to go abroad. I want to be let alone." Which realization is Edna beginning to have

Independence leads to great solitude.

Which best describes how "Ain't I a Woman?" relates to the time period in which Truth lived?

It includes commentary on several civil rights issues, including slavery and women's suffrage.

Which of the following statements support the claim in Freakonomics that "people are generally good even without enforcement"?

Many people enjoy using the honor system.

Which statement best describes how the tone of Society and Solitude is different from the tone of Chapter I of Nature?🔹

Society and Solitude has a contemplative tone, while Nature has a more lyrical and whimsical tone.

Which excerpt from "War Message to Congress" expresses President Wilson's opinion?

a

In Anthem, the narrator's name, Equality 7-2521, helps to develop a theme that

b. individuality is lost in a collective society.

Which strategy is the best way to improve clarity in a wordy sentence?

c. Eliminate redundancies.

Based on "How We Entered World War I," which detail explains why the sinking of the Lusitania led the United States to enter World War I?

d

He was more depressed than ever as he drove on by himself. The late afternoon had grown hot and sultry and the country had flattened out. Which best describes the irony in the excerpt?

d. Mr. Shiftlet has the car he wanted and managed to rid himself of his wife, but he still is not happy.

Through his personal experience, which social issue is Wright emphasizing?

the effects of poverty on families

What is the plaintiffs' main concern about the state of public schools in Brown v. Board of Education?

The schools were racially segregated, which led to a lower quality of education for some students in Topeka.

Which best describes the tone shared by "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex"?

serious

Fill in the blanks in order.

tried . . . . wanted

According to the third paragraph of Chapter I of Nature, how does Emerson define the poet's view of nature?

The poet sees something in nature that cannot be quantified.

Standing on that miserable eminence, she saw again her native village, in Old England, and her paternal home; a decayed house of gray stone, with a poverty-stricken aspect, but retaining a half-obliterated shield of arms over the portal, in token of antique gentility. What is the effect of the underlined words in this excerpt?

They portray a former setting with humility and dignity.

A police photograph of Harrison Bergeron was flashed on the screen—upside down, then sideways, upside down again, then right side up. This excerpt is an example of satire because it humorously

a. exposes the incompetence that this society views as normal.

Which is the best replacement for the underlined word?

scanned

The theme of "Psalm" reflects joy in time's passing, while "Auspex" shows gloomy acceptance of it.

the different stages of a natural process

Which statement best describes the significance of the arrows?

They represent the twins that the woman will bear.

What is the most likely reason the author chose a free verse structure for "Song of Myself"?

Free verse allowed for the expression of expansive ideas.

What does "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" suggest about the poet's view of the world?

He considers the world to be a place that deserves much contemplation.

Which would be the best way of describing the structure of Thoreau's observations in "Civil Disobedience"?

He moves from a consideration of his surroundings to an evaluation of the state as a whole.

Which best describes Emerson's argument in this excerpt?

In order to balance society and solitude, one must maintain both independence and sympathy for others.

What is the purpose of the third stanza of "Auspex"?🔹

It contrasts the image of the birds from the first stanza.

Given the theme of "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," why does the speaker call the astronomer "learn'd"?

The astronomer possesses knowledge that doesn't interest the speaker.

Which statement best describes the rhyme scheme in "A Psalm of Life"?

The poem adheres to a strict ABAB rhyme scheme throughout each stanza.

What is the most likely reason for the poet to oppose the phrases "tolling the Bell" and "sings" in these lines?

The poet is expressing her belief that the second, more natural option is far more desirable than the first option.

This is best reflected in "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer," when

🚫Whitman becomes tired and sick and wanders off

In this excerpt, what does "exquisite" mean?

perfect

Which is the best example of a vivid sensory detail?

"I thought my knees would give out and I would collapse."

From a prior scene, the audience knew that the lead was hysterical because of the contemptible villain. Suffixes help a reader understand the meanings of words. Which words in the sentence have suffixes? Check all that apply.

-audience -hysterical - contemptible

Read the excerpt from chapter 12 of The Awakening. Sailing across the bay to the Chênière Caminada, Edna felt as if she were being borne away from some anchorage which had held her fast, whose chains had been loosening—had snapped the night before when the mystic spirit was abroad, leaving her free to drift whithersoever she chose to set her sails. Which best explains how the excerpt is an example of naturalism?

Edna is responding to her environment, which is in control of her feelings and behaviors.

Read the excerpt from chapter 35 of The Awakening. A letter also came from her husband, saying he hoped to be back early in March, and then they would get ready for that journey abroad which he had promised her so long, which he felt now fully able to afford; he felt able to travel as people should, without any thought of small economies—thanks to his recent speculations in Wall Street. What theme is expressed in the letter from Edna's husband?

Happiness can be gained from financial fortune.

What is Thoreau's first thought upon being imprisoned in "Civil Disobedience"?

He considers the prison a foolish institution.

In Chapter 3 of The Scarlet Letter, how does Hawthorne show that Master Dimmesdale is uncomfortable with the public aspect of his profession?

He describes Master Dimmesdale as someone who is most at ease in seclusion, not mingling outwardly among other people.

According to "Make it New": Early Modernism, which work by T.S. Eliot was the basis of a popular Broadway musical?

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Which statement best describes the way the sections in the excerpt from "Song of Myself" are constructed?

They show unique sides of a universal worldview.

"Let, therefore, thy husband be to the world as one already dead, and of whom no tidings shall ever come. Recognize me not, by word, by sign, by look! Breathe not the secret above all, to the man thou wottest of. Shouldst thou fail me in this, beware!" Which character trait of Roger Chillingworth does Hawthorne develop in the excerpt?

a manipulative nature

Which is an example of a sentence fragment?

b

Which condition is considered most dangerous by George and Hazel Bergeron in "Harrison Bergeron"?

d. competition

Based on Chapter 4 of The Scarlet Letter, in the time period in which Hester lived, a crime such as hers would bring dishonor to

herself, her husband, and her child

Fill in the blanks in order.

planted . . . . measured

As the contractor looked at the dilapidated structure that stood on the empty lot, he noticed the cracks and holes in the roof and realized he had a great deal of work to do. Which word is closest in meaning to the underlined word?

rundown

It was no great distance, in those days, from the prison-door to the market-place. Measured by the prisoner's experience, however, it might be reckoned a journey of some length; for, haughty as her demeanour was, she perchance underwent an agony from every footstep of those that thronged to see her, as if her heart had been flung into the street for them all to spurn and trample upon. What is the meaning of this excerpt?

the walk from prison to scaffolding seemed a long and treacherous journey to Hester.

Considering "Civil Disobedience," which best describes how Thoreau and Martin Luther King, Jr. both felt about acts of civil disobedience?

they bother believed that indiciduals

Which best describes Hughes's purpose in "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain"?

to convince African American artists to celebrate both their inner selves and their heritage in their work

A blessing on the righteous Colony of the Massachusetts, where iniquity is dragged out into the sunshine! What is the meaning of the word "iniquity"?

wickedness, sin

Which is the best summary of Emerson's view of solitude expressed in Society and Solitude?

NOT A. Spending time in solitude is preferable to spending time in society, and it is ultimately more beneficial.

How do "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex" differ in how they describe the concept of time

"Psalm" suggests that the passage of time cannot defeat the soul, while "Auspex" indicates that it can.

How do "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex" differ in how they describe the concept of time?

"Psalm" suggests that the passage of time cannot defeat the soul, while "Auspex" indicates that it can.

The Supreme Court cites these cases because it seeks to

NOT: share the unique differences between the given cases.

the smoking one. This PSA is addressing a

b. safety procedure.

According to this excerpt, the two brothers represent

good and evil

Which lines from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" provide an example of stream of consciousness?

b

The thesis statement, or claim, of an argumentative essay should

establish the focus of the essay and the writer's position.

Read the excerpt from chapter 1 of The Awakening. He fixed his gaze upon a white sunshade that was advancing at snail's pace from the beach. He could see it plainly between the gaunt trunks of the water-oaks and across the stretch of yellow camomile. Which phrase from the excerpt gives the best evidence that "gaunt" means "thin"?

"He could see it plainly"

Which slogan best describes the overriding cultural belief expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

"Unity Against Tyranny"

Read the quotation from "An Indian's View of Indian Affairs." What I have to say will come from my heart, and I will speak with a straight tongue. Based on this quotation, the reader can conclude that the Nez Percé people most believe in

the importance of speaking

Unaware of the change in the week's work schedule, the loyal customers saw Marquis arrive to work a day early. What is the best revision for the sentence?

1

And sure enough, the following week there we were in front of this astonished stockbroker, and I was sitting there red-faced and quiet, and my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting at his boss in her impeccable broken English. The inference suggested by this excerpt is that nonstandard forms of English

2

Which best explains the symbolism behind Ahab's ivory leg, fashioned from the jaw of a whale in Chapter 28 of Moby-Dick?

Ahab hunts whales with the aim of conquering them like an enemy.

Which statement best summarizes a central idea in The Namesake?

Children adapt more easily to cultural differences than adults do.

According to "A New Biographical Approach," by Emily Toth, how do Chopin's personal experiences influence the portrayal of sensuality in her writing?

Chopin's indulgent behavior on her honeymoon inspired female characters eager to enjoy sensual experiences.

In this excerpt, the word "wrath" suggests that

God is fiercely angry.

What is the best description of the theme of this excerpt?

c

Which excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" is the best example of logos, or an appeal to logic?

If my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't you be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full?

I began to undress, but in spite of every effort I could not keep myself from stealing a glance every now and then at the picture; and a glance was now sufficient to distress me. Even when my back was turned to it, the idea of this strange face behind me, peering over my shoulder, was insufferable. I threw off my clothes and hurried into bed; but still this visage gazed upon me. What effect does the tone of the excerpt have on the reader?

It produces shivers down the spine, or a feeling of unease.

He made that poor piano moan with melody. O Blues! Swaying to and fro on his rickety stool He played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool. Sweet Blues! Coming from a black man's soul. O Blues! In a deep song voice with a melancholy tone I heard that Negro sing, that old piano moan— "Ain't got nobody in all this world, Ain't got nobody but ma self. I's gwine to quit ma frownin' And put ma troubles on the shelf." What is the effect of repeating the phrase "piano moan" in the poem?

It sets a sad, mournful tone.

Which prediction is most likely based on the themes that have emerged

Many people in Mrs

Read the excerpt from chapter 17 of The Awakening. [Mrs. Pontellier] was somewhat familiar with such scenes. They had often made her very unhappy. On a few previous occasions she had been completely deprived of any desire to finish her dinner. Sometimes she had gone into the kitchen to administer a tardy rebuke to the cook. Once she went to her room and studied the cookbook during an entire evening, finally writing out a menu for the week, which left her harassed with a feeling that, after all, she had accomplished no good that was worth the name. Which prediction is most likely based on the themes that have emerged so far in The Awakening?

Mrs.Pontellier will make

How does Emerson relate independence and friendships in Society and Solitude

NOT B. He considers true independence impossible within a friendship

In the second paragraph of "Spring" in Walden, how does the contrast of two time periods aid the development of a theme?

NOT D. The feeling of happiness Thoreau describes at the changing of the seasons parallels his contentment as his self-knowledge grows.

Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. Driving around the parks that encircle Washington, he solicited customers with a simple pitch: early in the morning, he would deliver some bagels and a cash basket to company's snack room; he would return before lunch to pick up the money and the leftovers. It was an honor-system commerce scheme, and it worked. Within a few years, Feldman was delivering 8,400 bagels a week to 140 companies and earning as much as he had ever made as a research analyst. He had thrown off the shackles of cubicle life and made himself happy. Based on the excerpt, which statement best strengthens Feldman's claim that people are mostly honest?

NOT!!!!!!!! Feldman solicited customers with a simple pitch.

Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. There is a tale, "The Ring of Gyges," that Feldman sometimes tells his economist friends. It comes from Plato's Republic. A student named Glaucon offered the story in response to a lesson by Socrates—who, like Adam Smith, argued that people are generally good even without enforcement. Glaucon, like Feldman's economist friends, disagreed. He told of a shepherd named Gyges who stumbled upon a secret cavern with a corpse inside that wore a ring. When Gyges put on the ring, he found that it made him invisible. With no one able to monitor his behavior, Gyges proceeded to do woeful things—seduce the queen, murder the king, and so on. Glaucon's story posed a moral question: could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed? Glaucon seemed to think the answer was no. The excerpt serves as which of the following in relation to the authors' argument?

NOT!!!!!!!!!! a claim that most people are moral

The use of the words "stout and brave" suggests that "our hearts" are

NOT: ferocious and fearless.

Which event described in chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter occurs after Hester appears in front of the crowd?

Onlookers react to Hester's embroidered letter.

Mrs. Turner, like all other believers had built an altar to the unattainable—Caucasian characteristics for all. Her god would smite her, would hurl her from pinnacles and lose her in deserts, but she would not forsake his altars. Behind her crude words was a belief that somehow she and others through worship could attain her paradise—a heaven of straighthaired, thin-lipped, high-nose boned white seraphs. How does Zora Neale Hurston use Mrs. Turner to present a cultural criticism?

She mocks Mrs. Turner's belief that everyone should look alike.

Which sentence from Their Eyes Were Watching God contains an example of dialect?

She was an ironing board with things throwed at it.

Which statement best describes how the tone of Society and Solitude is different from the tone of Chapter I of Nature?

Society and Solitude has a contemplative tone, while Nature has a more lyrical and whimsical tone

Read the quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance." These are the voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world. Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. Which tenant of transcendentalism does this quotation best illustrate?

Society and government corrupt the individual.

How does the excerpt relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?

The Brown case addresses whether the plaintiff has been afforded equal protection of the laws relative to those attending public schools.

At night in any kind of light, in twilight, candle light, lamplight, and worst of all by moonlight, it become bars! The outside pattern I mean, and the woman behind it is as plain as can be.

The narrator feels imprisoned by her life

Read the excerpt from chapter 12 of The Awakening. Robert knew the girl, and he talked to her a little in the boat. No one present understood what they said. Her name was Mariequita. She had a round, sly, piquant face and pretty black eyes. Her hands were small, and she kept them folded over the handle of her basket. Her feet were broad and coarse. She did not strive to hide them. Edna looked at her feet, and noticed the sand and slime between her brown toes. Which best explains why the excerpt is an example of realism?

The ways in which characters from different social classes perceive and treat each other are addressed.

Based on the excerpt, which statement best describes Edwards's opinion, as a minister, of the members of his congregation?

They had angered God and were in danger of damnation.

How do the images of travel in part 46 of "Song of Myself" contribute to the poem's theme?

They suggest expansiveness, or extending one's reach outward.

Which is the best summary of paragraph six of Chapter I of Nature?

To experience nature at its fullest requires mental effort.

Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. I think that 'twixt the negroes of the South and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what's all this here talking about? Which best describes the syntax?

Truth uses complex syntax to express the idea that the movement toward equality is gaining momentum in the US.

Students attending schools with mandatory uniform policies experience less pressure than do students who must choose their wardrobes. This is because school uniforms allow students and their parents to save money and time. The financial investment in uniforms at the beginning of the school year is far more economical than the purchase of an entire wardrobe of designer clothes and trendy styles. Students who do not have to deliberate what to wear each morning are able to invest their time in more productive ways, such as studying for tests or finishing homework. Uniforms may stifle students' self-expression, but there are many other ways to reveal one's individuality at school. Which sentence addresses a counterclaim?

Uniforms may stifle students' self-expression, but there are many other ways to reveal one's individuality at school.

He seems very queer sometimes, and even Jennie has an inexplicable look. It strikes me occasionally, just as a scientific hypothesis,—that perhaps it is the paper! I have watched John when he did not know I was looking, and come into the room suddenly on the most innocent excuses, and I've caught him several times LOOKING AT THE PAPER! And Jennie too. I caught Jennie with her hand on it once. Why does the narrator believe that John and Jennie are looking at the wallpaper?

a

It was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined upon in the old, unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of dynasties or of little groups of ambitious men who were accustomed to use their fellow men as pawns and tools. In this sentence, Wilson compares the German government to governments of the past. What is he hoping to convey?

a

What does the narrator's description of the wallpaper in "The Yellow Wallpaper" reveal about her worldview?

a

Read the sentence from chapter 1 of The Awakening. Mr. Pontellier, unable to read his newspaper with any degree of comfort, arose with an expression and an exclamation of disgust. Which is the best evidence that "degree" means "measure"?

a degree is a form of temperature measurement

What additional information would be most appropriate to Douglass's autobiography?

a description

Based on this excerpt, The Supreme Court chose to consider the case due to

a legal issue shared by a number of cases.

Which of the following sentences contains a dangling modifier?

a. After walking to school, the bus slowly passed by.

The audience rose up and graciously applauded the guest speaker with a standing ovation. What is the best way to revise this sentence to eliminate wordiness?

a. Graciously, the audience rose up and applauded the guest speaker.

Which line from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close reveals a sentimental tone?

a. I couldn't sleep, not after hours, and it made my boots lighter to be around his things, and to touch stuff that he had touched, and to make the hangers hang a little straighter, even though I knew it didn't matter.

What is one reason the first PSA could be considered more effective than the second one?

a. It includes an engaging image.

I am a child of the Americas, a light-skinned mestiza of the Caribbean, a child of many diaspora, born into this continent at a crossroads. How does the word "crossroads" help to develop the author's tone?

a. It is imagery that describes the merging of different cultures.

My daily routine—the things I do every day—consists of studying, exercising, and working. What is the best way to rewrite the sentence to avoid repetition?

a. My daily routine consists of studying, exercising, and working.

Floating in the pool, Sarah saw a bee trying to dry its wings. What is the best way to revise this sentence?

a. Sarah saw a bee floating in the pool trying to dry its wings.

If the civil and political rights of both races be equal, one cannot be inferior to the other civilly or politically. If one race be inferior to the other socially, the Constitution of the United States cannot put them upon the same plane. How does this relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?

a. The Brown case questions whether separate schools based on race inherently render one inferior to the other.

We must consider public education in the light of its full development and its present place in American life throughout the Nation. Why does the Supreme Court make this distinction?

a. The court recognizes that the current delivery of education might compromise citizens' rights.

I was walking along the street at that time, and you'd see the bread lines. The biggest one in New York City was owned by William Randolph Hearst. He had a big truck with several people on it, and big cauldrons of hot soup, bread. Fellows with burlap on their shoes were lined up all around Columbus Circle, and went for blocks and blocks around the park, waiting. Which statement explains the irony of Harburg's description of the bread line?

a. While millions of Americans were suffering from the effects of poverty, Hearst remained one of the wealthiest individuals of his time.

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. How does King support this claim?

a. by describing his own experience with waiting for civil rights

The daughter could not see far in front of her and continued to play with her fingers. Although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen Mr. Shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. His left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly to the side as if the breeze were pushing him. He had on a black town suit and a brown felt hat that was turned up in the front and down in the back and he carried a tin tool box by a handle. He came on, at an amble, up her road, his face turned toward the sun which appeared to be balancing itself on the peak of a small mountain. What technique does O'Connor use in the paragraph to create compelling characters?

a. detailed descriptions

what theme does this excerpt best express?

a. poetry is interesting when it is authentic

I am Caribeña, island grown. Spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips: the language of garlic and mangoes, the singing in my poetry, the flying gestures of my hands. The words "garlic and mangoes" in this passage are

a. sensory images illustrating the speaker's island heritage.

Which policy do the plaintiffs disagree with in Brown v. Board of Education?

a. separate but equal

I wanted to tell her she shouldn't be playing Scrabble yet. Or looking in the mirror. Or turning the stereo any louder than what you needed just to hear it. What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt?

a. that his mother's activities suggest an end to her grief

I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle. Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it after all, a place for the genuine. Hands that can grasp, eyes that can dilate, hair that can rise if it must, these things are important not because a high-sounding interpretation can be put upon them but because they are useful. What theme does this excerpt best express?

aWhich statement best describes the effect of the free-verse form in "Poetry"?

Which elements are included in this PSA? Check all that apply.

an appealing image, ,a slogan, a call to action

He looked like the darkly engraved portraits which we see prefixed to old volumes of sermons; and had no more right than one of those portraits would have, to step forth, as he now did, and meddle with a question of human guilt, passion, and anguish. Which trait of Reverend Mr. Wilson does Hawthorne develop in this excerpt from the chapter?

arrogance

It is the height of rudeness for young people not to go and shake hands with an older lady of their acquaintance when they meet her away from home, if she is a hostess to whose house they have often gone. It is not at all necessary for either young women or young men to linger and enter into a conversation, unless the older lady detains them, which she should not do beyond the briefest minute. Which best describes the style and tone of the passage?

assertive

The movie is an invented story about the jazz scene, but it is interspersed with archival footage and photographs of famous poets and singers of the time. In this context, what is the meaning of "archival"?

authentic

Johan is listening to his principal deliver a speech about the importance of physical education in school. Johan is planning to write an argumentative essay on the topic. After the speech, Johan should first

b

What connection does the narrator make between collectivism and human invention?

b. People who prefer collective thought are unable to contribute new ideas to mankind's progress.

The musicians scrambled back into their chairs, and Harrison stripped them of their handicaps, too. "Play your best," he told them, "and I'll make you barons and dukes and earls." The music began. It was normal at first—cheap, silly, false. But Harrison snatched two musicians from their chairs, waved them like batons as he sang the music as he wanted it played. He slammed them back into their chairs. How does Vonnegut use irony in this excerpt?

b. The normal music is described as the opposite of what is expected.

You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws. This is certainly a legitimate concern. How does King rebut his critics' claim?

b. by questioning the fairness of the laws in a counterclaim

A public service announcement attempts to

b. persuade people to take action on an important issue.

I am Caribeña, island grown. Spanish is in my flesh, ripples from my tongue, lodges in my hips: the language of garlic and mangoes, the singing in my poetry, the flying gestures of my hands. Based on the imagery in the passage, how does the speaker feel when she is speaking Spanish?

b. proud and expressive

You suddenly find your tongue twisted and your speech stammering as you seek to explain to your six year old daughter why she can't go to the public amusement park that has just been advertised on television, and see tears welling up in her eyes when she is told that Funtown is closed to colored children. What is the author's purpose for including this sentence?

b. to emphasize his personal connection to segregation

Mrs. Nguyen explained to the class that they did __________ on their achievement exams. Which word belongs in the blank?

b. well

Sasha just read a writing prompt, and she is not sure what to write about. In order to write a strong essay, Sasha should first

brainstorm different topics.

You express a great deal of anxiety over our willingness to break laws. This is certainly a legitimate concern. How does King rebut his critics' claim?

by questioning the fairness of the laws in a counterclaim

He was more depressed than ever as he drove on by himself. The late afternoon had grown hot and sultry and the country had flattened out. Deep in the sky a storm was preparing very slowly and without thunder as if it meant to drain every drop of air from the earth before it broke. There were times when Mr. Shiftlet preferred not to be alone. He felt too that a man with a car had a responsibility to others and he kept his eye out for a hitch-hiker. Occasionally he saw a sign that warned: "Drive carefully. The life you save may be your own." Which statement most accurately represents the excerpt's larger idea?

c. Getting what you want may not make you happy.

Which line from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close reveals a melancholy tone?

c. I wanted to tell her she shouldn't be playing Scrabble yet. Or looking in the mirror. Or turning the stereo any louder than what you needed just to hear it. It wasn't fair to Dad, and it wasn't fair to me.

I am of Latinoamerica, rooted in the history of my continent: I speak from that body. In these two lines, the speaker is showing how In these two lines, the speaker is showing how

c. culture is embedded in a person's identity.

In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist. King includes this sentence to

c. distinguish himself from radicals.

In bed that night I invented a special drain that would be underneath every pillow in New York, and would connect to the reservoir. Whenever people cried themselves to sleep, the tears would all go to the same place.... And when something really terrible happened—like a nuclear bomb, or at least a biological weapons attack—an extremely loud siren would go off, telling everyone to get to Central Park to put sandbags around the reservoir. What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt?

c. that many people express their grief through tears

In these days, it is doubtful that any child may reasonably be expected to succeed in life if he is denied the opportunity of an education. Why does the Supreme Court assert this fact?

c. to highlight the significance of equal access to education

The main purpose of this excerpt is to

clarify what the Iroquois considered the two different sides of human nature.

Read the poem "The Garret," by Ezra Pound. COME let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers. Come let us pity the married and the unmarried. Dawn enters with little feet like a gilded Pavlova, And I am near my desire. Nor has life in it aught better Than this hour of clear coolness, the hour of waking together. Which is a modernist technique used in the poem?

clear and direct language

When addressing a counterclaim in an argumentative essay, it is important to

consider how the counterclaim reinforces the main position of your argument.

The only way to avoid plagiarism in an argumentative essay is to

create a citation for the information used.

Jonas decides that he will write a letter explaining that he disagrees with the principal's decision because he believes that uniforms take away from students' individuality. What is his best next step?

create an outline

According to "The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain," Hughes believes that young African American artists should

create art that is truthful and representative of their inner selves.

Great jars laden with the raw green of pickles, Standing in a solemn row across the back of the porch, Exhaling the pungent dill; What does "laden" mean in this context?

d

Read the excerpt from "Poetry." I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle. Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it after all, a place for the genuine. What is the meaning of the word "contempt" in this context?

d

What effect of the Great Depression is described in the song, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"

d. The men who had built and fed the nation and fought in World War I were abandoned and struggling to survive.

Which of the following sentences can be revised to eliminate redundancies?

d. The tall skyscrapers in New York City maximize the space of a small area.

He tried to think a little about the ballerinas. They weren't really very good—no better than anybody else would have been, anyway. They were burdened with sash-weights and bags of birdshot, and their faces were masked, so that no one, seeing a free and graceful gesture or a pretty face, would feel like something the cat drug in. George was toying with the vague notion that maybe dancers shouldn't be handicapped. This excerpt best illustrates Kurt Vonnegut's message that

d. absolute equality prevents personal freedoms of expression.

It is unfortunate that demonstrations are taking place in Birmingham, but it is even more unfortunate that the city's white power structure left the Negro community with no alternative. How does King support this claim?

d. by describing Birmingham's record of injustice

Which movement followed the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

d. desegregation

The simile in this excerpt compares

d. the ugly words to a group of buzzards.

The largest of the linen tents, erected at the campsite to protect the team of conservationists from the relentless African sun, housed the leader of the expedition, Dr. Aidan Hamilton. His round spectacles framed his slender face and complimented his gray hair as he sat outside his tent, mapping the day's journey. Julissa is most likely writing with the purpose of

describing in an observational manner.

Which word has a similar connotation to the word "swallow" in this excerpt?

devour

Read the excerpt from chapter 33 of The Awakening. Then in the afternoon Mrs. Merriman and Mrs. Highcamp had made their "party call." Edna felt that they might have dispensed with the formality. They had also come to invite her to play vingt-et-un one evening at Mrs. Merriman's. She was asked to go early, to dinner, and Mr. Merriman or Mr. Arobin would take her home. Edna accepted in a half-hearted way. She sometimes felt very tired of Mrs. Highcamp and Mrs. Merriman. Edna's weariness of Mrs. Merriman and Mrs. Highcamp is a reflection

disillusionment with conventional society.

In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law, as would the rabid segregationist. King includes this sentence to

distinguish himself from radicals.

We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. King includes this sentence to

draw attention to the interrelationship of events.

All of the following are essential to a strong essay outline, EXCEPT

each vivid sensory detail that will be included.

The speaker compares his heart to an empty nest in order to

emphasize the fact that his love has left.

The main purpose of this quotation is to

explain one theory of how the Earth was created from the sea.

Which elements are most likely to be included in public service announcements? Check all that apply.

facts or statistics, diagrams or charts, appealing images

Throughout "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Edwards uses imagery in an attempt to make readers feel

fear about being sent to hell

Based on the animals' behavior toward the woman, it is reasonable to conclude that the animals

felt compassion for the woman because she was scared.

Which image is used throughout "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" to provoke fear in the audience?

fire

[A]s the sun arose, I saw it [the pond] throwing off its nightly clothing of mist, and here and there, by degrees, its soft ripples or its smooth reflecting surface was revealed, while the mists, like ghosts, were stealthily withdrawing in every direction into the woods, as at the breaking up of some nocturnal conventicle [secret meeting]. In the excerpt, Thoreau uses imagery to describe

fog slowly rising from the surface of the pond.

An e-mail to your boss asking for a raise in salary would most likely use what type of language?

formal

Gentlemen of the Congress: I have called the Congress into extraordinary session because there are serious, very serious, choices of policy to be made, and made immediately, which it was neither right nor constitutionally permissible that I should assume the responsibility of making.

he understands the magnitude of the decision the country is faced with.

Whom does the narrator see hiding in the wallpaper?

herself, trapped in her life

Students participating in school athletics should be required to maintain a 2.0 in all academic courses. Most of Douglas High's varsity athletes prioritize their schoolwork; but, there are a few who ignore their responsibilities. Which transition word would best replace the underlined word?

however

Read the excerpt from "To a Shade," by William Butler Yeats. If you have revisited the town, thin Shade, Whether to look upon your monument (I wonder if the builder has been paid) Or happier-thoughted when the day is spent To drink of that salt breath out of the sea When grey gulls flit about instead of men, And the gaunt houses put on majesty: Let these content you and be gone again; For they are at their old tricks yet. This excerpt is an example of

iambic pentameterq

She had borne, that morning, all that nature could endure; and as her temperament was not of the order that escapes from too intense suffering by a swoon, her spirit could only shelter itself beneath a stony crust of insensibility, while the faculties of animal life remained entire. Which character trait of Hester Prynne does Hawthorne develop in this excerpt from the chapter?

inner strength

Which best describes the structure of the Declaration of Independence?

introduction and thesis › list of reasons why the British government is oppressive › conclusion that the colonies must separate

Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter. Which best describes the diction?

inviting and familiar

"Mah wife takes time fuh whatever she wants tuh do. Real strong headed dat way. Yes indeed." He laughed a high lungless laugh. "De chillun don't keep her in no mo' so she visits when she chooses." Mr. Turner's words reveal his

lack of control over his wife.

Read "In a Station of the Metro," by Ezra Pound. The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough. In this poem, Pound is comparing "faces in the crowd" to petals that

laying against a tree branch

Read the statement. The government of England is subjecting the American colonists to laws that take away their unalienable rights. This statement is the Declaration of Independence's

minor premise.

Which best describes the mood the auther conveys

mood of frustration

Thump, thump, thump, went his foot on the floor. He played a few chords then he sang some more. The repetition of the word "thump" is an example of what literary device?

onom

To conserve fuel and save lives, the national speed limit of 55 miles per hour should be restored. Gas prices are very high right now, so going slower would help to save money for many drivers. Also, there are too many deaths on the freeways. If drivers slowed down, fewer deaths would occur. What is the writer trying to accomplish in this paragraph?

persuade drivers to slow down

In Chapter 3 of The Scarlet Letter, which best describes the magistracy's main goal with respect to the punishment it delivers to Hester Prynne for her crime?

public humiliation and ostracism

(1) Space: the final frontier! (2) Many people see space as a true frontier. (3) They are excited by both the exploration of space and the potential of space. (4) Not everyone agrees with this. (5) Some people think that the money would be better spent solving Earth's problems. (6) However, the truth is that the money spent on space exploration is critical to solving our problems on Earth. Which of the following is the thesis statement?

sentence 6

Read the paragraph from "How We Entered World War I." As ships piled up in home ports, American commerce threatened to come to a standstill affecting the entire national economy. The Cabinet grew seriously alarmed. Although Wilson possessed the executive authority to arm ships, he was reluctant to take the step that would inevitably start the shooting. He preferred to ask Congress for authorization, thus touching off the great debate and filibuster on the Armed Ship Bill. How does the author organize the text to support her viewpoint in the paragraph?

she details events in chronological order

The mission of the Blanche Anti-Bullying Organization is to promote integrity, self-esteem, and respect for all people; therefore, as we pursue our mission, we the founders do respectfully promise to uphold these values for ourselves and all of our participating members. What is the tone of the passage?

sincere

Which of the following statements best expresses Douglass's attitude toward slavery?

slavery goes

the one with the kid in the picture. This PSA is addressing a

social issue.

Read the excerpt from chapter 1 of The Awakening. He walked down the gallery and across the narrow "bridges" which connected the Lebrun cottages one with the other. He had been seated before the door of the main house. The parrot and the mockingbird were the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the noise they wished. Mr Pontellier had the privilege of quitting their society when they ceased to be entertaining. What is the correct meaning of the word "ceased" based on its usage in the excerpt?

stopped

What is the best summary of the first paragraph of "How We Entered World War I"?

the United states was not

Who is the speaker of "Mending Wall"

the apple orchard

Based on this excerpt, it is reasonable to conclude that

the brothers were opposites and would always be in conflict.

In which section of the Declaration of Independence does Jefferson restate his thesis?

the conclusion

According to "Introduction to the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement," which was one effect of the first wave of the Great Migration?

the development of African American urban culture in northern cities

What does each stanza in "Auspex" show?

the different stages of a natural process

In "Civil Disobedience," what does Thoreau think about right after he wonders if he could have been of service to his community?

the significance of

Which event described in chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter occurs after the women of the crowd are introduced?

the woman describes hester's voice

Lastly, in lieu of these shifting scenes, came back the rude market-place of the Puritan settlement, with all the townspeople assembled and levelling their stern regards at Hester Prynne,—yes, at herself,—who stood on the scaffold of the pillory, an infant on her arm, and the letter A, in scarlet, fantastically embroidered with gold thread, upon her bosom! What is the effect of the underlined words in this excerpt?

they impart a mood of distress and shame

He claimed that she had been shaped up by a cow kicking her from behind. She was an ironing board with things throwed at it. Which phrase from the excerpt is the best example of nonstandard English?

things throwed at it

The execerpt demonstates which emerging theme

women who do not conform

Which best describes the tone shared by "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex"?

🚫energetic

The use of the words "stout and brave" suggests that "our hearts" are

🚫physically very strong.

Which best explains how the excerpt is evidence of an emerging theme?

A wife suffers the disapproval The excerpt describes a woman who feels disheartened

Which of the following excerpts from Fast Food Nation best provides evidence that fast food restaurants are designed for using unskilled labor?

The ovens at Pizza Hut and at Domino's also use conveyer belts to ensure standardized cooking times.

Which best describes the relationship between "Ain't I a Woman?" and the women's suffrage movement?

The speech and the movement both advocate for equal rights.

After going over the attendance data, I have learned that twenty percent of our students are calling in sick every day, and it would be good to do something to stop this problem. Which appeal is the speaker using in the sentence?

b

According to "Introduction to the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement," the 1954 ruling in Brown v. Board of Education marked the beginning of the

civil rights movement

What does Douglass mean by saying "Conscience cannot stand much violence"?

compromise one

Based on this excerpt, which character trait was valued by the Iroquois?

courage

Which movement followed the Brown v. Board of Education decision?

desegregation

How would the meaning of "An Indian's View of Indian Affairs" most likely have been affected had Chief Joseph adopted a tone of resentment instead?

it would appear as an

Based on evidence of his personality in "Civil Disobedience," what effect would a longer jail stay most likely have had on Thoreau?

it would have hardened his

Read the paragraph from "Wilson's War Message to Congress." We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. It was not upon their impulse that their Government acted in entering this war. It was not with their previous knowledge or approval. It was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined upon in the old, unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of dynasties or of little groups of ambitious men who were accustomed to use their fellow men as pawns and tools.

main idea and details

In Chapter 4 of The Scarlet Letter, Hester Prynne and the majority of the settlers see themselves as than the American Indian population.

more civilized

Based on this excerpt, it is reasonable to conclude that

neither twin could die because they were immortal gods.

According to "Introduction to the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement," which was one reason for the first wave of the Great Migration?

segregation and racism in the South

As the trumpet blared a jarring noise, everyone quickly covered their ears! Using the context clues, what is the meaning of the underlined word?

shrill

What does the use of the words "orchard" and "dome" suggest?

that the speaker is able to see and feel her faith in everything that surrounds her

Nor a word he spoke; nor did his officers say aught to him; though by all their minutest gestures and expressions, they plainly showed the uneasy, if not painful, consciousness of being under a troubled master-eye. Which best describes the theme Melville develops in this excerpt?

the inherent danger of a leader who exhibits signs of madness

Read each of the excerpts from The Awakening. [Madame Ratignolle] acceded to the suggestion of bouillon, which was grateful and acceptable. [Robert Lebrun] went himself to the kitchen, which was a building apart from the cottages and lying to the rear of the house. And he himself brought her the golden-brown bouillon, in a dainty Sèvres cup, with a flaky cracker or two on the saucer. *** Madame Lebrun went back to the machine, crimson with annoyance. Victor was the younger son and brother—a tête montée [hot-headed], with a temper which invited violence and a will which no ax could break. Which best explains why the author included both of these scenes in the story?

to develop a contrast between the two sons of Madame Lebrun

Which of the following best describes Thomas Jefferson's purpose in writing the Declaration of Independence?

to unite the colonists against the British government

The investors could not handle the ups and downs so they removed their funds from the fluctuating market. Using the context clues, what is the meaning of the underlined word?

to vary in level or value

Read the excerpt from chapter 25 of The Awakening. Mrs. Highcamp deplored the absence of her daughter from the races, and tried to convey to her what she had missed by going to the "Dante reading" instead of joining them. The girl held a geranium leaf up to her nose and said nothing, but looked knowing and noncommittal. Which statement best summarizes the explicit message in the excerpt?

Mrs/Highcamp wishes

Let us spend one day as deliberately as Nature, and not be thrown off the track by every nutshell and mosquito's wing that falls on the rails. Let us rise early and fast, or break fast, gently and without perturbation; let company come and let company go, let the bells ring and the children cry—determined to make a day of it. How does Thoreau use the imagery of bells in the excerpt?

NOT A. The bells represent festivity.

The average person falls asleep in seven minutes, but I couldn't sleep, not after hours, and it made my boots lighter to be around his things, and to touch stuff that he had touched, and to make the hangers hang a little straighter, even though I knew it didn't matter. How does the narration affect Oskar's credibility in this excerpt?

b. His efforts to heal render him earnest and genuine.

Which of the following sentences can be revised to eliminate redundancies?

b. Juan was costumed in disguise when he entered the room.

What is the fundamental idea behind the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which is mentioned in Brown v. Board of Education?

b. The Fourteenth Amendment secures the rights of citizenship to all Americans.

read the excerpt from "Birches" by Robert Frost. When I see birches bend to left and right Across the line of straighter darker trees, I like to think some boy's been swinging them. But swinging doesn't bend them down to stay. Ice-storms do that. Often you must have seen them Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning After a rain. They click upon themselves As the breeze rises, and turn many-colored As the stir cracks and crazes their enamel. Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust— Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen. What is the best description of the theme of this excerpt?

c

He also believes that employees further up the corporate ladder cheat more than those down below. He got this idea after delivering for years to one company spread out over three floors—an executive floor on top and two lower floors with sales, service, and administrative employees (Feldman wondered if perhaps the executives cheated out of an overdeveloped sense of entitlement. What he didn't consider is that perhaps cheating was how they got to be executives.) Which best describes the type of reasoning the excerpt uses?

c. Feldman uses inductive reasoning because he formulates a generalization based on specific examples.

I am not african. Africa is in me, but I cannot return. I am not taína. Taíno is in me, but there is no way back. I am not european. Europe lives in me, but I have no home there. What does this passage reveal about the speaker of the poem?

c. It shows that she embraces all parts of her heritage by refusing to be classified as one in particular.

His tuxedo was over the chair he used to sit on when he tied his shoes, and I thought, Weird. Why wasn't it hung up with his suits? Had he come from a fancy party the night before he died? But then why would he have taken off his tuxedo without hanging it up? Maybe it needed to be cleaned? But I didn't remember a fancy party. I remembered him tucking me in.... How does the narration

c. Oskar's attempts to recall the events build suspense.

Which excerpt from the song, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" best emphasizes the idea that average Americans felt abandoned by the wealthy elite and the government?

c. Say, don't you remember, they called me Al— It was Al all the time. Why don't you remember, I'm your pal— Buddy, can you spare a dime?

Patty and Maureen took the long drive to their high school reunion. The women were excited about the prospect of seeing old friends at the ranch. The group had quite a past history to reminisce about. The weekend was sure to be full of stories and laughter! Which sentence should be revised to eliminate redundancy?

c. Sentence 3

Laws permitting, and even requiring, their separation in places where they are liable to be brought into contact do not necessarily imply the inferiority of either race to the other, and have been generally, if not universally, recognized as within the competency of the state legislatures in the exercise of their police power. How does this relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?

c. The Brown case addresses whether these laws inherently deny certain citizens equal protection under the law.

The group of friends came to a consensus about which movie they would agree to see together. What is the best way to rewrite the sentence to avoid repetition?

c. The group of friends came to an agreement about the movie they would see together.

They used to tell me I was building a dream, And so I followed the mob— When there was earth to plow, or guns to bear I was always there—right on the job. Which best restates the main idea of these lines?

c. The heroic men standing in line for food were used to build and fight for the American dream.

Why did the Supreme Court take jurisdiction of Brown v. Board of Education?

c. The implications of the case were important and widespread.

What is the plaintiffs' main concern about the state of public schools in Brown v. Board of Education?

c. The schools were racially segregated, which led to a lower quality of education for some students in Topeka.

A key fact of white-collar crime is that we hear about only the very slim fraction of people who are caught cheating. Most embezzlers lead quiet and theoretically happy lives; employees who steal company property are rarely detected. With street crime, meanwhile, that is not the case. A mugging or a burglary or a murder is usually tallied whether or not the criminal is caught. A street crime has a victim, who typically reports the crime to the police, who generate data, which in turn generate thousands of academic papers by criminologists, sociologists, and economists. But white-collar crime presents no obvious victim. In this excerpt, the authors present

c. a contrast between different types of crime.

I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every southern state, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. What is King's purpose for including this sentence?

c. to establish his professional credentials

We probably couldn't go to all the stars because they're too far away. It would take a long time to get there. The sentences need to be revised for this type of essay because they

contain generalizations and contractions.

Bethany is writing a paper about the history of jazz in the US. She has several potential research questions. Which is her best option?

d

Broadbent, Brooke. "A, B, Cs of a HEALTHY Lifestyle." Alive: Canada's Natural Health & Wellness Magazine 334 (2010): 45-51. Print. Which best describes the underlined portion of the citation?

d

Which is a motif in "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" that represents being trapped?

d

Which best describes the irony of the excerpt?

d. Mrs. Crater claims that she would not give her daughter away for anything, when in fact she gives her away for nothing at all.

The imagery of "the heart" suggests what relationship between the society the narrator plans to build on the mountain and the outside world?

d. News of the new society on the mountain will gradually spread to the outside world, and the independent thinkers will come to it.

What imagery from "The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica" helps develop the woman who runs the bodega as a "mother figure" to people of various ages and cultures?

d. She is a woman typically found in any "family portrait."

What imagery do "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex" have in common?

Both poems make reference to the heart.

How are the speakers' attitudes toward God and Death similar in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" and "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church"?🔹

Both speakers appear confident and accepting.

Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. She said, "Ron is a great person," which was an answer to a question I didn't ask. So I asked again. "True or false: you are in love with Ron." She put her hand with the ring on it in her hair and said, "Oskar, Ron is my friend." Which of these statements best describes the ambiguity in this excerpt?

It is unclear whether the ring is from Ron or from Oskar's dad.

Based upon "Introduction to the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement," what was the difference between the political goals and strategies of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X?

King advocated for integration and equality, while Malcolm X promoted Black Nationalism.

The season closed and people went away like they had come—in droves. Tea Cake and Janie decided to stay since they wanted to make another season on the muck. There was nothing to do, after they had gathered several bushels of dried beans to save over and sell to the planters in the fall. So Janie began to look around and see people and things she hadn't noticed during the season. Which aspect of early twentieth-century society in the South is illustrated in this excerpt?

Laborers traveled to find work opportunities.

How does the progress of the last paragraph of "Where I Lived and What I Lived For" communicate the main idea of Walden?

Thoreau moves from gazing at the water to burrowing into the earth, just as the excerpt shows a progress from observation to contemplation.

"Aeolian string" refers to a harp-like instrument that plays when it is placed in the wind. Based on this definition, which statement best describes the speaker's view of the wind?

b

But, to my mind, it is the duty of the younger Negro artist, if he accepts any duties at all from outsiders, to change through the force of his art that old whispering "I want to be white," hidden in the aspirations of his people, to "Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro—and beautiful"? In this context, what is the meaning of "aspirations"?

ambitions

What is ironic about Mr. Shiftlet's comments?

c. He speaks about morals after having just abandoned his wife at a roadside diner.

Edwards uses the phrase "Oh who can express what the state of a soul in such circumstances is!" in order to

illustrate that this type of suffering is unimaginable

In "Ain't I a Woman?," why does Truth repeat the phrase "Ain't I a woman?" throughout the second paragraph?

to reinforce that she is strong, resilient and female

Jefferson aimed to unite the colonists in writing the Declaration of Independence. How does the structure of the document support his purpose?

He concludes by stating that representatives from all thirteen colonies support the document.

How does the word "tramp" affect the tone of this line?

It suggests the determination of the speaker.

Read the excerpt of Frances Porcher's review from The Mirror, May 1899. It absorbs and interests, then makes one wonder, for the moment, with a little sick feeling, if all women are like the one, and that isn't a pleasant reflection after you have taken in this character study whose "awakening" gives title to Mrs. Chopin's novel. What is Porcher's response to Chopin's writing?

Porcher criticizes Chopin's main character.

Which social attitude of Gilman's era does this excerpt demonstrate?

Working gives people a sense of competence and control.

Which is the best place to find reference sources for a scholarly essay

a

I am new. History made me. My first language was spanglish. I was born at the crossroads and I am whole. The author's word choice helps to reflect a tone of

a. pride.

Based on the excerpt, it can be inferred that the narrator believes that

b. men surrendered to conformity and gave up their own freedom.

Douglass believes that Mrs. Auld was not suited to be a slaveholder because she lacked the necessary ____.

cruely

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. What is the author's purpose for including this sentence?

to explain the need for mutual understanding

Which is the best definition of a primary source document

a

Read the following evidence and viewpoint. Evidence: Studies have shown that sending or receiving a text message diverts a driver's attention for an average of 4.6 seconds. Viewpoint: Cell phones should never be used while driving.

d. One major distraction that should be eliminated while driving is cell phones, as studies have shown that sending or receiving a text message diverts a driver's attention from the road for an average of 4.6 seconds.

Having fallen out of the nest, the bird was insensible at first, but then flew off. To decipher the meaning of the word insensible, break the word into

the prefix in-, the root sens, and the suffix -ible.

This stanza reflects the attitude that

the spirit has greater strength than the body.

What might you have learned had this account been written by Master Hugh?

why master hugh

Which excerpt from "The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica" is an example of an allusion?

c. Suspiros, Merengues, the stale candy of everyone's childhood

Which sentence from Their Eyes Were Watching God contains an example of dialect?

Before they realized it the sun was cooler and the crowds came pouring onto the muck again.

Which best describes one way in which "Civil Disobedience" impacted people and events later in history?

It fortified the beliefs of those who thought the government acted unfairly.

Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. In the real world, Feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. He came to consider a company "honest" if its payment rate was above 90 percent. He considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent "annoying but tolerable." If a company habitually paid below 80 percent, Feldman might post a hectoring note, like this one: The cost of bagels has gone up dramatically since the beginning of the year. Unfortunately, the number of bagels that disappear without being paid for has also gone up. Don't let that continue. I don't imagine that you would teach your children to cheat, so why do it yourselves? The excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors' argument?

an example

Which type of Southern gothic character is represented in O'Connor's "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"?

b. isolated lower class

The next morning I told Mom that I couldn't go to school, because I was too sick. It was the first lie that I had to tell. She put her hand on my forehead and said, "You do feel a bit hot." I said, "I took my temperature and it's one hundred point seven degrees." That was the second lie. She turned around and asked me to zip up the back of her dress which she could have done herself, but she knew that I loved to do it. What assumption does the narrator make in this excerpt?

b. that his mom will trust him

In this excerpt, Harburg explains that his song is giving a voice to

b. the working class and the veterans.

Read the excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I could get it - and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman? What is the primary purpose of the phrases "borne thirteen children" and "cried out with my mother's grief"? to encourage audience members to recall their own struggles to encourage the audience to sympathize with enslaved persons to emphasize the pain and struggle that Truth has lived through to emphasize Truth's belief that women should receive special treatment

c

The failing company was not going to succeed because it was bankrupt and did not have any money left. What is the best way to revise this sentence to eliminate wordiness?

c

"It's all electronic these days. Key pads. Thumbprint recognition." "That's so awesome." "I like keys." I thought for a minute, and then I got heavy, heavy boots. "Well, if people like me are a dying breed, then what's going to happen to your business?" "We'll become specialized," he said, "like a typewriter shop. We're useful now, but soon we'll be interesting." "Maybe you need a new business." "I like this business." How does the narration shape Oskar's characterization in this excerpt?

d

He is all pine and I am apple orchard. My apple trees will never get across And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him. He only says, "Good fences make good neighbours." Based on the excerpt, what does the speaker most likely think about the wall?

d

Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each. The excerpt is narrated using which literary technique?

d

What is the rhyme scheme of "A Psalm of Life"?

d

When they become so derivative as to become unintelligible, the same thing may be said for all of us, that we do not admire what we cannot understand Based on context, what is the most likely definition for "derivative"?

d

Why does the neighbor say that "good fences make good neighbours" in "Mending Wall"?

d

Which excerpt from Black Boy best illustrates the effect that society has on Wright's father?

d. From the white landowners above him there had not been handed to him a chance to learn the meaning of loyalty, of sentiment, of tradition.

I am neither foe nor friend to my brothers, but such as each of them shall deserve of me. And to earn my love, my brothers must do more than to have been born. I do not grant my love without reason, nor to any chance passer-by who may wish to claim it. I honor men with my love. But honor is a thing to be earned. Which best explains the philosophical concept reflected in the excerpt?

d. This excerpt reflects capitalism, because it emphasizes an exchange based on free will.

Which line from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close reveals a nostalgic tone?

d. We used to Greco-Roman wrestle on the floor in there, and tell hilarious jokes, and once we hung a pendulum from the ceiling and put a circle of dominoes on the floor to prove that the earth rotated.

Read the stanza from "The Garret," by Ezra Pound. Dawn enters with little feet like a gilded Pavlova, And I am near my desire. Nor has life in it aught better Than this hour of clear coolness, the hour of waking together. The imagery in these lines suggest that

daylight comes slowly and delicately into the room.

Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall." I see him there Bringing a stone grasped firmly by the top In each hand, like an old-stone savage armed. He moves in darkness as it seems to me, Not of woods only and the shade of trees. He will not go behind his father's saying, And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, "Good fences make good neighbours." Based on the excerpt, what does the speaker think of his neighbor?

he is stubburn

What is the effect of the phrase "but just Ourselves" in the lines above?

It conveys the personal nature of the speaker's journey.

Read the excerpt from chapter 37 of The Awakening. She was still stunned and speechless with emotion when later she leaned over her friend to kiss her and softly say good-by. Adèle, pressing her cheek, whispered in an exhausted voice: "Think of the children, Edna. Oh think of the children! Remember them!" Which of the following ideas are Adèle's words reflecting?

Children are supremely important

"Never, sayest thou?" rejoined he with a smile of dark and self-relying intelligence. What trait of Roger Chillingworth does Hawthorne develop in this sentence?

Chillingworth's sinister motivations

According to "A New Biographical Approach," by Emily Toth, how do Chopin's personal experiences influence the women characters in her writing?

Chopin's experiences with the self-reliant women in her family inspired her fiercely independent women characters.

Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. The bagel data also reflect how much personal mood seems to affect honesty. Weather, for instance, is a major factor. Unseasonably pleasant weather inspires people to pay at a higher rate. Unseasonably cold weather, meanwhile, makes people cheat prolifically; so do heavy rain and wind. Worst are the holidays. The week of Christmas produces a 2 percent drop in payment rates—again, a 15 percent increase in theft, an effect on the same magnitude, in reverse, as that of 9/11. Thanksgiving is nearly as bad; the week of Valentine's Day is also lousy, as is the week straddling April 15. There are, however, a few good holidays: the weeks that include the Fourth of July, Labor Day, and Columbus Day. The difference in the two sets of holidays? The low-cheating holidays represent little more than an extra day off from work. The high-cheating holidays are fraught with miscellaneous anxieties and the high expectations of loved ones. Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of this paragraph?

Different emotional states affect people's honesty.

Which prediction is most likely based on the themes that have emerged so far in The Awakening?

Edna's internal conflict between her domestic roles and her inner desires will reach a crisis point

We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. It was not upon their impulse that their Government acted in entering this war. It was not with their previous knowledge or approval. It was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined upon in the old, unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of dynasties or of little groups of ambitious men who were accustomed to use their fellow men as pawns and tools.

He states a main idea and offers details to make his point.

In paragraph six of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," what does Edwards suggest about spiritual reform?

He suggests that good works alone will not save a person from damnation

Monica relocated into a new apartment last weekend. She had countless boxes to pack and could not possibly attempt to transport the furniture herself. She is hiring movers to help her with the heaviest items. Monica's furniture was loaded into a truck and moved to her new apartment. She was there to instruct the movers where to put everything. Luckily, all the furniture made it to the location in one piece! Which best explains the inconsistency in writing used in this paragraph?

It does not maintain appropriate verb tense.

Read the excerpt from The Awakening, by Kate Chopin. He reproached his wife with her inattention, her habitual neglect of the children. If it was not a mother's place to look after children, whose on earth was it? He himself had his hands full with his brokerage business. He could not be in two places at once; making a living for his family on the street, and staying at home to see that no harm befell them. He talked in a monotonous, insistent way. How does the excerpt reflect its social and historical context?

It illustrates the prevailing gender expectations within a marriage in the 1800s.

What does the poet suggest about human life with the images in these lines?

Life is an eternal struggle.

Students at Glenmore High demand an increase in the number of advanced placement classes. In order to compete with other college-bound students, we must have access to more rigorous courses. I mean, if we can't show that we took tough courses, colleges will turn us down. How can the final sentence best be revised for this argument?

NOT: We need tougher courses on our transcripts, or else nobody's going to notice us.

Read the excerpt from chapter 25 of The Awakening. The afternoon was intensely interesting to her. The excitement came back upon her like a remittent fever. Her talk grew familiar and confidential. It was no labor to become intimate with Arobin. His manner invited easy confidence. The preliminary stage of becoming acquainted was one which he always endeavored to ignore when a pretty and engaging woman was concerned. Which best describes the narrative voice in the excerpt?

The author uses an omniscient narrator to reveal the thoughts

Read the excerpt from The Awakening. The very first chords which Mademoiselle Reisz struck upon the piano sent a keen tremor down Mrs. Pontellier's spinal column. It was not the first time she had heard an artist at the piano. Perhaps it was the first time she was ready, perhaps the first time her being was tempered to take an impress of the abiding truth. She waited for the material pictures which she thought would gather and blaze before her imagination. She waited in vain. She saw no pictures of solitude, of hope, of longing, or of despair. But the very passions themselves were aroused within her soul, swaying it, lashing it, as the waves daily beat upon her splendid body. She trembled, she was choking, and the tears blinded her. Which statement best describes the aesthetic impact the author intends this excerpt to have upon the reader?

The author uses sensory language to appeal to the reader's emotions.

Read the excerpt from chapter 12 of The Awakening. [Roger] had soon joined her. [Edna] had never sent for him before. She had never asked for him. She had never seemed to want him before. She did not appear conscious that she had done anything unusual in commanding his presence. He was apparently equally unconscious of anything extraordinary in the situation. But his face was suffused with a quiet glow when he met her. Which best explains how the excerpt is an example of naturalism?

The characters are described as "not conscious" and "unconscious" with respect to the internal forces driving their actions

In this excerpt, what is the denotation of the word "fierceness"?

aggression

In the beginning, Feldman left behind an open basket for the cash, but too often the money vanished. Then he tried a coffee can with a money slot in its plastic lid, which also proved too tempting. In the end, he resorted to making small plywood boxes with a slot cut into the top. The wooden box has worked well. Each year he drops off about seven thousand boxes and loses, on average, just one to theft. This is an intriguing statistic: the same people who routinely steal more than 10 percent of his bagels almost never stoop to stealing his money box—a tribute to the nuanced social calculus of theft. From Feldman's perspective, an office worker who eats a bagel without paying is committing a crime; the office worker probably doesn't think so. This distinction probably has less to do with the admittedly small amount of money involved (Feldman's bagels cost one dollar each, cream cheese included) than with the context of the "crime." The same office worker who fails to pay for his bagel might also help himself to a long slurp of soda while filling a glass in a self-serve restaurant, but he is very unlikely to leave the restaurant without paying. Which of the following best summarizes the main idea of this paragraph?

b. The definition of crime is subjective and depends on who commits the crime and what type is committed.

We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. Which is the best reason why President Wilson uses the word "we"?

c

And here you would be presented with a list of four possible pairs, one of which showed the same kind of relationship: red is to stoplight, bus is to arrival, chills is to fever, yawn is to boring. Well, I could never think that way. I knew what the tests were asking, but I could not block out of my mind the images already created by the first pair, "sunset is to nightfall"—and I would see a burst of colors against a darkening sky, the moon rising, the lowering of a curtain of stars. How does Tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt?

c. Tan discusses achievement tests to support the idea that language cannot be separated from the personal meanings and experiences attached to it.

What led Harburg to write the song, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"

c. the able-bodied men he saw begging for money and standing in bread lines in the streets of New York

Certain it is, that, some fifteen or twenty years after the settlement of the town, the wooden jail was already marked with weather-stains and other indications of age, which gave a yet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front. The rust on the ponderous iron-work of its oaken door looked more antique than any thing else in the new world. The author most likely include the words "darker aspect," "beetle-browed," "gloomy," and "ponderous" in order to

impart a melancholy mood.

Which best describes the diction in "Ain't I a Woman?"

informal and relatable

It was one of those less lowering, but still grey and gloomy enough mornings of the transition, when with a fair wind the ship was rushing through the water with a vindictive sort of leaping and melancholy rapidity, that as I mounted to the deck at the call of the forenoon watch, so soon as I leveled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. What theme in the novel does Melville allude to with his use of the word "vindictive" to describe the movement of the ship in this excerpt?

revenge

Which characteristic makes "Song of Myself" a free verse poem?

the absence of a consistent rhythmic structure

The speaker compares his heart to an empty nest in order to

🚫describe a physical feeling he is experiencing.

What is the plaintiffs' main concern about the state of public schools in Brown v. Board of Education?

NOT: The school buildings were in poor condition, which caused low attendance rates in Topeka.

We left. I had the feeling that I had had to do with something unclean. Many times in the years after that the image of my father and the strange woman, their faces lit by the dancing flames, would surge up in my imagination so vivid and strong that I felt I could reach out and touch it; I would stare at it, feeling that it possessed some vital meaning which always eluded me. Based on this excerpt, how did Wright feel about his final boyhood encounter with his father?

NOT: certain that he achieved closure

As the trumpet blared a jarring noise, everyone quickly covered their ears! Using the context clues, what is the meaning of the underlined word?

NOT: harmonious

What is the main idea of the first stanza of "Auspex"?

Though I cannot slow myself down right now, one day my heart will stop beating so quickly, and I will slow down.

Which excerpt from chapter 38 of The Awakening best supports the idea that Edna has suffered as a result of her revelations

"[O]h! well! perhaps it is better to wake up after

Fill in the blanks in order.

came . . . give . . . . wanted

In that dramatic scene on Calvary's hill three men were crucified. We must never forget that all three were crucified for the same crime—the crime of extremism. Why does King use this allusion?

to suggest the moral significance of his cause

Read the excerpt from chapter 30 of The Awakening. The golden shimmer of Edna's satin gown spread in rich folds on either side of her. There was a soft fall of lace encircling her shoulders. It was the color of her skin, without the glow, the myriad living tints that one may sometimes discover in vibrant flesh. There was something in her attitude, in her whole appearance when she leaned her head against the high-backed chair and spread her arms, which suggested the regal woman, the one who rules, who looks on, who stands alone. What does this excerpt reveal about Edna's character?

Ednas plays the role of the

Which statement best explains why Edwards repeats the image of fire throughout "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

He wants to increase his audience's fear of hell

Which statement from "Ain't I a Woman?" is an example of pathos, or an appeal based on emotion?

I have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but Jesus heard me!

Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" What, to the American slave, is your 4th of July? What is the purpose of this rhetorical question as it used by Douglass?

It is designed to introduce an idea.

What is the effect of the word "surplice," which is a garment worn by the clergy, in this stanza?

It reinforces the difference between the natural things the speaker holds dear and the rituals of the church.

What is the effect of the repetition of the word "dead" in this line?

It reinforces the idea that one should live in the present, not in the past.

Students at Glenmore High demand an increase in the number of advanced placement classes. In order to compete with other college-bound students, we must have access to more rigorous courses. I mean, if we can't show that we took tough courses, colleges will turn us down. How can the final sentence best be revised for this argument?

NOT: Tough work is the key to proving to college admissions that we've got what they want.

Based on "Ain't I a Woman?," how did Truth most likely feel about the anti-suffragist idea that women were too sentimental and emotional to be involved in politics?

She likely disagreed, since she believed that women could be just as strong and resilient as men.

How does this relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?

The Brown case addresses whether facilities separated by race are permissible by law.

How are the moods of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" and "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" different?

The former has a serious mood, while the latter has a lighter mood.

According to "The World on Turtle's Back," which best demonstrates the Iroquois view of women?

Women were respected because they helped create and sustain the world.

I realized that, though ties of blood made us kin, though I could see a shadow of my face in his face, though there was an echo of my voice in his voice, we were forever strangers, speaking a different language, living on vastly distant planes of reality. Which best describes Wright's attitude toward his father in this excerpt?

Wright believes that their life views are incompatible.

Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table; Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets, The muttering retreats Of restless nights in one-night cheap hotels And sawdust restaurants with oyster-shells: Streets that follow like a tedious argument Of insidious intent To lead you to an overwhelming question . . . Oh, do not ask, "What is it?" Let us go and make our visit. In the room the women come and go Talking of Michelangelo. The excerpt is an example of what type of narration?

a

Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the Old World, travel through South America, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival. Which best describes the impact of the author's repetitive use of words that suggest similar ideas, such as "go," "search," and "roam"?

a

at night in any kind of light, in twilight, candle light, lamplight, and worst of all by moonlight, it becomes bars! The outside pattern I mean, and the woman behind it is as plain as can be. What does the narrator's description of the wallpaper reveal about the context of the story?

a

Which source would best support an argumentative essay on the importance of protective gear for those playing sports?

a case study of sports-related injuries

Mr. Shiftlet was so shocked that for about a hundred feet he drove along slowly with the door stiff open. A cloud, the exact color of the boy's hat and shaped like a turnip, had descended over the sun, and another, worse looking, crouched behind the car. Mr. Shiftlet felt that the rottenness of the world was about to engulf him. He raised his arm and let it fall again to his breast. "Oh Lord!" he prayed. "Break forth and wash the slime from this earth!" Which best describes the irony of the excerpt?

a. Mr. Shiftlet has just deceived an old woman for personal gain, and yet he does not think he's part of the "rottenness of the world."

If the creator of this PSA wanted to encourage kids to read more by featuring an important fact or statistic about the benefit of reading, which would be the best fact or statistic to add?

a. Research has found a direct link between the amount of time children read for pleasure and their academic reading achievement.

Which excerpt from "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" contains an example of figurative language?

a. She was ravenous for a son-in-law.

On the 3d of February last I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government that on and after the 1st day of February it was its purpose to put aside all restraints of law or of humanity and use its submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe or any of the ports controlled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean. It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in the same way. There has been no discrimination. The challenge is to all mankind. Each nation must decide for itself how it will meet it. The choice we make for ourselves must be made with a moderation of counsel and a temperateness of judgment befitting our character and our motives as a nation. We must put excited feelings away. Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the nation, but only the vindication of right, of human right, of which we are only a single champion. Which best states if the speech is effective or ineffective?

b

I've heard other terms used, "limited English," for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people's perceptions of the limited English speaker. How does Tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt?

b. Tan expresses an opinion to support the idea that people who speak nonstandard forms of English are unfairly judged in negative ways.

No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States . . . How does the excerpt relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?

b. The Brown case addresses whether education systems separated by race limit citizens' privileges.

[1] When Nicki woke up, it was still dark outside. [2] Although she was tired, she stumbled out of bed, brushed her teeth, and put on her running clothes. [3] When she went into the kitchen, she saw that her mom had left her favorite water bottle on the counter. [4] As she had done every day for the past month, she opened the front door, stepped onto the pavement, and began her morning ritual. Which of the following best describes this paragraph?

b

the patient who was not feeling well told the doctor her head hurt and that she was experiencing blurry vision with her eyesight. Which answer choice is the best revision of the sentence to avoid repetition?

b

Which of the following excerpts from "Harrison Bergeron" best illustrates irony?

b. "He is a genius and an athlete, is under-handicapped, and should be regarded as extremely dangerous."

In a print PSA promoting the use of seatbelts, which font would be best to use, and why?

b. A simple, legible font, which makes the information in the PSA easier to read.

After sampling a few cake samples, the woman who is getting married picked the flavor of cake that she liked the best.

b. After tasting cake samples, the bride picked the best flavor.

The boy bent over her and stared at the long pink-gold hair and the half-shut sleeping eyes. Then he looked up and stared at Mr. Shiftlet. "She looks like an angel of Gawd," he murmured. "Hitch-hiker," Mr. Shiftlet explained. "I can't wait. I got to make Tuscaloosa." The boy bent over again and very carefully touched his finger to a strand of the golden hair and Mr. Shiftlet left. Which statement most accurately represents the excerpt's larger idea?

b. Beauty and truth appear in unexpected places.

He had also—quite without meaning to—designed a beautiful economic experiment. From the beginning, Feldman kept rigorous data on his business. So by measuring the money collected against the bagels taken, he found it possible to tell, down to the penny, just how honest his customers were. Did they steal from him? If so, what were the characteristics of a company that stole versus a company that did not? Under what circumstances did people tend to steal more, or less? Based on the excerpt, which of the following best explains why the authors included Feldman in their study?

b. Feldman kept rigorous data on his business.

. . . requiring the officer of the passenger train to assign each passenger to the coach or compartment assigned for the race to which he or she belong; and imposing fines or imprisonment upon passengers insisting on going into a coach or compartment other than the one set aide for the race to which he or she belongs. How does the excerpt relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?

b. The Brown case addresses whether public institutions can legally be divided by race.

How does Harrison Bergeron's physical description help to create satire?

b. The absurdity of Harrison's exaggerated handicaps ridicules society's obsession with equality.

How does the simile in the sentence develop the Southern gothic character of Mr. Shiftlet?

b. The image emphasizes that Mr. Shiftlet lives in an uncaring world.

And the afternoon, the evening, sleeps so peacefully! Smoothed by long fingers, Asleep . . . tired . . . or it malingers, Stretched on the floor, here beside you and me. Should I, after tea and cakes and ices, Have the strength to force the moment to its crisis? But though I have wept and fasted, wept and prayed, Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter, I am no prophet— and here's no great matter; Which words best indicate that Prufrock feels anxious?

c

Every day or two I strolled to the village to hear some of the gossip which is incessantly going on there, circulating either from mouth to mouth, or from newspaper to newspaper, and which, taken in homeopathic doses, was really as refreshing in its way as the rustle of leaves and the peeping of frogs. As I walked in the woods to see the birds and squirrels, so I walked in the village to see the men and boys; instead of the wind among the pines I heard the carts rattle. Which is the best example of a vivid sensory detail?

c

He said that after the wall-paper was changed it would be the heavy bedstead, and then the barred windows, and then that gate at the head of the stairs, and so on. "You know the place is doing you good," he said, "and really, dear, I don't care to renovate the house just for a three months' rental." Based on this excerpt, which statement best describes John's viewpoint of the wallpaper?

c

I let my neighbour know beyond the hill; And on a day we meet to walk the line And set the wall between us once again. We keep the wall between us as we go. To each the boulders that have fallen to each. And some are loaves and some so nearly balls We have to use a spell to make them balance: "Stay where you are until our backs are turned!" We wear our fingers rough with handling them. Oh, just another kind of out-door game, One on a side. It comes to little more: There where it is we do not need the wall: He is all pine and I am apple orchard. What does the phrase "one on a side" mean?

d

Length multiplied by width equals the square footage of a room. If the room is L-shaped, you can break the space down into several different squares or rectangles. You may want to measure in inches to figure out the total square inches. Then divide that by 144 to figure out the total square footage. This passage is most appropriate for

d

Let us go then, you and I, When the evening is spread out against the sky Like a patient etherized upon a table; And seeing that it was a soft October night, Curled once about the house, and fell asleep. And the afternoon, the evening, sleeps so peacefully! Smoothed by long fingers, What is the most likely reason for Prufrock's emphasis on the afternoon and evening hours?

d

Neutrality is no longer feasible or desirable where the peace of the world is involved and the freedom of its peoples, and the menace to that peace and freedom lies in the existence of autocratic governments backed by organized force which is controlled wholly by their will, not by the will of their people. Which best explains President Wilson's use of the word "autocratic"?

d

Which of the following statements support the claim in Freakonomics that "people are generally good even without enforcement"?

d. Many people enjoy using the honor system.

If morality represents the way we would like the world to work and economics represents how it actually does work, then the story of Feldman's bagel business lies at the very intersection of morality and economics. Yes, a lot of people steal from him, but the vast majority, even though no is watching over them, do not. This outcome may surprise some people—including Feldman's economist friends, who counseled him twenty years ago that his honor-system scheme would never work. But it would not have surprised Adam Smith. In fact, theme of Smith's first book, the Theory of Moral Sentiments, was the innate honesty of mankind. "How selfish soever man may be supposed," Smith wrote, "there are evidently some principles in his nature which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it." Which best describes the authors' purpose in using a quotation from Adam Smith's book The Theory of Moral Sentiments?

d. to lend credibility and additional support to their conclusion

What is the verb mood of this sentence?

imperative

Which is a feature of dialect?

informal language used in a specific location

Read the excerpt from "An Indian's View of Indian Affairs." My friends, I have been asked to show you my heart. I am glad to have a chance to do so. I want the white people to understand my people. Based on the tone of this excerpt, the author most likely wants the audience to

listen with compassion

Read the excerpt from "Make it New": Early Modernism. Ezra Pound challenged other poets to "Make it new." Which answer choice best describes Ezra Pound's intent in this statement

poets should

Algebra is a precursor for calculus because it will help students to be successful in the latter course. Which word is closest in meaning to the underlined word?

preceding requirement

Read the quote from "My Heart Is Bursting." If I had been fighting I would have done it by day and not in the dark. The tone of this sentence can best be described as conveying

pride

Read the excerpt from chapter 33 of The Awakening. "Does he boast of his successes?" asked Edna, indifferently, squinting at her picture. Edna's casual response to Madame Ratignolle's concerns reveals that

she is a lot less concerned with public opinion than Madame

Fill in the blanks in order.

teach . . . . understand

Which line from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close reveals a despondent tone?

c. I zipped myself all the way into the sleeping bag of myself, not because I was hurt, and not because I had broken something, but because they were cracking up.

What does the repetition of the word "neutral" throughout "How We Entered World War I" emphasize?

the stance

Why does the Supreme Court make this distinction?

NOT: The court recognizes that segregated schools require additional federal funding.

Which is the best replacement for the underlined words?

hope

What is the most logical sequence for these sentences in a story?🔹

4, 1, 3, 2

Considering "Civil Disobedience," which best describes one similarity between Thoreau and Martin Luther King, Jr.?

Both felt that people have the moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.

Which of the following expresses a similarity between the central ideas found in Society and Solitude and Chapter I of Nature?

Both passages stress the importance of individual contemplation.

What is most likely required of a young man to be perceived as highly educated during the time period in which "The Adventure of the Mysterious Stranger" takes place?

He needs to travel in order to be exposed to art, music, and culture.

Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application. How does King support this claim?

by describing a law about parade permits

We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. How does King support this claim?

by describing his own experience with waiting for civil rights

Which best describes how Jefferson organizes his argument in the body of the Declaration of Independence?

by listing the ways in which the King of England has oppressed the colonists

I have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. How does King support this claim in the rest of his letter?

by quoting Socrates and establishing historical precedent

What is the main idea of the first stanza of "Auspex"?

NOT: My heart is beating very quickly at the moment, and I wonder how long it will last.

How does this relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?

NOT: The Brown case addresses whether authorities believe that one race is inferior to another when creating public schools.

Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. What is the author's purpose for including this sentence?

a. to condemn the insincerity of his critics' advice

The excerpt suggests that the Iroquois believed that

sometimes good can come from tragedy.

Which topic would prompt an argumentative essay?

The Recognition Veterans Deserve

Which excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" indicates that Prufrock considers himself to be unimportant?

c

Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of The Awakening. Mr. Pontellier himself had no particular leaning toward horseracing, and was even rather inclined to discourage it as a pastime, especially when he considered the fate of that blue-grass farm in Kentucky. He endeavored, in a general way, to express a particular disapproval, and only succeeded in arousing the ire and opposition of his father-in-law. A pretty dispute followed, in which Edna warmly espoused her father's cause and the Doctor remained neutral. Which statement best describes the point of view in the excerpt?

3rd person

Read the excerpt from chapter 25 of The Awakening. There was a perpetual smile in his eyes, which seldom failed to awaken a corresponding cheerfulness in any one who looked into them and listened to his good-humored voice. His manner was quiet, and at times a little insolent. He possessed a good figure, a pleasing face, not overburdened with depth of thought or feeling; and his dress was that of the conventional man of fashion. Which statement best summarizes the explicit message in the excerpt?

Arobin is a social man

Which excerpt from Black Boy best demonstrates the idea that Wright's family feels frustrated and trapped in their financial situation?

At night there were long, halting discussions about our going to live with Granny, but nothing came of it. Perhaps there was not enough money for railroad fare.

Read the excerpt from Walden. I am on the alert for the first signs of spring, to hear the chance note of some arriving bird, or the striped squirrel's chirp, for his stores must be now nearly exhausted, or see the woodchuck venture out of his winter quarters. How do the images in the excerpt relate to Thoreau's overall quest in Walden?

NOT B. They demonstrate that Thoreau has a greater understanding of animals now than he used to have.

Read the excerpt from "A New Biographical Approach," by Emily Toth. [Chopin's] first short story collection, Bayou Folk—mostly local-color stories of Cloutierville-area people—gained nationwide acclaim. According to the excerpt, which best describes the public's response to Chopin's first collection?

Chopin was widely accepted by literary critics as a regional writer

Tea Cake felt sorry for him without knowing why. So he didn't blurt out the insults he had intended. But he couldn't hold in everything. They talked about the prospects for the coming season for a moment, then Tea Cake said, "Yo' wife don't seem tuh have nothin' much tuh do, so she kin visit uh lot. Mine got too much tuh do tuh go visitin' and too much tuh spend time talkin' tuh folks dat visit her." Which best describes Tea Cake's intent in mentioning Janie and Mrs. Turner to Mr. Turner?

He hopes Mr. Turner can influence Mrs. Turner to visit less frequently.

Read the excerpt from a letter Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote while imprisoned in Birmingham Jail in 1963. One who breaks an unjust law must do so openly, lovingly, and with a willingness to accept the penalty. Based on his behavior in "Civil Disobedience," how would Thoreau most likely feel about King's statement?

He would agree with King that one should engage in polictical protest peacefully.

Based on the ideas in Walden, how would Thoreau most likely feel about recent advances in technology, such as cell phones and handheld computers?

He would believe they were destructive to a person's thinking ability.

Read the excerpt from chapter 37 of The Awakening. Edna began to feel uneasy. She was seized with a vague dread. Her own like experiences seemed far away, unreal, and only half remembered. She recalled faintly an ecstasy of pain, the heavy odor of chloroform, a stupor which had deadened sensation, and an awakening to find a little new life to which she had given being, added to the great unnumbered multitude of souls that come and go. Which idea is related to the reader through Edna's revelation about her childbirth

Her experiences of motherhood are also fading from consciousness

Which event described in chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter occurs when Hester arrives at the marketplace?

Hester climbs the stairs and stands on the scaffolding.

Why can "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" be considered a product of its time?

It addresses the tension between rational thought and the natural world.

The question of whether or not to allow cell phones in school is an important one. Cell phones are a monumental distraction to young people whose attention should be focused on learning. However, they do serve a purpose in that phones allow students to communicate with their parents. Plus, cell phones are great for taking pictures with friends. In all, cell phone use at school must be carefully regulated. Which best explains the inconsistency in writing used in this paragraph?

It does not maintain the same tone throughout.

Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I stood on all of that and it worked for a second. But then I had the tips of my fingers on the vase, and the tragedies started to wobble, and the tuxedo was incredibly distracting, and the next thing was that everything was on the floor, including me, and including the vase, which had shattered. "I didn't do it!" I hollered, but they didn't even hear me, because they were playing music too loud and cracking up too much. How does the narration shape Oskar's characterization in this excerpt?

It shows his youth and inexperience.

Read the excerpt from Life on the Mississippi. 'Look here! What do you start out from, above Twelve-Mile Point, to cross over?' 'I—I—don't know.' 'You—you—don't know?' mimicking my drawling manner of speech. 'What DO you know?' 'I—I—nothing, for certain.' What does the stammering suggest about the narrator?

It suggests that he is uncertain and intimidated.

Then my father was called; he came forward jauntily, smiling. He tried to kiss my mother, but she turned away from him. I only heard one sentence of what he said. "I'm doing all I can, Your Honor," he mumbled, grinning. It had been painful to sit and watch my mother crying and my father laughing and I was glad when we were outside in the sunny streets. Back at home my mother wept again and talked complainingly about the unfairness of the judge who had accepted my father's word. What societal norm of the early twentieth century does this excerpt reflect?

Men were considered more able and trustworthy than women.

Read the excerpt from The Awakening, by Kate Chopin. "You are burnt beyond recognition," he added, looking at his wife as one looks at a valuable piece of personal property which has suffered some damage. She held up her hands, strong, shapely hands, and surveyed them critically, drawing up her fawn sleeves above the wrists. Looking at them reminded her of her rings, which she had given to her husband before leaving for the beach. She silently reached out to him, and he, understanding, took the rings from his vest pocket and dropped them into her open palm. How does the excerpt reflect its social and historical context?

NOT It illustrates the "new woman" seeking possession of personal

According to "A New Biographical Approach," by Emily Toth, how do Chopin's personal experiences with divorce and early widowhood influence the portrayal of marriage in her writing?

NOT They prompt a renewed sense of the importance of marriage.

Read the excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. Feldman has also reached some of his own conclusions about honesty, based more on his experience than the data. He has come to believe that morale is a big factor—that an office is more honest when the employees like their boss and their work. He also believes that employees further up the corporate ladder cheat more than those down below. He got this idea after delivering for years to one company spread out over three floors—an executive floor on top and two lower floors with sales, service, and administrative employees. (Feldman wondered if perhaps the executives cheated out of an overdeveloped sense of entitlement. What he didn't consider is that perhaps cheating was how they got to be executives.) Which idea from the excerpt best addresses the counterclaim that people are only honest when there is a financial incentive?

NOT!!!!!!!! Employees who move further up the corporate ladder tend to be more dishonest.

Finally I heard my mother's name called; she rose and began weeping so copiously that she could not talk for a few moments; at last she managed to say that her husband had deserted her and her two children, that her children were hungry, that they stayed hungry, that she worked, that she was trying to raise them alone. Then my father was called; he came forward jauntily, smiling. He tried to kiss my mother, but she turned away from him. Which best describes the author's purpose in including this anecdote?

NOT: to explain Wright's specific feelings toward his father

To these the Negro artist can give his racial individuality, his heritage of rhythm and warmth, and his incongruous humor that so often, as in the Blues, becomes ironic laughter mixed with tears. In this context, what is the meaning of "incongruous"?

NOT: undeserving

Which best states how the concept of trust is portrayed in Chapter I of Nature and in Society and Solitude?

Nature implies suspicion of others but does not state it, while Society and Solitude states directly that suspicion of others is natural.

Students attending schools with mandatory uniform policies experience less pressure than do students who must choose their wardrobes. This is because school uniforms allow students and their parents to save money and time. The financial investment in uniforms at the beginning of the school year is far more economical than the purchase of an entire wardrobe of designer clothes and trendy styles. Students who do not have to deliberate what to wear each morning are able to invest their time in more productive ways, such as studying for tests or finishing homework. Uniforms may stifle students' self-expression, but there are many other ways to reveal one's individuality at school. Which of the following statements best supports the author's claim?

Parents are supportive of public schools adopting school uniforms for several reasons; the most common being affordability.

Read the excerpt from Kate Chopin and Her Creole Stories, by Daniel Rankin. In The Awakening under her touch the Creole life of Louisiana glowed with a rich exotic beauty. The very atmosphere of the book is voluptuous, the atmosphere of the Gulf Coast, a place of strange and passionate moods. What is Rankin's response to Chopin's writing?

Rankin is complimentary of Chopin's regional style.

Why does the narrator believe that John and Jennie are looking at the wallpaper?

She thinks that the wallpaper is having the same effect on them as it is on her

What was Gilman's most likely reason for sending a copy of her story to her former physician?

She wanted to show him that his treatment plan was wrong

SQUIRE TRELAWNEY, Dr. Livesey, and the rest of these gentlemen having asked me to write down the whole particulars about Treasure Island, from the beginning to the end, keeping nothing back but the bearings of the island, and that only because there is still treasure not yet lifted, I take up my pen in the year of grace and go back to the time when my father kept the Admiral Benbow inn and the brown old seaman with the sabre cut first took up his lodging under our roof. Which best explains Stevenson's reason for beginning the chapter with this paragraph?

Stevenson creates interest in the reader with mention of still undiscovered treasure and the arrival of a mysterious character in the narrator's life.

Based on "The World on Turtle's Back," which statement best describes the Iroquois attitude toward nature and the environment?

The Iroquois revered nature and valued the plants and animals that sustained them.

Read the excerpt from chapter 17 of The Awakening. Once she stopped, and taking off her wedding ring, flung it on the carpet. When she saw it lying there, she stamped her heel upon it, striving to crush it. But her small boot heel did not make an indenture, not a mark upon the little glittering circlet. Which best explains how the excerpt is evidence of an emerging theme of the novel?

The action in the excerpt takes place around a wedding ring, which is traditionally a symbol of a husband's claim on his wife.

Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall." Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in his head: "Why do they make good neighbours? Isn't it Where there are cows? But here there are no cows. Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offence. Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That wants it down." Now read "The Pasture," also by Robert Frost. I'm going out to clean the pasture spring; I'll only stop to rake the leaves away (And wait to watch the water clear, I may): I shan't be gone long.—You come too. I'm going out to fetch the little calf That's standing by the mother. It's so young, It totters when she licks it with her tongue. I shan't be gone long.—You come too. Which best accounts for the different views of spring expressed in the poems?

The poems have different speakers.

Read the excerpt from an unsigned review in Literature, June 23, 1899. One cannot refrain from regret that so beautiful a style and so much refinement of taste have been spent by Miss Chopin on an essentially vulgar story. What is this reader's response to Chopin's writing?

The reader is critical of Chopin's choice of themes.

Which best explains the symbolism behind Melville's use of the word "brand" to describe the scar on Ahab's body in Chapter 28 of Moby-Dick?

The source of Ahab's scar now owns him.

Which statement would be included in a summary of the first paragraph of Chapter I of Nature?

The stars at night are beautiful but sometimes unappreciated.

What do the stars do for the speaker of "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" that the lecture hall does not?

The stars offer first-hand knowledge.

In "The Yellow Wallpaper," which description of the narrator's room best indicates that it probably was not a nursery in the past?

The windows are barred . . . and there are rings and things in the walls.

Which statement best describes the theme of "Song of Myself"?

There is room for many experiences and, indeed, selves within one self.

Considering "Civil Disobedience," which best describes how Thoreau and Martin Luther King, Jr. both felt about acts of civil disobedience?

They both believed that individuals have the right and the responsibility to protest unjust laws.

Read the excerpt from "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Go where you may, search where you will, roam through all the monarchies and despotisms of the Old World, travel through South America, search out every abuse, and when you have found the last, lay your facts by the side of the everyday practices of this nation, and you will say with me, that, for revolting barbarity and shameless hypocrisy, America reigns without a rival. Which best describes the impact of the author's repetitive use of words that suggest similar ideas, such as "go," "search," and "roam"?

They urge readers to take definitive and far-reaching action.

Making their mock at our accursed lot. If we must die—oh, let us nobly die, So that our precious blood may not be shed In vain; then even the monsters we defy Shall be constrained to honor us though dead! Oh, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe; Though far outnumbered, let us still be brave, And for their thousand blows deal one death-blow! What though before us lies the open grave? Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but—fighting back! Which best describes the speaker in this poem?

a motivator who encourages readers to fight oppression

Which best describes another comparison that Melville could have used to symbolize the rigid and unalterable character of Ahab in Chapter 28 of Moby-Dick?

a stone monument

Which excerpt from "The Life You Save May Be Your Own" contains an example of a simile?

a. After a few minutes there was a guffawing peal of thunder from behind and fantastic raindrops, like tin-can tops, crashed over the rear of Mr. Shiftlet's car.

The speaker in "The Weary Blues" is most likely

an audience member at a blues show.

Autumn and dead leaves burning in the sharp air. And winter comforts coming in like a pageant. I shall not forget them:— Great jars laden with the raw green of pickles, Standing in a solemn row across the back of the porch, What is the meaning of the word "pageant" in this context?

b

Driving around the parks that encircle Washington, he solicited customers with a simple pitch: early in the morning, he would deliver some bagels and a cash basket to company's snack room; he would return before lunch to pick up the money and the leftovers. It was an honor-system commerce scheme, and it worked. Within a few years, Feldman was delivering 8,400 bagels a week to 140 companies and earning as much as he had ever made as a research analyst. He had thrown off the shackles of cubicle life and made himself happy. Based on the excerpt, which statement best strengthens Feldman's claim that people are mostly honest?

b. Feldman's payment system was largely successful.

How does the excerpt reflect Rand's philosophy of Objectivism?

b. It supports the idea that man is truly in control of his own thoughts and actions.

How does the simile in the sentence develop Lucynell's character?

b. The description of Lucynell's hair and eyes lends her an image of angelic innocence.

Which sentence best summarizes the central idea of the song, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"

b. The men begging for money on the street helped build and protect our country, and they deserve a better lot than they have been given.

I have tried to stand between these two forces, saying that we need emulate neither the "do nothingism" of the complacent nor the hatred and despair of the black nationalist. How does King support this claim?

b. by describing nonviolent direct action as a peaceful middle ground

Based on his transcendental beliefs and "Civil Disobedience," it is most reasonable to assume that Thoreau

believed following his conscience was more important than following the law.

Black Boy. We left. I had the feeling that I had had to do with something unclean. Many times in the years after that the image of my father and the strange woman, their faces lit by the dancing flames, would surge up in my imagination so vivid and strong that I felt I could reach out and touch it; I would stare at it, feeling that it possessed some vital meaning which always eluded me. Based on this excerpt, how did Wright feel about his final boyhood encounter with his father?

c. as if he had unfinished business

The bagel data also reflect how much personal mood seems to affect honesty. Weather, for instance, is a major factor. Unseasonably pleasant weather inspires people to pay at a higher rate. Unseasonably cold weather, meanwhile, makes people cheat prolifically; so do heavy rain and wind. Worst are the holidays. The week of Christmas produces a 2 percent drop in payment rates—again, a 15 percent increase in theft, an effect on the same magnitude, in reverse, as that of 9/11. Thanksgiving is nearly as bad; the week of Valentine's Day is also lousy, as is the week straddling April 15. There are, however, a few good holidays: the weeks that include the Fourth of July, Labor Day, and Columbus Day. The difference in the two sets of holidays? The low-cheating holidays represent little more than an extra day off from work. The high-cheating holidays are fraught with miscellaneous anxieties and the high expectations of loved ones. The excerpt is an example of inductive reasoning because the authors

c. formulate a generalization by studying specific examples.

In the poem "The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica," which description suggests that the speaker is fond of the shopkeeper?

c. the woman's look of maternal interest as others talk

Hiroki is using a quotation from this source to write his research paper: Mackler, Mindy. "The Forest Elephant." The Journal Nature and Science (2012): 82-91. Print. Which is the correct way to cite a quotation in the body of his paper using MLA style

d

The daughter could not see far in front of her and continued to play with her fingers. Although the old woman lived in this desolate spot with only her daughter and she had never seen Mr. Shiftlet before, she could tell, even from a distance, that he was a tramp and no one to be afraid of. His left coat sleeve was folded up to show there was only half an arm in it and his gaunt figure listed slightly to the side as if the breeze were pushing him. The characters in the excerpt are an example of

d. people with disabilities.

Because these are class actions, because of the wide applicability of this decision, and because of the great variety of local conditions, the formulation of decrees in these cases presents problems of considerable complexity. Why does the Supreme Court describe these considerations?

d. to emphasize the challenges inherent in determining a ruling for a varied nation

Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. Despite all the attention paid to rogue companies like Enron, academics know very little about the practicalities of white-collar crime. The reason? There are no good data. A key fact of white-collar crime is that we hear about only the very slim fraction of people who are caught cheating. Most embezzlers lead quiet and theoretically happy lives; employees who steal company property are rarely detected. With street crime, meanwhile, that is not the case. A mugging or a burglary or a murder is usually tallied whether or not the criminal is caught. A street crime has a victim, who typically reports the crime to the police, who generate data, which in turn generate thousands of academic papers by criminologists, sociologists, and economists. But white-collar crime presents no obvious victim. From whom, exactly, did the masters of Enron steal? And how can you measure something if you don't know to whom it happened, or with what frequency, or in what magnitude? The excerpt helps the authors support their conclusion by

evaluating a logical fallacy.

Which images in the poem "We Wear the Mask" best portray an ironic contrast?

grins and lies

Read the paragraph from "Wilson's War Message to Congress." Gentlemen of the Congress: I have called the Congress into extraordinary session because there are serious, very serious, choices of policy to be made, and made immediately, which it was neither right nor constitutionally permissible that I should assume the responsibility of making. Wilson's word choice in the paragraph supports the idea that

he understands the magnitude of the decision the country is faced with.

On the 3rd of February last I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government that on and after the 1st day of February it was its purpose to put aside all restraints of law or of humanity and use its submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe or any of the ports controlled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean.

impart a negative connotation of the German government to support his argument for war.

Why did Gilman most likely choose an unreliable narrator to tell the story of "The Yellow Wallpaper"?

it helps the reader to understand that the narrator is not getting the help she needs

New York's bad manners are often condemned and often very deservedly. Even though the cause is carelessness rather than intentional indifference, the indifference is no less actual and the rudeness inexcusable. What is the closest meaning of the underlined phrase as it used in the excerpt?

justifiably criticized

His bone leg steadied in that hole; one arm elevated, and holding by a shroud; Captain Ahab stood erect, looking straight out beyond the ship's ever pitching prow. There was an infinity of firmest fortitude, a determinate, unsurrenderable willfulness, in the fixed and fearless, forward dedication of that glance. Which best describes the theme Melville develops in this excerpt from the chapter?

obsession

My Fellow-Citizens: When a man hears himself somewhat misrepresented, it provokes him,—at least, I find it so with myself; but when misrepresentation becomes very gross and palpable, it is more apt to amuse him. What is the closest meaning of the underlined phrase as it used in the excerpt?

obviously exaggerated

[T]here are findings below that the Negro and white schools involved have been equalized, or are being equalized, with respect to buildings, curricula, qualifications and salaries of teachers, and other "tangible" factors. The Supreme Court is most likely interested in these findings because it hopes to determine whether

separate systems of education can be equal.

As the boy grew to be a teenager, he became more defiant with his mother. Based on the suffix, -ant, what does the word "defiant" mean?

the boy began to disobey his mother

The speaker in "Harlem" contemplates

the fate of aspirations that are unrealized.

Students attending schools with mandatory uniform policies experience less pressure than do students who must choose their wardrobes. This is because school uniforms allow students and their parents to save money and time. The financial investment in uniforms at the beginning of the school year is far more economical than the purchase of an entire wardrobe of designer clothes and trendy styles. Students who do not have to deliberate what to wear each morning are able to invest their time in more productive ways, such as studying for tests or finishing homework. Uniforms may stifle students' self-expression, but there are many other ways to reveal one's individuality at school. Which revision would best strengthen the author's main argument?

the inclusion of reputable sources and specific facts

Read the poem "The Garret," by Ezra Pound. COME let us pity those who are better off than we are. Come, my friend, and remember that the rich have butlers and no friends, And we have friends and no butlers. Come let us pity the married and the unmarried. Dawn enters with little feet like a gilded Pavlova, And I am near my desire. Nor has life in it aught better Than this hour of clear coolness, the hour of waking together. Which best describes the modernist theme reflected in the poem?

the isolation of individuals

In what way are Douglass's efforts to educate himself paradoxical?

the more

In "Civil Disobedience," what does Thoreau think about right after he wonders if he could have been of service to his community?

the significance of the wall between himself and others

Read the excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. Driving around the parks that encircle Washington, he solicited customers with a simple pitch: early in the morning, he would deliver some bagels and a cash basket to company's snack room; he would return before lunch to pick up the money and the leftovers. It was an honor-system commerce scheme, and it worked. Within a few years, Feldman was delivering 8,400 bagels a week to 140 companies and earning as much as he had ever made as a research analyst. He had thrown off the shackles of cubicle life and made himself happy. The authors prove Feldman's success by describing

the size of his business

Read the poem "The Purple Cow," by Gelett Burgess. The Purple Cow (Reflections on a Mythic Beast Who's Quite Remarkable, at Least.) I never saw a Purple Cow; I never hope to See One; But I can Tell you, Anyhow, I'd rather See than Be One. What is the main difference between "The Purple Cow" and Frost's poem "Mending Wall"?

the use of ryming in the purple cow

Read each of the excerpts from The Awakening. [Robert] never assumed this series-comic tone when alone with Mrs. Pontellier. She never knew precisely what to make of it; at that moment it was impossible for her to guess how much of it was jest and what proportion was earnest. It was understood that he had often spoken words of love to Madame Ratignolle, without any thought of being take seriously. *** During his oblivious attention [Robert] once quietly rested his head against Mrs. Pontellier's arm. As gently she repulsed him. Once again he repeated the offense. She could not but believe it to be thoughtlessness on his part; yet that was no reason she should submit to it. He offered no apology. Which best explains why the author included both of these scenes in the story?

to develop a contrast between the way in which Robert interacts with Madame Ratignolle and the way he interacts with Mrs. Pontellier

Read the excerpt from chapter 1 of The Awakening. He walked down the gallery and across the narrow "bridges" which connected the Lebrun cottages one with the other. He had been seated before the door of the main house. The parrot and the mockingbird were the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the noise they wished. Mr Pontellier had the privilege of quitting their society when they ceased to be entertaining. Which best explains why the author describes the path Mr. Pontellier takes when he leaves the main house of Madame Lebrun?

to help the reader visualize the layout of buildings in the novel's

Standing on the snow-covered plain, as if in a pasture amid the hills, I cut my way first through a foot of snow, and then a foot of ice, and open a window under my feet, where, kneeling to drink, I look down into the quiet parlor of the fishes, pervaded by a softened light as through a window of ground glass, with its bright sanded floor the same as in summer; there a perennial waveless serenity reigns as in the amber twilight sky, corresponding to the cool and even temperament of the inhabitants. Heaven is under our feet is well as over our heads. Which best describes the purpose of the imagery in this excerpt?

to illustrate the author's calm, contemplative mood

"What in the world are you going to do now, Jo?" asked Meg one snowy afternoon, as her sister came tramping through the hall, in rubber boots, old sack, and hood, with a broom in one hand and a shovel in the other. "Going out for exercise," answered Jo with a mischievous twinkle in her eyes. "I should think two long walks this morning would have been enough! It's cold and dull out, and I advise you to stay warm and dry by the fire, as I do," said Meg with a shiver. "Never take advice! Can't keep still all day, and not being a pussycat, I don't like to doze by the fire. I like adventures, and I'm going to find some." Why does Alcott most likely begin the chapter with character dialogue?

to keep the momentum of the story going

Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of The Awakening. The Doctor had not kept pace with turf affairs. He had certain recollections of racing in what he called "the good old times" when the Lecompte stables flourished, and he drew upon this fund of memories so that he might not be left out and seem wholly devoid of the modern spirit. But he failed to impose upon the Colonel, and was even far from impressing him with this trumped-up knowledge of bygone days. Edna had staked her father on his last venture, with the most gratifying results to both of them. Why did the author most likely choose an omniscient narrator?

to reveal the thoughts and motivations of multiple character

Which best describes the tone that the first stanza of "A Psalm of Life" sets for the rest of the poem?

🚫cloudy and unclear

Read the excerpt from chapter 17 of The Awakening. The house was painted a dazzling white; the outside shutters, or jalousies, were green. In the yard, which was kept scrupulously neat, were flowers and plants of every description which flourishes in South Louisiana. Within doors the appointments were perfect after the conventional type. The softest carpets and rugs covered the floors; rich and tasteful draperies hung at doors and windows. Which words best establish mood in the excerpt?

"dazzling"

Read the sentence from chapter 1 of The Awakening. When they reached the cottage, the two seated themselves with some appearance of fatigue upon the upper step of the porch, facing each other, each leaning against a supporting post. Which phrase from the sentence gives the best evidence that "fatigue" means "tiredness"?

"each leaning against a supporting post"

Which is the best example of a vivid sensory detail?

"when the maids stood ready with mop and pail in front entries to keep the deluge out"

Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of The Awakening. When Doctor Mandelet dined with the Pontelliers on Thursday he could discern in Mrs. Pontellier no trace of that morbid condition which her husband had reported to him. She was excited and in a manner radiant. She and her father had been to the race course, and their thoughts when they seated themselves at table were still occupied with the events of the afternoon, and their talk was still of the track. Which statement best describes the point of view in the excerpt?

3rd person

Which excerpt from Black Boy best reflects the way in which Wright's knowledge of history and culture influence his views on his father?

From far beyond the horizons that bound this bleak plantation there had come to me through my living the knowledge that my father was a black peasant who had gone to the city seeking life, but who had failed in the city; a black peasant whose life had been hopelessly snarled in the city.

Which excerpt from Black Boy best explains Wright's childhood perspective of his father?

I felt that if my father were going to feed me, then he would have done so regardless of what a judge said to him.

Maria excels in gymnastics and tumbling. She has the commitment and dedication it takes to be successful in a demanding sport. The balance beam is my favorite event to watch because it requires a great deal of focus. Maria will continue training in the hopes of landing a spot on the competitive team. Which best explains the inconsistency in writing used in this paragraph?

It does not maintain a single point of view.

Read the quotation from "A Psalm of Life." Let the dead past bury its dead! What is the effect of the repetition of the word "dead" in this line?

It reinforces the idea that one should live in the present, not in the past.

I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! Which statement best explains why this is an example of ethos, or an appeal based on character and credibility?

It shows that Truth has experiences to support her claims.

n Chapter 3 of The Scarlet Letter, how does the magistracy's act of marking Hester Prynne with a scarlet letter serve to maintain its power in the community?

People in the community fear becoming similarly shamed.

Which statement would be included in a summary of paragraph one of Society and Solitude?

Solitude is an inner concept rather than an outward one.

Which is the best replacement for the underlined sentence?

The house was unusually dark for early evening.

What attitude toward the earth do these lines express?🔹

The human body is made of material much like the earth.

Unaware of the change in the week's work schedule, the loyal customers saw Marquis arrive to work a day early. What is the best revision for the sentence?

The loyal customers saw marquis, who was unaware of the change in the week's work schedule, arrive to work a day early

According to "Introduction to the Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement," why was Brown v. Board of Education significant?

The ruling declared that school segregation was unconstitutional.

Obliged to you for hearing me, and now old Sojourner ain't got nothing more to say. Which best describes the effect of these words?

They remind the audience that Truth has had rich life experience and offers valuable wisdom.

Which is the best summary of Emerson's view of solitude expressed in Society and Solitude?

Though solitude is not necessarily valuable in and of itself, it is important to recognize its significance within a larger community.

Which quotation from "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" uses a rhetorical device to show that people have a fragile hold on life?

Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering, and there are innumerable places in this covering so weak that they won't bear their weight, and these places are not seen

How does the text structure of "Wilson's War Message to Congress" help to support his message?

Wilson presents both his opinions and facts to make a clear argument for war against Germany.

The little book is valued by their alienists and as a good specimen of one kind of literature. It has, to my knowledge, saved one woman from a similar fate-so terrifying her family that they let her out into normal activity and she recovered.

Women are more likely to have a voice in their own treatment

Which details from the excerpt best indicates that Wright was fairly young when this event takes place?

Wright notes being overwhelmed by faces and voices and describes the judge as being "high above."

What theme does this excerpt best express?

a

And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains. How is this excerpt an example of irony?

a. Handicapping intelligence contradicts expectations because intelligence is normally considered a positive attribute.

Ayn Rand, author of Anthem, would most likely agree with which statement?

a. The rights of an individual are more important than the rights of a group.

all wanting the comfort of spoken Spanish, to gaze upon the family portrait of her plain wide face, her ample bosom resting on her plump arms, her look of maternal interest as they speak to her and each other of their dreams and their disillusions— Which best describes the role of the speaker?

a. The speaker is describing a scene in the third person as a sentimental observer.

Miguel is taking notes of the mayor's speech. As he is taking notes, Miguel shouldMiguel is taking notes of the mayor's speech. As he is taking notes, Miguel should

b

What is the meaning of the word "pageant" in this context?

b

When we returned to school after summer vacation, our teacher asked us to be prepared to share about our summer activities. Mark told us about his amazing visit to the Great Wall of China on Friday. What is the best way to revise the underlined sentence?

b. On Friday, Mark told us about his amazing visit to the Great Wall of China.

They are premised on different facts and different local conditions, but a common legal question justifies their consideration together in this consolidated opinion. Based on this excerpt, The Supreme Court chose to consider the case due to

b. a legal issue shared by a number of cases.

During the pizza party, Mrs. Saint-Claire served the children on paper plates. What is the best way to revise this sentence?

c

The university has __________ students attending from other countries. Which word belongs in the blank?

c

I am not african. Africa is in me, but I cannot return. I am not taína. Taíno is in me, but there is no way back. I am not european. Europe lives in me, but I have no home there. How does the repetition of the phrase "I am not" help to establish the author's tone?

c. It expresses a confidence in her identity of mixed heritage.

Based on "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," which best describes Edwards's feelings toward his congregation?

compassionate

Our county government has neglectfully ignored a national trend in child safety and must enact a bicycle helmet law immediately to right this wrong. Which best describes the tone?

critical

Texting is an increasingly popular means of communication with students at Mystic Falls High School. Students text their friends to make plans, ask questions, and share information. However, texting can also be distracting. It takes students' attention away from the primary purpose of school: learning. What is the tone of the article?

critical

The speaker's role in "Harlem" is to

criticize oppression.

In "Wilson's War Message to Congress" the word "extraordinary" is repeated in order to

d

What does "laden" mean in this context?

d

Where interwoven branches spread a shade Of soft cool beryl like the evening seas Unruffled by the breeze. Which is the best evidence from the poem that "beryl" means "green"?

d

Everybody picked up the song in '30 and '31. Bands were playing it and records were made. When Roosevelt was a candidate for President, the Republicans got pretty worried about it. Some of the network radio people were told to lay low on the song. In some cases, they tried to ban it from the air. But it was too late. The song had already done its damage. Based on the excerpt and your knowledge of American history, which statement is most accurate?

d. Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, won the election of 1932.

she is the Patroness of Exiles... who spends her days selling canned memories while listening to the Puerto Ricans complain that it would be cheaper to fly to San Juan than to buy a pound of Bustelo coffee here, and to Cubans perfecting their speech of a "glorious return" to Havana... to Mexicans who pass through, talking lyrically of dólares to be made in El Norte— The Puerto Ricans, Cubans, and Mexicans in the passage help to create the image that

d. Latin American culture is very diverse.

There is a tale, "The Ring of Gyges," that Feldman sometimes tells his economist friends. It comes from Plato's Republic. A student named Glaucon offered the story in response to a lesson by Socrates—who, like Adam Smith, argued that people are generally good even without enforcement. Glaucon, like Feldman's economist friends, disagreed. He told of a shepherd named Gyges who stumbled upon a secret cavern with a corpse inside that wore a ring. When Gyges put on the ring, he found that it made him invisible. With no one able to monitor his behavior, Gyges proceeded to do woeful things—seduce the queen, murder the king, and so on. Glaucon's story posed a moral question: could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed? Glaucon seemed to think the answer was no. The excerpt serves as which of the following in relation to the authors' argument?

d. a counterclaim to the idea that most people are moral

Once in khaki suits, gee we looked swell, Full of that Yankee Doodle-de-dum, Half a million boots went sloggin' through Hell, I was the kid with the drum. What reality of the Great Depression does the excerpt convey?

d. disillusioned returning veterans

Of course, there is nothing new about this kind of civil disobedience. It was evidenced sublimely in the refusal of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego to obey the laws of Nebuchadnezzar, on the ground that a higher moral law was at stake. King uses this allusion to

d. forge a connection with familiar figures of faith.

To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Why does King use this allusion?

d. to encourage a consideration of ethics

Finally she was gone and Janie hurried to her kitchen to put on supper and found Tea Cake sitting in there with his head between his hands. "Tea Cake! Ah didn't know you wuz home." "Ah know yuh didn't. Ah been heah uh long time listenin' to dat heifer run me down tuh de dawgs uh try tuh tole you off from me." "So dat whut she wuz up to? Ah didn't know." "Course she is. She got some no-count brother she wants yuh tuh hook up wid and take keer of Ah reckon." "Shucks! If dat's her notion she's barkin' up de wrong tree. Mah hands is full already." Through Janie's dialogue in this excerpt, it is reasonable to infer that she is

devoted to Tea Cake and unaffected by Mrs. Turner's opinions.

Which best describes the structure of "Sea Rose"?

free verse

The speaker's tone in "Harlem" is best described as

frustrated

Based on "Civil Disobedience," what statement did Thoreau, like his modern-day successors, hope to make with his imprisonment?

he wanted to suggest the one

Read the excerpt from "My Heart Is Bursting." You, the commissioners, have come from afar to listen to our grievances. My heart is glad and I shall hide nothing from you. I understood that you were coming down to see us. I moved away from those disposed for war, and I also came along to see you. How does Santana's humble tone affect the meaning of his speech

it assures those who are listening that Santana

Competitive sports are valuable activities for young people today. They emphasize the importance of being part of a team and working toward a common goal. Competitive sports give today's youth an advantage as athletes tend to be more confident in themselves and their abilities. Participation in competitive sports is strongly recommended for our students. Which strategy does the author use in her choice of language to convey her message?

persuasive influence

The apartment house had a communal attic rarely visited by its tenants. The labeled boxes and cast-off furniture offered little intrigue, so few explored its depths. Then one rainy afternoon, I ventured there seeking solitude. Roaming beyond the beams of the lone ceiling bulb, I spied only cobwebs until I rounded the corner of a hulking armoire. Beyond this antique was unrelenting shadow, but I willed myself to advance. Then a grim bellow of thunder resounded, sending me to the floor. Prostrate on the splintered beams, my hands felt a shaft of cold steel and I could but imagine the evil article I'd encountered. What technique does the author use to build suspense in the excerpt?

the word choice darkens the tone

Mrs. Turner finally rose to go after being very firm about several other viewpoints of either herself, her son or her brother. She begged Janie to drop in on her anytime, but never once mentioning Tea Cake. Finally she was gone and Janie hurried to her kitchen to put on supper and found Tea Cake sitting in there with his head between his hands. "Tea Cake! Ah didn't know you wuz home." "Ah know yuh didn't. Ah been heah uh long time listenin' to dat heifer run me down tuh de dawgs uh try tuh tole you off from me." How does Hurston convey her own cultural experiences?

through the contrast of formal language and informal dialect

What is the denotation of the word "cast" in this excerpt?

throw with force

Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half truths to the unfettered realm of creative analysis and objective appraisal, so must we see the need for nonviolent gadflies to create the kind of tension in society that will help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice. Why does King use this allusion?

to appeal to his critics' intellect

Read the excerpt from chapter 1 of The Awakening. He stopped before the door of his own cottage, which was the fourth one from the main building and next to the last. Seating himself in a wicker rocker which was there, he once more applied himself to the task of reading the newspaper. The day was Sunday; the paper was a day old. The Sunday papers had not yet reached Grand Isle. Which best explains why the author chose to describe Mr. Pontellier's cottage as "the fourth one from the main building and next to the last"?

to help the reader picture the layout of buildings in the novel's setting

I descended the steps to the cellar, reminding myself that the smell of dirt was not to be feared. The earthen walls shone with moisture, and the rows of jarred fruit gleamed. I loathed these errands and doubted my ability to discern a peach from a pear in the dim light. I held a jar inches from my eyes and concluded it was some undesirable green—beans or peas—to be retrieved at a later date. As I mused, something crept stealthily from the shadows, and pounced unexpectedly from the summer's stash. Which best describes the tone of the excerpt?

uncertain

Read the excerpt from chapter 1 of The Awakening. He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody understood, unless it was the mocking-bird that hung on the other side of the door, whistling his fluty notes out upon the breeze with maddening persistence. Which words from the excerpt give the best evidence that "fluty" means "high pitched"?

whistling" and "notes"

I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring, I will step into the pool. Which best describes the syntax in this quotation?

Truth uses complex syntax to express the idea she will participate in the fight for equality.

Read the quotation by Sojourner Truth. I am glad to see that men are getting their rights, but I want women to get theirs, and while the water is stirring, I will step into the pool. Which best describes the syntax in this quotation?

Truth uses complex syntax to express the idea she will participate in the fight for equality.

Read the quotation from Abigail Adams. It is from a letter she wrote her husband, John Adams, as he helped draft the US Constitution. I desire you would Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands. Based on "Ain't I a Woman?," how would Truth most likely feel about Adams's statement?

Truth would agree with Adams's sentiment that women deserve to be represented in the Constitution.

Read the sentence from Life on the Mississippi. But I had lost something, too. I had lost something which could never be restored to me while I lived. All the grace, the beauty, the poetry had gone out of the majestic river! What do phrases such as "while I lived" and "the grace, the beauty, the poetry" indicate most about the narrator's feelings?

Twain was disappointed by his new feelings about the river.

Read the excerpt from chapter 11 of The Awakening. Edna arose, cramped from lying so long and still in the hammock. She tottered up the steps, clutching feebly at the post before passing into the house. Which words and phrases from the excerpt best reflect Chopin's connotative style?

"cramped," "tottered," and "clutching feebly

Which excerpt from Chapter 28 of Moby-Dick best develops the theme of the novel concerning man's insistence on manufacturing his own destruction.

And not only that, but moody stricken Ahab stood before them with a crucifixion in his face; in all the nameless regal overbearing dignity of some mighty woe.

Read the excerpt from chapter 13 of The Awakening. [Edna] stretched her strong limbs that ached a little. She ran her fingers through her loosened hair for awhile. She looked at her round arms as she held them straight up and rubbed them one after the other, observing closely, as if it were something she saw for the first time, the fine, firm quality and texture of her flesh. She clasped her hands easily above her head, and it was thus she fell asleep. Which best explains how Chopin's use of language in the excerpt represents her naturalistic style?

Chopin uses language to authentically describe the actions of a

Read the excerpt from chapter 38 of The Awakening. Robert was not waiting for her in the little parlor. He was nowhere at hand. The house was empty. But he had scrawled on a piece of paper that lay in the lamplight: "I love you. Good-by—because I love you." What significant idea, presented throughout the novel, does Robert's

Edna is ultimately alone in her rebirth

Read the excerpt from chapter 25 of The Awakening. There were possibly a few track men out there who knew the race horse as well as Edna, but there was certainly none who knew it better. She sat between her two companions as one having authority to speak. She laughed at Arobin's pretensions, and deplored Mrs. Highcamp's ignorance. Which statement best summarizes the explicit message in the excerpt?

Edna's knowledge of the track is legitimate.

Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. He had also—quite without meaning to—designed a beautiful economic experiment. From the beginning, Feldman kept rigorous data on his business. So by measuring the money collected against the bagels taken, he found it possible to tell, down to the penny, just how honest his customers were. Did they steal from him? If so, what were the characteristics of a company that stole versus a company that did not? Under what circumstances did people tend to steal more, or less? Based on the excerpt, which of the following best explains why the authors included Feldman in their study?

Feldman kept rigorous data on his business.

What key detail in "Wilson's War Message to Congress" supports his argument for entering the war?

Germany has sunk sea vessels regardless of the vessel's nationality.

Read the excerpts from The Namesake. Excerpt 1: He is afraid to be Nikhil, someone he doesn't know. Who doesn't know him. His parents tell him that they each have two names, too, as do all their Bengali friends in America, and all their relatives in Calcutta. It's a part of growing up, they tell him, part of being a Bengali. Excerpt 2: It is nothing like the schooling Gogol's parents have known, fountain pens and polished black shoes and notebooks and good names and sir or madam at a tender age. Here the only official ritual is pledging allegiance first thing in the morning to the American flag. Which statement best tells how the conflict in the first excerpt is similar to the conflict in the second excerpt?

Gogol's experience of growing up in an American culture conflicts with his parents' experience of growing up in India.

Based on the Declaration of Independence, which statement best describes the founding fathers' view on the role of government?

Government is necessary in any society to protect the rights of the citizens.

In the first paragraph of "Conclusion" in Walden, how does Thoreau explain his departure from the woods?

He explains his departure as the movement from one part of his life to another.

What does this excerpt suggest about Edwards's opinion of society?

He feels society in general, including many members of the congregation, is more sinful now than ever

What attitude toward the stars does Emerson express in the first paragraph of Chapter I of Nature?

He feels they represent awe-inspiring beauty.

Yet the Philadelphia clubwoman is ashamed to say that her race created it and she does not like me to write about it. The old subconscious "white is best" runs through her mind. Years of study under white teachers, a lifetime of white books, pictures, and papers, and white manners, morals, and Puritan standards made her dislike the spirituals. And now she turns up her nose at jazz and all its manifestations—likewise almost everything else distinctly racial. She doesn't care for the Winold Reiss portraits of Negroes because they are "too Negro." She does not want a true picture of herself from anybody. Which best describes Hughes's chief concern in this excerpt?

He is distraught that this woman does not embrace her own heritage.

Why does the neighborhood say that "good fences make good neighborhoods" in mending wall

He is repeating what his father

"Thanky Ma'am. Ah hates dat woman lak poison. Keep her from round dis house. Her look lak uh white woman! Wid dat meriny skin and hair jus' as close tuh her head as ninety-nine is tuh uh hundred! Since she hate black folks so, she don't need our money in her ol' eatin' place. We kin go tuh dat white man's place and git good treatment. Her and dat whittled-down husband uh hers! And dat son! He's jus' uh dirty trick her womb played on her. Ah'm telling her husband tuh keep her home." What do Tea Cake's words reveal about his intentions?

He plans to avoid Mrs. Turner and her business.

Which excerpt from The Awakening best reveals that Mr. Pontellier has no awareness of his wife's true thoughts or activities?

He was not dreaming of scandal when he uttered this warning; that was a thing which would never have entered into his mind to consider in connection with his wife's name or his own.

According to the themes in Anthem, which word is the most destructive to human progress?

c. we

Which excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" best refutes the anti-suffragist idea that women were too fragile to handle the right to vote?

I have ploughed and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!

Which of the narrator's statements in "The Yellow Wallpaper" suggests that she does not think women are to frail to be intellectual?

I verily believe she thinks it is the writing which made me sick!

If perticuliar care and attention is not paid to the Laidies we are determined to foment a Rebelion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation. Which excerpt from "Ain't I a Woman?" best supports Adams's view?

If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be able to turn it back, and get it right side up again! And now they is asking to do it, the men better let them.

Read the excerpt from chapter 31 of The Awakening. He looked around, and began to turn out some of the lights. "What about upstairs?" he inquired. "I think it is all right; but there may be a window or two unlatched. We had better look; you might take a candle and see. And bring me my wrap and hat on the foot of the bed in the middle room." He went up with the light, and Edna began closing doors and windows. She hated to shut in the smoke and the fumes of the wine. Arobin found her cape and hat, which he brought down and helped her to put on. What does this excerpt reveal about the role Arobin has taken in Edna's life?

In Leonce's absence, Arobin has become Edna's substitute husband.

How does this support the idea that "The World on Turtle's Back" is a creation myth?

It explains the origin of people, animals, and plants.

In chapter 9 of Life on the Mississippi, how is the mention of books and writing related to the realist nature of the novel?

It is a reference to a common feature of everyday life.

Read the excerpt from "An Indian's View of Indian Affairs." They told us to treat all men as they treated us; that we should never be the first to break a bargain; that it was a disgrace to tell a lie; that we should speak only the truth; that it was a shame for one man to take from another his wife, or [to take] his property without paying for it. What central idea from the speech is most strengthened by this quote?

It is important to be guided by morals.

It had previously come to me that this ivory leg had at sea been fashioned from the polished bone of the sperm whale's jaw. How is the fact that Ahab's leg is made from whale bone significant to the novel's theme of man versus nature?

It signifies that Ahab has pitted himself against nature in an effort to dominate it.

How does the passionate tone adopted by Santana within the speech "My Heart Is Bursting" most help him achieve his purpose?

It strengthens his ability to persuade through emotions.

How does the relationship between "man and vegetable" described in paragraph five of Chapter I of Nature support the piece's central idea?

It suggests that the relationship between humans and nature is mystical but also unquestionable.

Which excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God is the best example of regional dialect?

NOT: For instance during the summer when she heard the subtle but compelling rhythms of the Bahaman drummers, she'd walk over and watch the dances. OR But Mrs. Turner's shape and features were entirely approved by Mrs. Turner.

At first he meant to repaper the room, but afterwards he said that I was letting it get the better of me, and that nothing was worse for a nervous patient than to give way to such fancies

John views his wife's concerns as unimportant and silly

Read the excerpt from chapter 1 of The Awakening. He walked down the gallery and across the narrow "bridges" which connected the Lebrun cottages one with the other. He had been seated before the door of the main house. The parrot and the mockingbird were the property of Madame Lebrun, and they had the right to make all the noise they wished. Mr Pontellier had the privilege of quitting their society when they ceased to be entertaining. What is the correct meaning of the word "privilege" based on its usage in the excerpt?

LIBERTY

What societal norm of the early twentieth century does this excerpt reflect?

Men were considered more able and trustworthy than women.

How does the relationship between "man and vegetable" described in paragraph five of Chapter I of Nature support the piece's central idea?

NOT A. It indicates that a better relationship with the natural world would help improve human society.

Which statement best describes how the author's purpose differs in Chapter I of Nature and Society and Solitude?

NOT A. Nature is an essay in praise of nature's sublimity, while Society and Solitude is an essay in praise of being alone.

Based on this excerpt, which best describes how being a sharecropper impacts Wright's father?

NOT: It makes him feel more angry and betrayed by the world around him. OR It makes him feel such deep pain that he cherishes moments of happiness.

Ain't got nobody in all this world, Ain't got nobody but ma self. I's gwine to quit ma frownin' And put ma troubles on the shelf. What is the effect of repeating the phrase "ain't got nobody" in the poem?

NOT: It shows the singer's desire to connect to other musicians.

A play by Langston Hughes, Tambourines to Glory, was considered a failure. Some reviewers accused Hughes of creating caricatures of black life, with one-dimensional characters and too much humor. In this context, what is the meaning of "caricatures"?

NOT: portrayals OR comments

Which of these best strengthens a factual argument?

NOT: strongly stated beliefs and viewpoints

But, to my mind, it is the duty of the younger Negro artist, if he accepts any duties at all from outsiders, to change through the force of his art that old whispering "I want to be white," hidden in the aspirations of his people, to "Why should I want to be white? I am a Negro—and beautiful!" In this excerpt, Hughes is expressing the idea that

NOT: the creations of older artists do not advance the cause of equality. OR younger artists are more artistically talented than their older counterparts.

Why does the Supreme Court assert this fact?

NOT: to highlight the idea that a child's potential can be measured

Read the excerpts from The Namesake. Excerpt 1: But Gogol doesn't want a new name. He can't understand why he has to answer to anything else. "Why do I have to have a new name?" he asks his parents, tears springing to his eyes. It would be one thing if his parents were to call him Nikhil, too. But they tell him that the new name will be used only by the teachers and children at school. Excerpt 2: Mrs. Lapidus studies the registration form. She has not had to go through this confusion with the other two Indian children. She opens up the folder and examines the immunization record, the birth certificate. "There seems to be some confusion, Mr. Ganguli," she says. "According to these documents, your son's legal name is Gogol." Which statement best tells how the internal and external conflicts in each excerpt are the same?

Neither Gogol nor Mrs. Lapidus understands the cultural schooling traditions experienced by Gogol's parents.

Students attending schools with mandatory uniform policies experience less pressure than do students who must choose their wardrobes. This is because school uniforms allow students and their parents to save money and time. The financial investment in uniforms at the beginning of the school year is far more economical than the purchase of an entire wardrobe of designer clothes and trendy styles. Students who do not have to deliberate what to wear each morning are able to invest their time in more productive ways, such as studying for tests or finishing homework. Uniforms may stifle students' self-expression, but there are many other ways for them to reveal their individuality at school. Which fact best supports the author's position?

On average, school uniforms cost $150 a year, which is much less than the average spent on back-to-school clothes.

Read the sentence from chapter 13 of The Awakening. The shadows lengthened and crept out like stealthy, grotesque monsters across the grass. Which best describes the underlying tone connotated by the words in this sentence?

foreboding

Neutrality is no longer feasible or desirable where the peace of the world is involved and the freedom of its peoples, and the menace to that peace and freedom lies in the existence of autocratic governments backed by organized force which is controlled wholly by their will, not by the will of their people. We have seen the last of neutrality in such circumstances.

Our country can no longer refuse involvement because it cannot allow peace and freedom to be at risk.

Read "Once I Saw the Mountains Angry," by Stephen Crane. Once I saw mountains angry, And ranged in battle-front. Against them stood a little man; Aye, he was no bigger than my finger. I laughed, and spoke to one near me, "Will he prevail?" "Surely," replied this other; "His grandfathers beat them many times." Then did I see much virtue in grandfathers— At least, for the little man Who stood against the mountains. Which best describes the theme of this poem?

People can find strength by understanding past generations.

What theme is suggested by this excerpt?

People should be brave, take risks, and embrace all aspects of life.

In each of the cases other than the Delaware case, a three-judge federal district court denied relief to the plaintiffs on the so-called "separate but equal" doctrine announced by this Court in Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537. The Supreme Court cites these cases because it seeks to

c. establish the existing legal standard for education.

What is Thoreau's first thought upon being imprisoned in "Civil Disobedience"?

he considers the

In "Harrison Bergeron," Vonnegut includes the character of Diana Moon Glampers, the Handicapper General, to

c. represent the real dangers of an oppressive government.

In "Civil Disobedience," what is Thoreau's view of the state at the end of the essay?

he feels sorry for the

In the introduction of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson explains the way a government should function. In the body of the document,

he illustrates how the king of England is not living up to these expectations.

Meagre, indeed, and cold, was the sympathy that a transgressor might look for, from such bystanders at the scaffold. On the other hand, a penalty which, in our days, would infer a degree of mocking infamy and ridicule, might then be invested with almost as stern a dignity as the punishment of death itself. Which best describes the purpose of the words "meagre," "scaffold," "stern," and "punishment of death"?

They impart a judgmental, reproachful mood.

Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs and others similarly situated for whom the actions have been brought are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. Why does the Supreme Court conclude that the plaintiffs have been denied their rights?

Segregation is inherently unequal and unfair.

In the second paragraph of "Ain't I a Woman?," how does Truth appeal to listeners' sense of logic?

She demonstrates that women are just as strong as men.

Which is the best way to write this sentence in the active voice?

Sonora organized the textbooks.

Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of The Awakening. Mr. Pontellier did not attend these soirée musicales. He considered them bourgeois, and found more diversion at the club. To Madame Ratignolle he said the music dispensed at her soirées was too "heavy," too far beyond his untrained comprehension. His excuse flattered her. But she disapproved of Mr. Pontellier's club, and she was frank enough to tell Edna so. Which statement best describes the point of view in the excerpt?

The 3rd person point of view is an omniscient observer

How does the excerpt relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?

The Brown case addresses whether the plaintiffs have been afforded the full rights of citizenship.

Read the excerpt from chapter 25 of The Awakening. She did not perceive that she was talking like her father as the sleek geldings ambled in review before them. She played for very high stakes, and fortune favored her. The fever of the game flamed in her cheeks and eyes, and it got into her blood and into her brain like an intoxicant. People turned their heads to look at her, and more than one lent an attentive ear to her utterances, hoping thereby to secure the elusive but ever-desired "tip." Arobin caught the contagion of excitement which drew him to Edna like a magnet. Which best describes the narrative voice in the excerpt?

The author uses an omniscient

Read the excerpt from chapter 11 of The Awakening. The stillest hour of the night had come, the hour before dawn, when the world seems to hold its breath. The moon hung low, and had turned from silver to copper in the sleeping sky. The old owl no longer hooted, and the water-oaks had ceased to moan as they bent their heads. Which best describes how the author uses language to craft her style?

The author uses figurative language to create strong sensory images of nature.

Read this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence. "We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which, would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends." Which best describes the colonists' view of their relationship with the British government?

The colonists have demanded fair treatment from the British government many times, and they believe separating from Britain is their last resort.

Read the excerpt from The Awakening, and look at the diagram. "I have a letter somewhere," looking in the machine drawer and finding the letter in the bottom of the workbasket. "he says to tell you he will be in Vera Cruz the beginning of next month,"—"and if you still have the intention of joining him"—bang! clatter, clatter, bang! "Why didn't you tell me so before, mother? You know I wanted—" Clatter, clatter, clatter! mc009-1.jpg Which best explains this excerpt's purpose in the novel's plot structure?

The excerpt builds suspense as part of the rising action.

Which of the following statements best describes the effect of the long lines in "Song of Myself"?

They remind the reader of the speaker's liberty and self-confidence.

Which best describes the rhyme schemes in "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex"?

The poems follow different rhyme schemes.

What do these lines indicate about Dickinson's view of pride?

They suggest that pride doesn't require self-praise.

Read the sentence from chapter 11 of The Awakening. [Edna] tottered up the steps, clutching feebly at the post before passing into the house. Which best explains why the sentence is representative of Chopin's style?

The words "tottered" and "clutching feebly" have strong connotative meanings.

Read the excerpt relating to Mr. Dimmesdale from Chapter 3 of The Scarlet Letter. The young pastor's voice was tremulously sweet, rich, deep, and broken. The feeling that it so evidently manifested, rather than the direct purport of the words, caused it to vibrate within all hearts, and brought listeners into one accord of sympathy.

There is a depth of intense emotion underlying the words Mr. Dimmesdale speaks, as if he cannot control the feelings he is experiencing.

Which excerpt from The Awakening best illustrates the idea that self-determination

There was no human being whom she wanted near her except Robert; and she even realized that the day would come when he, too, and the thought of him would melt out of

Why does Whitman use the words "rising and gliding" to describe the speaker's exit from the classroom?

These words suggest that the speaker is happy to leave.

Read this excerpt from the Declaration of Independence. "Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States." Which statement best describes the excerpt?

This is the minor premise of the Declaration of Independence.

Which best explains how Melville uses his description of Ahab in Chapter 28 of Moby-Dick to comment on the nature of man?

Through Ahab, Melville symbolizes how obsession can take over a man's life.

How do the settings of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" and "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" differ?

Traveling in the former represents a journey toward death, while the setting of the latter shows that the speaker is well grounded.

Read the excerpt from chapter 32 of The Awakening. When Mr. Pontellier learned of his wife's intention to abandon her home and take up her residence elsewhere, he immediately wrote her a letter of unqualified disapproval and remonstrance. She had given reasons which he was unwilling to acknowledge as adequate. He hoped she had not acted upon her rash impulse; and he begged her to consider first, foremost, and above all else, what people would say. What does Mr. Pontellier's letter reveal about his personality?

he is very

Which statement best summarizes "Wilson's War Message to Congress"?

Wilson presents Congress with a clear argument for war against Germany, which includes an outline for implementation.

A quarter of a century was to elapse between the time when I saw my father sitting with the strange woman and the time when I was to see him again, standing alone upon the red clay of a Mississippi plantation, a sharecropper, clad in ragged overalls, holding a muddy hoe in his gnarled, veined hands—a quarter of a century during which my mind and consciousness had become so greatly and violently altered that when I tried to talk to him I realized that, though ties of blood made us kin, though I could see a shadow of my face in his face, though there was an echo of my voice in his voice, we were forever strangers, speaking a different language, living on vastly distant planes of reality. Which best explains Wright's assertion that he and his father "were forever strangers"?

Wright is stating that he is emotionally disconnected from his father.

Which best explains Wright's assertion that he and his father "were forever strangers"?

Wright is stating that he is emotionally disconnected from his father.

He asked easy, drawling questions about me, his other son, his wife, and he laughed, amused, when I informed him of their destinies. I forgave him and pitied him as my eyes looked past him to the unpainted wooden shack. From far beyond the horizons that bound this bleak plantation there had come to me through my living the knowledge that my father was a black peasant who had gone to the city seeking life, but who had failed in the city; a black peasant whose life had been hopelessly snarled in the city, and who had at last fled the city—that same city which had lifted me in its burning arms and borne me toward alien and undreamed-of shores of knowing. Which statement best describes how Wright's cultural perspective influences his decision to forgive his father?

Wright's cultural perspective helps him understand the difficulties his father faced throughout life.

The word most nearly opposite in meaning to stringency is ____.

leniency

As president of the Student Council for two years now, I think that it is time we try to establish a better system for spending our funds. What kind of appeal is the speaker using in this sentence?

a

Do I dare Disturb the universe? Which best describes the meaning of these lines?

a

Floating in the pool, Sarah saw a bee trying to dry its wings. What is the best way to revise this sentence?

a

I, too, dislike it: there are things that are important beyond all this fiddle. Reading it, however, with a perfect contempt for it, one discovers in it after all, a place for the genuine. Hands that can grasp, eyes that can dilate, hair that can rise if it must, these things are important not because a high-sounding interpretation can be put upon them but because they are useful. What theme does this excerpt best express?

a

In April 1917 the illusion of isolation was destroyed. America came to the end of innocence, and of the exuberant freedom of bachelor independence. That the responsibilities of world power have not made us happier is no surprise. To help ourselves manage them, we have replaced the illusion of isolation with a new illusion of omnipotence. That screen, too, must fall. Which best explains the purpose of repeating the word "illusion" in the paragraph?

a

It is a war against all nations. American ships have been sunk, American lives taken, in ways which it has stirred us very deeply to learn of, but the ships and people of other neutral and friendly nations have been sunk and overwhelmed in the waters in the same way. There has been no discrimination. Which emotion is President Wilson most likely trying to evoke in his listeners?

a

Sarah is writing a paper explaining why public schools should provide healthy lunches to students, and she has several potential research questions. Which is her best option?

a

In "Harrison Bergeron," why is Harrison Bergeron's character considered a danger to society?

a. He is physically and intellectually superior to others and threatens their sense of equality.

The imagery of servitude and sacrifice reinforces the theme that the moral purpose of a person's life is to

a. seek his or her own happiness.

antisocial: opposing a social norm What is the prefix of antisocial?

anti

Fill in the blanks in order.

baked . . . . visited

Hazel had a perfectly average intelligence, which meant she couldn't think about anything except in short bursts. And George, while his intelligence was way above normal, had a little mental handicap radio in his ear. He was required by law to wear it at all times. It was tuned to a government transmitter. Every twenty seconds or so, the transmitter would send out some sharp noise to keep people like George from taking unfair advantage of their brains. How could this excerpt serve as a warning about the consequences of forced uniformity?

c.by implying that forced uniformity interferes with individuals' intellectual development

This excerpt suggests that the Supreme Court Justices

cannot find a conclusive reason to uphold systems of education

Nothing that Wilson said about the danger to democracy could not have been said all along. For that cause we could have gone to war six months or a year or two years earlier, with incalculable effect on history. Except for the proof of hostility in the resumed submarine campaign and the Zimmermann telegram, our cause would have been as valid, but we would then have been fighting a preventive war—to prevent a victory by German militarism with its potential danger to our way of life—not a war of no choice. Instead, we waited for the overt acts of hostility which brought the war to us? The author's word choice gives the reader a sense that

d

Which lines from "Mending Wall" best indicate that the speaker is amused while repairing the wall?

d

How does President Wilson organize paragraph 8, which begins "It is a distressing and oppressive duty," of "Wilson's War Message to Congress"?

he states a main idea and offers details to make his point.

It was one of those less lowering, but still grey and gloomy enough mornings of the transition, when with a fair wind the ship was rushing through the water with a vindictive sort of leaping and melancholy rapidity, that as I mounted to the deck at the call of the forenoon watch, so soon as I leveled my glance towards the taffrail, foreboding shivers ran over me. Reality outran apprehension; Captain Ahab stood upon his quarter-deck. Which of the novel's themes is best developed in this excerpt from Chapter 28 of Moby Dick?

mans inability to alter fate

He made that poor piano moan with melody. O Blues! Swaying to and fro on his rickety stool He played that sad raggy tune like a musical fool. Sweet Blues! Coming from a black man's soul. O Blues! The phrases "O Blues!" and "Sweet Blues!" are examples of

repitition

In the conclusion of an argumentative essay, the author should

restate main ideas and summarize how they support the claim.

What is the most logical way to sequence these sentences to create a logical narrative?

sentence 1, sentence 3, sentence 4, sentence 2

What is the most logical way to sequence these sentences to create a logical narrative? (performance, solo)

sentence 1, sentence 4, sentence 2, sentence 3

What is the most logical way to sequence these sentences to create a logical narrative? (friendship, moving)

sentence 3, sentence 1, sentence 4, sentence 2

Length multiplied by width equals the square footage of a room. If the room is L-shaped, you can break the space down into several different squares or rectangles. You may want to measure in inches to figure out the total square inches. Then divide that by 144 to figure out the total square footage. This passage is most appropriate for

students learning architectural design

My Bondage and My Freedom reveals that in the lifetime of Frederick Douglass, in the South, slaves and women were both

subject to white male authority

Read the excerpt from chapter 2 of The Awakening. They chatted incessantly: about the things around them; their amusing adventure out in the water—it had again assumed its entertaining aspect; about the wind, the trees, the people who had gone to the Chênière; about the children playing croquet under the oaks, and the Farival twins, who were now performing the overture to "The Poet and the Peasant." What is the correct meaning of the word "assumed" based on its usage in the excerpt?

taken on

Read the excerpt from chapter 31 of The Awakening. "Will you have a spray of jessamine?" he asked, breaking off a few blossoms as he passed. "No; I don't want anything." She seemed disheartened, and had nothing to say. She took his arm, which he offered her, holding up the weight of her satin train with the other hand. She looked down, noticing the black line of his leg moving in and out so close to her against the yellow shimmer of her gown. There was the whistle of a railway train somewhere in the distance, and the midnight bells were ringing. They met no one in their short walk. What does Edna's rejection of the jessamine reveal to the reader?

that she is losing interest

What does "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" suggest about academic studies?

that they are overwhelmingly tedious

Jefferson begins the introduction to the Declaration of Independence by stating his major premise and giving examples, and then explains

the relationship between the colonies and Britain.

What does the repetition of the word "neutral" throughout "How We Entered World War I" emphasize?

the stance taken by the United States in its attempt to remain isolated from World War I

Read the excerpt from "An Indian's View of Indian Affairs." We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets; that hereafter he will give every man a spirit-home according to his deserts: if he has been a good man, he will have a good home; if he has been a bad man, he will have a bad home. What central idea of the speech is illustrated by this excerpt?

the way a man

Read each of the excerpts from The Awakening. The youngsters came tumbling up the steps, the quadroon following at the respectful distance which they required her to observe. Mrs. Pontellier made them carry her paints and things into the house. She sought to detain them for a little talk and some pleasantry. But they were greatly in earnest. They had only come to investigate the contents of the bonbon box. *** [Mrs. Pontellier] stood watching the fair woman walk down the long line of galleries with the grace and majesty which queens are sometimes supposed to possess. Her little ones ran to meet her. Two of them clung about her white skirts, the third she took from its nurse and with a thousand endearments bore it along in her own fond, encircling arms. Which best explains why the author included both of these scenes in the story?

to develop a contrast between the way in which Mrs. Pontellier and Madame Ratignolle carry out traditional female roles

Just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to the far corners of the Greco Roman world, so am I compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own home town. Why does King use this allusion?

to emphasize the morality of his cause

I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating in every southern state, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. What is King's purpose for including this sentence?

to establish his professional credentials

Which is the best example of a vivid sensory detail?🔹

"It was a lake of rainbow light"

How do the authors of "A Psalm of Life" and "Auspex" use different images to illustrate their themes?

"Psalm" contains primarily images of battle and human interactions, while "Auspex" focuses on natural imagery.

Based on Thoreau's opinion about the Mexican-American War and slavery in the United States, why did he most likely refuse to pay the poll taxes, as described in "Civil Disobedience"?

He disagreed with the government's actions.

What attitude toward social habits does this excerpt indicate?

Social habits are meaningless and arbitrary.

What is the effect of the word "atom" in this line and later in the poem?

It emphasizes the narrator's belief that every parcel of the Earth belongs to everyone.

Which is the best way to write this sentence in the active voice?

Jake kicked the final goal, and the Huskies won the game.

Which is the best replacement for the underlined sentence?

One day, she would teach her own children and grandchildren this precious recipe!

Read the excerpt from "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge." He unclosed his eyes and saw again the water below him. "If I could free my hands," he thought, "I might throw off the noose and spring into the stream. By diving I could evade the bullets and, swimming vigorously, reach the bank, take to the woods and get away home. My home, thank God, is as yet outside their lines; my wife and little ones are still beyond the invader's farthest advance." Which best describes the impact of the narration in the excerpt?

c

T. S. Eliot begins "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" with a translated quotation from Dante's Inferno. If I thought my reply were to someone who could ever return to the world, this flame would waver no more. But since, I'm told, nobody ever escapes from this pit, I'll tell you without fear of ill fame. What is the best explanation for prefacing the poem with this quotation?

c

Read the excerpt from chapter 23 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. "What we want is to go out of here quiet, and talk this show up, and sell the rest of the town! Then we'll all be in the same boat. Ain't that sensible?" ("You bet it is!—the jedge is right!" everybody sings out.) Twain is most likely using humor to make a statement about the impressionability of which of the following groups of people?

d

The imagery in the lines suggests that

great deeds are remembered in history.

Based on Thoreau's beliefs and "Civil Disobedience," he most likely decided not to pay poll tax because

he disagreed with the idea of it.

Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation. Up and down Academy Boulevard, along South Nevada, Circle Drive, and Woodman Road, teenagers like Elisa run the fast food restaurants of Colorado Springs. Fast food kitchens often seem like a scene from Bugsy Malone, a film in which all the actors are children pretending to be adults. No other industry in the United States has a workforce so dominated by adolescents. How does Schlosser effectively build his argument in this excerpt?

He uses analogical evidence to help the reader visualize his point about the workers.

Based on "Civil Disobedience," what statement did Thoreau, like his modern-day successors, hope to make with his imprisonment?

He wanted to suggest that one should be willing to go to great lengths for a belief.

Read the statement by Roger Chillingworth relating to his quest to discover the father of Hester's child from Chapter 4 of The Scarlet Letter. "There is a sympathy that will make me conscious of him. I shall see him tremble. I shall feel myself shudder, suddenly and unawares." What does Roger Chillingworth mean when he makes this statement?

He will use his sensory abilities to intuitively discover the father of Hester's child.

Read the sentence from chapter 1 of The Awakening. The gulf looked far away, melting hazily into the blue of the horizon. Which best explains why the author chose to write this description of the gulf?

to help the reader visualize a view where water and sky are difficult

Read the excerpt of Lucy Monroe's review from Book News, March 1899. It is an intimate thing, which in studying the nature of one woman reveals something which brings her in touch with all women—something larger than herself. That it is which justifies the audacity of The Awakening and makes it big enough to be true. The author has shown herself an artist in the manipulation of a complex character, and faulty as the woman is, she has the magnetism which is essential to the charm of a novel. What is Monroe's response to Chopin's writing?

Monroe praises the realism and universal appeal of The Awakening.

What is the purpose of the third stanza of "Auspex"?

It contrasts the image of the birds from the first stanza.

Read the excerpt from The Awakening, by Kate Chopin. In short, Mrs. Pontellier was not a mother-woman. The mother-women seemed to prevail that summer at Grand Isle. It was easy to know them, fluttering about with extended, protecting wings when any harm, real or imaginary, threatened their precious brood. They were women who idolized their children, worshiped their husbands, and esteemed it a holy privilege to efface themselves as individuals and grow wings as ministering angels. How does the excerpt reflect its social and historical context?

It illustrates the maternal expectations of "true womanhood" that

Read the sentence from Life on the Mississippi. The passenger who could not read it was charmed with a peculiar sort of faint dimple on its surface (on the rare occasions when he did not overlook it altogether); but to the pilot that was an ITALICIZED passage; indeed, it was more than that, it was a legend of the largest capitals, with a string of shouting exclamation points at the end of it; for it meant that a wreck or a rock was buried there that could tear the life out of the strongest vessel that ever floated. Which best explains how the portrayal of italicized letters and capital letters support the meaning of the sentence?

It parallels the difference between beginner and professional interpretations.

Which statement describes a gothic element in this excerpt that reflects a social attitude of Gilman's time?

John makes decisions on his wife's behalf, which illustrates that she is not in control of her own fate.

Read the excerpt from chapter 36 of The Awakening. "I am destined to see you only by accident," she said, shoving the cat off the chair beside her. He was surprised, ill at ease, almost embarrassed at meeting her thus so unexpectedly. Which of the following ideas do Edna's accidental meetings with Robert

Love renders a person powerless and subject to chance.

Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. There is a tale, "The Ring of Gyges," that Feldman sometimes tells his economist friends. It comes from Plato's Republic. A student named Glaucon offered the story in response to a lesson by Socrates—who, like Adam Smith, argued that people are generally good even without enforcement. Glaucon, like Feldman's economist friends, disagreed. He told of a shepherd named Gyges who stumbled upon a secret cavern with a corpse inside that wore a ring. When Gyges put on the ring, he found that it made him invisible. With no one able to monitor his behavior, Gyges proceeded to do woeful things—seduce the queen, murder the king, and so on. Glaucon's story posed a moral question: could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed? Glaucon seemed to think the answer was no. But Paul Feldman sides with Socrates and Adam Smith—for he knows the answer, at least 87 percent of the time, is yes. Compared with Feldman's argument, the tale of "The Ring of Gyges" is best described as a

NOT!!!!!!!! claim.

Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. So what do the bagel data have to say? In recent years, there have been two noteworthy trends in the overall payment rate. The first was a long, slow decline that began in 1992. By the summer of 2001, the overall rate had slipped to about 87 percent. But immediately after September 11 of that year the rate spiked a full 2 percent and hasn't slipped much since. (If a 2 percent gain in payment doesn't sound like much, think of it this way: the nonpayment rate fell from 13 to 11 percent, which amounts to a 15 percent decline in theft.) Because many of Feldman's customers are affiliated with national security, there may have been a patriotic element to the 9/11 Effect. Or it may have represented a more general surge in empathy. The excerpt serves as which type of support for the authors' argument?

NOT!!!!!!!!!! a claim

Which excerpt from Black Boy best illustrates the effect that society has on Wright's father?

NOT: Finally we could no longer pay the rent for our dingy flat; the few dollars that Granny had left us before she went home were gone.

How does the second stanza of "Auspex" tie the first and third stanzas together?

NOT: It resolves the crucial problem that is raised in the first and third stanzas.

Which best describes Wright's realization in this excerpt?

NOT: Wright acknowledges that his success was based solely on the lessons he learned from his father's failure.

For instance during the summer when she heard the subtle but compelling rhythms of the Bahaman drummers, she'd walk over and watch the dances. She did not laugh the "Saws" to scorn as she had heard the people doing. Which phrase from the excerpt is the best example of nonstandard English?

NOT: had heard the people doing

In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston uses dialect when Tea Cake speaks in order to

NOT: highlight his shyness around others.

In Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston uses dialect when Tea Cake speaks in order to

NOT: illustrate his religious beliefs

And now she turns up her nose at jazz and all its manifestations—likewise almost everything else distinctly racial. In this context, what is the meaning of "manifestations"?

NOT: negativity OR warnings

But such an ordinance becomes unjust when it is used to maintain segregation and to deny citizens the First-Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and protest. Why does King use this allusion?

NOT: to issue a call for action

Read the paragraph from "Wilson's War Message to Congress." Neutrality is no longer feasible or desirable where the peace of the world is involved and the freedom of its peoples, and the menace to that peace and freedom lies in the existence of autocratic governments backed by organized force which is controlled wholly by their will, not by the will of their people. We have seen the last of neutrality in such circumstances. Which statement best describes the main idea of the paragraph?

Our country can no longer refuse involvement because it cannot allow peace and freedom to be at risk.

Which statement best describes Edwards's views in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

People who were "born again" in Christ would be spared.

Which sentence is an example of the imperative mood?

Please bring me my physics textbook, my lab manual, and my homework assignments.

In chapter 31 of The Awakening, which incident best indicates that Arobin's feelings for Edna are much deeper than her feelings for him?

Rather than thanking Arobin for his gift, she appears

Which statement best explains why the Declaration of Independence does not directly address the issue of slavery?

Some of the colonies were in favor of slavery and others were opposed to it.

Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. The bagel data also reflect how much personal mood seems to affect honesty. Weather, for instance, is a major factor. Unseasonably pleasant weather inspires people to pay at a higher rate. Unseasonably cold weather, meanwhile, makes people cheat prolifically; so do heavy rain and wind. Worst are the holidays. The week of Christmas produces a 2 percent drop in payment rates—again, a 15 percent increase in theft, an effect on the same magnitude, in reverse, as that of 9/11. Thanksgiving is nearly as bad; the week of Valentine's Day is also lousy, as is the week straddling April 15. There are, however, a few good holidays: the weeks that include the Fourth of July, Labor Day, and Columbus Day. The difference in the two sets of holidays? The low-cheating holidays represent little more than an extra day off from work. The high-cheating holidays are fraught with miscellaneous anxieties and the high expectations of loved ones. Based on the excerpt, the conclusion that "personal mood seems to affect honesty" is best supported by which of the following statements?

Stressful fall and winter holidays generally cause payment rates to drop.

Read the excerpt from The Awakening, and look at the plot diagram. "Do me a favor, Robert," spoke the pretty woman at his side, almost as soon as she and Robert had started their slow, homeward way. She looked up in his face, leaning on his arm beneath the encircling shadow of the umbrella which he had lifted. "Granted; as many as you like," he returned, glancing down into her eyes that were full of thoughtfulness and some speculation. "I only ask for one; let Mrs. Pontellier alone." Which best explains this excerpt's purpose in the novel's plot structure?

The excerpt builds suspense and creates tension as part of

Read the excerpt from The Awakening, and look at the plot diagram. Since the age of fifteen, which was eleven years before, Robert each summer at Grand Isle had constituted himself the devoted attendant of some fair dame or damsel. Sometimes it was a young girl, again a widow, but as often as not it was some interesting married woman. mc006-1.jpg Which best explains this excerpt's purpose in the novel's plot structure?

The excerpt provides background information on a character as part of the exposition.

Why did the Supreme Court take jurisdiction of Brown v. Board of Education?

The implications of the case were important and widespread.

What image does the language in these lines create?

The language creates an image of starkness and isolation.

How are the speakers' sense of goals different in "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" and "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church"?

The speaker in the former knows exactly what her goal is, while the speaker in the latter believes that she has already achieved it.

If we must die—let it not be like hogs Hunted and penned in an inglorious spot, While round us bark the mad and hungry dogs, Making their mock at our accursed lot. If we must die—oh, let us nobly die So that our precious blood may not be shed In vain; then even the monsters we defy Shall be constrained to honor us though dead! Oh, Kinsmen! We must meet the common foe; Though far outnumbered, let us still be brave, And for their thousand blows deal one death-blow! What though before us lies the open grave? Like men we'll face the murderous, cowardly pack, Pressed to the wall, dying, but—fighting back! What sentence best conveys the speaker's message?

There is honor in dying courageously.

What is the purpose of the words "labor" and "leisure"?

They are aspects of life that the speaker is leaving.

Based on Chapter 4 of The Scarlet Letter, what biased view do Hester Prynne and most of her fellow settlers hold of themselves in relation to the Native American population in the area?

They see themselves as more civilized.

¨Aeolian string" refers to a harp-like instrument that plays when it is placed in the wind. Based on this definition, which statement best describes the speaker's view of the wind?

b

What does the excerpt most clearly demonstrate about Wright's attitude toward his father?

Wright recognizes that he is incomprehensible to his father.

Read the excerpt from "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock." And indeed there will be time To wonder, "Do I dare?" and, "Do I dare?" Time to turn back and descend the stair, With a bald spot in the middle of my hair— [They will say: "How his hair is growing thin!"] My morning coat, my collar mounting firmly to the chin, My necktie rich and modest, but asserted by a simple pin— [They will say: "But how his arms and legs are thin!"] Do I dare Disturb the universe? In a minute there is time For decisions and revisions which a minute will reverse. In this stanza, Prufrock repeats "Do I dare?" three times. What does the repetition indicate about his state of mind?

a

The Purple Cow (Reflections on a Mythic Beast Who's Quite Remarkable, at Least.) I never saw a Purple Cow; I never hope to See One; But I can Tell you, Anyhow, I'd rather See than Be One. What is the main difference between "The Purple Cow" and Frost's poem "Mending Wall"?

a

The front pattern DOES move—and no wonder! The woman behind shakes it! Sometimes I think there are a great many women behind, and sometimes only one, and she crawls around fast, and her crawling shakes it all over. Then in the very bright spots she keeps still, and in the very shady spots she just takes hold of the bars and shakes them hard. And she is all the time trying to climb through. But nobody could climb through that pattern—it strangles so; I think that is why it has so many heads. They get through, and then the pattern strangles them off and turns them upside down, and makes their eyes white! If those heads were covered or taken off it would not be half so bad. I think that woman gets out in the daytime! And I'll tell you why—privately—I've seen her! I can see her out of every one of my windows! It is the same woman, I know, for she is always creeping, and most women do not creep by daylight. I see her on that long road under the trees, creeping along, and when a carriage comes she hides under the blackberry vines. I don't blame her a bit. It must be very humiliating to be caught creeping by daylight! Whom does the narrator see hiding in the wallpaper?

a

Which event described in chapter 1 of The Scarlet Letter takes place as the story begins?

a crowd gathers at the jail

In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," Edwards uses the image of a spider dangling on a thread over fire to describe

a person's ability to avoid damnation.

Read the poem "Sea Rose," by H.D. Rose, harsh rose, marred and with stint of petals, meagre flower, thin, sparse of leaf, more precious than a wet rose single on a stem? — you are caught in the drift. Stunted, with small leaf, you are flung on the sand, you are lifted in the crisp sand that drives in the wind. Can the spice-rose drip such acrid fragrance hardened in a leaf? What is the central image of the poem?

a rose exposed

Despite all the attention paid to rogue companies like Enron, academics know very little about the practicalities of white-collar crime. The reason? There are no good data. A key fact of white-collar crime is that we hear about only the very slim fraction of people who are caught cheating. Most embezzlers lead quiet and theoretically happy lives; employees who steal company property are rarely detected. With street crime, meanwhile, that is not the case. A mugging or a burglary or a murder is usually tallied whether or not the criminal is caught. A street crime has a victim, who typically reports the crime to the police, who generate data, which in turn generate thousands of academic papers by criminologists, sociologists, and economists. But white-collar crime presents no obvious victim. From who, exactly, did the masters of Enron steal? And how can you measure something if you don't know to whom it happened, or with what frequency, or in what magnitude? The excerpt helps the authors support their conclusion by

a. evaluating a logical fallacy.

Which phrase connects these characters to the Southern gothic genre?

a. half an arm

Finally I heard my mother's name called; she rose and began weeping so copiously that she could not talk for a few moments; at last she managed to say that her husband had deserted her and her two children, that her children were hungry, that they stayed hungry, that she worked, that she was trying to raise them alone. Then my father was called; he came forward jauntily, smiling. He tried to kiss my mother, but she turned away from him. I only heard one sentence of what he said. "I'm doing all I can, Your Honor," he mumbled, grinning. It had been painful to sit and watch my mother crying and my father laughing and I was glad when we were outside in the sunny streets. Wright uses this personal experience to establish

a. his mother's desperation.

Read the excerpt from chapter 34 of The Awakening. "Fine fellow, that Lebrun," said Arobin when Robert had gone. "I never heard you speak of him." "I knew him last summer at Grand Isle," she replied. What becomes apparent during this conversation?

arobin

A small scrubbing-brush, which may be bought for five cents, and two small pointed knives for preparing vegetables should be found in every kitchen. Vegetables should be washed in cold water, and cooked until soft in boiling salted water; if cooked in an uncovered vessel, their color is better kept. For peas and beans add salt to water last half hour of cooking. Time for cooking the same vegetable varies according to freshness and age, therefore time-tables for cooking serve only as guides. Which best describes the style and tone of the passage?

authoritative

I set apart a day for wandering; I heard the woodlands ring, The hidden white-throat sing, And the harmonic West, Beyond a far hill-crest, Touch its Aeolian string. "Aeolian string" refers to a harp-like instrument that plays when it is placed in the wind. Based on this definition, which statement best describes the speaker's view of the wind?

b

I think sometimes that if I were only well enough to write a little it would relieve the press of ideas and rest me. But I find I get pretty tired when I try. It is so discouraging not to have any advice and companionship about my work. When I get really well, John says we will ask Cousin Henry and Julia down for a long visit; but he says he would as soon put fireworks in my pillow-case as to let me have those stimulating people about now. I wish I could get well faster. But I must not think about that. This paper looks to me as if it KNEW what a vicious influence it had! Which part of this excerpt best demonstrates the narrator's social alienation?

b

On the 3d of February last I officially laid before you the extraordinary announcement of the Imperial German Government that on and after the 1st day of February it was its purpose to put aside all restraints of law or of humanity and use its submarines to sink every vessel that sought to approach either the ports of Great Britain and Ireland or the western coasts of Europe or any of the ports controlled by the enemies of Germany within the Mediterranean. To appeal to the audience, this part of the speech mostly relies on

b

Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall." Spring is the mischief in me, and I wonder If I could put a notion in his head: "Why do they make good neighbours? Isn't it Where there are cows? But here there are no cows. Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offence. Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That wants it down." I could say "Elves" to him, But it's not elves exactly, and I'd rather He said it for himself. What is the speaker's mood in this excerpt?

b

Which excerpt from paragraphs 1 to 3 of Wilson's "War Message to Congress" appeals most to the audience's emotions?

b

Which statement best describes the main idea of the third paragraph of "How We Entered World War I"?

b

There is a tale, "The Ring of Gyges," that Feldman sometimes tells his economist friends. It comes from Plato's Republic. A student named Glaucon offered the story in response to a lesson by Socrates—who, like Adam Smith, argued that people are generally good even without enforcement. Glaucon, like Feldman's economist friends, disagreed. He told of a shepherd named Gyges who stumbled upon a secret cavern with a corpse inside that wore a ring. When Gyges put on the ring, he found that it made him invisible. With no one able to monitor his behavior, Gyges proceeded to do woeful things—seduce the queen, murder the king, and so on. Glaucon's story posed a moral question: could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed? Glaucon seemed to think the answer was no. But Paul Feldman sides with Socrates and Adam Smith—for he knows the answer, at least 87 percent of the time, is yes. The example in the excerpt helps the authors arrive at which of the following conclusions?

b. The majority of people are honest.

But what is freedom? Freedom from what? There is nothing to take a man's freedom away from him, save other men. To be free, a man must be free of his brothers. That is freedom. This and nothing else. Based on the philosophical concepts expressed in the excerpt, the narrator would most likely support a government that

b. allows man to make his own decisions and live with the consequences.

There is a tale, "The Ring of Gyges," that Feldman sometimes tells his economist friends. It comes from Plato's Republic. A student named Glaucon offered the story in response to a lesson by Socrates—who, like Adam Smith, argued that people are generally good even without enforcement. Glaucon, like Feldman's economist friends, disagreed. He told of a shepherd named Gyges who stumbled upon a secret cavern with a corpse inside that wore a ring. When Gyges put on the ring, he found that it made him invisible. With no one able to monitor his behavior, Gyges proceeded to do woeful things—seduce the queen, murder the king, and so on. Glaucon's story posed a moral question: could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed? Glaucon seemed to think the answer was no. But Paul Feldman sides with Socrates and Adam Smith—for he knows the answer, at least 87 percent of the time, is yes. Compared with Feldman's argument, the tale of "The Ring of Gyges" is best described as a

b. counterclaim.

Read the poem "The Purple Cow," by Gelett Burgess. The Purple Cow (Reflections on a Mythic Beast Who's Quite Remarkable, at Least.) I never saw a Purple Cow; I never hope to See One; But I can Tell you, Anyhow, I'd rather See than Be One. What is the main similarity between "The Purple Cow" and Frost's poem "Mending Wall"?

both use humerous lang

But jazz to me is one of the inherent expressions of Negro life in America; the eternal tom-tom beating in the Negro soul—the tom-tom of revolt against weariness in a white world, a world of subway trains, and work, work, work; the tom-tom of joy and laughter, and pain swallowed in a smile. How does Hughes inject elements of jazz into the excerpt?

by repeating the phrase "tom-tom," which acts as a drum beat

How was this vile nervous fit, for such I now persuaded myself it was, to be conquered? I determined to force myself not to look at the painting but to undress quickly and get into bed. I began to undress, but in spite of every effort I could not keep myself from stealing a glance every now and then at the picture; and a glance was now sufficient to distress me. Even when my back was turned to it, the idea of this strange face behind me, peering over my shoulder, was insufferable. How does the excerpt exemplify Gothic fiction?

by revealing an unhinged psychological state

In the meantime, if you demand on the one hand, the raw material of poetry in all its rawness and that which is on the other hand genuine, you are interested in poetry. What is the theme of this excerpt?

c

In the midst of it came the revelation of the telegram from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann inviting Mexico into alliance as a belligerent. As a scheme to keep U.S. forces occupied on their own border, it offered to help Mexico regain her lost territories of Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. The author most likely uses the word "scheme" to

c

Patty and Maureen took the long drive to their high school reunion. The women were excited about the prospect of seeing old friends at the ranch. The group had quite a past history to reminisce about. The weekend was sure to be full of stories and laughter! Which sentence should be revised to eliminate redundancy?

c

Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall," by Robert Frost. Something there is that doesn't love a wall, That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it, And spills the upper boulders in the sun; And makes gaps even two can pass abreast. What is Frost describing that "doesn't love a wall"?

c

We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. It was not upon their impulse that their Government acted in entering this war. It was not with their previous knowledge or approval. Which best states the type of appeal that is in the excerpt?

c

When Emerson states, "It by no means follows that we are not fit for society, because soirees are tedious," in Society and Solitude, how does he support his statement?

c

When I see birches bend to left and right Across the line of straighter darker trees, I like to think some boy's been swinging them. But swinging doesn't bend them down to stay. Ice-storms do that. Often you must have seen them Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning After a rain. They click upon themselves As the breeze rises, and turn many-colored As the stir cracks and crazes their enamel. Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust— Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen. What is the best description of the theme of this excerpt?

c

Which strategy is the best way to improve clarity in a wordy sentence?

c

With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step I am taking and of the grave responsibilities which it involves, but in unhesitating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty . . . Which best expresses the type of appeal in this excerpt?

c

Read the quote from "My Heart Is Bursting." Two years ago I made peace with Generals Harney, Sanborn, and Colonel Leavenworth at the mouth of the Little Arkansas. That peace I have never broken. What cultural view is most reflected in this quotation?

the value of promises

That petitioner was a citizen of the United States and a resident of the State of Louisiana, of mixed descent . . . on June 7, 1892, he engaged and paid for a first class passage on the East Louisiana Railway . . . and thereupon entered a passenger train, and took possession of a vacant seat in a coach where passengers of the white race were accommodated; that such railroad company was incorporated by the laws of Louisiana as a common carrier, and was not authorized to distinguish between citizens according to their race. But, notwithstanding this, petitioner was required by the conductor, under penalty of ejection from said train and imprisonment, to vacate said coach and occupy another seat in a coach assigned by said company for persons not of the white race. How does this relate to the premises of Brown v. Board of Education?

d. The Brown case addresses whether facilities separated by race are permissible by law.

How does the figurative language used by Mr. Shiftlet develop his character?

d. The imagery underscores Mr. Shiftlet's restlessness and his reluctance to remain in one place.

Once I built a railroad, made it run, Made it race against time. Once I built a railroad, Now it's done— Which idea is conveyed in the excerpt?

d. The speaker used to have work, but now there isn't any.

Read the excerpt from the final paragraph of "Wilson's War Message to Congress." But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts—for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments. . . The most likely purpose of including this in the last paragraph is to

establish a sense of patriotism and support for the war.

Read the excerpt from "Harlem." Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over- like a syrupy sweet? Read the excerpt from "The Weary Blues." Droning a drowsy syncopated tune Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon In both poems, Hughes uses the imagery to

establish tone

From Polaris a line of small stars curves toward the handle of the Dipper, meeting the upper one of a pair of the third magnitude. This pair, with another farther on and parallel to it, form the 'Little Dipper,' Polaris being the end of its handle. The group is Ursa Minor. Opposite the handle of the great Dipper, and at about the same distance from Polaris, are five rather bright stars forming a flattened letter W. They are the principal stars of Cassiopeia. What strategy does the author use in his choice of language to convey his message?

facts and statements

The pines are widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and include about 80 distinct species with over 600 varieties. The species enumerated here are especially common in the eastern part of the United States, growing either native in the forest or under cultivation in the parks. The pines form a very important class of timber trees, and produce beautiful effects when planted in groups in the parks. Which strategy does the author use in his choice of language to convey his message?

facts and statements

A brainstorming web can be an important tool in narrative writing because

it helps the writer think of different topics to write about.

How is a root word used to understand a text?

it provides the foundation for a word's meaning

Read this excerpt from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. I knew I could never let Mom hear the messages, because protecting her is one of my most important raisons d'être, so what I did was I took Dad's emergency money from on top of his dresser, and I went to the Radio Shack on Amsterdam. It was on a TV there that I saw that the first building had fallen. I bought the exact same phone and ran home and recorded our greeting from the first phone onto it. I wrapped up the old phone in the scarf that Grandma was never able to finish because of my privacy, and I put that in a grocery bag, and I put that in a box, and I put that in another box, and I put that under a bunch of stuff in my closet, like my jewelry workbench and albums of foreign currencies. Which word best describes the tone of this excerpt?

methodical

Langston Hughes was extremely versatile. He wrote poetry, published essays, and even authored a commissioned history of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In this context, what is the meaning of "versatile"?

multi-talented

I stood against the far wall of the shabby lobby avoiding eye contact with the doorman as my dad checked us in for the night. We'd hoped to make it as far as Scranton, but the weather had interfered, leaving us instead at an eyesore of a truck-stop motel. My ear buds were jammed in as far as comfort would allow in a vain attempt to block out the motel's vibe. Still, I could not ignore the looming presence of the doorman. He stood in the dim portico, sweeping and re-sweeping a pile of lint on the floor, watching the parking lot with his watery eyes, and occasionally signaling to the whiskered clerk behind the desk. What technique does the author use to build suspense in the excerpt?

odd characters are introduced

Since the budget for the groundbreaking elephant-behavior-studies program has been cut—just as it was beginning to make progress—wildlife conservationists and their supporters are asking that people from all over the world promote the program by encouraging local agencies and community members to donate time and funds to secure the future of the amazingly gentle and intelligent African elephant species. Darryl is most likely writing with the purpose of

persuading and influencing others.

Read the excerpt, spoken by Roger to Edna, from The Awakening. "You have slept precisely one hundred years. I was left here to guard your slumbers; and for one hundred years I have been out under the shed reading a book. The only evil I couldn't prevent was to keep a broiled fowl from drying up." Which best describes the underlying tone connotated by the words in the excerpt?

playful

Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. When he started his business, he expected a 95 percent payment rate, based on the experience at his own office. But just as crime tends to be low on a street where a police car is parked, the 95 percent rate was artificially high: Feldman's presence had deterred theft. Not only that, but those bagel eaters knew the provider and had feelings (presumably good ones) about him. A broad swath of psychological and economic research has shown that people will pay different amounts for the same item depending on who is providing it. . . . In the real world, Feldman learned to settle for less than 95 percent. He came to consider a company "honest" if its payment rate was above 90 percent. He considered a rate between 80 and 90 percent "annoying but tolerable." The excerpt helps the authors arrive at their conclusion by

providing statistical evidence.

From the porch, the cabin looked as quaint and rustic as the website had promised. I hoisted my duffel to my hip, unlocked the door with the key I'd been sent, and stepped into the warm air of the mountain home. The floorboards creaked a welcome as I investigated. I admired the piney living room, noting the stone hearth and the dappled afternoon light on the walls. Then I made my way toward the sole bedroom at the end of the hall. I glanced at the eyelet bedcover, the mantle clock, and the antique mirror. Wait. I glanced again at the mirror and impulsively brushed my hair from my eyes, balking at the coloring of the wayward wisps. How could it be? My hand touched my skin—the image I faced was a much older version of myself. I backed away, watching my wrinkled face retreat. I tripped on the doorjamb, stubbed my toe on an errant nail, and nearly toppled over my own luggage as I lunged for the door. What technique does the author use to build suspense in the excerpt?

quickening the pace of the story

Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation. English is now the second language of at least one-sixth of the nation's restaurant workers, and about one-third of that group speaks no English at all. The proportion of fast food workers who cannot speak English is even higher. Which type of evidence does the author use in this excerpt?

statistical

Which word has the most negative connotation?

stingy

Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. There is a tale, "The Ring of Gyges," that Feldman sometimes tells his economist friends. It comes from Plato's Republic. A student named Glaucon offered the story in response to a lesson by Socrates—who, like Adam Smith, argued that people are generally good even without enforcement. Glaucon, like Feldman's economist friends, disagreed. He told of a shepherd named Gyges who stumbled upon a secret cavern with a corpse inside that wore a ring. When Gyges put on the ring, he found that it made him invisible. With no one able to monitor his behavior, Gyges proceeded to do woeful things—seduce the queen, murder the king, and so on. Glaucon's story posed a moral question: could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed? Glaucon seemed to think the answer was no. But Paul Feldman sides with Socrates and Adam Smith—for he knows the answer, at least 87 percent of the time, is yes. Feldman reaches the conclusion that most people are honest without receiving an incentive by

studying his individual experiences and arriving at a broad generalization.

In this quotation, the first stanza has a different style from the second section. What does this suggest about Whitman's overall style in the poem?🔹

that Whitman's style allows for various kinds of language

Read the excerpt from chapter 39 of The Awakening. The children appeared before her like antagonists who had overcome her; who had overpowered and sought to drag her into the soul's slavery for the rest of her days. But she knew a way to elude them. Which of Edna's ideas about motherhood does the excerpt convey?

that motherhood is a burden

My mother fell ill and the problem of food became an acute, daily agony. Hunger was with us always. Sometimes the neighbors would feed us or a dollar bill would come in the mail from my grandmother. It was winter and I would buy a dime's worth of coal each morning from the corner coalyard and lug it home in paper bags. For a time I remained out of school to wait upon my mother, then Granny came to visit us and I returned to school. Through his personal experience, which social issue is Wright emphasizing?

the effects of poverty on families

That man over there says that women need to be helped into carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place everywhere. Which 1850s social norm is reflected in the excerpt?

the idea that women should be protected from the harsh realities of life

Which statement describes a gothic element on this excerpt that reflects a social attitude of Gilman's time

the image of the woman trying to escape contributes to the idea that the narrator feels trapped and unable to control her own fate

He looked like a man cut away from the stake, when the fire has overrunningly wasted all the limbs without consuming them, or taking away one particle from their compacted aged robustness. His whole high, broad form, seemed made of solid bronze, and shaped in an unalterable mould, like Cellini's cast Perseus. Which best states the theme that is developed in this excerpt?

the paralysis that fate inflicts on man

Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall." I let my neighbour know beyond the hill; And on a day we meet to walk the line And set the wall between us once again. We keep the wall between us as we go. To each the boulders that have fallen to each. And some are loaves and some so nearly balls We have to use a spell to make them balance: "Stay where you are until our backs are turned!" We wear our fingers rough with handling them. Oh, just another kind of out-door game, One on a side. It comes to little more: There where it is we do not need the wall: He is all pine and I am apple orchard. What does the phrase "one on a side" mean?

the speaker and the neighbor repair

Read the following excerpt from Levitt and Dubner's Freakonomics. As it happens, Feldman's accidental study provides a window onto a form of cheating that has long stymied academics: white-collar crime. (Yes, shorting the bagel man is white-collar crime, writ however small.) It might seem ludicrous to address as large and intractable a problem as white-collar crime through the life of a bagel man. But often a small and simple question can help chisel away at the biggest problems. Despite all the attention paid to rogue companies like Enron, academics know very little about the practicalities of white-collar crime. The reason? There are no good data. A key fact of white-collar crime is that we hear about only the very slim fraction of people who are caught cheating. Most embezzlers lead quiet and theoretically happy lives; employees who steal company property are rarely detected. What purpose does the "bagel man" serve in this argument?

to show the seriousness of cheating

Which is the best replacement for the underlined word?

took

In the Yellowstone the animals seem always to behave as one wishes them to! It is always possible to see the sheep and deer and antelope, and also the great herds of elk, which are shyer than the smaller beasts. In April we found the elk weak after the short commons and hard living of winter. What is the closest meaning of the underlined phrase as it used in the excerpt?

trials and tribulations