English Midterm Answers

Select the sentence in paragraph 4, 5, or 6 ("Your mother . . . alone") that best supports the answer to the previous question.

"If you accept...will be alone"

The writer is considering deleting the underlined portion of sentence 14. Should the underlined portion be kept or deleted?

A. Kept, because it summarizes how Ruth and Art persuade LuLing to move to Mira Mar Manor.

Which choice best represents the two different meanings of "simple" as used in the first paragraph ("By the time . . . self") to describe "country world" and "world of the battlefield," respectively?

A. Modest; straightforward

In the middle of the passage ("They ain't . . . plants"), Oscar counters Stan's warning about making enemies by suggesting to Stan that

A. Oscar has no obligation to consider the interests of the striking workers.

Toward the end of the passage ("My father . . . see them"), why does Oscar describe his father's work in a steel factory?

B. To show Stan that Oscar's differing perspective is shaped by his father's treatment as a factory worker

Which choice is the best version of the underlined portion of sentence 3?

B. recognize

How does the stepfather try to convince Octavius to follow his advice?

C. He lists the things Octavius stands to lose.

In the first paragraph ("By the time . . . self"), which strategy does Octavius' mother use to try to keep her son from becoming Caesar's heir?

C. She contrasts the treacherous Roman world with less dangerous situations Octavius has known.

The writer wants the underlined portion of sentence 8 to set up the information that follows in the sentence. Which choice best accomplishes the writer's goal?

D. convince her that it is a bargain

The main purpose of paragraph 2 ("Your mother . . . fate") is to

D. explain to Octavius that he is in a potentially dangerous position.

Which choice is the most concise version of the underlined portion of sentence 4?

D. resist

When Stan uses the phrase "looks good from where you're standing" he is

D. suggesting to Oscar that there are other perspectives besides his own.

Which choice best characterizes the argument between Stan and Oscar in the passage?

B. Oscar wants Stan to understand his reasons for choosing to work at the factory.