Cumulative Exam — Cumulative exam Answers

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3

Which details from the excerpt provide more information about Shelley’s idea that poetry "makes immortal all that is best and most beautiful in the world”? Select 3 options.

A
arrests the vanishing apparitions
B
which haunt the interlunations of life
C
sends them forth among mankind, bearing sweet news
D
to those with whom their sisters abide
E
no portal of expression from the caverns of the spirit
F
redeems from decay the visitations of the divinity in man
4

Which sentence should be revised to include commas to set off a nonrestrictive element?

A
The car in my driveway belongs to my oldest sister.
B
The game that my mom gave me is really fun to play.
C
The tree in front of my house has been there for a century.
D
The TV show which we watch together airs on Friday nights.
6

Read the last stanza of "Mutability.”It is the same!—For, be it joy or sorrow, The path of its departure still is free: Man’s yesterday may ne’er be like his morrow; Nought may endure but Mutability.

A
Poetry is an expression of the imagination.
B
Poetry can make all things more beautiful.
C
Life is fleeting and constantly changing.
D
Life is filled with a wide range of emotions.
9

Read the claim.The way to improve education is to divide schools by gender, so that males and females are taught separately.

A
If students spend even 10% of their time being distracted by the opposite gender, then that is just silly.
B
My dad has been a teacher since 1993, and I think he does fine teaching in a school that has only male students.
C
At least 50% of my class is the opposite gender, and the amount of time they are distracted by the opposite sex is minimal.
D
A 1993 study showed that teachers tend to favor males over females, thereby creating an inequality in mixed-gender schools.
10

Read the excerpt from Roosevelt’s State of the Union address.Fortunately, there are only a few Americans who place appetite above patriotism. The overwhelming majority realize that the food we send abroad is for essential military purposes, for our own and Allied fighting forces, and for necessary help in areas that we occupy.

A
The varied structure serves to keep the audience alert and engaged.
B
The consistent structure emphasizes Roosevelt’s expectations for farmers.
C
The varied structure reflects the various ways the food could be used.
D
The consistent structure reinforces how the food sent abroad should be used.
11

Which phrases from the excerpt provide visual details? Select 3 options.

A
“modern Nigeria”
B
“in the sixteenth century”
C
“actually made of brass”
D
“the size of an A3 piece of paper”
E
“show figures in high relief”
12

Read the sentence.The shop next door, which is family owned, creates specially made, chocolate covered desserts.

A
“next door”
B
“family owned”
C
“specially made”
D
“chocolate covered”
15

Read the excerpt from "Digging."My father, digging. I look down

A
The alliteration connects the speaker inside the house to his father outside.
B
The alliteration allows the reader to imagine all of the actions performed by the father.
C
The alliteration emphasizes the history of the speaker’s family.
D
The alliteration makes the speaker appear unsatisfied with his life as a writer.
19

Read the passage from "Mutability.”We are as clouds that veil the midnight moon;How restlessly they speed, and gleam, and quiver, Streaking the darkness radiantly!—yet soon Night closes round, and they are lost for ever:

A
emphasizes that although life is fleeting, it is exciting.
B
compares the spark of creativity to the enduring night sky.
C
introduces the idea that people are destined to live life in darkness.
D
explains that people are permanent, bright fixtures like the heavens.
20

Read the passage from "Ode on a Grecian Urn."What men or gods are these? What maidens loth?What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?

A
It explains the overall theme.
B
It makes the poem more formal.
C
It emphasizes the curious tone of the speaker.
D
It expresses the thoughts of the people on the urn.

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