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How does the focus of the primary source article "Mrs. Hossack a Murderess" differ from the Midnight Assassin excerpt?

A
The article focuses on the outcome of the case, but the excerpt does not even mention the verdict.
B
The article briefly mentions the verdict, but the excerpt goes into great detail about the verdict.
C
The article explains why Mrs. Hossack was found guilty, while the excerpt expresses outrage at the verdict.
D
The article proposes that Mrs. Hossack was guilty of murder, while the excerpt suggests her innocence.
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Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.”The Negro has many pent up resentments and latent frustrations, and he must release them. How does King conclude this claim?

A
by stating the inevitability of violent protests
B
by urging White leaders to release him from jail
C
by encouraging White leaders to allow nonviolent protests
D
by persuading his followers to break laws and create unrest
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Read the sentence.It was difficult to extinguish because the fire was too hot.What is the best way to revise this sentence?

A
It was difficult to extinguish it because the fire was too hot.
B
The fire was difficult to extinguish because it was too hot.
C
The hot fire made it difficult to extinguish it.
D
The sentence is correct as written.
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Read the following scene from Trifles.COUNTY ATTORNEY (preoccupied). Is there a cat? (Mrs. Hale glances in a quick covert way at Mrs. Peters.)MRS. PETERS. Well, not now. They’re superstitious, you know. They leave. COUNTY ATTORNEY (to Sheriff Peters, continuing an interrupted conversation.) No sign at all of anyone having come from the outside. Their own rope. Now let’s go up again and go over it piece by piece. (They start upstairs.) It would have to have been someone who knew just the— (Mrs. Peters sits down. The two women sit there not looking at one another, but as if peering into something and at the same time holding back. When they talk now, it is the manner of feeling their way over strange ground, as if afraid of what they are saying, but as if they cannot help saying it.) How would an audio recording most likely convey the characters’ actions during this scene?

A
with a change in each character’s tone of voice
B
with the reading of the written stage directions
C
with a change in the volume of the characters’ voices
D
with the lines of dialogue spoken by each character
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Which sentence best describes George Bergeron’s characterization in "Harrison Bergeron"?

A
He is a static character, because he has become dehumanized by government controls.
B
He is a dynamic character, because he becomes angry with the police for arresting his son.
C
He is a static character, because he has average intelligence.
D
He is a dynamic character, because he attempts to remove that bag that carries his handicap radio device.
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Read the sentence.She met her friends in the lobby, the bottom floor, of the hotel so that they could head over to the refreshing pool for a cool, brisk swim.Which is the best revision of this sentence?

A
She met her friends in the lobby of the hotel, and they headed over to the pool for a cool, refreshing swim.
B
She met her friends at the hotel’s bottom floor, which is the lobby, so that they could head over to the swimming pool for a cool, brisk swim.
C
For a cool, brisk, refreshing swim at the hotel’s pool, she met her friends in the hotel’s lobby on the bottom floor.
D
The sentence is correct as written.
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Read this excerpt from "Not a Dove, But No Longer a Hawk." Despite these misgivings, I do not see how we can do anything but continue to prosecute the war. We can and should limit the violence and the suffering being inflicted on the civilians as much as possible, but for whatever reasons, successive Administrations in Washington have carried the commitment in Vietnam to the point where it would be very difficult to prevent any precipitate retreat from degenerating into a rout. If the United States were to disengage from Vietnam under adverse conditions, I believe that the resulting political and psychological shockwaves might undermine our entire position in Southeast Asia. Which statement best describes the paradox in this excerpt?

A
The author acknowledges that civilians should not suffer, but states that the civilians must retreat.
B
The author suggests that the administrators in Washington are busy making polices while overlooking the need to end the war.
C
The author acknowledges that the violence should stop, but admits that a retreat might have dire consequences.
D
The author suggests that the Vietnamese people are counting on US support, though their political ideals are not democratic.
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Read this excerpt from "Not a Dove, But No Longer a Hawk." I remember distinctly the thrill of climbing aboard a U.S. Army helicopter in the cool of the morning and taking off across the rice fields with a South Vietnamese battalion for a day’s jousting with the Vietcong guerillas. I was proud of the young American pilots sitting at the controls in the cockpit and I was grateful for the opportunity to witness this adventure and to report it. We are fighting now, I used to think, and some day we will triumph and this will be a better country. Based on this excerpt, it can be inferred that

A
the war provides the author with his first flying experience.
B
the author once felt pride and optimism about the war.
C
the US soldiers are trained in hand-to-hand combat.
D
the author has a begrudging respect for the Vietcong.
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Read the excerpt from Anthem.This, my body and spirit, this is the end of the quest. I wished to know the meaning of things. I am the meaning. I wished to find a warrant for being. I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction. These sentences articulate which philosophical concept?

A
Collectivism
B
Altruism
C
Objectivism
D
Socialism
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Read the excerpt from Brown v. Board of Education.Reargument was largely devoted to the circumstances surrounding the adoption of the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868.The Supreme Court studies the Fourteenth Amendment to determine

A
the primary authors of the document.
B
whether its intent has been compromised.
C
how it has been interpreted in each state.
D
whether it needs to be repealed.
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Read the excerpt from Flannery O’Connor’s “The Life You Save May Be Your Own.”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!”The turnip continued slowly to descend. 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.Which is a metaphor?

A
The turnip continued slowly to descend.
B
...raindrops, like tin-can drops, crashed over the rear of Mr. Shiflet’s car.
C
Mr. Shiftlet felt that the rottenness of the world was about to engulf him.
D
He raised his arm and let it fall again to his breast.
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Which statement best compares the structure of "Harlem" and "The Weary Blues"?

A
“Harlem” is short and happy, while “The Weary Blues” is longer and lyrical.
B
“Harlem” is short and urgent, while “The Weary Blues” is longer and lyrical.
C
“Harlem” is short and content, while “The Weary Blues” is longer and unhappy.
D
“Harlem” is short and curious, while “The Weary Blues” is longer and unhappy.
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Read this excerpt from “First Generation” of Dreaming in Cuban.Square by square, she searches the night skies for adversaries then scrutinizes the ocean, which is roiling with nine straight days of unseasonable April rains.What is the meaning of the underlined word?

A
acts of cruelty
B
enemies or antagonists
C
signs of change
D
competitors or participants
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Read the excerpt from part one of Trifles.MRS. HALE. I’d hate to have men coming into my kitchen, snooping around and criticizing.Which word has a meaning similar to “snooping” as it is used in this excerpt?

A
looking
B
peering
C
intruding
D
searching
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What is the speaker in "The Weary Blues" attempting to convey in his description of the scene?

A
a criticism of the nightclub atmosphere
B
a concern for overworked performers
C
a knowledge of new musical genres
D
a celebration of personal expression
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Read the excerpt from the play Trifles, by Susan Glaspell.HALE. Harry and I had started to town with a load of potatoes. We came along the road from my place; and as I got here, I said, “I’m going to see if I can’t get John Wright to go in with me on a party telephone.” I spoke to Wright about it once before, and he put me off, saying folks talked too much anyway, and all he asked was peace and quiet—I guess you know about how much he talked himself; but I thought maybe if I went to the house and talked about it before his wife, though I said to Harry that I didn’t know as what his wife wanted made much difference to John— Which feminist theme is most supported by the excerpt?

A
Women feel pressured to conform to roles set by society.
B
Women artists face difficult paths when pursuing careers.
C
Women need to feel they are determining their own fate.
D
Women frequently go unheard in male-dominated societies.
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Read the excerpt from Fast Food Nation. The restaurant opens for business at seven o’clock, and for the next hour or so, Elisa and the manager hold down the fort, handling all the orders. As the place starts to get busy, other employees arrive. Elisa works behind the counter. She takes orders and hands food to customers from breakfast through lunch. When she finally walks home, after seven hours of standing at a cash register, her feet hurt. She’s wiped out. She comes through the front door, flops onto the living room couch, and turns on the TV. And the next morning she gets up at 5:15 again and starts the same routine.How does the description of Elisa’s daily routine support the author’s claim that the fast food industry seeks out teenage employees?

A
It provides anecdotal evidence of a teenage fast food employee living like an adult.
B
It provides analogical evidence to compare the efficiency of teenagers and adults.
C
It provides statistical evidence of what an average fast food employee experiences.
D
It provides testimonial evidence to describe employee abuse in the fast food industry.
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Study the image from Art Spiegelman’s Maus.How does Spiegelman’s visual representation of the Holocaust aid with comprehension?

Question illustration
A
It shows the diversity of people affected by the events of the Holocaust.
B
It illustrates that few people from Sosnowiec were relocated to the camps.
C
It draws attention to the great number of people affected by the Holocaust.
D
It depicts a large number of faceless individuals, making the Holocaust less real.
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Read the excerpt from Elie Wiesel’s All Rivers Run to the Sea.Why were those trains allowed to roll unhindered into Poland? Why were the tracks leading to Birkenau never bombed? I have put these questions to American presidents and generals and to high-ranking Soviet officers. Since Moscow and Washington knew what the killers were doing in the death camps, why was nothing done at least to slow down their “production”? That not a single Allied military aircraft ever tried to destroy the rail lines converging on Auschwitz remains an outrageous enigma to me.How does Wiesel’s choice of genre prove beneficial in the excerpt?

A
It shows him trying to reconcile the events of his past in Poland so he can move on with his future in America.
B
It gives him the chance to question presidents and generals about their positions regarding the Holocaust.
C
It allows him a moment to reflect on why the world neglected to aid the Jewish people during their greatest time of need.
D
It provides him the opportunity to accuse American and Soviet leaders of keeping the Holocaust a secret.
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What is meant by the term “intelligent planet” as it is used in "The Intelligent Planet"?

A
It suggests that people will become more savvy Internet users.
B
It suggests that scientists will collaborate to share their research findings.
C
It suggests that artificial technologies will develop the ability to reason.
D
It suggests that consumers will learn to respect the planet’s natural resources.

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