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What does the ebony clock symbolize in "The Masque of the Red Death"?

A
The ebony clock symbolizes humankind’s inability to escape death.
B
The ebony clock symbolizes the wealth and prosperity of Prince Prospero.
C
The ebony clock symbolizes humankind’s obsession with achieving success.
D
The ebony clock symbolizes the night of the masquerade ball.
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Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Masque of the Red Death."But in the western or black chamber the effect of the fire-light that streamed upon the dark hangings through the blood-tinted panes, was ghastly in the extreme, and produced so wild a look upon the countenances of those who entered, that there were few of the company bold enough to set foot within its precincts at all.What technique does Poe use to build suspense in the excerpt?

A
The pace of the story quickens.
B
The word choice darkens the tone.
C
The outcome of events becomes certain.
D
The setting moves outside.
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Read the excerpt from Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Masque of the Red Death."[W]hile the vast assembly, as if with one impulse, shrank from the centres of the rooms to the walls, he made his way uninterruptedly, but with the same solemn and measured step which had distinguished him from the first, through the blue chamber to the purple—through the purple to the green—through the green to the orange—through this again to the white—and even thence to the violet, ere a decided movement had been made to arrest him.What is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?

A
It emphasizes the frantic spiral toward confrontation.
B
It emphasizes Prospero’s steady, confident approach.
C
It emphasizes the excessive opulence of the decor.
D
It emphasizes the rapid progression of time.
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Read the excerpt from "The Masque of the Red Death."It was then, however, that the Prince Prospero, maddening with rage and the shame of his own momentary cowardice, rushed hurriedly through the six chambers, while none followed him on account of a deadly terror that had seized upon all. He bore aloft a drawn dagger, and had approached, in rapid impetuosity, to within three or four feet of the retreating figure, when the latter, having attained the extremity of the velvet apartment, turned suddenly and confronted his pursuer.What effect does the tone of the excerpt have on the reader?

A
It fosters a belief that the narrator is unreliable.
B
It produces a contradictory urge to stop reading and to continue.
C
It inspires confidence that everything will work out fine in the end.
D
It encourages surprising delight in blood and gore.
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Read the quotation from "That I did always love."That I did always loveI bring thee ProofThat till I lovedI never lived—Enough—What is the effect of the use of the word “enough” in this quotation?

A
It shows the speaker’s insecurity about love.
B
It emphasizes the speaker’s desperation.
C
It reveals the speaker’s profound emotion toward her love.
D
It creates an ironic tone that continues in the rest of the poem.
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How does Douglass use tone to effectively convey his message in "What the Black Man Wants"?

A
Douglass uses a passionate tone to strengthen the logical arguments he makes about universal suffrage.
B
Douglass uses an angry tone to convey the idea that the black man is bitter about the absence of universal suffrage.
C
Douglass uses a sorrowful tone to elicit sympathy and guilt in hopes of achieving universal suffrage.
D
Douglass uses a threatening tone to issue the inflexible demands he has prepared about universal suffrage.
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Which excerpt from "What the Black Man Wants" best summarizes the speech?

A
I do not know, from what has been said, that there is any difference of opinion as to the duty of abolitionists, at the present moment.
B
How can we get up any difference at this point, or at any point, where we are so united, so agreed?
C
I am for the “immediate, unconditional, and universal” enfranchisement of the black man, in every State in the Union.
D
Shall we at this moment justify the deprivation of the Negro of the right to vote, because some one else is deprived of that privilege?
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Read the excerpt from "'Why do I love' You, Sir?".The Wind does not require the GrassTo answer—Wherefore when He passShe cannot keep Her place.What is being described in these lines?

A
how the wind looks like a woman
B
how the wind pushes the grass
C
how the grass appears upright
D
how the wind feels when it blows
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Which statement describes a similarity between “That I did always love” and "'Why do I love' You, Sir?"?

A
Both poems address the subject of undying passion.
B
Both poems contain an unreachable object or goal.
C
Both poems convey a sense of desperation.
D
Both poems end on a note of optimism about receiving love.
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Read the excerpt from "Wings."We feel connected to history, but our wingswon’t let us live in it. We’ve learned a lot from our parents’ generation, and now we carrythose lessons forward in flight.

A
birth
B
history
C
life
D
education

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