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Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.In Flanders there was once a companyOf youngsters wedded to such sin and follyAs gaming, dicing, brothels, and taverns,Where, night and day, with harps, lutes, and citherns,They spend their time in dicing and in dancing,Eating and drinking more than they can carry;And with these abominable excessesThey offer up the vilest sacrifices . . .

A
humble
B
nervous
C
sensitive
D
immoral
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet. Polonius: . . . [To OPHELIA.] Read on this book; That show of such an exercise may colour Your loneliness.

A
Look at this computer tablet to highlight that you are all alone.
B
If you read this book, it will show Hamlet that you are alone.
C
Read this book; that will emphasize that you don’t need him.
D
To show her that you are indeed alone, read this book.
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A
mood
B
motif
C
rhyme
D
rhythm
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Read the passage from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.. . . Rousseau became enamoured of solitude, and, being at the same time an optimist, he labours with uncommon eloquence to prove that man was naturally a solitary animal. Misled by his respect for the goodness of God, who certainly?—for what man of sense and feeling can doubt it!?—gave life only to communicate happiness, he considers evil as positive, and the work of man; not aware that he was exalting one attribute at the expense of another, equally necessary to divine perfection.Reared on a false hypothesis, his arguments in favour of a state of nature are plausible, but unsound. I say unsound; for to assert that a state of nature is preferable to civilization in all its possible perfection, is, in other words, to arraign supreme wisdom; and the paradoxical exclamation, that God has made all things right, and that evil has been introduced by the creature whom he formed, knowing what he formed, is as unphilosophical as impious.

A
to applaud his theory
B
to disprove his theory
C
to agree with his theory
D
to elaborate on his theory
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Read the excerpt from The Canterbury Tales.I can sting with my tongue; and when I preachI sting so hard, the fellow can’t escapeSlander and defamation, if so beHe’s wronged my fellow-pardoners, or me,Even if I don’t give his actual name,Yet everybody knows that he’s the oneFrom hints, and other circumstantialities—That’s how I deal with people who annoy us;That’s how I spit out venom, under guiseOf piety, and seem sincerely pious.

A
by revealing the clergy’s lack of theological knowledge
B
by revealing the clergy’s disregard for people experiencing poverty
C
by revealing the clergy’s vindictive abuse of power
D
by revealing the clergy’s lack of loyalty to one another
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.As you approach the theaters you will notice that they all seem to be round; in fact, they are polygonal—the Globe is twenty-sided, the Rose fourteen-sided. Whichever one you choose, you can expect to queue with two thousand other people to get in. You will see people standing in hats with pipes in hand, and women in their headdresses, all chatting, with an eye open for people they know. Entrance costs a penny: this allows you to stand in the yard in front of the stage, an uncovered area (hence the need for a hat).

A
emphasize how out of place the readers would feel in the past.
B
make the readers feel like part of the exciting theater experience.
C
distance the readers from the historical events described.
D
make the readers understand how boring a play could be.
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Read the sentence from Samuel Johnson’s preface to A Dictionary of the English Language.And such is the fate of hapless lexicography, that not only darkness, but light, impedes and distresses it; things may be not only too little, but too much known, to be happily illustrated.

A
unlucky or unfortunate; pitiable
B
unknown or unfamiliar; mysterious
C
without intelligence; foolish
D
without tenderness; harsh
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Which factors are to be considered when using historical criticism to analyze a text? Select 3 options.

A
political events of the time
B
applying themes to modern day
C
the original audience
D
common beliefs of the period
E
the language structure
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What traits does Lady Bracknell show in this excerpt? Select three options.

A
She is determined to get her way.
B
She is involved in her daughter’s life.
C
She is reluctant to take action.
D
She is always forthright and honest.
E
She is willing to withhold certain truths
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Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury.Let tyrants fear, I have always so behaved myself, that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good will of my subjects, and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die among you all, to lay down for my God, and for my kingdoms, and for my people, my honour, and my blood, even in the dust.

A
She relies on ethos by explaining that she has previous experience fighting in battles.
B
She relies on pathos by providing examples of other successes she has had as a ruler.
C
She relies on ethos by establishing that she is there for more than just recreation.
D
She relies on pathos by using emotionally charged words to motivate the troops.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England.Food is valuable in Elizabethan England, far more so than in the modern world. A flock of 180 sheep is worth more than the average detached house. The difficulties of transportation mean that the food supply depends heavily on what grows locally and how much surplus is available. It also depends on the season.

A
During the Elizabethan period, food was often scarce.
B
During the Elizabethan period, houses were very cheap.
C
During the Elizabethan period, sheep were in short supply.
D
During the Elizabethan period, food was mainly shipped in.
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Both "The Tiger" and "The Lamb" convey similar messages, also called

A
iambs.
B
parallelisms.
C
refrains.
D
themes.
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Read the paragraph from a personal narrative.1 It may have seemed like an ordinary day to everyone else, but to me, it couldn't have been further from it. 2 Today was my first day working as a waitress at Pete's Pizza Haven, and I could not have been more excited. 3 In fact, I was so excited that I rushed to get ready much faster than I typically do. 4 "I'm ready to go!" I shouted, bouncing down the stairs and flying into the kitchen, where my mom was making breakfast. 5 "I have so much to learn

T
The excitement of my new job started to wane, and I began to reconsider if this was truly how I wanted to spend my summer.
O
Once I arrived, I quickly learned that my job would also entail wiping tables, mopping floors, and washing dishes.
I
I gulped down my food, grabbed my bus card, and pecked my mother on the cheek as I raced out the door.
A
As I think back on my first job, I remember the many mistakes I made and the important lessons I learned.
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Read the excerpt from Utopia.But after the ambassadors had stayed a day among them, and saw so vast a quantity of gold in their houses (which was as much despised by them as it was esteemed in other nations), and beheld more gold and silver in the chains and fetters of one slave than all their ornaments amounted to, their plumes fell, and they were ashamed of all that glory for which they had formed valued themselves, and accordingly laid it aside . . .

A
fact.
B
analogy.
C
anecdote.
D
example.
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Read the passage from How to Live on Twenty-Four Hours a Day.Hence, it seems to me, the first business of the day should be to put the mind through its paces. You look after your body, inside and out; you run grave danger in hacking hairs off your skin; you employ a whole army of individuals, from the milkman to the pig-killer, to enable you to bribe your stomach into decent behaviour. Why not devote a little attention to the far more delicate machinery of the mind, especially as you will require no extraneous aid? It is for this portion of the art and craft of living that I have reserved the time from the moment of quitting your door to the moment of arriving at your office.

A
devote less time to worrying about what to eat.
B
resist working too much in favor of taking up the arts.
C
avoid endangering themselves just so they can look better.
D
spend as much time developing the mind as developing the body.
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What issue is Swift addressing in a satirical manner in "A Modest Proposal"?

A
England’s willingness to help the Irish people
B
lack of employment opportunities in England
C
widespread poverty throughout Ireland
D
Ireland’s refusal to acknowledge England’s power
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Queen Elizabeth most likely used different rhetorical appeals in her Address to the Troops at Tilbury and her Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry due to differences in

A
wealth and upbringing.
B
age and education.
C
audience and purpose.
D
location and gender.
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One advantage of reading Sudanese Slit Drum, rather than listening to it in a podcast, is that the reader

A
sets the pace.
B
pauses for effect.
C
adds sound effects.
D
emphasizes key words.
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Read the summary of a theme that is developed in Hamlet, particularly in the beginning of Act V of Hamlet.It’s obvious that everyone is going to die someday, so people should just get over themselves and realize we’re all the same in the end.

P
People all die at some point.
E
Embracing death is a good idea.
D
Death is the great equalizer.
E
Equality only happens in death.
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To determine the precise meaning of a word, what should the reader consider? Choose three answers.

A
context clues
B
ellipsis
C
inversion
D
tone
E
word choice

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