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Which sentence is conditional but not subjunctive?

A
If you had studied harder, you might have done well.
B
If you study every day, then you will pass the test.
C
If you hadn't studied, you would have done even worse.
D
I predict that you will study more in the future.
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Read excerpt 1 (line 38) from "The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe.What a tale of terror, now, their turbulency tells!Read excerpt 2 (line 113) from "The Bells” by Edgar Allan Poe.To the moaning and the groaning of the bells.

A
Both excerpts use alliteration as a sound device.
B
Both excerpts use onomatopoeia as a sound device.
C
Excerpt 1 contains alliteration, and Excerpt 2 contains onomatopoeia.
D
Excerpt 1 contains onomatopoeia, and Excerpt 2 contains alliteration.
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Which sentence is in the subjunctive mood?

A
Mother insisted that they wash their hands before dinner.
B
Please wash your hands before every meal.
C
Did you wash your hands before sitting down to eat?
D
I wash my hands before every meal.
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Which sentence is in the subjunctive mood?

A
My cousin is visiting from Sweden tomorrow.
B
Can you pick him up at the airport?
C
I wish that he were already here now.
D
I can’t wait to see him.
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Which statement expresses a theme that is found in both "Escape" and "To Live"?

A
The search for self awareness is often a difficult one.
B
Life’s distractions can make it difficult to know yourself.
C
A person often sees herself differently than others see her.
D
Being a part of two cultures can make it hard to know yourself.
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Which statement best shows a problem in Travels with Charley?

A
So it was that I determined to look again, to try to rediscover this monster land.
B
[S]ince my photograph was as widely distributed as my publisher could make it, I would find it impossible to move about without being recognized.
C
Let me say in advance that in over ten thousand miles, in thirty-four states, I was not recognized even once.
D
Even those people who might have known me against a background I am supposed to have, in no case identified me in Rocinante.
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The way a character or person views the world is called

A
indirect characterization.
B
inference.
C
perspective.
D
first-person narrative.
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Read the excerpts from "Escape" and "To Live."I look inside me and I don’t see itI don’t see the powerThe confidence you say I haveYou say I can do anythingThat I’m sure of myself and my intentionsAnd I wonder* * *to know myselfto be myselftrial and errorminus lab write-upfeeling withouta thesis

A
Both express that the speakers struggle with the opinions of others.
B
Both show that the speakers are distracted by the world around them.
C
Both show that the speakers need help from those around them.
D
Both express that the speakers are unsure of themselves.
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Which phrase from the "The Bells” best conveys the mood of lines 70-94?

A
solemn thought
B
melancholy menace
C
muffled monotone
D
human heart
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It is some years since I have been alone, nameless, friendless, without any of the safety one gets from family, friends, and accomplices. There is no reality in the danger. It's just a very lonely, helpless feeling at first – a kind of desolate feeling.

A
I took one companion on my journey – an old French gentleman poodle known as Charley.
B
Because it was a wind strange to me, and therefore mysterious, it set up mysterious responses in me.
C
For myself, I try to keep the line open even for things I can't understand or explain, but it is difficult in this frightened time.
D
Just as I felt unwanted in this land, so do I feel a reluctance in writing about it.
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As the sun angled, the buttes and coulees, the cliffs and sculptured hills and ravines lost their burned and dreadful look and glowed with yellow and rich browns and a hundred variations of red and silver gray, all picked out by streaks of coal black. It was so beautiful that I stopped near a thicket of dwarfed and wind-warped cedars and junipers, and once stopped I was caught, trapped in color and dazzled by the clarity of the light.

A
to persuade people to visit the Bad Lands
B
to inform people of the natural beauty in a part of America
C
to argue against development of the Bad Lands
D
to entertain people with the unusual sights
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Read the poem.The lights dim and quiet descends,Hushed whispers are barely heardAs silence surroundsUntil the movie ends.

A
lights; quiet
B
hushed whispers
C
silence surrounds
D
descends; ends
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Which line from the poem "Ellis Island" best supports the theme “For some, immigration is a source of hope”?

A
Beyond the red brick of Ellis Island
B
Like millions of others,
C
Another voice speaks
D
nine decades the answerer / of dreams.
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Read the excerpt from "Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802” by William Wordsworth.The river glideth at his own sweet will:Dear God! the very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!

A
It moves slowly.
B
It runs close to the houses.
C
It is quiet.
D
It is in the middle of the city.
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Read the excerpts from "To Live."I sit in mycrunched-inrestrainingdesk, they call it.with my paperand my pen***and my mind on mytext and my pen onthe page***I see through the paperand my pen writes

A
to emphasize how much she enjoys school and learning
B
to emphasize how much she struggles with writing
C
to show what is most important to her in life
D
to show the routine and distractions of her everyday life
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Read the excerpt from This Land Was Made for You and Me.Finally he launched into a song, then he was going—singing his Dust Bowl songs in a flat Oklahoma twang and spinning out stories.

A
Guthrie relayed his life stories through his songs.
B
Guthrie made up his songs on the spot.
C
Guthrie was better known for his songwriting than for his singing.
D
Guthrie sang about the Dust Bowl because he was originally from Oklahoma.
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Read the excerpt from This Land Was Made for You and Me.Writing about what he saw—and felt, and heard about, and read about—gave Woody plenty of material. During his lifetime he wrote down more than three thousand songs, taking stories from everywhere: the front page of the newspaper; union meetings and busted-up strikes; and the sights and sounds of America as he walked “that ribbon of highway.”

A
whimsical songs.
B
realistic songs.
C
intellectual songs.
D
soothing songs.
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Read the sentence.After the first interview, the reporter realized that the story was the tip of the iceberg, and she would have to do much more investigating.

A
bigger than expected.
B
colder than expected.
C
more slippery than expected.
D
more dangerous than expected.
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In due time, specifications came through, for a tough, fast, comfortable vehicle, mounting a camper top – a little house with double bed, a four-burner stove, a heater, refrigerator and lights operating on butane, a chemical toilet, closet space, storage space, windows screened against insects – exactly what I wanted.

A
It shows that the author has a lot of money to buy a fancy camper.
B
It shows that the author is a very fussy person.
C
It shows how the camper meets all the author’s travel needs.
D
It shows that the author is a good designer.

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