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Haiku and Romantic Poetry — Cumulative exam Answers

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Read this conclusion.When people carelessly discard plastic, the world’s oceans suffer. Marine life must share space with water bottles and sandwich bags. Sea creatures often mistake plastic waste for food, and they suffer dire consequences. Do not contribute to this growing problem.

A
Make an effort to properly dispose of plastic trash and recyclables.
B
There is a growing island of plastic waste off the coast of California.
C
Plastic waste is not easily biodegradable, and it stays in the ecosystem.
D
Study the ocean and learn about the needs of endangered marine wildlife.
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Read the passage from Hamlet, Act III, Scene iv.Gertrude: What wilt thou do? thou wilt not murder me? Help, help, ho!Polonius: [Behind.] What, ho! help! help! help!Hamlet: [Draws.] How now! a rat? Dead, for a ducat, dead! [Makes a pass through the arras.]Polonius: [Behind.] O! I am slain.Gertrude: O me! what hast thou done?Hamlet: Nay, I know not: is it the king?Gertrude: O! what a rash and bloody deed is this!

A
conflict among characters
B
suspense in the plot
C
hero overcoming tragedy
D
unhappy ending for the main character
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Read the excerpt from Act IV of Hamlet.Claudius: Good Laertes,If you desire to know the certainty Of your dear father's death, is 't writ in your revenge, That, swoopstake, you will draw both friend and foe, Winner and loser?Laertes: None but his enemies.Claudius: Will you know them then?Laertes: To his good friends thus wide I'll ope my arms; And like the kind life-rendering pelican, Repast them with my blood.

A
The concept of revenge is introduced for the first time in the play.
B
The play’s action reaches a climax as Laertes exacts revenge.
C
The suspense builds as Claudius clarifies Laertes's goal.
D
The play's action is resolved as Claudius and Laertes make peace.
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Read the passage from Ivanhoe.On the other hand, many other knights, both English and Norman, natives and strangers, took part against the challengers, the more readily that the opposite band was to be led by so distinguished a champion as the Disinherited Knight had approved himself.

A
engages in trickery.
B
is successful in battle.
C
flaunts his power.
D
is envied by other knights.
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Sedentary lifestyles are harmful. Sedentary lifestyles result in disease.

A
Sedentary lifestyles are a result of harmful disease.
B
Lifestyles that result in disease are harmful and sedentary.
C
Lifestyles that are sedentary and harmful result in disease.
D
Sedentary lifestyles are harmful and result in disease.
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Read this prompt.Create a multimedia presentation about curfew laws for teenagers. Use research and evidence to support your opinion. Use persuasive techniques and a variety of visual aids in your presentation.

A
Many towns have curfew laws requiring teenagers to be home at a given hour.
B
Curfew laws often allow for exceptions, such as traveling home from work.
C
Curfew laws are ineffective and costly, and they should be abolished.
D
There is no way I will ever adhere to our town’s curfew laws.
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A reader using a historical lens to analyze a text will be most concerned with

A
the role of women.
B
the use of language.
C
culture and events.
D
gender stereotypes.
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Read the excerpt from the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson.We, therefore, the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by the Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States . .

A
by establishing the source of the representatives’ authority
B
by describing the elected leaders’ levels of education
C
by explaining the upcoming election of representatives
D
by offering a prayer for the future of the colonies
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In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Wollstonecraft contrasts her logic and reasoning with

A
various priests’ works.
B
her earlier work.
C
Rousseau’s work.
D
various European authors.
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Which topic is suitable for the size and scope of a five-paragraph essay?

A
the history of weather science and climatology
B
the study of extreme weather events
C
the average temperature of snow
D
the biggest snowstorms of the decade
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Read the excerpt from an analysis of Act III of Hamlet.The fight between Hamlet and Gertrude reinforces gender stereotypes, as Hamlet judges Gertrude and she accepts his criticism without attempting to justify her actions.

A
Gertrude: What wilt thou do? thou wilt not murder me? Help, help, ho!
B
Gertrude: What have I done that thou dar’st wag thy tongue In noise so rude against me?
C
Gertrude: O gentle son! Upon the heat and flame of thy distemperSprinkle cool patience. Whereon do you look?
D
Gertrude: Be thou assur’d, if words be made of breath, And breath of life, I have no life to breathe What thou hast said to me.
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, The pangs of dispriz’d love, the law’s delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?

A
He believes that life is too long and boring.
B
He believes that life is fun and interesting.
C
He believes that life is full of pain and suffering.
D
He believes that life is full of joy and excitement.
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Which evaluation of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman makes an accurate conclusion about Wollstonecraft’s beliefs and correctly supports it with text evidence?

A
Wollstonecraft writes, “Such deeply rooted prejudices have clouded reason.” This supports the idea that she believes people must overcome existing prejudices to reason correctly.
B
Wollstonecraft writes, “Men, in general, seem to employ their reason to justify prejudices.” This supports the idea that she believes all men are prejudiced and are therefore unable to reason truthfully.
C
Wollstonecraft writes, “The society is formed in the wisest manner.” This supports the idea that she believes that humans are so smart that their ability to reason is unquestionable.
D
Wollstonecraft writes, “For why should the gracious fountain of life give us passions.” This supports the idea that she believes that people’s passions should be ignored in favor of their reason.
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Which sentence should be revised to have a formal style and objective language?

A
The colorful autumn foliage in New England attracts tourists each year.
B
The long winters in New England sometimes feel like they last forever.
C
Once the spring thaw begins, a variety of flowers bloom in New England.
D
In contrast to winter, summer in New England can be both hot and humid.
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Read the passage from Act V of Hamlet. Hamlet: Let me see.—[Takes the skull.]—Alas! poor Yorick. I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! my gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft.

A
anatomy.
B
death.
C
humor.
D
infatuation.
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Read the facts about Mary Wollstonecraft.· Lived during the time of the American and French Revolutions· Published A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1792 (in response to a French government report advocating that women should be educated only for household duties)· Was embraced by twentieth-century women’s rights advocatesNow read the passage from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.In the present state of society, it appears necessary to go back to first principles in search of the most simple truths, and to dispute with some prevailing prejudice every inch of ground.

A
By reinforcing existing prejudices, Wollstonecraft delayed the beginning of the women’s rights movement.
B
By challenging society, Wollstonecraft revealed that she supported the American and French Revolutions.
C
By supporting the truths of the time, Wollstonecraft reasoned against revolutionary thinking.
D
By challenging accepted principles, Wollstonecraft was one of the first proponents of women’s rights.
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Read the excerpt from Gilgamesh: A New English Version.At four hundred miles they stopped to eat, at a thousand miles they pitched their camp. They had traveled for just three days and nights, a six weeks’ journey for ordinary men. When the sun was setting, they dug a well, they filled their waterskins with fresh water, Gilgamesh climbed to the mountaintop, he poured out flour as an offering and said, "Mountain, bring me a favorable dream.”

A
the ability to persuade others through speech
B
the ability to act as a strong warrior and leader
C
the courage to embark on a challenging journey
D
the courage to undertake life-threatening risks
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Read this excerpt from a student’s sonnet.I stared at the clock and wished that it would move forward

A
The clock ticked on, and minutes lasted long
B
The minutes were as slow as melting snow
C
As I stared, the clock was an irritating blister
D
As time refused to budge, my patience strained
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Read the passage from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.That the society is formed in the wisest manner, whose constitution is founded on the nature of man, strikes, in the abstract, every thinking being so forcibly, that it looks like presumption to endeavour to bring forward proofs; though proof must be brought, or the strong hold of prescription will never be forced by reason; yet to urge prescription as an argument to justify the depriving men (or women) of their natural rights, is one of the absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense.

A
Yes, because she uses objective language such as “society is formed in the wisest manner.”
B
Yes, because she uses objective language such as “it looks like presumption to endeavor.”
C
No, because she uses subjective language such as “though proof must be brought, or the strong hold.”
D
No, because she uses subjective language such as “absurd sophisms which daily insult common sense.”
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England.Rich landowners do not normally sell their grain immediately after the harvest is in, when prices are low; instead they store it until the numerous small-scale producers have sold all theirs and prices go up again. Pig farmers keep their flitches of bacon back in storage until they can get a better price for them later in the winter. Such tactics are made even more profitable by the unhappy fact that harvests can fail, causing local—and sometimes national—food shortages.

A
They often ran out of food supplies before the end of winter came.
B
They were the only food suppliers for Elizabethan England all year long.
C
They cared more about making a profit than charging fair prices.
D
They made little profit from the food they supplied to their communities.

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