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Which activities support the central idea about financial planning? Select 3 options.

A
saving money in a piggy bank
B
making impulsive candy purchases
C
investing extra money to earn interest
D
spending lavishly as a personal reward
E
purchasing stock in a growing company
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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 Hamlet, Act I, Scene i.Marcellus: What! has this thing appear’d again to-night?Bernardo: I have seen nothing.Marcellus: Horatio says ’tis but our fantasy, And will not let belief take hold of him Touching this dreaded sight twice seen of us: Therefore I have entreated him along With us to watch the minutes of this night;

A
It creates an air of suspense in the plot.
B
It shows how angry the characters are.
C
It describes details of the castle setting.
D
It entertains through the use of clever wording.
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Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.On one side lay the Ocean, and on oneLay a great water, and the moon was full.Then spake King Arthur to Sir Bedivere:

A
the chapel in the field
B
King Arthur
C
the vastness of the environment
D
Sir Bedivere
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Read the passage from A Vindication of the Rights of Woman.Consequently the perfection of our nature and capability of happiness, must be estimated by the degree of reason, virtue, and knowledge, that distinguish the individual, and direct the laws which bind society: and that from the exercise of reason, knowledge and virtue naturally flow, is equally undeniable, if mankind be viewed collectively.

A
The author sticks to words with neutral connotations and does not make a point.
B
The author repeats words with positive connotations to help emphasize her point.
C
The author relies on words with negative connotations to show why other points are wrong.
D
The author contrasts words with positive and negative connotations to show both sides of a point.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.There is no concept of "health and safety" in Elizabethan England, so you will inevitably feel vulnerable when you arrive. Nauseating smells and sights will assail your senses; contemporary standards of cleanliness will worry you. People die every day from unknown ailments, the young as often as the old. Infectious diseases periodically kill thousands within a few weeks. Even when plague is not in town, it lurks as an anxiety in the back of people’s minds and, when it does strike, their worry turns to terror. On top of the illnesses, the chances of being attacked and hurt are much higher than in the modern world, and workplace injuries are far more common.

A
health and safety in Elizabethan England
B
health and safety in modern England
C
symptoms of the plague
D
symptoms of infectious diseases
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In The Iliad, one reason Hector can be considered an epic hero is because he

A
conveys a message.
B
creates the plot conflict.
C
is a compelling speaker.
D
interacts with other characters.
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Read the passage from The Iliad.When Hector heard this he was glad, and went about among the Trojan ranks holding his spear by the middle to keep them back, and they all sat down at his bidding: but the Achaeans still aimed at him with stones and arrows, till Agamemnon shouted to them saying, "Hold, Argives, shoot not, sons of the Achaeans; Hector desires to speak.”They ceased taking aim and were still, whereon Hector spoke. "Hear from my mouth,” said he, "Trojans and Achaeans, the saying of Alexandrus, through whom this quarrel has come about. He bids the Trojans and Achaeans lay their armour upon the ground, while he and Menelaus fight in the midst of you for Helen and all her wealth.

A
He is powerful because he receives help from a supernatural force.
B
He is an archetype because he embarks on a long journey.
C
He is a ruthless villain because he is aggressive and strong.
D
He is a brave leader and warrior because he takes risks.
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A
compelling speech
B
informal style
C
sense of humor
D
detailed description
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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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