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Part 3: Text Structure in an Informational Text — Cumulative exam Answers

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Read the excerpt from Act I of Hamlet.Hamlet: What hour now? Horatio: I think it lacks of twelve. Marcellus: No, it is struck.

A
I think it is exactly twelve.
B
I think it is after twelve.
C
I think twelve will never come.
D
I think it is before twelve.
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The process of adapting a play involves changing the text so it

A
has a different meaning.
B
appears as a different character’s dialogue.
C
is presented for a different audience.
D
occurs at a different plot point.
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Which statements describe the Middle Ages? Select four options.

A
The Christian Church was a powerful institution.
B
A feudal system of government ruled the land.
C
Land disputes were usually settled through peaceful debate.
D
Men of nobility, such as dukes and barons, controlled areas of land.
E
Knights helped nobles protect their land and their subjects.
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Which ideas describe a round character? Select three answers.

A
The character experiences a variety of human emotions.
B
The character represents a single idea or concept.
C
The character possesses a complex personality.
D
The character acts as a predictable personality type.
E
The character grows or develops over the course of a play.
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A
have exactly the same meaning
B
have completely opposite meanings
C
sound the same but have different meanings
D
are spelled the same but are pronounced differently
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When conducting research online for an essay, which tips should the researcher follow? Check all that apply.use broad keyword searchesthink about the smaller picturelook for reliable sourceskeep track of sourcesspecify relationships between keywords

A
use broad keyword searches
B
think about the smaller picture
C
look for reliable sources
D
keep track of sources
E
specify relationships between keywords
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.Another familiar disease is malaria, which Elizabethans refer to as ague or fever. You might associate this with more tropical countries of the modern world but in marshy areas in sixteenth-century England, such as the Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Fens, the Norfolk Broads, and Romney Marsh in Kent, it kills thousands. No one suspects that it has anything to do with mosquitoes; rather people believe it is the corrupted air

I
It proves that malaria is spread by mosquitoes in swampy areas.
I
It gives a detailed description of the area known as Romney Marsh.
I
It explains Elizabethan misconceptions about the spread of malaria.
I
It compares common malaria symptoms to influenza symptoms.
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Which details give explicit examples of starvation during Elizabethan times? Select 5 options.

A
A miller’s daughter dies in her bed, weakened from lack of food.
B
A beggar boy from the Scottish Borders is found writhing in agony in the road and dies soon afterward “in great misery.”
C
Another “poor, hunger-starved beggar boy” is found in the street and carried into a house, where he dies.
D
A four-year-old local boy dies “for want of food and means,” as does his mother.
E
You hear the story of a man leaving his home and walking hundreds of miles in search of work or food and returning after a couple of months with sufficient money only to find that his wife and children have all since died.
F
Now you can see why so many people living in Kent in the 1590s walked there, as we have seen in Chapter Two.
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chron = "time"The definition of chron is useful to know because it functions as

A
a hononym.
B
a prefix.
C
an adverbial suffix.
D
a word root.
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inferenceinspectionassumptionassurance

A
inference
B
inspection
C
assumption
D
assurance
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Read the statement about Swift’s "A Modest Proposal."Swift artfully uses language to convey the undeniable fact that landlords have consistently mistreated the impoverished and "already devoured most of the parents" who would serve as "breeders."

A
Swift skillfully uses language to convey his belief that landlords have mistreated the impoverished and “already devoured most of the parents” who would serve as “breeders.”
B
Swift vividly describes how landlords have consistently mistreated the impoverished and “already devoured most of the parents” who would serve as “breeders.”
C
Swift claims that landlords have consistently mistreated the impoverished and “already devoured most of the parents” who would serve as the country’s “breeders.”
D
Swift states the undeniable fact that landlords have cruelly mistreated the impoverished and “already devoured most of the parents” who would serve as “breeders.”
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most likely

H
How do the parts of the text relate to the whole?
H
How are female characters identified and treated?
W
Why was this historical fact included in the text?
W
Why was this important to readers at that period?
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an idea associated with the wordthe correct way to pronounce the worda dictionary definition of the wordthe number of syllables in the word

A
an idea associated with the word
B
the correct way to pronounce the word
C
a dictionary definition of the word
D
the number of syllables in the word
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Which pair of words shares the same word root?

A
capable, readable
B
rewritten, revision
C
barber, unbearable
D
inspect, spectacles
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Which excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur" by Alfred, Lord Tennyson contains imagery?

A
“In act to throw: but at the last it seem’d”
B
“I heard the ripple washing in the reeds”
C
“Thou hast betray’d thy nature and thy name”
D
“Not rendering true answer, as beseem’d”
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Which type of figurative language animates objects and ideas?

A
personification
B
metaphor
C
adaptation
D
simile
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Read the passage from Hamlet, Act I, Scene iii.Polonius: Beware Of entrance to a quarrel, but, being in, Bear ’t that th’ opposed may beware of thee. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice; Take each man’s censure, but reserve thy judgment. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, But not express’d in fancy; rich, not gaudy ...

a
argumentative.
c
cautious.
c
conceited.
n
nervous.
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Read the excerpt from Act II of Hamlet.Hamlet: Am I not i’ the right, old Jephthah?Polonius: If you call me Jephthah, my lord, I have a daughter that I love passing well.

A
Polonius is sacrificing his daughter to trick Hamlet.
B
Polonius is a better father than Hamlet’s father was.
C
Polonius is very protective of his innocent daughter.
D
Polonius is very loyal to the royal family of Denmark.
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Read the excerpt from Act III of Hamlet.Gertrude: O! speak to me no more; These words like daggers enter in mine ears; No more, sweet Hamlet!Hamlet: A murderer, and a villain; A slave that is not twentieth part the tithe Of your precedent lord; a vice of kings; A cut-purse of the empire and the rule, That from a shelf the precious diadem stole, And put it in his pocket! Gertrude: No more!

S
Shakespeare uses a motif of ears and hearing to emphasize the importance of communication.
J
Jewels were an important symbol of power in Shakespeare’s time and would be significant to his audience.
A
Although she is queen, Gertrude is caught between her powerful husband and bitter son.
T
The text of these lines includes many royal titles that reinforce a theme of power.
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Read the statement about Swift’s "A Modest Proposal."Swift’s skillful and abundant use of false premises to develop his argument was the most effective way to signal that he was writing a satire.

A
objective because it is influenced by feelings or opinions.
B
objective because it is not influenced by feelings or opinions.
C
subjective because it is influenced by feelings or opinions.
D
subjective because it is not influenced by feelings or opinions.

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