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Read the excerpt from "The Role of Social Media in the Arab Uprisings" by Heather Brown, Emily Guskin, and Amy Mitchell. This passage is about Egypt.Almost immediately after the Arab uprisings began, there was debate over the role and influence of social media in the ouster of Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and the imminent overthrow of [Egyptian president Hosni] Mubarak. In covering what some deemed the Facebook or Twitter revolutions, the media focused heavily on young protesters mobilizing in the streets in political opposition, smartphones in hand. And since then, the violent and sectarian unrest in Syria has brought increased attention to the role of citizen journalism.Social media indeed played a part in the Arab uprisings. Networks formed online were crucial in organizing a core group of activists, specifically in Egypt. Civil society leaders in Arab countries emphasized the role of "the internet, mobile phones, and social media" in the protests. Additionally, digital media has been used by Arabs to exercise freedom of speech and as a space for civic engagement.

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facts and details about types of social media and the ways people use them
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quotations from secondary sources in addition to those from eyewitnesses
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detailed examples of media outlets and civil society leaders
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more information on the reactions of Western countries
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receiving good grades
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paying discount prices
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having a fear of spiders
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falling in love
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getting a reward
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Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of Julius Caesar.CASSIUS. I know where I will wear this dagger then:Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius.Given Cassius's statement about himself here, which hypothetical action would be an example of situational irony? Select two options.Cassius ends up helping to kill Caesar.Cassius ends up sharing power with Brutus.Cassius ends up being a victim of Mark Antony's wrath.Cassius ends up causing the thing he tries to escape.Cassius ends up banishing Caesar from Rome.

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Cassius ends up helping to kill Caesar.
B
Cassius ends up sharing power with Brutus.
C
Cassius ends up being a victim of Mark Antony's wrath.
D
Cassius ends up causing the thing he tries to escape.
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Cassius ends up banishing Caesar from Rome.
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Which quotations support the central idea that Brutus thinks it will do no harm and may actually benefit the conspirators if they let Antony give the eulogy at Caesar’s funeral? Select two options.

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“By your pardon;”
B
“What Antony shall speak I will protest / He speaks by leave and by permission;”
C
“And that we are contented Caesar shall / Have all true rites and lawful ceremonies”
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“It shall advantage more than do us wrong.”
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“And show the reason of our Caesar’s death”
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Read the passage from A Doll’s House.Helmer: Just think how a guilty man like that has to lie and play the hypocrite with every one, how he has to wear a mask in the presence of those near and dear to him, even before his own wife and children. And about the children—that is the most terrible part of it all, Nora.Nora: How?Helmer: Because such an atmosphere of lies infects and poisons the whole life of a home. Each breath the children take in such a house is full of the germs of evil.Nora: [coming nearer him] Are you sure of that?Helmer: My dear, I have often seen it in the course of my life as a lawyer. Almost everyone who has gone to the bad early in life has had a deceitful mother.Nora: Why do you only say—mother?Helmer: It seems most commonly to be the mother's influence, though naturally a bad father's would have the same result. Every lawyer is familiar with the fact. This Krogstad, now, has been persistently poisoning his own children with lies and dissimulation; that is why I say he has lost all moral character. [Holds out his hands to her.] That is why my sweet little Nora must promise me not to plead his cause. Give me your hand on it. Come, come, what is this? Give me your hand. There now, that's settled. I assure you it would be quite impossible for me to work with him; I literally feel physically ill when I am in the company of such people.Nora: [takes her hand out of his and goes to the opposite side of the Christmas Tree]. How hot it is in here; and I have such a lot to do.

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Torvald hints that he knows that Nora has been deceitful, and he is using Krogstad to get her to confess.
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Torvald hates people who lie, and he believes that liars negatively affect their children with their hypocrisy.
C
Torvald worries about what people think of him because of Krogstad’s indiscretion and lies.
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Torvald likes to control Nora and treats her only as if he were her parent, rather than her husband.
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Read the excerpt from Justice Sotomayor's speech "A Latina Judge's Voice."For me, a very special part of my being Latina is the mucho platos de arroz, gandules y pernir—rice, beans and pork—that I have eaten at countless family holidays and special events. My Latina identity also includes, because of my particularly adventurous taste buds, morcilla, pig intestines; patitas de cerdo con garbanzo, pigs' feet with beans; and Ia lengua y orejas de cuchifrito, pigs' tongue and ears. I bet the Mexican-Americans in this room are thinking that Puerto Ricans have unusual food tastes. Some of us, like me, do.

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It shows her strong connection to her heritage.
B
It demonstrates how unusual Puerto Rican food is.
C
It exemplifies a frustration with the United States.
D
It deliberately excludes non-Spanish speakers.
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Which excerpts from "Two Kinds” show a connection between conflict and culture? Select two options.“Three days after watching The Ed Sullivan Show, my mother told me what my schedule would be for piano lessons and piano practice.”“My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America.”“‘Why don't you like me the way I am? I'm not a genius! I can't play the piano. And even if I could, I wouldn't go on TV if you paid me a million dollars!’ I cried.”“My mother slapped me. ‘Who ask you be genius?’ she shouted. ‘Only ask you be your best. For you sake. You think I want you to be genius? Hnnh! What for! Who ask you!’”“The instructor of the beauty training school had to lop off these soggy clumps to make my hair even again.”

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“Three days after watching The Ed Sullivan Show, my mother told me what my schedule would be for piano lessons and piano practice.”
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“My mother believed you could be anything you wanted to be in America.”
C
“‘Why don't you like me the way I am? I'm not a genius! I can't play the piano. And even if I could, I wouldn't go on TV if you paid me a million dollars!’ I cried.”
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“My mother slapped me. ‘Who ask you be genius?’ she shouted. ‘Only ask you be your best. For you sake. You think I want you to be genius? Hnnh! What for! Who ask you!’”
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“The instructor of the beauty training school had to lop off these soggy clumps to make my hair even again.”
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You have been asked to create a multimedia presentation about the dangers of texting and driving. You have chosen the photo below as the final visual aid for your presentation.

Question illustration
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“Think about what you are doing!”
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“Use both hands when steering a car!”
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“Do you understand your local driving laws?”
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“Is this text more important than your life?”
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What is the definition of anecdotal evidence?

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Anecdotal evidence is evidence that is based on scientific research, experiments, and observation.
B
Anecdotal evidence is evidence that is based on personal experience or short narratives.
C
Anecdotal evidence is evidence that is based on accepted truths, facts, and definitions.
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Anecdotal evidence is evidence based on historical examples and events.
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How does the narrator’s knowledge of his postapocalyptic world in "By the Waters of Babylon” affect his reactions to the different settings?

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It motivates him to make up stories about the world and the places he explores.
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It has caused him to fear the settings outside the hill country, so he tries to avoid them.
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It forces him to reject what he sees and experiences himself at various locations in the story.
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It makes him cautious about new settings yet open-minded and critical of what he experiences.
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Which quotations from the texts best support the theme that the way to deal with racism is to stand up to it? Select three options.

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“This, friends, is the Welcoming Committee!”
B
“Lord have mercy, ain’t this the living gall!”
C
“You got any more to say 'bout how people ought to sit down and talk to each other?”
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“Get out of my house, man.”
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“What do you think you are going to gain by moving into a neighborhood where you just aren’t wanted?”
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Some of the items on my shopping list _ chanterelle mushrooms, white asparagus, and eel _ were impossible to find.

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colons
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commas
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dashes
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parentheses
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Which ideas from the excerpt would be most appropriate to include in a summary? Select two options.

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“Art is the foundation of what it means to be a human.”
B
“We should not cut the funding to the school's art department, because the students will suffer.”
C
“We need to refocus ourselves and reevaluate our priorities.”
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“Everyone thinks that art class is just fun and games.”
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“But it is everything else that will suffer when we lack art and beauty in our lives.”
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Which statements provide the best evidence to support his claim? Select two options.

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Buses and other public transportation run more frequently between 5 a.m. and 7 a.m.
B
If classes begin later, high schools will have to cut sporting activities.
C
When teenagers get enough sleep, fewer use drugs or become depressed.
D
Students who drive to school when tired are more likely to have accidents.
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Classes at three-quarters of American public schools start before 8:30 a.m.
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Read the passage from chapter 17 of The Prince.Therefore a prince, so long as he keeps his subjects united and loyal, ought not to remind the reproach of cruelty; because with a few examples he will be more merciful than those who, through too much mercy, allow disorders to arise, from which follow murders or robberies; for these are wont to injure the whole people, whilst those executions which originate with a prince offend the individual only.

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A cruel prince risks robberies and murders.
B
A cruel prince may be better for his subjects in the long run.
C
A cruel prince should not mind having murders and robberies.
D
A cruel prince will always have subjects who work hard for him.
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Read the passage from A Raisin in the Sun.MAMA: Lord have mercy, baby. You done gone and bought your grandmother a hat?TRAVIS (very proud): Open it!She does and lifts out an elaborate, but very elaborate, wide gardening hat, and all the adults break up at the sight of it.RUTH: Travis, honey, what is that?TRAVIS (who thinks it is beautiful and appropriate): It's a gardening hat! Like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their gardens.BENEATHA (giggling fiercely): Travis—we were trying to make Mama Mrs. Miniver—not Scarlett O'Hara!MAMA (indignantly): What's the matter with you all! This here is a beautiful hat! (Absurdly.) I always wanted me one just like it!She pops it on her head to prove it to her grandson, and the hat is ludicrous and considerably oversized.RUTH: Hot dog! Go, Mama!WALTER (doubled over with laughter): I'm sorry, Mama—but you look like you ready to go out and chop you some cotton sure enough!They all laugh except Mama, out of deference to Travis’s feelings.MAMA (gathering the boy up to her): Bless your heart—this is the prettiest hat I ever owned—

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Mama would be mocking the hat and Travis’s gift instead of saying that she is pleased with his gesture.
B
Mama would be showing her displeasure about the gardening hat to the other adults, but not to Travis.
C
Mama would be thanking Travis sincerely for a gift that she was delighted to receive.
D
Mama would be playfully teasing Travis as she thanked him for the gift she received.
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Read the stanza from "Sonnet in Primary Colors” by Rita Dove.Each night she lay down in pain and roseto the celluloid butterflies of her Beloved Dead,Lenin and Marx and Stalin arrayed at the footstead.And rose to her easel, the hundred dogs pantinglike children along the graveled walks of the garden, Diego’slove a skull in the circular windowof the thumbprint searing her immutable brow.

A
It describes the reason for Frida’s pain and suffering.
B
It indicates that the love Frida once felt has died.
C
It shows that Frida continues to think of politics.
D
It suggests that Frida prefers to be around nature.
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Read the passage.The salaries of athletes who take part in professional sports are well earned and well deserved. These athletes benefit more than just fans like me. In a recent survey, 92 percent of children stated that they viewed at least one athlete as a role model; 75 percent go on to state that they learn about fair play and sportsmanship from professional athletes. While not all athletes exhibit sportsmanship, most kids focus on athletes with admirable traits, since 76 percent of children surveyed agree that it is never okay to taunt an opponent.

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The author presents empirical evidence, then uses logical evidence to highlight the connection between the data and the claim.
B
The author focuses on logical evidence, then uses anecdotal evidence to share children’s viewpoints.
C
The author uses primarily anecdotal evidence, as a fan of professional athletes to provide support.
D
The author employs empirical, logical, and anecdotal evidence equally to support the claim with data, common sense, and a short narrative.
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Read the passage from A Doll’s House.Nora: Hide the Christmas Tree carefully, Helen. Be sure the children do not see it until this evening, when it is dressed. [To the porter, taking out her purse.] How much?Porter: Sixpence.Nora: There is a shilling. No, keep the change. [The porter thanks her, and goes out. Nora shuts the door. She is laughing to herself, as she takes off her hat and coat. She takes a packet of macaroons from her pocket and eats one or two; then goes cautiously to her husband's door and listens.] Yes, he is in. [Still humming, she goes to the table on the right.]

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They show how much money Nora gives to the porter.
B
They give important background details about Nora’s life.
C
They show Nora’s mood and her approach to her husband.
D
They show how Nora wants to hide the Christmas tree.
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When analyzing an argument, which element should you identify first?

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the reasons
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the claim
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the evidence
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the author

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