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Which best defines a sonnet?

A
A sonnet is a pair of two rhyming lines.
B
A sonnet is a rhyming poem of fourteen lines.
C
A sonnet is a stanza of four poetic lines.
D
A sonnet is a line of rhyming poetry.
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A
sight
B
sound
C
touch
D
taste
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The author’s purpose is

A
the primary reason the author wrote the text.
B
the feelings the author has about the text.
C
the thoughts the author has about the text.
D
the conclusions the author draws in the text.
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.I shall not see on earth a place more dear, though I have been detained long by Calypso,loveliest among goddesses, who held me in her smooth caves, to be her heart's delight, as Circe of Aeaea, the enchantress,desired me, and detained me in her hall. But in my heart I never gave consent. Where shall a man find sweetness to surpass his own home and his parents? In far lands he shall not, though he find a house of gold.

A
They valued beauty.
B
They valued family.
C
They valued wealth.
D
They valued wisdom.
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Read these lines from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.Two households, both alike in dignity,In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.

A
Two feuding families shed blood over an ancient grudge.
B
Two families fight over whom pretty Verona shall marry.
C
Two feuding families in Verona have an ancient grudge.
D
Two old families in Verona fight and get themselves dirty.
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.'Cyclops, try some wine.Here's liquor to wash down your scraps of men. Taste it, and see the kind of drink we carriedunder our planks. I meant it for an offeringif you would help us home. But you are mad,unbearable, a bloody monster! After this,will any other traveler come to see you?'

A
He is hoping the wine will cheer up the Cyclops enough to set them free.
B
He intends to make the Cyclops his friend by being kind to him.
C
He plans to distract the Cyclops while his men escape through the entrance.
D
He wants to trick the Cyclops by getting him drunk and weakening him.
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Look at the table Zareen created to help plan her narrative essay.What does Zareen most need to add to her table to complete the planning for her essay?

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A
She needs to add to the beginning and introduce what her challenge was.
B
She needs to add to the beginning and introduce the important people involved.
C
She needs to add to the middle and provide some of the obstacles she faced.
D
She needs to add to the end and provide some reflection on the challenge.
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Read the excerpt from “The Scarlet Ibis.”Doodle was frightened of being left. “Don’t go leave me, Brother,” he cried, and he leaned toward the coffin. His hand, trembling, reached out, and when he touched the casket he screamed. A screech owl flapped out of the box into our faces, scaring us and covering us with Paris green. Doodle was paralyzed, so I put him on my shoulder and carried him down the ladder, and even when we were outside in the bright sunshine, he clung to me, crying, “Don’t leave me. Don’t leave me.”

A
Once the narrator returns to school, he leaves Doodle at home and forgets all of his plans to help him.
B
After Doodle refuses to touch the casket, the narrator refuses to help Doodle and leaves him alone in the loft.
C
Later in the story, the narrator races ahead and leaves Doodle to struggle behind during a terrible storm.
D
When Doodle struggles to learn to walk, the narrator leaves and Doodle is left sitting alone in Old Woman Swamp.
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Which element of a Shakespearean tragedy does the character of Paris represent in Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet?

A
a character who falls from his social status
B
the hero whose character flaw brings him down
C
the cause of a significant miscommunication
D
an outside pressure that escalates a conflict
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Which excerpt from Winona LaDuke’s "A Case for Waawaatesi” best appeals to readers’ logic?

A
Think of it this way, your ancestors navigated by the stars, and today most people won’t walk outside without a GPS. That’s a crazy loss of direction or skill at some level for sure.
B
Nocturnal animals sleep during the day and are active at night. Light pollution radically alters their world by turning night into day.
C
It’s things like frogs, who make it their business to croak at night, particularly when mating. Artificial lights disrupt their mojo and that means less frogs and reduced populations.
D
Migratory birds depend on cues from properly timed seasonal schedules. Artificial lights can cause them to migrate too early or too late and miss ideal climate conditions for nesting, foraging and other behaviors.
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.Then we unloaded all the Cyclops' flockto make division, share and share alike,only my fighters voted that my ram,the prize of all, should go to me. I slew himby the sea side and burnt his long thighbones to Zeus beyond the stormcloud, Cronus’ son,who rules the world. But Zeus disdained my offering;destruction for my ships he had in storeand death for those who sailed them, my companions.

A
Odysseus believes that he controls his own destiny.
B
Odysseus is destined to perish at sea along with his men.
C
Odysseus is religious and he believes in the power of the gods.
D
Odysseus believes that he can escape his destiny.
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Based on the prefix, the word "extricate” most likely means

A
“to rule a situation.”
B
“without interest in a situation.”
C
“to get out of a situation.”
D
“filled with interest in a situation.”
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Read the paragraph.After the final battle, rumor had it that a few renegades had slipped off into the forest to avoid capture. These sneaky rogues have continually eluded capture. The leaders of the empire are worried that the rebels will form a resistance movement first.

A
Then the rebels overcame the empire’s troops and take the city.
B
Then the rebels will overcome the empire’s troops and take the city.
C
Then the rebels overcome the empire’s troops and take the city.
D
Then the rebels have overcome the empire’s troops and take the city.
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Read the excerpt from The Odyssey.Few words I shouted in reply to him:‘If I could take your life I would and take your time away, and hurl you down to hell!The god of earthquake could not heal you there!'At this he stretched his hands out in his darkness toward the sky of stars, and prayed to Poseidon:‘O hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands, if I am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that Odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home: Laertes' son, I mean, who kept his hail on Ithaca.

A
He has put himself and his men in even more danger.
B
He is a wise leader who will find a safe and quick route to Ithaca.
C
He has forgiven the Cyclops for eating his men.
D
He is a calm man who relies on reason rather than emotion.
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One theme found throughout The Odyssey is that good leaders take responsibility for those in their charge.

A
“The wind that carried west from Iliumbrought me to Ismarus, on the far shore,a strongpoint on the coast of Cicones. I stormed that place and killed the men who fought.”
B
“I drove them, all three wailing, to the ships, tied them down under their rowing benches, and called the rest: All hands aboard; come, clear the beach and no one tastethe Lotus, or you lose your hope of home.”
C
He drew to his fist the cruel head of an arrow for Antinous just as the young man leaned to lift his beautiful drinking cup, embossed, two-handled, golden: the cup was in his fingers: the wine was even at his lips: and did he dream of death?
D
“Spare your own people. As for ourselves, we'll makerestitution of wine and meat consumed, and add, each one, a tithe of twenty oxen with gifts of bronze and gold to warm your heart.”
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Read the passage from "The Beginnings of the Maasai.”In the very beginning of the world, Enkai was the only god: the guardian of rain, fertility, sun, and love. With that love, Enkai birthed three sons who became the Fathers of the three tribes. Enkai gave each tribe a gift to help them succeed in their new home. Upon the Father of the Kikuyu, Enkai bestowed a hoe to cultivate the plains. To the Father of the Kamba, Enkai gifted a bow and arrow so his people could hunt wild animals in the forests and plains. To my father, Neiterkob, the Father of the Maasai, Enkai gave a stick.

A
to show why the tribes dislike each other
B
to show why the tribes admire each other
C
to show the Maasai’s view that each tribe has a purpose
D
to show the Maasai’s view that some tribes are inferior
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Read this excerpt from Act III, scene i of Romeo and Juliet. Benvolio: Here comes the furious Tybalt back again. Romeo: Alive! in triumph! and Mercutio slain! Away to heaven, respective lenity, And fire-ey’d fury be my conduct now!90 Now, Tybalt, take the villain back again That late thou gav’st me; for Mercutio’s soul Is but a little way above our heads, Staying for thine to keep him company: Either thou, or I, or both, must go with him.95 Tybalt: Thou wretched boy, that didst consort him here, Shalt with him hence. Romeo: This shall determine that. [They fight: TYBALT falls.]

A
When Romeo kills Tybalt, he increases the friction with Juliet’s family.
B
When Romeo kills Tybalt, he impresses friends with his bravery.
C
When Romeo avenges Mercutio’s death, the prince is grateful.
D
When Romeo avenges Mercutio’s death, Romeo is injured.
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In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Romeo is a protagonist because he is a

A
romantic character from the 1700s.
B
devoted friend to the play’s main character.
C
sympathetic main character facing a challenge.
D
frustrating character who creates conflict in the play.
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Which homophone best completes the sentence?They showed us ________ finished projects at the end of class.

A
its
B
it’s
C
they’re
D
their
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Use the thesaurus entry for migrate to answer the question.migrateverbDefinition: to move from one place to anotherSynonyms: drift, journey, rove, shift, wanderAntonyms: sojourn, stay, stop, halt

A
Looking for work, many unemployed people began to roam the land.
B
I think I will stroll down the street to visit the Sanchez family today.
C
Kit and Helen decided to remain in the small town and open a coffee shop.
D
Yuchi chose to trek across the mountains by himself rather than with a group.

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