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APMultiple Choice

Diagnostic PreTest

Question 15 • VT-ACT Reading

Read the excerpt from "Morte d'Arthur” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson.So saying, from the pavement he hath rose,Slowly, with pain, reclining on his arm,And looking wistfully with wide blue eyesAs in a picture.

Answer
A
Sir Bedivere by the water
B
a picture of a man
C
the sword on the ground
D
an injured King Arthur

Explanation

The speaker describes someone rising slowly and painfully from the pavement, then looking wistfully with wide blue eyes. In the excerpt’s context, this is the wounded King Arthur, not Sir Bedivere or the sword. The correct choice is “an injured King Arthur.”

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