Practice Test

Question 1

Which excerpt from Anthem best illustrates the theme that collectivism and group thinking limit man’s potential?

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What disaster took their reason away from men? What whip lashed them to their knees in shame and submission? The worship of the word “We.”

Question 2

Which line from Anthem best illustrates how the author uses a dystopian setting to develop a theme?

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But such has been the story, for I have lived in the City of the damned, and I know what horror men permitted to be brought upon them.

Question 3

Read the excerpt from “The Railroad Earth.” I'm already picking up my brakeman's lantern from where it's been hanging on the door handle and my tattered timetable's been long in my backpocket folded and ready to go, everything tight, keys, timetable, lantern, knife, handkerchief, wallet, comb, railroad keys, change and myself. Which phrase from the excerpt best supports the idea that the narrator has held the same job for several years?

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my tattered timetable's been long in my backpocket

Question 4

Read the excerpt from “The Railroad Earth.” "Kerroway?" "Yeah." "Kerroway it's gonna be the Sherman Local at 7 AM this morning." "Sherman Local right." "Out of Bayshore, you know the way?" "Yeah." "You had that same job last Sunday——Okay Keroway-y-y-y-y." This excerpt best illustrates which influence on Jack Kerouac’s writing?

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personal experiences

Question 5

Use the following definitions to answer the question. conscience: 1. (noun) the sense of right and wrong 2. (noun) inner thoughts conscious: 1. (adjective) aware 2. (noun) area of the mind aware of surroundings Which sentence contains correct word usage?

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I was not conscious after my head hit the ground.

Question 6

Use the following definitions to answer the question. emanate: 1. (verb) to come from, originate eminent: 1. (adjective) of high standing, well-known immanent: 1. (adjective) within something, innate imminent: 1. (adjective) about to occur, pending Read the sentence. The fire burning out of control put the neighborhood in __________ danger. Which word best completes the sentence?

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imminent

Question 7

Read this phrase from Allen Ginsberg’s "A Supermarket in California." I wandered in and out of the brilliant stacks of cans following you, and followed in my imagination by the store detective. From this excerpt, it can best be inferred that the speaker is

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being closely watched for shoplifting.

Question 8

Read the excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron." The year was 2081, and everybody was finally equal. They weren’t only equal before God and the law. They were equal every which way. Nobody was smarter than anybody else. Nobody was better looking than anybody else. Nobody was stronger or quicker than anybody else. All this equality was due to the 211th, 212th, and 213th Amendments to the Constitution, and to the unceasing vigilance of agents of the United States Handicapper General. Vonnegut uses satire in this excerpt by

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describing a society that has taken the idea of equality too far.

Question 9

Which excerpt from "Harrison Bergeron" best illustrates irony?

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And she had to apologize at once for her voice, which was a very unfair voice for a woman to use. Her voice was a warm, luminous, timeless melody.

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