Practice Test

Question 1

Read the passage from A Room of One’s Own . Currer Bell, George Eliot, George Sand, all the victims of inner strife as their writings prove, sought ineffectively to veil themselves by using the name of a man. Thus they did homage to the convention, which if not implanted by the other sex was liberally encouraged by them (the chief glory of a woman is not to be talked of, said Pericles, himself a much-talked-of man), that publicity in women is detestable. Anonymity runs in their blood. The desire to be veiled still possesses them. They are not even now as concerned about the health of their fame as men are, and, speaking generally, will pass a tombstone or a signpost without feeling an irresistible desire to cut their names on it as Alf, Bert or Chas. must do in obedience to their instinct. . . . . . . Write? What's the good of your writing? Here the psychologists of Newnham and Girton might come to our help, I thought, looking again at the blank spaces on the shelves. Which phrases or sentences best build the ideas about why women often choose to remain unknown? Choose two correct answers.

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A: “Anonymity runs in their blood. The desire to be veiled still possesses them.”; C: “They . . . will pass a tombstone or a signpost without feeling an irresistible desire to cut their names on it.”

Question 2

Read the passage from A Room of One’s Own. For surely it is time that the effect of discouragement upon the mind of the artist should be measured, as I have seen a dairy company measure the effect of ordinary milk and Grade A milk upon the body of the rat. They set two rats in cages side by side, and of the two one was furtive, timid and small, and the other was glossy, bold and big. Now what food do we feed women as artists upon? I asked, remembering, I suppose, that dinner of prunes and custard. What perspective is supported by Woolf’s word choices in the underlined sentence?

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B: that women artists do not receive the encouragement they need to succeed; D: that women artists become fearful in captivity

Question 3

Read the excerpt from chapter 7 of Obasan by Joy Kogawa. There have been a few others. So counting that last fast visit, there have been nine trips in all. And in between visits, there’s the army, the navy, the air force of letters—all the Aunt Emily correspondence jamming up our small metal box in the Granton PO. What is the effect of using the phrases "the army, the navy, the air force of letters” and "jamming up” to describe Aunt Emily’s correspondence?

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A: It creates an overwhelmed mood, describing the correspondence as large in scale, and suggests that it is invading Nomi’s life.

Question 4

Read the passage from "Two Kinds.” In spite of these warning signs, I wasn't worried. Our family had no piano and we couldn't afford to buy one, let alone reams of sheet music and piano lessons. So I could be generous in my comments when my mother bad-mouthed the little girl on TV. "Play note right, but doesn't sound good! No singing sound," complained my mother. "What are you picking on her for?" I said carelessly. "She's pretty good. Maybe she's not the best, but she's trying hard." I knew almost immediately I would be sorry I said that. "Just like you," she said. "Not the best. Because you not trying." She gave a little huff as she let go of the sound dial and sat down on the sofa. The little Chinese girl sat down also to play an encore of "Anitra's Dance" by Grieg. I remember the song, because later on I had to learn how to play it. What conflict occurs in the passage?

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C: an external conflict between the narrator and her mother over whether the girl on television is playing well

Question 5

When revising an essay, how can a writer best connect ideas more clearly?

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A: by using transitions to create logical relationships among the claim, reasons, and evidence

Question 6

Which excerpt is historical evidence that supports Achebe’s claim about why Heart of Darkness is popular despite its racist elements?

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A: “For did not that erudite British historian and Regius Professor at Oxford, Hugh Trevor Roper, also pronounce that African history did not exist?”

Question 7

In an argument, what is the difference between reasons and evidence?

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A: Reasons support the claim, while evidence gives information proving the reasons to be true.

Question 8

Poetry that does not follow a specific form and does not have a set rhyme pattern is known as

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C: an Elizabethan sonnet.; D: free verse.

Question 9

Which motivators are examples of extrinsic motivation? Choose three correct answers.

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A: receiving good grades; B: paying discount prices; C: getting a reward

Question 10

Read the passage from "The Tell-Tale Heart.” Why would they not be gone? . . . . Oh God! what could I do? . . . . Was it possible they heard not? Almighty God!—no, no! They heard!—they suspected!—they knew!—they were making a mockery of my horror! . . . . I must scream or die! and now—again!—hark! louder! louder! louder! louder! How does the syntax in this passage help develop the characterization of the narrator?

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A: Incomplete sentences and short phrases indicate that the character’s resentment will quickly pass.; D: Incomplete sentences and short phrases emphasize the character’s confused and panicked state.

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