Practice Test

Question 1

Read the excerpt from Their Eyes Were Watching God . Mrs. Turner was a milky sort of a woman that belonged to child-bed. Her shoulders rounded a little, and she must have been conscious of her pelvis because she kept it stuck out in front of her so she could always see it. Which phrase from the excerpt is the best example of dialect in this excerpt?

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B: belonged to child-bed

Question 2

Their Eyes Were Watching God is set in the Florida Everglades, a swampy area. In the novel, the setting is referred to as “the muck.” This description is an example of

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D: imagery.

Question 3

Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work. But since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable terms. What is the author’s purpose for including these sentences?

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B: to emphasize the significance of his critics’ letter

Question 4

Read the excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” I have earnestly opposed violent tension, but there is a type of constructive, nonviolent tension which is necessary for growth. How does King support this claim in the rest of his letter?

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D: by quoting Socrates and establishing historical precedent

Question 5

Which is the best main topic for his response essay?

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D: an analysis of the impact of the advertising campaign

Question 6

Which best explains how the title of A Rumor of War can be considered a paradox?

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B: Wars are far too real and large scale to ever be considered merely rumors.

Question 7

Read the excerpt from A Rumor of War . The discovery that the men we had scorned as peasant guerrillas were, in fact, a lethal, determined enemy and the casualty lists that lengthened each week with nothing to show for the blood being spilled broke our early confidence. According to the excerpt, the soldiers

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D: felt that their efforts were not successful.

Question 8

Read the excerpt from Brown v. Board of Education . [T]here are findings below that the Negro and white schools involved have been equalized, or are being equalized, with respect to buildings, curricula, qualifications and salaries of teachers, and other "tangible" factors. The Supreme Court is most likely interested in these findings because it hopes to determine whether

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D: separate systems of education can be equal.

Question 9

What are the plaintiffs seeking for their children in Brown v. Board of Education ?

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B: admission to public schools

Question 10

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

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D: 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.”

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