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Narrative Elements in “Pyramus and Thisbe”, from Ovid’s Metamorphoses — Unit test Answers

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Read the excerpt from The Code Book.A theoretical breakthrough would be a fundamentally new way of finding Alice's private key. Alice's private key consists of p and q, and these are found by factoring the public key, N. The standard approach is to check each prime number one at a time to see if it divides into N, but we know that this takes an unreasonable amount of time.

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The author uses a narrative style to explain encryption.
B
The author includes several historical narratives.
C
The author adds many interesting descriptive details.
D
The author writes with great scientific detail.
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publication datecentral ideaparts of speechauthor’s background

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publication date
B
central idea
C
parts of speech
D
author’s background
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Read the excerpt from The Dark Game: True Spy Stories from Invisible Ink to CIA Moles.Wyke's work was always delicate and demanding, more so in the damp and confined space. Gently and carefully, Wyke scraped the dirt until he found the three cables encased in black rubber and, he believed, pressurized by nitrogen, a common practice in the 1950s to keep moisture out of cables. He knew that once he cut through the rubber sheathing on the cables, the nitrogen would escape. The resulting drop in pressure would be detected by the Soviets. The engineers solved this potential problem by building a concrete barrier with a steel door to pressurize the tap chamber and separate it from the pre-amp room. (It turned out that the cables were not pressurized.)Wyke next attached wires to the exposed cable—probably with alligator clips—and began to draw power from the cables. Once again, the work called for a deft hand. If he drew off too much power, the Soviets would be sure to notice it. As expected, Wyke did a masterful job, and the tapping began on May 11, 1955.

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Wyke used the technology available in the 1950s to tap cable.
B
Caution and precision enabled Wyke’s cable-tapping success.
C
Without Wyke, Americans could not have completed the tunnel.
D
Wyke worked to avoid detection by the Soviets in East Berlin.
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opinionsideasevidencedescriptions

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opinions
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ideas
C
evidence
D
descriptions
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Which sentences are punctuated correctly? Select 3 options.The cake (that I made for my mother’s birthday) was dark chocolate.The nurse, who was kind and compassionate, bandaged my thumb.F. Scott Fitzgerald was a famous writer—who inspired many great films.The coach with the red jacket just paid my brother a huge compliment.Leonardo da Vinci—painter and sculptor—was part of the Renaissance.

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The cake (that I made for my mother’s birthday) was dark chocolate.
B
The nurse, who was kind and compassionate, bandaged my thumb.
C
F. Scott Fitzgerald was a famous writer—who inspired many great films.
D
The coach with the red jacket just paid my brother a huge compliment.
E
Leonardo da Vinci—painter and sculptor—was part of the Renaissance.
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In The Code Book, what evidence does the author primarily use to support his claim that Zimmermann was the first to make a simple encryption product?

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facts
B
quotes
C
statistics
D
hypotheticals
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direct characterizationindirect characterizationdirect developmentindirect development

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direct characterization
B
indirect characterization
C
direct development
D
indirect development
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Which are examples of an expository writing style? Select 3 options.More than a hundred million e-mails are sent around the world each day, and they are all vulnerable to interception.Other attacks include the use of viruses and Trojan horses.But how can you bury a mountain of soil? Before long, the army engineers came up with a plan that would allow them to do just that.Only a small fraction of the information flowing around the world is securely encrypted.Hall well understood the gamble the Germans were taking.When the war began, Elizabeth Van Lew was considered a southern "spinster."

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More than a hundred million e-mails are sent around the world each day, and they are all vulnerable to interception.
B
Other attacks include the use of viruses and Trojan horses.
C
But how can you bury a mountain of soil? Before long, the army engineers came up with a plan that would allow them to do just that.
D
Only a small fraction of the information flowing around the world is securely encrypted.
E
Hall well understood the gamble the Germans were taking.
F
When the war began, Elizabeth Van Lew was considered a southern "spinster."
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Read this paragraph from The Dark Game.It may seem surprising that no Confederate sympathizers took action against Van Lew, given her strong and public views on secession and slavery. Surely there were suspicions, especially among her upper-crust neighbors, but the matter never went beyond those suspicions. Historians have suggested that the secessionists were victims of their own cultural bias, believing that no aristocratic person, and certainly not a lady, would ever consider taking part in anything as impolite as spying. A true lady managed her servants, prepared parties and gatherings, and blindly supported her husband. Such attitudes worked in Van Lew's favor, diverting suspicion from her.

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Elizabeth Van Lew did not follow the rules society set forth for ladies of her time and social class.
B
Elizabeth Van Lew was a successful spy because society did not expect a lady to serve in that role.
C
Elizabeth Van Lew was able to disguise her spying activities because she kept her views about the war to herself.
D
Elizabeth Van Lew created for herself an untrue but believable cover story: she was a wealthy lady living in a fancy neighborhood.

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