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Choosing Vocabulary — Unit test Answers

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In Chapter 3 of The Scarlet Letter, how does Hawthorne show that Master Dimmesdale is uncomfortable with the public aspect of his profession?

A
He describes Master Dimmesdale as someone who is most at ease in seclusion, not mingling outwardly among other people.
B
He describes Master Dimmesdale as a man of great accomplishment who speaks eloquently and is firm in his religious beliefs.
C
He describes Master Dimmesdale as childlike and pure with a voice that resembles that of an angel.
D
He describes Master Dimmesdale as a man who has the power to convince others to follow his command through his ability to speak passionately.
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Which statement would be included in a summary of paragraph one of Society and Solitude?

A
President Tyler’s support base is decreasing.
B
We all learn how to find friends when we are younger.
C
Solitude is an inner concept rather than an outward one.
D
Every individual has private motivations.
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How does the form of "Song of Myself" help the poem communicate its theme?

A
By moving forward without formal restraints, the poet justifies expressions of freedom in the work.
B
The division of the poem into sections makes the poem more entertaining and more communicative.
C
The presentation of several points of view makes the theme more memorable.
D
The poem’s longer length forces the reader to accept the theme as truth.
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Read this excerpt from chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter using comprehension strategies.A blessing on the righteous Colony of the Massachusetts, where iniquity is dragged out into the sunshine!What is the meaning of the word “iniquity”?

A
wickedness, sin
B
mistakes, errors
C
belongings, possessions
D
solitude, loneliness
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When Emerson states, “It by no means follows that we are not fit for society, because soirees are tedious,” in Society and Solitude, how does he support his statement?

A
He gives various reasons why parties are far less exciting and wholly unlike communities.
B
He tries to show that people behave differently at parties than they might elsewhere, and so parties are not a measure of human worth.
C
He suggests that a person has one conception of one’s self when in a group and another when with just one other person.
D
He indicates that no individual is perfect and that parties are not a reason for people to gather together.
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How are the main concepts of "Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church" and "Because I Could Not Stop for Death" treated in both poems?

A
They are treated with great reverence and kept at a distance.
B
They are treated as if they are utterly unimportant and trivial.
C
They are treated evenly and in a very matter-of-fact manner.
D
They are treated as if they are ultimately incomprehensible.
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In "Civil Disobedience," what happens right after the townspeople “locked the door on [Thoreau’s] meditations”?

A
Thoreau imagines that the meditations symbolically follow the jailers out of the door.
B
Thoreau begins to write this essay explaining his meditations.
C
Thoreau laughs as he thinks of how naive his jailers are.
D
Thoreau wonders if he could have been asked to do community service.
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Read the third stanza of "Because I Could Not Stop for Death."We passed the School, where Children stroveAt Recess – in the Ring –We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –We passed the Setting Sun –Why does Dickinson most likely repeat the word “passed” three times in this stanza?

A
The words convey a sense of steady motion.
B
The words indicate the speaker’s loneliness.
C
The words indicate that the carriage is moving quickly.
D
The words show that the speaker is undergoing inner growth.
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In "Civil Disobedience," what does Thoreau suggest the townspeople have to do before they can be as free as he is?

A
move to another state
B
be imprisoned
C
stop paying taxes
D
change their beliefs
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Read this excerpt from chapter 2 of The Scarlet Letter.Standing on that miserable eminence, she saw again her native village, in Old England, and her paternal home; a decayed house of gray stone, with a poverty-stricken aspect, but retaining a half-obliterated shield of arms over the portal, in token of antique gentility.What is the effect of the underlined words in this excerpt?

A
They impart a frustrated mood.
B
They impart a sympathetic mood.
C
They portray a former setting with humility and dignity.
D
They portray a former setting with judgment and distaste.
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Read the sentence.Having fallen out of the nest, the bird was insensible at first, but then flew off.To decipher the meaning of the word insensible, break the word into

A
the root insens and the suffix -ible.
B
the root inseni and the suffix -ble.
C
the prefix in-, the root sens, and the suffix -ible.
D
the prefix insen-, the root eni, and the suffix -ble.
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Read the excerpt from Poe’s "The Fall of the House of Usher."I had so worked upon my imagination as really to believe that about the whole mansion and domain there hung an atmosphere peculiar to themselves and their immediate vicinity -- an atmosphere which had no affinity with the air of heaven, but which had reeked up from the decayed trees, and the gray wall, and the silent tarn -- a pestilent and mystic vapor. Which observation can be made about the narrator?

A
He seems unsettled and paranoid.
B
He seems sensitive and spiritual.
C
He seems creative and fanciful.
D
He seems frustrated and angry.
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Read the excerpt from “The Tell-Tale Heart,” by Edgar Allan Poe.The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. What is the effect of parallelism in this excerpt?

A
It emphasizes the narrator’s strengths.
B
It emphasizes the narrator’s spirituality.
C
It emphasizes the narrator’s anger.
D
It emphasizes the narrator’s mental illness.
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Read the excerpt from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë.First she went to see if the hall-door was fastened; having taken the key from the lock, she led the way upstairs. The steps and banisters were of oak; the staircase window was high and latticed; both it and the long gallery into which the bedroom doors opened looked as if they belonged to a church rather than a house. A very chill and vault-like air pervaded the stairs and gallery, suggesting cheerless ideas of space and solitude; and I was glad, when finally ushered into my chamber, to find it of small dimensions, and furnished in ordinary, modern style.

A
She is more at ease in simple spaces than in grander ones.
B
She is fearful of being left alone in a small space.
C
She is less comfortable in religious places than in houses.
D
She finds large, open spaces menacing.
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Read the paragraph.Length multiplied by width equals the square footage of a room. If the room is L-shaped, you can break the space down into several different squares or rectangles. You may want to measure in inches to figure out the total square inches. Then divide that by 144 to figure out the total square footage.This passage is most appropriate for

A
professional architects.
B
professional construction workers.
C
students studying advanced mathematics.
D
students learning architectural design.

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