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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.Simon Forman, who does attend plague sufferers, is a rare exception: this is because he has himself survived the disease and believes he cannot catch it again. However, his remedy amounts to little more than avoiding eating onions and keeping warm. He has a recipe for getting rid of the plague sores that will afflict you afterward if you survive the disease; but that is a very big "if.” It seems the best advice is provided by Nicholas Bownd in his book Medicines for the Plague: "In these dangerous times God must be our only defense.”

A
Keeping warm and eating onions was the only way to avoid the plague. This treatment was recommended by Nicholas Bownd.
B
Some Elizabethans believed that diet caused the plague. Nicholas Bownd suggested praying to God as the only cure.
C
Writer Simon Forman believed that God was the only answer to the plague. He survived the disease and ate warm onions to treat his sores.
D
While doctors like Simon Forman tried to help, others such as Nicholas Bownd relied on their faith in God.
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Which sentence contains a participle?

A
The whole frustrating experience can be blamed on poor planning.
B
Although studying may seem tedious, it fosters great results.
C
The park prohibits everyone from skateboarding on weekends.
D
Great cunning was required to make the surprise party feasible.
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Which statements describe the central ideas of a text? Select three choices.

A
They explain helpful details.
B
They are the most important ideas in a text.
C
They give examples of key ideas.
D
They are supported by details.
E
They can be explicitly stated or implied.
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Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry.As I have good cause, so do I give you all my hearty thanks for the good zeal and loving care you seem to have, as well towards me as to the whole estate of your country.

A
encouraging an emotional response from the audience.
B
establishing her credibility as a capable leader.
C
providing a logical reason for trusting her leadership skills.
D
demonstrating her ability to speak persuasively.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.Another familiar disease is malaria, which Elizabethans refer to as ague or fever. You might associate this with more tropical countries of the modern world but in marshy areas in sixteenth-century England, such as the Lincolnshire and Cambridgeshire Fens, the Norfolk Broads, and Romney Marsh in Kent, it kills thousands. No one suspects that it has anything to do with mosquitoes; rather people believe it is the corrupted air arising from the low-lying dank marsh (hence the term mal-aria). As a result, you will have no chance of getting proper treatment for the disease.

A
It proves that malaria is spread by mosquitoes in swampy areas.
B
It gives a detailed description of the area known as Romney Marsh.
C
It explains Elizabethan misconceptions about the spread of malaria.
D
It compares common malaria symptoms to influenza symptoms.
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[BLANK]

A
ideal
B
claim
C
counterclaim
D
rebuttal
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Which statement provides the best evidence that it is dangerous to text and drive at the same time?

A
According to a study, a person who texts while driving is 23 times more likely to get in a collision than an undistracted driver is.
B
According to a study, one-third of people prefer communicating through text messaging to making phone calls.
C
According to a study, 96 percent of police-reported car crashes in 2012 involved passenger vehicles.
D
According to a study, 40 percent of teenagers have been a passenger in a car with someone who is sending text messages.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.The queen continues to encourage dramatic art, personally attending performances at Gray’s Inn, Greenwich Palace, and Whitehall Palace. In 1583 she establishes her own theater company, the Queen’s Men, and leading actors flock to it. Puritans are enraged, and the following year the city authorities try to outlaw plays altogether, both within and outside the city walls. But now that drama has received royal approval, they don’t stand a chance.

A
New plays were written every year.
B
The queen visited Whitehall Palace.
C
The Puritans were outraged.
D
Drama received royal approval.
9

A chronological text structure presents events

A
from least important to most important.
B
in a random, unorganized way.
C
in the order in which they occur.
D
from most important to least important.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.People believe that the balance of the humors is also upset by eating too much or too little of something. As noted in the previous chapter, Thomas Elyot believes that fish and fresh fruit are bad for you, and that white bread is more nutritious than bread with the bran. William Horman maintains that drinking cold liquids after prolonged activity is very dangerous for the health. Richard Carew states that the "eating of fish, especially newly taken and of the livers, gives rise to leprosy.” Although you will know that brown bread is more nutritious than white, and that fish does not cause leprosy, you will probably agree with the general idea—that what you ingest affects your health.

A
It details how diet could disrupt the balance of humors.
B
It explains that fresh fish may cause liver disease.
C
It discourages the use of cold liquids after activity.
D
It recommends eliminating fresh fruit from a healthy diet.
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One way to describe the subject of a sentence is to use a(n)

A
infinitive.
B
gerund.
C
article.
D
preposition.
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Read the excerpt from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.When the trumpets sound, most people quieten down, waiting for the play to begin. If you are sitting in the gallery you will have a clear view of the stage as it projects out from the far side of the round enclosure. Leading actors will come right out along this platform and deliver their soliloquies directly to the crowd. So too will a clown like Will Kempe, when he wishes to extemporize and make "a scurvy face.” There are two large columns, both elaborately painted, which support the roof that covers the back of the stage.

A
The author uses a serious tone and a third-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
B
The author uses descriptive details and a first-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
C
The author uses a critical tone and a third-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
D
The author uses descriptive details and a second-person point of view to effectively describe the experience.
13

What is the author’s attitude toward a subject called?

A
structure
B
tone
C
organization
D
description
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Read the excerpt from a book written by Jacob Abbott about Queen Elizabeth.The members of the Parliament went forth immediately to proclaim the new queen. There are two principal places where it was then customary to proclaim the English sovereigns. One of these was before the royal palace at Westminster, and the other in the city of London.

A
to inform readers about information relating to Queen Elizabeth
B
to persuade readers that Queen Elizabeth was a worthy sovereign
C
to entertain readers with exciting tales of royal intrigue
D
to describe for readers the intricate details of the palace at Westminster
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Which details give explicit examples of starvation during Elizabethan times? Select 5 options.

A
A miller’s daughter dies in her bed, weakened from lack of food.
B
A beggar boy from the Scottish Borders is found writhing in agony in the road and dies soon afterward “in great misery.”
C
Another “poor, hunger-starved beggar boy” is found in the street and carried into a house, where he dies.
D
A four-year-old local boy dies “for want of food and means,” as does his mother.
E
You hear the story of a man leaving his home and walking hundreds of miles in search of work or food and returning after a couple of months with sufficient money only to find that his wife and children have all since died.
F
Now you can see why so many people living in Kent in the 1590s walked there, as we have seen in Chapter Two.

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