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Jonathan Edwards’s "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" — Unit test Answers

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“Never, sayest thou?” rejoined he with a smile of dark and self-relying intelligence.

C
Chillingworth’s pure intentions
C
Chillingworth’s sinister motivations
C
Chillingworth’s respectability
C
Chillingworth’s carelessness
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In "Auspex," the phrase “dead leaves and snow” at the end of the first stanza implies that the speaker is experiencing

f
feelings of indifference and numbness.
a
an absence of love or passion.
p
physical weakness as aging occurs.
e
emotional maturity that comes with aging.
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Which statement has a correctly placed modifier?

Y
Your deadline is nearly approaching; you have 20 minutes.
Y
You have 20 minutes; your nearly deadline is approaching.
Y
Your deadline is approaching; you have nearly 20 minutes.
Y
Your nearly deadline is approaching; you have 20 minutes.
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Charlotte has explained a new gymnastics technique to a group of experienced gymnasts. She now plans to present the same information to her non-gymnast friend, Emma.

C
Charlotte will use technical language rather than formal language.
C
Charlotte will use informal language rather than formal language.
C
Charlotte will use formal language rather than informal language.
C
Charlotte will use technical language rather than informal language.
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A blessing on the righteous Colony of the Massachusetts, where iniquity is dragged out into the sunshine!

w
wickedness, sin
m
mistakes, errors
b
belongings, possessions
s
solitude, loneliness
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To speak truly, few adult persons can see nature.

I
I am glad to the brink of fear.
N
Nature is a setting that fits equally well a comic or a mourning piece.
T
The sun illuminates only the eye of the man, but shines into the eye and the heart of the child.
I
In the woods too, a man casts off his years, as the snake his slough, and at what period soever of life, is always a child.
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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.

I
It emphasizes the narrator’s strengths.
I
It emphasizes the narrator’s spirituality.
I
It emphasizes the narrator’s anger.
I
It emphasizes the narrator’s mental illness.
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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?

H
He describes Master Dimmesdale as someone who is most at ease in seclusion, not mingling outwardly among other people.
H
He describes Master Dimmesdale as a man of great accomplishment who speaks eloquently and is firm in his religious beliefs.
H
He describes Master Dimmesdale as childlike and pure with a voice that resembles that of an angel.
H
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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How does the form of "Song of Myself" help the poem communicate its theme?

B
By moving forward without formal restraints, the poet justifies expressions of freedom in the work.
T
The division of the poem into sections makes the poem more entertaining and more communicative.
T
The presentation of several points of view makes the theme more memorable.
T
The poem’s longer length forces the reader to accept the theme as truth.
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T
The poem is completely without rhythm or cadence.
A
An underlying consistent rhythm is present, but the lines mask it.
T
The rhythm is very similar to the rhythm of everyday speech.
S
Some stanzas have a definite rhyme scheme, while others do not.

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