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What message is made about music?It should be listened to at a low volume.✔ It makes you feel powerful and connected.It sounds best through earphones.It has little effect on your mood.

A
It should be listened to at a low volume.
B
It makes you feel powerful and connected.
C
It sounds best through earphones.
D
It has little effect on your mood.
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Which line supports this statement?✔ “The music is loud yet so confidential.”“and all I can say to my fellow pedestrians”“all I can say is watch your step”“because the five of us, instruments and all”

A
“The music is loud yet so confidential.”
B
“and all I can say to my fellow pedestrians”
C
“all I can say is watch your step”
D
“because the five of us, instruments and all”
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Which two phrases provide evidence to support this meaning?

A
“like the center of the universe”
B
“to the woman in the white sweater”
C
“and then, in our own tightly knit way”
D
“turn the corner at Sixth Avenue””
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How does the speaker of Collins’s poem feel conflicted?

A
He feels connected, but he is isolating himself from others by wearing earphones.
B
He says that he is the center of the universe, but he is walking around on earth.
C
He confuses the people playing the music with people walking around on the street.
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Which of the following statements best describes a larger message of the poem?

A
Listening to music is a good way to maintain your privacy in a crowd.
B
Music can make a person feel like the center of the universe.
C
Listening to music is a good way to forget your problems for awhile.
D
Music can make traveling from one place to another seem more enjoyable.
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How are Collins’s poem and Tyson’s essay similar?

A
They both describe what is really present at the center of the universe.
B
They both praise the universe as a source of inspiration.
C
They both marvel at the complexity and beauty of the universe.
D
They both examine humankind’s place in relation to the larger universe.
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How are the poem and the essay different?

A
The essay stresses man’s relative insignificance, while the poem stresses man’s perceived importance.
B
The essay describes man’s place in the universe, while the poem focuses more on man himself.
C
The essay is a serious academic discussion of black holes, while the poem is a light-hearted discussion of music.

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