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Read the passage from A Doll’s House.Nora: But it was absolutely necessary that he should not know! My goodness, can't you understand that? It was necessary he should have no idea what a dangerous condition he was in. It was to me that the doctors came and said that his life was in danger, and that the only thing to save him was to live in the south. Do you suppose I didn't try, first of all, to get what I wanted as if it were for myself? I told him how much I should love to travel abroad like other young wives; I tried tears and entreaties with him; I told him that he ought to remember the condition I was in, and that he ought to be kind and indulgent to me; I even hinted that he might raise a loan. That nearly made him angry, Christine. He said I was thoughtless, and that it was his duty as my husband not to indulge me in my whims and caprices—as I believe he called them. Very well, I thought, you must be saved—and that was how I came to devise a way out of the difficulty— Mrs. Linde: And did your husband never get to know from your father that the money had not come from him? Nora: No, never. Papa died just at that time. I had meant to let him into the secret and beg him never to reveal it. But he was so ill then—alas, there never was any need to tell him.Mrs. Linde: And since then have you never told your secret to your husband?Nora: Good Heavens, no! How could you think so? A man who has such strong opinions about these things! And besides, how painful and humiliating it would be for Torvald, with his manly independence, to know that he owed me anything! It would upset our mutual relations altogether; our beautiful happy home would no longer be what it is now.

A
“no idea what a dangerous condition he was in”
B
“how I came to devise a way out of the difficulty”
C
“I had meant to let him in on the secret”
D
“It would upset our mutual relations altogether”
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Read the passage from A Doll’s House.Helmer: [calls out from his room]. Is that my little lark twittering out there?Nora: [busy opening some of the parcels]. Yes, it is!Helmer: Is it my little squirrel bustling about?Nora: Yes!Helmer: When did my squirrel come home?Nora: Just now. [Puts the bag of macaroons into her pocket and wipes her mouth.] Come in here, Torvald, and see what I have bought.Helmer: Don't disturb me. [A little later, he opens the door and looks into the room, pen in hand.] Bought, did you say? All these things? Has my little spendthrift been wasting money again?Nora: Yes but, Torvald, this year we really can let ourselves go a little. This is the first Christmas that we have not needed to economize.

A
They tell the reader that Torvald opens his door only when he realizes that Nora has spent money.
B
They tell the reader that Torvald uses pet names for Nora and treats her like a child.
C
They show the reader that Torvald thinks that Nora bought too much.
D
They show the reader that Torvald prefers his pets over his wife.
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Which excerpt from the poem "Girl Powdering Her Neck” by Cathy Song is an example of a simile?

A
“her legs folded beneath her / as she sits on a buckwheat pillow”
B
“Morning begins the ritual / wheel of the body”
C
“The peach-dyed kimono / patterned with maple leaves”
D
“She dips a corner of her sleeve / like a brush into water”
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Read the lines from "Girl Powdering Her Neck” by Cathy Song, then look at the artwork by Kitagawa Utamaro.Her hair is blackwith hints of red,the color of seaweedspread over rocks.Morning begins the ritualwheel of the body,the application of translucent skins.She practices pleasure:the pressure of three fingertipsapplying powder.Fingerprints of pollensome other hand will trace.The peach-dyed kimonopatterned with maple leavesdrifting across the silk,falls from right to leftin a diagonal, revealingthe nape of her neckand the curve of a shoulderlike the slope of a hillset deep in snow in a countryof huge white solemn birds.Her face appears in the mirror,a reflection in a winter pond,rising to meet itself.

Question illustration
A
The artwork’s use of color presents a woman of vigor and action, while the poem does not.
B
The poem portrays the woman as unrefined, while the painting presents her as cultured.
C
The artwork suggests a woman in her home, while the poem’s figurative language connects her to nature.
D
The poem suggests that the woman is aloof, while the painting shows her to be self-absorbed.
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Read the excerpt from act 3 of A Doll's House.Mrs. Linde: We have a great deal to talk about.Krogstad: I shouldn't have thought so.Mrs. Linde: No, you have never properly understood me.Krogstad: Was there anything else to understand except what was obvious to all the world—a heartless woman jilts a man when a more lucrative chance turns up?Mrs. Linde: Do you believe I am as absolutely heartless as all that? And do you believe that I did it with a light heart?Krogstad: Didn't you?Mrs. Linde: Nils, did you really think that?Krogstad: If it were as you say, why did you write to me as you did at the time?Mrs. Linde: I could do nothing else. As I had to break with you, it was my duty also to put an end to all that you felt for me.Krogstad [wringing his hands]. So that was it. And all this—only for the sake of money!Mrs. Linde: You must not forget that I had a helpless mother and two little brothers. We couldn't wait for you, Nils; your prospects seemed hopeless then.Krogstad: That may be so, but you had no right to throw me over for anyone else's sake.Mrs. Linde: Indeed, I don't know. Many a time did I ask myself if I had the right to do it.

A
Mrs. Linde knows that she has always loved Krogstad, and so does the audience, but Krogstad does not know this at the beginning of the scene.
B
Mrs. Linde knows that she is taking Krogstad's job, and so does the audience, but Krogstad does not know that this will happen.
C
Krogstad has always been in love with Mrs. Linde, and the audience knows it, but Mrs. Linde does not know this at the beginning of the scene.
D
Krogstad is going to try to take his job back from Mrs. Linde, and the audience knows it, but Mrs. Linde does not know that this will happen.
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Read the excerpt from act 3 of A Doll's House.Helmer: How unreasonable and how ungrateful you are, Nora! Have you not been happy here?Nora: No, I have never been happy. I thought I was, but it has never really been so.Helmer: Not—not happy!Nora: No, only merry. And you have always been so kind to me. But our home has been nothing but a playroom. I have been your doll-wife, just as at home I was papa's doll-child; and here the children have been my dolls. I thought it great fun when you played with me, just as they thought it great fun when I played with them. That is what our marriage has been, Torvald.

A
Helmer is going to change how he treats Nora.
B
Helmer is going to leave Nora and the children.
C
Nora is going to leave Helmer and the children.
D
Nora is going to tell Helmer to treat her better.
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Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll’s House.Nurse: Oh well, young children easily get accustomed to anything. Nora: Do you think so? Do you think they would forget their mother if she went away altogether?Nurse: Good heavens!—went away altogether?Nora: Nurse, I want you to tell me something I have often wondered about—how could you have the heart to put your own child out among strangers?Nurse: I was obliged to, if I wanted to be little Nora's Nurse.Nora: Yes, but how could you be willing to do it?Nurse: What, when I was going to get such a good place by it? A poor girl who has got into trouble should be glad to. Besides, that wicked man didn't do a single thing for me.

A
“Oh well, young children easily get accustomed to anything."
B
“Do you think they would forget their mother if she went away altogether?”
C
“How could you have the heart to put your own child out among strangers?”
D
“I want you to tell me something I have often wondered about”
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Read the excerpt from act 1 of A Doll’s House.Mrs. Linde: Yes, but your father gave you the necessary funds.Nora: [smiling] Yes, that is what Torvald and all the others think, but—Mrs. Linde: But—Nora: Papa didn't give us a shilling. It was I who procured the money.Mrs. Linde: You? All that large sum?Nora: Two hundred and fifty pounds. What do you think of that?Mrs. Linde: But, Nora, how could you possibly do it? Did you win a prize in the Lottery?Nora: [contemptuously] In the Lottery? There would have been no credit in that.Mrs. Linde: But where did you get it from, then?Nora: [humming and smiling with an air of mystery]. Hm, hm! Aha!Mrs. Linde: Because you couldn't have borrowed it.Nora: Couldn't I? Why not?Mrs. Linde: No, a wife cannot borrow without her husband's consent.Nora: [tossing her head] Oh, if it is a wife who has any head for business—a wife who has the wit to be a little bit clever—

A
As a woman, Nora is supposed to do whatever it takes to save her husband, but she cannot act alone.
B
As a woman, Nora cannot borrow money, but she does so behind her husband’s back in order to save him.
C
As a woman, Nora cannot discuss money with men, so she does not reveal her actions to her husband.
D
As a woman, Nora is supposed to be flawless, so she must hide from her husband any mistake she makes.
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Read the excerpt from act 3 of A Doll’s House.Nora: In all these eight years—longer than that—from the very beginning of our acquaintance, we have never exchanged a word on any serious subject.Helmer: Was it likely that I would be continually and forever telling you about worries that you could not help me to bear?Nora: I am not speaking about business matters. I say that we have never sat down in earnest together to try and get at the bottom of anything.Helmer: But, dearest Nora, would it have been any good to you?Nora: That is just it; you have never understood me. I have been greatly wronged, Torvald—first by papa and then by you.

A
The conflict between Nora and Helmer shows how men and women could not agree on issues or successfully work together to solve important problems.
B
The conflict between Nora and Helmer shows how gender roles were defined, as Helmer has complete control over everything, including what the couple discusses.
C
The conflict between Nora and Helmer shows how men attempted to limit women’s economic freedoms, causing Nora to lie about how she obtained money.
D
The conflict between Nora and Helmer shows how women who ended marriages had no rights, leading Nora to have to hide her true feelings in order to stay married.
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Read the passage from A Doll’s House.Nora: Nurse, I want you to tell me something I have often wondered about—how could you have the heart to put your own child out among strangers?Nurse: I was obliged to, if I wanted to be little Nora's Nurse.Nora: Yes, but how could you be willing to do it?Nurse: What, when I was going to get such a good place by it? A poor girl who has got into trouble should be glad to. Besides, that wicked man didn't do a single thing for me.Nora: But I suppose your daughter has quite forgotten you.Nurse: No, indeed she hasn't. She wrote to me when she was confirmed, and when she was married.

A
The nurse’s willingness to take care of Nora when Nora was little demonstrates a woman’s ability to do difficult work.
B
The nurse’s need to give up a child in order to have a job demonstrates a woman’s inability to support herself.
C
The fact that the nurse’s child wrote to her as a young girl and as an adult demonstrates a woman’s ability to keep friends forever.
D
The nurse’s assurance to Nora that her children ask for her often demonstrates women’s role in health care.
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Read the excerpt from act 1 of A Doll's House.Helmer: Nora! [Goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] The same little featherhead! Suppose, now, that I borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the Christmas week, and then on New Year's Eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and—Nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. Oh! don't say such horrid things.Helmer: Still, suppose that happened, —what then?Nora: If that were to happen, I don't suppose I should care whether I owed money or not.Helmer: Yes, but what about the people who had lent it?Nora: They? Who would bother about them? I should not know who they were.Helmer: That is like a woman! But seriously, Nora, you know what I think about that. No debt, no borrowing. There can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. We two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle.Nora: [moving towards the stove]. As you please, Torvald.

A
Nora realizes that Helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him.
B
Nora realizes that she and Helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play.
C
Helmer realizes that Nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play.
D
Nora realizes that Helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.
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Which descriptions are examples of archetypes? Select three options.

A
a recurring model for a setting that is accepted by most people
B
a conflict between characters that is unique to a plot
C
a reflection of the traditions common throughout a society
D
a pattern of behavior exhibited by several characters
E
a character who is an embodiment of the human experience
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The rhyme pattern that occurs at the ends of lines in poetry is called

A
a rhyme meter.
B
a rhyme rhythm.
C
a rhyme ending.
D
a rhyme scheme.
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Which words from "Monet’s ‘Waterlilies’” by Robert Hayden most appeals to the sense of sight?

A
“poisons the air”
B
“I come again to see”
C
“through refracting tears”
D
“the seen, the known”
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Read the passage from A Doll’s House.[SCENE: A room furnished comfortably and tastefully, but not extravagantly. At the back, a door to the right leads to the entrance-hall, another to the left leads to Helmer's study. Between the doors stands a piano. In the middle of the left-hand wall is a door, and beyond it a window. Near the window are a round table, arm-chairs and a small sofa. In the right-hand wall, at the farther end, another door; and on the same side, nearer the footlights, a stove, two easy chairs and a rocking-chair; between the stove and the door, a small table. Engravings on the walls; a cabinet with china and other small objects; a small book-case with well-bound books. The floors are carpeted, and a fire burns in the stove.It is winter. A bell rings in the hall; shortly afterwards the door is heard to open. Enter NORA, humming a tune and in high spirits. She is in outdoor dress and carries a number of parcels; these she lays on the table to the right. She leaves the outer door open after her, and through it is seen a porter who is carrying a Christmas Tree and a basket, which he gives to the maid who has opened the door.]Nora: Hide the Christmas Tree carefully, Helen. Be sure the children do not see it until this evening, when it is dressed. [To the porter, taking out her purse.] How much?

A
to allow the readers to get to know the characters
B
to explain how a character feels about something
C
to allow the reader to visualize the play’s setting
D
to familiarize the reader with the theme of the play
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Read the excerpt from act 2 of A Doll's House.Nora: [quickly] He mustn't get the letter. Tear it up. I will find some means of getting money.Krogstad: Excuse me, Mrs. Helmer, but I think I told you just now—Nora: I am not speaking of what I owe you. Tell me what sum you are asking my husband for, and I will get the money.Krogstad: I am not asking your husband for a penny.Nora: What do you want, then?Krogstad: I will tell you. I want to rehabilitate myself, Mrs. Helmer; I want to get on; and in that your husband must help me. For the last year and a half I have not had a hand in anything dishonourable, amid all that time I have been struggling in most restricted circumstances. I was content to work my way up step by step. Now I am turned out, and I am not going to be satisfied with merely being taken into favour again. I want to get on, I tell you. I want to get into the Bank again, in a higher position. Your husband must make a place for me—Nora: That he will never do!Krogstad: He will; I know him; he dare not protest. And as soon as I am in there again with him, then you will see! Within a year I shall be the manager's right hand. It will be Nils Krogstad and not Torvald Helmer who manages the Bank.Nora: That's a thing you will never see!Krogstad: Do you mean that you will—?Nora: I have courage enough for it now.Krogstad: Oh, you can't frighten me. A fine, spoilt lady like you—Nora: You will see, you will see.Krogstad: Under the ice, perhaps? Down into the cold, coal-black water? And then, in the spring, to float up to the surface, all horrible and unrecognisable, with your hair fallen out—Nora: You can't frighten me.Krogstad: Nor you me. People don't do such things, Mrs. Helmer. Besides, what use would it be? I should have him completely in my power all the same.Nora: Afterwards? When I am no longer—Krogstad: Have you forgotten that it is I who have the keeping of your reputation? [NORA stands speechlessly looking at him.] Well, now, I have warned you. Do not do anything foolish. When Helmer has had my letter, I shall expect a message from him. And be sure you remember that it is your husband himself who has forced me into such ways as this again. I will never forgive him for that. Goodbye, Mrs. Helmer. [Exit through the hall.]

A
Krogstad tells Nora that he has written a letter telling Helmer about her affair with the doctor.
B
Krogstad refuses to forgive Helmer unless Nora finds a way to come up with more money.
C
Krogstad tries to blackmail Nora into getting Helmer to keep him at the bank by exposing her forgery.
D
Krogstad plans to take Helmer’s job managing the bank and ruin Nora’s reputation while doing so.
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Read the lines from Robert Hayden’s poem "Monet’s ‘Waterlilies,’” and then look at the painting Water Lilies by Claude Monet.Today as the news from Selma and Saigonpoisons the air like fallout,I come again to seethe serene, great picture that I love.

Question illustration
A
a sense of peace or comfort
B
an allusion to conflict
C
a chaotic viewpoint
D
a sense of movement or fluidity
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Read the excerpt from act 3 of A Doll’s House.Helmer [reeling]: True? Is this true, that I read here? Horrible! No, no—it is impossible that it can be true.Nora: It is true. I have loved you above everything else in the world.Helmer: Oh, don't let us have any silly excuses.Nora [taking a step towards him]: Torvald—!Helmer: Miserable creature—what have you done?Nora: Let me go. You shall not suffer for my sake. You shall not take it upon yourself.Helmer: No tragic airs, please. [Locks the hall door.] Here you shall stay and give me an explanation. Do you understand what you have done? Answer me! Do you understand what you have done?

A
“True? Is this true, that I read here?”
B
“No, no—it is impossible that it can be true.”
C
“Miserable creature—what have you done?”
D
“Here you shall stay and give me an explanation.”
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Read the passage from A Doll’s House.Nora: Come here. [Pulls her down on the sofa beside her.] Now I will show you that I too have something to be proud and glad of. It was I who saved Torvald's life.Mrs. Linde: "Saved"? How?Nora: I told you about our trip to Italy. Torvald would never have recovered if he had not gone there—Mrs. Linde: Yes, but your father gave you the necessary funds.Nora: [smiling] Yes, that is what Torvald and all the others think, but—Mrs. Linde: But—Nora: Papa didn't give us a shilling. It was I who procured the money.Mrs. Linde: You? All that large sum?Nora: Two hundred and fifty pounds. What do you think of that?Mrs. Linde: But, Nora, how could you possibly do it? Did you win a prize in the Lottery?Nora: [contemptuously] In the Lottery? There would have been no credit in that.Mrs. Linde: But where did you get it from, then?Nora: [humming and smiling with an air of mystery]. Hm, hm! Aha!Mrs. Linde: Because you couldn't have borrowed it.Nora: Couldn't I? Why not?Mrs. Linde: No, a wife cannot borrow without her husband's consent.Nora: [tossing her head] Oh, if it is a wife who has any head for business—a wife who has the wit to be a little bit clever—

A
Nora thinks that her husband is incapable of getting enough money to save himself.
B
Nora deceives her husband so that she can have her own money to spend as she wishes.
C
Nora has a deep love for her husband to go to such an extreme length to save him.
D
Nora is resentful that she is not allowed to borrow money without her husband’s consent.
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What evidence supports the conclusion that the poem is written in free verse? Select two options.

A
There are three stanzas.
B
There is no rhyme scheme.
C
The lines are unequal in length.
D
There is a regular rhyme scheme.
E
There is a pattern of stressed syllables.

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