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Which excerpt from Everyman best represents how Everyman is characterized overall in the passage?

A
It is said, in prosperity men friends may find,Which in adversity be full unkind.
B
I believe that they will do so,For kind will creep where it may not go.
C
For I have a great enemy, that hath me in wait,Which intendeth me for to hinder.
D
But when I have most need, they me forsake.I am deceived; that maketh me sad.
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auto = "self"crat/cracy = "rule"dem = "people"Which sentence uses the underlined word correctly?

A
As the sole decision maker, the CEO considered himself the democratic leader of his company.
B
Since the leader consolidated all the power for his own use, the country is now essentially an autocracy.
C
The solitary queen ruled the democracy with an iron fist and allowed no interference with her decisions.
D
The autocratic government was particularly popular for its habit of implementing citizens’ suggestions.
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Read the passage from "How Should One Read a Book?”The thirty-two chapters of a novel—if we consider how to read a novel first—are an attempt to make something as formed and controlled as a building: but words are more impalpable than bricks; reading is a longer and more complicated process than seeing.

A
criticize.
B
entertain.
C
inform.
D
persuade.
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Read the passage from Everyman.EVERYMAN. Alack! shall we thus depart indeed? Our Lady, help, without any more comfort, Lo, Fellowship forsaketh me in my most need . . .

A
what he says.
B
what he thinks.
C
how other characters react to him.
D
how he feels about other characters.
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Read the passage from Sophie’s paper on Response to Erik of Sweden.Although Queen Elizabeth is polite, she also seems a bit annoyed. For example, she says, "It seems strange for your Serene Highness to write that you understand from your brother and your ambassadors that we have entirely determined not to marry an absent husband; and that we shall give you no certain reply until we shall have seen your person.”

A
clarifying the overall purpose of the text.
B
adopting a second-person point of view.
C
adding implicit information to her conclusion.
D
using textual evidence to support her inference.
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Read Ethan’s inference about Response to Erik of Sweden.Queen Elizabeth thinks Erik of Sweden is needlessly vain.

A
A letter truly yours both in the writing and sentiment was given us on 30 December by your very dear brother, the Duke of Finland.
B
And while we perceive there from that the zeal and love of your mind towards us is not diminished, yet in part we are grieved that we cannot gratify your Serene Highness with the same kind of affection.
C
And we in our turn shall take care that whatever can be required for the holy preservation of friendship between Princes we will always perform towards your Serene Highness.
D
But that we are not to give you an answer until we have seen your person is so far from the thing itself that we never even considered such a thing.
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Read the passage from "How Should One Read a Book?”Yet few people ask from books what books can give us. Most commonly we come to books with blurred and divided minds, asking of fiction that it shall be true, of poetry that it shall be false, of biography that it shall be flattering, of history that it shall enforce our own prejudices. If we could banish all such preconceptions when we read, that would be an admirable beginning.

A
biography.
B
essay.
C
myth.
D
play.
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Anita was instructed to summarize Elizabethan Women. In order to do so, she should make sure the language she uses in her summary is

A
amusing.
B
biased.
C
descriptive.
D
objective.
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Read the passage from Elizabethan Etiquette.If you happened to be a lord or lady in the court of Queen Elizabeth I, one way that you would occupy your time might be learning the plethora of etiquette rules so complex that one would have to memorize them as people today might memorize the lyrics to their favorite songs.

A
popular music.
B
Elizabethan royalty.
C
Elizabethan manners.
D
modern society.
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[BLANK]

A
characterization
B
frame
C
prologue
D
satire
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Read the first haiku.Mountain-rose petalsfalling, falling, falling now . . .waterfall musicNow, read the second haiku.By that fallen housethe pear-tree stands full-blooming . . .an ancient battle-site

A
Beauty endures, even among destruction.
B
Death is inevitable, conquering all.
C
Nature is the original creator of melody.
D
The scars of war never truly fade.
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Read the passage from "To Autumn."Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run

A
Rhyming "fruitfulness" and "bless" suggests a need for religion during the autumn harvest.
B
Rhyming "sun" and "run" issues a warning about how dangerous autumn can be.
C
Rhyming "fruitfulness" and "bless" emphasizes the positive aspects of autumn.
D
Rhyming "sun" and "run" stresses the importance of spending time outside in autumn.
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Now, read the passage from "The Lamb."Little lamb, who made thee? Does thou know who made thee,Gave thee life, and bid thee feedBy the stream and o’er the meadRead the passage from "The Tiger."When the stars threw down their spears,And watered heaven with their tears,Did He smile His work to see?Did He who made the lamb make thee?

A
People can find the divine by studying the natural world.
B
People should not question the presence of the divine.
C
The differences between animals prove the divine is not real.
D
The powers of the divine are frightening to behold.
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Read the passage from "A Shield."A lonely warrior,I am wounded with iron,Scarred with sword-points,sated with battle-play,Weary of weapons.I have witnessed much fighting,Much stubborn strife.

A
warrior
B
iron
C
wounded
D
strife
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Read the passage from "A Shield."A lonely warrior,I am wounded with iron,Scarred with sword-points,sated with battle-play,Weary of weapons.I have witnessed much fighting,Much stubborn strife.

A
alliteration
B
character
C
plot
D
rhyme
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If Leon wants to write about the theme of "Ozymandias," he should describe

A
his opinion of the poem.
B
his reaction to the poem.
C
the message in the poem.
D
the plot details in the poem.
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Read the passage from "Ozymandias."I met a traveller from an antique landWho said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stoneStand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

A
antique
B
trunkless
C
visage
D
sneer

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