EMG IV B DIA2

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What is the poet Hakuin's nationality?
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B. Japanese
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In "The Whirligig of Life," all of the following statements are true except:
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B. The Bilbros leave the town divorced.
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Choose the correct definition for the following word:

millennium
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C. 1,000 years
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All of the following statements about eulogies are true except:
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B. When delivering a eulogy, the speaker should use very formal English.
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Which of the following statements about irony is false?
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C. Dramatic irony is also called sarcasm.
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Which word completes the following sentence?
In the movie, the man's _______________ could be seen when he gave countless gifts to the poor people in the neighborhood.
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D. magnanimity
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The word 'sonnet' means:
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C. a little song
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Parallelism in literature is:
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B. when separate parts of a sentence or stanza are balanced by using similar constructions
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In "Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep," the speaker is all of the following except:
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B. in the grave
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In the story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, what does Tan explore?
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C. conflict between mother and daughter
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In "A Stone I Died," the speaker has gained in all of the following forms except:
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A. a stone
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Which of the following is a complex sentence?
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A. Steve Jobs, who is the co-founder of Apple computers.
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In the short story "Two Kinds," the piano can symbolize
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D. all of the above
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The Latin root "tort-" means
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A. twist
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When is the "Communists in the State Department" speech given?
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A. five years after World War II
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In "Rip Van Winkle," which of the following characteristics best describes Dame Van Winkle?
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D. She was a shrew who was always nagging and complaining.
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In the speech "Communists in the State Department," McCarthy ends claiming this will end "only when the whole sorry mess of twisted warped thinkers are swept from the national scene so that we may have a new birth of national honesty and decency in government." Why is this ironic?
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D. all of the above
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The Latin root "fid-" means
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C. faith
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Complete the following analogy:
jocular : personality : :
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C. merry : holiday
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Which of the following reasons did President Kennedy use to justify his vision of the space program?
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7804208:A. He said it would promote the growth of science and education. ,7804210:C. He said it would lead to the creation of new tools and computers for industry, medicine, the home, and schools.
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In "Full of Life Now" by Walt Whitman, the speaker wants
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C. to be friends with the reader
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Use context clues to find the meaning of the underlined word:

The husband answered for his wife who had signs of repression all over her face.
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D. constraint
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President Kennedy's goal, after the Russians launched Sputnik was:
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B. to put a man on the moon before Russia did
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Complete the following analogy:
repression : freedom : :
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C. peace : war
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Choose the correct definition for the following word:

aerobic
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B. an organism requiring air for life
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All of the following statements about predictions are true except
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B. Predictions must be made only in the beginning of a text.
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Read the following sentences:
An assassin attempted to kill President Ronald Reagan. President Ronald Reagan decided to dedicate the rest of his life to "the Big Fella Upstairs." Which of the following is a complex sentence that combines the sentences above using an adverb clause?
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D. After an assassin attempted to kill Ronald Reagan, the President decided to dedicate the rest of his life to "the Big Fella Upstairs."
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Choose the best answer for the comparison.
spoil : damage : : ____________________
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C. endorse : approve
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Which of the following is a complex sentence?
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D. When Mrs. Mallard heard the bad news, she locked herself in a room.
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In the story "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan, what two kinds are referred to?
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B. daughters
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Answer true or false: Dying of dehydration while at sea is an example of situational irony.
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A. true
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"When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative." This quote is an example of:
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B. parallelism
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Under The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, people are given the freedom to leave their country for any reason.
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A. true
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Choose the correct definition for the following word:

aerosol
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C. a solution in a pressurized container
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What can be inferred by the first line of Haikuin's poem "Past Present Future: Unattainable"?
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D. They are clear.
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Choose the best answer for the comparison.
drought : flood : : ____________________
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A. peak : pit
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In "The Whirligig of Life," the Justice of the Peace
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C. grants Ariela five dollars of alimony
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The Latin root "fals-" means
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B. deceive
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Choose the correct definition for the following word:

bicentennial
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A. 200 years
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According to the Code of Hammurabi, everyone should be treated equally.
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B. false
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Answer true or false: In general, irony is when there is a similarity between appearances and reality.
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B. false
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What was the historical context of Joseph McCarthy's speech "Communists in the State Department"?
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C. The U.S. was fighting the spread of communism during the Cold War
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Choose the correct definition for the following word:

aerodynamic
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A. designed to be the least resistant to air flow
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In his commencement address to the graduating class at Stanford University, Steve Jobs
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A. tells the graduates that he never graduated from college
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Winning a plane ticket to Hawaii when you already live in Hawaii is not an example of situational irony.
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B. false
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A koan is
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C. a story, dialogue or question used by Zen Buddhists to teach lessons
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Which of the following characteristics describe Rip Van Winkle?
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7803940:A. He was a simple, good-natured man who was content in almost any circumstance.,7803942:C. He played with the village children and got along with the village wives.,7803943:D. He had an aversion to any work that might be profitable.
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Choose the correct definition for the following word:

annuity
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C. an amount of money paid every year
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Use context clues to find the meaning of the underlined word:

She begged Louise to open the door, but Louise would not listen to her sister’s importunities.
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B. pressing demand
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In "Rip Van Winkle," how did Diedrich Knickerbocker prefer to get his historical information?
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C. He prefered to get stories from people because he found that he got more information that way.
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In Act IV, Scene 1 of Macbeth, which of the following was NOT said to Macbeth by an apparition?
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D. None of woman born can harm him.
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In Act V, Scene 2 of Macbeth, where are Macbeth's enemies going to meet before marching on Macbeth's castle?
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B. Dunsinane
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In Act IV, Scene 1 of Macbeth, when he learns that Macduff has fled to England, what does Macbeth decide to do?
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C. Pursue Macduff and kill him
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In Act IV, Scene 1 of Macbeth, what does the apparition of eight kings represent?
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C. Macbeth's children
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In Act V of Macbeth, the pity and fear that the audience feels for the downfall of the tragic hero (if indeed there is any pity and fear for him) is an example of what tragic element?
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A. Anagnorisis
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In Act V of Macbeth, Macbeth's recognition that the apparitions' warning were equivocations is an example of what tragic element?
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C. Peripateia
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In Act V, Scene 1 of Macbeth, what do the doctor and gentlewoman observe?
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C. Macbeth prepares for an invasion of Malcolm's army.
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In Act V, Scene 1 of Macbeth, what is Lady Macbeth referring to in these lines?

"Out damned spot! Out, I say!"
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A. Blood on her hands
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In Act V, Scene 5 of Macbeth, what two pieces of bad news does Macbeth get?
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C. His wife is dead and Birnam wood is getting closer
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In Act IV, Scene 2 of Macbeth, what device is used by Lady Macduff in these lines?

"He loves us not; / He wants the natural touch: for the poor wren, / The most diminutive of birds, will fight, / Her young ones in her nest, against the owl."
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D. Soliloquy
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In Act IV, Scene 3 of Macbeth, in what way does Malcolm test Macduff's loyalty to him?
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D. Malcolm pretends to be a horrible person, not fit to rule.
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In Act IV, Scene 3 of Macbeth, what does Ross tell Macduff that is an example of an equivocation?
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C. "Your castle is surprised; your wife and babes / Savagely slaughter'd."
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In Act V, Scene 8 of Macbeth, what does Macbeth learn about his enemy, Macduff?
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B. Macduff did not have a normal birth
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In Act V, Scene 4 of Macbeth, what do the soldiers do in Birnam Wood?
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C. Cut branches off trees
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In Act V of Macbeth, the purification of emotions that the audience feels after witnessing the fall of a tragic hero is an example of what tragic element?
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A. Anagnorisis
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In Act V, Scene 2 of Macbeth, which character has NOT joined the army to defeat Macbeth?
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D. Siward
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In Act IV, Scene 1 of Macbeth, what device is used when the apparitions give Macbeth warnings and reassurances?
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D. Foreshadowings
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In Act IV, Scene 3 of Macbeth, what device is used in this line by Malcolm to Macduff?

"You have loved him well. / He hath not touch'd you yet."
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C. Dramatic irony
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In Act V, Scene 3 of Macbeth, what does Macbeth remember that reassures him of his invincibility?
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C. Prophecies of the witches
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In Act IV, Scene 1 of Macbeth, which of the following was NOT an apparition that appeared to Macbeth?
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D. An armed head
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In Act IV, Scene 1 of Macbeth, what device is used when the witches say, "Come, high or low; / Thyself and office deftly show!"
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A. Analogy
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In Act V, Scene 1 of Macbeth, to whom is Lady Macbeth referring in these lines?

"The thane of Fife had a wife: where is she now?"
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D. Macduff and his wife
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In Act IV, Scene 2 of Macbeth, what literary device is used in these lines by Ross?

"…We fear, yet know not what we fear, / but float upon a wild and violent sea / Each way and move."
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B. Irony
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In Act V, Scene 7 of Macbeth, whom does Macbeth kill in battle?
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D. Young Siward
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In Act V of Macbeth, the loss of power and life that Macbeth suffers as his downfall is an example of what tragic element?
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B. Catharsis
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In Act II of Macbeth, which of these characters is NOT revealed as a foil for Macbeth?
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B. Duncan
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In Act III, Scene 4 of Macbeth, what does this speech by Macbeth indicate?

 "I am in blood / Stepp'd in so far that, should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er."
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C. Macbeth is worried about the ultimate costs of his and his wife's actions.
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In Act II of Macbeth, what is the most important motif?
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B. Blood
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In Act II, Scene 1 of Macbeth, what does Macbeth hallucinate in his soliloquy?
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A. A bloody dagger
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When Act III of Macbeth begins, what has happened between the acts?
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B. Macbeth has been crowned King of Scotland.
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In Act II, Scene 3 of Macbeth, why is the Porter's scene important?
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B. It is comic relief.
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In Act II, Scene 2 of Macbeth, the fact that Macbeth does not say "amen" when the guards pray indicates what about him?
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A. He feels no shame.
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In Act III, Scene 2 of Macbeth, why doesn't Macbeth confide his plans to kill Banquo to Lady Macbeth?
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D. It was her idea in the first place.
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In Act II of Macbeth, how do Malcolm and Donalbain bring suspicion down on themselves?
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B. They escape the castle after the murder.
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In Act II, Scene 1 of Macbeth, the reference to an ancient Roman king who sneaks down the hall to do a violent rape is an example of what kind of literary element?
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C. Irony
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In Act II of Macbeth, which of the following lines is an example of understatement?
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C. Macbeth: 'Twas a rough night.
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In Act II, Scene 3 of Macbeth, the men's concern for the sensibilities of Lady Macbeth when she faints is an example of which literary element?
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B. Conflict
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In Act III of Macbeth, why does Macbeth decide to have Banquo and Fleance murdered?
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A. Banquo is blackmailing Macbeth over Duncan's murder.
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In Act II of Macbeth, which of the following is something that Lady Macbeth did NOT do to help her husband kill Duncan?
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D. She smeared the guards with blood.
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In Act III, Scene 4 of Macbeth, what unexpected guest arrives for the banquet?
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A. Banquo's ghost
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In Act III, Scene 6 of Macbeth, in what way does Macbeth's perepateia begin?
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B. Macbeth has achieved all he set out to achieve.
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In Act III, Scene 2 of Macbeth, who is being described in these lines?

"After life's fitful fever he sleeps well; / Treason has done his worst: nor steel, nor poison, / Malice domestic, foreign levy, nothing, / Can touch him further."
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B. Duncan
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In Act III, Scene 4 of Macbeth, what news does Macbeth get?
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B. Banquo has been killed, but Fleance escaped.
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In Act III, Scene 2 of Macbeth, who speaks these lines?

"Nought's had, all's spent, / Where our desire is got without content: / 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy / Than by destruction dwell in doubtful joy."
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C. Lady Macbeth
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In Act III, Scene 2 of Macbeth, what do we learn about how Macbeth and Lady Macbeth have been feeling?
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B. Both of the Macbeths have never been happier.
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Use context clues to find the meaning of the underlined word:

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Shakespeare's plays reflected what philosophy?
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C. Humanism
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In Act I of Macbeth, whom does Duncan name as his successor?
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D. Malcolm
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Why do people refer to Macbeth as "That Scottish Play"?
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A. It is thought to be cursed so actors try to avoid saying the title.
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In Act I of Macbeth, what method does Lady Macbeth use to encourage her husband to kill Duncan?
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D. She tempts him with flattery.
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Which of the following characters in Macbeth does not have a son?
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C. Macbeth
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Which of the following is the best definition for a tragic hero?
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A. A great man who makes a mistake.
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When the audience experiences pity and fear for the tragic hero, the result should be a purification of the emotions. What is the Greek term for that purification?
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B. Catharsis
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What is NOT established in Act I of the play Macbeth?
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B. Conflict
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Which of the witches' lines in Act I of Macbeth is NOT an example of paradox?
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C. "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater."
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What is NOT likely to happen at the end of a tragedy?
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A. The guilty are punished.
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In Act I, Scene 2 of Macbeth, what news does the Sergeant bring to Duncan?
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B. Macbeth has become Thane of Cawdor.
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Macbeth was written in honor of which English king?
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C. James I
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In Act I of Macbeth, which character is most driven to act upon his or her desires?
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B. Lady Macbeth
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We get our best understanding of tragedy from what source?
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D. Plutarch's Lives of the Romans
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In Act I of Macbeth, how do we first know that Macbeth is tempted by ambitions to power?
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C. He voices his desires in an aside.
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What did Shakespeare use as source material for the play Macbeth?
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B. Holinshed's Chronicles
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Macbeth was written during which period in English history?
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B. English Renaissance
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In Act I of Macbeth, which of the witches prophecies is the first to come true?
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C. Macbeth is made thane of Cawdor.
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In Act I of Macbeth, how does Lady Macbeth find out about the prophecies?
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C. Macbeth writes about it in a letter to her.
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In Act I of Macbeth, who is Macbeth talking about in these lines?

"The Prince of Cumberland! That is a step / On which I must fall down, or else o'erleap, / For in my way it lies."
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B. Duncan
Their visages, too, were peculiar: one had a large head, broad face, and small, piggish eyes; the face of another seemed to consist entirely of nose, and was surmounted by a white sugar-loaf hat set off with a little red cock’s tail.
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D. facial features
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In "Rip Van Winkle," what caused Rip to stay out on the Catskill Mountains when he was about to go home from a day of hunting squirrels?
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C. He was anxious to get home to finish some chores.
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In The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the reader knows that Pearl is the child of both Hester Prynne and Reverend Dimmesdale. The other characters don't know that Reverend Dimmesdale is the father.
What is the text above an example of?
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B. dramatic irony
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What theme did speeches by Steve Jobs (Stanford Commencement Speech) and Randy Pausch ("The Last Lecture") have in common?
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D. living life fully
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Read the following sentences:
Mrs. Mallard had heart trouble. Mrs. Mallard was shocked to see her husband alive.
Which of the following is a complex sentence that combines the sentences above using an adjective clause?
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B. Mrs. Mallard, who had heart trouble, was shocked to see her husband alive.
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When did Rip Van Winkle begin to understand how long he had been away?
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D. When he found that his beard had grown an entire foot.
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When does Rip Van Winkle awaken?
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A. 1 year before the American Revolution
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What is the poet Hakuin's nationality?
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B. Japanese
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In "Because I Could Not Stop for Death," what is the speaker's relationship with Death in the poem?
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D. Death is the speaker's father.
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What were Haikuin's beliefs based upon?
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C. Zen Buddhism
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Which sentence represents verbal irony?
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D. With tears in her eyes, Monique exclaimed, I'm not upset!"
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Which word completes the following sentence?
A/an _______________ of voices filled the courtroom as the two lawyers shouted back and forth at each other.
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B. antiphony
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Use context clues to find the meaning of the underlined word:

“How do you get people to help you? You can’t get there alone. People have to help you and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth.”
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A. fate
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All of the following statements about predictions are true except
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B. Predictions must be made only in the beginning of a text.
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Choose the best answer for the analogy.

treaty : peace : : ____________________
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D. hard work : prosperity
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Complete the following analogy: mosquito : bite
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A. wasp : sting
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"When you are right you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative." This quote is an example of:
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B. parallelism
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Choose the best answer for the analogy.

drought : flood : : ____________________
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A. peak : pit
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Which word completes the following sentence?
The principal felt _______________ . He believed that the student had done something wrong, yet he did not feel that the punishment fit the crime.
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B. cognitive dissonance
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Which of the following is a complex sentence?
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C. Whose name was Ariela.
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Which word completes the following sentence?
College students must cope with _______________ to be successful in classes.
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A. importunities
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Complete the following analogy:
morose : gloomy : :
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C. joyous : cheerful
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As President of the United States, Ronald Reagan accomplished all of the following except:
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D. He was an actor in Hollywood's golden age.
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Use context clues to find the meaning of the underlined word:

Ariela complained about her husband, Ransie, for five minutes. Ransie’s antiphony to the judge followed.
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A. response
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The structure of an Italian Sonnet is
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A. two quatrains and a sestet
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In "The Last Lecture," Dr. Randy Pausch talks about all of the following details except:
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B. his wife and three children
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Which of the following statements about irony is false?
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C. Dramatic irony is also called sarcasm.
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All of the following statements from "The Story of an Hour" are true except:
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B. Mrs. Mallard loved her husband very much.
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Which of the following descriptions most resembles the Kaat-Skill Mountains as they are described in Rip Van Winkle?
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B. The Kaat-Skills were a place of almost magical colors that changed with each season and each change of the weather.
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All of the following statements about eulogies are true except:
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D. Memorize the eulogy so you don't need to have it written and in front of you.
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Read the following:

Joe really didn't like going to Spanish class. Studying Spanish vocabulary took away time from what he really enjoyed doing, which was reading novels. However, Joe regularly attended the weekly Spanish language lab sessions, and he always was sure to study the vocabulary words for the test. He even took time to get some tutoring.

Which of the following is most likely to occur based on the paragraph above?
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D. Joe will be successful in Spanish class.
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Under Zen Buddhism what is the most effective way to achieve insight?
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D. meditation
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In "The Story of an Hour," who enters the house at the end of the story?
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D. Brently (Mr. Mallard himself)
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Which of the following is a complex sentence?
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A. If you read carefully, you should be able to find the theme.
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Read the following sentences:
Dr. Randy Pausch is a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University. He was first diagnosed with cancer in 2006.
Which of the following is a complex sentence that combines the sentences above using an adjective clause?
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C. A computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon University, Dr. Randy Pausch was first diagnosed with cancer in 2006.
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In "Rip Van Winkle," when Rip wakes up from his deep sleep, what does he find sitting next to him?
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C. His wife
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Complete the following analogy:
sepulchre : nursery : :
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A. funeral : birth
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In "Annabel Lee," why does the speaker believe that his love died?
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A. The angels were jealous of the couple's love.
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Use context clues to find the meaning of the underlined word:

Its chief merit is its scrupulous accuracy, which indeed was a little questioned on its first appearance, but has since been completely established; and it is how admitted into all historical collections as a book of unquestionable authority.
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B. precise
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Use context clues to find the meaning of the underlined word:

A termagant wife may, therefore, in some respects, be considered a tolerable blessing; and if so, Rip Van Winkle was thrice blessed.
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D. shrewish
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Parallelism in literature is:
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B. when separate parts of a sentence or stanza are balanced by using similar constructions
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Use context clues to find the meaning of the underlined word:

It was some time before he could get into the regular track of gossip, or could be made to comprehend the strange events that had taken place during his torpor.
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B. hibernation
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A subordinate clause contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
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B. false
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Who is the author commonly ascribed to the passage in Ecclesiastes 3: 1-8?
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D. none of the above
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One message of Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 might be:
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C. There are equal parts of bad and good in every life.
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The structure of an Italian Sonnet is
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A. two quatrains and a sestet.
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What is true about koan?
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A. It's meaning requires meditation.
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Use context clues to find the meaning of the underlined word:

He was generally seen trooping like a colt at his mother’s heels, equipped in a pair of his father’s cast-off galligaskins, which he had much ado to hold up with one hand, as a fine lady does her train in bad weather.
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C. pants
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Answer true or false: In Heinlein's quote ("The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive"), the word "alive" likely refers to the state of being not dead.
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B. false
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Read the following:
Two friends are walking down a road after a rainstorm. One friend trips and falls in a mud puddle. The other friend smirks and says, "Wow, you're pretty lucky!"
What is the text above an example of?
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A. verbal irony