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According to the speaker, which of the following is part of human destiny?
action
suffering
pleasure |
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Of the ideas expressed in the following lines, with which does the speaker disagree?
line 1
line 13
line 21 |
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The speaker would be most likely to compliment a person for
taking risks
being cooperative
being level-headed |
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The speaker most emphasizes the need to
study the past
live in the present
plan for the future |
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The speaker believes that heroes tend to be:
ignored
inspiring
threatening |
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Early in the story, the narrator says that the skull Tom finds indicates that the swamp:
was an evil place
was Captain Kidd's burial place
had been an Indian battleground
had been the site of human sacrifices |
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| HAD BEEN AN INDIAN BATTLEGROUND |
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The narrator indicates that Old Scratch doesn't frighten Tom because
he doesn't look like a devil
he uses his powers to calm Tom
Tom doesn't realize who he is
Tom's wife is more frightening |
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| TOM'S WIFE IS MORE FRIGHTENING |
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As proof of the truth of his statements, Old Scratch
lends Tom his ax
promises to take Tom's wife
gives Tom a piece of pirate gold
signs Tom's forehead with a fingerprint |
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| SIGNS TOM'S FOREHEAD WITH A FINGERPRINT |
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The relationship between Tom and his wife is most similar to the typical relationship between:
newlyweds
a cat and a dog
business partners
an employer and an employee |
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Tom's wife most probably disappears because she:
gets lost in the swamp and dies
runs away to start a new life without Tom
tries to bribe Old Scratch to leave Tom alone
is "taken" after trying to make a bargain with Old Scratch |
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| IS "TAKEN AFTER TRYING TO MAKE A BARGAIN WITH OLD SCRATCH |
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In what the narrator calls the "most authentic" account of the disappearance of Tom's wife, Tom finds
only her apron
a skull tied up in her apron
a heart and liver tied up in her apron
the household valuables tied up in here apron |
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| A HEART AND LIVER TIED UP IN HER APRON |
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The disappearance of his wife makes Tom feel:
angry
fearful
grateful
indifferent |
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In negotiating their deal, Tom rejects Old Scratch's suggestion that he:
become a usurer
become a slave trader
drive other people to Old Scratch
use the pirate treasure in Old Scratch's service |
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An important factor contributing to Tom's success as a moneylender is:
his religious conversion
his generosity toward borrowers
other people's desire to get rich quick
Old Scratch's interference in the economy |
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| OTHER PEOPLE'S DESIRE TO GET RICH QUICK |
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So that Old Scratch can't take him by surprise, Tom, in his old age
carries a Bible in his pocket
spends most of his time in church
stops taking advantage of borrowers
gives up his money lending business |
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| CARRIES A BIBLE IN HIS POCKET |
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At the end of the story, Old Scratch comes for Tom because:
Tom hasn't fulfilled the bargain
the bargain gives him the right to Tom's soul
Old Scratch doesn't want to fulfill the bargain
Old Scratch never intended for Tom to become so successful |
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| THE BARGAIN GIVES HIM THE RIGHT TO TOM'S SOUL |
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After Tom's disappearance, all of his belonging are:
given to charity
buried in the swamp
mysteriously changed or destroyed
distributed to the borrowers he cheated |
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| MYSTERIOUSLY CHANGED OR DESTROYED |
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According to Emerson, goodness
is impossible to achieve
is the enemy of the individual
results from being self-reliant
should be the chief goal of the individual |
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| RESULTS FROM BEING SELF-RELIANT |
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According to Emerson, to achieve greatness, one must possess:
modesty and honesty
individuality and self-trust
an overwhelming desire for recognition and acceptand
the ability to adapt quickly to changing attitutes and values |
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| INDIVIDUALITY AND SELF-TRUST |
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Emerson believes that people who achieve greatness tend to live
by themselves
in the world by society's rules
in the world by their own rules
long enough for society to come to understand them |
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| IN THE WORLD BY THEIR OWN RULES |
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According to Emerson, society encourages all of the following except
uniformity
independent thinking
sacrifice for the common good
obedience to custom and tradition |
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According to Thoreau, contentment is
boring
desirable
common
impossible |
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Thoreau believes that he was wisest
when he was born
when he decided to live at Walden Pond
while he was living at Walden Pond
when he decided to leave Walden Pond |
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Thoreau's home on Walden Pond could best be described as a
tent
cabin
mansion
housboat |
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Thoreau's attitude toward newspapers and letters is one of
fondness
fascination
annoyance
grudging acceptance |
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When Thoreau says, "I have found that no exertion of the legs can bring two minds much nearer to one another," he means that physical closeness
is enough
is all that people can really hope for
doesn't guarantee intellectual or spiritual closeness
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| DOESN'T GUARANTEE INTELLECTUAL OR SPIRITUAL CLOSENESS |
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Thoreau decided to leave Walden Pond because he
had grown lonely
felt that it was time to do other things
didn't find what he had hoped to find there
knew that he would never truly feel at home there |
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| FELT THAT IT WAS TIME TO DO OTHER THINGS |
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Which of the following quotations contains a metaphor?
"I say, let your affairs be as two or three, and not a hundred or a thousand."
"The upright white hewn studs and freshly planed door and window casings gave it a clean and airy look."
"Men say th |
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| "MEN SAY THAT A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE, AND SO THEY TAKE A THOUSAND STITCHES TODAY TO SAVE NINE TOMORROW" |
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Which of the quotations contains a simile?
"I did not wish to live what was not life, living is so dear."
"Instead of three meals a day, it if be necessary eat but one."
"I took up my abode... on Independence day, or the fourth of July, 1845."
"The |
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| "THE VERY DEW SEEMED TO HANG UPON THE TREES LATER INTO THE DAY THAN USUAL, AS ON THE SIDES OF MOUNTAINS." |
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Which of the following quotations contains personification?
"I do not wish to be any more busy with my hands than is necessary."
"As the sun arose, I saw [Walden Pond] throwing off its nightly clothing of mist."
"Still we live meanly, like ants; thou |
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| AS THE SUN AROSE, I SAW [WALDEN PONG] THROWING OFF ITS NIGHTLY CLOTHING OF MIST." |
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In "I hear America Singing," the songs of the workers are and expression of their
weariness
individuality
restlessness
lack of seriousness |
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How are the songs in the last two lines of "I Hear America Singing" different from the songs elesewhere in the poem?
They are songs of play
They are songs of defiance
They are songs of immigrants
They are songs of romantic love |
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| THEY ARE SONGS OF DEFIANCE |
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In "I Hear America Singing," the speaker's attitude toward the future of the nation is one of
gloom
indifference
mild concern
boundless optimism |
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Which of the following is the least likely reason that the speaker of "I Sit and Look Our" is silent?
The speaker is unaware of the world's problems
The speaker is overwhelmed by the world's problems
The speaker is deeply saddened by the world's prob |
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| THE SPEAKER IS UNAWARE OF THE WORLD'S PROBLEMS |
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Which of the following best describes the attitude of the speaker in "I Sit and Look Out" toward the subject of the poem?
hopeful
outraged
detached
suprised |
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The speaker of "Song of Myself" would be least likely to describe death as
final
lucky
natural
meaningful |
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Line 3 of "Song of Myself" is most probably intended to convey the speaker's felling of being
inferior to others
superior to others
connected to others
isolated from others |
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In "Song of Myself," what is the attitude of the speaker toward "creeds and schools" (line 10)?
joyous
trusting
scornful
accepting |
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In "Song of Myself," nature is presented as all of the following except
inspiring
mystical or spiritual
endangered by humanity
interconnected with humanity |
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Lines 25-30 of "Song of Myself" suggest that the speaker believes that, with death, he or she will
cease to exist in any form
physically become one with nature
go on exactly as if nothing had happened
discover all of the answers to life's mysteries |
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| PHYSICALLY BECOME ONE WITH NATURE |
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Lennie and George are considered different for all of these reasons except
a
b
c
d |
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| George does not like Curly for all of these reasons except: |
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| What is the structure of "Of Mice and Men"? |
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