Question 1

The phrase starched and ironed her face(line 1) is best interpreted to mean that Janie

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erected a fascade appropriate to a formal occasion

Question 2

THe phrase rollicking with the springtime across the world evokes Janie\'s

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attitude toward her own future

Question 3

The phrase asking lonesomeness some questions presents an example of

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personification

Question 4

Janie had hated her grandmother primarily for

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systematically repressing Janie\'s free spirit

Question 5

The image of a great journey is a reference to

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the full experience of life

Question 6

In context, which of the following depends on the way you see things?

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your chance of achieving fulfillment

Question 7

In context, the phrase deal in scraps(line 45) is best interpreted to mean

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focus narrowly on practical problems

Question 8

The parable of creation primarily to

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illustrate Janie\'s self-perception and philosophy of life

Question 9

Janie believed that the very basci characteristic of human nature is

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irrepressible joy

Question 10

In the parable of creation, \"each little spark\", represents

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a human soul

Question 11

It can be inferred that each man who drove consdierable distance to see JAnie was

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hoping to convince her that he would be a worthy successor to Joe

Question 12

WHich of the following best describes Janie at the end of the passage?

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She feels free from social constraints and confident about the future

Question 13

The tone of hte last 2 paragraphs

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gentle sarcasm

Question 14

Which of the following best describes how Janie felt about the influence of her mother and her grandmother?

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she still harbored some resentment, but was confident that she had matured intact

Question 15

All of the folling represent figurative language except

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expensive black folds

Question 16

next prose passage

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your mother

Question 17

Which of the following best indicates the subject of the passage?

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the speaker\'s indictment of the grandparents\' selfishness

Question 18

The spiritual poverty of the children is most likely the result of

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emotional deprivation

Question 19

The attitude of the speaker as a an adult, in contrast to the attitude of the child observer, is best described as

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cheerfully vindinctive and unforgiving

Question 20

The granparents\' home and furnishings signify to the children

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a world to be approached, even cautiously sampled, but not possessed

Question 21

Which of the folliwing best describes the grandfather?

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self absorbed

Question 22

The cheif efffect og such contrasts as business matters and rheumatism and Ste. Anne De BEaupre and Miami is to

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intensify the speaker\'s sense of the ridiculous

Question 23

The comparsion of the grandfather to Galahad is ironic primarily becasue the grandfather?

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has less pure ideals, less noble pursuits

Question 24

All of the folowing help substain a pattern of religious imagery in teh passage except

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officiated

Question 25

which of the following is the most credible reason for the kind of attention the grandmother paid to the grandchildren?

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she had feelings of inadequacy

Question 26

The passage presents an ironic juxtaposition of

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innocence and egotism

Question 27

Which of the following best sums up the contrast btwn the attitude of the adult speaker and child speaker?

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accusatory... awed

Question 28

The speaker\'s attitude toward he grandparents is one of

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bitterness

Question 29

grandmother\'s regard for her own conversation is evidence of her

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smugness and inhospitality

Question 30

The principal device used by the speaker to satirize the grandmother\'s conversation is

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mingling the serious and the trival indiscriminately

Question 31

next prose passage

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f this

Question 32

The primary distinction made int eh first paragraph is one between

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a narrow definition of tradition and more inclusive one

Question 33

Which of the folliwng best describes the fucntion of the first sentence?

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it clears the way for serious discussion by dismissing a common misconception

Question 34

THe phrase lost in the san is best read as a metaphor relating to

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ephermal trends

Question 35

In context, the clause, anyone who would continue to be a writer beyond his twenty fifth year suggests which of the following?

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1 and 3 only

Question 36

According to the passage, writers who are most aware of their own contemporaneity would be those who

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have an intimate acquaintance with past and present

Question 37

In the 1st paragraph, the author is most concerned with

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defining the historical sense as it relates to writing

Question 38

The author implies that the first course is inadmissible becasue following it leads to

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failure of discriminate among the various literary works of past centuries

Question 39

The main current is best understood as that

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is and has been durable in literature

Question 40

IN line 45, the mind which changes refers to which of the following

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1 and 2 only

Question 41

In lines 48-49, the author refers to the rock drawing of .... as

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a part of a continuing artistic tradition that is still changing

Question 42

Which of the following is implicit before That this development ... improvement?

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THe writer must be aware

Question 43

The function of the quotation in lines 60-62 is primarily to

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support ironicallt an idea different from the one apparently intended by \"Someone\"

Question 44

The development of the argument can best be described as progressing from the

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assertion of an idea to an elaboration of its meaning

Question 45

Taken as a whole, the passage is best described as

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an expository passage largely concerned with defintion

Question 46

next passage

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finals suck

Question 47

The imagery in the 1st stanza most clearly suggests?

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powerful domination

Question 48

IN the 2nd stanza, Adversty is likened to a

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teacher

Question 49

The Stern rugged nurse(line13) imparts which of the following to Virtue>

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the ability to empathize

Question 50

The pronoun\"own\" refers to

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woe

Question 51

THe adjective terrific is best interpreted to

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menacing

Question 52

Which of the following accounts for the ironic tone of and leave us leaisure to be good?

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leisure is most often associated with idleness rather than with virtue

Question 53

Melancholy is characterzied by her

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reticence and downward gaze

Question 54

The suppliant is

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the speaker

Question 55

AS the poem progresses, the speaker\'s mode of expression shifts from one of

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homage to entreaty

Question 56

next passage

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meowww

Question 57

In the 1st section of the poem, the speaker seeks to convey a feeling of

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contentment

Question 58

Saddening suggests that the

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clouds have become darker

Question 59

The speaker gives symbolic significance to which of the following?

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1,2,4 only

Question 60

Lines 11 and 12 are best understood to mean which of the following ?

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the fact that we can just hear the far-off sea shows how quiet our surroundings are

Question 61

the breeze is compared to

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lover

Question 62

desultory

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music is not evenly substained

Question 63

speaker\'s description of the sound of the lute emphasize all except

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remoteness

Question 64

the mute still air.... instrumente suggest that the

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air itslef contains potential musci

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