Read this excerpt from “Exhalation”


The Reversalists continue their labors, confident that they will one day construct an engine that generates more compression that it uses, a perpetual power source that will restore to the universe its lost vigor.


Which theme is best supported by the excerpt?


A. Death must always be endured alone.


B. Change us difficult to accept but beneficial if embraced.


C. People will always look for a way to achieve immortality.


D. Scientific study requires dedication and perseverance.

Answer: C. People will always look for a way to achieve immortality.

Explanation: In this excerpt from "Exhalation" by Ted Chiang, the theme that is best supported is that people will always look for a way to achieve immortality. In "Exhalation", the narrator describes a world with living creatures that are made of mechanical parts. These creatures fill their lungs with air from the reservoir. The air flow depends on air pressure, and this pressure is reaching equilibrium. Equilibrium means death. The Reversalists are trying to find a way to solve this, thus bringing immortality to all of them.

The theme which supports best by the excerpt is people will always look for a way to achieve immortality. Thus, option C is correct.

In this excerpt from "Exhalation" by Ted Chiang, the theme that is best supported is that people will always look for a way to achieve immortality. In "Exhalation", the narrator describes a world with living creatures that are made of mechanical parts.

These creatures fill their lungs with air from the reservoir. The air flow depends on air pressure, and this pressure is reaching equilibrium. Equilibrium means death. The Reversalists are trying to find a way to solve this, thus bringing immortality to all of them.

Therefore, The theme which supports best by the excerpt is people will always look for a way to achieve immortality. Thus, option C is correct.

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Which egyptian god is considered the king of the underworld

What did the five spots of paint on the outside of the house reveal?


A)The precautions the house took to defend itself
B)The new paint colors Mrs. McClellan was considering for the house
C)The ways the house turned against the people
D)The silhouettes of the family working and playing outside

Which contains an error in punctuation? A. History is an easy subject or me since I like reading about the past. B.Even though it is really difficult, Spanish is my favorite subject this year.C. Pre-calculus was a snap, but calculus is my hardest subject this year. D.English is my worst subject because, I don't like reading novels

Which best describes the stance the clan takes on the missionaries' increased presence in the village?

A. They are violently opposed.
B. They are all opposed, but non-violently.
C. Some are indifferent and some are accepting.
D. They are all excited about the missionaries.

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My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could
make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came
to be called Pip.

I give Pirrip as my father's family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister—
Mrs. Joe Gargery, who married the blacksmith. As I never saw my father or my mother, and
never saw any likeness of either of them (for their days were long before the days of
photographs), my first fancies regarding what they were like, were unreasonably derived from
their tombstones. The shape of the letters on my father's, gave me an odd idea that he was a
square, stout, dark man, with curly black hair. From the character and turn of the inscription,
"Also Georgiana Wife of the Above," I drew a childish conclusion that my mother was freckled
and sickly. To five little stone lozenges, each about a foot and a half long, which were arranged
in a neat row beside their grave, and were sacred to the memory of five little brothers of mine—
who gave up trying to get a living, exceedingly early in that universal struggle—I am indebted
for a belief I religiously entertained that they had all been born on their backs with their hands
in their trousers-pockets, and had never taken them out in this state of existence.

Ours was the marsh country, down by the river, within, as the river wound, twenty miles of
the sea. My first most vivid and broad impression of the identity of things, seems to me to have
been gained on a memorable raw afternoon towards evening. At such a time I found out for
certain, that this bleak place overgrown with nettles was the churchyard; and that Philip Pirrip,
late of this parish, and also Georgiana wife of the above, were dead and buried; and that
Alexander, Bartholomew, Abraham, Tobias, and Roger, infant children of the aforesaid, were
also dead and buried; and that the dark flat wilderness beyond the churchyard, intersected with
and mounds and gates, with scattered cattle feeding on it, was the marshes; and that
the low leaden line beyond, was the river; and that the distant savage lair from which the wind
was rushing, was the sea; and that the small bundle of shivers growing afraid of it all and
beginning to cry, was Pip.

"Hold your noise!" cried a terrible voice, as a man started up from among the graves at the
side of the church porch. "Keep still, you little, or I'll your throat!”



Question 5 (3.5 points)


The author describes Pip as "the small bundle of shivers." This probably means that Pip is __________.
Question 5 options:


A. someone with inner qualities that make him admirable

B. small and cold, and therefore quite vulnerable

C. always focusing on the negative side of life

D. not someone whose word can be trusted

A conflict is a struggle between forces in a story. True or False

Which phrase from Chavez’s speech uses details to support his argument that the grape boycott is working? "In our life and death struggle for justice" "truckloads of grapes being dumped" "there is still much hard work ahead of us" "I hope that you will join our struggle"

How does Nora's reaction at seeing Krogstad create suspense in the play?
A.
Her reaction makes readers wonder what Nora's children think about Krogstad.
B.
Her reaction makes readers wonder why Nora's husband is not at home.
C.
Her reaction makes readers wonder how Nora knows Krogstad.
D.
Her reaction makes readers wonder how Nora knows Mrs. Linde

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Nonfiction and fiction are most often written in prose or verse?

A. Verse

B. Prose

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Read the passage from chapter 7 of Animal Farm.

As Clover looked down the hillside her eyes filled with tears. If she could have spoken her thoughts, it would have been to say that this was not what they had aimed at when they had set themselves years ago to work for the overthrow of the human race. These scenes of terror and slaughter were not what they had looked forward to on that night when old Major first stirred them to rebellion. If she herself had had any picture of the future, it had been of a society of animals set free from hunger and the whip, all equal, each working according to his capacity, the strong protecting the weak, as she had protected the lost brood of ducklings with her foreleg on the night of Major's speech. Instead—she did not know why—they had come to a time when no one dared speak his mind, when fierce, growling dogs roamed everywhere, and when you had to watch your comrades torn to pieces after confessing to shocking crimes. There was no thought of rebellion or disobedience in her mind. She knew that, even as things were, they were far better off than they had been in the days of Jones, and that before all else it was needful to prevent the return of the human beings. Whatever happened she would remain faithful, work hard, carry out the orders that were given to her, and accept the leadership of Napoleon. But still, it was not for this that she and all the other animals had hoped and toiled. It was not for this that they had built the windmill and faced the bullets of Jones's gun. Such were her thoughts, though she lacked the words to express them.

Which statement best describes the use of satire in this passage?

Parody is used to illustrate the impact of Stalin’s purge.
Ridicule is used to show the gullibility of the Russian citizens.
Reversal is used to show how Clover, representing the people, has changed ideals.
Personification is used to show the reader Stalin’s thoughts and feelings.

The theme of the poem can best be described as?

1) Nature is amazing and confusing.
2) A poet can create entire worlds with words.
3) Sometimes it is good to just lie and watch the sky.
4) The world is a prison and only the mind can help you escape.

Cloud by Sandra Cisneros
If you are a poet, you will see clearly that there is a cloud floating in this sheet of paper. -Thich Nhat Hanh Before you became a cloud, you were an ocean, roiled and murmuring like a mouth. You were the shadows of a cloud cross- ing over a field of tulips. You were the tears of a man who cried into a plaid handkerchief. You were the sky without a hat. Your heart puffed and flowered like sheets drying on a line. And when you were a tree, you listened to the trees and the tree things trees told you. You were the wind in the wheels of a red bicycle. You were the spidery Maria tattooed on the hairless arm of a boy in downtown Houston. You were the rain rolling off the waxy leaves of a magnolia tree. A lock of straw-colored hair wedged between the mottled pages of a Victor Hugo novel. A crescent of soap. A spider the color of a fingernail. The black nets beneath the sea of olive trees. A skein of blue wool. A tea saucer wrapped in newspaper. An empty cracker tin. A bowl of blueber- ries in heavy cream. White wine in a green-stemmed glass. And when you opened your wings to wind, across the punched- tin sky above a prison courtyard, those condemned to death and those condemned to life watched how smooth and sweet a white cloud glides.

Examine the public service ad.



What is the most likely reason this campaign includes a city in the background?

to encourage tourists to visit urban areas
to encourage urban planners to build parks within city limits
to show that there are parks near urban areas
to show that the expansion of cities is diminishing parkland

Read the following passage from "Another Evening at the Club."
Putting the ring away in his pocket, he bent over her and with both hands gently patted her on the cheeks. It was a gesture she had long become used to, a gesture that promised her continued security, that told her that this man who was her husband and the father of her child had also taken the place of her father who, as though assured that he had found her a suitable substitute, had followed up her marriage with his own funeral. The gesture told her more eloquently than any words that he was the man, she the woman, he the one who carried the responsibilities, made the decisions, she the one whose role it was to be beautiful, happy, carefree. Now, though, for the first time in their life together, the gesture came like a slap in the face.
Which of the following best describes the relationship between Samia and her husband, Abboud Bey?

A. admiring

B. concerned

C. patronizing

D. respectful

One last English question I need answered!!


No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of human danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most terrestrial men fancied there might be other men upon Mars, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this earth with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.


Which three of these statements best describe the inhabitants of Mars as they are described in paragraph one of this excerpt. Choose one answer from each group. Type the LETTER ONLY for each answer in the correct blank.


Type C, D, or E for Blank 1.


They are filled with compassion and culture.

They plan to invade the Earth.

They do not care about other planets.



Type F, G, or H for Blank 2.

They want to study science.

They are disinterested in humans.

They are observant.



Type I, J, or K for Blank 3.

They want what humans have.

They feel sympathy for humans on Earth.

They need to be friends with humans.


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Which underlined phrase is a prepositional phrase acting as an adverb?

A. At the taos ski resort in New Mexico, expert skiers plunge down the mountain.

B. In New Mexico, the mountains of the Taos ski resort offer skiers challenging slopes.

C. expert skiers love to ski the beautiful mountains of the taos ski resort in New Mexico.

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Genesis, Chapter 3 and Paradise Lost, Book X
John Milton

Genesis 3: 12-13

And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.


Paradise Lost, Book X, 124-162

Adam sore beset repli'd.
O Heav'n! in evil strait this day I stand125
Before my Judge, either to undergoe
My self the total Crime, or to accuse
My other self, the partner of my life;
Whose failing, while her Faith to me remaines,
I should conceal, and not expose to blame130
By my complaint; but strict necessitie
Subdues me, and calamitous constraint
Least on my head both sin and punishment,
However insupportable, be all
Devolv'd; though should I hold my peace, yet thou135
Wouldst easily detect what I conceale.
This Woman whom thou mad'st to be my help,
And gav'st me as thy perfet gift, so good,
So fit, so acceptable, so Divine,
That from her hand I could suspect no ill,140
And what she did, whatever in it self,
Her doing seem'd to justifie the deed;
Shee gave me of the Tree, and I did eate.

To whom the sovran Presence thus repli'd.
Was shee thy God, that her thou didst obey145
Before his voice, or was shee made thy guide,
Superior, or but equal, that to her
Thou did'st resigne thy Manhood, and the Place
Wherein God set thee above her made of thee,
And for thee, whose perfection farr excell'd150
Hers in all real dignitie: Adornd
She was indeed, and lovely to attract
Thy Love, not thy Subjection, and her Gifts
Were such as under Government well seem'd,
Unseemly to beare rule, which was thy part155
And person, hadst thou known thy self aright.

So having said, he thus to Eve in few:
Say Woman, what is this which thou hast done?

To whom sad Eve with shame nigh overwhelm'd,
Confessing soon, yet not before her Judge160
Bold or loquacious, thus abasht repli'd.
The Serpent me beguil'd and I did eate.



Question 6 (1 point)
Please refer to the excerpt from Tennessee Journalism to answer question 6.

Which TWO details help the author develop the setting and suggest something about the South?

Question 6 options:

A) I was told by the physician that a Southern climate would improve my health.

B) He was scowling fearfully and I judged that he was concocting a particularly knotty editorial.

C) He was smoking a cigar and trying to think of a word, and in pawing his hair he had rumpled his locks a good deal.

D) When I went on duty I found the chief editor sitting tilted back in a three-legged chair with his feet on a pine table.

E) He wore a ruffled shirt a large seal-ring, a standing collar of obsolete pattern, and a checkered neckerchief with the ends hanging down. Date of costume about 1848.

Which sentence is correctly punctuated? Dedicated in May, 1922, the Lincoln Memorial, was built to honor Abraham Lincoln. Dedicated in May 1922 the Lincoln Memorial, was built to honor Abraham Lincoln. Dedicated in May 1922 the Lincoln Memorial was built to honor Abraham Lincoln. Dedicated in May 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was built to honor Abraham Lincoln.

Which action do believe was the strongest proof of Gary’s commitment to integration? Explain your answer

1. True or false you do not need to use a comma when directly addressing someone or something in a sentence. Why or why not?

In most of the Spiderman films, the viewer knows that Peter Parker is actually a superhero, but his character manages to hide that from those around him. His bedroom has posters, décor, and items typical for a normal guy his age. But once he puts on that Spiderman costume, he becomes the anonymous hero his town depends on to fight crime.



Spiderman illustrates the technique of dramatic irony because



the audience learns a lot about Peter from the items in his bedroom


the Spiderman suit creates suspense and hints at future events


the audience knows something that the film characters don't know


the Spiderman suit is a plot device that brings characters together

What does the word in bold mean in this sentence?

However, within weeks, Amazon.com capitulated and allowed Macmillan and other publishers to set prices of e-books. (3 points)


Gave up

Succeeded

Cooperated

Made a mistake

What MOST LIKELY explains the speaker's use of the full name 'Richard Cory'? A) It helps the line length remain consistent. B) It helps the rhyme scheme remain consistent. C) It emphasizes that the speaker didn't really know or understand him. D) It emphasizes that he was from a different generation than the speaker.

Which area of individual competence is lacking in the following scenario?
A group member is concerned that her ideas will not be accepted by other group members, so she avoids contributing unless asked to.
critical thinking
effective listening
assertion
understanding

From what literary work is the following excerpt from?

"Look what I'm plannin', plannin', I'm plannin' to
Do all this while ya panickin'
And you're lookin' and starin' at mannequins
And I'm goin' to Fanagans
Trying to get up a plan against
All of the blana-kazana-ka-fam-bam-bannigans
While of all the bana-kazanika Hanna in a cabana
You're in a cab-
I'm in a cabana and a Janet
I'm in a cabana chantin' all this standup banter
While you don't got the stamina, you're lackin' the stamina
You're lackin' the stamina while you're divorcin' Harrison Ford
And I'm in a Porsche on the floorboards
While I'm world tourin'
You usin' way too many napkins, papkins
Lapkins and chapki-
You using ChapStick and napkins while I'm bapkin'
Flappin' around like a bapkin'
Flamminababbitapannitajampkin
Dammit, a can of pada-"

Placing pieces of information into groups to remember them better is called a. Visualizing c. Rhyming b. Keywording d. Categorizing

In the excerpt above, which word has a connotative rather than a denotative meaning? old killed pushed crowd

Who is the narrator of a story? A. the protagonist of the story B. the person who wrote the story C. a character who is not involved in the story's events D. the person who relates the events of the story for the audience

which energy source is the result of tiny sea creatures being compressed over million of years?

How does the King of Lycia resolve the conflict caused by the contradictory messages Bellerophon brings?

Since he is a kind man, he refuses to put Bellerophon to death.

He sacrifices Bellerophon to the monster.


Because he knows the motive is jealousy, he ignores the messages.


He sends Bellerophon to kill the monster.
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A student is preparing an informative speech on the world's tallest bridges. The student wants to emphasize why the tallest bridge - found in the Ladakh valley between the Dras and Suru rivers in the Himalayan Mountains - is so picturesque.

Which visual aid will BEST demonstrate the student's point?
A. a table showing the heights of the tallest bridges
B. a photo of the bridge shown against the mountains
C. a graphic of the technology used to build the bridge
D. an illustration comparing the bridge with other bridges