Which is the purpose of the resolution in a story?
1. The resolution is the place with the most action.
• 2. The resolution solves the last problem.
• 3. The resolution gives the first reactions to the conflict.
• 4. The resolution presents the main problem.
2. The resolution solves the last problem.
At the close of the Civil War, the South, in particular, suffered from massive destruction. In addition to establishing the United States and creating new industries, people concentrated on rebuilding the economy and infrastructure of the South. These major changes often overshadow some of the less visible, yet highly important, changes that took place in the aftermath of the war.
What does aftermath mean as it is used in the passage?
1. a final act of battle
2. a section of a unified country
3. a place where minor changes often occur
• 4. a period of time following a disastrous event
4. a period of time following a disastrous event
In the 1840s, women in the United States began fighting for more rights. They first pressed for property rights for married women. After the Civil War, the focus of women's rights activists shifted to voting. Women's rights activists felt that many of the problems women faced, and that American society faced, could be solved by granting women suffrage, or the right to vote.
In 1890, Wyoming became a state, with a provision in its constitution allowing women to vote in that state. In 1893, Colorado became the first state to adopt a state amendment that gave women voting rights. In 1895, Utah became a state and also included a suffrage provision in its constitution, followed by Idaho in 1896. Washington gave women the right to vote in 1910. In 1911, women in California gained voting rights, with Oregon, Kansas, and Arizona granting women suffrage in 1912.
Based on the passage, what can the reader infer about the women's suffrage movement?
• 1. The women's suffrage movement was a unified political movement.
• 2. By 1912, the women's suffrage movement no longer faced opposition.
• 3. Momentum for women's suffrage gained strength in the western United States.
• 4. States were more concerned about women's suffrage than property rights for women.
3. Momentum for women's suffrage gained strength in the western United States.
All through his boyhood and young manhood George Willard had been in the habit of walking on Trunion Pike. He had been in the midst of the great open place on winter nights when it was covered with snow and only the moon looked down at him; he had been there in the fall when bleak winds blew and on summer evenings when the air vibrated with the song of insects. On the April morning he wanted to go there again, to walk again in the silence. He did walk to where the road dipped down by a little stream two miles from.town and then turned and walked silently back again. When he got to Main Street clerks were sweeping the sidewalks before the stores. "Hey, you George. How does it feel to be going away?" they asked
The west bound train leaves Winesburg at seven forty-five in the morning. Tom Little is conductor. His train runs from Cleveland to where it connects with a great trunk line railroad with terminals in Chicago and New York. Tom has what in railroad circles is called an "easy run." Every evening he returned to his family. In the fall and spring he spends his Sundays fishing in Lake Erie. He has a round red face and small blue eyes. He knows the people in the towns along his railroad better than a city man knows the people who live in his apartment building.
(from Winesburg, Ohio by Sherwood Anderson)
Which characteristics are mainly contrasted in the descriptions of George Willard and Tom Little?
• 1. bravery and fear
• 2. foolishness and wisdom
• 3. freedom and confinement
• 4. restlessness and contentment
4. restlessness and contentment
It was clear from the start that this was a doomed voyage, but Jasper could not perceive this truth. He forged onward despite protests from his mother and all his acquaintances. In a great hurry, he made arrangements with ship captains, secured goods for the trip, and generally worked himself into a breathless mess by noon. He was a comical sight on the docks, his cap nearly blown off his head, his trousers half held up by ratty suspenders. But he was oblivious to the figure he cut.
He had awoken on this unlucky Tuesday with an idea in his mind so bright it was is if the stars themselves had lodged it there: he must sail to Ecuador and join his older brother Thomas on his quest for the lost city. That he had not heard from Thomas in over six months and had absolutely no idea where in Ecuador Thomas might be found did little to dissuade Jasper. "How big could Ecuador possibly be?" he speculated to himself. "It couldn't be much larger than New York! I will surely ask around and find him promptly." Jasper was, if nothing else, a positive thinker.
Which best expresses the narrator's viewpoint towards Jasper?
• 1. The narrator thinks Jasper is foolish.
• 2. The narrator sees Jasper as loyal to his family.
• 3. The narrator views Jasper as unlucky and uneducated.
• 4. The narrator admires Jasper's ability to see the good in things.
1. The narrator thinks Jasper is foolish.
The eager night and the impetuous winds, The hints and whispers of a thousand lures, And all the swift persuasion of the Spring,
Surged from the stars and stones, and swept me on ...
The smell of honeysuckles, keen and clear,
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Startled and shook me, with the sudden thrill Of some well-known but half-forgotten voice.
A slender stream became a naked sprite, Flashed around curious bends, and winked at me Beyond the turns, alert and mischievous.
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A saffron moon, dangling among the trees, Seemed like a toy balloon caught in the boughs, Flung there in sport by some too-mirthful breeze ...
What is the meaning of torpid as it is used in line 16?
1. Elated
2. Inspired
3. Listless
4. Restless