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Choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word.

"An aged man is but a *paltry* thing,/ A tattered coat upon a stick..."
a.inadequate
b.invisible
c.significant
d.unwise

I got a 7/17 😭

The words in ** are the italicized words.

1) "An aged man is but a *paltry* thing,/A tattered coat upon a stick..."
Correct: Inadequate

2) "You dozed, and watched the night revealing/The thousand *sordid* images..."
Correct: Disgusting

3)"Between the desire/And the spasm/ Between the *potency*/And the existence..."
Correct: Power

4) "My friend, you would not tell with such high *zest*/To children ardent for some desperate glory..."
Correct: Enthusiasm

5) "I looked at the sea of yellow faces above the *garish* clothes..."
Correct: Gaudy

6)"...and air that smelt like a challenge whether it was warm and *sultry* at noon, or as brisk as cold water, like it was now."
Correct: Muggy

7) "...shook our heads in wonder and approval of such exemplary *filial* behavior."
Correct: Befitting a son or daughter

8) "Turning and turning in the widening gyre/The falcon cannot hear the falconer;/Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;/Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world..."
Correct: The world is descending into chaos.

9) "They had no money evidently; according to Professor Trevelyan they were out of the nursery, at fifteen or sixteen very likely."
Correct: An allusion

10) "A body of England's, breathing English air,/Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home."
Correct: Parallelism

11) Which sentence from Doris Lessing's "A Sunrise on the Veld" BEST explains the boy's decision concerning the buck?
Correct: "If I had not come it would have died like this: so why should I interfere?"

12) Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Correct: Dogs, cats, and hamsters are animals that you are unlikely to find in a zoo.

13) Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Correct: Most of the charity's activities will cease in January 2019.

14)Which sentence is punctuated INCORRECTLY?
Correct: The story was, far too long and way too dull, in my opinion.

15) Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Correct: The children's playroom was metaphorical beehive of activity.

16) Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
Correct: The most popular hose pets are as follows: dogs, cats, and birds.

17) Which of these is an example of a word divided correctly at the end of a line?
Correct: Un-believably

MAKE SURE YOU CHECK YOUR QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE THE SAME, BECAUSE LIKE KADESHIA SAID THEY SHUFFEL UP THE QUESTIONS SO NOT EVERYBODY WILL HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS/ANSWERS!!! THIS IS ONLY THE ONES FOR MY TEST!!!

Good luck everyone✌️~

Just wanted to let yall know they shuffle up the questions and switch them around so yall test could be completely different!!

10/17 here are the right responses

1. A inadequate
2. A disgusting
3. C day of rest
4. A Anxiety
5. D watchful
6. C prepared for planting
7. D befitting a son or daughter
8. A an evening rainstorm in a city
9. B internal rhyme
10. A parallelism
11. A if I had not come it would have died like this so why should I interfere
12. C I didn’t know what the package was where it came from or when it arrived
13. C The president lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue,NW, Washington, DC, 20500
14. D hey, Chris, do you want to watch the game on TV tonight?
15. C The children’s playroom was a metaphorical beehive of activity.
16. C medicine has seen great advances; life expectancy‘s have risen as a result.
17. D in-believably

I originally got an 13/17 on this test (76.5%) but I made sure I gave yall the correct answers. IF your test is the same as mine you should get a 100%

1. Choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word.

“An aged man is but a paltry thing,/A tattered coat upon a stick…”
(1 point)
(1 pt) inadequate
(0 pts) invisible
(0 pts) significant
(0 pts) unwise
1 /1 point
2. Choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word.
“She was as adventurous, as imaginative, as agog to see the world as he was.”
(1 point)
(0 pts) ashamed
(1 pt) eager
(0 pts) proud
(0 pts) tempted
1 /1 point
3. Choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word.
“Between the desire/And the spasm/Between the potency/And the existence…”
(1 point)
(0 pts) announcement
(0 pts) creation
(0 pts) loss
(1 pt) power
1 /1 point
4. Choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word.
“The housemaster, Mr. Wordsworth, sat behind his desk with an appearance of perplexity and
apprehension.”
(1 point)
(0 pts) comprehension
(0 pts) enthusiasm
(1 pt) puzzlement
(0 pts) weariness
1 /1 point
5. Choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word.
“It was a tiny incident in itself, but it gave me a better glimpse than I had had before of the real nature of
imperialism—the real motives for which despotic governments act.”
(1 point)
(1 pt) authoritarian
(0 pts) democratic
(0 pts) monarchist
(0 pts) socialist
1 /1 point
6. Choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word.
“… and air that smelt like a challenge whether it was warm and sultry at noon, or as brisk as cold water,
like it was now.”
(1 point)
(0 pts) dry
(1 pt) muggy
(0 pts) temperate
(0 pts) unbearable
1 /1 point
7. Choose the word or phrase that best defines the italicized word.
“…shook our heads in wonder and approval of such exemplary filial behavior.”
(1 point)
(0 pts) befitting a loving parent
(0 pts) befitting a loyal citizen
(0 pts) befitting a soldier or warrior
(1 pt) befitting a son or daughter
1 /1 point
8. Read these lines from T.S. Elliot’s “Preludes.”
“Six o’clock./The burnt-out ends of smoky days./And now a gusty shower wraps/The grimy
scraps/Of withered leaves about your feet/And newspapers from vacant lots…”
Which of the following is being described?
(1 point)
(1 pt) an evening rainstorm in a city
(0 pts) an aernoon windstorm in a city
(0 pts) an aernoon snowstorm in a rural area
(0 pts) a violent thunderstorm on a country morning
1 /1 point
9. “Nobody shot him, Jerome. A pig fell on him.”
This line of dialogue from Graham Greene’s “A Shocking Accident” is an example of which of the
following?
(1 point)
(0 pts) stream of consciousness
(1 pt) humor of situation
(0 pts) epiphany
(0 pts) humor of character
1 /1 point
10. Read these lines from Rupert Brooke’s “The Soldier.”
“A body of England’s, breathing English air,/Washed by the rivers, blest by suns of home.”
Which of these can be found in this excerpt?
(1 point)
(1 pt) parallelism
(0 pts) repetition
(0 pts) an epiphany
(0 pts) an allusion
0 /1 point
11. Which sentence from George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant is the best example of Orwell’s intentional
use of irony?
(1 point)
(0 pts) “I had almost made up my mind that the whole story was a pack of lies, when we heard yells a little distance
away.”
(0 pts) “If he charged, I could shoot; if he took no notice of me, it would be safe to leave him until the mahout came
back.”
(1 pt) “They had not shown much interest in the elephant when he was merely ravaging their homes, but it was dierent
now that he was going to be shot.”
(0 pts) “Early one morning the sub-inspector at a police station the other end of town rang me up on the phone and said
that an elephant was ravaging the bazaar.”
1 /1 point
12. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (1 point)
(0 pts) I didn’t know, what the package was where it came from, or when it arrived.
(0 pts) I didn’t know, what the package was, where it came from, or when it arrived.
(1 pt) I didn’t know what the package was, where it came from, or when it arrived.
(0 pts) I didn’t know what the package was, where it came from or when it arrived.
1 /1 point
13. Which sentence is punctuated correctly? (1 point)
(0 pts) On January 1, 2019 most of the charity’s activities will cease.
(1 pt) Most of the charity’s activities will cease in January 2019.
(0 pts) The president lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20500.
(0 pts) The president lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC 20500.
1 /1 point
14. Which sentence is punctuated incorrectly? (1 point)
(0 pts) When you get there, you will see him, of course.
(0 pts) Hey, Chris, do you want to watch the game on TV tonight?
(0 pts) Needless to say, nobody thought that her joke was particularly funny.
(1 pt) The story was, far too long and way too dull, in my opinion.
0 /1 point
15. Which sentence is punctuated incorrectly? (1 point)
(0 pts) The boys’ attempt at making dinner was a smashing success.
(1 pt) The childrens’ playroom was a metaphorical beehive of activity.
(0 pts) The music industry’s profits have fallen sharply over time.
(0 pts) The ladies’ room is on the other side of the building.
1 /1 point
16. Which sentence is punctuated incorrectly? (1 point)
(1 pt) Kenneth Grahame’s novel “The Wind in the Willows” was first published in 1908.
(0 pts) Kenneth Grahame’s novel The Wind in the Willows was first published in 1908.
(0 pts) Kenneth Grahame’s novel The Wind in the Willows was first published in 1908.
(0 pts) The Wind in the Willows, Kenneth Grahame’s novel, was first published in 1908.
1 /1 point
17. Which of these is an example of a word divided correctly at the end of a line? (1 point)
(0 pts) A-merica
(0 pts) squee-zed
(0 pts) unbelievab-ly
(1 pt) un-believably
1 /1 point

They are almost all correct.

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C. The first article uses 3rd person point of view; the second article uses 1st person point of view.