Use the passage to answer the question.
Which of the following lines from the second stanza of "The Olympic Swimmer" best supports the image of swimming as a competitive sport?
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“Swimmers swivel, splash, and kick”
“Swimmers swivel, splash, and kick”
“Like fish at play in Neptune's sea.”
“Like fish at play in Neptune's sea.”
“Swimming relaxed, and calm, and free.”
“Swimming relaxed, and calm, and free.”
“These stars, like sharks, cut the waves –”
“These stars, like sharks, cut the waves –”
Use the passage to answer the question.
Read the following line from "The Olympic Swimmer."
“Like fish at play in Neptune's sea.”
The reference to Neptune in this line is most likely intended as a(n) __________ allusion.
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biblical
biblical
literary
literary
historical
historical
mythological
mythological
Use the passage to answer the question.
Which of the following universal truths is best supported by ideas in "The Olympic Swimmer"?
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Practice makes perfect.
Practice makes perfect.
Winning comes at a price.
Winning comes at a price.
The early bird catches the worm.
The early bird catches the worm.
All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
Practice makes perfect.
Read the following sentence from "The Balek Scales."
My grandfather was the first person bold enough to test the justice of the Baleks, the family who lived in the chateau and drove two carriages, who always maintained one boy from the village while he studied theology at the seminary in Prague, the family with whom the priest played taroc every Wednesday, on whom the local reeve in his carriage emblazoned with the Imperial coat of arms, made an annual New Year's Day call and on whom the Emperor conferred a title on the first day of the year in 1900.
The speaker uses the ideas in this sentence to most likely imply that the Baleks
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are generous to the people who lived in the village.
are generous to the people who lived in the village.
worked hard to earn their new title from the emperor.
worked hard to earn their new title from the emperor.
mindlessly fulfill the duties required of their social status.
mindlessly fulfill the duties required of their social status.
did not trust the narrator's grandfather and were suspicious of him.
did not trust the narrator's grandfather and were suspicious of him.
are generous to the people who lived in the village.
Read the following sentences from "The Black Sheep."
Meanwhile, the ones who had become rich got into the honest man's habit of going to the bridge at night to watch the water flow by beneath it. This increased the confusion because it meant lots of others became rich and lots of others became poor.
Now, the rich people saw that if they went to the bridge every night, they'd soon be poor. And they thought: "Let's pay some of the poor to go and rob for us." They made contracts, fixed salaries, percentages: they were still thieves of course, and they still tried to swindle each other. But, as tends to happen, the rich got richer and richer and the poor got poorer and poorer.
In these sentences, the narrator seems to suggest that
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Responses
the people admire the honest man's hobbies.
the people admire the honest man's hobbies.
most people try to cheat others in some way.
most people try to cheat others in some way.
societal structures are built on values and hard work.
societal structures are built on values and hard work.
society does not reward those who perform good deeds.
most people try to cheat others in some way.
Read the following sentences from "The Balek Scales."
When the Baleks von Bilgan went to High Mass on New Year's Day, their new coat of arms - a giant crouching under a fir tree - they saw the hard, pale faces of the people all staring at them. They had expected garlands in the village, a song in their honor, cheers and hurrahs, but the village was completely deserted as they drove through it, and in church the pale faces of the people were turned toward them, mute and hostile, and when the priest mounted the pulpit to deliver his New Year's sermon he sensed the chill in those otherwise quiet and peaceful faces, and he stumbled painfully through his sermon and went back to the altar drenched in sweat.
In these sentences, the priest is most likely "drenched in sweat" because he
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Responses
has grown feverish due to the unhealthy conditions.
has grown feverish due to the unhealthy conditions.
is nervous about the tension coming from the townspeople.
is nervous about the tension coming from the townspeople.
is worried that the Baleks will think he has turned against them.
is worried that the Baleks will think he has turned against them.
feels uneasy about the relevance of the sermon he has delivered.