Choose the meaning of the bold word.
He had left school in junior high, ostensibly because his mother was ill. (“Delfino II: Diez in the Desert”)
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Responses
oddly
oddly
surely
surely
fortunately
fortunately
supposedly
supposedly
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
And I throbbed with a burning desire / To travel this immensity. (“Your World”)
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Responses
monstrosity
monstrosity
vastness
vastness
world
world
infinity
vastness
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
[T]he Last Poets embodied black power. (“Hip-Hop Planet")
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Responses
enabled
enabled
exploded
exploded
weakened
weakened
personified
personified
Choose the meaning of the bold word.
What happens to a dream deferred? (“Harlem II")
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Responses
postponed
postponed
hidden
hidden
moved
moved
forgotten
postponed
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined phrase.
The Statue of Liberty has stood for more than 100 years in New York Harbor.
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Responses
adverb phrase
adverb phrase
adjective
adjective
appositive phrase
appositive phrase
adverb
adverb
adjective
Identify the choice that best describes the underlined phrase.
Frédéric Bartholdi, the sculptor, came up with the concept of a “mighty woman with a torch” as he sailed into the harbor.
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Responses
infinitive
infinitive
appositive phrase
appositive phrase
adverb phrase
adverb phrase
adjective phrase