Silas Marner
Which choice best describes a major theme of the passage?
D) The restorative power of parental love
The main purpose of the passage is to
D) assess the impact of advancements in technology on overall job growth.
The author includes the quotation “Air gets pretty unpredictable behind a flapping wing” (lines 17-18) to
A) explain that the current created by a bird differs from that of an airplane.
As used in line 9, “raise” most nearly means
D) elevate.
As compared with Silas’s gold, Eppie is portrayed as having more
A) vitality
According to Brynjolfsson and McAfee, advancements in technology since approximately the year 2000 have resulted in
D) no global creation of new jobs
What can reasonably be inferred about the reason Usherwood used northern bald ibises as the subjects of his study?
D) The ibises were easily accessible for Usherwood and his team to track and observe.
In Passage 1, Tocqueville implies that treatment of men and women as identical in nature would have which consequence?
B) Both sexes would be greatly harmed.
Which statement best describes a technique the narrator uses to represent Silas’s character before he adopted Eppie?
A) The narrator emphasizes Silas’s former obsession with wealth by depicting his gold as requiring certain behaviors on his part
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
A) Lines 1-6 (“MIT... years”)
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
C) Lines 22-24 (“The study... Europe”)
Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous question?
C) Lines 22-24 (“It may... degraded”)
The narrator uses the phrase “making trial of everything” (line 7) to present Eppie as
B) curious.
The primary purpose of lines 26-28 (“the amount... labor”) is to
D) explain a term.
What is the most likely reason the author includes the 30 cm measurement in line 30?
A) To demonstrate the accuracy with which the data loggers collected the data
Both authors would most likely agree that the changes in gender roles that they describe would be
part of a broad social shift toward greater equality.
According to the narrator, one consequence of Silas adopting Eppie is that he
D) looks forward to a different kind of future.
As used in line 35, “clear” most nearly means
D) unmistakable.
What does the author imply about pelicans, storks, and geese flying in a V formation?
C) They create a similar wake to that of ibises.
Tocqueville in Passage 1 would most likely characterize the position taken by Mill in lines 65-69 in Passage 2 (“Let... them”) as
C) ill-advised but consistent with a view held by some other advocates of gender equality