"The Hairy Maid" Excerpt
The purpose of the passage is most likely to...
A. describe the cultural landscape in Gulliver's Travels
B. draw a comparison between the fictional world Gulliver experienced and the similar imaginative elements of eighteenth-century London
C. point out the superfluous nature of entertainment in Swift's London
D. provide evidence that Swift's satire is derived from the natural curiosity of European royalty
E. discredit the notion that Gulliver's Travels is a wholly original work
B. draw a comparison between the fictional world Gulliver experienced and the similar imaginative elements of eighteenth-century London.
The speaker in this passage is...
A. delivering a political speech
B. rendering a legal judgment
C. reminiscing about the past
D. a state governor
E. involved with the railroad company
B. rendering a legal judgment.
In general, the passage reveals a point of view that is...
A. philanthropic and utopian
B. pessimistic and cynical
C. altruistic and elitist
D. quixotic and irrational
E. positivist and unreasonable
A. philanthropic and utopian
RANDOM QUESTION!!!
In the Harry Potter franchise, every witch or wizard has a "patronus" that takes the form of a specific animal. What animal is Hermione Granger's patronus?
An otter.
The author of this passage is most likely...
A. a poet
B. a novelist
C. an art critic
D. a journalist
E. an actor
A. a poet
The footnote 1 in line 27 indicates that...
A. the article first appeared as an addendum to Gulliver's Travels
B. Gulliver's Travels was first published in 1939
C. the quotation "looked like the … Theater" was excerpted from Gulliver's Travels, part of a 14 volume set of Swift's works
D. the quotation "looked like the … Theater" was originally written by Herbert Davis
E. Gulliver's Travels was reprinted in its entirety in 1939, and credited to Herbert Davis instead of Swift
C. the quotation "looked like the … Theater" was excerpted from Gulliver's Travels, part of a 14 volume set of Swift's works.
RANDOM QUESTION!!!
On the popular baking competition show, the Great British Baking Show, Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood are the current judges. Who was originally Paul Hollywood's co-judge, later replaced by Prue Leith?
Mary Berry
The Institution (line 27) is...
A. a hospital
B. a town
C. an asylum
D. a school
E. a church
D. a school
This passage is most notable for its...
A. meticulous classification
B. unusual point of view
C. precise description
D. resourceful analogies
E. lyrical prose
C. precise description
The author relies principally on which of the following methods to substantiate his thesis?
A. a faulty analogy
B. process analysis
C. deductive reasoning
D. an accumulation of facts
E. illustration by example
E. illustration by example
. The footnote 2 in line 39 indicates...
A. the quotation was taken from a professional journal
B. the quotation refers to a 1710 exhibit in Amsterdam
C. the quotation originally appeared in Gulliver's Travels in 1883
D. the quotation, describing a miniature exhibition of Amsterdam, first appeared in a book by John Ashton
E. the quotation was originally published in a newspaper
D. the quotation, describing a miniature exhibition of Amsterdam, first appeared in a book by John Ashton.
Based on the passage, the speaker holds that...
A. racial equality will become a reality in America
B. civil equality is guaranteed by the Constitution
C. racial equality is guaranteed by the Constitution
D. both civil and racial equality are guaranteed by the Constitution
E. neither civil nor racial equality is guaranteed by the Constitution
B. civil equality is guaranteed by the Constitution
The sentence that begins "They are, therefore, correctly speaking, the most wicked and worthless …" (lines 55-61) serves to...
A. explain a paradox
B. prepare an antithesis
C. present an analogy
D. resolve an inconsistency
E. summarize a theme
A. explain a paradox
Most likely, the passage is extracted from...
A. an entry in a scientific journal
B. a nineteenth-century novel
C. a book on tourism
D. a letter from a poet
E. a book on volcanoes
A. an entry in a scientific journal
RANDOM QUESTION!!!
In the original Mighy Morphin' Power Rangers television series, there were six rangers: Red, Yellow, Green, Blue, Black, and Pink.
Which ranger was NOT originally part of this team, and first appeared in the series as a villain?
The Green Ranger, Tommy Oliver
The detailS in lines 50-56 suggest the scene is viewed by which of the following?
A. an impartial anthropologist
B. an intrigued visitor
C. a critical literary scholar
D. an argumentative architect
E. a struggling writer
C. a critical literary scholar
4. In line 50, "pernicious" most nearly means
A. just
B. unjust
C. useful
D. propitious
E. harmful
E. harmful
RANDOM QUESTION!!!
On February 18th, 2021, a new rover landed on the surface of Mars in order to gather material and send back data to Earth about the possibility of ancient Martian life. What is the name of this new rover?
Perseverance
In context, one can infer that tuff is...
A. an alternate spelling for tough
B. a kind of sand
C. made up principally of grass
D. volcanic rock
E. dense and resistant
D. volcanic rock
"… when Art surrenders her imaginative medium she surrenders everything" (lines 54-55) is in the form of...
A. a maxim
B. a chiasmus
C. an antithesis
D. an understatement
E. an analogy
A. a maxim
How many playable characters were there in the original Super Smash Bros. for the Nintendo 64?
12
8 originals and 4 unlockables.
The style of the entire passage can be best described as...
A. ornate and whimsical
B. dry and objective
C. abstract and legalistic
D. terse and opinionated
E. probing and subtle
D. terse and opinionated
"They" (line 64) refers to...
A. the poor
B. the wealthy
C. the inhabitants of Lanark
D. the inhabitants of neighboring areas
E. all of the above
B. the wealthy
In this passage, the speaker is most notably impressed by...
A. the flora on the islands
B. the force of the Pacific Ocean
C. the fragments of granite
D. the symmetrical craters on the islands
E. the topography of the smaller islands
D. the symmetrical craters on the islands
Above all else, the author reveres...
A. beauty
B. life
C. Shakespeare
D. Caesar
E. English drama
A. beauty