- Read the excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper."I think sometimes that if I were only well enough to write a little it would relieve the press of ideas and rest me.But I find I get pretty tired when I try.It is so discouraging not to have any advice and companionship about my work. When I get really well, John says we will ask Cousin Henry and Julia down for a long visit; but he says he would as soon put fireworks in my pillow-case as to let me have those stimulating people about now.I wish I could get well faster.But I must not think about that. This paper looks to me as if it KNEW what a vicious influence it had!Which part of this excerpt best demonstrates the narrator's social alienation?-"I think sometimes that if I were only well enough to write a little it would relieve the press of ideas and rest me."-"It is so discouraging not to have any advice and companionship about my work."-"When I get really well, John says we will ask Cousin Henry and Julia down for a long visit."-"This paper looks to me as if it KNEW what a vicious influence it had!"
- What does the narrator's description of the wallpaper in "The Yellow Wallpaper" reveal about her worldview?-She feels a great deal of pressure to behave a certain way, as if everyone is always watching her.-She does not like interacting with people because they aren't able to understand the wallpaper.-She feels overpowered by everyone in her life, which is why she is refusing to see her family. -She feels that her needs are well taken care of by her husband and other members of her family.
- Which topic would prompt an argumentative essay?-The History of the Gender Divide-A Study of Women's Careers in America-A Case for Gender Equity in the Workplace-The Decreasing American Paychecks
- Read the following paragraph.Students attending schools with mandatory uniform policies experience less pressure than do students who must choose their wardrobes. This is because school uniforms allow students and their parents to save money and time. The financial investment in uniforms at the beginning of the school year is far more economical than the purchase of an entire wardrobe of designer clothes and trendy styles. Students who do not have to deliberate what to wear each morning are able to invest their time in more productive ways, such as studying for tests or finishing homework. Uniforms may stifle students' self-expression, but there are many other ways to reveal one's individuality at school.Which revision would best strengthen the author's main argument?-the omission of the author's point of view-the addition of more general statements and ideas-the correction of spelling and punctuation errors-the inclusion of reputable sources and specific facts
- Read the excerpt from "Mending Wall."We keep the wall between us as we go.To each the boulders that have fallen to each.And some are loaves and some so nearly ballsWe have to use a spell to make them balance:"Stay where you are until our backs are turned!"We wear our fingers rough with handling them.Oh, just another kind of out-door game,One on a side. It comes to little more:There where it is we do not need the wall:He is all pine and I am apple orchard.What feature of this excerpt makes it blank verse?-It has a rhyming pattern.-It has iambic pentameter.-It does not use everyday language.-It is about nature.
- Read the excerpt from "The Yellow Wallpaper."He said that after the wall-paper was changed it would be the heavy bedstead, and then the barred windows, and then that gate at the head of the stairs, and so on."You know the place is doing you good," he said, "and really, dear, I don't care to renovate the house just for a three months' rental."Based on this excerpt, which statement best describes John's viewpoint of the wallpaper?-He believes that the wallpaper should be replaced.-He believes that the wallpaper is unattractive.-He believes that his wife is overreacting to the wallpaper.-He believes that his wife likes the wallpaper.
- Which statement best describes the main idea of the third paragraph of "How We Entered World War I"?-US citizens were comfortable with their detachment from England and had no interest in going to war.-US citizens were proud of themselves for ignoring the problems going on in Europe.-US citizens were tired of fighting with Europe and wanted to continue the separation. -US citizens were told to keep their opinions to themselves about the possibility of going to war.
- True or FalseYou will find hybrid grapes like Aurore and Seyval Blanc in the northeastern United States
- 90) Almost 90 percent of people in the Western Hemisphere claim adherence toA) Christianity. B) Roman Catholicism. C) Protestantism. D) Eastern Orthodoxy.
- 92) Judaism is classified as an ethnic rather than a universalizing religion, primarily becauseA) its main holidays relate to events in the life of its founder, Abraham.B) it uses a lunar calendar.C) its rituals derive from the agricultural cycle in Israel.D) it commemorates the Exodus from Egypt.
- 91) Which is not true about Buddhism?A) has three main branches: Theravada, Mahayana, and VajrayanaB) practiced today mostly in IndiaC) clustered primarily in East Asia and Southeast AsiaD) Most Chinese adherents belong to the Mahayana branch.
- What 3 red grapes grow best in Northeastern Unitied States?
- 94) In which religion do both Christianity and Islam claim to have roots?A) Confucianism B) Animism C) Hinduism D) Judaism
- 93) Christianity diffused hierarchically throughA) the travels of missionaries. B) the conversion of Emperor Constantine.C) daily contact between believers and nonbelievers. D) diffusion through India to Indonesia.
- Who is the pioneer of the Finger Lakes and viticultural practices in the northeast of the United States
- True or FalseConcord. A vitis labrusca species grape is grown commonly in the northeastern United States
- Suffragists suffered a bitter defeat in 1896 when a referendum on woman suffrage failed in which state?
- Rapid spread of industrialization, immigration, urbanization, and nativism
- First national meeting of women abolitionists
- Emergence of cultural norms emphasizing domesticity and separate spheres for women