Reading Test
65 MINUTES, 52 QUESTIONS
Turn to Section 1 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.
DIRECTIONS
Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a
number of questions. After reading each passage or pair,
choose the best answer to each question based on what is
stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any
accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).
Questions 1–10 are based on the following passage.
This passage is excerpted from George Gissing, New Grub Street.
Originally published in 1891. Reardon was a newly successful author and
had married, but soon found himself unable to write. Following a
conversation with his wife, he takes a walk and thinks about the time just
before his wedding.
,
,
, 1. Which choice best describes a major theme of the passage?
A) The internal battle between true love and self-doubt B) The
unequivocal joy of wedded marital bliss
C) The destructive power of encroaching poverty
D) The fear of never reaching one’s ultimate potential
2. According to the narrator, when the woman he loved learned of his feelings
for her, she A) pledged her undying affection in return.
B) dedicated herself to her maidenhood.
C) reconsidered her prior refusal of his advances.
D) wrote her own book of poetry.
3. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous
question?
65 MINUTES, 52 QUESTIONS
Turn to Section 1 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.
DIRECTIONS
Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a
number of questions. After reading each passage or pair,
choose the best answer to each question based on what is
stated or implied in the passage or passages and in any
accompanying graphics (such as a table or graph).
Questions 1–10 are based on the following passage.
This passage is excerpted from George Gissing, New Grub Street.
Originally published in 1891. Reardon was a newly successful author and
had married, but soon found himself unable to write. Following a
conversation with his wife, he takes a walk and thinks about the time just
before his wedding.
,
,
, 1. Which choice best describes a major theme of the passage?
A) The internal battle between true love and self-doubt B) The
unequivocal joy of wedded marital bliss
C) The destructive power of encroaching poverty
D) The fear of never reaching one’s ultimate potential
2. According to the narrator, when the woman he loved learned of his feelings
for her, she A) pledged her undying affection in return.
B) dedicated herself to her maidenhood.
C) reconsidered her prior refusal of his advances.
D) wrote her own book of poetry.
3. Which choice provides the best evidence for the answer to the previous
question?
