READING
The contrasts the narrator draws in sentences 1 and 2 between the Players' homes and
the houses in the "landscape" and between the Players' automobiles and the "roads"
are most likely meant to suggest that the
Players' homes and automobiles are - ANSWERB. modern and alien
Based on the passage, which of the following most accurately characterizes the claim
that "there was plenty
of time to smooth the thing out" (sentence 8)? - ANSWERA. A comforting falsehood that
the Players know to be
untrue
Which choice best describes the overall structure of the passage? - ANSWERB. An
author's life is connected to various themes in her work.
When the author writes that C. diegosuarezi "should have been a meat eater," she most
likely means that the species - ANSWERD. had body features similar to those of its
meat-eating relative
Which of the following does the author offer as evidence to support the point that, for a
time, serialization was highly successful? - ANSWERA. The change in circulation for
The Pickwick Papers
Based on the passage, Anderson puts "city" in quotation marks most likely to -
ANSWERB. signal a nonliteral usage
It can reasonably be concluded from the passage that in
the author's opinion, scientific research today is chiefly impaired by the - ANSWERD.
operation of economic forces potentially hostile to
the common good
Which choice best describes the relationship between
the two passages? - ANSWERA. Passage 1 mainly discusses the National Radio Quiet
Zone in general, while Passage 2 mainly discusses a particular threat to the zone's
integrity.
The descriptive language in sentence 10 is mainly intended to reinforce the passage's
depiction of the Players' - ANSWERD. persistent mood of despair regarding the play
The narrator most strongly suggests that which of the
following resulted in the transformation described in the last paragraph? - ANSWERD.
The break in routine occurring the day before the first performance