There Are Not Many People

The narrator of the passage is best described as

• an engaging raconteur

• an inexperienced observer

• a sanctimonious moralizer

• a passionate advocate

• a cruel satirist

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The long interruption in the first sentence serves to

• rebuff criticism and attack skeptical critics

• generate amusement and draw in the reader

• broach a theory and qualify an assertion

• clarify a misstatement and propose a revision

• establish a formal tone and compliment the reader

Lines 9-11 ("I don't... alone") contain an instance of

• historical allusion

• sly understatement

• refined diction

• formal invocation

• dramatic aside

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

The function of lines 11-14 ("A great... by night") is to

• emphasize the paucity of evidence for a position

• highlight the complexity of a particular line of reasoning

• defend the veracity of a claim on empirical grounds

• claim widespread support for a seemingly counter-intuitive view

• limit the scope of a claim in anticipation of objections

In lines 14-20, the narrator uses which approach in maintaining that "there are not... many people who would care to sleep in a church" (lines 8-9)

• Drawing an analogy

• Citing a precedent

• Issuing a dare

• Discussing personal experience

• Offering factual evidence

In line 18, "singly" is best understood to mean

• for only one purpose

• in particular

• for the first time

• only once

• alone

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CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The use of "previously" in line 19 suggests the narrator's belief that the opponent

• has never been in an actual country churchyard before

• will meet with him before visiting the churchyard

• has little to fear from being locked inside the church

• might lose his courage in the churchyard at night

• might very well encounter a real ghost

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

The relation between the first paragraph and the second is best described as

• assertion and explanation

• observation and deduction

• cause and effect

• theory and practice

• action and reflection

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In the second paragraph, the wind is characterized as a

• weak recluse

• thwarted spirit

• lonely wayfarer

• onetime friend

• sinister tyrant

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

The tone of lines 41-44 ("Ugh!... church!") is best described as one of

• abject humiliation

• satiric humor

• wry aversion

• weary dismissal

• stern admonition

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CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10