Greensheet 2

Which of the following statements is best supported by information given in the passage?

• Terry never focused on one career; she was skilled at so many things that she did not excel in any one thing.

• Terry was so clever an actress that her portrayal of a role seemed to change every night.

• Shaw encouraged Terry to become a play-wright by carefully tutoring her in creating plots and characters.

• Because Terry lacked confidence in certain of her skills, she never fully realized she was a person of rare talents and gifts.

• Because Terry did not have natural talent for either writing or acting, she struggled to learn her crafts and became great through sheer willpower.

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The author’s attitude toward Terry can best be described as

• superior and condescending

• unbiased and dispassionate

• sympathetic and admiring

• curious and skeptical

• conciliatory and forgiving

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In line 1, “picture postcards” functions as a metaphor for the

• published text of a play

• audience’s impressions of the actors’ performances

• critical reviews of plays

• plays in which the actors in the company have previously performed

• stage designer’s sketches of sets and scenes

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The passage implies that the primary enemy of the “beautiful coloured canvas” and the “wavering, insubstantial phantom” is the

• cost of producing plays

• whims of critics

• passage of time

• incredulity of audiences

• shortcomings of dramatists

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The phrase “a verbal life on the lips of the living” suggests that

• performances live only in the memories of those who witness and speak of them

• actors do not take the trouble to explain their art to the public

• the reviews of critics have a powerful influence on the popularity of a production

• dramatists try to write dialogue that imitates ordinary spoken language

• audiences respond to the realism of the theater

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What is the relationship of the second and third sentences to the first sentence?

• They are structurally less complex than the first.

• They are expressed in less conditional terms than the first.

• They introduce new ideas not mentioned in the first.

• They clarify and expand on the first.

• They question the generalization made in the first.

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The pronoun “it” in the sentence which begins "What remains is at best..." refers to which of the following?

• "fate”

• “curtain”

• “canvas”

• “phantom”

• “life”

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The effect of italicizing the words in the following sentence is to “Oh God, that I were a writer!” she cried. “Surely a writer could not string words together about Henry Irving’s Hamlet and say nothing, nothing.”

• emphasize Terry’s sense of frustration

• indicate a sarcastic tone

• suggest the difficulty of writing great parts for actors

• link a clear sense of purpose to success in writing

• imply that Terry’s weakness in writing is her tendency to exaggerate

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The words “bubbled off” and “peeled off”, used to describe the way Terry wrote, emphasize

• polish and sophistication

• thoughtfulness and application

• bluntness and indiscretion

• mystery and imagination

• ease and spontaneity

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Which of the following stylistic features is used most extensively in the sentences starting “If it was a rolling-pin..." and finishing out that paragraph?

• Inversion of normal subject/verb/object order

• Repetition of sentence structure

• Periodic sentence structure

• Sentence fragments for emphasis

• Use of connotative meanings that add complexity

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