Which of the following statements is an example of what Rushdie calls “human truth”?

• Anna Karenina was a real person.

• 
  Salman Rushdie included a flying carpet in his novel.

• Fiction contains elements that are universal to all humans.

• Fiction is sometimes based on true events.

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Which one of the following examples would fit the criteria of “magical realism”?

• a cat that wears a hat, eats pasta, and plays the violin

• a beam of light that transports a man to another planet

• a flying house that comes with a detailed technical manual

• a supernatural being that resembles a large bowl of pudding

Pallas personates an old woman; she both places false gray hair on her temples, and supports as well her infirm limbs by a staff.

What is the meaning of personates as it is used in the excerpt?

• to punish someone in order to injure them

• to give someone a personality

• 
  to compliment someone

• to assume the identity of someone else

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Which of the following best describes a “human truth” revealed in Ovid’s story "The Transformation of Arachne into a Spider?

• 
  Arachne acquires a reputation for fine workmanship.

• Pallas transforms Arachne into a spider.

• Arachne displays a haughty superiority.

• Pallas uses her embroidery to celebrate the gods.

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Read the sentence from paragraph 6 of Kafka’s story. 

His boss would certainly come round with the doctor from the medical insurance company, accuse his parents of having a lazy son, and accept the doctor’s recommendation not to make any claim as the doctor believed that no-one was ever ill but that many were workshy.

What does the word workshy mean as it is used in the sentence?

• unemployed

• bashful

• idle

• 
  injured

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Write a paragraph to summarize the text, The Metamorphosis (Section I). Be sure to include key details in your objective summary.

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Personates

• pretend to be

• humble plea

• humble request

• monarch

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Entreaty

• humble request

• humble plea

• intimidates

• soveriegn

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Suppliant

• humble request

• humble plea

• woeful

• difficult

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Daunted

• woeful

• miserable

• intimidated

• poisonous

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