The following text is adapted from Herman Melville’s 1855 novel Israel Potter. Israel is a young man wandering through New England during the late eighteenth century. He hired himself out for three months; at the end of that time to receive for his wages two hundred acres of land lying in New Hampshire. [...] His employer proving false to the contract in the matter of the land, and there being no law in the country to force him to fulfil it, Israel—who, however brave-hearted, and even much of a dare-devil upon a pinch, seems nevertheless to have evinced, throughout many parts of his career, a singular patience and mildness—was obliged to look round for other means of livelihood than clearing out a farm for himself in the wilderness. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined portion in the text as a whole?

It explains why, when the situation requires it, Israel is able to undertake courageous acts that others would generally avoid.

It implies that Israel treasures a particular characteristic of his personality when that characteristic should usually be regarded as a flaw.

It suggests that if not for a certain aspect of his character, Israel might not have been as easily thwarted in his ambition to establish a farm.

It shows why Israel would not have been able to undertake the enormous amount of labor necessary to run a farm even if he had owned the necessary property.

Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the underlined claim in Text 1?

By suggesting that dance companies should consider offering revised versions of The Nutcracker instead of completely rejecting the show

By questioning the idea that the story of The Nutcracker is stuck in the past and by rejecting the suggestion that contemporary audiences would enjoy an updated version

By agreeing that contemporary audiences have largely stopped going to see performances of The Nutcracker because it’s so old-fashioned

By pointing out that most dance companies could increase their incomes by offering modernized versions of The Nutcracker

To understand how Paleolithic artists navigated dark caves, archaeologist Mª Ángeles Medina-Alcaide and her team tested different lighting methods in a cave in Spain using replicas of artifacts found in European caves with art. They used three different Paleolithic light sources—torches, animal-fat lamps, and fireplaces—determining that each likely had a specific purpose. For instance, the team learned that the animal-fat lamps were less useful than torches while walking because the lamps didn’t illuminate the cave floor. Which choice best states the main idea of the text?

Medina-Alcaide and her team tested Paleolithic light sources and learned some details about how Paleolithic artists traveled within dark caves.

Medina-Alcaide and her team’s study demonstrated that fireplaces were essential to the creators of Paleolithic cave art.

Medina-Alcaide and her team discovered that Paleolithic cave artists in Spain used animal-fat lamps more often than they used torches.

Medina-Alcaide and her team were reluctant to draw many conclusions from their study because of the difficulty they had replicating light sources based on known artifacts.

A student is using the table as part of a social studies class presentation on the US auto industry in the early twentieth century. The student notes that, according to the table, from 1910 to 1925 _______ Which choice most effectively uses data from the table to complete the statement?

the number of cars produced increased but the number of companies producing cars decreased.

both the number of cars produced and the number of companies producing cars remained unchanged.

the number of cars produced decreased but the number of companies producing cars remained unchanged.

both the number of cars produced and the number of companies producing cars increased.

External shopping cues are a type of marketing that uses obvious messaging—a display featuring a new product, for example, or a “buy one, get one free” offer—to entice consumers to make spontaneous purchases. In a study, data scientist Sam K. Hui and colleagues found that this effect can also be achieved with a less obvious cue: rearranging a store’s layout. The researchers explain that trying to find items in new locations causes shoppers to move through more of the store, exposing them to more products and increasing the likelihood that they’ll buy an item they hadn’t planned on purchasing. Which response from a survey given to shoppers who made a purchase at a retail store best supports the researchers’ explanation?

“I needed to buy some cleaning supplies, but they weren’t in their regular place. While I was looking for them, I saw this interesting notebook and decided to buy it, too.”

“I didn’t buy everything on my shopping list today. I couldn’t find a couple of the items in the store, even though I looked all over for them.”

“The store sent me a coupon for a new brand of soup, so I came here to find out what kinds of soup that brand offers. I decided to buy a few cans because I had the coupon.”

“This store is larger than one that’s closer to where I live, and it carries more products. I came here to buy some things that the other store doesn’t always have.”

The 2021 exhibition This Is the Day at Arkansas’s Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art featured works dealing with expressions of faith and spirituality in the Black community. The museum’s 2022 exhibition The Dirty South, meanwhile, focused on Black culture in the American South from 1920 to 2020, with a particular focus on the intersections between visual arts and music. Together, these exhibitions don’t merely highlight the diversity of the Black experience in the US; they also showcase the diverse media through which artists have depicted and engaged with that experience. Which statement about the exhibitions, if true, would most directly support the underlined claim?

Between them, This Is the Day and The Dirty South included drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures, textiles, videos, costumes, and music.

This Is the Day included works by fewer than two dozen artists, whereas The Dirty South included works by more than 80 artists.

This Is the Day exclusively included works in the permanent collection of the museum, whereas The Dirty South included works from multiple sources outside the museum.

Between them, This Is the Day and The Dirty South included works depicting more than 300 years of Black experience in the United States.

Which choice best describes data from the graph that support the researchers’ conclusion?

In both the second and third test administrations, participants who took 2–4 days of leave had higher average attentiveness scores than did participants who took 1–5 weeks of leave.

In the second test administration, participants who took 2–4 days of leave had higher average attentiveness scores than did those who took no leave, but in the third test administration, those who took no leave had higher average scores than those who took 1–5 weeks of leave.

In the first test administration, participants who took 2–4 days of leave had lower average attentiveness scores than did those who took 1–5 weeks of leave and those who took no leave.

In the second and third test administrations, participants who took 2–4 days of leave had higher average attentiveness scores than did those who took no leave.

Which choice most effectively uses data from the graph to complete the text?

multiple lizard species move at an average of less than 90% of their maximal speed while escaping predation.

most lizard species use about the same percentage of their maximal speed when escaping predation as they do when pursuing prey.

more lizard species use, on average, 90%–100% of their maximal speed while escaping predation than use any other percentage of their maximal speed.

at least 4 lizard species use, on average, less than 100% of their maximal speed while pursuing prey.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support the researchers’ hypothesis?

Analysis of water’s molecular structure under high pressure reveals that hydrogen bonds are more stable when TMAO is present than when it is not.

Water molecules are found to be impervious to TMAO even when the water molecules’ tetrahedral configuration has been distorted by high pressure.

Examination of TMAO’s molecular structure shows that TMAO molecules retain their shape even as pressure increases.

A positive correlation is found between concentrations of TMAO and the rate at which water’s molecular structure compresses as pressure increases.

The Cretaceous pterosaur Tupandactylus navigans is known for having an anomalously oversized head crest. Until an almost complete fossil skeleton was found in Brazil, paleontologists had been able to study only skull specimens from T. navigans, though it was presumed that, like other pterosaurs, the species’ primary form of locomotion was powered flight. Examining the fuller skeleton in 2016, Victor Beccari and his team determined that T. navigans had long hind legs, short wings, and an unusually long neck—characteristics that, combined with the creature’s large-crested head, would have made sustained flight difficult and walking upright relatively comfortable. Based on these findings the team suggests that T. navigans likely _______ Which choice most logically completes the text?

flew for shorter distances and spent more time walking than researchers previously thought.

flew for longer distances than did other pterosaur species that had oversized head crests.

had longer wings than other pterosaur species considered to have been comfortable walking.

had a smaller head than researchers expected based on the earlier T. navigans skull specimens.

Consumer psychologists have theorized that the likelihood that people who identify as ethical consumers—meaning that they strive to purchase goods and services with positive or neutral social and ecological effects—will purchase a given product positively correlates with their perception of that product’s effects. In a recent study of the attitudes of self-identified ethical consumers toward purchasing a specific mobile phone coming to market, researchers found that, on average, study participants in their twenties rated the phone’s social and ecological effects much less positively than did participants in other age groups. All other things being equal, if consumer psychologists’ theory is correct, this finding suggests that _______ Which choice most logically completes the text?

ethical consumers in their twenties are less likely to purchase the phone than ethical consumers in other age groups are.

the phone is less appealing to ethical consumers in their twenties than other similar phones on the market are.

there is not a meaningful difference in the likelihood of purchasing the phone among ethical consumers in different age groups.

ethical consumers in their twenties are more likely than ethical consumers in other age groups to consider a phone’s social and ecological effects when deciding whether to purchase that phone.

Researchers Amit Kumar and Nicholas Epley investigated how ________. In a series of experiments conducted in 2022, they found that people performing small acts of kindness underestimated the positive effect their actions had on others. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

do people perceive acts of kindness?

do people perceive acts of kindness.

people perceive acts of kindness?

people perceive acts of kindness.

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - In the 1930s, the Imperial Sugar Cane Institute in India sought to limit the country’s dependence on imported sugarcane. - The institute enlisted botanist Janaki Ammal to breed a local variety of sugarcane. - She crossbred the imported sugarcane species Saccharum officinarum with grasses native to India. - She succeeded in creating sugarcane hybrids well suited to India’s climate. The student wants to emphasize Janaki Ammal’s achievement. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

By crossbreeding the imported sugarcane species Saccharum officinarum with grasses native to India, Ammal succeeded in creating sugarcane hybrids well suited to India’s climate.

In the 1930s, the Imperial Sugar Cane Institute, which enlisted Ammal, sought to limit dependence on imported sugarcane.

Ammal was enlisted by the Imperial Sugar Cane Institute at a time when a local variety of sugarcane needed to be produced.

As part of efforts to breed a local variety of sugarcane, an imported sugarcane species called Saccharum officinarum was crossbred with grasses native to India.

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - Elizabeth Catlett’s sculpture Recognition (1970) shows two African American figures with rounded, indistinct features. - The figures reach out to each other in a pose that symbolizes a close, supportive relationship. - Her sculpture Students Aspire (1978) shows two African American figures with sharply defined features. - The figures hold an equal sign above their heads with one hand and embrace each other with the other hand. - This pose symbolizes their support for each other in the pursuit of equality. The student wants to emphasize a similarity between the two sculptures. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Recognition and Students Aspire both show African American figures in poses that symbolize supportive relationships.

Catlett’s Students Aspire depicts two figures supporting each other in the pursuit of equality.

Catlett completed Recognition in 1970 and Students Aspire in 1978.

The figures in Recognition have features that are rounded and indistinct, while the figures in Students Aspire have sharply defined features.

While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes: - The ancient Arab dhow was a sailing vessel distinguishable by its triangular sails and stitched hull construction. - Dhows were used primarily for trade along the coasts of Arab, South Asian, and East African countries. - Contemporary shipbuilders in Oman use a mix of modern and traditional materials to build replicas of ancient dhows. - Most of the materials used are traditional. - Replica hulls are stitched together using the same traditional coconut palm fiber rope used on the hulls of ancient dhows. The student wants to make a generalization about the materials used in dhow replicas. Which choice most effectively uses relevant information from the notes to accomplish this goal?

Although most materials used in dhow replicas are traditional, some modern materials are used.

A traditional material that was used to stitch together the hulls of ancient dhows, coconut palm fiber rope is still used by shipbuilders.

The ancient Arab dhow was a sailing vessel used primarily for trade and distinguishable by its triangular sails.

Contemporary shipbuilders in Oman build replicas of the dhow, which was an ancient sailing vessel with a stitched hull construction.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Though not closely related, the hedgehog tenrecs of Madagascar share basic ________ true hedgehogs, including protective spines, pointed snouts, and small body size—traits the two groups of mammals independently developed in response to equivalent roles in their respective habitats. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

examples of

concerns about

indications of

similarities with

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'similarities with' as it logically completes the text by indicating that the hedgehog tenrecs share basic similarities with true hedgehogs.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In editor Lisa Yaszek’s introduction to her anthology The Future Is Female! More Classic Science Fiction Stories by Women, Yaszek identifies an increasing sense of ________ feminist mode of writing in the 1970s, in contrast to many woman-authored science fiction stories of the 1920s to 1960s whose politics were less deliberately signaled. Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

a prudently

an overtly

a cordially

an inadvertently

Answer explanation

The correct choice is 'an overtly' as it best fits the context of the sentence, indicating a deliberate and clearly expressed feminist mode of writing in the 1970s.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

___ the long-standing trend of overemphasizing teenagers and young adults in research on social media use, scholars have recently begun to expand their focus to include the fastest-growing cohort of social media users: senior citizens.

A) Exacerbating

B) Redressing

C) Epitomizing

D) Precluding

Answer explanation

The correct answer is 'B) Redressing' because it means correcting or making amends for a problem, which fits the context of expanding research focus to include senior citizens.

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1 min • 1 pt

The following text is adapted from James Baldwin’s 1956 novel Giovanni’s Room. The narrator is riding in a taxi down a street lined with food vendors and shoppers in Paris, France. The multitude of Paris seems to be dressed in blue every day but Sunday, when, for the most part, they put on an unbelievably festive black. Here they were now, in blue, disputing, every inch, our passage, with their wagons, handtrucks, their bursting baskets carried at an angle steeply self-confident on the back. As used in the text, what does the word “disputing” most nearly mean?

A) Arguing about

B) Disapproving of

C) Asserting possession of

D) Providing resistance to

Answer explanation

As used in the text, the word 'disputing' most nearly means asserting possession of, as the vendors and shoppers were contesting the narrator's passage with their wagons and baskets.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

While recent scholarship has undermined claims that the works of twelfth-century Islamic philosopher Ibn Rushd were ___ other Muslim philosophers of his time, it is indisputable that his location in the Muslim-ruled area of what is now Spain meant that his works were primarily available thousands of miles west of the era’s center of Islamic thought.

A) controversial among

B) antagonistic toward

C) imitated by

D) inconsequential to

Answer explanation

The correct answer is D) inconsequential to because the sentence states that recent scholarship has undermined claims that Ibn Rushd's works were significant among other Muslim philosophers of his time.

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

On painter William H. Johnson’s return to the United States in 1938 after a decade in Europe, his style underwent an abrupt transformation. Turning away from landscapes painted in an expressionist style—a style that often involves using fluid, distorted shapes and thick, textured brushstrokes to express the artist’s subjective experience of reality—Johnson began painting portraits of Black Americans in a bold new way. Evocative of African sculpture and American and Scandinavian folk art, these portraits feature flat, deliberately oversimplified figures in a vibrant but limited color palette. Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?

To elaborate on the previous sentence’s statement about a transitional moment in Johnson’s artistic career.

To provide information about Johnson’s travels in support of a claim about his artistic influences, which is advanced in the following sentence.

It recounts a moment in Johnson’s personal life that enabled the success of his subsequent career, which is summarized in the following sentence.

It presents evidence that calls into question the previous sentence’s characterization of Johnson’s artistic development.

Answer explanation

To elaborate on the previous sentence’s statement about a transitional moment in Johnson’s artistic career.

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1 min • 1 pt

When classical pianist Martha Argerich performs, it appears as if the music is coming to her spontaneously. She’s highly skilled technically, but because of how freely she plays and her willingness to take risks, she seems relaxed and natural. Her apparent ease, however, is due to a tremendous amount of preparation. Despite Argerich’s experience and virtuosity, she never takes for granted that she knows a piece of music. Instead, she approaches the music as if encountering it for the first time and tries to understand it anew. Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

To provide details about how Argerich identifies which pieces of music she will perform

To assert that Argerich’s performances look effortless because of how she prepares for them

To discuss the kinds of music Argerich feels most comfortable encountering for the first time

To describe the unique way that Argerich approaches music she hasn’t performed before

Answer explanation

To describe the unique way that Argerich approaches music she hasn’t performed before

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Test #6 English Module 1

The correct choice is 'similarities with' as it logically completes the text by indicating that the hedgehog tenrecs share basic similarities with true hedgehogs.

The correct choice is 'an overtly' as it best fits the context of the sentence, indicating a deliberate and clearly expressed feminist mode of writing in the 1970s.

___ the long-standing trend of overemphasizing teenagers and young adults in research on social media use, scholars have recently begun to expand their focus to include the fastest-growing cohort of social media users: senior citizens.

The correct answer is 'B) Redressing' because it means correcting or making amends for a problem, which fits the context of expanding research focus to include senior citizens.

As used in the text, the word 'disputing' most nearly means asserting possession of, as the vendors and shoppers were contesting the narrator's passage with their wagons and baskets.

The correct answer is D) inconsequential to because the sentence states that recent scholarship has undermined claims that Ibn Rushd's works were significant among other Muslim philosophers of his time.

To elaborate on the previous sentence’s statement about a transitional moment in Johnson’s artistic career.

To describe the unique way that Argerich approaches music she hasn’t performed before

The underlined portion explains why, when needed, Israel can undertake courageous acts that others would generally avoid, showcasing his bravery and determination.

Based on the texts, how would the author of Text 2 most likely respond to the underlined claim in Text 1?

By suggesting that dance companies should consider offering revised versions of The Nutcracker instead of completely rejecting the show

Medina-Alcaide and her team tested Paleolithic light sources and learned some details about how Paleolithic artists traveled within dark caves.

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