GMAS Kickoff 2

That system is based upon certain inalienable freedoms and protections which not 

even the government may infringe and which we call the Bill of Rights.

Based on the context of the sentence, Manny thinks that the words inalienable and infringe are not exactly the same, but that they have the same general concept. Which BEST explains the similarity between the two words?

• Both are verbs describing actions that a government should take.

• Both are about whether to limit or remove something.

• Both are adjectives describing basic human rights.

• Both are designed to explain the powers of government.

Read the sentence from paragraph 1. That system is based upon certain inalienable freedoms and protections which not even the government may infringe and which we call the Bill of Rights. Which word means the same as infringe?

• Violate

• Resist

• Ignore

• Neglect

Which words have a similar meaning to the word infusing as it is used in this sentence? "... Celia mildly acquiesced in all her sister's sentiments, only infusing them with that common-sense which is able to accept momentous doctrines without any eccentric agitation." Choose TWO words.

• instilling

• altering

• removing

• permeating

• understanding

What can the reader infer about "good" families from the narrator's claim in paragraph 1 that "if you inquired backward for a generation or two, you would not find any yardmeasuring or parcel-tying forefathers, or anything lower than an admiral or a clergyman"?

• Merchants and shopkeepers are not considered "good."

• "Good" families are those without any shameful history.

• "Good" families must have some aristocratic connections.

• Admirals and clergymen are not considered "good."

Which excerpt from the poem BEST shows the speaker is unhappy?

• Weary of myself, and sick of asking / What I am, and what I ought to be, (lines 1–2)

• And a look of passionate desire / O'er the sea and to the stars I send: (line 5–6)

• ...nor pine with noting / All the fever of some differing soul. (lines 23–24)

• O air-born voice! long since, severely clear, / A cry like thine in mine own heart I

Edith Wharton was an American novelist, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and typically explored such themes as the limitations of social class and societal expectations. Which revision BEST improves the syntax of the sentence?

• As an American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner, limitations of social class and societal expectations were themes that Edith Wharton typically explored.

• An American novelist, Edith Wharton, a Pulitzer Prize winner, typically explored such themes as the limitations of social class and societal expectations.

• Typically exploring such themes as the limitations of social class and societal expectations, Edith Wharton was an American novelist, and she was a Pulitzer Prize winner.

• Edith Wharton, an American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner, typically explored such themes as the limitations of social class and societal expectations.

Read the sentences. “Mahailey and I will never be quite up-to-date, Ralph. We’re old-fashioned, and I don’t know but you’d better let us be.” Which idea is conveyed through these sentences?

• A. People often resist change.

• B. Some people enjoy hard work.

• C. One must be persistent to be persuasive.

• D. Advances in technology yield positive results.

Which sentence from the passage is an example of the author’s use of imagery?

• His eyebrows and long lashes were a pale corn-colour—made his blue eyes seem lighter than they were, and, he thought, gave a look of shyness and weakness to the upper part of his face.

• The household slept late on Sunday morning; even Mahailey did not get up until seven.

• He was the chief mechanic of the Wheeler farm, and when the farm implements and the automobiles did not give him enough to do, he went to town and bought machines for the house.

• Mrs. Wheeler sometimes said it was wonderful, how much Ralph would take from Claude.

A story's protagonist approaches a doorway where the antagonist is secretly waiting to grab her. The reader knows the antagonist is waiting behind the door, but the protagonist does not. This is an example of what type of irony?

• dramatic

• literal

• situational

• verbal

Which of these statements demonstrates an example of irony/satire?

• I oppose school uniforms, because they are ugly.

• School uniforms are a good idea, because they tend to eliminate class distinctions.

• School uniforms are a good idea, because they tend to eliminate class distinctions.

• Different students have differing points of view on the subject of school uniforms.