Select the best theme of the paragraph below:

I will tell you what I will do and what I will not do. I will not serve that in which I no longer believe, whether it calls itself my home, my fatherland, or my church: and I will try to express myself in some mode of life or art as freely as I can and as wholly as I can, using for my defense the only arms I allow myself to use — silence, exile, and cunning.

Find the best tone for the paragraph below:

Jason knew that the first day being back at school in his new wheelchair would be difficult, but he remembered his mother's advice to go through the day with a smile on his face. He wheeled himself into school, only to find that his friends and fellow students were happy to give his chair a push and sit with him, offering friendly and encouraging words.

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Select the best inference that can be drawn based on the passage below:

Linda came home to find her house in an alarming state of disarray. The ground was littered with red plastic cups, food wrappers, and the occasional puddle of vomit. Chairs were toppled, the fridge door was hanging open, and nacho cheese dripped down the dining room table. Her son, home from college for the summer, was sleeping on the floor of his room.

Select the best tone for the paragraph below:

There was a steaming mist in all the hollows, and it had roamed in its forlornness up the hill, like an evil spirit, seeking rest and finding none. A clammy and intensely cold mist, it made its slow way through the air in ripples that visibly followed and overspread one another, as the waves of an unwholesome sea might do. It was dense enough to shut out everything from the light of the coach-lamps but these its own workings, and a few yards of road; and the reek of the laboring horses steamed into it, as if they had made it all.

Select the best inference that can be made from the following paragraph:

Redwood trees are rare. They are found only on the coastal slopes of Northern California and Oregon, and in China. Redwoods were thought to be extinct in China, but they were rediscovered by a Chinese forester in 1948. These trees can grow hundreds of feet high and live to be thousands of years old. They are endangered due to logging, pollution, and global warming, which is reducing the amount of fog on the coast. Redwoods get their water from the fog.

Read the sentence below and select how the word "ballistic" is being used.

When my great Aunt Bertha realized that a grand piano had landed on her car, crushing it, she went ballistic.

What inference can be made based on the passage below?

In the 1800s in England, laws were applied differently depending on the gender of the accused. Women could not own land or vote. Women were barred from receiving a death sentence for crimes that a man could be executed for because people thought it would be too shocking to see a woman hanged publicly. In some places, men could be fined for certain behaviors done in the presence of a woman, such as swearing or spitting.

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Identify the central idea of the passage below:

Wolverines are medium sized mammals. They weigh no more than 50 lbs. Yet they have earned their reputation for ferocity by killing prey many times their size. But why do they get in so many fights? The reason why wolverines have so many conflicts with other animals is probably because of the wolverine's preferred hunting style. Rather than chasing down or tricking its prey, the wolverine prefers to take its meals from other hunters. So while a cougar might be enjoying a hard earned carcass, a hungry wolverine may try to take his lunch. As you might imagine, this style of hunting get the wolverine in plenty of fights.

What word could replace "diminished" in the paragraph below?

Once the most powerful empire the world had ever seen, Rome began to weaken considerably in the 4th century AD. By the start of the 5th century, the glory of Rome had diminished to a distant memory.

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Identify the best synonym for the word "murky" as it is used below:

Ted tried to peer into the lake to find the lost ring, but the water was murky, and he couldn't see past the surface.

Select the best theme for the passage below:

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.