501 Critical Reading Questions

whole picture—as nearly as I can. I don’t want to put on the blinders of ‘good’ and ‘bad,’ and limit my vision. If I used the te ...

In lines 15–17, Doc Burton argues that a. even if the cause succeeds, it won’t change anything. b.the cause is unstoppable. c. ...

According to Doc Burton, the main difference between group-men and the individual is that a. individuals can be controlled but ...

novel, and that are yet typical short stories and not mere stunted nov- els, will occur to everyone. General rules in art are us ...

In the opening sentence (lines 1–2), the author a. states her main idea. b.states the idea she will disprove. c. presents an ex ...

In lines 32–37, the author a. contradicts the rule established in the previous paragraph. b.clarifies the rule established in t ...

LIZA (desperate): Oh, you are a cruel tyrant. I can’t talk to you: you turn everything against me: I’m always in the wrong. But ...

for a thousand guineas. Oh, when I think of myself crawling under your feet and being trampled on and called names, when all the ...

Higgins’ use of the word masterpiecein line 30 implies that a. he is an artist. b.he thinks Liza is very beautiful. c. he think ...

From the day she left I was no longer the same: with her was gone every settled feeling, every association that had made Lowood ...

her family had ever been to visit me. I had had no communication by letter or message with the outer world: school-rules, school ...

It can be inferred from the passage that life at Lowood was a. very unconventional and modern. b.very structured and isolated. ...

canaries cheap, but I don’t know as she took one; maybe she did. She used to sing real pretty herself. MRS. PETERS [glancing aro ...

Peters. Just to pass the time of day with him—[shivers]. Like a raw wind that gets to the bone. [Pauses, her eye falling on the ...

Mrs. Hale says she wishes she had come to Mrs. Wright’s house (lines 29–31 and 37–39) because a. she realizes that Mrs. Wright ...

When the women share a look of growing comprehension, of horror (line 83), they realize that a. Mrs. Wright killed the bird. b. ...

a being like myself, or one of simpler organization; but my imagina- tion was too much exalted by my first success to permit me ...

PASSAGE 2 “Yes. These creatures you have seen are animals carven and wrought into new shapes. To that—to the study of the plasti ...

of a possibility of replacing old inherent instincts by new suggestions, grafting upon or replacing the inherited fixed ideas. [ ...

During the creation process, Frankenstein could best be described as a. calm. b.horrified. c. evil. d.indifferent. e.obsessed. ...