Practice Exam 1 ❮ 187- The speaker characterizes the great writers as
being able to
A. surprise the reader
B. present universal truths
C. create harmony in their writing
D. be philosophical
E. write about nature - The speaker’s attitude toward great writers in
the fourth sentence of paragraph 1 (lines 5–8)
might best be described as
A. skeptical
B. confused
C. accusative
D. validated
E. patronizing
3 7. The speaker’s tone in the passage can best be
described as
A. pretentious
B. analytical
C. satirical
D. ambiguous
E. servile
- All of the following lines use figurative language
except:
A. “It is remarkable, the character of the
pleasure we derive from the best books.
They impress us with the conviction that
one nature wrote and the same reads.”
B. “... and some preparation of stores for
their future wants, like the fact observed in
insects.. .”
C. “We boil grass and the broth of shoes,
so the human mind can be fed by any
knowledge.”
D. “I would only say that it needs a strong
head to bear that diet. One must be an
inventor to read well.”
E. “Gowns and pecuniary foundations, though
of towns of gold, can never countervail the
least sentence or syllable of wit.” - After reading the passage, the reader can infer
that the author desires to
A. praise the work of current writers
B. change the curriculum of the college
C. change college administration
D. warn against relying on academic
appearances
E. criticize the cost of college
40. The pronoun “this” in the last sentence of the
passage refers to
A. “But they can only highly serve us when
they aim not to drill, but to create.. .”
B. “History and exact science he must learn by
laborious reading.”
C. “Thought and knowledge are natures
in which apparatus and pretension avail
not h i ng.”
D. “Forget this, and our American colleges
will recede in their public importance.. .”
E. “When the mind is braced by labor and
invention, the page of whatever book we
read becomes luminous with manifold
allusion.” - According to the speaker, the characteristics
of the discerning reader include all of the
following except:
A. brings himself to the work
B. makes connections with the past
C. discards irrelevancies
D. approaches difficult readings willingly
E. aspires to be a writer - Paragraphs 1 and 2 develop their ideas using
ALL of the following EXCEPT
A. metaphor
B. simile
C. allusion
D. paradox
E. parallel structure
43. The purpose of the third paragraph is to
A. defend the role of reading
B. praise history and science
C. delineate the qualities of an ideal college
D. inspire student scholars
E. honor college instructors