1) What details are established during the exposition of "The Gift of the Magi"? a) Della's desire for a gift b) Jim's love for expensive items c) Jim and Della's friendship history d) The Youngs' small apartment and financial struggles 2) Complete the sentence: If he learned the new words, a) he gets a good mark in the test. b) he can get a good mark in the test. c) he could get a good mark in the test. d) he could have got a good mark in the test. 3) The young monk led a very ascetic existence. He rose at five in the morning, spent an hour in prayer and then sat down to a simple breakfast of grains and fruit. The rest of the day was spent in prayer and work until he ate a light supper and retired at eight. a) Busy b) Horrifying c) Luxurious d) Strict 4) Richard Cory is considered what type of character? a) Dynamic b) Round c) Secondary d) Static 5) The air was hot, the sand even hotter. There wasn't any grass as far as the eye could see. The sky was radiant blue and the sun's rays were baking everything around me. This is an example of what short story element? a) Atmosphere b) Conflict c) Plot d) Setting 6) The highest point of drama, also described as the turning point, in the story is called what? a) climax b) resolution c) inciting incident d) exposition 7) Who is the antagonist in a story? a) narrator b) character working against the main character c) person or people in charge d) main character 8) If I forget her birthday, Andrea gets upset." Which conditional is this? a) zero b) first c) Second d) Third 9) He dreamt of it often and at first his dreams sometimes had the qualities of nightmares. He dreamt he was sitting there in the small plane, the only passenger, with the pilot dying and the plane crashing into the lake below. He awakened sometimes with sudden fear, his breath coming fast. The crash itself had been so wild and he had been so out of control that the more he had grown in the years since, the more he had learned and handled difficult situations, the more insane the crash seemed; a wild, careening, ripping ride down through trees to end not in peace but in the water, nearly drowning--in the nightmares it was like dying and then not dying to die again. Which type of conflict is present in this reading? a) Person vs. Self b) Person vs. Person c) Person vs. Technology d) Person vs. the Environment 10) Who is/are the speaker/s allowed to deliver the reply speech of their side? a) 3rd speaker (whip) b) 2nd speaker (deputy) c) 1st and 2nd speakers (prime/leader and deputy) d) 2nd and 3rd speakers (deputy and whip) 11) My English teacher gave the assignment (to speak for three minutes in front of my class) at the beginning of the semester, and I worried about it for two months. This proves that the character is________ a) complacent b) worrisome c) grateful d) confident 12) The speech of the Prime Minister establishes the ground work for the entire debate and delivers the most important ideas. Which of the following is not included in this speech? a) Definition of terms b) Parameters/scope of the debate c) Significance of the debate d) The reason why government side should win 13) Grandmother was punctilious; that is, she was very strict about her grandchildren following good manners. What is the meaning of the underlined word and what context clue was used? a) Weak; Synonym b) Careless; Definition c) Bad-mannered; Synonym d) Strict in observing good manners; Definition

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