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Question 1

The committee requested that my brother and me resubmit our proposal with additional details about our plan to revive the downtown waterfront area. No error

A : that

B : and me

C : about our plan

D : to revive

E : No error

Answer: B

Question 2

In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s short story “The Birthmark,” Aylmer commits a fatal error when his

A : faith in science causes him to try to improve on nature

B : disapproval of church leaders weakens his faith in God

C : hand shakes during surgery

D : greed causes him to lose his business

E : trust in his assistant brings about failure

Answer: A

Question 3

Which poem describes the narrator’s “sorrow for the lost Lenore”?

A : To One in Paradise

B : The Raven

C : A Clear Midnight

D : I Thought I was not Alone

E : The Conqueror Worm

Answer: B

Question 4

In his work Fire Next Time, James Baldwin argues for

A : an end to separation between the races

B : the right of workers to organize

C : reform of the American educational system

D : peace in Southeast Asia

E : an end to political corruption in Washington

Answer: A

Question 5

The author of Common Sense was

A : James Madison

B : Langston Hughes

C : Alexander Hamilton

D : Thomas Jefferson

E : Thomas Paine

Answer: A

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