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AP® English Literature and Composition Passage Drill 3, Problem 1. Which of the following can be said of the description in lines 5 through 10?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.8 Passage Drill 3. The chief effect of the sentence beginning in line 14 is to what?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.8 Passage Drill 4. What shift is indicated in line 15?

ACT Reading 2.5 Social Science Passage. According to the passage, why does Ferri believe the correctional school of criminal law is relatively...

ACT Reading 1.3 Prose Fiction. Which of the following best describes the narrator's tone in this passage?

ACT Reading 1.6 Social Science Passage. How does Freud's attitude toward dreams differ from the attitude of "the majority of medical writers"?

ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 2. What distinction does the passage make between Hamlet and Julius Caesar and the other play...

AP English Literature and Composition 1.1 Passage Drill 4. Which of the following is not true of the structure of this poem?

AP English Literature and Composition 1.7 Passage Drill 4. The ongoing emphasis on vegetation and nature in the poem classifies it as which of...

AP English Literature and Composition 1.1 Passage Drill 5. The verse form of this poem is a what?

ACT Reading Prose Fiction Drill 1, Problem 4. How does the narrator feel about the prediction made at his birth that he would have the ability...

ACT Reading 2.10 Prose Fiction. Which of the following words best describes the narrator's behavior in this passage?

ACT Reading 1.8 Humanities Passage. Based on the tone and complexity of the passage, which of the following would be a reasonable assumption t...

ACT Reading 1.3 Humanities Passage. According to the passage, when did Shakespeare's "tragic period" occur?

ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 4. Which of the following does the passage cite as a possible cause of Shakespeare's "tragic...

ACT Reading 1.5 Humanities Passage. Which of the following plays is mentioned as a tragedy that Shakespeare wrote early in his career prior to...

SAT Reading: Long Passages Drill 1, Problem 1

Contemplating one's life is key to fulfilled happiness. Thoreau's theme revolves around the simple life well lived. He clearly never tried virtual...

The "strongest answer" is a common question in readings like those on the SAT - the strongest is usually that which maps most directly to the theme...

ACT Reading Prose Fiction Drill 1, Problem 1. Which of the following best describes the overall purpose of this passage?

ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 1. Which of the following best describes the main purpose of this passage?

ACT Reading 2.1 Prose Fiction. Which of the following best describes the mood of this passage?

ACT Reading 1.5 Prose Fiction. Which of the following is the best definition for the word "posthumous" in line 67?

ACT Reading 1.9 Prose Fiction. Based on its context in the passage, which of the following is the best definition for the word "indignation"?

ACT Reading 2.4 Prose Fiction. Based on its context in the passage, which of the following is the best definition for the word "impunity"?

Together. We have shared priorities as Americans—caring for the vulnerable, shared public facilities, working together. Are we...together?

SAT Reading Long Passages Drill 1, Problem 7

How does Thoreau feel about commerce? He writes, "We don't ride upon the railroad; it rides upon us." He wants and end to the war fighting for the...

How was the Beanie Baby era parallel to the Tulip Bubble? Similar events, only the TulipMania almost bankrupted Holland. Bean Babies only bankrupte...

Why did people in Holland pay so much for tulips? Buyers remorse must have run rampant once the flowers wilted...

Does the moon create lava tides? We can actually measure the moon's effects on volcanoes. How insanely cool is that? If we can do all this, then wh...