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Ayn Rand emigrated to Ayn Rand emigrated to America from this America from this

country.country.

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What is Russia?What is Russia?

This is the name of This is the name of Ayn Rand’s personal Ayn Rand’s personal

philosophy.philosophy.

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What is What is Objectivism?Objectivism?

Unlike Upton Sinclair, Unlike Upton Sinclair, Ayn Rand liked this Ayn Rand liked this type of economic type of economic

system.system.

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What is capitalism?What is capitalism?

The protagonist of The protagonist of the novel gets this the novel gets this

name, an allusion to name, an allusion to a mythical bringer of a mythical bringer of

light.light.

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What is What is Prometheus?Prometheus?

The Latin term for one The Latin term for one of the protagonist’s of the protagonist’s names; it is also the names; it is also the name of a famous name of a famous

poem.poem.

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What is Invictus?What is Invictus?

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Given his use of Given his use of colloquial language, colloquial language, Sandburg’s primary Sandburg’s primary

audience is probably this.audience is probably this.

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What is the What is the common man?common man?

Sandburg’s poem “Fish Sandburg’s poem “Fish Crier” is similar in theme Crier” is similar in theme to this series of poems by to this series of poems by

Blake.Blake.

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What are Songs What are Songs of Innocence?of Innocence?

Sandburg’s poem Sandburg’s poem “Happiness” is similar in “Happiness” is similar in theme to this poem by theme to this poem by

Walt Whitman.Walt Whitman.

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What is “When I What is “When I Heard the Learn’d Heard the Learn’d

Astronomer”?Astronomer”?

This word could be This word could be used to describe the used to describe the

mood of the fish crier.mood of the fish crier.

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What is What is excited?excited?

When Sandburg says When Sandburg says Chicago “laughs as a Chicago “laughs as a boxer laughs,” he is boxer laughs,” he is employing these two employing these two

literary devices.literary devices.

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What are What are personification and personification and

simile?simile?

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This was Upton This was Upton Sinclair’s primary goal Sinclair’s primary goal in writing in writing The JungleThe Jungle..

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What is exposing What is exposing the plight of the the plight of the

immigrant immigrant worker?worker?

Upton Sinclair was a Upton Sinclair was a part of this journalistic part of this journalistic movement, along with movement, along with Tarbell and Steffans.Tarbell and Steffans.

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What is Muck-What is Muck-Raking?Raking?

Sinclair disdained Sinclair disdained Capitalism, and Capitalism, and

instead preferred this instead preferred this economic system.economic system.

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What is What is Socialism?Socialism?

Jurgis and his family Jurgis and his family emigrate from this country. emigrate from this country.

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What is What is Lithuania?Lithuania?

Jurgis’s family gets Jurgis’s family gets very sick – and he gets very sick – and he gets

injured – during this injured – during this season.season.

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What is winter?What is winter?

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Let’s hope there aren’t Let’s hope there aren’t any any verminvermin in your meat in your meat

from Jurgis’s meat from Jurgis’s meat factory.factory.

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What are What are rodents?rodents?

Jurgis was Jurgis was obstinateobstinate about about his belief that he could still his belief that he could still

achieve the American achieve the American Dream.Dream.

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What is What is stubborn?stubborn?

George and Lenny are George and Lenny are two famous two famous transienttransient

workers.workers.

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What is migrant or What is migrant or moving?moving?

I hope this I hope this accursedaccursed test test isn’t too hard tomorrow!isn’t too hard tomorrow!

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What is cursed What is cursed or damnable?or damnable?

The The prestidigitatorprestidigitator demonstrated his demonstrated his

extraordinary mastery of extraordinary mastery of sleight of hand.sleight of hand.

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What is a What is a magician? magician?

1 - 100Abida quickly realized that the Abida quickly realized that the director was extremely _____________: director was extremely _____________: she and the other cast members she and the other cast members could never anticipate how he would could never anticipate how he would respond.respond.•A. NegativeA. Negative•B. BoringB. Boring•C. UnpredictableC. Unpredictable•D. HumorousD. Humorous•E. CourageousE. Courageous

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C. unpredictableC. unpredictable

The bee hummingbird has an The bee hummingbird has an average length of only two average length of only two inches, making it the most inches, making it the most ___________ of all hummingbird ___________ of all hummingbird species.species.A. voraciousA. voraciousB. diminutiveB. diminutiveC. capriciousC. capriciousD. superfluousD. superfluousE. prodigalE. prodigal

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B. diminutive B. diminutive

Naturally, ____________ facilitates Naturally, ____________ facilitates friendships: the people we live near friendships: the people we live near or interact with frequently are more or interact with frequently are more likely to become our friends.likely to become our friends.•A. enmityA. enmity•B. proximityB. proximity•C. beneficenceC. beneficence•D. partisanshipD. partisanship•E. magnanimityE. magnanimity

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B. proximityB. proximity

Able to survive subzero temperatures, Able to survive subzero temperatures, long periods of darkness, and days long periods of darkness, and days without food, the Arctic wolf is clearly without food, the Arctic wolf is clearly a very ____________ animal.a very ____________ animal.•A. greedyA. greedy•B. socialB. social•C. cunningC. cunning•D. hardyD. hardy•E. aggressiveE. aggressive

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D. hardyD. hardy

The paucity of autobiographical documents The paucity of autobiographical documents left by the royal attendants has compelled left by the royal attendants has compelled historian Raul Salazar to _____________ the historian Raul Salazar to _____________ the motives of these courtiers from their motives of these courtiers from their ____________ rather than from any diaries or ____________ rather than from any diaries or correspondence.correspondence.•A. stipulate…accomplishmentsA. stipulate…accomplishments•B. contemplate…journalsB. contemplate…journals•C. surmise…deedsC. surmise…deeds•D. allege…assertionsD. allege…assertions•E. elicit…missivesE. elicit…missives

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C. surmise…deedsC. surmise…deeds

1 - 100Only after reading it carefully several Only after reading it carefully several times times was the poem beginning to make was the poem beginning to make sense to mesense to me..•A. was the poem beginning to make A. was the poem beginning to make sense to mesense to me•B. was when I began to make sense of B. was when I began to make sense of the poemthe poem•C. I began making sense of the poemC. I began making sense of the poem•D. did the poem begin making sense to D. did the poem begin making sense to meme•E. did I begin to make sense of the poemE. did I begin to make sense of the poem

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E. did I begin to E. did I begin to make sense of the make sense of the

poempoem

They had never before beenThey had never before been in a in a museum with such an extensive museum with such an extensive collection, they had a difficult time collection, they had a difficult time deciding how to make the most of the deciding how to make the most of the limited time they could spend there.limited time they could spend there.•A. They had never before beenA. They had never before been•B. They never before wereB. They never before were•C. Never before had they beenC. Never before had they been•D. Never before having beenD. Never before having been•E. Because of never before beingE. Because of never before being

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D. never before D. never before having beenhaving been

The European magpie, a bird The European magpie, a bird well known well known (A) for(A) for (B) their (B) their tendencytendency to steal shiny objects, to steal shiny objects, is is (C) common in(C) common in European European folklore, folklore, (D) with many(D) with many superstitions surrounding it. (E) superstitions surrounding it. (E) No error.No error.

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B. their B. their tendencytendency

The aquatic weed called “giant The aquatic weed called “giant salvinia,” which grows far salvinia,” which grows far (A) (A) more rapidly thanmore rapidly than do (B) do (B) plants native plants native to the lakes it to the lakes it (C) (C) infestsinfests, , (D) threaten (D) threaten many many freshwater ecosystems. (E) freshwater ecosystems. (E) No error.No error.

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D. threatenD. threaten

The accelerating pace of both The accelerating pace of both science and technology science and technology (A) (A) have forced have forced many people many people (B) (B) to considerto consider questions that questions that (C) (C) formerly (D) were theformerly (D) were the special special domain of philosophers. (E) No domain of philosophers. (E) No error.error.

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A. have forcedA. have forced

Jurgis and his family get taken Jurgis and his family get taken advantage of in this type of advantage of in this type of

bank loan scam, in which the bank loan scam, in which the lenders target vulnerable and lenders target vulnerable and

ignorant people who need ignorant people who need moneymoney

What is What is predatory predatory mortgage mortgage lending?lending?