(LC) Frоm The Adventures оf Tоm Sаwyer by Mаrk Twаin There was a rustling of dresses, and the standing congregation sat down. The boy whose history this book relates did not enjoy the prayer, he only endured it—if he even did that much. He was restive all through it; he kept tally of the details of the prayer, unconsciously—for he was not listening, but he knew the ground of old, and the clergyman's regular route over it—and when a little trifle of new matter was interlarded, his ear detected it and his whole nature resented it; he considered additions unfair, and scoundrelly. In the midst of the prayer a fly had lit on the back of the pew in front of him and tortured his spirit by calmly rubbing its hands together, embracing its head with its arms, and polishing it so vigorously that it seemed to almost part company with the body, and the slender thread of a neck was exposed to view; scraping its wings with its hind legs and smoothing them to its body as if they had been coat-tails; going through its whole toilet as tranquilly as if it knew it was perfectly safe. As indeed it was; for as sorely as Tom's hands itched to grab for it they did not dare—he believed his soul would be instantly destroyed if he did such a thing while the prayer was going on. But with the closing sentence his hand began to curve and steal forward; and the instant the "Amen" was out the fly was a prisoner of war. His aunt detected the act and made him let it go. The minister gave out his text and droned along monotonously through an argument that was so prosy that many a head by and by began to nod—and yet it was an argument that dealt in limitless fire and brimstone and thinned the predestined elect down to a company so small as to be hardly worth the saving. Tom counted the pages of the sermon; after church he always knew how many pages there had been, but he seldom knew anything else about the discourse. However, this time he was really interested for a little while. The minister made a grand and moving picture of the assembling together of the world's hosts at the millennium when the lion and the lamb should lie down together and a little child should lead them. But the pathos, the lesson, the moral of the great spectacle were lost upon the boy; he only thought of the conspicuousness of the principal character before the on-looking nations; his face lit with the thought, and he said to himself that he wished he could be that child, if it was a tame lion. Read these lines from the excerpt again: He was restive all through it; he kept tally of the details of the prayer, unconsciously—for he was not listening, but he knew the ground of old, and the clergyman's regular route over it—and when a little trifle of new matter was interlarded, his ear detected it and his whole nature resented it; he considered additions unfair, and scoundrelly. Which word from the excerpt helps define the word trifle? (4 points)
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(02.05 MC) Reаd the excerpt frоm Frаnkenstein befоre yоu choose your аnswer. The astonishment which I had at first experienced on this discovery soon gave place to delight and rapture. After so much time spent in painful labour, to arrive at once at the summit of my desires was the most gratifying consummation of my toils. Which of the following best describes the point of view in this excerpt?
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(03.04 MC) Reаd the excerpt frоm Heаrt оf Dаrkness befоre you choose your answer. The brown current ran swiftly out of the heart of darkness, bearing us down towards the sea with twice the speed of our upward progress; and Kurtz's life was running swiftly, too, ebbing, ebbing out of his heart into the sea of inexorable time.This excerpt provides an example of
(04.03 MC) Reаd the fоllоwing pаssаge frоm an essay written as a dialogue between two characters named after the author's sons and about society's favoring of facts and reality. Then select your answer. CYRIL (coming in through the open window from the terrace) (1) My dear Vivian, don't coop yourself up all day in the library. (2) It is a perfectly lovely afternoon. (3) The air is exquisite. (4) There is a mist upon the woods, like the purple bloom upon a plum. (5) Let us go and lie on the grass and smoke cigarettes and enjoy Nature. VIVIAN (6) Enjoy Nature! (7) I am glad to say that I have entirely lost that faculty. (8) People tell us that Art makes us love Nature more than we loved her before; that it reveals her secrets to us; and that after a careful study of Corot and Constable1 we see things in her that had escaped our observation. (9) My own experience is that the more we study Art, the less we care for Nature. (10) What Art really reveals to us is Nature's lack of design, her curious crudities, her extraordinary monotony, her absolutely unfinished condition. (11) Nature has good intentions, of course, but, as Aristotle2 once said, she cannot carry them out. (12) When I look at a landscape I cannot help seeing all its defects. (13) It is fortunate for us, however, that nature is so imperfect, as otherwise we would have had no art at all. (14) Art is our spirited protest, our gallant attempt to teach Nature her proper place. (15) As for the infinite variety of Nature, that is a pure myth. (16) It is not to be found in Nature herself. (17) It resides in the imagination, or fancy, or cultivated blindness of the man who looks at her. CYRIL (18) Well, you need not look at the landscape. (19) You can lie on the grass and smoke and talk. VIVIAN (20) But Nature is so uncomfortable. (21) Grass is hard and lumpy and damp, and full of dreadful black insects. (22) Why, even Morris's poorest workman could make you a more comfortable seat than the whole of Nature can. (23) Nature pales before the furniture of 'the street which from Oxford has borrowed its name,'3 as the poet you love so much once vilely phrased it. (24) I don't complain. (25) If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture, and I prefer houses to the open air. (26) In a house we all feel of the proper proportions. (27) Everything is subordinated to us, fashioned for our use and our pleasure. (28) Egotism itself, which is so necessary to a proper sense of human dignity, is entirely the result of indoor life. (29) Out of doors one becomes abstract and impersonal. (30) One's individuality absolutely leaves one. (31) And then nature is so indifferent, so unappreciative. (32) Whenever I am walking in the park here, I always feel that I am no more to her than the cattle that browse on the slope, or the burdock that blooms in the ditch. (33) Nothing is more evident than that Nature hates Mind. (34) Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. (35) Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching. (36) Our splendid physique as a people is entirely due to our national stupidity. (37) I only hope we shall be able to keep this great historic bulwark of our happiness for many years to come; but I am afraid that we are beginning to be overeducated; at least everybody who is incapable of learning has taken to teaching—that is really what our enthusiasm for education has come to. (38) In the meantime, you had better go back to your wearisome uncomfortable Nature, and leave me to correct my proofs. 1Corot and Constable: Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot and John Constable were French and English landscape painters. 2Aristotle: Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical period in Ancient Greece.3"...which from Oxford": quote from William Wordsworth's poem Power of Music and a reference to the famous street and university in England. Using the context, the reader can infer that "Morris' poorest workman" (sentence 22) is
(04.07 MC) Reаd the excerpt frоm Wuthering Heights. 'Yоu аre аn impertinent little mоnkey!' exclaimed Mrs. Linton, in surprise. 'But I'll not believe this idiocy! It is impossible that you can covet the admiration of Heathcliff—that you consider him an agreeable person! I hope I have misunderstood you, Isabella?' 'No, you have not,' said the infatuated girl. 'I love him more than ever you loved Edgar, and he might love me, if you would let him!' 'I wouldn't be you for a kingdom, then!' Catherine declared, emphatically: and she seemed to speak sincerely. 'Nelly, help me to convince her of her madness. Tell her what Heathcliff is: an unreclaimed creature, without refinement, without cultivation; an arid wilderness of furze and whinstone. I'd as soon put that little canary into the park on a winter's day, as recommend you to bestow your heart on him! It is deplorable ignorance of his character, child, and nothing else, which makes that dream enter your head. Pray, don't imagine that he conceals depths of benevolence and affection beneath a stern exterior! He's not a rough diamond—a pearl-containing oyster of a rustic: he's a fierce, pitiless, wolfish man...' The metaphor Catherine uses to describe Isabella in the first sentence reveals her belief that Isabella is
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