Part AWhich of the following states a central theme in the text?Answer choices for the above questionStanding in society depends on one’s social rank.Human beings are valuable not based on their appearance, but based on their internal qualities.Inability to cope with life’s unexpected events leads to misery.For every setback in one’s plans, there is usually a compensating piece of good luck.Part BWhich quotation best supports this major theme in the text?Answer choices for the above question“He wrapped himself up in his cloak, and held his handkerchief to his face as though his nose bled.”“A carriage drew up at the entrance; the carriage door was opened, and a gentleman in uniform came out and hurried up the steps.”“And indeed how was it possible that the nose, which only yesterday he had on his face, and which could neither walk nor drive, should wear a uniform?”“I am acquainted with ladies of high position—Madame Tchektyriev, wife of a state-councillor, and many others.”

Select the correct text in the passage.Which detail best supports the theme that people should enjoy the good times in life?excerpt adapted from Goodfellowshipby Li PoHast thou not beheld the Yellow RiverWhich flows from Heaven?It runs rapidly down and empties into the sea,Nevermore to return.Hast thou beheld the mirror in the hallThat reflects the grief of white hair?In the morning it is like black silk,In the evening it will be covered with snow.While we are in the mood of joy,Let us celebrate!Let not our lives be lonely,Let us waste not the moon!

The following question has two parts. First, answer part A. Then, answer part B.Part AWhich of the following best characterizes the nose, according to its actions in the last half of the text?Answer choices for the above questionIt is haughty and proud.It is good-natured and kind.It is friendly and outgoing.It is shy and retiring.Part BWhich of the following quotes from the text best enables the reader to understand the nose’s character?Answer choices for the above question“The hat, adorned with a plume, showed that it held the rank of a state-councillor. It was obvious that it was paying ‘duty-calls.’”“After about two minutes, the nose came out again.”“It looked round on both sides, called to the coachman ‘Drive on,’ and got into the carriage, which drove away.”“‘Besides, there can be no close relations between us . . . you must be in quite a different department to mine.’ So saying, the nose turned away.”

Select the correct answer.What is a theme of this passage? A. Individuals should feel free to be themselves and experience joy. B. The journey to discovering one's true self can be a difficult one. C. It is important to understand one's limitations and place in life. D. True friendships are built on mutual respect as well as total trust.

Select the quotation from the story that most strongly suggests that the theme is Some things in life are not worth spending a lot of money on."Please be more careful," he told the dishwasher.They were costly, but he wanted to give his customers the best dining experience he could."Good point," said Joe. "In this business, sooner or later everything breaks."Submit

Select the correct text in the passage.Which detail builds on the themes that a person's environment can shape his or her view of life and that people can bear difficult circumstances for a long time?adapted from Life in the Iron Millsby Rebecca Harding Davis     A cloudy day—do you know what that is in a town of iron works? The sky sank down before dawn—muddy, flat, and immovable; the air is thick—clammy with the breath of crowded human beings, and it stifles me. I open the front window and can scarcely see through the rain the grocer's shop opposite, and I can detect the scent through all the foul smells ranging loose in the air.     The idiosyncrasy of this town is smoke as it rolls sullenly in slow folds from the great chimneys of the iron foundries and settles down in black, slimy pools on the muddy streets. Smoke on the wharves, smoke on the dingy boats, on the yellow river clinging in a coating of greasy soot to the house, the two faded poplars, the faces of the passerby—smoke everywhere! A dirty canary chirps desolately in a cage beside me; its dream of green fields and sunshine is a very old dream—almost worn out, I think.     From the back window, I can see a narrow brickyard sloping down to the riverside, where the river—dull and tawny-colored—drags itself sluggishly along, tired of the heavy weight of boats and barges. When I was a child, I used to fancy a look of weary, dumb appeal upon the face of the river, bearing its burden day after day. Something of the same idle notion comes to me today, when I look on the slow stream of human life creeping past, night and morning, to the great mills. Masses of men with dull, besotted faces bent to the ground, sharpened here and there by pain or cunning; skin and muscle and flesh begrimed with smoke and ashes; stooping all night over boiling cauldrons of metal; breathing from infancy to death an air saturated with grease and soot—vileness for soul and body. What do you make of a case like that, amateur psychologist? You call it an altogether serious thing to be alive: to these men it is a jest, a joke—horrible to angels perhaps, but to them commonplace enough.