The following text is adapted from Charles Dickens’s 1837 novel Oliver Twist. [The Artful Dodger] was a snub-nosed, flat-browed, common-faced boy enough; and as dirty a juvenile as one would wish to see; but he had about him all the airs and manners of a man. He was short of his age: with rather bow-legs, and little, sharp, ugly eyes. His hat was stuck on the top of his head so lightly, that it threatened to fall off every moment—and would have done so, very often, if the wearer had not had a knack of every now and then giving his head a sudden twitch, which brought it back to its old place again. He wore a man’s coat, which reached nearly to his heels. He had turned the cuffs back, half-way up his arm, to get his hands out of the sleeves: apparently with the ultimate view of thrusting them into the pockets of his corduroy trousers; for there he kept them.Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?To evoke the reader's sympathy for the Artful DodgereliminateTo clarify the reason why the Artful Dodger wears a man’s coateliminateTo characterize the Artful Dodger through physical descriptioneliminateTo relate the Artful Dodger's history and what led him to his current circumstances

Which themes of Charles Dickens's Oliver Twist does this excerpt from the novel touch on?The houses on either side were high and large, but very old, and tenanted by people of the poorest class: as their neglected appearance would have sufficiently denoted, without the concurrent testimony afforded by the squalid looks of the few men and women who, with folded arms and bodies half doubled, occasionally skulked along. . . . Some houses which had become insecure from age and decay, were prevented from falling into the street, by huge beams of wood reared against the walls, and firmly planted in the road; but even these crazy dens seemed to have been selected as the nightly haunts of some houseless wretches, for many of the rough boards which supplied the place of door and window, were wrenched from their positions, to afford an aperture wide enough for the passage of a human body. The kennel was stagnant and filthy. The very rats, which here and there lay putrefying in its rottenness, were hideous with famine. A. extreme poverty B. society's treatment of the poor C. good versus evil D. child labor

What can be inferred from this excerpt from Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens?Occasionally, when there was some more than usually interesting inquest upon a parish child who had been overlooked in turning up a bedstead, or inadvertently scalded to death when there happened to be a washing—though the latter accident was very scarce, anything approaching to a washing being of rare occurrence in the farm—the jury would take it into their heads to ask troublesome questions, or the parishioners would rebelliously affix their signatures to a remonstrance. A. Workhouse authorities were extremely careless in their duties. B. Parishioners wrongly criticized parish officials. C. The legal system carefully monitored parish affairs. D. Parish children were extremely weak due to poor nourishment.

For a week after the commission of the impious and profane offence of asking for more,Oliver remained a close prisoner in the dark and solitary room to which he had beenconsigned by the wisdom and mercy of the board. It appears, at first sight notunreasonable to suppose, that, if he had entertained a becoming feeling of respect for theprediction of the gentleman in the white waistcoat, he would have established that sageindividual's prophetic character, once and for ever, by tying one end of his pocket-handkerchief to a hook in the wall, and attaching himself to the other. To the performanceof this feat, however, there was one obstacle: namely, that pocket-handkerchiefs beingdecided articles of luxury, had been, for all future times and ages, removed from thenoses of paupers by the express order of the board, in council assembled: solemnly givenand pronounced under their hands and seals. There was a still greater obstacle in Oliver'syouth and childishness. He only cried bitterly all day; and, when the long, dismal nightcame on, spread his little hands before his eyes to shut out the darkness, and crouching inthe corner, tried to sleep: ever and anon waking with a start and tremble, and drawinghimself closer and closer to the wall, as if to feel even its cold hard surface were aprotection in the gloom and loneliness which surrounded him.Let it not be supposed by the enemies of 'the system,' that, during the period of hissolitary incarceration, Oliver was denied the benefit of exercise, the pleasure of society,or the advantages of religious consolation. As for exercise, it was nice cold weather, andhe was allowed to perform his ablutions every morning under the pump, in a stone yard,in the presence of Mr. Bumble, who prevented his catching cold, and caused a tinglingsensation to pervade his frame, by repeated applications of the cane. As for society, hewas carried every other day into the hall where the boys dined, and there sociably floggedas a public warning and example. And so for from being denied the advantages ofreligious consolation, he was kicked into the same apartment every evening at prayer-time, and there permitted to listen to, and console his mind with, a general supplication ofthe boys, containing a special clause, therein inserted by authority of the board, in whichthey entreated to be made good, virtuous, contented, and obedient, and to be guardedfrom the sins and vices of Oliver Twist: whom the supplication distinctly set forth to beunder the exclusive patronage and protection of the powers of wickedness, and an articledirect from the manufactory of the very Devil himself.It chanced one morning, while Oliver's affairs were in this auspicious and confortablestate, that Mr. Gamfield, chimney-sweep, went his way down the High Street, deeplycogitating in his mind his ways and means of paying certain arrears of rent, for which hislandlord had become rather pressing. Mr. Gamfield's most sanguine estimate of hisfinances could not raise them within full five pounds of the desired amount; and, in aspecies of arthimetical desperation, he was alternately cudgelling his brains and hisdonkey, when passing the workhouse, his eyes encountered the bill on the gate.

The following text is adapted from Charles Dickens’ 1861 novel Great Expectations. The speaker and Joe are in a cottage on a cold night. Joe made the fire and swept the hearth, and then we went to the door to listen for the chaise-cart. It was a dry cold night, and the wind blew keenly, and the frost was white and hard. A man would die to-night of lying out on the marshes, I thought. And then I looked at the stars, and considered how awful it would be for a man to turn his face up to them as he froze to death, and see no help or pity in all the glittering multitude.Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole? It illustrates a character’s prediction of the future.eliminateIt reveals a character’s lack of empathy. eliminate It continues the previous sentence’s detailed description of the setting. eliminate It establishes a scenario a character is imagining.

Read this passage:How great was Kovaloff's terror and astonishment when he saw that it was his own nose!At this extraordinary sight, everything seemed to turn round with him. He felt as though he could hardly keep upright on his legs; but, though trembling all over as though with fever, he resolved to wait till the nose should return to the carriage. After about two minutes the nose actually came out again. It wore a gold-embroidered uniform with a stiff, high collar, trousers of chamois leather, and a sword hung at its side. 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." It looked round on both sides, called to the coachman "Drive on," and got into the carriage, which drove away.Nikolai Gogol, "The Nose"Which element in this passage from "The Nose" is typical of the genre of magical realism?A.The nose is dressed as a heroic figure and is really the protagonist of the story.B.Kovaloff is jealous of the nose and wants to take its place as state-councillor.C.Kovaloff is surprised but doesn't question why the nose is able to walk around.D.The nose doesn't stop to speak with Kovaloff but simply drives away quickly.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS