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1. Th e second sentence of the passage, “Th e Commander over Men; he
to whose will our wills are to be subordinated, and loyally surrender
themselves, and fi nd their welfare in doing so, may be reckoned the most
important of Great Men,” is the following type of sentence:
(A) simple
(B) sentence fragment
(C) interrogative
(D) complex
(E) imperative

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2. Th e primary mode of composition for the fi rst paragraph is:
(A) narration
(B) description
(C) process analysis
(D) defi nition
(E) classifi cation

3. In context, the word “querulously” in line 34 most nearly means:
(A) in a complaining fashion
(B) forgivingly
(C) in an interrogative fashion
(D) unhappily
(E) unrealistically

4. Th e style of the passage can be characterized by its use of all of the
following except:
(A) varied sentence structure
(B) emphatic punctuation
(C) colloquialisms
(D) enumeration
(E) fi gurative language

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5. Th e rhetorical function of the line “Alas, we know very well that Ideals can
never be completely embodied in practice” is best described as:
(A) shifting the passage from a discussion of ideals to a discussion
of practice
(B) providing a claim to be supported with data in the rest of the
paragraph
(C) articulating a warrant that is an underlying assumption
(D) concluding an argument presented in the previous paragraph
(E) acknowledging and responding to possible counterargument

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6. Th e primary mode of composition used in paragraph four is:
(A) narration
(B) description
(C) defi nition
(D) cause and eff ect
(E) comparison and contrast

7. Th e rhetorical function of the extended metaphor of the bricklayer can
best be described as:
(A) illustrating the disastrous results of having an “unable” man as king
(B) exemplifying the “plummet and level” referred to in line 42
(C) providing an analogous example contrasting the “able” and
“unable” man
(D) signaling a shift from a discussion of kings to a discussion of
revolutions
(E) defi ning the “ignoble, unvaliant, fatuous man”

8. The lines “Th e ‘law of gravitation’ acts; Nature’s laws do none of them
forget to act. Th e miserable millions burst forth into Sansculottism, or
some sort of madness: bricks and bricklayers lie as a fatal chaos—!” uses all
of the following rhetorical techniques except:
(A) syntactical inversion
(B) fi gurative language
(C) apposition
(D) allusion
(E) alliteration

9. Th e purpose of the passage is twofold; it is to:
(A) argue that choosing a king is more important than choosing a jury
and to classify able men and unable men
(B) defi ne what a king should be and to display the eff ects of choosing
poorly
(C) persuade that a king is the greatest of all heroes and to compare ideals
and practice
(D) analyze the process of choosing a king and to analyze the causes of
choosing poorly
(E) describe great kings and narrate the events that follow choosing
poorly

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10. Th e major claim of the passage is stated in which of the following line(s)?
(A) “Th e Commander over Men; he to whose will our wills are to be
subordinated, and loyally surrender themselves, and fi nd their welfare
in doing so, may be reckoned the most important of Great Men.”
(B) “And yet, on the other hand, it is never to be forgotten that Ideals do
exist; that if they be not approximated to at all, the whole matter goes
to wreck!”
(C) “Th e Ablest Man; he means also the truest-hearted, justest, the
Noblest Man: what he tells us to do must be precisely the wisest,
fi ttest, that we could anywhere or anyhow learn;—the thing which
it will in all ways behoove US, with right loyal thankfulness and
nothing doubting, to do!”
(D) “Ideals must ever lie a very great way off ; and we will right thankfully
content ourselves with any not intolerable approximation thereto!”
(E) “You have forgotten that there is any rule, or natural necessity
whatever, of putting the Able Man there

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