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Despite the chef's meticulous preparation, the dish was deemed mediocre by the food critic.

• Excellent

• Average

• Inedible

• Spicy

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

From Hamlet: Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night, And for the day confin'd to fast in fires

• Go without eating

• To consume

• To be consumed

• Burned

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The scientist's hypothesis was proven incorrect after several experiments.

• Theory

• Conclusion

• Observation

• Evidence

From Hamlet: Till the foul crimes done in my of nature are burnt and purg'd away.

• life, removed

• natural world, sold

• animal kingdom, stolen

• earth, received

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Her voracious reading habits meant she finished several books each week.

• Slow

• Selective

• Insatiable

• Infrequent

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

From Hamlet: But that I am forbid to tell the secrets of my prison-house,

• Banned

• Blocked

• Required

• Told so

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The arduous journey through the mountains tested the limits of the hikers' endurance.

• Easy

• Dangerous

• Exhausting

• Short

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

From Hamlet: I could a tale unfold, whose lightest word would harrow up thy soul; freeze they young blood

• tell/tear

• sing/sew

• foreshadow/unlock

• mix/repair

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The obsolete technology was replaced by newer, more efficient models.

• Broken

• Outdated

• Advanced

• Rare

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

His benevolent nature made him well-liked by his peers.

• Kind-hearted

• Malevolent

• Indifferent

• Mischievous

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4