MAAP English II Review

What does enigmatic mean as it is used in the paragraph?

• admirable

• constant

• depressing

• mysterious

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the following sentences. (Adapted from EngageNY 2014)

“Yes, I have a turn both for observation and for deduction. The theories which I have expressed there, and which appear to you to be so chimerical, are really extremely practical—so practical that I depend upon them for my bread-and-cheese.”

As used the passage, the word “chimerical” most nearly means

• unfair

• unrealistic

• aggravating

• contradictory

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the sentence.

"This was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it."

What does the word ardently mean as it is used in the sentence?

• passionately

• enviously

• miserably

• faithfully

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the meaning of stock as it is used in the sentence?

• framework

• estimate

• share

• supply

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The history of the present King of Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.

What is the meaning of the word usurpations as it is used in this paragraph?

• making objections to laws

• creating unnecessary regulations

• taking someone’s power or property by force

• taking someone’s ideas and passing them as his own.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What does the word respite mean as it is used in this sentence?

• a break from everyday worries

• a desire for love to conquer all

• a meal that would relax them

• a dislike of the outside world

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Read the sentences.

"Evidence of the scope of such an undertaking is the fact that after Shackleton’s failure, the crossing of the continent remained untried for fully forty-three years— until 1957– 1958."

Choose the word that would best replace the word scope as it is used in the original sentence from the text.

• scan

• extent

• preview

• liberty

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What can be inferred about the Woodhouses based on the phrase “first in consequence”?

• The Woodhouses settled Highbury.

• The Woodhouses governed Highbury.

• The Woodhouses were the largest family in Highbury .

• The Woodhouses were the most important family in Highbury.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

How does the author use figurative language in the sentence to contribute to the meaning of the passage?

• to convey a sense of beauty about the couple’s relationship

• to emphasize the short time the couple experienced together

• to illustrate how nature played a part in the couple’s relationship

• to contrast the expectations of the couple with the reality they experience

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What does the phrase his eyes closing in spite of him mean?

• It implies that he is ill.

• It describes that he is bored at work.

• It shows his efforts to fight exhaustion.

• It illustrates how he is pushed at work.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2