1. RHETORIC Questions on rhetoric can be worded as follows: The phrase cut her past away in line 1! does which of the followin"# I. It shifts the tone of the narrati$e fro% senti%entality to realis%. II. It introduces a strain of naturalis% into the passa"e. III. It foreshadows &ona's %o%entous decision. (a) I only (b) II only (c) I and II only (d) II and III only (e) I* II* and III +. TO,E - .uestion on the tone of a passa"e (often indicated synony%ously with author or spea/er's attitude) can be worded as follows: The spea/er's tone in the last sentence of the passa"e can best be described as which of the followin"# (a) hateful (b) satirical (c) pretentious (d) resentful (e) arro"ant -lso* In lines 1+011* the spea/er's attitude toward Hortense can best be described as23 The spea/er's feelings about the disaster are su""ested by23 The spea/er' state of mind is established predo%inantly by2 !. The %ood of lines 1410+15 of the passa"e is best described as (a) an6ious (b) senti%ental (c) hu%orous (d) suspenseful (e) sarcastic 7. The play as a whole relies on which of the followin" contrasts (a) /nowled"e and i"norance (b) ele"ance and bad taste (c) sanity and %adness (d) ur"ency and leisure (e) e6citability 1. &-8I,9 I,:ERE,CE; The spea/er i%plies in the first para"raph that the narrati$e precedin" the passa"e %ost li/ely included (a) an altercation in the street (b) a reunion between old friends (c) a description of <enice (d) a con$ersation between the shop/eeper and a police%an (e) the receipt of a shoc/in" letter =. ;E,TE,CE ;TR>CT>RE Alex Ferguson In lines 70?* the %a@or effect of usin" a series of short co%pound sentences is to (a) create tension in the narrati$e (b) indicate &r. HerAo"'s state of %ind (c) e%phasiAe the narrator's confusion (d) prepare the reader for the tu%ultuous e$ents that follow (e) establish a %ood of tran.uility B. CHR-;E; In the conte6t of the passa"e* the phrase re%ar/ably slee/ and plu%p cler/s (line +!) is used as a %etaphor for the (a) indifference of the bureaucracy (b) stylishness of the downtown area (c) frenetic acti$ity in the law office (d) austerity of the courthouse (e) @ud"e's obsession -lso* Dhich of the followin" is the pri%ary %eanin" of the word Elo$e' as it is used in line 11#3 The best paraphrase of the sentence be"innin" in line ? is23 The spea/er characteriAes a Efarce' (line 14) as all of the followin" EFCECT23 The phrases E"lea%ed li/e an eye below her roo%' (line !) and Erose in the distance li/e a %oon' (line 1) i%ply a contrast between23 :ro% the conte6t* the reader can infer that Robbins (line 75) wor/s as a2 ?. TER&; In lines !70!4* the spea/er %a/es uses of all of the followin" EFCECT (a) hyperbole (b) e.ui$ocation (c) dra%atic irony (d) non se.uitur (e) pathos 4. CH-R-CTERIG-TIO,; <ictor criticiAes his son's perfor%ance (lines !B0!4) because he (a) has unrealistic e6pectations (b) hopes to %a/e a%ends for his own failure (c) wants to co%fort 8atherine (d) e6pects to inspire the boy to try harder (e) suffers fro% self0doubt