1. Read the following sentence from "The Swimming Contest."
"When he saw me coming up the officer said, 'We've lost that information, damn it! They've killed that Arab of yours.'

'We've lost it,' I said.

I went over to Abdul-Karim's body and turned it over. He looked as though he had seen me swimming in the pool a few moments ago. His was not the expression of a man who had lost.

There, in the courtyard, it was I, all of us, who were the losers."
After reading this sentence, the reader can most likely conclude that the narrator is upset because (1 point)

Question

1.   Read the following sentence from "The Swimming Contest."
"When he saw me coming up the officer said, 'We've lost that information, damn it! They've killed that Arab of yours.' 

'We've lost it,' I said. 

I went over to Abdul-Karim's body and turned it over. He looked as though he had seen me swimming in the pool a few moments ago. His was not the expression of a man who had lost. 

There, in the courtyard, it was I, all of us, who were the losers." 
After reading this sentence, the reader can most likely conclude that the narrator is upset because  (1 point)

anonymous · Answer

he knows Abdul-Karim was hiding secrets.
he realizes Abdul-Karim was never his friend.
he understands that Abdul-Karim did not fear death.
he regrets his involvement in the sudden turn of events.

anonymous · Answer

2.   Read the following passage from "The Swimming Contest" in which the narrator spontaneously decides to take a holiday in an Arab village.
"That evening I was invited to join the family at supper, and Abu-Nimr introduced me to the people who sat round the table: his round-faced bustling wife, who smiled into space without resting her eyes on me; his sons, aged thirteen and fifteen, who attended high school in the city; his plump, white-skinned daughter, married to a policeman who was away from home all week, and who came home loaded with a wicker basket containing a trussed pigeon, apples from Betar, and a dozen eggs commandeered from some villager who happened to call at the police station. 

The food that was served was no more than a continuation of that faraway supper in the orange grove. At that moment I realized what I had come there for."
Which of these ideas is most closely related to a theme in these lines?  (1 point)

anonymous · Answer

fond reminders of events past
taking comfort in the support of family
sudden memories of a forgotten friend
building bridges across cultural differences

anonymous · Answer

3.   Read the following passage from "The Happy Man" in which the narrator contemplates his unusual state of happiness.
"He could not bear to stay in his office at the newspaper; he felt no desire to work at all. He hated the very idea of thinking about his daily business and completely failed to bring his mind down from its stronghold in the kingdom of happiness. How could he possibly write about a trolley bus falling into the Nile when he was so intoxicated by this frightening happiness? Yes, it really was frightening. How could it be anything else, when there was no reason for it at all, when it was so strong that it made him exhausted and paralyzed his will - apart from the fact that it had been with him for half a day without letting up in the slightest degree? 

He left the pages of paper blank and started walking backwards and forwards across the room, laughing and cracking his fingers..." 
All of the following words could be used to describe the man except  (1 point)
agitated
anxious
energetic
fretful
4.   Read the passage from "The Happy Man."
"'The truth is, Doctor, that I've come to see you because I'm happy!' 

He looked at the doctor to see what effect his statement had had on him but noticed that he was keeping his composure. He felt ridiculous. 'I'm inconceivably happy...' he said in a tone of confidence. 

He began to tell the doctor his story, but the latter stopped him with a gesture of his hand. 'An overwhelming, indelible, debilitating happiness?' he asked quietly. 

He stared at him in amazement and was on the point of saying something, but the doctor spoke first. 'A happiness which has made you stop working,' he asked, 'abandon your friends, and detest going to sleep?...' 

'You're a miracle!' he shouted. 

'Every time you get involved in some misfortune,' the psychiatrist continued quietly, 'you dissolve into laughter?...' 

'Sir...are you familiar with the invisible?' 

'No!' he said with a smile. 'Nothing like that. But I get a similar case in my clinic at least once a week!" 
Which of the following stylistic elements is used by the writer in these lines to create humor?  (1 point)
hyperbole
incongruity
irony
sarcasm
Select the correct form of the pronoun in parentheses.
5.   I just found my favorite photo of my brother and (he, him).  (1 point)
he
him
0delete
delete0
6.   Maria and (I, me) are planting a garden.  (1 point)
I
me
7.   The car is showing (it’s, its) age.  (1 point)
it's
its
8.   (Theirs, There’s) is the longest driveway.  (1 point)
Theirs
There's
9.   The volunteers, Sarah and (me, I), will answer questions.  (1 point)
me
I
10.   All of the following statements about literary symbols are true except:  (1 point)
Symbols enhance the meaning of text.
Symbols generally have only one meaning.
Symbols are often timeless and universal in nature.
Symbols can present in the form of characters, objects, or actions.
11.   All of the following can be used by writers to foreshadow events in a story except  (1 point)
a sudden change in setting
the sequence of plot events
dialogue between characters
alliterative language
Matching

Match the text quotation with the sense to which it most appeals.

a. "...cooking assailed our nostrils: waves of za'tr, of roast mutton, of fried aubergine, and mint-spiced salad washed over us in turn." 

b. "They made her a soft bed on a slab of moonstone with layers of soft petals but the flowers wilted, Sita writhed and groaned and complained of everything..." 

c. "We were served large dishes of fried potatoes, sliced aubergine in tomato sauce and diced slated cheese, and a bowl of pomegranates and watermelons. There was a heap of hot pitas in the centre of the table." 

d. "...drum and cymbals issued forth, immediately followed by an Arab song, sung in a sweet plaintive voice, with delicate, floating trills." 

e. "The crescent moon rose from behind the eastern mountains and the peaks of the gently stirring waves glistened in its feeble rays, intermingled with threads of light leaking from the houses of Manfalout scattered along the opposite bank."
12.   taste  (1 point)

13.   touch  (1 point)

14.   sight  (1 point)

15.   sound  (1 point)

16.   smell  (1 point)

anonymous · Answer

4. incongruity  for sure :)

anonymous · Answer

You said none were the same...

anonymous · Answer

wow I had a stupid moment

anonymous · Answer

dude maybe give each q a second look, and i don't know for sure but my answer to to   
1. is D , but then I don't know for a fact, but thats what I would choose :)

anonymous · Answer

can someone help me figure out number two?

help_needed_cudi · Answer

I hate when people post the whole test....I will post my test once I am done for the students who need help...

help_needed_cudi · Answer

1.	recognizes and respects her grandmother's social position.
2.	fond reminders of events past
3.	 envious
4.	 hyperbole
5.	Him
6.	I
7.	Its
8.	Theirs
9.	I
10.	The setting is usually not vital to the reader's understanding of a story.
11.	alliterative language
Matching
Match the text quotation with the sense to which it most appeals.
a. "...cooking assailed our nostrils: waves of za'tr, of roast mutton, of fried aubergine, and mintspiced salad washed over us in turn."
b. "They made her a soft bed on a slab of moonstone with layers of soft petals but the flowers wilted, Sita writhed and groaned and complained of everything..."
c. "We were served large dishes of fried potatoes, sliced aubergine in tomato sauce and diced slated cheese, and a bowl of pomegranates and watermelons. There was a heap of hot pitas in the centre of the table."
d. "...drum and cymbals issued forth, immediately followed by an Arab song, sung in a sweet plaintive voice with delicate, floating trills."
e. "The crescent moon rose from behind the eastern mountains and the peaks of the gently stirring waves glistened in its feeble rays, intermingled with threads of light leaking from the houses of Manfalout scattered along the opposite bank."

Taste  12. C
Touch 13.B
Sight 14.E
Sound 15.D
Smell 16.A

anonymous · Answer

are these correct

anonymous · Answer

@help_needed_cudi do you have the correct answers

anonymous · Answer

i need these answer too

anonymous · Answer

@TASSSS  and @Ellen_mariexo  i need these answers please i will return the help for sure

anonymous · Answer

what unit and lesson

anonymous · Answer

unit 2 lesson 11 @TASSSS

anonymous · Answer

1.A
2.A.
3.C.
4.A.
5b.
6.A.
7.B.
8.A
9.B.
10.B
11.D
12.C
13.B.
14.E
15.D
16 A

anonymous · Answer

are these correct?

anonymous · Answer

@eyesnapper did you get them?

violer614 · Answer

this was a test huh? cuz those are not the correct answers at least not for the one im taking

eyesnapper · Answer

The set of questions change when you re-open the test. From what I can see, there are three sets for this one. The answers given by TASSSS were correct for the set of questions starting with a question about a passage from, "Another Evening at the Club".