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Question 1
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The following questions are based off of the readings found in Passage 1: Meteorite Impact and Dinosaur Extinction.
What are the speakers mainly discussing?
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How the woman should prepare for the next game
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The woman's responsibilities as team captain
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Things that happened while the woman was away
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The style of the new team uniforms
Question 2
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Who is buying new jackets for the team?
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The coach
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The captain of the team
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A former player
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A group of basketball fans
Question 3
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Click all that apply. Why is the woman surprised to learn that she has been chosen as the new team captain?
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She is not the best player on the team
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Her teammates did not tell her about the decision
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She does not have many friends on the team
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She has missed a lot of practices
Question 4
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(Female student) I’m sorry I had to miss practice, though. I feel bad about that.
(Male coach) Family’s very important.
From this section, what does the man mean when he says "family's very important"?
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He hopes the woman's family is doing well
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He would like to meet the woman's family
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The woman should spend more time with her family
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The woman had a good reason for missing practice
Question 5
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Why does the coach say: "Good. That's all the news there is. I think that's it for now."
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He wants to know if the woman understood the point.
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He wants the woman to act immediately.
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He is preparing to change the topic.
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He is ready to end the conversation.
Question 6
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The following questions are based off of passage 3: Lecture Transcript.
What is the lecture mainly about?
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A comparison of two types of detective novels.
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Ways in which detective novels have changed over time.
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'The Moonstone' as a model for later detective novels
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Flaws that can be found in the plot of 'The Moonstone'
Question 7
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In what ways is 'The Moonstone' different from earlier works featuring a detective?
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In its unusual ending
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In its unique characters
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In its focus on a serious crime
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In its greater length
Question 8
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According to the professor, what do roses in 'The Moonstone' represent?
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A key clue that leads to the solving of the mystery
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A relief and comfort to the detective
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Romance between the main characters
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Brilliant ideas that occur to the detective
Question 9
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Why does the professor mention a smeared bit of paint in a doorway in 'The Moonstone'?
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To describe a mistake that Sergeant Cuff has made
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To show how realistically the author describes the crime scene
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To exemplify a pattern repeated in many other detective stories
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To illustrate the superior techniques used by the police
Question 10
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What can be inferred about the professor when he says this: “Uh, it’s hard at this juncture to read this novel and realize that no one had ever done that before, because it all seems so strikingly familiar.”
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He is impressed by the novel’s originality.
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He is concerned that students may find the novel difficult to read.
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He is bored by the novel’s descriptions of ordinary events.
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He is eager to write a book about a less familiar subject.
Question 11
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What does the professor imply when he says this: “. . . well, let me try to give you a sense of who Sergeant Cuff is, by first describing the regular police.”
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Sergeant Cuff is unlike other characters in 'The Moonstone.'
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The author’s description of Sergeant Cuff is very realistic.
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Sergeant Cuff learned to solve crimes by observing the regular police
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Differences between Sergeant Cuff and Sherlock Holmes are hard to describe
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