Module I: Reading and Writing

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The following text is from Jhumpa Lahiri’s 2003 novel The Namesake. Gogol, a child, is at a beach in Massachusetts with his father.
He watches his father raise a kite within minutes into the wind, so high that Gogol must tip his head back in order to see, a rippling speck against the sky, the wind whips around their ears, turning their faces cold.
As used in the text, what does the word “raise” most nearly mean?
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Strengthen
Lift
Congratulate
Grow
Novelist Leon Forrest admired William Faulkner’s writing style. Forrest’s novel Divine Days contains a long passage in tribute to Faulkner that is a perfect ___ of Faulkner’s style; anyone familiar with Faulkner’s writing would see the resemblance.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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imitation
forgetting
rejection
opinion
The Ghana Stock Exchange in Accra, Ghana, is a dedicated exchange for investing in companies operating in Ghana, ensuring those companies receive certain regulatory oversight. Knowing this can ___ potential investors’ worries about bureaucratic minutiae and thereby allow them to instead focus on identifying sound business opportunities.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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assuage
convey
amplify
designate
The tendency to group authors together into distinct literary movements often encourages literary scholars to ___ subtleties in an author’s style. Those studying the works of Langston Hughes, for instance, may inadvertently overlook nuances in his work by focusing only on the most obvious ways in which his style corresponds to the Harlem Renaissance.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
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denounce
discount
magnify
scrutinize
The following text is adapted from Louise Erdrich’s 2020 novel The Night Watchman. Louis Pipestone is collecting signatures for a petition from fellow members of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa on the tribe’s reservation in North Dakota.
Louis Pipestone tended the petition like a garden. He kept it with him at all times. In town, his eyes sharpened when he noticed a tribal member who hadn’t yet signed. Wherever they were—at the gas pump, mercantile (general store), at Henry’s Café, on the road, or outside the clinic and hospital—Louis cornered them. If they were waiting for a baby to be born, he’d have them sign. If they were laughing, if they were arguing, if they were taking a child home from school, they signed.
Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?
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To demonstrate that most tribal members are enthusiastic about signing the petition
To show that attitudes toward the petition within the tribal community change over time
To portray Louis Pipestone’s strong commitment to collecting signatures for the petition
To suggest that some tribal members refuse to sign the petition because they dislike Louis Pipestone
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