Module I: Reading and Writing

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Although Hawaiian literature is highly heterogeneous in many ways, it is also characterized by considerable thematic ______ scholars have drawn connections linking works by writers such as Mary Kawena Pukui and Gary Pak to the traditional stories of the Kamaka Maoli, the Native Hawaiian people.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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subtlety
sophistication
continuity
innovation
The following text is from Georgia Douglas Johnson’s 1918 poem “Peace.”
I rest me deep within the wood.
Drawn by its silent call.
Far from the throbbing crowd of men.
On nature’s breast I fall.
As used in the text, what does the word “drawn” most nearly mean?

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Unnoticed
Depicted
Enticed
Envisioned
The following text is from a 1955 translation of Samuel Beckett’s 1951 novel Molloy (translated by the author and Patrick Bowles). In the text, Molloy has arrived at the town ramparts, an elevated walkway atop the city walls.
And having cleared the ramparts I had to confess the sky was clearing, prior to its winding in the other shroud, night. Yes, the great cloud was ravelling, discovering here and there a pale and dying sky, and the sun, already down, was manifest in the livid tongues of fire darting towards the zenith, falling and darting again, ever more pale and languid, and doomed no sooner lit to be extinguished.
As used in the text, what does the word “manifest” most nearly mean?

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Situated
Perceptible
Realized
Dwinding
When minor planets are discovered, each is given a unique identification number, and some may be given a unique name, as in the case of 1083 Salvia, which was named after the plant genus that includes sages. Under current astronomical conventions, it is ______ for the discoverers to name their discoveries, but they are not required to do so; whether to assign a minor planet a name is entirely the choice of whoever discovers it.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?

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permissible
infeasible
selective
mandatory
The following text is from José Rizal's 1891 novel The Reign of Greed (translated by Charles Derbyshire in 1912).
A lady accompanied by her husband entered at that moment and took her place in one of the two vacant boxes. She had the air of a queen and gazed disdainfully at the whole house, as if to say, "I've come later than all of you, you crowd of upstarts and provincials, I've come later than you!" There are persons who go to the theater like the contestants in a mule-race: the last one in, wins, and we know very sensible men who would ascend the scaffold rather than enter a theater before the first act.
Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?

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It conveys the urgency some theater patrons feel to be the first ones to arrive at a performance.
It emphasizes a character's desire to be an actor.
It helps explain why some people dislike attending theatrical performances.
It illustrates the lady's contemptuous attitude toward the other people in the theater.
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