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Choose the meaning of the bold word for questions 1?5.
1.
He had left school in junior high, {ostensibly} because his mother was ill. (?Delfino II: Diez in the Desert?) (1 point)

oddly
surely
fortunately
supposedly

2.
And I throbbed with a burning desire / To travel this {immensity}. (?Your World?) (1 point)

monstrosity
vastness
world
infinity

3.
[T]he Last Poets {embodied} black power. (?Hip-Hop Planet?) (1 point)

enabled
exploded
weakened
personified

4.
What happens to a dream {deferred}? (?Harlem II?) (1 point)

postponed
hidden
moved
forgotten

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined word or phrase for questions 6?8.
5.
The Statue of Liberty has stood {for more than 100 years} in New York Harbor. (1 point)

adverb phrase
adjective
appositive phrase
adverb

6.
Fr?d?ric Bartholdi, {the sculptor}, came up with the concept of a ?mighty woman with a torch? as he sailed into the harbor. (1 point)

infinitive
appositive phrase
adverb phrase
adjective phrase

7.
The huge statue was shipped {in 214 separate cases}, then assembled in New York. (1 point)

adverb phrase
adjective
adjective phrase
appositive phrase

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined verb or verbal phrase for questions 9?11.
8.
Bowling is the top participation sport in the U.S. today, with 53 million players. (1 point)

gerund
present participle
participial phrase
infinitive

9.
One form of bowling, found in Scotland, involves heaving a ball at the pins and flopping down faceforward. (1 point)

gerund phrase
participial phrase
adverb phrase
none of the above

10.
To score accurately, bowlers must learn what the terms spare, strike, and split mean. (1 point)

infinitive phrase
gerund phrase
adverb phrase
none of the above

Identify the grammar problem in question 12.
11.
A cool, pine-scented breeze. (1 point)

misplaced modifier
dangling modifier
phrase fragment
none of the above

Identify the choice that best describes the underlined clause for questions 13?16.
12.
Throughout history, birds have been considered important symbols and omens. (1 point)

independent clause
adjective clause
adverb clause
noun clause

13.
In Europe, where winters are long and hard, cuckoos are considered a sign of spring. (1 point)

independent clause
adjective clause
adverb clause
noun clause

14.
Many people believe that storks symbolize good luck and welcome stork nests on their chimneys. (1 point)

independent clause
adjective clause
adverb clause
noun clause

15.
Doves, which are considered symbols of peace and beauty, are related to plain old pigeons. (1 point)

independent clause
adjective clause
adverb clause
noun clause

16.
Which of the following sentences is punctuated correctly? (1 point)

Were you aware, that Daylight Savings Time begins tomorrow?
What most people do, is change their clocks in the morning, not the night before.
How you choose to wake up tomorrow, is up to you.
I hope that you do not oversleep, or we will be late for school.

Identify the choice that best describes the sentences for questions 18?20.
17.
Even before telescopes were invented, humans were interested in astronomy. (1 point)

simple
compound
complex
compound-complex

18.
Galileo, the first astronomer to use a telescope, confirmed the theory that the earth and planets circle the sun. (1 point)

simple
compound
complex
compound-complex

19.
Halley?s comet should return in the year 2061. (1 point)

simple
compound
complex
compound-complex

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