1.waking early, my master ambled about the grounds to gather his thoughts. for days, i had peeked through my window at this meditation, admiring his dedication to his fellows.
which words from the passage above indicate best that the passage has been written to engage the reader?
a. “for,” “days,” and “had”
b. “my,” “the,” and “grounds”
c. “about,” “his,” and “through”
d. “waking,” “ambled,” and “gather”

2. which reason would an author most likely have for using description in a literary work?
i. to reveal the author’s opinion about a situation
ii. to create long, hard-to-read passages for students
iii. to emphasize the importance of an event
a. ii only
b. i and iii
c. ii and iii
d. i and ii

3.i began last week to permit my wife to sit at dinner with me, at the farthest end of a long table; and to answer (but with the utmost brevity) the few questions i asked her.
which satirical element is most dominant in the passage above?
a. allegory
b. innuendo
c. irony
d. simile

4.there is indeed another custom, which i cannot altogether approve of: when the king has a mind to put any of his nobles to death in a gentle indulgent manner, he commands to have the floor strewn with a certain brown powder of a deadly composition, which being licked up, infallibly kills him in twenty-four hours.

what information about the luggnaggians does the narrator (gulliver) provide to his audience (english people)?
a. their religious beliefs
b. their traditional customs
c. their educational institutions
d. their military capacity

5. which phrase defines “understatement” best?
a. the description of an idea magnified or overemphasized to an extreme degree
b. the presentation of something as less significant than it is
c. a style of writing used to mock humans or society
d. a hint, usually derogatory, about a person or thing

6.this lord munodi was a person of the first rank, and had been some years governor of lagado; but, by a cabal of ministers, was discharged for insufficiency. however, the king treated him with tenderness, as a well-meaning man, but of a low contemptible understanding.
how does the passage above reflect the typical plot that appears in travel narratives?
a. a quick summary of the history of an event is a common plot element of travel narratives.
b. mentioning a character by name is an important plot element of travel narratives.
c. the ruler of a country always appears in the climax of the plot of a travel narrative.
d. a highly developed conflict with many details is a key part of the plot of travel narratives.