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1. In "House Taken Over," the narrator and his sister are united in their desire to:

a. save their house

b. maintain their routine

c. preserve their stamp collection

d. preserve their books

2. In "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings," a comparison is often drawn between the angel and a:

a. sailor

b. baby

c. bird

d. ghost

3. The irony in "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings" results from:

a. Pelayo and Elisenda's behavior

b. the angel's incredible appearance

c. the angel's inability to fly or perform miracles properly

d. the reaction of the townspeople to the angel's appearance

4. When Elisenda calls their house "a hell full of angels," she is using a(n):

a. colloquialism

b. metaphor

c. oxymoron

d. magical statement

5. In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band," Holmes shows that he is not infallible because he:

a. loses his temper with Watson

b. fails to take the matter of Julia's death seriously

c. incorrectly concludes that Julia fell to her death

d. incorrectly concludes that Julia was harmed by gypsies

6. The events in "The Speckled Band" are related through the perspective of:

a. Holmes

b. Watson

c. Dr. Roylott

d. a third-person, omniscient narrator

7. Which of the following elements is particularly important to "The Pedestrian"?

a. Allusions

b. Setting

c. Internal monologues

d. First-person narration

8. In "The Pedestrian," the police car says Leonard Mead has no profession because:

a. he is walking while everyone else is working

b. he refuses to answer questions

c. his work generates products no one ever uses anymore

d. he did not go to college

9. In "By the Water of Babylon," the narrator decides he must go east because he:

a. must defy his father if he is to become a man

b. sees signs that support his yearning for knowledge

c. realizes that the only food available is east

d. must find his way to the river

10. What process does the narrator in "By the Water of Babylon" describe as feeling "as a fish is drawn on a line?"

a. His destiny being drawn along behind him

b. His dreams spilling into the good-house

c. His spirit being dragged from his body

d. The gods pulling his raft down the river

11. In the narrator's jargon, a Dead Place is probably a:

a. grave

b. church

c. temple

d. house

12. The narrator's awareness of what the Place of the Gods once looked like comes from:

a. a dream

b. paintings he finds in the house

c. the old man's description

d. the books he finds in the library

13. In the great house, the narrator decides that lamps and faucets do not work because:

a. the gods have willed them not to

b. the house knows he was not meant to be there

c. they were destroyed in the Great Burning

d. they have lost their magic

14. In "The Hitchhiker," Adams' mother's behavior as she bids him goodbye suggests that she is:

a. happy

b. envious

c. worried

d. angry

15. Adams is startled when he sees the hitchhiker in Oklahoma because the hitchhiker:

a. looks menacing

b. shouts at him

c. has a wet coat

d. is riding in another car

16. The girl's fear of Adams seems justified because he:

a. gets furious when she doesn't believe him

b. tries to kill her

c. seems afraid

d. does not drive safely

17. Adams calls home because he:

a. is worried about his mother

b. wants to know if his mother has seen the hitchhiker

c. needs more money

d. wants to hear a familiar voice

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a. cos^2 0-sin^2 0

b. 2cos^2 0-1

c.1-2sin^2 0

d.2sin 0 cos 0

A. 3pi/4+2pik,5pi/4+2pik

B. pi/4+2pik,7pi/4+2pik

C. pi/4+2pik,5pi/4+2pik

D.3pi/4+2pik+2pik,7pi/4+2pik

A. 24/25

B. 7/25

C. 24/7

D. -7/25

a. 63/56

b. -63/56

c. -33/56

d. 33/56