1. Who would be more likely to be discussing a knot? Why? A. The captain of an ocean liner B. A racecar driver

2. If you like chocolate, which of these might you indulge in? Why?

A. A glass of lemonade B. A hot fudge sundae C. Pizza

3. Which of the following might make you shudder? Why?

A. Sweeping the floor B. Remembering a bad dream C. Buying a gift

4. Which of these would you describe as a jar? Why?

A. Closing a window B. Bumping into someone C. Taking a deep breath

5. Which of these might be an Ominous sound? Why?

A. A door Creaking open B. A doorbell ringing C. Music

The author most likely uses the word monstrous rather than the word “unpleasant” because it has a more positive connotation than the word “unpleasant.” a more negative connotation than the word “unpleasant.” a more neutral connotation than the word “unpleasant.” almost the same connotation as the word “unpleasant.”

Read the excerpt from the odyssey; 'o cyclops! would you feast on my companions? puny am i, in a caveman's hands? how do you like the beating that we gave you, you d(arn)ed cannibal? eater of guests under your roof! zeus and the gods have paid you! ' according to this excerpt, odysseus (a)is fearful of the cyclops. (b)is prideful and overly confident. (c)has been weakened by the cyclops. (d)has regrets about staying on the island.

Read this excerpt from "a visit from the goon squad."that’s when he began singing the songs he’d been writing for years underground, songs no one had ever heard, or anything like them—“eyes in my head,” “x’s and o’s,” “who’s watching hardest”—ballads of paranoia and disconnection ripped from the chest of a man you knew just by looking had never had a page or a profile or a handle or a handset, who was part of no one’s data, a guy who had lived in the cracks all these years, forgotten and full of rage, in a way that now registered as pure. untouched.how does the author use satire in this excerpt? the author is criticizing media censorship.the author is criticizing the idea of isolationism.the author is mocking society’s overuse of technology.the author is mocking man’s inability to freely express himself.