Question 1­ refers to the following piece of travel writing.

The second paragraph features which of the following structures?

Question 2 refers to the following excerpt from “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allan Poe.

The text supports which of the following conclusions about the narrator?

Questions 3­–4 refer to the following excerpt from “In a Grove” by Ryunosuke Akutagawa. In it, different people recount the killing of a samurai.

In which of the following ways do these two accounts about the samurai’s death differ?

Which of the following statements describes how the excerpt’s shifting perspective affects its impact?

Questions 5–6 refer to the following excerpt of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, as well as an image from a 2008 stage production of the same scene.

In which of the following ways does the visual component from the stage adaptation enhance the meaning of the text?

The image suggests that the 2008 stage production made which of the following changes to the narrative’s portrayal?

Question 7 refers to the following two texts.

The two excerpts suggest that the texts share which of the following themes?

Question 8 refers to the following texts.

Which of the following statements best describes how the information in Text 2 relates to the information in Text 1?

Question 9 refers to the following 1947 political cartoon. It depicts the Red Scare, a period of fervent anti-communism in the United States.

Source: Library of Congress

Which of the following statements describes what the “hit and run” signifies in the cartoon?

Question 10 refers to the following excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

Which sentence from the excerpt highlights the economic disparity that existed between white Americans and African Americans when King gave his speech?

Which of the following features determines quantitative text complexity?

Which of the following best describes the use of a text-leveling system in the primary school classroom?

Which of the following is a key feature that makes an opinion piece different from other forms of writing?

Which of the following types of poems does not rely on rhymes?

Which of the following qualities makes a writing sample effective?

Questions 16–20 refer to the following adaptation of a 1918 speech given by American political activist Eugene Debs. Debs was speaking in court and had just been convicted of sedition against the U.S. government. Sedition is trying to convince others to rebel against the government. Debs had been tried because of his protests against American involvement in World War I (1914­–18).

Which of the following rhetorical devices does Debs use in the second sentence?

Which of the following statements describes the second paragraph’s purpose in the text?

Which of the following suggestions would be an appropriate grammatical revision to sentence 4?

Which of the following is necessary after “truth” in sentence 6?

In writing this speech, which of the following objectives would Debs need to accomplish during the planning stage?