2. PART B: Which TWO of the following quotes best support the answer to Part A?
O A Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplicity
simplicity, simplicity!" (Paragraph 2)
OB "Men think that it is essential that the Nation
have commerce, and export ice and talk
through a telegraph and ride thirty miles an
hour" ( Paragraph 2)
c "Why should we live with such hurry and waste
of life? We are determined to be starved before
We are hungry! (Paragraph 3)
OD "Hardly a man takes a half-hour's nap after
dinner, but when he wakes he holds up his head
and asks. What's the news? Paragraph 3)
DE "For my part. I could easily do without the post-
office. I think that there are very few important
communications made through it
Paragraph 4
F"Men esteem truth remote, in the outskirts of
the system behind the farthest star before

Read the selection below and answer the question. an open boat by alfred noyes o, what is that whimpering there in the darkness? 

 'let him lie in my arms. he is breathing, i know.
 look. i'll wrap all my hair round his neck' – the sea's rising,
 the boat must be lightened. he's dead. he must go.' 


 see - quick - by that flash, where the bitter foam tosses, 
 the cloud of white faces, in the black open boat, 
 and the wild pleading woman that clasps her dead lover 
 and wraps her loose hair round his breast and his throat.
 'come, lady, he's dead.' - 'no, i feel his heart beating,
 he's living, i know. but he's numbed with the cold. 
 see, i'm wrapping my hair all around him to warm him.' -
- 'no. we can't keep the dead, dear. come, loosen your hold.

 'come. loosen your fingers.' - 'o god, let me keep him! ' -
 o, hide it, black night! let the winds have their way! 
 and there are no voices or ghosts from that darkness, 
 to fret the bare seas at the breaking of day. the rhyme scheme of "an open boat" is abcb abab abba aabc

Complete the sentence. when trying to determine the meaning of an unfamiliar word, you should first replace the unfamiliar word with a synonym that you identified based on the context clues. remove the unfamiliar word from the sentence. think of an antonym for the unfamiliar word. look for context clues that indicate the word's meaning.

Select the correct sentence. a. i feel well about starting my new classes this semester. b. despite her inexperience, helen did surprisingly well in the gymnastic competition. c. justin has a great sense of humor and can tell a joke really good. d. that tie looks well with your shirt.