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Read each passage carefully. For each one, identify (1) the title of the work and (2) the author. Your answers must be complete and spelled correctly to receive full credit.  “As soon as it was moonlight and that poor thing began to crawl and shake the pattern, I got up and ran to help her. I pulled and she shook, I shook and she pulled, and before morning we had peeled off yards of that paper.”

Analyze how Arthur Miller represents the theme of the American Dream in Death of a Salesman. Consider how this theme influences characters’ motivations, relationships, and understanding of success. (300–500 words)

Read each passage carefully. For each one, identify (1) the title of the work and (2) the author. Your answers must be complete and spelled correctly to receive full credit.  “When he spoke to her, it was with averted eyes, from which the old love-light seemed to have gone out. He absented himself from home; and when there, avoided her presence and that of her child, without excuse.”

In Faulkner’s “Barn Burning,” what value does Abner Snopes prioritize above all else? 

Read each passage carefully. For each one, identify (1) the title of the work and (2) the author. Your answers must be complete and spelled correctly to receive full credit.    “There was something coming to her and she was waiting for it, fearfully. What was it? She did not know; it was too subtle and elusive to name. But she felt it, creeping out of the sky, reaching toward her through the sounds, the scents, the color that filled the air. When she abandoned herself a little whispered word escaped her slightly parted lips. She said it over and over under the breath: ‘free, free, free!'”

In Sandra Cisneros’s “Woman Hollering Creek,” what does Cleófilas discover about the creek near her home? 

In Kate Chopin’s “Désirée’s Baby,” how did Désirée become part of the Valmondé family?

In Robert Frost’s “Mending Wall,” what repeated proverb does the neighbor use? 

Which of the following breeds is red?

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