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The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne “The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they mightoriginally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities toallot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.In accordance with this rule, it may safely be assumed that the forefathers of Boston hadbuilt the first prison-house, somewhere in the early days of the settlement.” “Certain it is, that, some fifteen or twenty years after the settlement of the town, the woodenjail was already marked with weather-stains and other indications of age, which gave ayet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front.” Question: What mood is created in this passage? Explain your reasoning. (2-3 sentences)

(01.01 HC)Read the excerpt from The Great Gatsby. Then answer the question that follows.The younger of the two was a stranger to me. She was extended full length at her end of the divan, completely motionless, and with her chin raised a little, as if she were balancing something on it which was quite likely to fall.What is the effect of the bolded figurative language on the passage?

(02.02 MC)Read the excerpt from “The Fisherman and His Wife.” Then answer the question that follows.   Then the fish came swimming to him, and said, ‘Well, what is her will? What does your wife want?’ ‘Ah!’ said the fisherman, ‘she says that when I had caught you, I ought to have asked you for something before I let you go; she does not like living any longer in the pigsty, and wants a snug little cottage.’ ‘Go home, then,’ said the fish; ‘she is in the cottage already!’ So the man went home, and saw his wife standing at the door of a nice trim little cottage. ‘Come in, come in!’ said she; ‘is not this much better than the filthy pigsty we had?’ And there was a parlor, and a bedchamber, and a kitchen; and behind the cottage there was a little garden, planted with all sorts of flowers and fruits; and there was a courtyard behind, full of ducks and chickens. ‘Ah!’ said the fisherman, ‘how happily we shall live now!’ ‘We will try to do so, at least,’ said his wife.   Everything went right for a week or two, and then the wife said, ‘Husband, there is not near room enough for us in this cottage; the courtyard and the garden are a great deal too small; I should like to have a large stone castle to live in: go to the fish again and tell him to give us a castle.’ ‘Wife,’ said the fisherman, ‘I don’t like to go to him again, for perhaps he will be angry; we ought to be easy with this pretty cottage to live in.’ ‘Nonsense!’ said the wife; ‘he will do it very willingly, I know; go along and try!’   The fisherman went, but his heart was very heavy: and when he came to the sea, it looked blue and gloomy, though it was very calm; and he went close to the edge of the waves, and called for the fish.   ‘Well, what does she want now?’ said the fish. ‘Ah!’ said the man, dolefully, ‘my wife wants to live in a stone castle.’ ‘Go home, then,’ said the fish; ‘she is standing at the gate of it already.’ So away went the fisherman, and found his wife standing before the gate of a great castle. ‘See,’ said she, ‘is not this grand?’ With that they went into the castle together, and found a great many servants there, and the rooms all richly furnished, and full of golden chairs and tables; and behind the castle was a garden, and around it was a park half a mile long, full of sheep, and goats, and hares, and deer; and in the courtyard were stables and cow-houses. ‘Well,’ said the man, ‘now we will live cheerful and happy in this beautiful castle for the rest of our lives.’ ‘Perhaps we may,’ said the wife; ‘but let us sleep upon it, before we make up our minds to that.’ So they went to bed.How does the author use juxtaposition in this excerpt to develop the reader’s perspective on the characters?

I agree to not talk to myself or anyone else during the exam. I will not read the questions aloud. 

I understand if my teacher has any suspicion of my actions during an exam, my Honorlock exam score will be zeroed out, and I will have to come test in person to retake a new final.

(01.03 MC)Which of the following would most likely prevent a student from being accused of plagiarism?

(01.01 MC)Read the excerpt from The Great Gatsby. Then answer the question that follows.The late afternoon sky bloomed in the window for a moment like the blue honey of the Mediterranean—then the shrill voice of Mrs. McKee called me back into the room.Which of the following figurative language devices is present in this passage?

(01.02 HC)Read the excerpt from Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Then answer the question that follows.   While leading the way upstairs, she recommended that I should hide the candle, and not make a noise; for her master had an odd notion about the chamber she would put me in, and never let anybody lodge there willingly. I asked the reason. She did not know, she answered: she had only lived there a year or two; and they had so many queer goings on, she could not begin to be curious.   Too stupefied to be curious myself, I fastened my door and glanced round for the bed. The whole furniture consisted of a chair, a clothes-press, and a large oak case, with squares cut out near the top resembling coach windows. Having approached this structure, I looked inside, and perceived it to be a singular sort of old-fashioned couch, very conveniently designed to obviate the necessity for every member of the family having a room to himself. In fact, it formed a little closet, and the ledge of a window, which it enclosed, served as a table.   I slid back the panelled sides, got in with my light, pulled them together again, and felt secure against the vigilance of Heathcliff, and everyone else.   The ledge, where I placed my candle, had a few mildewed books piled up in one corner; and it was covered with writing scratched on the paint. This writing, however, was nothing but a name repeated in all kinds of characters, large and small—Catherine Earnshaw, here and there varied to Catherine Heathcliff, and then again to Catherine Linton.How does the use of foreshadowing in this excerpt affect the meaning of the passage?

The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne “The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they mightoriginally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities toallot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.In accordance with this rule, it may safely be assumed that the forefathers of Boston hadbuilt the first prison-house, somewhere in the early days of the settlement.” “Certain it is, that, some fifteen or twenty years after the settlement of the town, the woodenjail was already marked with weather-stains and other indications of age, which gave ayet darker aspect to its beetle-browed and gloomy front.” Question: What mood is created in this passage? Explain your reasoning. (2-3 sentences)

(01.01 LC)Sarah is reading a poem, and she notices the author uses a lot of metaphors and similes. Sarah has taken note of the author’s