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Q11The characteristics that distinguish the novel from the novella are primarily based on length. Practically speaking, any type of piece of creative writing produced from the writer's imagination that spans more than 60,000 words is typically considered a full-length novel. Novels produced for children might have slightly different word count expectations. However, novellas are considerably shorter, although they might also contain chapters, similar to a full-length novel. A famous example of a novella is <em>Breakfast at Tiffany's</em> by Truman Capote. The author of the passage mentions <em>Breakfast at Tiffany's</em> in order to
✓ Correct answer: C. provide an example of a well-known novella.
The passage mentions Breakfast at Tiffany's to provide an example of a text that is well known, but that readers might not be aware is short enough to be classified as a novella. Because the passage discusses Breakfast at Tiffany's explicitly, and not just generally.
Q12Her introductory day of shop-keeping did not run on, however, without many and serious interruptions of this mood of cheerful vigor. As a general rule, Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers. In the case of our old gentlewoman, after the excitement of new effort had subsided, the despondency of her whole life threatened, ever and anon, to return. It was like the heavy mass of clouds which we may often see obscuring the sky, and making a gray twilight everywhere, until, towards nightfall, it yields temporarily to a glimpse of sunshine. But, always, the envious cloud strives to gather again across the streak of celestial azure.<br/><br/>What does the author mean when he writes "As a general rule, Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers"?
✓ Correct answer: C. God or nature gives us just enough happiness to keep us motivated to live and work.
When the author writes "As a general rule, Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers," he means that God or nature (aka Providence) gives us just enough happiness to keep us motivated to live and work. In this passage, the woman has just enough "cheerful vigor" to open her shop, but not enough to keep negative thoughts from creeping back in.
Q13If you are driving at 65 miles per hour, how long will it take you to go 130 miles?
✓ Correct answer: D. 2 hours
65 x h = 130 130 / 65 = 2 hours.
Q1444.4% of the 2,000 individuals attending a sporting event are wearing red. The rest of the attendees are wearing either white or blue.<br/><br/>How many people wearing white and blue are at the event?
✓ Correct answer: B. 1,112
This is a two-step problem. The first step is 2,000 × .444 to get 888, the number of people in red. Then, to find the number of people in white and blue, subtract 888 from 2,000 for a difference of 1,112.
Q15<img src="asset:assets/questions/456d108407fb5fb2.jpg"><br/><br/>Based on the graph, which of the following is true?
✓ Correct answer: A. The smallest difference between inside and outside temperatures occurred in April.
The difference between the average inside temperature and outside temperature in April is only about 5 degrees.
Q16Which of the following is a complete division equation?
✓ Correct answer: A. <tex>45 / x = 15</tex>
A complete division equation needs an equal sign. Additionally, one side must have the division operator, and the other side must show what the division is equal to.
Q17If two cities are 1,846 kilometers apart, approximately how many miles apart are they?
✓ Correct answer: D. 1,147 miles
A distance of 1,846 kilometers is approximately 1,147 miles long. Kilometers are shorter than miles, so the value must be less than 1,846. Therefore, 2,765 miles and 2,369 miles can be ruled out right away.
Q18We know that the perimeter of a rectangle with the dimensions a and b is equal to 2(a + b).<br/><br/>How does doubling the sum of a and b give the perimeter?
✓ Correct answer: C. Perimeter = a + a + b + b = 2(a + b)
The perimeter is a + a + b + b, (a + a) + (b + b), (2a + 2b), or 2(a + b).
Q19The plastic bags are supplied with three types of thickness as follows:<br/><br/>Light weight: 0.002 in.<br/>Regular weight: 0.0025 in.<br/>Heavy weight: 0.003 in.<br/><br/>What is the thickness of the stack of 65 light weight, 34 regular weight, and 54 heavy weight bags rounded to the nearest thousandth inch?
✓ Correct answer: A. 0.377 in.
Set up the numerical expression and simplify:<br/><br/>(65)(0.002) + (34)(0.0025) + (54)(0.003) = 0.13 + 0.085 + 0.162 = 0.377 in.
Q20How many variables can an equation have to qualify as a linear relationship?
✓ Correct answer: D. 2
In order to qualify as a linear relationship, an equation must have two variables. Any other number of variables would not result in a straight line on a graph.
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