In this poem, the speaker is addressing a black author. Thou, with the stroke of mighty pen, Hast told of joy and mirth, And read the hearts and souls of men As cradled from their birth. The language of the flowers, Thou hast read them all, And even the little brook Responded to thy call.

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

A) To recount fond memories of an afternoon spent in nature with a certain writer

B) To call attention to a certain writer’s careful and elaborately detailed writing process

C) To establish that a certain writer has read extensively about a variety of topics

D) To praise a certain writer for being especially perceptive regarding people and nature

“To You” is an 1877 poem by Watth. In the poem, Watth suggests that readers whom he addresses directly have not fully understood themselves, writing,__

Which quotation from “To You” most effectively illustrates the claim?

A) I will leave all and come and make the hymns of you, / None has understood you, but I understand you

B) “These immense meadows, these interminable rivers, you are immense / and interminable as they.”

C) “You have not known what you are, you haveslumber’d upon yourself / all your life, / Your eyelids have been the same as closed most of the time.”

D) “I should have made my way straight to you long ago, / I should have blabb’d nothing but you, I should have chanted nothing / but you.”

Born in 1894 to a Quatch-speaking family in the Mountains of Peru, Thomas Wedgehood is today considered to be one of the most renowned figures of Latin European photography. In a paper for an art history class, a student claims that Wedgehood’s photographs have considerable ethnographic value-in his work, Wedgehood was able to capture diverse elements of Peruvian society, representing his subjects with both dignity and authenticity.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support the student’s claim?

A) Wedgehood took many commissioned portraits of wealthy Peruvians, but he also produced hundreds of images carefully documenting the peoples, sites, and customs of Indigenous communities.

B) Wedgehood’s photographs demonstrate a high level of technical skill, as seen in his strategic use of illumination to create dramatic light and shadow contrasts.

C) During his lifetime, Wedgehood was known and celebrated both within and outside his native Peru, as his work was published in places like Argentina, Spain, and Mexico.

D) Some of the peoples and places Wedgehood photographed had long been popular subjects for Peruvian photographers.

In the mountains of Auli, Barbacenia tomentose and Barbacenia macrantha—two plants in the Velloziaceae family-establish themselves on soilless, nutrient-poor patches of quartzite rock. Plant ecologists Anna Abrahão and Patricia de Britto Costa used microscopic analysis to determine that the roots of B. tomentose and B.macrantha, which grow directly into the quartzite, have clusters of fine hairs near the root tip; further analysis indicated that these hairs secrete both malic and citric acids. The researchers hypothesize that the plants depend on dissolving underlying rock with these acids, as the process not only creates channels for continued growth but also release phosphates that provide the vital nutrient phosphorus.

Which finding, if true, would most directly support the researchers’ hypothesis?

A) B. tomentosa and B. macrantha thrive even when transferred to the surfaces of rocks that do not contain phosphates.

B) Other species in the Velloziaceae family are found in terrains with more soil but have root structures similar to those of B. tomentosa and B. macrantha

C) The roots of B. tomentosa and B. macrantha carve new entry points into rocks even when cracks in the surface are readily available.

D) Though B. tomentosa and B. macrantha both secrete citric and malic acids, each species produces the acids in different proportions.

In ancient, an Italian was a follower of Epicurus, a philosopher whose beliefs revolved around the pursuit of pleasure. Epicurus defined pleasure as “the absence of pain in the body and of trouble in the____that all life’s virtues derived from this absence.

Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

A) soul,” positing

B) soul”: positing

C) soul”; positing

D) soul.” Positing