Novelist N. K. Jemisin declines to____the conventions of the science fiction genre in which she writes, and she has suggested that her readers appreciate her work precisely because of this willingness to thwart expectations and avoid formulaic plots and themes.

Which option completes the sentence with the most logical and precise word or expression?

A) know

B) ask

C) conform to

D) act to

In Nature Poem (2017), Kumeyaay poet Tommy Pico portrays his____the natural world by honoring the centrality of nature within his tribe’s traditional beliefs while simultaneously expressing his distaste for being in wilderness settings himself.

Which choice completes the text with the reasonable and precise word or motto?

A) ability over

B) ambivalence toward

C) refusal of

D) impartiality to

There shall be new roads wending, A new beating of the drum— Men’s eyes shall have fresh seeing, Grey lives reprise their span- But under the new sun’s being, Completing what night began, There’ll be the same backs bending, The same sad feet shall drum- When this night finds its ending, the day shall have come…​..

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

A) To consider how the repetitiveness inherent in human life can be both rewarding and challenging

B) Question whether activities completed at one time is more memorable than those completed at another time

C) Rejecting the idea that happiness is an emotion than sadness

D) To demonstrate how the experiences of individuals relate to the experiences of communities

We mean nothing but a little amusement among ourselves, just to vary the scene and exercise our powers in something new. We want no audience, no publicity. We may be trusted, I think, in choosing some play most perfectly unexceptionable, and I can conceive no greater harm or danger to any of us in conversing in the elegant written language of some respectable author than in chattering in words of our own.

Which option best states the main purpose of the paragraph?

A) To offer Tom’s assurance that the play will be inoffensive and involve only a small number of people

B) To make it clear that the method play Tom originally intended would not be performed

C) Explaing the idea that the people around Tom lack skills

D) To assert that Tom believes the group performing the play will be able to successfully promote it

Musician Joni Mitchell, who is also a painter, uses images she creates for her album covers to emphasize ideas expressed in her music. For the cover of her album Turbulent Indigo (1994), Mitchell painted a striking self-portrait that closely resembles Vincent van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear (1889). The image calls attention to the album’s title song, in which Mitchell sings about the legacy of the postimpressionist painter. In that song, Mitchell also hints that she feels a strong artistic connection to Van Gogh—an idea that is reinforced by her imagery on the cover.

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

A) Discusses Van Gogh’s influence on Mitchell and examines Mitchell’s influence on other artists.

B) It presents a claim about Mitchell, then gives an example supporting that claim.

C) Describes similaritIes between artists and points out difference between them.

D) It describes the songs on Turbulent Indigo, then explains how they relate to the album’s cover.