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18 What is the main topic of the discussion?
(A) _ Influences on Robert Browning's poetry (B) Poems written about historical events (C) Characteristics of the dramatic monologue (D) Whether “My Last Duchess” is a dramatic monologue
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19 What did the professor mean by this? C)
He rarely assigns Browning's poetry to students
Browning's poetry is no longer widely available
Browning's poetry is easy to understand
Students find Browning's poetry interesting
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20 According to the professor, what is a
monologue?
A speech given by a single person
A profile of one historical character
A description of a specific historical event
A poet who writes in the voice of a different person
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The speaker in the poem reveals what he plans to do
in the near future
The reader identifies with the listener addressed in
the poem
The speaker in the poem is a person of high status
Readers must use their own inferences to complete
the story
The speaker in the poem tries to justify his thinking
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22 What
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was the woman's reaction to the poem
“My Last Duchess”?
She liked the character of the duke
She found it disturbing, She thought it unlike Browning's other poems
She doubted its historical accuracy
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23 What does the professor ask the woman to do?
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(B) (C) (D)
Consider a different interpretation Allow her classmates to give their opinions Wait until later to talk about the poem Explain what she thought the poem was saying
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24 What will the woman spend the evening
doing?
(A) Catching up on her math homework (B) Having dinner with the man
(C) Seeing a tutor about one of her classes
(D) Helping high school students with their studies
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25 What did the woman imply when she said this?
(A) She has not finished the problems that were assigned
(B) She is not sure whether she should take physics
(C)_ She is having some difficulty with physics
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26 Why has the city started the tutoring
program?
(A) It wants to raise the math level of the students
(B) It has received extra funding
(C)_ The high school building could be used at night
(D) Some university students suggested it
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27 What does the education department like
about the tutors?
(A) Most of them have taught students before
(B) The tutors are available in the afternoon
(C) Most of them went to the city high school
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