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Reading Test
65 MINUTES, 52 QUESTIONS
Turn to Section 1 of your answer sheet to answer the questions in this section.
DIRECTIONS
Each passage or pair of passages below is followed by a number of questions. After reading
each passage or pair, choose the best answer to each question based on what is stated or
implied in the passage or passages and in any accompanying graphics (such as a table or
graph).
Questions 1-10 are based on the following passage. foot in France, all for us French men and women, who
The passage that follows is adapted from a 1907 novel that are nothing to you?”
follows the actions of an English baronet who, using a secret “Sport, Madame la Comtesse, sport,” asserted Lord
identity, leads a group of wealthy Englishmen in daring 30 Antony, with his jovial, loud and pleasant voice; “we
rescues of members of the French aristocracy during the are a nation of sportsmen, you know, and just now it is
Reign of Terror. the fashion to pull the hare from between the teeth of
the hound.”
Sir Andrew’s face had become almost transfigured. “Ah, no, no, not sport only, Monsieur . . . you have
His eyes shone with enthusiasm; hero-worship, love, 35 a more noble motive, I am sure, for the good work you
admiration for his leader seemed literally to glow upon do.”
Line his face. “The Scarlet Pimpernel, Mademoiselle,” he “Faith, Madame, I would like you to find it then . . .
5 said at last “is the name of a humble English wayside as for me, I vow, I love the game, for this is the finest
flower; but it is also the name chosen to hide the sport I have yet encountered.—Hair-breadth escapes . . .
identity of the best and bravest man in all the world, so 40 the devil’s own risks!—Tally ho!—and away we go!”
that he may better succeed in accomplishing the noble But the Comtesse shook her head, still
task he has set himself to do.” incredulously. To her it seemed preposterous that
10 “Ah, yes,” here interposed Comtesse’s son, “I have these young men and their great leader, all of them
heard speak of this Scarlet Pimpernel. They say in Paris rich, probably wellborn, and young, should for
that every time a royalist escapes to England that devil, 45 no other motive than sport, run the terrible risks,
the Public Prosecutor, receives a paper with that little which she knew they were constantly doing. Their
flower designated in red upon it. . . . Yes?” nationality, once they had set foot in France, would
15 “Yes, that is so,” assented Lord Antony. be no safeguard to them. Anyone found harboring
“Then he will have received one such paper to- or assisting suspected royalists would be ruthlessly
day?” 50 condemned and summarily executed, whatever his
“Undoubtedly.” nationality. And this band of young Englishmen had,
“Oh! I wonder what he will say!” said Suzanne, to her own knowledge, bearded the implacable and
20 merrily. “I have heard that the picture of that little red bloodthirsty tribunal of the Revolution, within the very
flower is the only thing that frightens him.” walls of Paris itself, and had snatched away condemned
“Ah, monsieur,” sighed the Comtesse, “it all sounds 55 victims, almost from the very foot of the guillotine.
like a romance, and I cannot understand it all.” With a shudder, she recalled the events of the last few
“Why should you try, Madame?” days, her escape from Paris with her two children, all
25 “But, tell me, why should you and your leader three of them hidden beneath the hood of a rickety
spend your money and risk your lives when you set
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cart, and lying amidst a heap of turnips and cabbages, 3
60 not daring to breathe, whilst the mob howled outside. Which choice provides the best evidence for the
It had all occurred in such a miraculous way; answer to the previous question?
she and her husband had been placed on the list of
A) Lines 51-55 (“And this . . . guillotine”)
“suspected persons,” which meant that their trial and
death were but a matter of days—of hours, perhaps. B) Lines 65-70 (“Then came . . . children”)
65 Then came the hope of salvation; the mysterious C) Lines 70-72 (“the covered . . . handle”)
epistle, signed with the enigmatical scarlet device;
D) Lines 75-78 (“She . . . plague”)
the clear, peremptory directions; the parting from the
Comte de Tournay, which had torn the poor wife’s
heart in two; the hope of reunion; the flight with her
70 two children; the covered cart; that awful hag driving 4
it, who looked like some horrible demon, with the As used in line 14, “designated” most nearly means
ghastly trophy on her whip handle! A) budgeted.
The Comtesse looked round at the quaint, old-
B) chosen.
fashioned English inn, the peace of this land of civil
75 and religious liberty. She closed her eyes to shut out the C) classed.
haunting vision of that West Barricade, and of the mob D) illustrated.
retreating panic-stricken when the old hag spoke of the
plague.
Every moment under that cart she expected 5
80 recognition, arrest, herself and her children tried and
In context, the phrase “pull the hare from between the
condemned, and these young Englishmen, under the
teeth of the hound” (lines 32-33) refers chiefly to
guidance of their brave and mysterious leader, had
risked their lives to save them all. A) dangerous English hunting customs.
And all only for sport? The Comtesse’s eyes as she B) plans to avenge the deaths of innocent
85 sought those of Sir Andrew plainly told him that she Englishmen.
thought that he at any rate rescued his fellowmen from C) delivering members of the French aristocracy
terrible and unmerited death, through a higher and from harm.
nobler motive than his friend would have her believe.
D) the cruelty of French nobles toward
revolutionaries.
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The passage as a whole is primarily concerned with
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A) considering the reasons behind a set of exploits.
Which choice provides the best evidence for the
B) examining the causes of a revolution.
answer to the previous question?
C) comparing the self-confidence of two different men. A) Lines 37-40 (“Faith . . . go”)
D) questioning the ruthlessness of a government. B) Lines 46-48 (“Their nationality . . . them”)
C) Lines 48-51 (“Anyone . . . nationality”)
2 D) Lines 61-64 (“It had . . . perhaps”)
Based on the information in the passage, it can be
inferred that the when the Comtesse escaped, the people
in the nearby crowd did not approach her cart because
A) the cart was moving too quickly.
B) they feared arrest and death by guillotine.
C) the woman driving the cart was known to be
violent.
D) they were afraid of contracting a disease.
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