Which sentence expresses the main idea most precisely and clearly? a) the architect designed the plans for our school's new gymnasium. b) the guy who designs buildings made a sketch of our new gym at school. c) the architect was hired by the school to create a plan for a new gymnasium for our school. d) the architect that was secured to design the gym has finished his preliminary plans for a school gym to be constructed on our campus. 2) you are giving a speech to local business leaders about supporting new sales tax laws. which information is important to your audience? a) how the police are affected by the new laws b) how the new laws will affect local business income c) how the laws will be enforced by the state or county d) how the sales tax has been used historically in the us 3) who was william shakespeare? read the topic question about william shakespeare. which of these best explains why the topic is inappropriate for a short researched essay paper? a) too broad b) too narrow c) cannot be researched or proven d) requires personal opinion, no analysis or conclusions

Read the excerpt from act 1 of a doll's house. helmer: nora! [goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] the same little featherhead! suppose, now, that i borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the christmas week, and then on new year's eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and— nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. oh! don't say such horrid things. helmer: still, suppose that happened, —what then? nora: if that were to happen, i don't suppose i should care whether i owed money or not. helmer: yes, but what about the people who had lent it? nora: they? who would bother about them? i should not know who they were. helmer: that is like a woman! but seriously, nora, you know what i think about that. no debt, no borrowing. there can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. we two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle. nora: [moving towards the stove]. as you , torvald. how does the interaction between helmer and nora advance the plot? nora realizes that helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him. nora realizes that she and helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play. helmer realizes that nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play. nora realizes that helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.