PART A: Which of the following identifies the central idea of the text?
A The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was notable for
being the first major government action taken to
address discrimination on the basis of race.
B While state governments were overwhelmingly
supportive of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the
federal government continued to obstruct the
progress of any legislation.
C The Civil Rights Act of 1964 successfully ended
racial discrimination, but people continued to
experience discrimination based on other
identifying traits.
D The important protections promised by Civil
Rights Act of 1964 were the result of significant
activism by advocates, as well as the leadership
of elected officials.

Read the following passage: he roamed from chamber to chamber with hurried, unequal, and objectless step. the pallor of his countenance had assumed, if possible, a more ghastly hue— but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out. the once occasional huskiness of his tone was heard no more; and a tremulous quaver, as if of extreme terror, habitually characterized his utterance. there were times, indeed, when i thought his unceasingly agitated mind was laboring with some oppressive secret, to divulge which he struggled for the necessary courage. which of the above ideas might be considered foreshadowing? he is wandering all over the chamber his skin tone is really pale his voice is quivering the narrator thinks he is laboring with an oppressive secret