The motion pictures offered an escape from the drudgery of everyday life in the 1930s, and the suffered at the hand of the new technology.
a. audiences
b. drama critics
c. playwrights
d. theater

Which line from “a simple way to create suspense” best supports the central idea that writers should not give their readers answers too quickly? a. the reader learns to chase, and the momentum becomes unstoppable. b. so writers are taught to focus on ingredients and their combination. c. we had to invent a solution to the serious problem it posed. d. thus the principle works in a micro sense, as well as in a macro one.

The first step in making a mental model for a compare-and-contrast text is a. comparing the two things being described. b. finding important details in the text. c. contrasting the two things being described. d. connecting details to what is already known.

Which two sentences in this excerpt from leo tolstoy's the death of ivan ilyich reflect the author's belief that russia's rising middle class was unable to express genuine emotion?