A passage from The Scarler Letter By Nathaniel Hawthome
1. What is the best meaning of 'intimated' as used in the passage?
a, revealed
b. implied
e disclosed
d. kept hidden
2. What is the closest meaning of 'administer' as used in the passage?
a, watch
b. supervise
c. manage
d. give
3. The syntax "I know not Lethe or Nepenthe" employs
a. analogy
b. anaphora
c. alliteration
d. allusion
4. 'Efficacy' as used in the passage refers to
a, creating calm
b. quieting the baby
c. alleviating pain
d. a non-poisonous draught
5. The doctor is referred to by all the following syntax EXCEPT?
a. the foreigner
b. a man of skill
c. the leech
d. a stranger
6. Hester's claim that she felt no love, nor feigned any refers to her
a. candid attitude that did not allow for pretense
b. fainting at the thought of love
c. inability to fall in love
d. affection rather than passion

“dylan was a revolutionary,” bruce springsteen said in his 1988 speech inducting dylan into the rock and roll hall of fame. “the way that elvis freed your body, bob freed your mind.” early masterpieces such as “a hard rain’s a-gonna fall” and “visions of johanna” and “like a rolling stone” fueled a debate: are rock lyrics poetry? the answer must be yes, because on thursday, dylan was awarded the highest honor for a writer: the nobel prize in literature. the swedish academy, in making him the first american winner since novelist toni morrison in 1993, cited him for “having created new poetic expressions within the great american song tradition.” –“dylan's nobel prize settles debate: rock lyrics are poetry,” dan deluca what is the best summary of the author’s claim? rock lyrics can be like poetry. bob dylan was a revolutionary. musicians deserve nobel prizes. more americans deserve nobel prizes.