Pass Praxis Practice Questions

Q1Why are epic similes sometimes called Homeric similes?

Q2Coagulation means most nearly to

Q3Consider the following paragraph:<br/><br/><i>I always vote for the National Party candidate in gubernatorial elections. This year, Sally Smith is the National Party candidate for governor, so I will vote for Sally Smith for governor this year.</i><br/><br/>Which type of reasoning is displayed in this paragraph?

Q4The Battle of Waterloo brought to an end the stunning reemergence of Napoleon Bonaparte as ruler of France. He had been exiled to an island after abdicating the throne in 1815, but returned to once again threaten the security of neighboring countries. It was the cooperating powers of England, Russia, Prussia and Austria that finally ended the reign of the Little Corporal.<br/><br/>Napoleon was the self-declared Emperor of France and Italy in the early 1800s. After a ruinous attempt to invade Russia in 1812, Napoleon and his army retreated back to Paris, only to find it had surrendered to opposing forces.<br/><br/>When Napoleon tried to muster his army to advance on Paris, his generals refused to follow, which forced his abdication. He was exiled to Elba, an island in the Mediterranean Sea.<br/><br/>When he got to Elba, Napoleon heard rumors that he was to be banished even further away. He decided to attempt to return to France. On February 26, 1815, he landed in France. Louis XVIII, now in power, sent an army to arrest him.<br/><br/>When Napoleon confronted the army, he got off his horse and walked toward them, saying “Here I am. Kill your Emperor if you wish”. The army responded by yelling “Vive L’Empereur!” Napoleon went to Paris and retook control of the country after Louis XVIII fled.<br/><br/>The powers of England, Russia, Prussia and Austria entered into an agreement to send 150,000 soldiers each to end his rule. Napoleon had 200,000 soldiers available to him and he decided to go on the offensive and drive a wedge in between the oncoming British and Prussian armies. On June 18, 1815, at the Battle of Waterloo, the British forces, commanded by the Duke of Wellington, withstood repeated attacks by the French army and drove them from the field.<br/><br/>When the Prussian forces arrived, they broke through Napoleon’s right flank. Napoleon was defeated and was forced to abdicate for a second time. After the Battle of Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled again, to a little island in the Atlantic called Saint Helena, where he died six years later.<br/><br/>What was Napoleon's nickname?

Q5He swiftly lost the fastidiousness which had characterized his old life. A dainty eater, he found that his mates, finishing first, robbed him of his unfinished ration. There was no defending it. While he was fighting off two or three, it was disappearing down the throats of the others. To remedy this, he ate as fast as they; and, so greatly did hunger compel him, he was not above taking what did not belong to him. He watched and learned.<br/><br/>When he saw Pike, one of the new dogs, a clever malingerer and thief, slyly steal a slice of bacon when Perrault's back was turned, he duplicated the performance the following day, getting away with the whole chunk. A great uproar was raised, but he was unsuspected; while Dub, an awkward blunderer who was always getting caught, was punished for Buck's misdeed.<br/><br/>What is the main character in this passage?

Q6The author states that all of the following would be gained from a failed search EXCEPT:

Q7Tomato Fights as Tradition in One Spanish Town<br/><br/>Have you ever heard of people throwing rotten tomatoes at actors who perform poorly on stage? Well, in Spain they take the tomato throwing one step further. Each year in the village of Buñol, located in the eastern region near the Mediterranean, there is a tomato throwing festival known as the <i>Tomatina. </i>It is a food fight in which over 400,000 pounds (200,000 kilograms) of tomatoes are smashed and juiced over the bodies of more than 40,000 people each year.<br/><br/>This festival began in 1945 and there are several different (1) theories about where it got its start.<br/><br/>According to one theory, once a group of teenagers were attending a religious procession in the main (2) plaza or town square. It is said that one person aggressively pushed another, and everyone started fighting. There just happened to be a vegetable stand in the street and the teens began throwing the tomatoes at each other until the police came and broke the fights up. The same teens decided to repeat the fighting match the next year, for fun, with tomatoes that they took from home. Since then people meet up the same day, on the last Wednesday of August, at the same plaza, to participate in this unique tomato fight.<br/><br/>During the <i>Tomatina</i> the (3) participants, dressed in old clothing, throw tomatoes at each other from balconies, trucks, throughout the streets…there is no way to escape it. The streets and the participants all end up covered in tomato sauce. The tomatoes have to be (4) ripe. One of the rules of this battle is that before throwing the tomatoes you must crush them in your hands to prevent hurting someone. The fight only lasts an hour. Trucks full of tomatoes arrive at the plaza and everyone gets prepared. A (5) rocket signals the beginning and the end of the fun battle.<br/><br/>When the second rocket is heard, the fight stops, but the party continues.<br/><br/>Apart from having a great time at this celebration, all that tomato juice is apparently good for your skin. It’s an excellent treatment that helps with cleansing and toning.<br/><br/>Which of the following is true according to the passage?

Q8The ultimate purpose of Dr. Parrack's study is to

Q9You are reading two books about early colonist settlements and you are comparing the reasons and evidence listed in each book.<br/><br/>Which process are you doing while reading?

Q10Which of the following keywords goes with the following definition?<br/><br/>'Means to describe similarities between two or more story elements.'