Standard English Conventions

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Mar 17, 2024

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In the canon of North African literature, Moroccan author Driss Chraibi's 1954 novel The Simple Past (Le Passe simple), looms large. A coming-of-age story, a social meditation, and a sober gaze into the dark maw of French colonialism, ________ interrogates systemic power with memorable intensity. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Difficulty: Hard

Morocco gained its independence two years before the publication of Chraibi's debut novel, which

Chraibi's debut novel, published two years before Morocco gained its independence,

Chraibi wrote a debut novel that, published two years before Morocco gained its independence,

published two years before Morocco gained its independence, Chraibi wrote a debut novel that

When writing The Other Black Girl (2021), novelist Zakiya Dallia Harris drew on her own experiences working at a publishing office. The award-winning book is Harris's first novel, but her writing ________ honored before. At the age of twelve, she entered a contest to have a story published in American Girl magazine--and won. Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Difficulty: Easy

were

have been

has been

are

The forty-seven geothermal springs of Arkansas' Hot Springs National Park are sourced via a process known as natural groundwater recharge, in which rainwater percolates downward through the earth--in this case, the porous rocks of the hills around Hot ________ collect in a subterranean basin Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?

Difficulty: Medium

Springs to

Springs: to

Springs--to

Springs, to