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ACT Reading Test - Humanities Passage - Practice Test 3
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Passage A is adapted from Such Stuff as Dreams: The Psychology of Fiction by Keith Oatley.

Passage B is adapted from Who Was William Shakespeare?: An Introduction to the Life and Works by Dympna Callahan.


ACT Reading Test - Humanities Passage - Practice Test 3
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1. Related To Passage B: Callahan states that The Taming of the Shrew contains elements of Shakespeare’s early life in:
2. Related To Both Passages: Which of the following images from Oakley’s passage would Callahan likely cite as a specific example of one of Shakespeare’s influences?
3. Related To Both Passages: The two passages have which of the following in common?
4. Related To Passage A: suggests that which of the following Shakespearian works is a dramatization of history?
5. Related To Passage B: Callahan mentions all of the following as influences for elements in Shakespeare’s comedies EXCEPT:
6. Related To Passage B: As it is used in line 45, intrinsically most nearly means:
7. Related To Passage A: According to Oatley, Shakespeare’s later works often included a “dream view” in an effort to:
8. Related To Passage B: According to Callahan, which of the following is common to all Shakespearian comedies?
9. Related To Passage A: The primary purpose of the second paragraph (lines 14–29) is to:
10. Related To Passage A: Oatley lists all of the following as interpretations of the word dream EXCEPT: