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ACT Reading Test - Prose Fiction Passage - Practice Test 1
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This passage is adapted from the novella “Notes from the Underground” by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, translated by Constance Garnett.


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ACT Reading Test - Prose Fiction Passage - Practice Test 1
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1. The narrator makes which of the following generalizations about petitioners from his experiences working for the government?
2. The narrator makes all of the following assertions about himself EXCEPT that he:
3. The narrator’s desire to “find a recompense,” as it is described in line 25, most nearly means that he wishes to:
4. When the narrator states “I am well-educated enough not to be superstitious, but I am superstitious” in lines 7–10, he most nearly means that:
5. The primary function of the fourth paragraph within the context of the passage as a whole is to:
6. The narrator indicates that he does not see a doctor for which of the following reasons?
7. The narrator’s desire to “find a recompense,” as it is described in line 25, most nearly means that he wishes to:
8. When the narrator states “I am well-educated enough not to be superstitious, but I am superstitious” in lines 7–10, he most nearly means that:
9. The narrator indicates that he does not see a doctor for which of the following reasons?
10. Throughout the passage, the narrator can best be described as expressing:

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