Appearances

A lady in a faded gingham dress and her husband, dressed in a homespun threadbare suit, stepped off the train in Boston, and walked timidly without an appointment into the president's outer office. The secretary could tell in a moment that such backwoods, country hicks had no business at Harvard and probably didn't even deserve to be in Cambridge. She frowned. "We want to see the president," the man said softly. "He'll be busy all day," the secretary snapped. "We'll wait," the lady replied.
For hours, the secretary ignored them, hoping that the couple would finally become discouraged and go away. They didn't. And the secretary grew frustrated and finally decided to disturb the president, even though it was a chore she always regretted to do. "Maybe if they just see you for a few minutes, they'll leave," she told him. And he sighed in exasperation and nodded. Someone of his importance obviously didn't have the time to spend with them, but he detested gingham dresses and homespun suits cluttering up his outer office. The president, stern-faced with dignity, strutted toward the couple.
The lady told him, "We had a son that attended Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was happy here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. And my husband and I would like to erect a memorial to him, somewhere on campus." The president wasn't touched—he was shocked. "Madam," he said gruffly, "We can't put up a statue for every person who attended Harvard and died. If we did, this place would look like a cemetery."
"Oh, no," the lady explained quickly, "We don't want to erect a statue. We thought we would like to give a building to Harvard."
The president rolled his eyes. He glanced at the gingham dress and homespun suit, then exclaimed, "A building! Do you have any earthly idea how much a building costs? We have over seven and a half million dollars in the physical plant at Harvard."
For a moment the lady was silent. The president was pleased. He could get rid of them now.
And the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, "Is that all it costs to start a University? Why don't we just start our own?" Her husband nodded. The President's face wilted in confusion and bewilderment. And Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford walked away, traveling to Palo Alto, California where they established the University that bears their name, a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about.
1
What is ironic about the situation?
A.
The couple is better educated than the president or the secretary.
B.
The president used to know them from the town he was raised in.
C.
The couple turns out to be related to the secretary's family.
D.
Even though the couple is poorly dressed, they are millionaires.

Answer:

D

Explanation:

they were judged bc of how they dressed in the beginning but they actually can afford to make their own university

Answer:

Even though the couple is poorly dressed, they are millionaires.

Explanation:

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B
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D
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Question 110 pts
It is going to take a ______________ to find a solution to this major problem; we need someone with a unique and innovative idea.
Group of answer choices

visionary

phonograph

vista

cacophony

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Question 210 pts
The author wrote with such detail that it was easy for her readers to _______________ what the characters and settings looked like.
Group of answer choices

audition

visualize

vista

cacophony

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The mayor's speech was held in a large ________________ that seated over 500 people.
Group of answer choices

auditorium

phonograph

vista

audition

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Before CDs and MP3s, the __________________ was one of the few options people had for playing music.
Group of answer choices

vista

auditorium

phonograph

visionary

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After waiting two hours for the band to begin playing, the _________________ grew restless and began to boo and hiss.
Group of answer choices

audience

auditorium

visionary

phonograph

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Question 610 pts
Choose an antonym for audible.
Group of answer choices

visible

crisp

loud

muffled

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Question 710 pts
If you are looking through a vista, then you...
Group of answer choices

likely do not have a full view of something

are probably in an office or an elevator

are viewing something unpleasant

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Choose a synonym for cacophony.
Group of answer choices

racket

symphony

tranquility

pleasant

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An example of an audition is...
Group of answer choices

playing the guitar in front of a band that you hope to join.

reading a speech at a graduation ceremony in front of a large group of people.

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guitar : pick

xylophone : __________________

Group of answer choices

mallet

drum

notes

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