This comes from 'Love Letter' in commonlit


1. PART A: Which of the following best states a central idea of the letter?
A. Love can be painful and challenging, but it is worth the sacrifice.
B. Some people simply cannot be understood by others, regardless of the feelings of
affection one may have for them.
C. Love is so powerful that a mere similarity of temperament can sustain a relationship
between two otherwise dissimilar people.
D. Retaining one's passion and enthusiasm is vital to forging successful relationships.

2. PART B: Which phrase from the text best supports the answer to Part A?
A. "…of nine out of ten, by their word or action, I may feel the pulse of their hearts. But of
the tenth I despair. It is beyond me." [Paragraph 3]
B. "Spoken words do not come to us. We are unintelligible. God must laugh at the
mummery." [Paragraph 4]
C. "Large temperamentally — that is it. It is the one thing that brings us at all in touch. We
have, flashed through us, you and I, each a bit of universal, and so we draw together.
And yet we are so different." [Paragraph 7]
D. "I learned not to be enthusiastic. It is a hard lesson to forget. I begin to forget, but it is
so little. At the best, before I die, I cannot hope to forget all or most." [Paragraph 8]

3. PART A: What does the word "elude" most closely mean as it is used in paragraph 3?
A. To fail to understand or hold on to
B. To challenge or provoke
C. To appreciate or relate to
D. To categorize or organize

4. PART B: Which phrase from the paragraph best supports the answer to Part A?
A. "the human might be filed in categories"
B. "cannot place you, cannot grasp you"
C. "can forecast their action"
D. "I despair"