Multiple Choice Questions

Read the excerpt from A History of the World in 100 Objects.The slit drum began its life in Central Africa, in the region where Sudan and the Congo share a frontier, and it would have been part of the court orchestra of a powerful chief... The flanks of the drum have been carved to different thicknesses, so that a skilled drummer with a traditional drumstick can produce at least two tones and as many as four distinct pitches.How would adding an audio version of what a slit drum sounds like enhance the listener's experience of this part of the text?
  • A.the laborers involved in the corn harvest
  • B.The image aids readers' understanding of key concepts.
  • A.to show how strongly the American president insisted Japan participate in international trade
  • C.It would make the listener more able to feel the same emotions as the people who had heard the drums in the past.
chron = "time"The definition of chron is useful to know because it functions as
  • D.a word root.
  • B.information presented.
  • D.A split infinitive occurs when a word or group of words is inserted the two parts of an infinitive.
  • C.view, focus, observe, conclude
Use the following definitions to answer the question.emerge:(verb) to come up, appearimmerge:(verb) to sink into, immerseWhich sentence contains correct word usage?
  • B.by identifying the parts of the rocket
  • D.A beautiful rainbow emerged from behind the storm clouds.
  • D.I was not conscious after my head hit the ground.
  • B.The image aids readers' understanding of key concepts.
Use the following definitions to answer the question.conscience:(noun) the sense of right and wrong(noun) inner thoughtsconscious:(adjective) aware(noun) area of the mind aware of surroundingsWhich sentence contains correct word usage?
  • D.A beautiful rainbow emerged from behind the storm clouds.
  • B.The image aids readers' understanding of key concepts.
  • D.I was not conscious after my head hit the ground.
  • B.by identifying the parts of the rocket
A summary of an informational text must show the relationship between the author's viewpoint and the
  • D.a word root.
  • B.information presented.
  • B.by identifying the parts of the rocket
  • D.A split infinitive occurs when a word or group of words is inserted the two parts of an infinitive.
Read the excerpt from "Ship's Chronometer from HMS Beagle" and consider the accompanying image.If you wanted to sail, it was impossible to keep a precise record of time. And at sea, if you can't tell the time, you don't know how far east or west you are. It is relatively easy to calculate latitude - your distance north or south of the equator - by measuring the height of the Sun above the horizon at noon; but this won't let you calculate longitude - your position east or west.Which statement best describes how the image reinforces the text?
  • A.to show how strongly the American president insisted Japan participate in international trade
  • A.the laborers involved in the corn harvest
  • C.It would make the listener more able to feel the same emotions as the people who had heard the drums in the past.
  • B.The image aids readers' understanding of key concepts.
Read the excerpt from "Early Victorian Tea Set."Among the upper classes, tea had been popular since beforeIt received celebrity endorsement from Charles II's queen, Catherine of Braganza, and from Queen Anne. It came from China, it was expensive, refreshingly bitter and drunk in tiny cups without milk or sugar. People kept their tea in locked tea caddies, as if it were a drug; for those who could afford it, it often was. In the 1750s Samuel Johnson confessed himself a happy addict:A hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant, whose kettle scarcely has time to cool, who with Tea amuses the evening, with Tea solaces the midnights, and with Tea welcomes the morning.Which is the best summary of this excerpt?
  • A.The author explains how tea was popular among the upper class. He quotes Samuel Johnson to illustrate its popularity.
  • A.to show how strongly the American president insisted Japan participate in international trade
  • D.I was not conscious after my head hit the ground.
  • C.It would make the listener more able to feel the same emotions as the people who had heard the drums in the past.
Read the excerpt from "Hokusai's The Great Wave" by Neil MacGregor.Here's a snatch of the letter from the president of the United States that Perry delivered to the Japanese emperor:Many of the large ships-of-war destined to visit Japan have not yet arrived in these seas, and the undersigned, as an evidence of his friendly intentions, has brought but four of the smaller ones, designing, should it become necessary, to return to Edo in the ensuing spring with a much larger force. But it is expected that the government of your imperial majesty will render such return unnecessary, by acceding at once to the very reasonable and pacific overtures contained in the president's letter . . .This was textbook gunboat diplomacy, and it worked. Japanese resistance melted, and very quickly the Japanese embraced the new economic model, becoming energetic players in the international markets they had been forced to join. They began to think differently about the sea that surrounded them, and their awareness of the possible opportunities in the world beyond grew fast.What is the purpose of the outside source used in this excerpt?
  • A.the laborers involved in the corn harvest
  • B.The image aids readers' understanding of key concepts.
  • A.to show how strongly the American president insisted Japan participate in international trade
  • C.It would make the listener more able to feel the same emotions as the people who had heard the drums in the past.
Consider the paragraph and image.When I turned fifteen, my uncle bought me a model rocket. I was skeptical at first, thinking it was a toy for a kid. But my uncle explained that it contained everything needed for a real launch, from an engine to a parachute.How does the image enhance the paragraph?
  • B.The image aids readers' understanding of key concepts.
  • A.the laborers involved in the corn harvest
  • C.Sound the same but have different meaning
  • B.by identifying the parts of the rocket
Consider the painting and the related poem.The Harvesters by Bruegel "The Corn Harvest" by William Carlos WilliamsSummer !the painting is organizedabout a youngreaper enjoying hisnoonday restcompletelyrelaxedfrom his morning laborssprawledin fact sleepingunbuttonedon his backthe womenhave brought him his lunchperhapsa spot of winethey gather gossipingunder a treewhose shadecarelesslyhe does not share therestingcenter oftheir workaday world.What is the subject of both the painting and the poem?
  • B.by identifying the parts of the rocket
  • B.The image aids readers' understanding of key concepts.
  • C.Sound the same but have different meaning
  • A.the laborers involved in the corn harvest
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