How To Mark A Book

Mortimer Adler did not receive his BA from Columbia University because...

• He decided to become an author of books of philosophy and education.
• He realized after his freshman year that college was not for him.
• He did not complete a required swimming test.
• He published, The Art of Getting a Liberal Education.

Complete the following quote: "I contend, quite bluntly,

• this man own books.
• I wouldn't mark up a painting or a statue.
• I am right about the usefulness of marking books, you will have to buy them.
• that marking up a book is not an act of mutilation but of love.

According to Adler, there are five kinds of book owners.

• True
• False

Adler compares the art of annotating to that of...

• A painting 
• A conductor  who makes notations on his musical scores
• the philosophies of other authors.
• Nothing

Why does Adler consider marking up a book indispensable to reading?

• Teachers have used it enough to identify how beneficial it is to readers.
• Reading, if awake, is thinking, and thinking tends to express itseld in words, spoken or written.
• Letting your eyes glide across the page is not idealistic because it deprives the reader of understanding and comprehension.
• It is necessary.

The marked book is usually the...

• teachers goal when reading a piece of literature.
• A nightmare to a media specialist,
• thought-through book.
• An example of a good book.

Adler shares that highlighting is great way of annotating because it helps the reader with information retention.

• True
• False

An exclamation point can be used to identify important information you made need later.

• False
• True

Two question marks is not a good symbol to use if I am confused about a point being made within a text.

• True
• False

It is a good idea to box words that...

• Are unknown
• Seem Important
• Get repeated
• All of the above