"Honor Code" Quiz

Understanding that the genre of this piece is an Op-Ed, will lead readers to imply that

• it will be impartial and provide objective facts

• it may be biased and opinionated

David Brooks creates a hypothetical situation with which Shakespearean character?

• Henry IV

• King Harry

• Henry V

• Falstaff

Why does Brooks imagine that this character would struggle in school?

• because he is nurturing and collaborative

• because he lost interest in trying

• because the system encourages a certain sort of person

• because he is not cooperative or sensitive

Which of the following best presents Brook's claim?

• The education system has become culturally cohesive and people who don't fit the ideal respond by disengaging and rebelling.

• Henry V is one of Shakespeare's most appealing characters. He was rambunctious when young and courageous when older. But suppose Henry went to an American school.

• Boys are much more likely to have discipline problems.

• If schools want to re-engage Henry, they can't pretend they can turn him into a reflective Hamlet just by feeding him his meds and hoping he will sit quietly.

Which of the following is a piece of evidence Brooks uses to support his claim?

• Some of the decline in male performance may be genetic.

• Psychologist Michael Thompson mentioned that 11th grade boys are now writing at the same level as 8th grade girls.

• This is roughly what is happening in schools across the Western world.

• Far from all, but many of the people who don't fit in are boys.

Which of the following best supports the claim that boys struggle in school because the education system is flawed?

• Schools have to engage people as they are.

• Little Prince Hal doesn't find much inspiration in school, but he should.

• The information age rewards people who mature early, who are verbally and socially sophisticated, and who can control their impulses.

• An article in the magazine Educational Leadership found that boys accounted for nearly three-quarters of D's and Fs.

What is the best meaning of the word "homogeneous" in the following sentence: "The basic problem is that schools praise diversity but have become culturally homogenous."

• of the same kind or nature

• containing terms all of the same degree

• distinctly non-uniform