The Effects of Others
Authored by Madison Demaris
English
9th Grade
CCSS covered
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This quiz assesses reading comprehension skills focused on analyzing informational text about social psychology and human behavior. The questions target 9th-grade level reading comprehension abilities, requiring students to identify main ideas, understand author's purpose, distinguish between related concepts, analyze supporting evidence, and explain how text structure contributes to meaning. Students must demonstrate their ability to comprehend complex psychological concepts including conformity, obedience, compliance, and social influence. The quiz evaluates critical reading skills including inference, textual analysis, and the ability to synthesize information across multiple paragraphs. Students need strong vocabulary comprehension to distinguish between nuanced terms like obedience versus compliance, and they must demonstrate analytical thinking to evaluate which evidence best supports specific claims. The final open-response question requires students to make connections between the introduction and the body of the text while citing specific textual examples. Created by Madison Demaris, an English teacher in the US who teaches grade 9. This informational text reading comprehension quiz serves multiple instructional purposes in the high school English classroom. Teachers can deploy this assessment as a formative evaluation tool to gauge student understanding of complex informational texts before moving to more challenging materials. The quiz works effectively as a warm-up activity to activate prior knowledge about social psychology concepts, as guided practice during a unit on informational text analysis, or as homework to reinforce close reading strategies. The varied question formats allow teachers to differentiate instruction while maintaining rigor across all learners. This assessment aligns with Common Core standards including CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1 for citing textual evidence, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2 for determining central ideas and analyzing their development, CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.5 for analyzing text structure, and CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.6 for determining author's purpose and point of view.
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which statement best expresses the main idea in the introductory paragraph?
Humans refuse to change their behavior even in the presence of others.
Humans change their behavior to conform to the expectations of others.
Humans rely on their moral compass to determine what is right from wrong
Humans are dependent on each other to tell them what is right from wrong.
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the difference between obedience and compliance?
Compliance and obedience are both when a person follows the requests of another person.
Compliance is when a person follows the orders of an authority figure while obedience is when a person meets the request of another person.
Compliance is when a person meets the request of another person, while obedience is when a person feels additional pressure to follow orders.
Obedience is when a person meets the request of another person, while compliance is when a person feels additional pressure to follow orders.
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CCSS.RL.5.6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which statement best captures the author’s purpose in writing this article?
The author wants to convince the reader not to fall for social pressures.
The author wants to inform the reader about the ways that humans are affected by others.
The author wants to warn the reader about our human inclination to follow social pressures.
The author wants to weigh the risks and benefits of humans being affected by other humans.
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6
CCSS.RI.8.6
CCSS.RI.8.9
CCSS.RL.8.6
CCSS.RL.9-10.6
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which piece of evidence best supports the idea that people are affected by others?
“Most of us don’t like to be called conformists” (Paragraph 3)
“Humans evolved to live in groups; since early on, we’ve needed ways to smooth interactions, reduce conflict, and coordinate action.” (Paragraph 3)
“Say you’re walking by a building and see smoke coming out. Do you call 911?” (Paragraph 4)
“The desire to fit in is so strong that people sometimes conform to a group consensus even when it goes against their own judgment” (Paragraph 5)
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CCSS.RI.8.1
CCSS.RI.8.8
CCSS.RL.11-12.1
CCSS.RL.8.1
CCSS.RL.9-10.1
5.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
10 mins • Ungraded
How does the introductory paragraph contribute to the main ideas in the text? Include examples from the text.
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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.7.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
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