Gaming Communities Quiz

The following passage from the Point essay (paragraph 3) adds to the development of the argument mainly by explaining that .

Suppose you begin chatting online with a new player, and you find out the person is from Kazakhstan. You have never heard of this country, and you look for it on a map. Then you ask the person some questions about his or her country. You find out that Kazakhstan has major oil deposits. Major U.S. oil companies do business there. You receive a valuable geography lesson just by playing a game.

• Kazakhstan is an important source of oil

• people outside of the United States play video games

• games are the best place to meet people from other countries

• games introduce people and educational opportunities someone might not get otherwise

Which of the following statements about in-game chat is best supported by the Point essay?

• Chat in games can help players build self-esteem.

• Chatting in games can lead to players feeling worse about themselves.

• Players who use chat are often already experts on computers.

• Chatting in games is more valuable than chatting with people in real life.

Which of the following statements about trolls is best supported by the selection from the Counterpoint essay below (paragraph 19)?

Yet, some players are proud of their cruel insults. These players are called trolls. These individuals play online games specifically to ruin the experience for other players. Many times, these are low-level players who are not skilled at the game. Their only enjoyment comes from making other players angry. What’s worse, other players sometimes encourage them. Trolls post about their worst insults on gaming message boards or post videos of the interaction online. These posts and videos often receive positive comments from players who think the insults are funny. Such encouragement makes the online environment worse for victims of these verbal attacks.

• Trolls make fun of people whether or not their real identity is revealed.

• Trolls should not be included in game design.

• Trolls make gaming experiences bad because they only want to upset people.

• Trolls are always unskilled players.

What is most closely the meaning of flame as it is used in the passage below (paragraph 20)?

There are options to combat trolls, but they are often temporary. For instance, players can mute these trolls in some games, but that’s not a long-term solution. A player can also make a complaint to the game company. That might get the offender banned. Even then, friends of the banned person may flame the player who made the complaint. Often the banned person will get a new account with a new avatar or be able to log on from a different computer. Then the player can go right back to making nasty comments.

• to use fire in duels within the game

• to harass another player verbally

• to light the console of the person who complained on fire

• to comfort another player

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Which of the following selections best states a main idea of the Point essay?

• Gaming is a means to get away from learning.

• Game chat is a place where people are unkind to each other.

• Gaming teaches players many things, but the most important of those things is geography.

• Communication skills gained from gaming apply to many areas of life.

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Which statement from the passage most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 5?

• “Gaming helps improve both traditional communication skills and digital literacy.”

• “Learning to use electronic devices for communication is a key part of digital literacy.”

• “People enjoy this type of communication more than the type of communication practiced in English class.”

• “You receive a valuable geography lesson just by playing a game.”

Which of the following selections best states a main idea of the Counterpoint essay?

• Mute features in games can help solve the problem with trolls.

• Games can be beneficial if players want to learn from them.

• Games are designed to promote mean behavior by the players.

• Games are unneeded for communication because there are many hurtful interactions.

Which statement from the passage most strongly supports the correct answer to Question 7?

• “Bullies and sore losers can shout or type insults from the comfort of their own homes.”

• “People need family and friends as the foundation of their life.”

• “As long as negative language is such a major part of game chat, gaming will do more to harm communication than to improve it.”

• “There’s a word for a person who posts nasty comments anonymously. That word is coward.”