Rachel Carson Quiz

Which book written by Rachel Carson became one of the most influential environmental texts ever written?

• The Sea Around Us

• The Edge of the Sea

• Silent Spring

• Under the Sea Wind

Which of the following words from the Concept Vocabulary section is likely to mean a state of inactivity or motionlessness?

• blight

• maladies

• puzzled

• stillness

What does the suffix "-ness" in Anglo-Saxon suffixes indicate?

• A person who is involved with something

• The condition or quality of being

• A place where something happens

• The past tense of an action

According to the text, what does the word "stillness" describe after the town is stricken with blight?

• The noise and movement of the town

• The mysterious blight itself

• The absence of noise and movement in the town

• The return of the town's people

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: "When the concert hall was ______, you could hear a pin drop from across the room."

• deserted

• puzzled

• blighted

• stricken

Choose the word that best completes the sentence: "Before the return of their lost pet, the family had been ______ with worry and fear."

• blighted

• stricken

• puzzled

• deserted

What is the purpose of using transitional words and phrases in your argument according to the assignment?

• To establish and maintain a formal style.

• To address alternate or opposing positions.

• To connect your ideas and show the relationships among them.

• To state your position clearly in the introduction.

Pesticides are chemical compounds__________ to destroy crop-eating insects.

According to paragraph 1 the town lay in

• in the midst harmony

• in the midst checkerboard of prosperous farms

• in harmony with its surroundings

• the heart of America

According to paragraph 2, the countryside was in fact famous for which of the following

• laurel

• viburnum

• alder

• abundance and variety of bird life