Quiz on the Impact of Industrialization

In paragraph 1, the author includes the information about the atomic bomb primarily to —

• A. provide background information by giving an example of a well-known invention

• B. explain the problems that inventions need to solve

• C. convince the reader that inventions have the potential for great destruction

• D. show readers what has happened with inventions over time

What is the most likely reason the author wrote the article?

• A. To recall the events of the Industrial Revolution

• B. To inform readers of the problems that can arise from new technology

• C. To criticize history books for stating that the steam engine was a transformative invention

• D. To convince readers that the Industrial Age was an age during which many people suffered

In paragraph 2, the author includes the information about the steam engine primarily to —

• A. describe the machines powered by the steam engine

• B. advocate for a return to a less industrial time

• C. explain the origins of the Industrial Revolution

• D. provide a history of the steam engine

In paragraph 4, the word flagrantly means something that —

• A. was so obviously objectionable

• B. was done as a last resort

• C. accidentally happened

• D. justifiably occurred

How does the author try to convince readers of his/her point in paragraph 4?

• A. The author lists numerous examples of serious problems caused by industrialization.

• B. The author offers eyewitness accounts of what it was like to live during the Industrial Age.

• C. The author details the chronology of events that lead to the problems of the Industrial Age.

• D. The author compares life in England during the Industrial Age with that of Japan during World War II.

Read this sentence from paragraph 4 of 'The Steam Engine Powers a Revolution.' "Meanwhile coal miners suffered from 'black lung' disease, which turned these organs essential for breathing into stiff, diseased, and useless tissue." Based on this sentence, one can conclude that the author wants the reader to —

• understand the medical issue behind black lung disease

• believe that the Industrial Revolution was an age of destruction

• appreciate how much coal miners have sacrificed for humanity

• make the connection between London smog and a coal miner disease

In which sentence does the author seem to sum up the main cause of the problems of the Industrial Revolution?

• Thousands more died within months in the aftermath of deadly radiation and ravaged infrastructure.

• What at first may seem to be an invention with great benefits to humanity, in fact, may turn out to have overwhelming negative effects over the long-term.

• All this effort had one final goal: to keep the many factories, and the people working in them, busy twenty-four hours a day.

• During industrialization, the population of cities grew dramatically as poor people from the countryside came in search of work.