English Language Quiz

This text is mostly about

• the first computers.

• a computer language.

• ARPANET.

• the history of the Internet.

Which index entry would help a reader locate this information?

• World Wide Web

• ARPANET

• Internet

• all of the above

Which prefix makes the antonym of connect?

• pre–

• re–

• dis–

• un–

Link and connect are

• antonyms.

• synonyms.

• homophones.

• homonyms.

What is the author’s purpose?

• to entertain

• to instruct

• to inform

• to persuade

How does a math website know what you type or click?

• You talk to someone at the math website.

• Your computer communicates with the website using TCP/IP.

• The math website reads what you type.

• Your computer tells you what to type or click.

Which sentence is the summary sentence?

• the fourth sentence

• the first sentence

• the third sentence

• the second sentence

Which syllable is stressed in the word computer?

• the first syllable

• the second syllable

• the third syllable

• all of the above

Which word has multiple meanings?

• website

• type

• math

• computer

Your computer talks to the math website in TCP/IP is an example of

• a metaphor.

• personification.

• hyperbole.

• none of the above