Analyzing Text Sources Quiz

Which of the following questions is NOT one of the 5Ws used to analyze a text source?

• Who is the author?

• What is the text?

• When was the text written?

• How was the text written?

Sources can a text be classified as?

• Primary or secondary source

• Fiction or non-fiction

• Digital or analog

• Short or long

Why might a text be written as a record of an event?

• To inform an important person of events

• To persuade others

• To record personal events for private use

• To entertain readers

Which time frame/place would be more reliable when evaluating a source?

• In the same place as the event it describes or somewhere else

• In a different country

• In a different language

• In a different time period

What are two reasons text sources can be recorded?

• To entertain the audience

• To provide factual information

• To persuade the reader

• To record personal thoughts

Which of the following is a characteristic of a primary source?

• It is a second-hand account

• It is created after the event

• It provides direct evidence

• It is always a digital document

When analyzing a text, why is it important to consider the author's background?

• To understand the text's length

• To determine the text's genre

• To gain insight into potential biases

• To know the publication date

Which of the following is an example of a primary source?

• A biography of a historical figure

• A newspaper article analyzing an event

• A diary entry from a soldier in World War II

• A textbook summarizing scientific theories

Why is it important to consider the context in which a text was written?

• To understand the author's writing style

• To determine the text's length

• To gain insight into the historical and cultural background

• To know the publication date

what does a 'c' or circa stand for when near a date?

• Its just a guess

• Calender year

• Around this time

• Julius Caeser calender