Highschool Reading Comprehension

Approximately how may narcoleptics are there in the United States?

• Fewer than 500.000

• More than 500.000

• Fewer than 1.500.000

• More than 1.500.000

The word "bout" in line 2 is closest meaning to.....

• symptom

• lack

• illness

• period

Which of the following involves a complete collapse?

• Automatic behavior

• Cataplexy

• Hallucinations

• REM sleep

The paragraph preceding this passage most likely discuss......

• how literature influences the population

• religius and moral literature

• literature supporting the cause of the American Revolution

• what made Thomas Paine's literature successful

The word "Fervor" in line 2 is closest in meaning to....

• war

• anxiety

• spirit

• action

The word "time" in line 3 could be replaced by .....

• hour

• period

• duration

• minute

It is implied in the passage that.....

• some writers in the American colonies supported England during the revolution

• Franklin and Paine were the only writers to influence the Revolution

• because Thomas Paine was an Englishman, he supported England against the colonies

• authors who supported England did not remain in the colonies during the Revolution

According to the passage, the tone of Poor Richard Almanac is.....

• pragmatic

• erudite

• theoretical

• scholarly

Where in the passage does the author describe Thomas Paine's style of writing?

• Line 4-6

• Line 8-9

• Line 14-15

• Line 18-20

The purpose of the passage is to......

• discuss American literature in the first half of the eighteenth century

• give biographical data on two American writers

• explain which author supported the Revolution

• describe the the literary influence during revolutionary America