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7.2 Text Structure and Function-Hard

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The  1967  release  of Harold  Cruse's  book  The  Crisis  of the  Negro  Intellectual  isolated  him  from almost  all  other  scholars  and  activists  of the  American  Civil  Rights  Movement—though  many  of those thinkers  disagreed  with  each  other,he  nonetheless  found  ways  to  disagree  with  them  all.He thought that  activists who believed that Black people  such  as himself should  culturally  assimilate were  naive. But  he  also  sharply  criticized  Black  nationalists  such  as  Marcus  Garvey  who  wanted to    establish    independent,self-contained    Black    economies    and    societies.even    though    Cruse himself identified as a Black nationalist.

 

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined sentence in the text as a whole?

A. It indicates  that  Cruse's  reputation  as  a  persistent  antagonist  of  other  scholars  is  undeserved. 

B. It describes  a  controversy  that  Cruse's  work  caused  within  the  Black  nationalist  movement.   

C. It describes  a  direction  that  Cruse  felt  the  Civil  Rights  Movement  ought  to  take.

D. It helps  explain  Cruse's  position  with  respect  to  the  community  of  civil  rights  thinkers.

 

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Studying  late  nineteenth-and  early  twentieth-century  artifacts  from  an  agricultural  and  domestic site   in   Texas,archaeologist   Ayana   O.Flewellen   found   that   Black   women   employed   as   farm workers  utilized  hook-and-eye  closures  to   fasten  their  clothes   at  the  waist,giving  themselves  a silhouette  similar  to  the   one  that  was  popular  in   contemporary  fashion  and  typically   achieved through  more  restrictive  garments  such  as  corsets.Flewellen  argues  that  this  sartorial  practice shows  that  these  women  balanced  hegemonic  ideals  of  femininity  with  the  requirements  of their physically  demanding  occupation.

 

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

A. To evaluate  a  scholarly  work  that  offers  explanations  for  the  impact  of  urban  fashion  ideals on Black  female  farmworkers  in  late nineteenth-and  early twentieth-century  Texas

B. To describe  an  unexpected  discovery  that  altered  a  researcher's  view  of  how  rapidly  fashions among   Black   female   farmworkers   in   late   nineteenth-and   early   twentieth-century   Texas changed during the period

C. To summarize  the  findings  of  a   study  that  explored  factors  influencing  a  fashion  practice among  Black  female  farmworkers  in  late  nineteenth-and  early  twentieth-century  Texas

D. To discuss  research  that  investigated  the  ways  in  which  Black  female  farmworkers  in  late nineteenth  and  early  twentieth-century  Texas  used  fashion  practices  to  resist  traditional gender  ideals

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Works of moral philosophy,such as Plato's Republic or Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics,are partly concerned with how to live a morally good life.But philosopher Jonathan Barnes argues that works that present a method of living such a life without also supplying a motive are inherently useful only to those already wishing to be morally good—those with no desire for moral goodness will  not  choose  to  follow  their  rules.However,some  works  of  moral  philosophy  attempt  to describe what constitutes a morally good life while also proposing reasons for living one.

 

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

A. It mentions two renowned works and then claims that despite their popularity it is impossible for these works to serve the purpose their authors intended.

B. It summarizes the history of a field of thought by discussing two works and then proposes a topic of further research for specialists in that field.

C. It describes two influential works and then explains why one is more widely read than the other

D. It provides a characterization about a  field of thought by noting two works in it and then details a way in which some works in that field are more comprehensive than others.

 

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The following text is adapted from Herman Melville's 1857 novel The Confidence-Man.Humphry Davy was a prominent British chemist and inventor.

Years ago,a grave American savant,being in London,observed at an evening party there,a certain coxcombical  fellow,as  he  thought,an  absurd  ribbon  in  his  lapel,and  full  of  smart   [banter], whisking about to the admiration of as many as were disposed to admire.Great was the savant's disdain;but,chancing   ere   long   to   find   himself  in   a   corner   with  the  jackanapes,got   into conversation with him,when he was somewhat ill-prepared for the good sense of the jackanapes, but  was  altogether  thrown  aback,upon  subsequently  being   [informed  that  he  was]no  less  a personage than Sir Humphry Davy.

 

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

A. It explains why one character dislikes another.

B. It portrays the thoughts of a character who is embarrassed about his own behavior .

C. It offers a short history of how a person came to be famous.

D. It presents an account of a misunderstanding.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Mathematician Claude Shannon is widely regarded as a foundational figure in information theory. His most important paper,"A Mathematical Theory of Communication,"published in  1948 when he was  employed  at Bell Labs,utilized  a  concept  called  a  “binary  digit”(shortened to  "bit")to measure  the  amount  of  information  in  any   signal  and  determine  the  fastest  rate  at  which information could be transmitted while still being reliably decipherable.Robert Gallagher,one of Shannon's   colleagues,said   that   the  bit  was   “[Shannon's]discovery,and   from   it   the   whole communications revolution has sprung.”

 

Which choice best describes the overall structure of the text?

A. It introduces  a  respected  researcher,describes  an  aspect  of his  work,and  suggests  why  the work is historically significant.

B. It names     the     company    where     an     important     mathematician    worked,details     the mathematician's  career  at  the  company,and  provides  an  example  of  the  recognition  he received there.

C. It  mentions  a  paper,offers  a  summary  of  the  paper's  findings,and  presents  a  researcher's commentary on the paper.

D. It presents  a  theoretical  concept,illustrates  how  the  name  of  the  concept  has  changed,and shows how the name has entered common usage.

 

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Space scientists Anna-Lisa Paul,Stephen M.Elardo,and Robert Ferl planted seeds of Arabidopsis  thaliana in samples of lunar regolith—the surface material of the Moon—and,serving as a control group,in  terrestrial  soil.They  found  that  while  all  the  seeds  germinated,the  roots  of  the regolith-grown plants were stunted compared with those in the control group.Moreover,unlike the plants in the control group,the regolith-grown plants exhibited red pigmentation,reduced leaf size,and  inhibited  growth  rates—indicators  of  stress  that  were   corroborated  by  postharvest molecular analysis.

 

Which choice best states the main purpose of the text?

A. It discusses the findings of a study that evaluated the effects of exposing a plant species to lunar soil conditions.

B. It presents evidence in support of the hypothesis that seed germination in lunar habitats is an unattainable goal.

C. It describes an experiment that addressed an unresolved question about the extent to which lunar regolith resembles terrestrial soils.

D. It  compares  two  distinct  methods  of  assessing  indicators  of  stress  in  plants  grown  in  a simulated lunar environment.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The following text is from Joseph Conrad's  1907  novel  The  Secret Agent:A  Simple  Tale.Mr. Verloc is navigating the London streets on his way to a meeting.Before reaching Knightsbridge, Mr.Verloc took a turn to the left out of the busy main thoroughfare,uproarious with the traffic of swaying omnibuses and trotting vans,in the almost  silent,swift flow of hansoms  [horse-drawn  carriages].Under his hat,worn with a slight backward tilt,his hair had been carefully brushed into  respectful sleekness;for his business was with an Embassy.And Mr.Verloc,steady like a rock—a soft kind of rock—marched now along a street which could with every propriety be described as  private.

 

Which choice best describes the function of the underlined phrase in the text as a whole?

A. It  contrasts  Mr.Verloc  with  his  surroundings.

B. It emphasizes  an  internal  struggle  Mr.Verloc  experiences.

C. It qualifies  an  earlier  description  of Mr.Verloc.

 D. It reveals  a private  opinion Mr.Verloc holds.

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