
7.2 Text Structure and Function-Hard
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1st Grade

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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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