Reading Comprehension - From Easy to Not So Easy

It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that, at the beginning of the 1930s, comic books most likely cost ....

• nothing

• • 5 cents

• • 10 cents

• 25 cents

Comic books would least likely have been used to promote ....

• soap

• • cookies

• jewelry

• bread

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

• • was a promotional item

• • appeared in a magazine

• had been produced prior to 1934

• was published on a regular basis

From the information in paragraph 2, it appears that Superman most likely ....

• • was introduced sometime after Batman

• was a character that first appeared in a comic book

• first appeared in Famous Funnies

• first appeared in a promotional comic strip

It is implied in paragraph 2 that it is surprising that ....

• comic strips were more popular than comic books

• superheroes were not too popular

• 90 percent of U.S. children did not read comics

• comic books developed so quickly

It can be inferred from the information in paragraph 1 that around 1800 ....

• the first filibuster took place

• legislative action was never delayed

• the term filibuster was not in use in the U.S. Congress

• • the Dutch introduced the term freebooter

It can be determined from paragraph 1 that a freebooter was most likely someone who ....

• • served in the Senate

• • robbed passing ships

• • enacted legislation

• • served in the Dutch government

It is implied in paragraph 2 that, in its early years, the House ....

• • had no rules against filibusters

• • had few filibusters

• • had fewer filibusters than the Senate

• • had the longest filibuster on record

Based on the information in paragraph 3, a vote of cloture would most likely be used to ....

• • initiate filibusters

• • break filibusters

• • extend filibusters

• • encourage filibusters

It can be inferred from the information in paragraph 3 that the 1975 rule change ....

• • increased the number of people needed to vote for cloture

• • made it easier to limit a filibuster

• • covered all types of Senate votes

• • decreased the number of people in the Senate