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BEHS JRCR ACT Eng "Ada Lovelace" Q16-30

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

#16 Lovelace's intelligence seems to have fazed him, because he soon offered to show her a device he'd been working on.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

overawed

c)

impressed

d)

motivated

2.

#17 Such was a pivotal moment, as it was only after seeing this machine that Lovelace fully focused her keen understanding on the subject that absorbed her thereafter.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

These

c)

There

d)

This

3.

#18 Such was a pivotal moment, as it was only after seeing this machine that Lovelace fully focused her keen understanding on the subject that absorbed her thereafter.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

Lovelace full to engage with

c)

Lovelace-- she was fully engaged with

d)

Lovelace, she focused fully on

4.

#19 ; after meeting Babbage though, she concentrated on mathematical theories and methods.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

Babbage, though,

c)

Babbage though

d)

Babbage, though

5.

#20 For the sake of logic and cohesion, Sentence 2 should be placed:

a)

where it is now

b)

before sentence 4

c)

after sentence 4

d)

after sentence 5

6.

#21 As she did so, she wrote footnote to contribute her own additional insights, including many that greatly clarified the mechanism of Babbage's work and expanded on its vast potential.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

a number of hers

c)

many of those insights

d)

a lot of her insights

7.

#22 At this point, the writer is considering dividing the paragraph into two. Making this change would help organize the essay by separating:

a)

a suggestion that Lovelace too unwarranted liberties in the act translation from an explanation of why she did so

b)

an overview of the limitations of Babbage's lecture from an explanation of how the analytical engine could improve industries such as weaving

c)

details of how Lovelace translated the French text from an explanation of Babbage's response to that translation

d)

an introduction to Lovelace's translation from details that establish why it was so extraordinary

8.

#23 Babbage proposed that, in his machine, such a card could specify mathematical operations Lovelace quickly grasped. This idea's immense potential and strove to demonstrate it.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

operations. Lovelace quickly grasped this

c)

operations, Lovelace quickly grasped this

d)

operations Lovelace quickly grasped; this

9.

#24 Today, her outline of the input data needed to calculate certain numbers have been widely regarded as the first computer program.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

are widely regarded

c)

have wide regard

d)

is widely regarded

10.

#25 Further, she predicted that such a machine could be used to do more than just manipulate numbers.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

could be employed and

c)

akin to that could be

d)

like that could be

11.

#26 Lovelace's suggestion that such a machine could produce diverse things: scientific analysis, visual images, and music) to foreshadow the digital revolution.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

things (scientific analysis,

c)

things, scientific analysis,

d)

things (scientific analysis

12.

#27 Lovelace's suggestion that such a machine could produce diverse things: scientific analysis, visual images, and music) to foreshadow the digital revolution.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

foreshadowed

c)

foreshadowing

d)

DELETE

13.

#28 Naturally, in the 1970s, the Department of Defense named a software language "ada" in her honor, and, on the second Tuesday of every October, Ada Lovelace Day prompts us to notice women in STEM fields.

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

However, in

c)

in

d)

By contrast, in

14.

#29 Naturally, in the 1970s, the Department of Defense named a software language "ada" in her honor, and, on the second Tuesday of every October, Ada Lovelace Day prompts us to notice women in STEM fields.


Which choice most strongly and specifically emphasized that Ada Lovelace Day is intended to shine a light on often-overlooked work done by women in math and science fields?

a)

NO CHANGE

b)

think about the work of

c)

celebrate under-recognized contributions of

d)

honor efforts by

15.

#30 Writer's primary purpose had been to discuss a mathematician whose work was remarkable but did not receive great recognition. Would this essay accomplish that purpose?

a)

Yes, because it proves the Lovelace improved on Babbage's work to change the course of computer science

b)

Yes, because it recounts the story of Ada Lovelace's pioneering work in her field and of the recognition she has received decades after her death

c)

No, because although it describes the program Lovelace wrote, it does not provide evidence that the program was remarkable

d)

No, because the passage speculates that Babbage recognized Lovelace's intelligence