501 Critical Reading Questions

Congress has declared that the blues is “the most influential form of American roots music.” In fact, the two most popular Ameri ...

for a nation on the brink of the Civil Rights movement—a kind of music that had the power to cross boundaries, to heal wounds, a ...

In the last paragraph of Passage 2 (lines 37–50), the author suggests that a. the blues should be recognized as more important ...

Which of the following sentences from Passage 2 could most effectively be added to Passage 1? a. In fact, the two most popular ...

family stopped in Linz, where Wolfgang gave his first public concert. By this time, Wolfgang was not only a virtuoso harpsichord ...

The primary purpose of the passage is to a. illustrate the early career and formative experiences of a musical prodigy. b.descr ...

The author uses the anecdote about Mozart’s Kingdom of Back to illustrate a. Mozart’s admiration for the composer Johann Sebast ...

Answers c. The passage describes swing as vibrant, (line 6) a synonym for lively. It is also stated that soloists in big bands ...

tionship, the author states it is very hard to buck the trend when you are the one setting it. d.Ephemeralis used to describe s ...

d.Singularmeans of or relating to a single instance, or something considered by itself. Although strangeand superiorcan be syn- ...

a. In lines 10–12 of Passage 2, the author describes how the blues came to be called the blues—thus neologismmeans a new word o ...

misnomer. This is the only sentence from Passage 2 that fits the focus of Passage 1; the others concern the development or defin ...

d.The author does not directlystate that Mozart’s illnesses were the result of exhaustion. She may imply this by describing Moz ...

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Questions 343–346 are based on the following passage. This passage is adapted from an article authored by the environmental prot ...

tions in these mapped areas. Sadly, the halt in logging was short lived. In August and September logging took place in at least ...

The primary purpose of this passage is to a. alert citizens that their forests may be in danger. b.expose the logging industry ...

that by informing tourists of the dangers of this seemingly harmless activity they will quash this creeping menace to the fragil ...

According to the passage, all of the following are a threat to a coral reef EXCEPT a. tourists. b.pollution. c. erosion and put ...

fifth degree of longitude west from Greenwich” (England). In 1919 this act was repealed. President Roosevelt established year-ro ...