501 Critical Reading Questions

Questions 465–469 are based on the following passage. The following passage analyzes data from the U.S. Census Bureau to draw co ...

According to the passage, in general, income across the United States tends to a. fluctuate wildly. b.change incrementally. c. ...

Questions 470–476 are based on the following passage. This passage, from research conducted for the Library of Congress Folklife ...

weather. However, one net maker told a researcher about his encounter with a ghost ship. He saw a schooner, a ship that was prev ...

According to information in the passage, fishermen’s beliefs about the supernatural do not conform to the author’s definition o ...

observe a child of eight months and tell if that child will succeed or fail in life. This may be a harsh sentence for an eight-m ...

could choose to eat the marshmallow right away or wait fifteen min- utes to eat the marshmallow and receive another marshmallow ...

The author presents the study about rhesus monkeys (lines 19–22) to a. prove that humans and monkeys have a lot in common. b.su ...

Questions 484–492 are based on the following two passages. Passage 1 describes the potlatch ceremony celebrated by native people ...

affirming status, establishing and maintaining alliances, as well as ensuring the even distribution of food and goods. Agnes Alf ...

The objects cannot be bought or sold. They have no value other than their ceremonial importance, and the voyages that the trader ...

According to Passage 2, the men in a kula ring are a. linked by mutual admiration. b.hostile aggressors. c. greedy. d.motivated ...

Which of the following titles would be most appropriate for both Passage 1 or Passage 2? a. A Gift-giving Ceremony b.Ritual Exc ...

group. Despite widespread support for the elimination of prejudice, most whites do not favor the preferential treatment of minor ...

The author uses the quote from President Lyndon Johnson in (lines 18–21) to a. provide an example of discrimination in the past ...

The author gives all the following reasons for continuing affirmative action in college admissions EXCEPT that it a. fosters di ...

rather he or she is neutrally explaining information gathered in the U.S. Census. e.The passage clearly states that in the 1990 ...

c. The passage is primarily concerned with describing beliefs found among Florida fishermen. The passage does not, how- ever, c ...

mony that comes from a shared trading language, while each nation has its own specific word for potlatch. a. The passage states ...

affirmative action. Affirmative action is a transformation in col- lege admissions. d.The author clearly states in lines 17–18 ...