501 Critical Reading Questions

According to the passage, the United States government primarily viewed its role in relation to Native Americans as one of a. c ...

In line 47, adoptmost nearly means a. advocate. b.nurture. c. promote. d.foster. e.practice. The author uses the image of sales ...

Questions 102–112 are based the following passages. These passages concern themselves with the nineteenth-century arguments made ...

establishing justice, providing for the common defense, and promot- ing the general welfare in all those early days. The truth i ...

law have, one by one, been swept away until in most of the States she has the full right to her property and all, or nearly all ...

In line 27 of Passage 1, anxiousmost nearly means a. irritable. b.neurotic. c. apprehensive. d.hasty. e.eager. Lines 26–32 of P ...

The author of Passage 2 cites the example of a woman’s right to her property (lines 29 and 30) in order to a. show that women a ...

c. Todeclaremeans to make known formally or officially. Topro- claimis its synonym, with a slightly different connotation. It i ...

d.The protest at the Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter inspired others. Lines 25–27 state two weeks later similar demonstratio ...

d.The passage describes the introduction of British cotton technology to America(line 15), specifically to New England. b.The p ...

intended to influence decisions or actions. Choice bis the only selection that implies action. e. The passage describes the dec ...

a. The passage compares different abstract principles, or organizing principles of Euro-American society versus that of tribal ...

Questions 113–116 are based on the following passage. The following paragraph details the design of New York City’s Central Park ...

The main idea of this passage is that a. New York City is a democratic city. b.Olmsted was a brilliant designer. c. More parks ...

of theoretical wisdom; others again believe it to be all or some of these accompanied by, or not devoid of, pleasure; and some p ...

Whether our intentions are good or bad is irrelevant; what matters is whether the resultof our actions is good or bad. To utilit ...

According to the definition of utilitarianism in lines 3–11, stealing bread to feed hungry children would be a. morally right b ...

boundary lines between science and science, to disturb their action, to destroy the harmony which binds them together. Such a pr ...

tableness, calmness, moderation, and wisdom; or what in a former dis- course I have ventured to call a philosophical habit. This ...

The purpose of the second paragraph (lines 19–34) is to a. introduce a new idea. b.develop the idea presented in the previous p ...