501 Critical Reading Questions

(Sean Pound) #1

  1. In line 47, adoptmost nearly means
    a. advocate.
    b.nurture.
    c. promote.
    d.foster.
    e.practice.

  2. The author uses the image of salesmen handing out free samples(lines
    57–58) in order to
    a. depict Lewis and Clark as entrepreneurs.
    b.illustrate the generosity Lewis and Clark showed the tribal
    people they met.
    c. suggest that Lewis and Clark hoped to personally profit from
    their travels.
    d.imply that everyone likes to get something for free.
    e.show the promotional intent behind the explorers’ gift-giving.

  3. The passage is developed primarily through
    a. the contrast of different abstract principles.
    b.quotations from one specific text.
    c. the analysis of one extended example.
    d.first-person narratives.
    e.recurring symbols.


101.The author’s primary purpose in the passage is to
a. describe Lewis and Clark’s expedition into the West.
b.show the clashing views of the Indian nations versus those of
the American republic.
c. explore the tribal system of kinship.
d.make an argument supporting Jefferson’s quest for scientific
knowledge.
e.criticize Lewis and Clark’s use of peace medals to designate the
rank of a chief.

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