MC Passages

MC Passages

11th Grade

14 Qs

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MC Passages

MC Passages

Assessment

Quiz

English

11th Grade

Hard

Created by

Margaret Anderson

FREE Resource

14 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Read the sentence from paragraph 1.


Unfortunately he had none of his father’s physical repose, and his strength often asserted itself inharmoniously.


What does the phrase asserted itself mean in this sentence?

lost motivation

promised to act

became obvious

failed to return

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Read the sentences from the excerpt.


The general signal for breakfast was the smell of doughnuts frying. This morning Ralph rolled out of bed at the last minute and callously put on his clean underwear without taking a bath. This cost him not one regret, though he took time to polish his new oxblood shoes tenderly with a pocket handkerchief.


Which words from the context of the sentences BEST help the reader to know the meaning of callously.

The general signal for breakfast

This morning Ralph rolled out of bed

cost him not one regret

polish his new oxblood shoes

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Read the sentences from paragraph 7.


“Mahailey and I will never be quite up-to-date, Ralph. We’re old-fashioned, and I don’t know but you’d better let us be.”


Which idea is conveyed through the sentences?

People often resist change.

Some people enjoy hard work.

One must be persistent to be persuasive.

Advances in technology yield positive results.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Read the sentence from paragraph 1.


He especially hated his head,—so big that he had trouble in buying his hats, and uncompromisingly square in shape; a perfect block-head.


Which word is closest in meaning to uncompromisingly as it is used in the sentence?

solid

deceptively

painfully

distractingly

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which word BEST describes Claude?

hard working

imaginative

obedient

restless

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which sentence from the excerpt BEST supports the idea that Claude is hard working?

“The next morning Claude was standing at his dresser, shaving.”

“Ralph lifted his eyebrows to excuse Claude’s bluntness.”

C. “Claude told his mother to go upstairs and dress; he would scald the separator while Ralph got the car ready."

“Nearly every time Claude went into the cellar, he made a desperate resolve to clear the place out some day, reflecting bitterly that the money this wreckage cost would have put a boy through college decently.”

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which character does the author develop that MOST strongly represents the theme of the inevitability of modernization.

Mahailey, because Mrs. Wheeler suspects she will have trouble using the separator

Ralph, because he consistently introduces new types of technology to the household

Claude, because he feels annoyed by the mechanical toys that Ralph leaves around the house

Mrs. Wheeler, because she feels enthusiastic about using new gadgets Mahailey does not understand

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