Boxing
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12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Although the sport was brutal, in ancient Greece, boxers who killed their (10) ............ received a stiff punishment.
participants
partners
friends
opponents
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
During the Middle Ages—from 500 to 1500 A.D.—boxing fell out (11) .......... favour.
of
in
on
off
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.8.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Boxers would travel to matches held at inns and bars, and their loyal fans would follow. No gloves were used in the early 1600s in England. (13) ........... , like the ancient Greeks, boxers used bare fists and—something new—wrestling holds.
However
Instead
Therefore
Likewise
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Because (14) ........... many people were badly hurt or killed, padded boxing gloves began to be used in the United States (15) _X_ 1880.
few
very
some
so
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.8.3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Because (14) _X_ many people were badly hurt or killed, padded boxing gloves began to be used in the United States (15) ............ 1880.
within
at
between
around
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.8.3
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Boxing soon became fashionable and safer. Harvard University offered boxing as a recreational sport in the 1880s. U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt’s love of the sport helped to further popularise it. It was said that Roosevelt boxed regularly with a (16) .......... heavy-weight champion named Mike Donovan.
former
late
instant
last
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
During World War I, boxing was part of the required training (17) .......... army recruits. The Golden Gloves Championship for boys, which (18) _X_ in the 1930s, also helped spread the sport’s popularity.
as
for
to
by
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.3
CCSS.RI.11-12.5
CCSS.RI.9-10.3
CCSS.RI.9-10.5
CCSS.RI.8.5
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