This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Parentheses – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parentheses Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence uses brackets to add a comment? A) The book (which was very interesting) was a bestseller. B) The book which was very interesting (was a bestseller). C) The book which (was very interesting) was a bestseller. D) (The book) which was very interesting was a bestseller. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The book (which was very interesting) was a bestseller. 2. Brackets are used to A) Add sarcastic comments. B) Add additional information. C) Add unnecessary information. D) Add essential information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Add additional information. 3. At what income does the top federal tax bracket begin in 2023? A) $ 182, 100. B) $ 400, 000. C) $ 578, 125. D) $ 500, 000. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $ 578, 125. 4. Expand:2(a-5) + 3(a + 2) A) 5a-4. B) 2a-3. C) 4a-10. D) 6a-8. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5a-4. 5. What are the odds of getting a perfect bracket using a model that predicts games correctly 75% of the time? A) Between 1 in 10 billion and 1 in 40 billion. B) 1 in 120.2 billion. C) 1 in 2 billion. D) 1 in 9.2 quintillion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between 1 in 10 billion and 1 in 40 billion. 6. What kind of circuit allows a current to flow through it? A) Broken. B) Closed. C) Open. D) Electron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Closed. 7. Which option, when expanded will give:$4x+8$ A) $4(x+2)$. B) $12x$. C) $2(x+4)$. D) $4x(x+2)$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $4(x+2)$. 8. What is this punctuation mark? [ ] A) Parentheses. B) Ellipsis. C) Shlictles. D) Brackets. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Brackets. 9. What are taxable income brackets? A) Different types of income that are not subject to tax. B) The physical brackets used to hold tax forms. C) Range of income levels subject to different tax rates. D) The amount of money a person can earn without paying any taxes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Range of income levels subject to different tax rates. 10. Commas generally go outside the parentheses when used for FANBOYS, SWABIs, or introductory phrases. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Where does the novel take place? A) Spokane, Washington. B) Chicago, Illinois. C) Tulsa, Oklahoma. D) SanAntonio, Texas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spokane, Washington. 12. Are the parentheses used correctly in the sentence?The cookie (which was still warm) was delicious. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 13. A property tax is a form of an indirect tax? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Which President is responsible for social security A) Abraham Lincoln. B) Benjamin Franklin. C) Teddy Roosevelt. D) F.D.R. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) F.D.R. 15. What is the expanded form of $(3x-2)(3x + 2)$ A) $9x^2 + 4$. B) $9x^2 + 6x-4$. C) $9x^2-4$. D) $9x^2-6x + 4$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $9x^2-4$. 16. Choose the sentence with the correct use of brackets: A) Marilyn Monroe born Norma (Jeane Mortenson) was as iconic as her life was tragic. B) Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) was as iconic as her life was tragic. C) Marilyn Monroe born Norma Jeane Mortenson (was as iconic as her life ) was tragic. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jeane Mortenson) was as iconic as her life was tragic. 17. Fully Factorise 4xy + 2y A) $8xy^2$. B) $y\left(4x+2\right)$. C) $2\left(2xy+y\right)$. D) $2y\left(2x+1\right)$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $2y\left(2x+1\right)$. 18. Expand the following expression:$(x-7)(x + 8)$ A) $x^2-x-56$. B) $x^2 + x-56$. C) $x^2 + 15x-56$. D) $x^2-x + 56$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $x^2-x-56$. 19. Which expression represents a number increased by 10? A) N-10. B) N + 10= 14. C) N + 10. D) 10 + 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) N + 10. 20. The punctuation mark(s) is/are used by a writer to provide extra information in a quote. (a) A) A. brackets. B) Ellipsis. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. brackets. 21. 14p-8 = 22 + 20p A) -5. B) 5. C) 30. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -5. 22. Expand and simplify (x-6)(x + 1)(x-2) A) $x^3-7x^2+4x+12$. B) X3-7x2+4x+12 Mathematical EquivalenceOFF. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $x^3-7x^2+4x+12$. 23. Simplify the expression by using the Distributive Property:-4(k-7) A) -4k-28. B) 4k + 28. C) 4k-28. D) -4k + 28. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -4k + 28. 24. What do federal taxes not pay for in the United states? A) All of the military branches. B) Interstates. C) Medicare/Medicade. D) Dental and Vision insurance. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dental and Vision insurance. 25. [ 2 x ( 9 / 3 + 2) ] x 5 A) 40. B) 25. C) 50. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50. 26. What does $(x-6)(x + 6)$ A) $x^2-36$. B) $x^2 + 12x-36$. C) $x^2 + 36$. D) $x^2-12x + 36$. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $x^2-36$. 27. Simplify 12ab + 8abc + 7 + 5ab A) 20abc + 7 + 5ab. B) 17ab + 8abc + 7. C) 20ab + 7. D) 17abc x 8ab +5ab. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 17ab + 8abc + 7. 28. What is the result of expanding $(2x-3)(x + 7)$ A) $2x^2-14x + 21$. B) $2x^2-11x + 21$. C) $2x^2 + 14x-21$. D) $2x^2 + 11x-21$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $2x^2 + 11x-21$. 29. Solve for x:5x-14 = 8x + 4 A) X =-6. B) X = 6. C) X = 10/3. D) X =-18/13. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) X =-6. 30. Which of the following is the correct expansion of:5(3r-2)? A) 15r-10. B) 15-10r. C) 15r-2. D) 8r-2. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 15r-10. 31. Which of the following is equivalent to 4(2x + 3) A) 20x. B) 8x + 12. C) 8x + 3. D) 8x-12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8x + 12. 32. Solve:4(y-6) = 11-y A) -7. B) 7. C) 17/5. D) -17/5. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 7. 33. We found the perfect gift ..... our father will love it ..... at the store. A) ( ) (parentheses). B) (dashes). C) ; ; (semi-colons). D) [ ] (brackets). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (dashes). 34. Simplify the expression $(x-5)(x + 5)$ A) $x^2 + 10x-25$. B) $x^2-10x + 25$. C) $x^2 + 25$. D) $x^2-25$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $x^2-25$. 35. When I (a) 7x+28 I get 7(x+4) A) A. Factorise. B) Expand. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. Factorise. 36. Factorise fully:8x-32xy A) 8(xy-4). B) 8xy ( 1-4). C) 8x (1-xy). D) 8x (1-4y). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 8x (1-4y). 37. Expand and simplify (x + 1)(x + 3)$^{2}$ A) $x^3+7x^2+15x+9$. B) X3+7x2+15x+9 Mathematical EquivalenceOFF. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) $x^3+7x^2+15x+9$. 38. What do I use square brackets [ ] for? A) To include a quotation. B) To change a part of a quote into your own words. C) To include the author's name and page number. D) To end the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To change a part of a quote into your own words. 39. Solve for f:f-4 = 6f + 26 A) F = 5. B) F = 6. C) F =-5. D) F =-6. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) F =-6. 40. I'll tell you what we need right now ..... some good, old fashioned elbow grease! A) :(colon). B) ; (semi colon). C) ( ) (parentheses). D) -(dash). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :(colon). 41. What is the result of expanding $(3x + 2)(2x-3)$ A) $6x^2 + x-6$. B) $5x^2 + x-6$. C) $6x^2-5x-6$. D) $6x^2 + 5x-6$. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) $6x^2-5x-6$. 42. We all know who will win the Super Bowl ..... The Patriots! A) :(colon). B) ; (semi-colon). C) [ ] (brackets). D) -(dash). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) :(colon). 43. ( 5 x 5) / ( 2 + 3 ) + 10 A) 10. B) 25. C) 15. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 15. 44. Solve:6(5x-3) + 2 = 14 A) .5. B) 1. C) 2. D) -1. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1. 45. 2$^{3}$ x ( 2 + 3 ) A) 35. B) 40. C) 20. D) 30. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 40. 46. 5 x 2 ( 5 + 5 ) + 3 $^{2}$ A) 100. B) 109. C) 110. D) 105. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 109. 47. Parentheses can be used to ..... A) Separate two independent clauses. B) Indicate an abrupt (all of a sudden) change in a sentence or thought. C) Insert information into a sentence. D) Insert information into a quotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Insert information into a sentence. 48. ( 5 x 5 ) + ( 25/5) A) 30. B) 35. C) 25. D) 20. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30. 49. Solve the following:(g +1) (g-4) A) G$^{2}$ + 3g +4. B) G$^{2 }$-3g-4. C) -g$^{2}$-3g-4. D) G$^{2}$ +3g-4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) G$^{2 }$-3g-4. 50. A sales tax is a direct tax? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. Which of the following is the correct expansion of:12x (2y-z) A) 24zx-12xz. B) 24xy-12xz. C) 24xz-12x. D) 12xy-24xz. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 24xy-12xz. 52. Click on the missing punctuation mark from this sentence:The door slowly opened A) Ellipsis . B) Commas,. C) Dash-. D) Apostrophe'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ellipsis . 53. 2(x + 4) + 3(x-2) A) 5x + 2. B) 5x-2. C) 5x-14. D) 5x + 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5x + 2. 54. Of all the people at the school ..... teachers and students ..... , George sang the loudest at the Christmas concert. A) (dashes). B) [ ] (brackets). C) ; ; (semi-colons). D) ( ) parentheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ( ) parentheses. 55. What are the like terms in the following expression?5a + 2b + 3a A) 5a, -3a. B) 5a, 4. C) 5a, 3a. D) 5a, 2b. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 5a, 3a. 56. The United States operates on a flat tax rate? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 57. Solve:$-4x+3\left(5x+10\right)=-36$ A) X =-10. B) X =-6. C) X =-16. D) X = 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) X =-6. 58. What is the expanded form of $(x-8)(x + 3)$ A) $x^2 + 11x-24$. B) $x^2 + 5x-24$. C) $x^2-11x + 24$. D) $x^2-5x-24$. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) $x^2-5x-24$. 59. 3 (9y-4x + 2z) + 9y A) 36y-12x + 6z. B) 36y + 12x + 2z. C) 27y-4x + 2z + 9y. D) 27y-12x + 6z + 9y. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 36y-12x + 6z. 60. Ms. Buglewicz the English teacher teaches grade 10 students this year. Where do you put the brackets? A) [Ms. Buglewicz]. B) [grade 10]. C) [this year]. D) [the English teacher]. 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