Act Reading Quiz 21 (60 MCQs)

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1. Answers to REFERRAL questions are found by:
2. What is the effect of using a first-person narrator in prose fiction?
3. In the passage, the argument is made that citizens are unable to tell government officials how to do their jobs better because citizens:
4. The narrator's perspective in the passage is best described as:
5. Who did the US government determined was responsible for organizing the terror attacks?
6. When the narrator refers to the cosmonaut as "a man without a country" (lines 83-84), she is most likely directly referring to the:
7. Dynamic (adjective)
8. It may reasonably be inferred that the author considers Emily Dickinson "one of the luckiest great writers who ever lived" (lines 42-43) in part because:
9. In the passage, the narrator most nearly describes Kafka as someone who:
10. Which of the following developments does the passage indicate occurred first chronologically?
11. In a prose fiction passage, what is the primary focus when analyzing the text?
12. Which of the following best describes the narrator's experience at the lodge?
13. Rian did not study hard for his exam and got a low score.What is the cause of the sentence above?
14. What is the recommended reading level for the ACT reading section?
15. On the entire ACT, how many different sections are there?
16. What is the significance of the title in a reading passage?
17. Mark answer for #9 here.
18. According to the passage, molecular analysis revealed that immune system molecules from living crocodilian species were similar in:
19. The passage's description of Zwick reveals that compared to Crown, he is
20. How does the setting contribute to the story's magical realism?
21. In contrast to the way the pianos are described in Pas-sage A, the passage author's violin in Passage B isdescribed as:
22. Contradict (verb)
23. Many breeds of dogs are used for work. In many cultures dogs are used to herd sheep. The dogs keep the flock from being attacked by animals such as wolves. Sheepdogs are known for their loyalty and gentleness. Based on the text, you can infer that:
24. What is a common mistake when interpreting questions with extreme language?
25. The author calls the interactions that produced the Little Ice Age climate shifts:
26. It can be reasonably inferred from the passage that before 1999, consumers purchasing their music over the internet led to digital downloads reducing CD sales by:
27. When answering a supporting detail question, I can go back and find the answer in the passage.
28. What is the main focus of literary analysis in ACT reading?
29. It may reasonably be inferred from lines 10-17 that James Merrill respected Elizabeth Bishop's poetry:
30. What does "figure" refer to in a statistical report?
31. In lines 36-49, the author quotes Burke's speech to Parliament primarily to emphasize the fact that:
32. In the passage, the main point the author makes about museums is that they primarily:
33. Evaluating arguments and claims in a text involves:
34. Which of the following skills is assessed under Integration of Knowledge and Ideas?
35. One of the main points made in the last paragraph is that insanity pleas were:
36. A strategy to answer a LATER question successfully is:
37. Why are literary narrative passages often harder to read?
38. The author urges the reader to evoke action by:
39. True or False:For all ACT sections, you should carefully and slowly read the directions.
40. The characterization of which of the following is used in the passage to illustrate the effect of the construction of wildlife corridors?
41. In Passage B, the narrator most strongly suggests that she believes her answer to which of the following questions does not provide significant information about her background?
42. Respond to this question from your test booklet:(25)
43. I have given myself up to the luxury of an unrestricted burst of weeping. But this was a weakness I did not often indulge:my employments were too numerous, my leisure moments too precious, to admit of much time being given to fruitless lamentations.As used in the above sentence, "admit of" most nearly means
44. What is one thing you should NOT do on the ACT Reading section?
45. Evade the attacker.Evade means
46. The author specifically mentions all of the following means of preservation EXCEPT:
47. What is the biggest trap when identifying 'T' (Tone)?
48. The passage states that which of the following is true about natural gas?
49. People most often think of heavy rain then they think of floods. Rain falling at a rapid rate does not soak into the soil. It spills over from fields and streams to destroy crops and homes. Floods can also result from high winds, which toss ocean water into coastal areas. High tide and melting ice also cause floods. The best topic is:
50. As it is used in lines 19-20, the phrase the metropolis most likely refers to:
51. With 35 minutes and 4 passages with 10 questions each, how much time should you spend on each passage?
52. With regard to the possibility of returning to the planet Venus, information presented in the passage makes it clear that the author is:
53. Which of the following is NOT a focus of Word Meanings and Word Choice questions?
54. ..... is generally considered the easiest type of passage.
55. What is one thing you should NOT do while taking the ACT?
56. What is the purpose of rhetorical questions in persuasive writing?
57. Which point of view is often used in prose fiction to provide insight into a character's thoughts?
58. According to Passage B, while their brain activity was being monitored, test subjects in Kelly's experiment watched:
59. Which of the following is a reading comprehension strategy?
60. As it is used in line 12 .....