This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act Reading – Quiz 23 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Reading Quiz 23 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The best way to describe the way Professor Wunsch feels toward Mrs. Kohler is: A) Bitter. B) Amorous. C) Grateful. D) Indifferent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grateful. 2. The passage as a whole best supports which of the following explanations for Justins inability to give his date a kiss at her doorstep? A) He was embarrased of all the little things he had done wrong throughout the night. B) He was self conscious of his own body image and movements. C) His anxiety about the kiss prevented his action. D) His shy but well mannered behavior hindered his forward advances. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) His shy but well mannered behavior hindered his forward advances. 3. One stipulation for getting the land was that you had to "improve the plot of land." According to the law, what did this involve? A) Constructing a fence around the property. B) Building a dwelling and cultivating the land. C) Paying a large fee to the government. D) Planting trees on the land. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Building a dwelling and cultivating the land. 4. Based on the passage as a whole, the main factor that makes some scientists suspect Europan life is the: A) High oxygen levels of its ocean. B) Unusual warmth of its ocean. C) Fact that NASA kept the Galileo probe from contaminating its ocean. D) Fact that its tidal activity comes in fits and starts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) High oxygen levels of its ocean. 5. What logical fallacy occurs in the following statement:All old people are ignorant when it comes to technology. A) Hasty generalization. B) False cause and effect. C) Stereotyping. D) Namecalling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stereotyping. 6. The ants evolved a new function, propulsion. Propulsion means. A) Being propelled. B) Move straight. C) Strong. D) Tall. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being propelled. 7. The passage indicates that if humans were to attempt to live on the planet Venus, survival would not be possible because: A) Of the mistaken belief that Venus and Earth are "twin" planets. B) Carbon dioxide is locked away in bicarbonate rocks, not in gaseous form. C) The atmospheric pressure, heat, and air are not suitable for human life. D) All of the water on Venus is condensed onto the surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The atmospheric pressure, heat, and air are not suitable for human life. 8. What resources are available for additional ACT Reading practice? A) Watching TV shows. B) Playing video games. C) There are various resources available for additional ACT Reading practice, such as official ACT practice tests, study guides, and online practice questions from reputable sources. D) Listening to music. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There are various resources available for additional ACT Reading practice, such as official ACT practice tests, study guides, and online practice questions from reputable sources. 9. It can most reasonably be inferred from the passage that ..... A) F. a larger aperture. B) G. a smaller box frame. C) H. more magnifying power. D) J. less light-gathering power. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) F. a larger aperture. 10. As used in the context of managing the reading section, the word 'pacing' (often emphasized by the speaker) most nearly refers to: A) The speed at which a student physically reads the words on the page. B) The rhythm and flow of the sentence structures within the prose. C) The strategic allocation of a fixed amount of time among multiple passages and questions. D) The consistent tone or voice maintained by the narrator throughout the video. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The strategic allocation of a fixed amount of time among multiple passages and questions. 11. About how many minutes do you have per reading passage? A) 20 minutes per passage. B) 9 minutes per passage. C) 5 minutes per passage. D) 15 minutes per passage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 9 minutes per passage. 12. What type of question asks you to summarize the basic point of the passage? A) Detail. B) Main idea. C) Generalization. D) Vocabulary. E) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Main idea. 13. As they are used in Passage B, the words "blinding" and "overwhelm" both have a connotation that most strongly suggest a feeling of: A) Awe. B) Fright. C) Quietness. D) Regret. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Awe. 14. She is Peter's mother. She is spoiled, selfish, flirtatious, and unabashed. She often embarrasses Peter. A) Edith. B) Petronella. C) Miep. D) Margot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petronella. 15. There was nothing to salvage from the fire-that is the family couldn't save anything. "salvage" means ..... A) Nothing. B) Save. C) Fire. D) Family. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Save. 16. Which of the following phrases best describes why Medb wanted the magic bull of Ulster? A) Marital jealousy. B) Serious ambition. C) Childish determination. D) Spiteful vanity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Serious ambition. 17. If passage 2 or 3 is a paired you should A) Do it last. B) Do it second. C) Do it third. D) Do it first. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do it last. 18. It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that which of the following bodies has the LEAST gravitational effect on Europa? A) Jupiter. B) Io. C) The sun. D) The Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Earth. 19. How many years has the speaker been a full-time test prep tutor? A) 9 years. B) 7 years. C) 12 years. D) 5 years. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 9 years. 20. What is not included in question type ACT Reading Humanities passage? A) Reference. B) Function. C) Main Idea. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reference. 21. Which of the following is NOT an example of a question type found in the Reading section of the ACT? A) Depiction and Analysis Questions. B) Vocabulary in Context Questions. C) Little Picture Questions. D) Development and Function Questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Depiction and Analysis Questions. 22. True or False:For all the ACT sections, getting harder questions correct gets you a better score A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. During a literature class, Luna shared an anecdote about her favorite author. What does 'anecdote' mean in this context? A) Show or represent. B) Consternation and distress, typically that caused by something unexpected. C) A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. D) (Of something bad) happen to someone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. 24. The total time on ACT reading is: A) 32 minutes. B) 35 minutes. C) 31 minutes. D) 34 minutes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 35 minutes. 25. What does the writer intend to accomplish with this passage? A) He wants to incite fear in the reader. B) He wants to provoke activism in the reader to conserve nature. C) He wants to shock the reader with gruesome facts about the destruction of wildlife. D) He wants to introduce the reader to the concept of conserving wildlife. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wants to provoke activism in the reader to conserve nature. 26. What should you do with line references in the passage? A) Skip them. B) Ignore them. C) Use them for context. D) Memorize them. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use them for context. 27. When taking ANY of the passages on the Reading test, where should you ALWAYS start? A) First Paragraph. B) Title. C) The Questions. D) Last Paragraph. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Title. 28. Which of the following best describes the relationship between the two main characters in the passage? A) They are siblings. B) They are rivals. C) They are close friends. D) They are strangers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are close friends. 29. The passage states that, in terms of development, the average baby should be able to: A) Develop a "startle" reflex at about two months of age. B) Make logical connections between ideas at about four months of age. C) Form explicit memories at about nine months of age. D) Focus his or her eyes on an object at two months of age. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Form explicit memories at about nine months of age. 30. When analyzing a text, why is it important to understand the historical context in which it was written? A) To identify the genre of the text. B) To appreciate the author's writing style. C) To better understand the themes and messages. D) To learn about the author's personal life. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To better understand the themes and messages. 31. When you must guess, you should ..... A) Chose to never guess on the ACT. B) Chose to leave the answer choice blank. C) Chose the answer choice you understand the best. D) Chose the unique answer choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chose the unique answer choice. 32. What percentage of the English test is devoted to Conventions of Standard English? A) 20-25%. B) 29-32%. C) 13-19%. D) 51-56%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 51-56%. 33. What can help you pull information from the passage more effectively? A) Ignoring passage types and structures. B) Learning about passage types and structures. C) Reading the passage multiple times. D) Skipping the passage entirely. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Learning about passage types and structures. 34. It can be inferred from the passage that the Emperor most highly valuedwhat traits among the animals? A) Deceitfulness and compassion. B) Goodwill and narcissism. C) Generosity and unanimity. D) Gluttony and collaboration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Generosity and unanimity. 35. When the author says that Michael Nyman is "rarely rewarded" (line 70), he most likely means that Nyman: A) Deserves praise, but does not receive enough of it. B) Produces obscure music that fails to appeal to a modern audience. C) Gives many long recitals throughout the year. D) Lacks the musical merit to deserve critical acclaim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deserves praise, but does not receive enough of it. 36. Passage A primarily focuses on which of the following types of gestures? A) Illogical gestures. B) Emblematic gestures. C) Co-speech gestures. D) Repurposed gestures. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emblematic gestures. 37. The narrator of Passage B would be more likely than the narrator of Passage A to describe her relationship with her mother as being marked by: A) Moments of lively conversation and joy. B) Years of fierce competition and debate. C) Displays of physical affection and warmth. D) Feelings of distance and tension. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Feelings of distance and tension. 38. The main point of the fifth paragraph (lines 42-51) is that: A) Studying lightning would be the logical first step in the construction of a lightsaber. B) Real-life crystals are not nearly powerful enough to direct plasma at high temperatures. C) The commonness of plasmas in the real world is a good sign for lightsaber technology. D) The idea of plasma having a predetermined "shape" is inherently absurd. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The idea of plasma having a predetermined "shape" is inherently absurd. 39. What does POE stand for? A) Process of Elimination. B) Point of Entry. C) Proof of Example. D) Passage of Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Process of Elimination. 40. Using a word based on its exact definition-without metaphor or exaggeration. Ex:Mrs. Bentley teaches ACT Prep at Starkville High School this year. A) Literal. B) Fictional. C) Figurative. D) Infering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Literal. 41. When the author pauses in the story to describe events that happened in the past. A) Inference. B) Predicting. C) Foreshadowing. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 42. The author uses the events listed in lines 77-79 primarily to: A) J. suggest the part that climate shifts may have had in producing modern Europe. B) F. show how weather-related disasters threatened the survival of Western civilization. C) G. criticize subsistence-level agriculture as being too dependent on the weather. D) H. illustrate how environmental determinism operated in the Little Ice Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) J. suggest the part that climate shifts may have had in producing modern Europe. 43. If you have gotten lower than a 20 on the reading, you should ..... A) Be excited. B) Not read any passages. C) Read your best passages and guess on the ones you score low on. D) Read all 4 passages. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Read your best passages and guess on the ones you score low on. 44. According to the passage, the news story under which of the following headlines would attract the greatest number of readers? A) New Federal Safety Regulations Due Out Today. B) Department of Interior Announces End of National Park Fees. C) New Accounting Procedures in Federal Budget. D) Senator Smith Claims 'I Never Made A Nickel On It'. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Senator Smith Claims 'I Never Made A Nickel On It'. 45. What terror organization was blamed for the September 11th attacks? A) Al-Qaeda. B) ISIS. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Al-Qaeda. 46. As it is used in line 35, the word vessel most nearly means: A) Container. B) Process. C) Source. D) Facility. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Container. 47. The passage most strongly suggests that in the history of biology, the discovery of the Archaeopteryx fossil was significant mainly because it: A) G. was the first bird fossil ever discovered. B) F. made the Natural History Museum of London the most visited museum in the world. C) J. helped fill a critical gap in Darwin's evolutionary theory. D) H. helped scientists accurately reconstruct the late Jurassic scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) J. helped fill a critical gap in Darwin's evolutionary theory. 48. As it is used in line 9, the word mythological most closely means: A) Bona fide. B) Ludicrous. C) Legitimate. D) Legendary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Legendary. 49. To answer word meaning questions, A) I need to read through the whole passage again. B) I should trust my gut. C) I can find the word being questioned and read the sentences around it. D) I can cheat and look up the definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I can find the word being questioned and read the sentences around it. 50. Informational Text reads like a ..... A) Instruction Manual. B) Textbook. C) Cookbook. D) Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Textbook. 51. Which of the following examples best parallels the analogy that Mrs. Kronborg made in the final paragraph? A) A student with good writing skills must work harder on math. B) A young girl with beauty must be kept under close watch. C) A person with outdoor allergies must be kept indoors. D) A child with learning differences may benefit from tutoring. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A person with outdoor allergies must be kept indoors. 52. What is the main purpose of the ACT Reading Comprehension section? A) To test mathematical skills. B) To evaluate reading and analytical skills. C) To assess scientific knowledge. D) To measure writing ability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To evaluate reading and analytical skills. 53. The main point of the second paragraph (lines 14-32) can best be summarized as: A) There are more microchips than people. B) Microprocessors are being produced more quickly than we can use them. C) Both the number of and uses for microprocessors is rapidly increasing. D) There is more need for microprocessors than for personal computers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both the number of and uses for microprocessors is rapidly increasing. 54. As it is used in line 24, the word capture most nearly means: A) Divert. B) Control. C) Document. D) Seize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Document. 55. What is the main purpose of skimming a passage in the ACT reading section? A) To skip over important details. B) To focus only on the introduction and conclusion. C) To quickly identify the main idea and passage structure. D) To read every word in the passage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To quickly identify the main idea and passage structure. 56. In terms of the passage as a whole, the third paragraph (lines 27-36) mainly serves to: A) F. provide evidence that, contrary to popular belief, NASA still does important work. B) G. explain why the possibility of an ocean on Europa is so exciting. C) H. demonstrate the level of control that NASA has over its exploratory craft. D) J. emphasize both the importance and recentness of the discovery of Europa's ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) J. emphasize both the importance and recentness of the discovery of Europa's ocean. 57. The author points out that many serious Jazz enthusiasts know little about Berry primarily in order to: A) Criticize scholarship that has provided an unbalanced history of jazz. B) Demonstrate that the author is more knowledgeable than most jazz scholars. C) Illustrate the secrecy Berry demanded in order to preserve his family's privacy. D) Explain why it is likely readers would be unfamiliar with Berry. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Explain why it is likely readers would be unfamiliar with Berry. 58. In this point of view, the narrator has access to all of the characters' thoughts and feelings ..... A) Third Person Limited. B) Second Person. C) First Person. D) Third person omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third person omniscient. 59. This type of reading passage will be taken from a memoir or personal essay about architecture, art, dance, ethics, film, music, etc.? A) Social Studies. B) Humanities. C) Prose fiction. D) Natural Science. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humanities. 60. It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that the narrator thinks her hometown has: A) Remained about the same as it was years ago. B) A chance of being rebuilt as it used to be. C) Made little genuine progress. D) Improved significantly over the years. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Made little genuine progress. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesTest Prep QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAct Reading Quiz 1Act Reading Quiz 2Act Reading Quiz 3Act Reading Quiz 4Act Reading Quiz 5Act Reading Quiz 6Act Reading Quiz 7Act Reading Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books