This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Test Prep > Sat > Sat Writing And Language – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Sat Writing And Language Quiz 2 (50 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Writing and Language Question #39 A) C. B) B. C) D. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 2. Some farmers have resorted to renting hives from beekeepers to pollinate their 20 crops; when there is a shortage of bees this being an expensive proposition. A) NO CHANGE. B) Crops; an expensive proposition when there is a shortage of bees. C) Crops, an expensive proposition when there is a shortage of bees. D) Not Sure / Skip. E) Crops, this is an expensive proposition when there is a shortage of bees. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crops, an expensive proposition when there is a shortage of bees. 3. Writing and Language Question #16 A) B. B) C. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 4. What is the best way to prepare for the SAT Writing and Language section? A) Learn the most important SAT grammar rules. B) Learn how to play a musical instrument. C) Learn how to cook. D) Learn how to paint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Learn the most important SAT grammar rules. 5. Writing and Language Question #23 A) D. B) B. C) C. D) A. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 6. Writing and Language Question #28 A) C. B) A. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) C. 7. Pooley and Socolow describe a more likely scenario:most people who heard the broadcast understood they were listening to a piece of fiction, but some being influenced by the sensationalized news coverage afterward, later "remembered" being more afraid than they had been. A) Some, they were. B) Some. C) NO CHANGE. D) Some,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Some,. 8. At this point, the writer is considering adding the following information ..... e-books, audio and video materials, and online journals ..... Should the writer make this addition here? A) No, because it weakens focus of passage. B) Yes, because it illustrates the reason for increase later in sentence. C) Yes, because of specific examples in sentence. D) No, because flow of sentence is interrupted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Yes, because of specific examples in sentence. 9. The answer to #16 is:(hint:The factor is LISTED) A) NO CHANGE. B) Thaw; and it was. C) Thaw:. D) Thaw:being. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thaw:. 10. Writing and Language Question #32 A) B. B) C. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 11. Writing and Language Question #3 A) A. B) C. C) D. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 12. In many ways, some herbal supplements are the patent medicines of today. Exaggerated hypotheses for various vitamins, minerals, and herbs are common, and even when some vitamins or minerals are indisputably vital, they may be flouted as necessary supplements, even for populations in which deficiencies are extremely rare. A) NO CHANGE. B) Wholeheartedly. C) Consummately. D) Totally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 13. How many passages are in this section? A) 5. B) 4. C) 0. D) 93. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 4. 14. Writing and Language Question #17 A) D. B) A. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 15. Still, the PADOK (A vitamin, mineral, and herb trade is thriving, avoiding regulation in the United States by marketing its products as "nutritional supplements" rather than "medicines." Moreover, the pulchritude of the exotic is still evident, especially with regard to Asian herbs and remedies, some of which are promoted for their "ancient" uses. A) Charisma. B) Pizzazz. C) NO CHANGE. D) Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeal. 16. Writing and Language Question #13 A) B. B) A. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) B. 17. Lunar farmers believe, 25 for example, that from the new Moon to quarter Moon phases, when the Moon is waxing, a soil's moisture content increases, whereas drier periods occur during the waning phase. A) NO CHANGE. B) Thereafter,. C) By contrast,. D) However,. E) Not Sure / Skip. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 18. Because of the astonishing size and range of Szathmary's 36 donation to the University of Iowa, making this cornucopia of information available to readers was a challenge A) Not Sure / Skip. B) Donation,. C) Donation of so many culinary artifacts,. D) Massive donation of cookbooks,. E) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Donation,. 19. An October 2006 study found that as much as one-third of global agriculture depends on animal pollination, including honeybee 12 pollination-to increase crop output. A) Pollination,. B) NO CHANGE. C) Not Sure / Skip. D) Pollination;. E) Pollination:this is. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pollination,. 20. #22. To make the paragraph most logical, sentence 4 should be placed. Hint:Sentence 4 comes should come after the sentence selection that will let readers know what the phrase "this crucial information" refers to. A) After sentence 2. B) After sentence 1. C) Where it is now. D) After sentence 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) After sentence 5. 21. A few companies, such as Google, have even invested in high-tech nap pods that block out light, play soothing music, and 8 gently waking nappers. A) Gently to wake. B) NO CHANGE. C) Gently wake. D) Not Sure / Skip. E) Gentle waking of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gently wake. 22. Writing and Language Question #8 A) B. B) C. C) A. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) D. 23. What does this section actually test? A) Reading Comprehension. B) Rhetoric and Synthesis. C) Expression of Ideas and Standard English Conventions. D) Command of Evidence and Organization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expression of Ideas and Standard English Conventions. 24. Writing and Language Question #11 A) D. B) A. C) B. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 25. #20. Which choice best completes the description of a self-reinforcing cycle? A) Raises the surface temperature. B) Leads to additional melting. C) NO CHANGE. D) Begins to cool at a certain point. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Leads to additional melting. 26. The project enlists volunteers to transcribe the recipes:working from 38 our home computers, the volunteers type up the scanned handwritten recipes. A) Not Sure / Skip. B) One's. C) NO CHANGE. D) Their. E) His or her. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their. 27. 14 They know it as colony collapse disorder (CCD), this phenomenon will have a detrimental impact on global agriculture if its causes and solutions are not determined. A) Known as colony. B) NO CHANGE. C) Colony. D) Not Sure / Skip. E) It is known as colony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Known as colony. 28. Writing and Language Question #4 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C. 29. #21. (This is a question that is an example of recognizing and omitting redundancies.) A) NO CHANGE. B) Itself,. C) Itself, with damage and. D) Itself possibly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Itself,. 30. Writing and Language Question #12 A) A. B) D. C) C. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B. 31. What type of question is No. 6? A) Sentence structure. B) Parallel structure. C) Punctuation. D) Pronoun-antecedent agreement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Parallel structure. 32. Writing and Language Question #18 A) C. B) A. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A. 33. Writing and Language Question #40 A) A. B) C. C) B. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) B. 34. What type of questions are common on the SAT Writing and Language section? A) Geography questions. B) Word choice questions. C) Music questions. D) Art questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Word choice questions. 35. Many sodas have their roots in the patent-medicine trade. Coca-Cola, Pepsi Cola, 7-Up, and Dr Pepper all share a saga as patent medicines. The ingredients may have changed, and there are no longer fantastic claims about the benefits of the products, but in many ways, a trip down the drinks aisle of a grocery store is a trip back in time. A) Verse. B) Backdrop. C) History. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) History. 36. The goal is to digitize all the manuscripts in the Szathmary collection, making them available to anyone with 41 access of a computer and the Internet. A) Access to. B) Not Sure / Skip. C) Excess of. D) NO CHANGE. E) Excess to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Access to. 37. Writing and Language Question #37 A) B. B) A. C) D. D) C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) C. 38. What type of question is No. 3 A) Pronoun agreement. B) Fragment/run-on sentence. C) Subject-verb agreement. D) Modifier placement. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Subject-verb agreement. 39. Other farmers have increased 21 they're dependence on costly hand-pollination by human workers. A) Its. B) There. C) Not Sure / Skip. D) NO CHANGE. E) Their. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Their. 40. The answer to #14 is: A) As such,. B) NO CHANGE. C) Moreover,. D) However,. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) However,. 41. Lunar farming has its 30 skeptics, who are not sure of the method's efficacy. A) Not Sure / Skip. B) Skeptics-those who doubt the method. C) NO CHANGE. D) Skeptics, who have yet to be convinced. E) Skeptics. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Skeptics. 42. An analogy might be oxygen. We certainly need oxygen to live, but it is numerous in the atmosphere, and there is no need for anyone to take oxygen supplements. A) Multifarious. B) NO CHANGE. C) Abundant. D) Transcendent. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Abundant. 43. Ryan Hodson of Kodiak Capital Group and Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post Media Group have promoted napping 9 throughout their workers and have been effusive about the results. A) Between. B) Into. C) NO CHANGE. D) Not Sure / Skip. E) Among. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Among. 44. One of the 2 big reasons behind workers' lack of sleep is the work itself. A) NO CHANGE. B) Huge things about. C) Main things leading up to. D) Primary causes of. E) Not Sure / Skip. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Primary causes of. 45. The ingredients (one recipe requires something called "ringon root" ) and measurements (a "ditto" of baking soda), 40 moreover, can be puzzling. A) In short,. B) Therefore,. C) Not Sure / Skip. D) However,. E) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) However,. 46. Writing and Language Question #5 A) C. B) D. C) A. D) B. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A. 47. Ratings, however, reveal that far fewer than a million people had been listening to the broadcast. A) Many less than. B) Much less then. C) Much fewer then. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) NO CHANGE. 48. What type of question is No. 7? A) Rhetorical. B) Punctuation. C) Sentence structure. D) Verb tense. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sentence structure. 49. Volunteer transcribers need no particular expertise; 39 prosaic directives are provided on the DIY History website. A) Not Sure / Skip. B) Simple directions. C) NO CHANGE. D) Bare-bones how-tos. E) Facile protocols. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simple directions. 50. What is the purpose of word choice questions on the SAT? A) To test knowledge of history. B) To select the best word to complete the sentence based on context. C) To test knowledge of mathematics. D) To test knowledge of science. 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