This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act Reading – Quiz 30 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Reading Quiz 30 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to the narrator, an ordinary reader of newspapers considers that science is represented by: A) A gradually increasing understanding of the world around us. B) A varying selection of sensational triumphs. C) A mad scientist in a lab coat. D) A sophisticated system of carefully assembled knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A varying selection of sensational triumphs. 2. What is important to find when choosing the best answer based on support in the passage? A) The most interesting detail. B) The longest sentence. C) Textual evidence. D) The author's biography. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Textual evidence. 3. What is the "sideshow" the author refers to in line 71. A) The dramatic details of Kahlo's life. B) The critical acclaim Kahlo has received. C) The Fridamaniacs who idolize Kahlo. D) Kahlo's addictions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dramatic details of Kahlo's life. 4. Which of the following is NOT a type of reading passage on the ACT Reading test? A) Prose/Literary Narrative. B) Social Science. C) Humanities. D) Science Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Science Fiction. 5. According to the passage, all of the following are true about Kahlo's paintings EXCEPT. A) They reflect her complicated relationship with Rivera. B) They dramatized the pain from her surgeries. C) They were all forms of self-portraits. D) They portray concepts in unique and profound ways. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They were all forms of self-portraits. 6. What is the best definition for 'embryonic' as it is used here? A) Meaning something other than what it seems to mean. B) Full of feeling. C) Incorrect. D) Just beginning to exist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Just beginning to exist. 7. Which section do people often skip reading, but should NOT A) The supporting evidence. B) The middle paragraph. C) The instructions at the front of each section. D) Introductory material before the passage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Introductory material before the passage. 8. People can always catch more fish in rainy weather. That is the opinion of an experienced fisherman named Joe. He claims that the only times that he gas ever caught real trout were during heavy rainstorms. Because Joe is a house painter, he works during good weather. Perhaps that fact explains his fishing experience. Which sentence is the main idea? A) Sentence 1. B) Sentence 2. C) Sentence 3. D) Sentence 5. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sentence 1. 9. Which is an example of a probability adverb? A) Could. B) Probably. C) Usually. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Probably. 10. Which of the following is NOT a trap the ACT might throw at you in the reading section? A) Using passages that require you to have some prior knowledge. B) Using language in item stem that is different from how it is used in passage. C) Having answers choices that are in passage but do not answer question asked. D) Presenting familiar words in unfamiliar ways. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Using passages that require you to have some prior knowledge. 11. The ACT is scored by the amount of correct answers. If you are about to run out of time you should ..... A) Make sure each question has an answer, even if its a guess. B) Leave all unknown answers blank. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Make sure each question has an answer, even if its a guess. 12. It is implied throughout the entire passage that the author believes: A) Nature is not just a part of the world, but rather nature is the world. B) Living in harmony with nature should be every living being's first priority. C) The main job of human beings should be to protect the world in which they live. D) Human beings have no capacity for compassion when it comes to nature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The main job of human beings should be to protect the world in which they live. 13. Which of the following are explanations given by the narrator as to why the Lawyer used the ship's only cushion? I. He was very old. II. He would not allow anyone else to use it. III. He was greatly respected by the ship's crew A) I and II only. B) I only. C) I and III only. D) II only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I and III only. 14. This type of appeal uses the law, morality, faith, and our sense of right and wrong. It often uses a person's character to make arguments. A) Logical appeal. B) Ethical appeal. C) Emotional appeal. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethical appeal. 15. To conclude from evidence and reasoning rather than explicit statements A) Evolve. B) Infer. C) Reflect. D) Redundant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infer. 16. In the Prose Fiction Passage, almost all the questions relate to the ..... A) Setting. B) Action. C) Characters. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Characters. 17. Consider the following question:In which chronological order did the following events occur? This question most likely falls under which category? A) Key Main Ideas and Details. B) Sequencing. C) Comparing Relationships. D) Author's Approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sequencing. 18. Mark answer to #10 here A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 19. According to the passage, one of the woman's worries about her present situation is that she: A) Will begin to dream too much. B) Suspects the narrator will desert her. C) Will watch her dreams become nightmares. D) Stands out as different from others. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stands out as different from others. 20. What is the tone of the story? A) Optimistic and hopeful. B) Dark and foreboding. C) Ironic and detached. D) Joyful and celebratory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ironic and detached. 21. In order to do well on the Reading section, what should you do? A) Go through the passages as quickly as possible. B) Use prior knowledge to help you understand the questions. C) Read more. D) Spend as long as you need to on each passage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Read more. 22. What strategies can help when answering questions about a passage? A) Refer back to the text, eliminate clearly wrong answers, and look for keywords. B) Guess the answer based on intuition. C) Choose the first answer that seems correct. D) Ignore the passage and rely on prior knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refer back to the text, eliminate clearly wrong answers, and look for keywords. 23. What should you focus on when reading ACT passages? A) The number of paragraphs. B) The main idea. C) The author's biography. D) The length of the passage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The main idea. 24. This type of reading passage will be based on anatomy, astronomy, biology, botany, chemistry, ecology, geology, medicine, meteorology, microbiology, zoology, or physics? A) Humanities. B) Prose fiction. C) Natural Science. D) Social Studies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Natural Science. 25. How many of the speaker's students achieved a perfect 36 on the ACT reading in 2022? A) 20 students. B) 13 students. C) 10 students. D) 5 students. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13 students. 26. What does it mean to analyze the text structure of a passage? A) To summarize the passage in one's own words. B) To identify the order and organization of ideas in the text. C) To list all the characters in a story. D) To find all the difficult words in the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To identify the order and organization of ideas in the text. 27. How do guests and staff stay warm at the lodge? A) Electric heaters. B) Wood-burning stoves. C) Heavy woolen blankets and a central fireplace. D) Portable heaters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heavy woolen blankets and a central fireplace. 28. This is a work of ..... A) Fiction. B) Nonfiction. C) Poetry. D) Fable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonfiction. 29. When a text uses a chronological structure, what is it primarily trying to convey? A) The importance of timing in understanding events. B) The cause and effect relationship between events. C) A comparison and contrast of different events. D) The sequence of events over time. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The sequence of events over time. 30. What is the effect of reading regularly on vocabulary? A) It decreases vocabulary. B) It has no effect on vocabulary. C) It improves vocabulary. D) It confuses vocabulary. 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