Act Reading Quiz 44 (30 MCQs)

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1. Contradict (verb)
2. 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:
3. What is a common mistake when interpreting questions with extreme language?
4. The author calls the interactions that produced the Little Ice Age climate shifts:
5. 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:
6. When answering a supporting detail question, I can go back and find the answer in the passage.
7. What is the main focus of literary analysis in ACT reading?
8. It may reasonably be inferred from lines 10-17 that James Merrill respected Elizabeth Bishop's poetry:
9. What does "figure" refer to in a statistical report?
10. In lines 36-49, the author quotes Burke's speech to Parliament primarily to emphasize the fact that:
11. In the passage, the main point the author makes about museums is that they primarily:
12. Evaluating arguments and claims in a text involves:
13. Which of the following skills is assessed under Integration of Knowledge and Ideas?
14. 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 greatl respected by the ship's crew.
15. One of the main points made in the last paragraph is that insanity pleas were:
16. A strategy to answer a LATER question successfully is:
17. Why are literary narrative passages often harder to read?
18. The author urges the reader to evoke action by:
19. True or False:For all ACT sections, you should carefully and slowly read the directions.
20. How many passages are on the ACT READING test?
21. The characterization of which of the following is used in the passage to illustrate the effect of the construction of wildlife corridors?
22. 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?
23. Respond to this question from your test booklet:(25)
24. 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
25. What is one thing you should NOT do on the ACT Reading section?
26. Evade the attacker.Evade means
27. The author specifically mentions all of the following means of preservation EXCEPT:
28. What is the biggest trap when identifying 'T' (Tone)?
29. The passage states that which of the following is true about natural gas?
30. 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: