This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act Reading – Quiz 12 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Reading Quiz 12 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The passage states that, in the Southern United States, armadillos do damage to: A) Crops. B) Deserts. C) Rivers. D) Houses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Crops. 2. According to the author, what is unique about the June 1940 rendition of the song "A Ghost of a Chance" ? A) It's the only recorded piece that features Berry from beginning to end. B) Berry plays an alto saxophone instead of his usual tenor saxophone. C) It was the only public performance Berry gave in 1940. D) Berry showcases his unrivaled ability to play a solo that blends into the background. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It's the only recorded piece that features Berry from beginning to end. 3. What is not a category of a reading passage? A) Humanities. B) Social Studies. C) Cooking. D) Natural Sciences. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cooking. 4. On the ACT, especially the natural science section, use ..... to understand unknown terminology. A) A dictionary. B) A neighbor's paper. C) Context clues. D) Previous answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Context clues. 5. What nation served as the home base of the terror network Al-Qaeda? A) Afghanistan. B) Iraq. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Afghanistan. 6. The passage identifies early 20th-century Panamanians as being both: A) Increasingly familiar with and fond of Jamaican reggae music. B) Diligent laborers and resentful of foreigners brought in to assist them. C) Impressed by Jamaican music and helpful in teaching them the Spanish language. D) Absorbed with dancehall reggae and undervalued by modern musicologists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Increasingly familiar with and fond of Jamaican reggae music. 7. What is the ACT exactly? A) It is an exam that is given to high school students to test for college readiness. B) It is an exam that is used to meet college acceptance requirements. C) It is an exam that places students academic performance with peers of the same age and grade level across the country. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 8. How many multiple-choice questions are there in the ACT Reading Test? A) 30. B) 35. C) 40. D) 45. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 40. 9. The author associates all of the following with the onset of summer EXCEPT: A) Seeing new neighbors. B) The blossoming of cottonwood trees. C) Home dwellers painting their fences. D) Children wearing cool clothing instead of warm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Seeing new neighbors. 10. A word or phrase used to compare 2 unlike objects, ideas, thoughts or feelings. (Does NOT use the words "like" or "as"). Ex:All the world is a stage! A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 11. Which of the following rhetorical techniques does theauthor repeatedly use in the passage as a means toengage the reader? A) Forthright attacks on what he labels as readers'misunderstanding of basic historical fact. B) Open-ended questions and appeals directed toreaders. C) Direct quotations from past readers of his workthat capture their responses to his ideas. D) Descriptions of his own experiences as a citizen ofthe Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Open-ended questions and appeals directed toreaders. 12. The phrase 'foaming as if enraged' is an example of which literary device? A) Personification. B) Alliteration. C) Understatement. D) Assonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 13. What is the role of dialogue in prose fiction? A) To provide background information. B) To develop characters and advance the plot. C) To describe the setting. D) To introduce new vocabulary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To develop characters and advance the plot. 14. How long did homesteaders need to reside on the land to gain ownership? A) 5 years. B) 2 years. C) 10 years. D) 6 months. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 years. 15. The main function of the second paragraph (lines 20-29) is to: A) Identify some of Armstrong's mentors, such as King Oliver. B) List some of the early events in Armstrong's developing career. C) Contrast Armstrong's opinions of King Oliver and Fletcher Henderson. D) Describe the musical style Armstrong developed jointly with Fletcher Henderson. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) List some of the early events in Armstrong's developing career. 16. According to the author, Berry's solos as a recording session musician were often very short because he: A) Wasn't a very good saxophone player until late in his career. B) Drew more attention playing ensemble passages. C) Worked within the recording constraints of the era. D) Preferred playing many short solos to playing a few long ones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Worked within the recording constraints of the era. 17. What should you focus on when reading literary narrative passages? A) The historical context of the passage. B) The relationship between characters and their motivations. C) The factual accuracy of the passage. D) The chronological order of events. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The relationship between characters and their motivations. 18. What logical fallacy occurs in the following example: "America ..... Love It Or Leave It." A) Hasty generalization. B) Stereotyping. C) Name-calling. D) Either-or-fallacy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Either-or-fallacy. 19. In the context of ACT Reading Humanities, what does the term 'tone' refer to? A) The main idea of the passage. B) The author's attitude towards the subject. C) The structure of the passage. D) The number of paragraphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The author's attitude towards the subject. 20. The main point made in the second, third, and fourth paragraphs (lines 14-52) is that the structure of a baby's brain: A) Is genetically determined before the child is born. B) Can be seen through positron-emission tomography. C) Can be altered through a process known as pruning. D) Is still developing after the child is born. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Is still developing after the child is born. 21. In Passage B, it can most reasonably be inferred thatHeifetz's response to the woman who congratulateshim is intended to point out that: A) The woman hears Heifetz's violin differently thanHeifetz does. B) The woman isn't qualified to judge the quality ofHeifetz's violin. C) Heifetz enjoyed the woman's humorous comment. D) Heifetz's violin doesn't make sounds by itself. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Heifetz's violin doesn't make sounds by itself. 22. Which of the following is not a skill tested in the ACT Reading exam? A) Analyzing the author's tone or mood. B) Remembering specific facts not in a passage. C) Understanding sequence of events. D) Determining the meaning of words from their context. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Remembering specific facts not in a passage. 23. What is the importance of a thesis statement in an essay? A) A thesis statement presents the main argument or claim of an essay, guiding the direction of the writing. B) A thesis statement is a summary of the essay's conclusion. C) A thesis statement is an introduction to the essay's topic. D) A thesis statement is a list of references used in the essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A thesis statement presents the main argument or claim of an essay, guiding the direction of the writing. 24. Based on the passage, the 1879 Maine ice that was fifteen to twenty inches thick can best be described as: A) A top-quality crop that was shipped to New York City, Philadelphia, and destinations farther south. B) Sufficient for local demand but not a solution to the problem of the ice "famine" in the South. C) Typical of Maine crops of ice until the ice "famine" struck. D) Remarkable but surpassed in size and quality by crops the following year. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A top-quality crop that was shipped to New York City, Philadelphia, and destinations farther south. 25. Passage A states that Edmund Burke's first effort to change British treatment of the American colonies was A) Ineffective. B) Too emotional. C) Belated. D) Incoherent. 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