This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Test Prep > Act > Act Reading – Quiz 51 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Act Reading Quiz 51 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In relation to the first paragraph's earlier description of the nightmare, the narrator's comments in lines 10-13 primarily serve to: A) Reveal how to alter a dream in progress. B) Explain what caused the nightmare. C) Intensify the sense of hopelessness. D) Suggest the possibility of escape. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intensify the sense of hopelessness. 2. What is the primary focus of the Humanities section in the ACT Reading test? A) Analyzing scientific data. B) Understanding historical events. C) Interpreting literary and cultural texts. D) Solving mathematical problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interpreting literary and cultural texts. 3. Mark answer to #5 here. A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 4. What is one key factor when taking the ACT test? A) Knowledge of the subject. B) Time management. C) Physical fitness. D) Writing skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time management. 5. Which of the following should you do first? A) Preread the Passage. B) Preread the Questions. C) Read the Passage. D) Label Difficult Questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Preread the Questions. 6. According to the passage, which of the following characteristics of the eel larvae found by Schmidt provided the best evidence that the larvae were hatched in the Sargasso Sea? A) Size. B) Shape. C) Color. D) Species. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Size. 7. The statement "That's where you're going, now hurry up" lines 35-36 can mos directly be attributed to the: A) Cheering boy, as he verbally criticizes the narrator's efforts. B) Cheering boy, as he shouts encouragement to the narrator. C) Narrator, as he speculates about what the cheering boy meant when the boy pointed at the pool. D) Narrator, as he angrily contemplates his response to the cheering boy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrator, as he speculates about what the cheering boy meant when the boy pointed at the pool. 8. What is the focus of Organization, Unity, and Cohesion? A) Ensuring a text is logically organized. B) Recognizing common problems with usage. C) Applying understanding of sentence structure. D) Demonstrating effective language use. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ensuring a text is logically organized. 9. In Passage A, the narrator's descriptions of Armstrong suggest that she sees him as ultimately: A) Self-confident and triumphant. B) Isolated and alone. C) Awe-inspiring and heroic. D) Stiff and ceremonial. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isolated and alone. 10. What type of question asks you to use facts to come to a conclusion, or answer? A) Detail. B) Generalization. C) Vocab. D) Main idea. E) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Inference. 11. It can reasonably be inferred from the passage that she views him as: A) A competent competitor. B) A teacher and a mentor. C) Someone whose responsibility it is to entertain her. D) A talented musician whose opinion she respects. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A talented musician whose opinion she respects. 12. What is the significance of context clues in understanding vocabulary? A) They are always found at the beginning of a text. B) They help readers understand the meaning of unfamiliar words. C) They are only useful for advanced readers. D) They provide a summary of the text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They help readers understand the meaning of unfamiliar words. 13. In the end, what happens to the old man? A) His wings regrow and he flies away clumsily. B) He heals the sick child. C) He leaves town with the spider lady. D) He dies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) His wings regrow and he flies away clumsily. 14. There are about this many questions on ACT Reading. A) 35. B) 40. C) 45. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 40. 15. Which of the following is NOT a reason to read the pre-passage blurb? A) The blurb may contain character names that could help understand the passage. B) The answers can be found there. C) It might give you a hint to the topic of the passage. D) The blurb may contain details about the topics of paired passages and what to examine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The answers can be found there. 16. Answers to REFERRAL questions are found by: A) Reading the lines. B) Summarizing the lines. C) Determining the purpose of the lines. D) Reading "between" the lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Reading the lines. 17. What is the effect of using a first-person narrator in prose fiction? A) It creates distance between the reader and the story. B) It provides an objective viewpoint. C) It offers a personal and subjective perspective. D) It limits the narrative to dialogue only. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It offers a personal and subjective perspective. 18. In the passage, the argument is made that citizens are unable to tell government officials how to do their jobs better because citizens: A) Don't vote in every election. B) Have a tendency to elect rascals. C) Don't read enough newspapers or see enough television. D) Don't understand the technical details of government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Don't understand the technical details of government. 19. The narrator's perspective in the passage is best described as: A) First-person limited. B) Third-person omniscient. C) Second-person. D) Third-person limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) First-person limited. 20. Feign (verb) A) Combine one thing with another so that they become a whole. B) Sluggish and apathetic. C) An unlucky accident. D) Pretend to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pretend to be affected by a feeling, state, or injury. 21. Who did the US government determined was responsible for organizing the terror attacks? A) Osama bin Laden. B) Saddam Hussein. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osama bin Laden. 22. When the narrator refers to the cosmonaut as "a man without a country" (lines 83-84), she is most likely directly referring to the: A) Cosmonaut's feeling that he is now a citizen of space, not the former Soviet Union. B) Cosmonaut's unrealized expectation that he will be treated like a hero. C) Political transformation that occurred while the cosmonaut was in space. D) . sixteen months that the cosmonaut spent in orbit around Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Political transformation that occurred while the cosmonaut was in space. 23. Dynamic (adjective) A) Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress. B) A loss of significance, power, or prominence in relation to another person or thing. C) Regard as probable; expect or predict. D) 1. large or heavy and therefore difficult to carry or use 2. slow or complicated and therefore inefficient*. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress. 24. It may reasonably be inferred that the author considers Emily Dickinson "one of the luckiest great writers who ever lived" (lines 42-43) in part because: A) Her writing was discovered in such a dramatic way by her editor. B) She lived such a romantic life, dressing in white and enjoying many suitors. C) She was never interrupted by her disciples. D) She lived in isolation, which allowed her much time to write. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She lived in isolation, which allowed her much time to write. 25. In the passage, the narrator most nearly describes Kafka as someone who: A) Diminished dreams by trying to unravel their mysteries. B) Explained the underlying rationality of dream symbols. C) Conveyed the essence of dreams in his writing. D) Found it too difficult to describe dreams artfully. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conveyed the essence of dreams in his writing. ← 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