English Test 2 Section1

Read the passage from The American Plague. Adding to his frustration was the fact that very few official papers had made their way to him at Mount Vernon. Washington was a stickler for orderly files that he could search at a moment's notice. This was the most important way he kept himself informed about the hundreds of things happening in the fledgling nation. Unfortunately, when the government clerks had panicked and dashed from Philadelphia, they had abandoned all papers and records in boarded-up houses. Which line from the passage can be defined as the cause? "Adding to his frustration was the fact that very few official papers had made their way to him at Mount Vernon." "Washington was a stickler for orderly files that he could search at a moment's notice." "This was the most important way he kept himself informed about the hundreds of things happening in the fledgling nation." "Unfortunately, when the government clerks had panicked and dashed from Philadelphia, they had abandoned all papers and records in boarded-up houses."

"Unfortunately, when the government clerks had panicked and dashed from Philadelphia, they had abandoned all papers and records in boarded-up houses."

In what year did the yellow fever epidemic described in The American Plague have some of its worst effects? 1665 1739 1776 1793

1793

Read the passage from The American Plague. Finally, Washington turned to Attorney General Edmund Randolph. As the nation's chief law official and legal counsel of the United States, Randolph was someone whose opinion held great weight. In a delicately worded letter, Randolph told Washington that no, the president could not move Congress, even in an emergency. "It seems to be unconstitutional," Randolph noted. Which sentence contains the central idea of the passage? Finally, Washington turned to Attorney General Edmund Randolph. As the nation's chief law official and legal counsel of the United States, Randolph was someone whose opinion held great weight. In a delicately worded letter, Randolph told Washington that no, the president could not move Congress, even in an emergency. "It seems to be unconstitutional," Randolph noted.

In a delicately worded letter, Randolph told Washington that no, the president could not move Congress, even in an emergency.

Read the passage from The American Plague. No one would ever know precisely how many Philadelphians died of yellow fever in 1793. Many of those who traditionally kept such count—ministers, sextons, and city officials—had either fled the city or been ill themselves. The best estimates put the number of victims at between four and five thousand men, women, and children. What was clear to all was that life would never be the same. The fear had gone too deep, the losses were all too real and personal. Which statement summarizes the central idea of this passage? The yellow fever epidemic had lasting consequences for the city. Ministers, sextons, and city officials should have stayed in the city. The 1793 yellow fever epidemic was the deadliest plague the city had faced. Men, women, and children were afraid to return to the city after the plague.

The yellow fever epidemic had lasting consequences for the city.

What was one effect of the yellow fever epidemic described in The American Plague? Washington had to communicate more with Madison. Washington had to communicate more with Jefferson. Washington had trouble communicating with everyone. Washington began communicating better with everyone.

Washington had trouble communicating with everyone.

Read the passage from The American Plague. Adding to his frustration was the fact that very few official papers had made their way to him at Mount Vernon. Washington was a stickler for orderly files that he could search at a moment's notice. This was the most important way he kept himself informed about the hundreds of things happening in the fledgling nation. Unfortunately, when the government clerks had panicked and dashed from Philadelphia, they had abandoned all papers and records in boarded-up houses. No one knew where these documents were; and no one was willing to risk his or her life wandering, through the infected city in search of them. What conclusion does the cause-and-reflect relationship in this passage support? Washington lacked the information he needed to govern effectively. Washington got information in other ways so he could govern effectively. Washington was so angry at the clerks that he did not govern effectively. Washington was too frustrated by his missing papers to govern effectively.

Washington lacked the information he needed to govern effectively.

Read the passage from The American Plague. Knox found that his warrior instinct had abandoned him. He closed up his house and fled across New Jersey to Manhattan Island. Knox was turned away from Manhattan and wound up in Elizabethtown, New Jersey, where he spent two weeks in quarantine. This passage contains the central cause of the story. a cause-and-effect relationship. signal words that explain a cause. signal words that explain an effect.

a cause-and-effect relationship.

Read the passage from The American Plague. Whenever the Parliament clashed with their monarch, the king would get his way by suddenly convening Parliament in a remote, unreachable part of the country. Without a proper quorum of members, the king could then decide law as he pleased. As a result, representatives in the United States had drawn up the Constitution with particular attention to the issue of where they would meet in the future. The best reason why the last sentence is an effect is because it defines an event that created the king's official behavior. a change that occurred due to the king's behavior. a relationship that occurred due to the king's behavior. a central idea that led to a change in the king's behavior.

a change that occurred due to the king's behavior.

Read the passage from The American Plague. Alexander Hamilton felt the president could indeed move Congress. After all, Hamilton reasoned, the government would not automatically cease functioning if an enemy army captured the capital. Why wouldn't the same principle apply in the case of a devastating natural disaster, such as a plague? But Thomas Jefferson and James Madison disagreed and could not be budged from their position. During the formation of the federal government, they argued, individual states had been extremely wary about giving away too much of their governing power to any future president. Why is this passage best defined as a cause? because it explains the relationship between Washington, Hamilton, and Congress because it explains the relationship between Washington, Hamilton, Jefferson, and Madison because it explains the results of Washington's uncertainty about moving Congress to Philadelphia because it explains what produces Washington's uncertainty about moving Congress to Philadelphia

because it explains what produces Washington's uncertainty about moving Congress to Philadelphia

Someone or something that produces a result is a cause. central idea. relationship. signal word.

cause.

What was the cause of the yellow fever epidemic described in The American Plague? Jefferson mosquitoes war Washington

mosquitoes

Read the passage from The American Plague. People who had hidden themselves indoors began to emerge and walk the streets again. Shop doors opened for business, and ships once again sailed upriver to discharge cargo; farmers arrived, their wagons loaded with provisions bound for the markets of a very hungry city. Plans were even announced for the resumption of the stagecoach in early November. The city seemed to be awakening after a long, inescapable nightmare. The last line of the passage is the central idea of the passage. a supporting detail in the passage. the conclusion drawn by the author. a cause of the yellow fever epidemic.

the central idea of the passage.

Read the passage from The American Plague. The reemergence of the deadly disease did not stop people from returning to the city. It did, however, leave a lingering sense of helplessness. Well into December, individuals were still succumbing to the fever, and Thomas Jefferson was worrying over which houses were safe to enter. "Yellow fever," he predicted, "will discourage the growth of great cities in the nation." The central idea of the passage is that Jefferson was worried about which houses were safe. the nation was growing. the plague still worried people as winter approached. people came back to the city.

the plague still worried people as winter approached.

Read the passage from The American Plague. All along the way Jefferson chafed at the jump in prices brought about by "harpies who prey upon travelers" returning to Philadelphia. Inns on the route had upped their rates; ferrymen were charging extra to transport people and carriages across rivers. In the end, Jefferson estimated that it cost him nearly eighty dollars just to get to Germantown. What was the cause of the jump in prices? the cost of ferry boats the yellow fever outbreak the number of people traveling the amount of heat, rain, and dust

the yellow fever outbreak

Read the passage from The American Plague. Monday, October 28. George Washington had been impatient since his departure from Philadelphia in early September. When he left the stricken city, he had put Secretary of War Henry Knox in charge of the government, giving the former general clear instructions to report to him weekly concerning the spread of yellow fever. But after a few days' close contact with the pestilence, Knox found that his warrior instinct had abandoned him. He closed up his house and fled across New Jersey to Manhattan Island. What is the most likely reason the story begins with this cause-and-effect relationship? to illustrate how cowardly Knox was to illustrate how important the city was to illustrate how scary yellow fever was to illustrate how anxious Washington was

to illustrate how scary yellow fever was