Unit 1 Quiz Questions

(Q2 Bentham) In Paragraph 2 ("He had neither ... in him"), the author suggests that Bentham

cannot understand strong human feelings

(Q9 Concerning Children) The primary purpose of the passage is to

critique a common practice

(Q6 Butler 2) In the fifth paragraph, the author mentions that she "got up at two or three in the morning and wrote" primarily to

demonstrate the intensity of her devotion to writing

(Q12 Four Fish) The primary purpose of the passage is to

challenge humans to cultivate a sustainable relationship with their wild food sources

(Q15 Guerrero 3) In order to strengthen her argument, the author references which of the following contemporary circumstances?

An unfulfilled pledge by a political leader

(Q10 Four Fish) Which frame of reference does the author primarily use to contextualize the passage?

Historical

(Q7 Butler 3) In the ninth paragraph, the author makes which of the following claims about the early years of her writing career?

She continued writing despite lacking confidence in her ability.

(Q13 Guerrero 1) Which of the following best describes the author's exigence in the passage?

The impact of government policies on undocumented immigrant families

(Q5 Butler 1) Which of the following best characterizes the author's purpose in the passage?

To describe how a potentially harmful tendency helped her to succeed as a writer

(Q3 Bentham) The passage as a whole is best characterized as

a critical evaluation

(Q4 Bentham) The area of experience of which Bentham is said to be most ignorant is the

emotional

(Q8 Butler 3) In the first paragraph, the author supports her claim that writers should "go to writers' workshops" (sentence 1) by

explaining how workshops can help writers learn unpleasant but valuable lessons

(Q1 Benjamin Franklin) The speaker's primary purpose in the passage is to

portray an unusual character

(Q14 Guerrero 2) In the first sentence of the sixth paragraph, the author describes her "rocky existence" during high school in order to

support the claim that her parents' absence affected her during her adolescence

(Q11 Four Fish) In the last paragraph, the author primarily asks

whether humans have control over innate impulses