Unit 6 Progress Check: MCQ

The writer would like to add the following sentence to the passage. Citizens will have to apply for a permit to drive over the bridge or use a designated shuttle bus. Which of the following changes would the writer most need to make in order to incorporate this new evidence into the passage's overall line of reasoning?

Adjusting the thesis statement to indicate that the concerns about the bridge include the negative impact on local residents

The writer has found new evidence (below) and wants to add it to the passage without affecting the current line of reasoning. This highly contagious disease comes from sheep and goats and is transmitted to people through unpasteurized dairy. Which of the following is the most logical place in the passage to add the sentence?

After sentence 6

The writer is considering deleting sentence 18 (reproduced below). According to travel writer Hazel Plush in an article in the Telegraph, approximately 32 million tourists visited Barcelona in 2016. Should the writer keep or delete sentence 18?

Delete it, because the information it provides from a source is not relevant to the passage's main idea about Barcelona's Gothic Quarter.

The writer has found new information about the high cost of building artificial islands. According to the current line of reasoning, where is the best place to include this information in the passage?

In the fourth paragraph

Which of the following best describes the relationship between the author's quotation of Coates in the middle of the first paragraph ("But I think . . . half as much") and her discussion of the My Brother's Keeper initiative that follows it?

The quotation expresses disapproval of a tenet adopted by Obama; the discussion that follows it explains the author's disapproval by highlighting problematic aspects of a specific program.

Which version of sentence 15 (reproduced below) most effectively maintains the style and tone of the writer's argument in the passage? We can't just sit around twiddling our thumbs as the world of employment collapses around us.

We cannot afford to be passive at the dawn of this new industrial revolution.

In context, the author's tone when discussing the "presumptive connexion" in the last sentence of the last paragraph is best described as

dismissive

At the end of the second paragraph, the author claims that "these instances are not adduced with a view of proving that it is desirable to open such professions to women" primarily to

distance herself from a perspective that could be supported by the evidence she cites

In the second paragraph, the author draws on evidence from her personal experience primarily to

explain a change in her assessment of a particular idea

In the sixth sentence of the last paragraph, the author's shift in tone in the lines "But if Wyoming . . . anywhere else" primarily serves to contrast

her uncertainty about Wyoming's diversity and her certainty about its natural beauty

In the fourth paragraph, the author elaborates on the history of the "talented tenth" primarily to argue that this idea

is implicated in a flawed understanding of black success

In the first sentence of the third paragraph, the author describes needlework as "seemingly peculiarly adapted to the powers and tastes of women" primarily to

signal the limitations of a cliché she plans to undermine

The writer wants to incorporate alternative perspectives into the passage. Which of the following articles would likely be the strongest source of counterarguments regarding the best area of Barcelona for tourists to visit?

"The El Born Neighborhood: Barcelona's Most Popular Tourist Destination"

In sentence 6 (reproduced below), which version of the underlined text is most stylistically appropriate for the writer's tone in the passage? Listen up: there isn't an issue as rousing as the draft to spur on a new movement to lower the voting age.

It must be admitted that there is no

The writer is considering deleting sentence 3 (reproduced below). A Los Angeles Times article published on October 14, 2018, reported that 63 percent of tasks performed by workers in three California cities—Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ontario—could be automated in the future. Should the writer keep or delete sentence 3?

Keep it, because it provides evidence from a credible source that supports the writer's line of reasoning in the passage.

In the second paragraph, the writer wants to present a vivid and detailed picture of Barcelona's Gothic Quarter in a positive tone that is consistent with the rest of the passage. Which of the following versions of sentence 5 (reproduced below) would best accomplish this purpose? A great many buildings were erected in the fourth century, though not all of these structures are still standing.

Therefore, you will encounter charming yet narrow cobbled streets, wrought-iron streetlamps, and buildings that will amaze you with their rich, historical architectural intricacies.

When she discusses Obama in the first paragraph, the author's tone is best described as

largely critical

In relation to the author's argument, the sentence "Out of the 90 legislators in the Senate and House, only five are of color" in the sixth paragraph primarily offers

new information prompting a change in the author's line of reasoning