Title: Unit 8 Assessment - Form E
Course: Developmental English > Section: Unit 8: Informed Opinions through Causal Chains

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form E) Question 1063451 - Objective(s) 8.6.1

Which sentence below expresses numbers correctly?
- The Redwings are ahead 2 to 1 in the second period. (Correct. You identified the sentence that expresses numbers correctly.)
- The Redwings are ahead two – one in the second period. (Incorrect. This sentence does not express numbers correctly.)
- The Redwings are ahead 2 – 1 in the 2 period. (Incorrect. This sentence does not express numbers correctly.)
- The Redwings are ahead two to one in the 2nd period. (Incorrect. This sentence does not express numbers correctly.)
A: The Redwings are ahead 2 to 1 in the second period.

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form E) Question 1063487 - Objective(s) 8.6.1

Which sentence below expresses numbers correctly?
- I’ll meet the three of you in the lobby for the 7:45 show. (Correct. This sentence expresses numbers correctly.)
- It’s 10 minutes to one, and Dodai is dying for some lunch! (Incorrect. This sentence does not express numbers correctly.)
- When you said you’d stayed up until 12, I thought you meant midnight, not noon. (Incorrect. This sentence does not express numbers correctly.)
- My appointment is for 11 o’clock, but I need to be there fifteen minutes early. (Incorrect. This sentence does not express numbers correctly.)
A: I’ll meet the three of you in the lobby for the 7:45 show.

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form E) Question 1063523 - Objective(s) 8.7.1

Which sentence below uses punctuation correctly?
- You can always predict who will die in genre movies. In animated movies, it will be the mother; in horror movies, the pretty girl; and in war movies, the fresh-faced farm boy. (Correct. Semi-colons are used correctly in this sentence.)
- You can always predict who will die in genre movies; in animated movies, it will be the mother, in horror movies, the pretty girl, and in war movies, the fresh-faced farm boy. (Incorrect. Semi-colons here would help to clarify which items are joined together in a series of items.)
- You can always predict who will die in genre movies. In animated movies; it will be the mother, in horror movies; the pretty girl, and in war movies; the fresh-faced farm boy. (Incorrect. The semi-colon after "movies" disrupts the sentence.)
- You can always predict who will die in genre movies; In animated movies, it will be the mother; in horror movies, the pretty girl; and, in war movies, the fresh-faced farm boy. (Incorrect. The word "in" should not be capitalized at the start of the second independent clause.)
A: You can always predict who will die in genre movies. In animated movies, it will be the mother; in horror movies, the pretty girl; and in war movies, the fresh-faced farm boy.

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form E) Question 1063559 - Objective(s) 8.7.1

Which sentence below uses punctuation correctly?
- Jonathon is worried about the flight; he is afraid there will be turbulence. (Correct. The semi-colon is used correctly here as it joins two independent clauses.)
- The plane looks so small; he thinks nervously. (Incorrect. The semi-colon here is unnecessary.)
- Brad asked if there was an exit row seat available; no. (Incorrect. The semi-colon here is not sufficient with the response. More information is needed after the word "no" to make an independent clause.)
- Excuse me; Is this your luggage? (Incorrect. The word "is" does not need to be capitalized after the semi-colon.)
A: Jonathon is worried about the flight; he is afraid there will be turbulence.

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form E) Question 1063751 - Objective(s) 8.7.2

Which sentence below uses punctuation correctly?
- We just saw Captain Kangaroo: The Revenge of Dancing Bear; I did not expect that plot twist! (Correct. The colon is used correctly between the title and subtitle, and the semi-colon is used correctly between two independent clauses.)
- For class, I had to read the sequel to Frankenstein: it was a real letdown compared to the original. (Incorrect. A semi-colon is needed in place of the colon between two independent clauses.)
- Critics agree that Johnson’s latest album: Magnitude is his best work yet. (Incorrect. Instead of a colon before the album title, two commas are needed around it.)
- Martine cancelled her subscription to Tin Foil: We’re Just Asking Questions magazine after it failed to print her letters about: chemtrails, Bigfoot, and the moon landing. (Incorrect. A colon is not used with a list that follows a preposition.)
A: We just saw Captain Kangaroo: The Revenge of Dancing Bear; I did not expect that plot twist!

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form E) Question 1063787 - Objective(s) 8.7.2

Which sentence below uses punctuation correctly?
- The wall of the ranger station was bare, except for a framed poster quoting John Muir:

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. (Correct. The colon in this sentence is needed as an introduction to a direct quote.)
- The wall of the ranger station was bare, except for a framed poster quoting John Muir,

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. (Incorrect. The comma here is insufficient for leading into the direct quote.)
- The wall of the ranger station was bare, except for a framed poster quoting John Muir.

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. (Incorrect. The period as end punctuation is insufficient for leading into the direct quote.)
- The wall of the ranger station was bare, except for a framed poster quoting John Muir;

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in. (Incorrect. A semi-colon does not lead into a direct quote.)
A: The wall of the ranger station was bare, except for a framed poster quoting John Muir:

I only went out for a walk and finally concluded to stay out till sundown, for going out, I found, was really going in.

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form E) Question 1063823 - Objective(s) 8.7.3

Which sentence below uses punctuation correctly?
- Sherlock Holmes rented rooms upstairs at 221B Baker Street, London. (Correct. A comma is needed between a street address and a town. This is correct.)
- Spongebob Squarepants lives in an undersea pineapple at 124, Conch Street, Bikini Bottom. (Incorrect. No comma is needed between a street number and road name.)
- The Batcave can be found beneath Wayne Manor, Gotham, City. (Incorrect. No comma is needed between two parts of a city name. Gotham City does not need a comma in between.)
- After discovering oil on their Tennessee, homestead, the Clampetts moved to Beverley Hills, California. (Incorrect. The addition of a comma between Tennessee and homestead is incorrect.)
A: Sherlock Holmes rented rooms upstairs at 221B Baker Street, London.

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form C) Question 1064746 - Objective(s) 8.3.1

Read the following prompt:

Based on past Supreme Court cases involving the First Amendment, explain whether the federal government has the power to cancel the broadcast license of a media company for transmitting “fake news.”

Which essay structure is most appropriate for this prompt?
- analysis (Correct. The analysis essay structure is the best structure based on the prompt.)
- compare/contrast (Incorrect. This essay structure will not work well based on the prompt.)
- summarize (Incorrect. This essay structure will not work well based on the prompt.)
- persuasion (Incorrect. This essay structure will not work well based on the prompt.)
A: analysis

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form E) Question 1064770 - Objective(s) 8.3.1

Read the following prompt:

Review the major plot points of The Princess Bride.

Which essay structure is most appropriate for this prompt?
- summarize (Correct. As a review is asked for with this prompt, the choice to summarize the movie works best.)
- analysis (Incorrect. Analysis is not being requested here; instead, the movie plot is to be summarized.)
- compare/contrast (Incorrect. The Princess Bride is to be reviewed rather than compared with another movie. Therefore, summary is all that is needed.)
- persuasion (Incorrect. No persuasive elements are needed. The movie is to be summarized in the form of a review.)
A: summarize

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form C) Question 1064782 - Objective(s) 8.3.1

Read the following prompt:

Speculate on the likely impact of Brexit on the economy of the United Kingdom.

Which essay structure is most appropriate for this prompt?
- analysis (Correct. The analysis essay structure is the best structure based on the prompt.)
- summarize (Incorrect. This essay structure will not work well based on the prompt.)
- compare/contrast (Incorrect. This essay structure will not work well based on the prompt.)
- persuasion (Incorrect. This essay structure will not work well based on the prompt.)
A: analysis

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form E) Question 1067137 - Objective(s) 8.1.1

Read this excerpt from a passage.

I convinced my parents to get me a music device with headphones when I was eleven. When I was fifteen, I started going to concerts at indoor arenas and large amphitheaters. At the big concerts, you could always find me next to the speakers. A year later I was also going to all-ages shows at clubs—and you know where I’d park myself. After a concert or a club gig, I’d occasionally notice ringing in my ears afterward. But by the next day it would be gone. Yet that post-event ringing gradually got louder and louder, and it took longer and longer to disappear. Then one day last year I realized that the ringing was 24/7, except when I was asleep. I also had to face the fact that, more and more often, I was asking, "What did you say?" in conversations.

My parents took me to a hearing specialist. The diagnosis was pretty straightforward: In both ears, I’d lost some hearing at one range and a lot of hearing at another. The constant ringing was connected to the hearing loss. Of course I asked the doctor, "So what can you do about it?" Her response—"The hearing loss is irreversible"—wasn’t the answer I was expecting.

What was the cause of the author's irreversible hearing loss?
- Repeated listening to loud music played very closely to her ears. (Correct. This was the cause of the author's irreversible hearing loss.)
- The constant ringing in her ears caused damage to her hearing. (Incorrect. This was not the cause of the author's irreversible hearing loss.)
- Going to all-ages shows at clubs was the main cause of her hearing loss. (Incorrect. This was not the cause of the author's irreversible hearing loss.)
- A genetic problem caused her to slowly lose her hearing over a long period of time. (Incorrect. This was not the cause of the author's irreversible hearing loss.)
A: Repeated listening to loud music played very closely to her ears.

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form E) Question 1067149 - Objective(s) 8.1.1

Read this excerpt from a passage.

Mechanization took another leap during the 1930s, when machines were introduced into many workplaces in order to increase productivity. Instead of hiring workers to perform tasks on an assembly line, factory owners used automated machines that could do the work of several people. Then, in 1954, George Devol created the Unimate, a robotic arm. The Unimate began working on the assembly line at General Motors in 1961, taking on unpleasant, dangerous, and repetitive tasks. This robotic worker had many advantages over human workers. The Unimate did not require a salary, followed company rules, and never called in sick (although it did require the occasional repair). In addition, the Unimate could work twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. Manufacturers that used the Unimate and other industrial robots saw a marked increase in productivity and a decrease in labor costs. With the rise of industrial robots, many unskilled laborers lost their jobs. A single robotic "arm" or "hand" could do the work of several humans. Robots could work faster and more accurately. They did not get tired or lose concentration.

What was an effect of mechanization being used in the workplace?
- Manufacturers used industrial robots in place of people, causing many unskilled workers to lose their jobs. (Correct. Mechanization did lead to the loss of jobs for many.)
- Companies that used mechanized robots saw a decrease in productivity and increase in costs. (Incorrect. This was not an effect that was noted. In fact, the exact opposite happened.)
- Assembly lines in manufacturing companies became a thing of the past. (Incorrect. Robots were used in these assembly lines rather than people.)
- The Unimate worked 27/7 without downtime or need of repair. (Incorrect. While this may have happened, it was not an effect noted in this reading.)
A: Manufacturers used industrial robots in place of people, causing many unskilled workers to lose their jobs.

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form C) Question 1067161 - Objective(s) 8.1.1

Read this excerpt from a passage.

The Post Office Department served Americans until 1970, when it was reorganized as the United States Postal Service. By federal law, the USPS must provide mail service to all Americans regardless of cost or location. For most of its 44-year history, the USPS turned a profit and was financially self-sufficient (Gattuso). Americans relied heavily on the USPS to send and receive invitations, birthday greetings, legal notices, bills, checks, and even love letters.

However, this all changed in 2007. Starting in 2007, a dramatic drop in demand sent the USPS over a financial cliff. Because of the rise of digital communication, Americans were simply no longer mailing cards, letters, flyers, invitations, announcements, bills, statements, and solicitations as they had in the past. The volume of U.S. mail peaked in 2006 at 213 billion pieces, but in 2007 the numbers quickly began to drop. Since 2007, the total volume of all mail has dropped 25 percent and since 2001 the volume of first-class mail has declined by nearly one-third ("Pieces of Mail").

What caused the rapid decline in the volume of first-class mail?
- The ability to communicate digitally caused a change in people's behavior: they no longer had to send correspondence by mail. (Correct. Digital communication's rise helped lead to the demise of USPS.)
- In 2007, the economy went over a financial cliff and people stopped using the USPS. (Incorrect. While this might have happened in 2007, the fall of the USPS was not a result.)
- The price of sending a piece of mail became too expensive for most Americans. (Incorrect. While this might be true, it was not an effect noted in this reading.)
- Americans decided that they relied too heavily on the USPS to send and receive correspondence, so they stopped using their services. (Incorrect. While this might be true, it was not a point noted in the reading.)
A: The ability to communicate digitally caused a change in people's behavior: they no longer had to send correspondence by mail.

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form E) Question 1067245 - Objective(s) 8.2.1

Read these sentences:

Most trucks get low gas mileage. People who drive trucks must not care about the environment.

Which type of logical fallacy appears in these sentences?
- Genetic fallacy (Correct. This type of logical fallacy overlooks key information.)
- Slippery slope (Incorrect. A slippery slope is a premise that if "A" happens, then so will "B...C...D..." and so forth, through a series of small steps. The example does not demonstrate this logical fallacy.)
- Correlation proves causation (Incorrect. This fallacy implies that because "A" and "B" happen to occur at the same time, there is a causal relationship. The example does not demonstrate this logical fallacy.)
- Fallacy of the single cause (Incorrect. In this fallacy, the assumption has been made that only one cause was in place. The example does not demonstrate this logical fallacy.)
A: Genetic fallacy

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form E) Question 1200879 - Objective(s) 8.3.2

Read this prompt for an essay assignment, and then write a possible thesis statement for this essay prompt.

Write an essay that discusses the advantages and disadvantages of providing two years of free college to all individuals born in the United States.

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form C) Question 1200883 - Objective(s) 8.8.1

Read the following paragraph.

One cause of overfishing has been a cavalier attitude toward the earth's oceans. Fishers and fishing fleets saw oceans full of fish and concluded that the oceans were inexhaustible. They treated the oceans as if their actions would have no future consequences. Take as many fish as you want; throw out or kill what you do not want; do whatever harm you want: these attitudes have all too often ruled the seas.

What does the word cavalier mean as it is used here?
- without concern (Correct. You have correctly identified the meaning of the word cavalier in the sentence.)
- respectful (Incorrect. Context clues can be used to determine the meaning of an unknown word. One way to use context clues is to think about the meanings of the words near or describing the unknown word.)
- extremely interested (Incorrect. Context clues can be used to determine the meaning of an unknown word. One way to use context clues is to think about the meanings of the words near or describing the unknown word.)
- protective (Incorrect. Context clues can be used to determine the meaning of an unknown word. One way to use context clues is to think about the meanings of the words near or describing the unknown word. You have correctlyu)
A: without concern

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form E) Question 1200915 - Objective(s) 8.8.1

Read the following paragraph.

Some governments have stepped up by passing stricter laws to regulate fishing, such as catch and release programs, catch limits, stricter fishing licenses, and season limits, in efforts to protect fragile stocks and habitats.

What does the word fragile mean as it is used here?
- at risk (Correct. You have correctly identified the meaning of the word fragile in the sentence.)
- breakable (Incorrect. Context clues can be used to determine the meaning of an unknown word. One way to use context clues is to think about the meanings of the words near or describing the unknown word.)
- strong smelling (Incorrect. Context clues can be used to determine the meaning of an unknown word. One way to use context clues is to think about the meanings of the words near or describing the unknown word.)
- making a comeback (Incorrect. Context clues can be used to determine the meaning of an unknown word. One way to use context clues is to think about the meanings of the words near or describing the unknown word.)
A: at risk

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form C) Question 1200951 - Objective(s) 8.9.1

Use this dictionary entry to answer the question.

un- (prefix): reverses the meaning of the word

The two were unacquainted before they met at the Super G.

What does the word unacquainted mean in the sentence?
- not known to each other (Correct. You have identified the meaning of unacquainted using the prefix un- as a clue to determine the definition.)
- not happy (Incorrect. You can use word parts, in this case the prefix un-, to help define the word.)
- not comfortable (Incorrect. You can use word parts, in this case the prefix un-, to help define the word.)
- not from the same place (Incorrect. You can use word parts, in this case the prefix un-, to help define the word.)
A: not known to each other

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form D) Question 1200975 - Objective(s) 8.9.1

Use these dictionary entries to answer the question.

-ify (suffix):  to make or cause to become

As the storm raged on, the winds began to intensify and beat against the windows.

What does the word intensify mean in this sentence?
- become stronger (Correct. You have identified the meaning of intensify using the suffix -ify as a clue to determine the meaning.)
- become weaker (Incorrect. You can use word parts, in this case the suffix -ify, to help define the word.)
- become frightening (Incorrect. You can use word parts, in this case the suffix -ify, to help define the word.)
- become angry (Incorrect. You can use word parts, in this case the suffix -ify, to help define the word.)
A: become stronger

Q: Unit 8 Quiz 1186209 (Form E) Question 1206262 - Objective(s) 8.9.1

Use this dictionary entry to answer the question.

mono- (prefix): one, alone

The actor rushed through his monologue, making it hard for the audience to understand what he was saying.

Based on the dictionary entry, what does the word monologue mean?
- a long speech by one actor in a play (Correct. You have identified the meaning of monologue using the prefix mono- as a clue to determine the definition.)
- a dance solo by an actor in a play (Incorrect. You can use word parts, in this case the prefix mono-, to help define the word.)
- a single, dramatic moment in a play (Incorrect. You can use word parts, in this case the prefix mono-, to help define the word.)
- the one moment in a play when it appears as if all is lost (Incorrect. You can use word parts, in this case the prefix mono-, to help define the word.)
A: a long speech by one actor in a play