| 1. Reading the title, evaluating the author, and determining prior knowledge about the topic are characteristics of what kind of reading? |
| A. Active |
| B. Achievement |
| C. Passive |
| D. Highlighted |
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| 2. According to Annie Murphy Paul’s article “The New Marshmallow Test: Students Can’t Resist Multitasking,” how many minutes did students focus on homework before their attention began to drift? |
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| 3. Of the following, which correctly describes the complete predicate of a sentence? |
| A. All of the sentence except the complete subject |
| B. The verb |
| C. The prepositional phrase |
| D. All of the sentence except the simple subject |
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| 4. In the sentence, “Our new assistant is very efficient; however, she is often late getting to the office,” the word however is a/an |
| A. adjective. |
| B. preposition. |
| C. conjunctive adverb. |
| D. indirect object. |
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| 5. In college-level, academic writing, you can expect to |
| A. write in different forms or genres. |
| B. always write in the first person. |
| C. use slang and idioms in all of your writing. |
| D. have all your writing published |
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| 6. Writing a summary of an essay, article, or other assigned reading material is an effective way to |
| A. determine whether you’ve understood the material. |
| B. record your impressions. |
| C. offer a critical analysis of the material. |
| D. formally present your own response to the author’s ideas |
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| 7. The term _______ refers to a construction in which two or more independent causes are joined by a comma but lack a coordinating conjunction. |
| A. complementary sentence |
| B. comma splice |
| C. sentence fragment |
| D. prepositional clause |
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| 8. Which of the following would be considered a key element of an article or essay? |
| A. The title and subtitle |
| B. Complex metaphors |
| C. Source citations |
| D. Historical context |
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| 9. Which of the following would typically require annotating? |
| A. Passages that are easy to understand |
| B. Points that elicit an emotional response |
| C. Passages that have unimportant information |
| D. The author’s name |
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| 10. Which of the following is an example of an infinitive phrase? |
| A. running |
| B. which had been running |
| C. having been running |
| D. to run |
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| 11. Choose the sentence in which all pronouns are used correctly. |
| A. Just between you and I, I am not impressed by our new manager. |
| B. I hope she will keep this between she and I. |
| C. I sat between him and her during the sales conference. |
| D. Be sure to divide all income from the suburban property between he and I. |
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