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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhich quote represents the central idea of the selection?“I remember going to the British Museum one day to read up the treatment for some slight ailment of which I had a touch – hay fever, I fancy it was.”“I sat for awhile, frozen with horror; and then, in the listlessness of despair, I again turned over the pages.”I was a hospital in myself. All they need do would be to walk round me, and, after that, take their diploma.”‘Why I have not got housemaid’s knee, I cannot tell you; but the fact remains that I have not got it. Everything else, however, I HAVE got.’ “
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which detail supports the development of the theme of the selection?
"I forget which was the first distemper I plunged into - some fearful devastating scourge, I know - and before I had glanced half down the the list of premonitory symptoms," it was borne in upon me that I had fairly."
"I felt rather hurt about this at first; it seemed somehow to be a sort of slight. Why hadn't I got housemaid's knee? Why this invidious reservation?"
"I tried to look at my tongue. I stick it out as far as ever it would go, and I shut one eye, and tried to examine it with the other. I could only see the tip and the only thing that I could gain from that was to feel more certain that before that I had scarlet fever.
"I followed the directions, with the happy result - speaking for myself - that was my life was preserved and is still going on."
- 3. Multiple ChoiceIn the first sentence of the selection, what does the use of the word virulently imply about the narrator?The narrator is brilliant.The narrator is a physician.The narrator expects the worst.The narrator expects compensation.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceBased on the first paragraph, what can the reader infer about the narrator?The narrator has discovered his illness.The narrator has overcome many diseases.The narrator is sick and has not found a cure.The narrator is obsessed with his health.
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the meaning of the word indolently in paragraph 2?in a frightened wayin a hurried mannerwithout much effortwith great enthusiasm
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow does paragraph 3 impact the selection?It develops the plot with details.It adds humor through exaggeration.It foreshadows the doctor’sprescription.It explains why the narrator needs medication.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAccording to the selection, what type of relationship does the narrator have with the doctor?The men do not know each other at all.The men are well acquainted with each other.The doctor has diagnosed the narrator’s ailments.The narrator is familiar with the doctor’s patients.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat does the prescription imply?The narrator needs a good “last meal.”The doctor does not understand the illness.The narrator needs more medicine than usual.The doctor does not believe the narrator is ill.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhy does the doctor include “And don’t stuff up your head with things you don’t understand” in the prescription for the narrator?The narrator lacks the intelligence necessary to become a physician.The narrator should avoid reading medical journals about diseases.The narrator should try to diagnose illnesses in others around him.The narrator must stay away from things to which he is allergic
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