Have an account?
Skip to Content
Build your own quiz
Suggestions for you
20 questions
Show Answers
See Preview
- 1. Multiple Choice
All of the following contribute to setting EXCEPT
Descriptions of time.
Descriptions of place.
Descriptions of specific location.
Descriptions of dialogue.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Leanard Mead could BEST be described as:
Non-Conformist
Dependant
Closed-Minded
Intimidating
- 3. Multiple Choice
All of the following statements support Bradbury's message in "The Pedestrian" EXCEPT
TV viewing habits have a detrimental effect on society.
Watching too much TV will cause one to become lifeless.
Watching excessive amounts of TV is fine -- it's what people are watching that is the real issue.
Too much TV viewing will cuase people to become disconnected from reality.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Ray Bradbury uses all of the following techniques to convey his message in his short story "The Pedestrian" EXCEPT:
Imagery
Characters & Dialogue
Facts & Statistics
Figurative Language
- 5. Multiple Choice
In "The Pedestrian," "faintest glimmers of firefly light" is an example of:
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Imagery
- 6. Multiple Choice
What does Goodman say is worst in her essay "Primal Screen"?
What people watch on TV
How many hours people are watching TV
Where people decide to watch TV
Who people are watching TV with
- 7. Multiple Choice
Ellen Goodman uses all of the following techniques to convey her message in her essay "Primal Screen" EXCEPT:
Imagery
Facts & Statistics
Direct statements
A call to action
- 8. Multiple Choice
“According to a recent Gallup Poll, television comes out as a major heavy in our family lives. On the scale of problems, TV didn’t rate as bad as inflation but it ran neck-and-neck with unemployment.” The previous statement is an example of a:
Topic Sentence
Concrete Detail
Commentary Sentence
Concluding Sentence
- 9. Multiple Choice
What is Goodman’s final call to action in her essay?
Use parental controls.
Limit the number of TV sets in the household.
Turn off the TV set.
Go outside and experience nature with your family.
- 10. Multiple Choice
The overall theme found in both texts is:
Excessive television watching can have negative effects on society and families.
Television watching brings families together.
Television watching is necessary for the advancement of society.
Watching less television will eliminate family arguments.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Moving backward or returning to an earlier less advanced condition
Manifest
Regressive
Ebb
Surge
- 12. Multiple Choice
Lessening or weakening
Ebb
Surge
Intermittent
Ceaseless
- 13. Multiple Choice
Appear; become evident
Phantom
Incense
Manifest
Stride
- 14. Multiple Choice
Something existing in perception only
Phantom
Glimmer
Incense
Ebb
- 15. Multiple Choice
Rise and move, as in waves
Regressive
Surge
Intermittent
Glimmer
- 16. Multiple Choice
A gum, spice, or substance that is burned for the sweet smell it produces
Intermittent
Stride
Phantom
Incense
- 17. Multiple Choice
Occurring from time to time
Regressive
Intermittent
Ceaseless
Surge
- 18. Multiple Choice
A flash of light
Ebb
Stride
Glimmer
Phantom
- 19. Multiple Choice
Uninterrupted, continuing; constant and unending
Intermittent
Ceaseless
Manifest
Stride
- 20. Multiple Choice
Walk with long steps
Surge
Stride
Ebb
Manifest
- Answer choicesTagsAnswer choicesTags