Creating a Museum Exhibit — Unit test Answers

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Read the excerpt from "Early Victorian Tea Set.” Among the upper classes, tea had been popular since before 1700. It received celebrity endorsement from Charles II’s queen, Catherine of Braganza, and from Queen Anne. It came from China, it was expensive, refreshingly bitter and drunk in tiny cups without milk or sugar. People kept their tea in locked tea caddies, as if it were a drug; for those who could afford it, it often was. In the 1750s Samuel Johnson confessed himself a happy addict:A hardened and shameless tea drinker, who has for twenty years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant, whose kettle scarcely has time to cool, who with Tea amuses the evening, with Tea solaces the midnights, and with Tea welcomes the morning.

A
The author explains how tea was popular among the upper class. He quotes Samuel Johnson to illustrate its popularity.
B
The author explains how addictive tea can become. He quotes Samuel Johnson to warn against tea addiction.
C
Tea is bitter but can be improved with milk and sugar.
D
Tea should be locked in caddies for a longer shelf life.
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What details can be observed in the painting? Select 3 options.

A
an unclean floor
B
injured men
C
surgical tables
D
dazed expressions
E
concerned relatives
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Which quotation from A History of the World in 100 Objects best reveals the cultural significance of the Benin plaque?

A
They and their Dutch and English competitors, who followed later in the sixteenth century, carried gold and ivory to Europe and in return brought commodities from all over the world.
B
All European visitors were struck by the Oba’s position as both the spiritual and the secular head of the kingdom, and the Benin brass plaques are principally concerned with praising him.
C
A British delegation seeking to enter Benin City during an important religious ceremony had been attacked and some of its members killed. The details of what actually happened are far from clear.
D
It is a bewildering fact that by the end of the nineteenth century the broadly equal and harmonious contacts between Europeans and West Africans established in the sixteenth century had disappeared from European memory.
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When a writer does not know who performed the action in a sentence, the writer can still write a grammatically correct sentence by

A
using the active voice.
B
using the passive voice.
C
ending the sentence with an infinitive.
D
ending the sentence with a preposition.
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[BLANK]

A
looks at an object
B
researches an object
C
perceives a topic
D
provides evidence for a topic
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Read the paragraph.Students enrolled in Physics 101 were asked to assemble wooden cars to demonstrate the principles of friction. The cars began as uniform kits, each containing a four-inch block of wood, four wheels, and two metal rods. Students carved, assembled, painted, and embellished their creations. In the end, there was an impressive line-up of mini racers with sleek, sanded bodies. They represented every color of the rainbow, with racing stripes and lightning bolts adorning many.

A
to develop the central idea of the principles of friction
B
to establish the importance of learning higher-level science
C
to describe students’ cars to help readers visualize them
D
to explain the importance of the students’ creations

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