Question 1 (1 point)

 [Original:]Most editors test their covers in focus groups in an endless search forthe magic that will make their magazines fly off the shelves and toavoid costly mistakes. Katharine Q. SeelyeQuestion 1 options: a or b aSeelye argues that magazine editors are seeking the magic that will make their magazines fly off the shelves (604).b

Seelye argues that editors the magic that will make their magazines fly off the shelves (604).

Question 2 (1 point)

 [Original:] To be very clear, then, I am not criticizing the work of Habitat for Humanity. –Diana GeorgeQuestion 2 options: a or b aAlthoughtheir advertisements are the subject of her analysis, George is carefulto state "I am not criticizing the work of Habitat for Humanity" (623).b

Althoughtheir advertisements are the subject of her analysis, George'sstatement that "I am not criticizing the work of Habitat for Humanity"(623).

Question 3 (1 point)

 [Original:]Anecdotally, adolescent vegetarianism seems to be rising, thanks inpart to YouTube animal slaughter videos that shock the developingsensibilities of many U.S. children. But there isn't enough long-termdata to prove that, according to government researchers. –Mike StobbeQuestion 3 options:  or b aIncreasinglyadolescents are becoming vegetarian, thanks to "YouTube animalslaughter videos that shock the developing sensibilities of many U.S.children" (Stobbe 649).b

Ifmore adolescents are becoming vegetarian, it may be related to "YouTubeanimal slaughter videos that shock the developing sensibilities of manyU.S. children" (Stobbe 649).

Question 4 (1 point)

 [Original:]Regressive changes in governmental tax policies the weakening of laborunions over the last quarter century have led to a significant rise inthe level of inequality between the rich and the middle class. –GregoryMantsiosQuestion 4 options: a or b aMantsioscounters that "Regressive changes in governmental tax policies" andloss of influence for organized labor "have led to a significant rise inthe level of inequality between the rich and the middle class" (701).b

Mantsioscounters that "regressive changes" tax policy along with a loss ofinfluence for organized labor helped create a "significant rise in thelevel of inequality" between wealthy and middle-income Americans (701).

Question 5 (1 point)

 [Original:] Grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it. –Joan DidionQuestion 5 options: a or b aDidion's suggestion that "grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it" (929).b

Didion suggests that "grief turns out to be a place none of us know until we reach it" (929).

Question 6 (1 point)

 [Original:]Following a rule of good manners may mean doing something you do notwant to do, and the weird rhetoric of our self-indulgent age resists theidea that we have such things as obligations to others. –Stephen L.CarterQuestion 6 options: a or b aDescribinga decline in the behavior of young people, Stephen L. Carter worriesthat "the weird rhetoric of [this] self-indulgent age resists the idea"of self-control and good manners (672).b

Describinga decline in the behavior of young people, Stephen L. Carter worriesthat "the weird rhetoric of a self-indulgent age resists the idea thatwe should have" self-control and good manners (672).

Question 7 (1 point)

 [Original:] Already he thinks of himself as someone who will give away what he has to those in need. –Jay PariniQuestion 7 options: a or b aParinisays of Warren Buffett that "Already he thinks of himself as someonewho will give away what he has to those in need" (938).b

Parinisays of Warren Buffett that "already he thinks of himself as someonewho will give away what he has to those in need" (938).

Question 8 (1 point)

 [Original] I haven't found a soul who tried this machine who wasn't appalled, baffled, or both. –David PogueQuestion 8 options: a or b aWhenevaluating the BlackBerry, Pogue complains "I haven't found a soul whotried this machine who wasn't appalled, baffled or both" (D7).b

Whenevaluating the BlackBerry, Pogue complains, "he hasn't found a soul whotried this machine who wasn't appalled, baffled or both" (D7).

Question 9 (1 point)

 [Original:]Do temperamentally violent kids seek out shows that express feelingsthey already have, or are they in it for the adrenaline boost? –MaggieCutlerQuestion 9 options: a or b a"Do temperamentally violent kids seek out shows that express feelings they already have?" Cutler asks (64).b

"Do temperamentally violent kids seek out shows that express feelings they already have" Cutler asks (64)?

Question 10 (1 point)

 [Original:]The Internet has turned teenagers into honest documentarians of theirown lives—reporters embedded in their homes, their schools, their ownheads. But this is also why it's dangerous, why we can't seem torecognize that it's just a medium. We're afraid. Our kids know things wedon't. –Amy GoldwasserQuestion 10 options: a or b

A

Accordingto Goldwasser, the cause for fear is that "Internet access has turnedteenagers into honest documentarians of their own lives. . . . Our kidsknow things we don't" (667).

B

Accordingto Goldwasser, the cause for fear is that Internet access "has turnedteenagers into honest documentarians of their own lives. . . Our kidsknow things we don't" (667).