PASSAGE 1
PASSAGE 2
PASSAGE 3 "HAPPILY NEVER AFTER"
PASSAGE 4 "MUSICALLY INCLINED"
HODGEPODGE
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According to this passage, Piaget’s first scientific discipline was: a.Botany. b.Developmental psychology. c.Philosophy. d.Cognitive development. e.None of these.
What is A. BOTANY
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According to this passage, _________are in Piaget’s preoperational stage of cognitive development. a. Toddlers b. Infants c. Teens d. Adults e. Unknown
What is A. TODDLERS
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Which of these sentences is an opinion? a. The feud is ended, but it is an act that only the death of their children could make happen b. Moments later, Juliet wakes up to find Romeo dead c. Audiences will watch the entire play, hoping that something will be done so that the lovers can be saved d. It is stated that there are two households of equal status in Verona, Italy
What is C. Audiences will watch the entire play, hoping that something will be done so that the lovers can be saved
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This story is told in what point of view? a. First-person limited b. First-person omniscient c. Third-person omniscient d. Third-person limited
What is Answer: D The story is third-person limited as it is not told in the first-person, by Gibson or any other character, and the narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character, Gibson.
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What type of writing (genre) is used for passage 3, "Happily Never After"?
What is EXPOSITORY
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What is correct about Piaget’s experience with Alfred Binet’s intelligence tests, according to the passage? a. Piaget helped Alfred Binet by developing the intelligence tests. b. Piaget found the tests were inappropriate for younger children. c. Piaget felt younger children thought differently than adults did. d. Piaget identified error patterns that invalidated the test results. e. None of these
What is C - Piaget felt younger children thought differently than adults did.
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According to the passage, which is true regarding Lawrence Kohlberg’s theory? a. It is a cognitive theory that opposes Piaget’s theory. b. It is a theory which is unrelated to Piaget’s theory. c. It focuses primarily upon cognitive development. d. It expands on Piaget’s moral development theory. e. It cannot be known which is true from the passage.
What is D. It expands on Piaget’s moral development theory.
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Paragraph 2 helps the reader to understand: a. The characters in Romeo and Juliet b. The conflict and plot in Romeo and Juliet c. The mood and tone in Romeo and Juliet d. The theme of Romeo and Juliet
What is Answer: B Paragraph 2 explains all of the information that is in the prologue, and the author says that the prologue provides the plot of the play. The conflict is also explained in discussing the feud between the families.
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Why did the narrator include the detail that the family was from Seattle? a. To show why the family loves music b. To show that Gibson was a new student c. To show that the family moves a lot because of the father's band d. To show that the family is on vacation
What is Answer: B Paragraph 4 states that Gibson's family had just moved from Seattle, which explains that he is a new student in the school.
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Which word has the closest relationship in meaning to the term "botanist" from Passage 1? A. robot B. botanical C. bother D. botulism
What is B. BOTANICAL
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The theory that humans build knowledge from interactions between their thoughts and experiences is called: a. Biology. b. Constructivism. c. Cognitive development. d. Developmental psychology. e. None of these.
What is B. Constructivism.
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If a child believes that his disobedience caused a thunderstorm, this is most specifically an example of what Piaget termed: a. Animism. b. Magical thinking. c. Egocentrism. d. Conservation. e. None of these.
What is B. Magical thinking.
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Why does the author use the phrase, "And they lived happily ever after"? a. To explain that most audiences enjoy stories with a happy ending b. To explain the ending of Romeo and Juliet c. To explain why happy endings are not as good as tragic endings d. To explain how to end a story
What is Answer: A In paragraph 3, the author states that most people expect and enjoy a happy ending as they have grown up with stories that end happily with the phrase, "And they lived happily ever after."
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In paragraph 16, why did Gibson want to sit in his seat? a. He did not like the guitar and did not want to play it b. He did not want the attention of the other children to be on him c. He wanted to play the violin instead d. He thought the guitar was too old to play
What is Answer: B The narrator explains that Gibson wanted to stay in his seat and have no one look at him. He did not want the attention of the other children.
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In paragraph 15 of "Musically Inclined", why do you think "...no one else was laughing"?
What is THE OTHER STUDENTS WERE NOW INTERESTED IN WHAT GIBSON HAD TO SAY; THE OTHER STUDENTS WERE IGNORING JOE B/C OF THEIR INTEREST IN GIBSON
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1 a : a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts b : the embryo with the scutellum of a cereal grain that is usually separated from the starchy endosperm during milling 2 : something that initiates development or serves as an origin : rudiments, beginning 3 : microorganism; especially : a microorganism causing disease Which entry serves as the best definition for the way the term "germ" is used in the last sentence of paragraph 2? A. definition 1a B. definition 1b C. definition 2 D. definition 3
What is C: "something that initiates development or serves as an origin : rudiments, beginning"
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Which of these is correct about the stage of concrete operations, according to this passage? a. Children can think abstractly during this stage. b. Children still think egocentrically in this stage. c. Children can think logically during this stage. d. Children cannot perform mental operations. e. None of these is available from the passage.
What is C. Children can think logically during this stage.
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Why does the author think that the prologue in Romeo and Juliet is "an interesting way of storytelling"? a. The prologue explains that the play is a tragedy b. The prologue explains how the story will end c. The prologue is very long d. The prologue asks the audience a question
What is Answer: B In paragraph 5, the author explains that it is interesting to explain at the beginning of the play that Romeo and Juliet die.
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What does Gibson mean when he assumes that he "never really had a chance?" a. That he was destined to play music because of his family and his name b. That he was never going to be good at playing the violin c. That he was never going to be popular at school d. That he is going to be in a band one day like his father
What is Answer: A Paragraph 1 discusses music in Gibson's life and the fact that he was born into music through his family and even his name. He thinks that it was the music that chose him, and because of this, he "never really had a chance" to not have music be very involved in his life.
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Which excerpt from the text "Happily Never After" best supports the author's suggested theme of "tragic love"? A. "audiences want to believe that a story will end happily" B. "Within the prologue, the first moments of the play, the audience is told that the main characters die." C. "This raises the question of fascination with tragedy." D. "Romeo and Juliet, a child of each household, fall in love, but cannot live happily together because of the feud."
What is D
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Piaget’s theory involved which of these? a. A gradual and continuous progression of cognitive development b. Completely different progression from one individual to the next c. The premise that younger children make errors but adults do not d. Universal progressive stages of development all humans undergo e. None of these
What is D. Universal progressive stages of development all humans undergo
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In a classic Piagetian experiment, a researcher pours liquid into a tall, narrow beaker, and transfers it to a short, wide beaker in front of a student, asking the student which beaker holds more liquid. The student says the amount of liquid is the same regardless of which beaker holds it. Of Piaget’s stages, which is the earliest one in which this student is likely to be? a. Sensorimotor b. Preoperational c. Concrete operations d. Formal operations e. This is not available
What C. Concrete operations
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Why, according to the prologue and author, are Romeo and Juliet's deaths necessary? a. To make the play a tragedy b. To show the dangers of poison c. To end their parents' feud d. To earn more money and power
What is Answer: C In paragraph 2, the narrator explains that the prologue states that Romeo and Juliet take their lives and in doing so, end their parents' feud.
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How is the internal conflict in the story resolved? a. Gibson is himself and is liked by his classmates b. Gibson decides not to play in front of everyone c. Gibson decides to start a band with people in his class d. Gibson plays a song for his dad
What is ANSWER A The conflict in the story is that as a new student, Gibson is teased by his fellow classmates. By showing his love of music as well as his talent, Gibson is himself and is liked by his classmates.
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Which gives the best summarization of passages 1 and 2? A. Passage 1 gives information that led to Piaget's ideas on cognitive development, whereas passage 2 explores the theory itself in more depth. B. Passage 1 is about Piaget's life, and passage 2 is about Piaget's work. C. Passages 1 and 2 both explain the details and developments of the steps that Piaget took to develop his theory on cognitive development. D. Passage 1 discusses the scientists who influenced Piaget's work. Passage 2 explains how those scientists influenced Piaget's theory.
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