Reading Comprehension Quiz (Rachel Carson, “Silent Spring”)

Reading Comprehension Quiz

Rachel Carson, “Silent Spring”

Read “Silent Spring” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.

Question What is Rachel Carson’s argument?

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Question The first section is called “A Fable for Tomorrow.” If a fable is a short allegorical narrative making a moral point, what moral is Carson wishing the audience to understand?

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Question Carson writes that “the physical form and the habits of the earth’s vegetation and its animal life have been molded by the environment. Considering the whole span of earthly time, the opposite effect, in which life actually modifies its surroundings, has been relatively slight.” What modification to humankind’s surroundings is Carson most concerned about in this chapter?

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Question What support does Carson rely on to prove her points?

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Question In which paragraph does Carson acknowledge that mankind must still work on insect control?

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Question Carson writes that “flareback” occurs in areas where spraying has taken place. What is “flareback”?

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Question Carson notes that “Single-crop farming does not take advantage of the principles by which nature works...” Why is this?

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Question How can humanity, according to Carson, stop invasive species from spreading?

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Question According to Carson, why doesn’t the Bill of Rights contain a provision against lethal poisons?

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