langofcomp2e

Reading Comprehension Quiz (John Ruskin, “The Roots of Honor”)

Reading Comprehension Quiz

John Ruskin, “The Roots of Honor”

Read “The Roots of Honor” and check your comprehension by answering the following questions. Click the submit button when finished.

1. In paragraph 1, Ruskin suggests what?

Lawyers and generals are not as smart as business managers.

Managers in business are not afforded the respect that other professions receive.

It is nobler to be in the profession of law or in the military than in business.

There is an easy explanation for people going into business rather than into the law.

2. What misperception does Ruskin believe that people have about merchants?

Merchants are out for only themselves.

Customers are never right.

Merchants are the most honest of all the professions.

Merchants are subject to different standards of the law than the other professions.

3. In paragraph three, Ruskin uses the pronoun “they” throughout. To whom is he referring?

merchants

generals

lawyers

the public

4. Ruskin shows how mercantilism is equivalent to

war.

death.

life.

All of the above.

5. When is it the duty of the merchant to die?

during war while defending his post

when teaching the world, rather than teaching a falsehood

when he dies for the good of the people for whom he provides—both employees and customers

when he sacrifices himself to continue to administer to the people during a plague

6. What does Ruskin suggest all merchants should continually be trying to do?

make a profit

make goods more perfect and more cheaply

make items cheaply, at the cost of quality

create perfect products without concern for the cost

7. Who should the merchant mimic regarding his function among his employees?

a general

a priest

a physician

a father