AP-Style Multiple-Choice Quiz (Stephen Jay Gould, “Women’s Brains”)
AP-Style Multiple Choice Quiz
Stephen Jay Gould, “Women’s Brains”
After reading the selection from “Women’s Brains,” choose the best answer to each question. Click the submit button when finished. The following questions refer to paragraphs 1–5.
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8.10 It can reasonably be inferred that the primary purpose of this selection is to
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8.11 Which of the following does Gould NOT assume about his readers?
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8.12 What is the rhetorical purpose of the parenthetical passages in this excerpt?
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8.13 What is the likely reason Gould chose to use such terms as “apostle” (para. 3) and “disciple(s)” (paras. 2 and 5) in the passage?
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8.14 Which of the following excerpts from the passage best expresses its purpose?
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8.15 Gould’s use of the quote from Broca stating that “‘there is no faith, however respectable, no interest, however legitimate, which must not accommodate itself to the progress of human knowledge and bend before the truth’” (para. 3) is primarily an example of
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8.16 Why does Gould go out of his way to defend the accuracy of Broca’s data?
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8.17 In the excerpt from Topinard’s work (para. 5), which of the following is NOT an assumption Topinard makes?
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