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AP-Style Multiple-Choice Quiz (Malcolm Gladwell, “Offensive Play: How Different Are Dogfighting and Football?”)

AP-Style Multiple Choice Quiz

Malcolm Gladwell, “Offensive Play: How Different Are Dogfighting and Football?”

After reading the selection from “Offensive Play: How Different Are Dogfighting and Football?,” choose the best answer to each question. Click the submit button when finished. The following questions refer to paragraphs 44–50.

Question 9.1 In context, “belligerent” (para. 44) means

1. In context, “belligerent” (para. 44) means

tough.

damaged.

annoyed.

dangerous.

hostile.

Question 9.2 What is the purpose of paragraphs 44 and 45 in relation to the selection’s overall argument?

2. What is the purpose of paragraphs 44 and 45 in relation to the selection’s overall argument?

to provide a comparison between Michael Vick’s dogs in their old and new homes

to show just how mean-spirited Michael Vick’s behavior was

to describe the reparations granted to dogs but not to football players

to emphasize how much money is being spent to care for the dogs

to illustrate how hard the employees of the Best Friends Animal Sanctuary work every day

Question 9.3 When the author says that what happens at Best Friends constitutes “an extravagant gesture” (para. 47), he means that it is

3. When the author says that what happens at Best Friends constitutes “an extravagant gesture” (para. 47), he means that it is

wasteful occurrence.

a wonderful idea.

a lavish act.

exaggerated body language.

a strange happening.

Question 9.4 Why did the author make paragraph 49 only two sentences long?

4. Why did the author make paragraph 49 only two sentences long?

to explain what the previous excerpt was missing

because he only had enough information left for a short paragraph

to create a sense of suspense for the next section

to emphasize the importance of the point he is making

because the rest of the information was included in an excerpt

Question 9.5 What is the purpose of paragraph 50?

5. What is the purpose of paragraph 50?

to describe a stubborn NFL player who did not want to recognize his own injuries

to provide examples of the many kinds of injuries football players sustain

to illustrate how Kyle Turley should have stopped playing football many years ago

to emphasize how the rules of football need to be changed

to draw a similarity between football and dogfighting in regard to gameness

Question 9.6 What is the best way to describe the author’s attitude in this essay?

6. What is the best way to describe the author’s attitude in this essay?

humorous

angry

indifferent

rational

lighthearted

Question 9.7 Which of the following does the author use in the passage?

7. Which of the following does the author use in the passage?

parody

metaphor

descriptive imagery

rhetorical questions

monologue

Question 9.8 Which of the following phrases from the passage has the most negative connotation?

8. Which of the following phrases from the passage has the most negative connotation?

“morally repellent” (para. 47)

“exhausting rigors” (para. 48)

“jump off a cliff” (para. 48)

“‘desire to please’” (para. 48)

“a herniated disk” (para. 50)