501 Critical Reading Questions

a.
distressed.
b.
beset.
c.
absorbed.
d.
inconvenienced.
e.
fomented.
198.
The first sentence of the second paragraph (lines 6–9) is intended
to express the
a.
long-standing controversy about the effects of smoking.
b.
current consensus of the medical community regarding 
smoking.
c.
government’s interest in improving public health.
d.
ongoing colloquy between physicians, scientists, and 
governments.
e.
causal relationship between smoking and lung disease.
199.
The author implies that 
the impulse
(line 27) to create a
government report on smoking
a.
was an overdue response to public demand.
b.
would not have been pursued if John F. Kennedy was not 
president.
c.
came from within the U.S. Public Health Service.
d.
would meet with significant opposition from smokers around
the country.
e.
was the result of pressure from forces outside of the government.
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