501 Critical Reading Questions

a.
onomatopoeia
b.
simile
c.
personification
d.
alliteration
e.
metaphor
459.
Together, these two passages illustrate the idea that
a.
the reality of two seemingly similar situations can often be
extremely different.
b.
boating is a very dangerous pastime.
c.
dreams sometimes fall very short of reality.
d.
Plymouth is much nicer than New York.
e.
hard work pays off in the end.
460.
The word 
berth,
found in Passage 1, line 31 and Passage 2, line 39
most nearly means
a.
a sailor’s hometown.
b.
the sleeping quarters aboard a boat.
c.
the kitchen aboard a boat.
d.
the bathroom aboard a boat.
e.
the lower deck of a boat.
Answers
400.
b.
The author’s tone in this passage could only be described as
light-hearted.
The subject of the passage itself is not of a particu-
larly serious nature, and the author’s deduction in lines 21–23
that watching a sport on television would technically character-
ize couch potatoes as athletes is humorous and subtly mocks
those who would argue over what is a “true” sport.
401.
e.
Vigorous,
as it is used in the passage, is an adjective that
describes an activity carried out forcefully or energetically. In
other words, a vigorous activity requires a 
physical exertion
(line
11) that would cause one to
break a sweat
(line 12). This type of
activity is best described as strenuous, choice