501 Critical Reading Questions

b.
show a conventional response to a common situation.
c.
describe a seminal event that influenced a larger movement.
d.
portray an outcome instead of a cause.
e.
give a detailed account of what life was like in Montgomery,
Alabama in 1955.
62.
In line 13, the word 
test
most nearly means
a.
analyze.
b.
determine.
c.
prove.
d.
quiz.
e.
challenge.
63.
The passage suggests that the college students in Greensboro,
North Carolina (lines 21–27)
a.
were regulars at the Woolworth lunch counter.
b.
wanted to provoke a violent reaction.
c.
were part of an ongoing national movement of lunch-counter
demonstrations.
d.
inspired other students to protest peacefully against segregation.
e.
did not plan to create a stir.
64.
The passage implies that the 1963 March on Washington
a.
resulted in immediate legislation prohibiting segregation in
public accommodations.
b.
was a successful demonstration that drew attention to its causes.
c.
was overshadowed by the rousing speech by Dr. Martin Luther
King, Jr.