501 Critical Reading Questions

Critical Reading Questions

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mation points and the excited, choppy delivery of Langdon’s
information. Choices 
b
or 
e
may be considered as the tone of
Passage 1. Choice 
c
and 
d
are not supported by the text.
375.
c.
The mathematical ratio PHI is also known as the Divine Pro-
portion. This is directly stated in lines 17–18 of Passage 1, and
lines 22–23 of Passage 2.
376.
c.
Ubiquity
is used here to show that even though the concept of
PHI in nature seems unusual or unique at first, it is actually a
very common and predictable occurrence. The other choices
are not supported by the passage.
377.
b.
PHI is not the area of a regular pentagon. All other answers
describe an aspect of PHI as found in the two passages.
378.
e.
The subject of both paragraphs is Fibonacci spirals. Sunflower
seeds, pinecones, and pineapples are mentioned as examples of
the Fibonacci spiral.
379.