501 Critical Reading Questions

c
and 
e
are true statements but are too
specific to be the primary focus of the passage. Choices 
a
and 
d
are
not described in detail in the passage.
61.
c.
The passage states that Rosa Park’s actions and arrest 
set off a train of
events that generated a momentum the civil rights movement had never
before experienced
(lines 10–12).
62.
e.
One meaning of to
test
is to apply a test as a means of analysis or
diagnosis. In this context, 
test
refers to putting something to a test or
challenging something.
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63.
d.
The protest at the Greensboro Woolworth lunch counter inspired
others. Lines 25–27 state 
two weeks later similar demonstrations had
spread to several cities, within a year similar peaceful demonstrations took
place in over a hundred cities North and South.
64.
b.
The passage implies that the 1963 March on Washington was a very
successful demonstration: it attracted 
more than twice 
the number
(line 35) of people than organizers expected and 
riveted the nation’s
attention
(lines 33–34), drawing attention to the issues that the march
promoted. 
65.
c.
One meaning of 
refrain
is a regularly recurring verse in a song. In
this context, 
refrain
refers to the recurring phrase “I have a dream,”
that Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. used in his famous speech.
66.
d.
The term 
second-class citizen
is not a legal state of citizenship, rather it
is a descriptive term that refers to a condition in which citizens of a
nation are denied the rights and privileges that other citizens enjoy.
67.