READING 1 / QUICK QUIZ

Revising for Substance

3 questions. Choose the meaning or usage that best fits each situation. Try answering before reopening the passage.

1What does superficiality identify in the original review?A. A complete absence of any accurate observation about the scenery.B. A word choice that is automatically false because it is familiar.C. An argument that is too detailed for anyone to understand.D. A lack of attention to deeper meaning and the story's central conflict.

2An expression repeated so often that it has lost interest or force is _____.A. novelB. penetratingC. specificD. trite

3Which review sentence is vacuous in the passage's sense?A. The repeated doorway image links the opening and closing scenes.B. The final choice changes the meaning of the earlier promise.C. The work is wonderfully wonderful in its marvelous wonderfulness.D. The costume description is accurate but does not explain the conflict.

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