Directions: Questions 1-15 are incomplete sentences. Beneath each sentence you will see four words or phrases. Choose the word or phrase that best completes the sentence.
Example:
Milk is an excellent source ______ calcium.
a. of
b. is
c. have
d. are
The sentence should read, “Milk is an excellent source of calcium.” Therefore, you should choose answer (a).
After you have answered all of the questions, select “Check My Answers”.
1. When in contact ______, or other strong oxidizing agents or acids, iron will rust.
a. that water and oxygen
b. water and oxygen
c. with water and oxygen
d. the water and oxygen
2. Published in 1937, Of Mice and Men ______ of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers during the Great Depression.
a. tells the tragic story
b. a tragic story
c. whose tragic story
d. have the tragic story
3. The oboe is a double reed musical instrument ______ a member of the woodwind family.
a. is considered
b. considered
c. that considered
d. while considered
4. Peter Jones, an Ojibwa Methodist minister, ______ in the traditional culture of the Mississauga Ojibwas.
a. was raised
b. whom raised
c. he was raised
d. raised
5. ______ graduation in 1780, Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers began practicing medicine in Bremen, Germany.
a. After he
b. Later his
c. Following his
d. That is
6. The Wars of the Roses were a series of intermittent civil wars ______ the 15th century between the rival houses of York and Lancaster.
a. fighting in
b. were fight in
c. was fought in
d. fought in
7. The term laser is an acronym ______ "light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation."
a. which stand of
b. that stands for
c. it stand for
d. that is standing of
8. Soap is produced by the reaction of fat and lye in a process ______ saponification.
a. are known
b. is known
c. known as
d. knowing
9. ______ Thylacosmilus atrox had long, saber-like canines, it was not a relative of the saber-toothed tiger.
a. Indeed
b. Although
c. Therefore
d. Suddenly
10. Pedro Páez, ______, was the first European to see and describe the source of the Blue Nile.
a. he was a Jesuit missionary
b. which is a Jesuit missionary
c. was a Jesuit missionary
d. a Jesuit missionary
11. ______ sand is not generally toxic, the inhalation of fine silica particles over long periods of time may result in silicosis.
a. Even
b. During
c. While
d. When
12. The aardvark, ______ a nocturnal mammal indigenous to sub-Saharan Africa, feeds almost exclusively on ants.
a. is
b. it is
c. which is
d. who is
13. Founded in 1945, the United Nations is an international organization ______ are to promote social progress, economic security and world peace.
a. whom goals
b. which goals
c. whose goals
d. their goals
14. Sol LeWitt was a prolific American artist noted ______.
a. the sculptures were unique
b. that he had unique sculptures
c. for his unique sculptures
d. whose sculptures were unique
15. On Christmas Day in the year 800, Pope Leo III crowned Charles the Great emperor of the Romans _______.
a. in St. Peter's Basilica
b. for St. Peter's Basilica
c. was inside St. Peter's Basilica
d. where St. Peter's Basilica
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