Question 1

(1) If your favorite rock star asked you to jump off a bridge, would you do it?

(2) Of course not; no way!

(3) You would tell the rock star to take his money.

(4) Then go back to his mansion, and stuff it.

(5) You make your own decisions; the idea of risking your life on the whim of a famous singer is just plain

nonsense.

(6) Even if you truly adore music, it is not a factor that dictates your every move.

(7) Some young people would do anything for a particular music performer.

(8) They would flock to jump off the bridge if their favorite music icon asked them to do so.

(9) Because popular music, more than any other aspect of youth culture, holds an extremely powerful clutch on

its very impressionable audience.

(10) Occasionally that clutch can have a positive effect.

(11) For example, some artists put forth positive messages.

(12) More often, however, the messages in popular songs are destructive.

(13) Children require guidance, and they are easily fooled by music that provides either false hope or

hopelessness.

(14) Adults need to learn about popular music to know which performers preach a positive (or at least

harmless) message and those that can be truly destructive to a young person’s life.

(15) This is a tough job.

(16) But it is an important job.

Which of the following is the best way to revise sentence 2?

Options :

A : (No change)

B : Change the semicolon to an exclamation point and capitalize “no”

C : Change the semicolon to a comma

D : Change the semicolon to a period and omit “no way!”

E : Change the exclamation point to a period

Answer: D

Question 2

The committee requested that my brother and me resubmit our proposal with additional details about our plan to revive the downtown waterfront area. No error

Options :

A : that

B : and me

C : about our plan

D : to revive

E : No error

Answer: B

Question 3

Select the correct error. No sentence contains more than one error. If No Error exists, then select option no

error.

I (1) am living in New York City (2) for five years now, and I still (3) feel the excitement (4) of this great city.

Options :

A : am living

B : for

C : feel

D : of

E : no error

Answer: A

Question 4

Which Eugene O’Neill play is an autobiographical account of his Irish-American family?

Options :

A : Beyond the Horizon

B : Long Day’s Journey into Night

C : Strange Interlude

D : Anna Christie

E : Bound East for Cardiff

Answer: B

Question 5

In his work Fire Next Time, James Baldwin argues for

Options :

A : an end to separation between the races

B : the right of workers to organize

C : reform of the American educational system

D : peace in Southeast Asia

E : an end to political corruption in Washington

Answer: A

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