Reading Comprehension Questions
Reading Comprehension Questions
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| Reading Comprehension Questions 412. b. The second to the last line in paragraph 2 tells us that Achilles was the son of Thetis and Peleus, and that the war will result in his death. Choice a is incorrect because there is no other mention of Zeus or events in the Trojan War other than Achilles death. Choice c is incorrect because Eris purposely created the conditions that would lead to the war to kill the child of the bride and groom. Choice d is incorrect because Achilles is the son of Thetis and Peleus, the bride and groom of the myth. c. This lesson is discussed explicitly in paragraph 3. All other choices are irrelevant. c. The husband had a civil servant’s job and received a steady salary the wife had a servant who cleaned for her. The couple lived in a dwelling that had several rooms. This implies that they lived comfortably. Choice a is incorrect because they obviously were not impoverished. Choice b is incorrect because the wife had a maid. Choice d is incorrect because this was the life the wife wanted to have, but instead had shabby walls, worn furniture etc. d. This question relates to the previous one. This choice presents the fact that the wife had a maid. Choice a does not deal with the couple’s economic standing, but only the wife’s before she was married. Choice b is tempting, but the poverty of her rooms is more in her eyes than a truthful economic indicator. How poverty stricken can she be if she has a maid Choice c deals with a tablecloth that has been used three days in a row. It has nothing to do with economic standing because it could have been washed by the maid or the wife, and the situation would have been remedied. a. It is obvious from the description of the wife’s thoughts in the first paragraph that she wished she had married a rich man. Instead, she slipped into marriage with a minor civil servant. The woman is ashamed of her marriage and of her husband’s occupation to the point of making it sound like an accident, as one may slip on a wet floor. Choices b, c, and d are incorrect because the wife loving anything other than expensive things is never mentioned in the passage. 6801_501_ReadingCompQuest_4E[fin].indd 231 3/18/10 1:35:00 PM |