quiz 4, chapter 4, The Active Reader 2e, Oxford University Press Canada

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Question 1:

When you do critical reading, what does the term “critical” mean?
a) to find fault with
b) to read “between the lines”
c) to judge; to weigh and evaluate
d) to interpret a source in your own way
e) to question and assess
f) answers A and B
g) answers C and E
h) all of the above

Question 2:

What are some of the benefits of active or critical reading?
a) It improves comprehension.
b) It improves retention and recall of information.
c) It lets you skip over the unimportant parts.
d) answers A and B
e) all of the above

Question 3:

When you infer, you ________.
a) arrive at a probable conclusion about the meaning of a word, passage, or piece of evidence
b) make an educated guess about what the writer intends to achieve
c) read closely to ensure comprehension
d) answers B and C

Question 4:

A critical reader is also a ________.
a) cynical reader
b) skeptical reader
c) slow reader
d) critical writer

Question 5:

When you analyze an essay, you ________.
a) break it down into its component parts
b) read it carefully
c) pay close attention to detail
d) make connections between your various readings on a topic

Question 6:

One of the key goals of doing a critical analysis is to ________.
a) determine whether an essay’s evidence is compelling enough to support the writer’s claim
b) be open to different ways of thinking or seeing
c) find loopholes in an author’s argument
d) comprehend what is being said
e) all of the above

Question 7:

When using critical thinking to assess and evaluate an argument, you want to focus on __________.
a) whether you agree or not with the argument being made
b) whether the claims are well supported or not
c) how the article is written
d) the thesis statement

Question 8:

To comprehend the following claim by professors Jim Cutt and Bob Bedeski that intellectual diversity in universities “has been cleansed and replaced by a monolith of leftwing intellectual conformity,” which two questions would a critical reader ask?
a) What does “leftwing” mean?/ What are my own views?
b) What does “monolith” mean?/ Why are the authors saying this?
c) What does “leftwing” mean?/ What are the writers arguing for or against?
d) What kind of evidence have the authors used to validate their claim?/ What are the authors’ credentials?

Question 9:

10. To evaluate the validity of the above claim that intellectual diversity in universities “has been cleansed and replaced by a monolith of leftwing intellectual conformity,” which two questions would a critical reader ask?
a) What does “leftwing” mean?/ What are my own views?
b) What does “monolith” mean?/ Why are the authors saying this?
c) What does “leftwing” mean?/ What are the writers arguing for or against?
d) What kind of evidence have the authors used to validate their claim?/ What are the authors’ credentials?

Question 10:

Critical thinking can be improved by ________.
a) reading a lot
b) asking questions about what you read
c) reading quickly
d) reading without distractions
e) all of the above

Question 12:

The credibility of a writer be determined by considering __________.
a) the writer’s expertise in the subject matter
b) if the writer’s argument does not contain logical fallacies
c) the length of the article
d) answers A and B
e) all of the above

Question 13:

Which of the following activities uses critical thinking skills?
a) summary writing
b) debates
c) research
d) answers B and C
e) all of the above

Question 14:

Active or critical reading is based on the idea that knowledge resides in the text and the reader’s job is to absorb that knowledge.
a) True
b) False

Question 15:

Skeptics believe nothing they read.
a) True
b) False

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