The Empowered Writer, Practice Quiz: Chapter 15

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. Most often, the subject of a sentence is a pronoun or noun that performs the action of the ________.

a) verb correct incorrect

b) adjective correct incorrect

c) adverb correct incorrect

d) object correct incorrect

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. A compound subject joined by the conjunction "and" usually requires a ________.

a) plural verb form correct incorrect

b) singular verb form correct incorrect

c) collective noun correct incorrect

d) indefinite pronoun correct incorrect

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. Problems in pronoun-antecedent agreement apply to ________.

a) adverbs correct incorrect

b) personal pronouns correct incorrect

c) numbers correct incorrect

d) articles correct incorrect

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. If a pronoun lacks an apparent noun antecedent, the writer has committed the error of ________.

a) broad reference correct incorrect

b) remote reference correct incorrect

c) no reference correct incorrect

d) ambiguous reference correct incorrect

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. If a writer expects the reader to connect a noun to a pronoun when each component is separated by more than a sentence, the writer has committed the error of ________.

a) remote reference correct incorrect

b) no reference correct incorrect

c) broad reference correct incorrect

d) ambiguous reference correct incorrect

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. If the pronoun refers to two or more nouns and the antecedent is unclear, the writer has committed the error of ________.

a) broad reference correct incorrect

b) remote reference correct incorrect

c) ambiguous reference correct incorrect

d) no reference correct incorrect

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. Personal pronouns refer to ________.

a) inanimate objects correct incorrect

b) persons correct incorrect

c) thoughts correct incorrect

d) opinions correct incorrect

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. A collective noun refers to a(n) ________.

a) individual correct incorrect

b) group correct incorrect

c) adverbial modifier correct incorrect

d) adjectival modifier correct incorrect

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. Dangling modifiers are sometimes called ________.

a) hanging modifiers correct incorrect

b) dangling participles correct incorrect

c) hanging participles correct incorrect

d) misplaced modifiers correct incorrect

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. "Me," "you," "him," and "her" are all ________ pronouns.

a) objective-plural correct incorrect

b) objective-singular correct incorrect

c) subjective-plural correct incorrect

d) subjective-singular correct incorrect

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. Interrogative pronouns introduce ________.

a) individuals correct incorrect

b) people correct incorrect

c) questions correct incorrect

d) answers correct incorrect

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. You should check to see whether all the elements are parallel whenever you use all of the following EXCEPT ________.

a) lists and compounds correct incorrect

b) correlative conjunctions correct incorrect

c) verbs correct incorrect

d) comparisons correct incorrect

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. If you use an expanded thesis statement that lists your essay's main points, you need to ensure that all the elements are ________.

a) parallel correct incorrect

b) numbered correct incorrect

c) possessive correct incorrect

d) subordinated correct incorrect

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. A faulty comparison happens if the parts of a comparison are ________.

a) grammatically parallel correct incorrect

b) fully expressed correct incorrect

c) logically compared correct incorrect

d) none of the above correct incorrect

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. In a passive construction, the noun that receives the action is ________.

a) the subject correct incorrect

b) the object correct incorrect

c) omitted correct incorrect

d) subordinated correct incorrect