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ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 1. Which of the following best describes the main purpose of this passage?
Author's Voice and Method Videos 10 videos
ACT Reading 2.5 Prose Fiction. What is the "weak point" the narrator identifies in Fortunato?
ACT Reading: Social Science Passage Drill 1, Problem 2. Based on the passage, which of the following is not a conclusion reached by Freud in the co...
ACT Reading 1.8 Humanities Passage. Based on the tone and complexity of the passage, which of the following would be a reasonable assumption t...
Cause-effect Relationships Videos 4 videos
ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 4. Which of the following does the passage cite as a possible cause of Shakespeare's "tragic...
ACT Reading 2.8 Social Science Passage. Which of the following statements or ideas is not expressed in the passage?
ACT Reading 2.6 Natural Science Passage. The health hazard mentioned in question 2 was, according to this report, a direct result of which of...
Comparative Relationships (Compare and Contrast) Videos 9 videos
ACT Reading 1.6 Humanities Passage. Which of the following is not a similarity that the author notes between Brutus and Hamlet?
ACT Reading 2.7 Social Science Passage. With whom does Ferri associate the corrective school of criminal law?
ACT Reading: Social Science Passage Drill 1, Problem 1. According to Freud, how were dreams understood in what he refers to as the "prescienti...
Draw conclusions from multiple texts Videos 1 videos
ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 7. Which of the following characters is specifically mentioned as a personification of "horror and...
Generalizations Videos 10 videos
ACT Reading 1.3 Humanities Passage. According to the passage, when did Shakespeare's "tragic period" occur?
ACT Reading 2.10 Prose Fiction. Which of the following words best describes the narrator's behavior in this passage?
ACT Reading 1.9 Natural Science Passage. Which of the following statements about the Mars missions is accurate?
Identify and Interpret Details Videos 10 videos
ACT Reading 1.5 Humanities Passage. Which of the following plays is mentioned as a tragedy that Shakespeare wrote early in his career prior to...
ACT Reading 2.1 Humanities Passage. Which of the following statements about Schumann is not expressed in the passage?
ACT Reading 2.2 Humanities Passage. Based on information from the passage, how did Schumann meet his wife?
Main Idea Videos 10 videos
ACT Reading Prose Fiction Drill 1, Problem 1. Which of the following best describes the overall purpose of this passage?
ACT Reading 1.3 Social Science Passage. According to Freud, which of the following best describes the "double-sided" nature of dreams?
ACT Reading 2.3 Humanities Passage. According to the passage, why was Schumann an exception to the other musicians of his time?
Make comparisons between multiple texts Videos 2 videos
ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 2. What distinction does the passage make between Hamlet and Julius Caesar and the other play...
ACT Reading 2.3 Social Science Passage. In what context would you expect to see this passage?
Meanings of Words From Context Videos 10 videos
ACT Reading 2.4 Humanities Passage. Which of the following is the best definition for the word "pedantic"?
ACT Reading 1.9 Humanities Passage. Based on its context in the passage, which of the following is the best definition for the word "maledicti...
ACT Reading: Humanities Passage Drill 1, Problem 10. Which of the following is the best explanation of the term "tragedy of thought" in line 58?
Sequence of Events Videos 9 videos
ACT Reading 2.10 Humanities Passage. According to the passage, which event precipitated Schumann's death?
ACT Reading 1.3 Natural Science Passage. As described in the passage, when did the first NASA mission actually land on Mars?
ACT Reading 1.6 Natural Science Passage. Which of the following statements about the Mars Exploration Rovers is not true?