Reading Comprehension Test - ninth sequence
Reading Comprehension Test
Choose the correct answer to each question as it pertains to
your reading of Kennedy's speech
--
For each
incorrect
answer, subtract
fifty words
from your speed reading score.
1.
Man holds in his mortal hands...
choose one
the might of the atom
the revolutionary beliefs of our forebearers
the power to abolish poverty
2.
What comes from the "hand of God"?
choose one
hard and bitter peace
rights of man
generosity of the state
our ancient heritage
success of liberty
3.
we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship...
choose one
to defend the peace
to wipe out inequality
to insure liberty
to conquer space
to promote economic prosperity
4.
Who or what "ended up inside" the tiger?
choose one
foolish power seekers
the ignorant and neglected
people in the huts and villages
freedom riders
5.
Who is struggling to break the bonds of mass misery?
choose one
everyone
half the globe
our sister republics
6.
Who or what intends to remain "the master of its own house"?
choose one
The United States
this hemisphere
the United Nations
our sister republics
7.
What should the United Nations be prevented from becoming?
choose one
ineffectual and weak
a squabblers' roundtable
merely a forum for invective
a zero sum arena
8.
Sincerity is always subject to...
choose one
uncertainty
faith and hope
proof
9.
Together let us explore the stars, conquer the deserts, eradicate disease...
choose one
tap the ocean depths
replenish the planet
still the hurricanes
protect humanity's future
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