Read the following paragraphs and answer each of the questions by choosing the letter of the correct answer.

Question

(1) American President Theodore Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill had much in
common. (2) Both were from aristocratic1 families. (3) Churchill was the grandson of the Duke of
Marlborough, and Roosevelt’s grandfather, Cornelius Van Schaack Roosevelt, owned acres of Manhattan real estate. (4) Both men revered2 their fathers, even as they tried to avoid what they regarded as their respective single flaws. (5) Specifically, Theodore Roosevelt Sr. hired a substitute to serve in his place in the Civil War, and Lord Randolph Churchill made a political blunder3 that ended his career. (6) Both men wrote several books. (7) Both took part in cavalry4 charges in 1898; Roosevelt’s was on San Juan Hill in Cuba and Churchill’s at Omdurman in the Sudan. (8) Both men worked to expand and modernize their nations’ navies. (9) And both saw history as a story of the expansion of the influence of English-speaking peoples.

1. The topic of this selection is
a. Theodore Roosevelt. c. similarities between Roosevelt and Churchill.
b. Winston Churchill. d. Roosevelt’s and Churchill’s fathers.

2. The main idea is stated in
a. sentence 1. c. sentence 8.
b. sentence 2. d. sentence 9.

3. How many major supporting details develop the main idea?
a. 1 c. 6
b. 3 d. 8

4. Which of the following sentences is a minor supporting detail?
a. 1 c. 5
b. 4 d. 6

Answer 1

1. c.
2. a.
3. c.
4. c.