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• Question 41:

  Cotton diplomacy might have been a more successful policy if: A. all American farmers had produced cotton.

  

  B. plantation owners had produced less cotton.

  C. Northern mill towns had not exported any cotton to Great Britain.

  D. Great Britain's cotton warehouses had been empty.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 42:

  Which best describes the organization of the passage?

  

  A. A subject is introduced, and events are described in chronological order.

  B. Each paragraph discusses a different aspect of the same problem.

  C. The passage describes a particular historical event and discusses its importance.

  D. Questions are posed and then answers are considered.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 43:

  Which sentence best describes the main point of the second paragraph?

  

  A. The South was the most fertile region of the United States.

  B. Eli Whitney was partially responsible for the Civil War.

  C. Cotton fields were mostly worked by slave labor.

  D. New technology transformed cotton production from a minor industry to a major one.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 44:

  When plantation owners called their crop "King Cotton," they were suggesting that:

  

  A. they grew a special variety of cotton that was larger than other types.

  B. their cotton was used mainly by royalty.

  C. the crop was technically owned by the Crown.

  D. the crop gave them a great deal of power.

  Correct Answer: D

• Question 45:

  According to the passage, what was Eli Whitney's main contribution to the cotton industry?

  

  A. Eli devised the policy of "cotton diplomacy" during the civil war.

  B. Eli increased the slave population in the south, allowing plantation owners to grow more cotton.

  C. Eli invented a machine that made it easier to process large quantities of cotton.

  D. Eli invented a device which allowed cotton to be processed for the first time.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 46:

  Based on the context, "accede" (line 53) most nearly means:

  

  A. surpass.

  B. submit

  C. answer.

  D. deny.

  Correct Answer: B

• Question 47:

  Based on the passage, we can infer that extracts of medicinal plants generally: A. have stronger effects than the raw plants.

  

  B. require knowledge of modern chemistry to produce.

  C. take a very long time to produce.

  D. have to be taken in larger doses than raw plants.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 48:

  The author's main purpose in this passage is to: A. dispute a popular historical myth.

  

  B. tell an exciting story about revolutionary France.

  C. persuade the reader that Marie Antoinette was actually a kind and generous person.

  D. describe how false stories begin and are spread.

  Correct Answer: A

• Question 49:

  According to the passage, good stories:

  

  A. must be true, or they're merely myths.

  B. are usually fictional, but sometimes become facts.

  C. often persist whether or not they are true.

  D. must have a villain, even if one has to be made up.

  Correct Answer: C

• Question 50:

  The quotation "Let them eat cake" first appeared in: A. the popular culture of revolutionary France.

  

  B. the trial of Marie Antoinette.

  C. a book by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

  D. a biography of Marie Antoinette.

  Correct Answer: C