Passage-based Reading
Practice Questions |
These two passages were adapted from autobiographical works. In the first, a playwright describes his first visit to a theater in the 1930's; in the second, an eighteenth-century writer describes two visits to theaters in London.
Following are four sample questions about this pair of related passages. In the test, some questions will focus on Passage 1, others will focus on Passage 2, and about half of the questions following each pair of passages in your test will focus on the relationships between the passages.
Some questions require you to identify shared ideas or similarities between the two related passages.
The authors of both passages describe
Some questions assess your comprehension of information that is directly stated in a passage.
The "happenings" mentioned in line 17 refer to the
You may be asked to recognize the author's tone or attitude in a particular part of a passage, or in the passage as a whole.
In the final sentence of Passage 2 ("I thought... in me"), the author expresses
Some questions require you to determine and compare the primary purpose or main idea expressed in each passage.
Which of the following best describes the difference between Passages 1 and 2?
