Name: ______________________________ Skill Quiz Directions: Circle the response which states the skill being tested by the

question. 1. It may reasonably be inferred from lines 1017 that James Merrill respected Elizabeth Bishops poetry: a. Meaning of word b. Main Idea c. Generalization and Conclusion d. Supporting Detail Reason why you chose the answer you did: 2. According to the third paragraph (lines 2539), Emily Dickinsons career was helped by Helen Hunt Jackson, who: a. Meaning of word b. Supporting Detail c. Generalization and Conclusion d. Main Idea Reason why you chose the answer you did: 3. The last paragraph suggests that those who would reevaluate, and perhaps want to devalue, the work of famous male poets should above all be: a. Generalization and Conclusion b. Meaning of word c. Main Idea d. Supporting Detail Reason why you chose the answer you did: 4. The main point made in the second, third, and fourth paragraphs (lines 1452) is that the structure of a babys brain: a. Meaning of Word b. Main Idea c. Supporting Detail d. Generalization and Conclusion Reason why you chose the answer you did:

5. According to the passage, one thing PET allows neurobiologists to do is: a. Supporting Detail b. Meaning of Word c. Main Idea d. Generalization and Conclusion Reason why you chose the answer you did: 6. When she compares a babys brain to city neighborhoods, the author is most nearly illustrating her point that: a. Main Idea b. Generalization and Conclusion c. Meaning of Word d. Supporting Detail Reason why you chose the answer you did: 7. The last paragraph suggests that the formation of synapses occurs most rapidly: a. Generalization and Conclusion b. Meaning of Word c. Supporting Detail d. Main Idea Reason why you chose the answer you did: 8. As it is used in line 30, the phrase something innate most nearly means: a. Main Idea b. Meaning of Word c. Supporting Detail d. Generalization and Conclusion Reason why you chose the answer you did: 9. The passage states that, in terms of development, the average baby should be able to: a. Main Idea b. Supporting Details c. Meaning of Word d. Generalization and Conclusion Reason why you chose the answer you did:

10. One of the authors main points about the legal concept of responsibility in the passage is that: a. Meaning of Word b. Main Idea c. Supporting Details d. Generalization and Conclusion Reason why you chose the answer you did:

11. Based on the passage, the primary purpose for the 1970s redefinition of insanity proposed by the American Law Institute was to: a. Main Idea b. Supporting Details c. Generalization and Conclusion d. Meaning of Words Reason why you chose the answer you did:

12. From information in the third and fourth paragraphs (lines 3558) it can reasonably be inferred that the legal definition of insanity was changed in the 1970s after: a. Meaning of Word b. Generalization and Conclusion c. Main Idea d. Supporting Detail Reason why you chose the answer you did:

13. The passage indicates that the McNaghten case became the basis for future decisions about legal insanity because: a. Main Idea b. Supporting Details c. Meaning of Words d. Generalization and Conclusion Reason why you chose the answer you did:

14. One of the main points made in the last paragraph is that insanity pleas were: a. Meaning of Word b. Supporting Detail c. Main Idea d. Generalization and Conclusion Reason why you chose the answer you did:

15. The fourth paragraph (lines 31-37) establishes all of the following EXCEPT: a. Supporting Detail b. Meaning of Word c. Main Idea d. Generalization and Conclusion Reason why you chose the answer you did: