Grantham University Neutral Colors More Restful than Bright Warm Ones Questions

Directions: In the blank provided, type the letter only that is a sentence fragment. (You do not have to type the “sentence” that goes along with the letter).

1.

A. Unlike many of their counterparts at neighborhood bars and restaurants, waiters at four-star establishments think of their jobs as careers.

B. Block after block of small houses that all looked the same.

C. The one-eyed pyramid on the back of a dollar bill is a Masonic symbol, and the phrase beneath it is Latin for “A new secular order.”

D. If you like sausage, then you will love boudin, a Cajun specialty.

2.

A. He had thought of her often since their last meeting; why could he not summon up enough courage to call?

B. A face that looked like ten miles of bad road.

C. Although pizza is often lumped together with junk food, it does contain nourishing ingredients.

D. In nineteenth-century Italy, each region kept its own time, an idiosyncrasy that maddened English visitors.

3.

A. The British Parliament is a bicameral, or two-house, legislature. The House of Lords and the House of Commons.

B. In the biblical story of Genesis, Cain had one brother and no sisters.

C. Are you willing to express an opinion, or are you waiting for more information?

D. Symphonic works by two little-known modern composers were scheduled, yet the concert was sold out several days before the performance.

4.

A. Amazonian natives use stingray spines to make sewing needles.

B. In April, the swamps are abloom with wild purple iris.

C. Scented with musky perfume and lavished with pearl embroidery.

D. Louisville Sluggers are the best-known bats in baseball; some are still made by hand.

5.

A. Donkeys bray.

B. Invented by Eli Whitney in the 1790s, the cotton gin, which separates cotton seeds and hulls from the cotton fibers.

C. The mockingbird flew from the maple tree and perched on the television antenna.

D. The Siberian steppe is a treeless plain like the prairie of North America.

6.

A. Neutral colors more restful than bright warm ones.

B. We think of the sun as an inferno, but it generates far less heat than many stars in our galaxy.

C. Few graduating classes these days vote on who is the most likely to succeed.

D. She did not get the job because her computer skills were not good enough.