Answers to Quizzes on Sentence Writing Diagnostic Test I

1. B fragment (dependent clause) 26. C subject-verb agreement 2. D subject-verb agreement 27. A wrong word 3. B pronoun reference 28. D tense 4. A fragment (participial phrase) 29. D fragment (dependent clause) 5. A comma splice 30. A spelling 6. D tense 31. D comma splice 7. A tense 32. E 8. A fragment (participle as verb) 33. A run-on 9. B comma 34. D wrong word 10. B pronoun reference 35. D comma 11. C punctuation (semicolon)/fragment 36. C apostrophe 12. B wrong word 37. A wrong word 13. B spelling 38. A run-on 14. B comma 39. C tense 15. D fragment (participle as verb) 40. C syntax/adverb 16. C pronoun reference 41. C comma splice 17. B capitalization 42. C comma 18. C wrong word 43. D wrong word 19. B comma splice 44. D run-on 20. B run-on 45. D punctuation (semicolon)/fragment 21. C comma splice 46. D comma 22. A subject-verb agreement 47. D wrong word 23. D fragment (participle as verb) 48. E 24. C tense 49. A comma splice 25. D comma 50. C pronoun reference

Diagnostic Test II

1. B pronoun reference 25. B spelling 2. D punctuation (semicolon) 26. C tense 3. C comma splice 27. E 4. A tense 28. B tense 5. D subject-verb agreement 29. C pronoun reference 6. D comma splice 30. B punctuation (quotation) 7. B capitalization 31. C run-on 8. C subject-verb agreement 32. C tense 9. C capitalization 33. C punctuation (colon) 10. A comma 34. B pronoun reference 11. A apostrophe 35. D run-on 12. D fragment (dependent clause) 36. B comma 13. B wrong word 37. E 14. D comma 38. E 15. B fragment (dependent clause) 39. B spelling 16. B tense 40. C wrong word 17. D comma 41. A tense 18. B wrong word 42. D run-on 19. B tense 43. E 20. D comma 44. A comma 21. B syntax/adverb 45. E 22. A subject-verb agreement 46. E 23. D fragment (participle as verb) 47. D punctuation (italics or underlining) 24. D comma splice 48. D tense 49. A fragment (participial phrase) 50. B syntax Quiz 1: Parts of Speech

1. N Adv 6. Adv Adj 11. V Adj 16. Prep Adj 2. V Prep 7. P Prep 12. Adj Adv 17. C Adv 3. Adj Adj 8. N N 13. N C 18. C N 4. P Adj 9. Adj Adj 14. V Adj 19. C Adj 5. Prep Adj 10. C V 15. P N 20. Adv V

Quiz 2: Parts of Speech

1. V N 6. Adj N 11. N Prep 16. Prep V 2. Adj V 7. C Prep 12. V N 17. Adj N 3. P V 8. P Prep 13. P C 18. Adv Adj 4. Adv Adj 9. Adj N 14. Adv Adj 19. P Adj 5. Adv Prep 10. Adj Adj 15. V Adj 20. N Adj

Quiz 3: Parts of Speech

1. V C 6. Adv C 11. Prep V 16. Adj Prep 2. Adv Adj 7. Prep Adj 12. Adv Prep 17. N P 3. V C 8. N Adj 13. P N 18. P V 4. P P 9. N Adv 14. C Adj 19. C Adv 5. N Prep 10. V P 15. N Adv 20. V Adv

Quiz 4: Subjects and Verbs

1. (you) stop 11. house stood 2. Americans are 12. you Have thought 3. opportunities are 13. Joseph Conrad proved 4. couples have decided 14. Jealousy, envy are 5. cottage is 15. Swimming, jogging are 6. Bar Harbor, Galveston have 16. Bruce Springsteen grew 7. Cody won 17. advantages are 8. Skyline Drive is 18. cost is 9. Everyone has 19. Plants, flowers add 10. desserts are loaded 20. Uncle James enjoys

Quiz 5: Subjects and Verbs 1. Television provides 10. you, Henry Will help 2. Harriet is 11. Reading, swimming are 3. Maria, Tony dated, will be 12. Love, discipline are married 13. secretaries command 4. Philadelphia, New York are, offer 14. everyone is 5. (you) sit, pass 15. games are 6. Teachers appreciate 16. artisans practice 7. line is 17. Photography was considered 8. An American Tragedy 18. Students, teachers prefer The Great Gatsby were written 19. Polo is 9. Inflation eats, destroys 20. Terry studies Quiz 6: Subjects and Verbs

1. brother/friend sold 11. Helen will help 2. somebody can give 12. tour is 3. applicants were 13. (You) shut/take 4. part comes 14. Bill will help 5. (You) read 15. books are published 6. team scored 16. items were 7. I will be 17. attitude/concern impressed 8. agents will be 18. spectators stood/cheered/ 9. coach/players were angered waved 10. cast was congratulated/ 19. we have placed given 20. William stood

Quiz 7: Kinds of Sentences

1. compound 9. compound 2. compound-complex 10. simple 3. complex 11. complex 4. simple 12. compound-complex 5. compound 13. compound-complex 6. complex 14. compound 7. compound-complex 15. complex 8. complex 16. complex

Quiz 8: Kinds of Sentences

1. complex 10. simple 2. simple 11. compound 3. compound 12. complex 4. compound-complex 13. compound 5. complex 14. compound 6. complex 15. complex 7. simple 16. simple 8. complex 17–20. Answers will vary. 9. simple

Quiz 9: Kinds of Sentences

1. S 6. CP 11. CP 16. CC 2. CP 7. CP 12. CC 17. CP 3. CX 8. S 13. S 18. CX 4. CC 9. S 14. S 19. CC 5. CX 10. CX 15. CX 20. CX

Quiz 10: Sentence Combining

1. He joined a law firm in Miami, and we seldom saw each other anymore. 2. The Wildcats’ basketball team has the depth necessary to win the tournament, but the forwards are small. 3. After the ambulance driver turned on the siren, she raced to the address given by the 911 caller. 4. After Gus baked some apple bread this morning, he took a loaf to one of his neighbors. 5. Although I searched for the check that my mother had asked me to deposit in the bank this morning, I was unable to find it. 6. The skies were overcast this morning, but to my surprise, the sun came out in the afternoon. 7. When the young author read her own story in the current issue of The New Yorker, she was satisfied. 8. After the roof began to leak and several of the stained-glass windows were cracked, the members of the congregation knew that they must increase the church’s maintenance budget for the coming year. 9. Octavia is nervous because she is making her debut tonight with the city’s new opera company. 10. Because the job calls for computer skills, I expect to be hired.

Quiz 11: Sentence Combining

1. Because between January 1924 and September 1929 stock prices rose, many people thought stock prices would go up forever. 2. On Thursday, October 24, the stock exchange opened for what brokers hoped would be a profitable day of rising prices; however, within an hour, their hopes were dashed. 3. Everyone wanted to sell stocks, but no one wanted to buy them. 4. Great crowds gathered on the street outside the Stock Exchange, where rumors of business failures and attempted suicides swept through the crowd. 5. At first, the crash appeared to have hurt only the million or so people who had gambled and lost on the stock market, but within a few months of the crash, unemployment rates began to rise. 6. Industrial production, prices, and wages fell sharply, and a long business slump known as the Great Depression began. 7. By 1932, factory production had been cut in half, about 86,000 businesses had failed, and almost 9,000 banks had closed. 8. Around 9 million people lost their savings accounts, and unemployment soared from 3.2 percent in 1929 to 25 percent in 1933. 9. Many historians have studied the Great Depression, but they do not all agree on the causes. 10. One certain cause was that ordinary people had not been able to buy expensive items produced in American factories because fully 60 percent of all American families earned less than $2,000 a year.

Quiz 12: Sentence Combining

Answers will vary.

1. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, the Joad family lived in Oklahoma. When the dust storms hit the area, the Joad family headed for California. 2. In California, the Joads were not welcome because thousands of poor people had gone to California. The poor people had heard of jobs in fruit picking, but they discovered that California had more job seekers than jobs. 3. After large farm owners took advantage of the workers, the workers banded together. Jim Casey and Tom Joad became leaders, and the people learned to help themselves. 4. Edgar Allan Poe wrote a short story entitled “The Cask of Amontillado,” in which the narrator tells of his experience fifty years earlier. Because he wanted revenge against an enemy, he walled that person up in a catacomb. 5. At first his victim said it was surely a joke and begged to be free. The narrator refused; after all these years, he cannot dismiss the experience from his mind. 6. In Carrie, Stephen King’s first published novel, King used some ideas from his experience as a high school teacher. Carrie, who is insecure and unhappy, is not treated well. 7. When some of Carrie’s peers try to trick her for their amusement, she is, at first, deceived. Using a special power, she gets revenge, and the town will not soon forget her. 8. The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is concerned with four people who try to escape reality. Because the reality is harsh, life is lonely and nightmarish. 9. Laura, one of the main characters, has tried to escape into the world of her glass menagerie and her music. Then she meets a young man she has long admired, and he offers kindness to her. 10. When the young man dances with Laura, for a brief time she has confidence. But then she discovers she will never see him again, and she returns to her glass menagerie and her music.

Quiz 13: Fragments

C 1. Frag 2. The party was over. Frag 3. The beer blast lasted all night. Frag 4. They hurriedly and ineffectively tried to smother the small fire. C 5. Frag 6. The silhouetted figure stood in the doorway. Frag 7. The long-haired dog lived in the pen on the corner of the row. Frag 8. When the storm was over, the sun broke through. C 9. C 10. Frag 11. She was operated on a year ago. Frag 12. Slowly but confidently, he opened the locked door. C 13. Frag 14. The rain swelled the waters behind the dam. Frag 15. The dam on the third-largest river in the state is a technological and engineering wonder. Frag 16. You must decide to accept responsibility for your own actions and for the consequences of your actions. Frag 17. She accepted the invitation to the ball. Frag 18. The insects hatch on the Schoharie, a stream famous for its trout fishing. Frag 19. She stepped onto the loose front step. C 20.

Quiz 14: Fragments

Frag 1. He tried to sound aristocratic. C 2. Frag 3. They dieted for a month with no visible results. Frag 4. The bright green plant with the red flowers sat on the windowsill. C 5. Frag 6. Desperation overcame prudence. Frag 7. The yellow and red stained-glass ornament hung by the patio doors. Frag 8. I never even thought of protesting. Frag 9. Quickly and angrily, he threw the ball at his enemy’s head. Frag 10. He submitted his resignation to his supervisor at the same time. C 11. Frag 12. The flu is a viral infection. Frag 13. The flu is not cured by antibiotics. Frag 14. They were filled with happiness and excitement on this glorious day. Frag 15. The child played on the rusted swing by the side of the lake. Frag 16. He left on his first trip to Europe. C 17. C 18. Frag 19. Many people still catch colds in the spring because they don’t dress properly. C 20.

Quiz 15: Comma Splices and Run-Ons

1. C 6. C 11. RO 16. RO 2. CS 7. CS 12. CS 17. RO 3. RO 8. RO 13. RO 18. CS 4. CS 9. CS 14. CS 19. RO 5. RO 10. C 15. C 20. RO

Quiz 16: Comma Splices and Run-Ons

1. RO 6. RO 11. C 16. CS 2. CS 7. CS 12. CS 17. CS 3. RO 8. CS 13. C 18. C 4. C 9. C 14. CS 19. CS 5. RO 10. RO 15. RO 20. CS

Quiz 17: Comma Splices, Run-Ons, and Fragments

1. CS 6. RO 11. RO 16. RO 2. CS 7. OK 12. CS 17. OK 3. RO 8. OK 13. RO 18. RO 4. OK 9. Frag 14. OK 19. CS 5. OK 10. Frag 15. RO 20. CS Quiz 18: Parallelism

1. heading to the beaches for a vacation with friends. 2. manage to get in eight hours of sleep. 3. she asks them in a tone of voice that demands an immediate answer. 4. on the floor. 5. delicious. 6. have to get up early and study before breakfast. 7. he found himself hard at work for General Motors. 8. head for the Swiss Alps. 9. leaving to go to Greg’s Grill at lunch time. 10. how to address it.

Quiz 19: Parallelism

1. The recently published biography of Winston Churchill is interesting, detailed, and well written. 2. C 3. The wing chair was upholstered in a linen with green and white stripes and red poppies. 4. At six o’clock Thursday morning, the telephone rang loudly, persistently, and almost endlessly. 5. We not only went horseback riding but also took a boat out on the Rio Grande. 6. C 7. C 8. October skies are blue, clear, and cold. 9. C 10. He can order the cap either by mail or by calling a toll-free number. 11. She lives in Montana, works for a pharmaceutical company, and attends night school. 12. He spends his Saturdays working on his antique cars or going to ball games. 13. Pat visits all those hardware stores that sell sporting goods and stops by the specialty shops as well. 14. C 15. Our whole family thoroughly enjoyed the fast-paced, upbeat musical. 16. That commercial was neither accurate nor entertaining. 17. C 18. The banquet table in the great dining hall was long, narrow, and dirty. 19. We assured the visitors from Scotland that the climate in the mountains is cool at night and hot during the day. 20. The judge has asked to speak to both the defense attorneys and the district attorney.

Quiz 20: Parallelism

1. P 6. NP 11. P 16. P 2. NP 7. P 12. NP 17. NP 3. P 8. NP 13. P 18. NP 4. NP 9. P 14. P 19. P 5. P 10. NP 15. NP 20. NP

Quiz 21: Tense

1. talked 6. blew 11. clung 16. felt 2. thinks 7. hopes 12. stood 17. raised 3. swung 8. remember 13. appeared 18. hanged 4. supposed 9. begun 14. gotten or got 19. worn 5. awakened 10. swum 15. eaten 20. hoped Quiz 22: Tense

1. stolen 6. driven 11. sailed 16. asked 2. run 7. fallen 12. burst 17. done 3. fled 8. hung 13. frozen 18. told 4. decided 9. rung 14. broken 19. commanded 5. accustomed 10. taken 15. stung 20. received

Quiz 23: Problems with Special Verbs 1. lie 6. have 11. raised 16. burst 2. drunk 7. set 12. have 17. sitting 3. laid 8. used 13. lie 18. rise 4. supposed 9. rise 14. ate 19. drunk 5. sat 10. rang 15. lying 20. lay

Quiz 24: Subject-Verb Agreement

1. are 6. is 11. is 16. is 2. contain 7. is 12. has 17. protects 3. were 8. costs 13. is 18. work 4. is 9. are 14. Isn’t 19. encourages 5. is 10. is 15. are 20. is

Quiz 25: Subject-Verb Agreement

1. makes 6. is 11. sensationalizes 16. are 2. are 7. is 12. are 17. have 3. costs 8. was 13. is 18. were 4. is 9. is 14. cover 19. spends 5. am 10. is 15. are 20. is

Quiz 26: Subject-Verb Agreement

1. are 6. have 11. have 16. become 2. were 7. appear 12. was 17. describes 3. was 8. was 13. spread 18. is 4. has 9. makes 14. sail 19. is 5. are 10. has 15. assembles 20. is

Quiz 27: Tense Consistency

1. C, C 7. C 2. C 8. took 3. C, C 9. C, C, C, C 4. was, C 10. ran, C 5. caused 11. C 6. C 12. C

Quiz 28: Tense Consistency

1. C 6. pick, C 2. come 7. C 3. C, C 8. slap, C 4. C 9. howl, C, C, hunker, C, getting 5. C, C 10. earn Quiz 29: Passive to Active Voice

1. A famous scientist gave the lecture. 2. Dr. Song performed the surgery. 3. The Vienna Boys’ Choir produced the opera. 4. Janice Baines rode the winning horse. 5. Harold Stanton won the Wimbledon men’s tennis tournament. 6. The class read Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. 7. Jan Brown wrote the report for the mayor. 8. Thousands of fans greeted the rock star. 9. Elvis recorded the album on June 15, 1956. 10. Both houses of the state assembly passed the gun-control legislation.

Quiz 30: Passive to Active Voice

1. I made the lunch. 2. The veterinarian operated on the Irish wolfhound. 3. The biologist completed the experiment. 4. Cary programmed the computer. 5. Our basketball team won the championship game. 6. The government deported the spy. 7. The astronaut took a space walk. 8. Mrs. Nelson gave the brunch. 9. Thomas Jefferson signed the Declaration of Independence. 10. The Supreme Court judges declined his appeal.

Quiz 31: Pronoun Case

1. Who 6. Who’s 11. Whose 16. whom 2. whom 7. whom 12. whoever 17. whom 3. whoever 8. who 13. who 18. whomever 4. Whoever 9. Whom 14. who 19. whoever 5. who 10. whom 15. whom 20. whomever

Quiz 32: Pronoun Case

1. me 6. her 11. he 16. us 2. We 7. C 12. they 17. me 3. C 8. him 13. he 18. me 4. she 9. C 14. me 19. C 5. him 10. I 15. I 20. me

Quiz 33: Pronoun Case

1. Whom 6. Who 11. whoever 16. us 2. me 7. they 12. who 17. whoever 3. I 8. whomever 13. We 18. him 4. me 9. ourselves 14. our 19. me 5. him 10. him 15. he 20. its Quiz 34: Pronoun Agreement

1. her 6. his 11. their 16. their 2. its 7. its 12. his or her 17. her 3. their 8. their 13. his or her 18. his or her 4. their 9. their 14. his or her 19. she 5. their 10. his or her 15. her 20. its

Quiz 35: Pronoun Agreement

1. his 6. their 11. its 16. it 2. his or her 7. his 12. it 17. its 3. their 8. his or her 13. their 18. his or her 4. her 9. their 14. their 19. their 5. his or her 10. his or her 15. their 20. his

Quiz 36: Pronoun Agreement

1. he or she 6. their 11. his or her 16. who 2. her 7. their 12. their 17. their 3. his or her 8. his 13. his 18. himself 4. itself 9. his or her 14. his or her 19. he 5. it 10. its 15. its 20. them

Quiz 37: Pronoun Reference

1. When a woman has to walk from the subway to her office, she needs to wear one pair of shoes and carry another. 2. C 3. C 4. Because the man in front of me at the market had a heap of groceries in his cart, my work was delayed. 5. When we read that Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm were both linguists, we became interested not only in them but also in the study of language. 6. C 7. If a man decides to order a monogrammed shirt, he should be absolutely sure that it will fit. 8. Some years our vines are laden with grapes. 9. Because time is a commodity in short supply, more and more of us shop by mail. 10. Coach Pankhurst said to Gerald, “You have to spend more time on the track if you expect to stay in shape.”

Quiz 38: Pronoun Reference

1. Because the stereo was going full blast in the next room, Herb was annoyed and could not concentrate on reading Lord Jim. 2. C 3. The radio says a stalled lumber truck has blocked the freeway traffic; the delay means Melissa will be late for work. 4. Grandfather told Bernard, “You ought to stop watching wrestling on television and do something constructive.” 5. Did you realize that Mr. Jacobs, whose photographs are on display in the alumni gallery, has two daughters who are also interested in photography? 6. C 7. When a person learns to read, he or she has taken the essential step toward acquiring other knowledge. 8. That our soccer team was ahead at the half was certainly a surprise to those of us who had seen last week’s shutout. 9. I could not pull from my memory, which has frozen on more than one occasion, the name of the man hurrying across the lobby of the bank toward me. 10. If a person chooses to room alone on the cruise, he or she will have to pay an additional fee.

Quiz 39: Pronoun Reference

1. OK 6. it 11. They 16. That 2. their 7. she 12. who 17. OK 3. you 8. who 13. Her 18. you 4. they 9. which 14. They 19. which 5. which 10. This 15. her 20. which

Quiz 40: Adjectives and Adverbs

1. steadily 6. uncertainly 11. rapidly 16. best 2. badly 7. clear 12. warm 17. carefully 3. suddenly 8. plainly 13. C 18. easily 4. better 9. really 14. bad 19. C 5. good 10. much 15. really 20. regularly

Quiz 41: Adjectives and Adverbs

1. somewhat 6. extravagant 11. evenly 16. intently 2. casually 7. cautiously 12. calm 17. worst 3. nervously 8. surely 13. quietly 18. well 4. better 9. prettier 14. loud, clear 19. sweet 5. enthusiastically 10. exact 15. suddenly 20. sweeter

Quiz 42: Adjectives and Adverbs

1. older replaces oldest 11. hardest replaces harder 2. slowly replaces slow 12. really replaces real 3. really replaces real 13. really replaces real 4. more nearly straight replaces more straight 14. whistled only replaces only whistled 5. bad replaces badly 15. kinds replaces kind 6. rapidly replaces rapid 16. all right replaces alright 7. more honest replaces honester 17. besides replaces beside 8. surely replaces sure 18. most nearly perfect replaces most perfect 9. more easily replaces easier 19. delete type 10. kinds replaces kind 20. delete a

Quiz 43: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

1. MM the rider wearing shorts 2. MM the desk with the brass inlaid figures 3. C 4. MM Diets that help one lose weight 5. MM Doctors with white hospital coats 6. C 7. MM men with hairy chests 8. DM As I looked out my window, I saw 9. C 10. C 11. MM shows that emphasize violence 12. MM shirt with the red stripes 13. MM car with a broken odometer 14. MM only to Tony 15. C 16. MM car that was rusty 17. C 18. MM students who work hard 19. MM rain hitting the tin roof. 20. MM Houses with central air conditioning and heating

Quiz 44: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

1. MM shirt with brown stripes 2. DM the water, I hit a raft. 3. C 4. C 5. MM windows that are made of stained glass. 6. C 7. MM Jerry because of his ability in math. 8. C 9. C 10. DM To obtain a loan, one must see 11. DM While a person drives a car, 12. C 13. MM Avarice, which is greed, is 14. MM car with a flat tire 15. C 16. MM bike with broken gears 17. MM writers who live in America 18. DM Channel, one needs endurance and strength. 19. MM Puppies with good dispositions 20. MM Lawyers who chase ambulances

Quiz 45: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

1. D 6. C 11. D 16. M 2. D 7. M 12. D 17. C 3. M 8. M 13. M 18. C 4. D 9. M 14. M 19. M 5. M 10. D 15. M 20. M

Quiz 46: Commas

1. P mother, the lady in the pink suit, 3. P understand, young fellow, 2. P poets, . . . century, 4. P thief,” 5. P Harry, 13. P tree, overbearing and wild, 6. P Phoenix, a growing metropolis, 14. P whispered, 7. C 15. P Wildermuth, . . . man, 8. P now, I believe, 16. P Parrots, colorful and exotic birds, 9. P Building, . . . years, 17. P gold, moreover, 10. P President, 18. C 11. P wait,” 19. C 12. P Recitation, . . . course, 20. P day,

Quiz 47: Commas

1. P time, 11. P course, 2. P apples, peaches, pears, 12. P studying,” 3. P students, 13. P success, 4. P elaborate, 14. P Georgiana, . . . miles, 5. P four, 15. P conditioning, . . . humankind, 6. C 16. P Nevertheless, 7. P day, 17. C 8. C 18. P Mrs. Erskine, . . . student, 9. P groceries, . . . children, 19. P forecasters, for my money, 10. P charming, 20. P society, . . . trendiness,

Quiz 48: Commas

1. Steinbeck, a great American writer, Salinas, 11. themselves, and 2. setting, he 12. ordinary, determined 3. works, he 13. border, the 4. workers, and 14. widely, but 5. novel, The Grapes of Wrath, 15. Instead, they . . . poor, desperate 6. Oklahoma, a 16. organize, they 7. hit, . . . the executives, who 17. suffering, the 8. California, the 18. The Grapes of Wrath, the 9. California, these 19. published, it 10. trip, which . . . book, is . . . suffering, 20. appeal, one compassion, and Quiz 49: Commas and Semicolons

1. slick; 11. business; 2. loan; 12. Murders, 3. C 13. sought; 4. circumstances; 14. tremendous; 5. pilot, 15. C 6. C 16. perish; 7. Phoenix, Arizona; 17. interviewed; 8. field, 18. last, 9. late, 19. die, 10. situation, 20. with;

Quiz 50: Commas and Semicolons

1. C 3. jump, 2. interesting, 4. countries; 5. Oklahoma; 13. recorder; 6. teachers; 14. handsome, 7. rain; 15. C 8. carrier; 16. soon, 9. Twain; 17. shop; or shop, 10. responsible; 18. determinism; 11. brave; 19. today; 12. summer, 20. C

Quiz 51: Commas and Semicolons

1. C—relatives, 11. C—fell, 2. S—son; 12. S—destruction; 3. S—secretary; 13. C—exciting, 4. S—adults; 14. C—talent, 5. C—move, 15. S—seriously; 6. C—people, 16. S—outward; 7. S—him; or him, 17. C—election, 8. C—scientists, 18. C—Darwin, 9. S—rational; 19. S—unit; 10. S—speed; 20. S—scientists;

Quiz 52: Other Types of Punctuation

1. P “But . . . more” 11. P [207 B.C.] 2. P “No . . . me” 12. P mistake.” 3. P really? 13. P list: 4. C 14. C 5. P [1643] 15. P show: 6. C 16. P Misfortune/bad luck 7. C 17. P Power-sharing, 8. P “Stop . . . around!” 18. P age-old 9. P was—you must believe me!—not 19. C 10. C 20. P ever-vigilant Quiz 53: Punctuation and Capitalization

1. (P) married state 9. (lc) beautiful sunset 2. (end p) alone. (P) solitude, 3. (lc) truly strong 10. (P) In addition, 4. (P) words, 11. (cap) Browning (apos) person’s, 12. (apos, P) burdens: 5. (lc) of 13. (P) Indeed, 6. C (P) leisure time 7. (P) giving, caring, 14. C 8. (P) married state 15. (P) couple: (apos) person’s 16. (caps) Second Avenue

Quiz 54: Punctuation and Capitalization

1. “In . . . men.” 4. It’s 2. day’s 5. ‘Stop’ or stop 3. Lebensraum 6. birds’ 7. it’s 14. Marciano— 8. Billy Budd 15. interviewed: 9. “Ode . . . Nightingale”? 16. Engels—were— 10. London’s 17. Romantic period 11. he? 18. Independence 12. cave-in 19. English 13. 7’s 20. Aunt