501 Critical Reading Questions

a. advocate for the ability to defer gratification.
b. educate readers about moral development in infants.
c. chastise parents for spoiling their children.
d. inform readers of remedies for bad parenting.
e. demonstrate the importance of love in child rearing.
478.
In line 8, the word sentence most nearly means
a. statement.
b. pronouncement.
c. declaration.
d. judgment.
e. punishment.
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479.
The author presents the study about rhesus monkeys 
(lines 19–22) to
a. prove that humans and monkeys have a lot in common.
b. suggest that food is used as a substitute for love.
c. support her assertion that love is the most important aspect of
good parenting.
d. disprove the idea that you can’t spoil a baby.
e. broaden the scope of her argument to include all primates.
480.
According to the third paragraph of the passage, a cold-restrictive
parent can best be characterized as
a. an aloof disciplinarian.
b. an angry autocrat.
c. a frustrated teacher.
d. a sullen despot.
e. an unhappy dictator.
481.
Based on the information in paragraph four, one can infer that
children who are unable to defer gratification are most unlikely to
succeed because
a. they are unpopular.
b. they lack empathy.
c. their parents neglected them.
d. they are unable to follow directions.
e. they lack self-discipline.
482.
Which of the following techniques is used in lines 59–64?
a. explanation of terms