501 Critical Reading Questions

a. the International Athletic Committee
b. the Germans
c. George Averoff
d. the Ephor General of Antiquities
e. a local Athenian Committee
446.
According to the passage, about how long were the games to be?
a. two weeks
b. the month of April
c. four years
d. three weeks
e. a few days
447.
In line 62, the word drachma refers to
a. a block of marble.
b. the Greek word for marble.
c. the name of Greek money.
d. a type of stadium seat.
e. a type of Greek food.
448.
In line 30, what does the author claim would not be practical?
a. trying to revive the spirit of the ancient games
b. holding the new Olympics in Olympia
c. excavating the Stadium at Olympia for use at the modern games
d. refurbishing the Stadium at Athens
e. seating fifty-thousand spectators
449.
The phrase the feeling that thirty centuries looked down upon them
(lines 29–30) refers to the
a. political importance of holding the first modern games at the
site of Ancient Olympia.
b. decision to hold the second modern Olympics in France.
c. importance of reviving the spirit of the ancient Olympic games.
d. sentimental value of holding the modern games at the site of
Ancient Olympia.
e. need for the best amateur athletes to compete.
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Critical Reading Questions

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2 3 1
Questions 450–460 are based on the following passages.
The following passages detail two very different perspectives of life aboard a
ship in the age of sail. The first passage describes an English pleasure yacht