501 Critical Reading Questions

Critical Reading Questions
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438.
c. It is stated throughout the passage Comiskey was a frugal man,
yet in lines 76–77 it says that he paid for the players’ defense
lawyers. Why? The answer to that and the biggest clue to
answering this question lies in the last sentence of the passage:
Comiskey’s once mighty team was decimated by the loss of its most
talented players, and the 1921 White Sox finished the season in 
seventh place.
439.
b. Lines 47–50 state that gamblers would often target with the
lower-paid athletes because the money with which these gamblers
tempted the players was hard to refuse. The passage tells that due
to Charles Comiskey’s stinginess with his players, there were
many underpaid players on the White Sox who were dissatisfied (lines
61–62) and they were the most discontented team in baseball (line
35). These factors suggest that if Charles Comiskey had treated
his players better, perhaps they might not have been so eager to
betray him.
440.
b. A context clue to help you answer this question is found in lines
2–3, when the author states that Herodes Atticus Street is one of
the most retired streets of the city. Of the given answer choices, out
of the ordinary best describes the activity of heavy construction
on a normally quiet street.
441.
c. The author states in lines 6–7 that the lower end of Herodes
Atticus Street opens upon a bridge across the Ilissos, and on the oppo-
site bank lies the Panathenaic Stadium—the Stadium at Athens.
442.
b. Lines 11–12 state the Committee decided that the Olympics
would be held once in four years, and the next two Olympics to
follow would be held in the years 1900 and 1904 (line 25).
443.
c. As stated in line 16, the organizers of the first modern Olympics
were swayed partly by sentimental reasons in the choice of name and
place. The ancient Olympics took its name from the city where
it was held every four years: Olympia, in Greece. To honor
those ancient games, the organizers named the modern games
the Olympics and would play the inaugural contests in Greece.
444.
d. The Germans were involved in excavating the ancient Stadium at
Olympia (lines 47–48). Nowhere in the passage does it mention
that there was a vote to decide between Olympia and Athens.
445.