Quiz for Chapter Sixteen
Student Self-Grading Multiple Choice
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1. 1. Most often, the subject of a sentence is a pronoun or noun that performs ________.
a) the action of the verb
b) the action of the adjective
c) the action of the adverb
d) the action of the object
Answer: a (360).
2. 2. Indefinite pronouns refer to ________.
a) groups
b) nonspecific individuals
c) nonspecific objects
d) A and b only
e) A and c only
Answer: e (363).
3. Problems in pronoun-antecedent agreement apply to ________.
a) adverbs
b) personal pronouns
c) numbers
d) articles
Answer: b (365).
4. If the pronoun lacks an apparent noun antecedent, the writer has committed the error of ________.
a) broad reference
b) remote reference
c) no reference
d) None of the above
Answer: c (371).
5. If a writer expects the reader to connect a noun to a pronoun when each component is separated by more than a sentence, the writer has committed the error of ________.
a) remote reference
b) no reference
c) broad reference
d) None of the above
Answer: a (372).
6. If the pronoun refers to two or more nouns and the antecedent is unclear, the writer has committed the error of ________.
a) broad reference
b) remote reference
c) ambiguous reference
d) None of the above
Answer: c (372).
7. Personal pronouns refer to ________.
a) inanimate objects
b) persons
c) thoughts
d) opinions
Answer: b (376).
8. When questioning whether to use who or whom, the reader can find the answer in the ________.
a) clause introduced by the pronoun
b) preceding sentence
c) following sentence
d) None of the above
Answer: a (378).
9. Dangling modifiers are sometimes called ________.
a) hanging modifiers
b) dangling participles
c) hanging participles
d) None of the above
Answer: b (385).
10. Coordinate elements are ________.
a) unequal elements
b) equal elements
c) Both the above
d) None of the above
Answer: b (389).
Short Answer Questions
11. Many errors in pronoun–antecedent agreement apply to personal ___________ and pronouns in the ___________ form. It is important to keep in mind that a pronoun must agree with its ___________ noun in number.
Suggested answer: pronouns, possessive, antecedent (365).
12.A writer may be embarrassed by the outcomes of ___________ or misplaced modifiers because the intended meaning of a clause or sentence can become obscured to very confusing ends. The former error tends to appear at the ___________ of a sentence, while the latter appears at the ___________.
Suggested answer: dangling, beginning, end (385–86).