Bridge Day 1: Topic/Main Idea Question Preview (ID: 42890)

a) At the height of the Roman Empire, pearls were so precious that a general financed a military campaign by selling one earring

b) According to Hindu mythology, the god Krishna created the pearl by reachinig into the sea for his daughter's present.

c) Cleopatra crushed one of her large expensive pearls, to show Marc Antony she could eat the most expensive dinner in the world

d) For thousands of years, humans had regarded pearls as wealth.

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a) In various ways, actual pirates contrast with fictional ones.

b) There is little evidence that pirates commonly forced prisoners to walk the plank, as they do in movies.

c) Fictional pirates steal gold and gems; pirate loot normally consisted of molasses, sugar, and enslaved Africans.

d) Although pirate fiction has focused on Caribbean pirates, China Sea pirates were the best organized and most feared.

a) Larch trees have developed tough bark that can withstand the flames of fast-moving wildfires.

b) Some plants can withstand or benefit from wildfires.

c) To flourish, sequoia seedlings need a site cleared of other vegetation - for instance, by fire.

d) Wildfire heat can melt the snow from pinecones, enabling them to release their seeds.

a) Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer, written in 1935, couldn't be published in the U.S. until 1961; was considered obscene

b) Because of government censorship, James Joyce's Ulysses had to be smuggled into the U.S.

c) Since its publication in 1884, Mark Twain's Huck Finn has been targeted in numerous censorship campaigns for racism.

d) In the U.S., censorship has been more common than many people realize.

a) Air conditioning changed many aspects of twentieth-century American life.

b) Air conditioning enables industry to continue regular manufacturing hours throughout hot summer months.

c) After air conditioning became standard, the architecture of northern homes spread south.

d) Air conditioning was a major factor in Sunbelt population growth.

a) Because longwall mining remove more coal than other methods, it creates a greater risk of mine cave-ins.

b) Longwall mining can be damagaing to the environment and dangerous to human beings.

c) Longwall mining disturbs underground water supplies, causing freshwater wells to go dry.

d) A longwall mine can span miles, destroying the foundations of numerous homes above.

a) Many Devil's Island inmates died of tropical diseases.

b) Inmates who escaped to the mainland found themselves in jungle so forbidding that some called it the green hell.

c) The penalty for killing a Devil's Island guard was public beheading by guillotine.

d) Conditions within and around Devil's Island made it one of the world's most notorious prisons.

a) The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is an important piece of legislation.

b) The ADA mandates that schools accommodate students with learning disabilities.

c) The ADA requires that all public buildings be accessible by wheelchair.

d) The ADA forbids denying people employment because of their disabilities.