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Chapter 9: Review Test 6

Fact and Opinion

Read the following statements, and mark each one as follows:

F if it states a fact
O if it expresses an opinion
F/O if it combines fact and opinion

This activity contains 20 questions.

Question 1.
___ The government should reduce the growth of Medicare spending.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 1


Question 2.
___ Many public schools do not offer information about birth control.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 2


Question 3.
___Because of the Monica Lewinsky affair, President Clinton was one of the most immoral presidents of the 20th century.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 3


Question 4.
___President Bush is the 43rd president of the United States, but there have been only 42 presidents.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 4


Question 5.
___The size of the universe is mind-boggling; the sun is only one of the more than 200 billion stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way, and the Milky Way is one of billions of galaxies in the universe.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 5


Question 6.
___ Mecca is a city in Saudi Arabia with 618,000 inhabitants; Mecca is located about 80 kilometers from the Red Sea coast and is built around a natural well.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 6


Question 7.
___Mecca is the most holy city in Islam.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 7


Question 8.
___The U.S.Mint buys strips of metal about 13 inches wide and 1,500 feet long to manufacture the nickel, dime, quarter, half-dollar, and dollar.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 8


Question 9.
___ Tupac Shakur was one of the most influential rappers ever; his lyrics, actions, and offstage antics outraged people all over the world.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 9


Question 10.
___Afeni Shakur, Tupac's mother, spent time in prison while she was pregnant with Tupac.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 10


Question 11.
___On a physical level, yoga postures, called asanas, are designed to tone, strengthen, and align the body.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 11


Question 12.
___On the mental level, yoga uses breathing techniques and meditation to quiet, clarify, and discipline the mind.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 12


Question 13.
___Yoga should be taught in public schools as a part of physical education.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 13


Question 14.
___Yoga is not usually taught in public schools because many people think it is a religion.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 14


Question 15.
___Yoga began in ancient India and is one of the longest-surviving systems of thought in the world.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 15


Question 16.
___ Chiropractors believe that if our spines are healthy, we will feel better and enjoy life more.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 16


Question 17.
___ Many of the first modern chiropractors were jailed for practicing medicine without a license.

 
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O
F/O
End of Question 17


Question 18.
___ In 1944, the G.I. Bill paid for veterans to study chiropractic after they left the service.

 
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O
F/O
End of Question 18


Question 19.
___Chiropractors are quacks.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 19


Question 20.
___ The novel Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain should be banned from required reading lists in public schools.

 
F
O
F/O
End of Question 20





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