The Lost Continent of Atlantis (Reading)

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The Lost Continent of Atlantis

1) All of the following were thought by Plato to be features of Atlantean society and culture EXCEPT:

A) an extensive trade network.
B) an empire extending to multiple continents.
C) a lavish capital city.
D) a strictly secular population.


2) From paragraph 3, line 3, what does the word "it" refer to?

A) island
B) eruption
C) story
D) problem


3) Which of the following words is closest in meaning to "propagation" (paragraph 6, line 2)?

A) development
B) procurement
C) reproduction
D) disappearance


4) Ignatius Donnelly believe all of the following about Atlantis EXCEPT?

A) A group of islands in the Atlantic ocean today were once part of Atlantis.
B) Atlantis made a number of discoveries before most of the world developed the scripts.
C) The flood that is described in the Bible also destroyed Atlantis.
D) Because the banana is seedless, it would have been incapable of spreading to Africa without the help of Atlantis.


5) What does the author probably think about Steiner's theories?

A) They are scientifically meticulous.
B) They have little basis in fact.
C) They are profoundly important to the myth of Atlantis.
D) They are mostly science fiction but also have some truth.


6) Which of the following sentences best paraphrases, "Using a calendar system inspired by the ancient Mayans (who Muck believed were colonists from Atlantis), he claimed to have calculated the destruction of Atlantis down to the hour: about noon on June 6, 8498 B.C."?

A) Muck believed that the Mayans originated in Atlantis so he used their calendar for his calculations.
B) Muck fastidiously calculated the date on which Atlantis disappeared from a Mayan-like calendar.
C) Muck discovered the precise date and time that Atlantis was destroyed from the Mayan calendar.
D) The Atlantean calendar system inspired the Mayan one, which predicted the catastrophe which would occur. 


7) Which of the following words is closest in meaning to "fudged" (paragraph 11, line 5)?

A) obscured
B) sweetened
C) predicted
D) invented


8) Match the following beliefs about Atlantis to the correct theorists:

A) It is located near Bolivia.
B) Its technology was similar to that of the author's time.
C) It was destroyed by a volcanic eruption.
D) It had different physical laws than we have today.
E) It was not located in the Atlantic Ocean
F) Its technology was far more advanced than the rest of the world.
G) It had an enormous empire.
H) It can help explain the spread of fruit.
I) Its disappearance explains some strange marine migration patterns.
J) It was destroyed by the gods.


Plato
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Donnelly
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Muck
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