Elective - Humanities: The Winchester Mystery House [ E2020 Quiz 100% ]

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Sarah had no plan or reasons for her renovations. She would draw a blueprint that sometimes made sense, sometimes not. If it wasn't done properly or as planned, they would build around it, and add other details. Sarah would always come up with a way to work around any errors, often creating odd features. Sarah was able to control the spirits somehow by confusing them in her maze of a house.

Read the passage above. The first sentence is a topic sentence for the paragraph so we know the paragraph will be about Sarah's lack of reasoning for her renovations. The following sentences also follow a structure to support the topic sentence. What is the structure that is used for these sentences?

a.
Cause and Effect
b.
Previewing
c.
Listing
d.
None of the above

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A. Cause and Effect

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The story of the Winchester House began in September 1839 with the birth of a baby girl to Leonard and Sarah Pardee of New Haven, Connecticut. The baby's name was also Sarah and as she reached maturity, she became the belle of the city. She was well-received at all social events, thanks to her musical skills, her fluency in various foreign languages and her sparkling charm. Her beauty was also well-known by the young men about town, despite her diminutive size. Although she was petite and stood only four feet, ten inches, she made up for this in personality and loveliness.
At the same time that Sarah was growing up, a young man was also maturing in another prominent New Haven family. The young man's name was William Wirt Winchester and he was the son of Oliver Winchester, a shirt manufacturer and businessman.
Look at the picture above. Who do you predict the picture is of? Read the passage above and choose the answer that correctly identifies the woman in the picture. Was your prediction correct?

a.
Mrs. Sarah Pardee
b.
Mrs. Joan Winchester
c.
Mrs. Sarah Winchester
d.
None of the above

C. Mrs. Sarah Winchester

Look at the headers from one of the webpages:

America's Most Haunted Places
A Roadtrip into the Supernatural

The Winchester Mystery House
The Haunted History of one of America's strangest --& most haunted--houses.

What can you predict the website information will be about based on your preview of the header above? Choose the best answer below.

a.
An old house
b.
A rifle company
c.
A haunted house
d.
America's best roadtrips

C. A haunted house

What question is answered by the following passage from "Winchester Mystery House"?

The Victorian architectural period was from about 1825 to 1900. Victorians drew deeply from history, nature, geometry, theory, and personal inspiration to create their designs.

a.
When was the Victorian period of architecture?
b.
What inspired Victorian architects?
c.
Why was history important to Victorian architects?
d.
both a & b
e.
both b & c

D. both a & b

Choose the best word to complete the sentence below.

After hiking in the heat all day, Maggie's energy was _______.

a.
accumulated
b.
demolished
c.
depleted
d.
renovated

C. depleted