Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Please choose the
correct definition for the bolded word.
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Some students
prefer to study their notes in a congenial atmosphere like a coffee shop. a. | caffeinated | b. | noisy | c. | social | d. | agreeable | | |
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Some students find
it easier to focus on studying in the quiet, subterranean levels of the
library. a. | underground | b. | science fiction | c. | obvious | d. | scholarly | | |
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If we were to name
one attribute that distinguishes students who are successful, it’s that they have a real
sense of ownership around their learning. a. | goal | b. | motivator | c. | characteristic | d. | honor | | |
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You may wonder how
a sense of ownership manifests itself with regard to studying. a. | shows | b. | learns | c. | impacts | d. | reasons | | |
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On the
hierarchy of how you’d like to spend your day, staying home with a thick textbook may
not, in fact, rank very high. a. | daydream | b. | group of things ranked in order of
importance | c. | group of things ranked in chronological
order | d. | British royalty | | |
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You may find it
especially hard to motivate yourself to pick up that heavy tome and get
started. a. | barbell | b. | book | c. | briefcase | d. | bowling ball | | |
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Intrinsic
motivation is inside of you where it’s far less susceptible to the vicissitudes of all
that’s going on around you. a. | influences | b. | chatter | c. | variations | d. | current events | | |
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Although it may
sound contrived, it is possible to turn extrinsic praise inward, creating intrinsic
motivation. a. | too good to be
true | b. | overly
planned | c. | tough to replicate | d. | a bit silly | | |
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Procrastination is
an insidious trap that can throw a smokescreen over your motivation. a. | insectlike | b. | obvious | c. | apparent | d. | stealthfully harmful | | |
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Be sure to factor
some creature comforts into your study plan—something to relieve some of the onus of
studying. a. | pressure | b. | anxiety | c. | serenity | d. | burden | | |
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A good textbook is
a marvelously structured creation that has been designed to lead you at a calm and orderly pace
through a thicket of facts and other data. a. | thick growth | b. | organized array | c. | sparse path | d. | flowing undercurrent | | |
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Try to
apportion your time in a way that feels manageable to you. a. | give to your friends | b. | divide proportionately | c. | randomly distribute | d. | organize | | |
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Regarding
note-taking, try writing things down in your own words, not verbatim from the
book. a. | without understanding | b. | word for word | c. | mechanically | d. | misspelled | | |
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