ESL 252 Quiz 4
Himes W08
First and last name:_________________
Concepts chapter 8 “Too Soon Old, Too Late Wise”
Circle the best answer. (2 point)
1. This reading is…
a. about a philosophy professor who has been taken out of his teaching job because the
university feels he is too old.
2. The authors of the article…
a. state facts and opinions of others, but do not give their own opinion.
True or False
Mark T for true and F for false. (6 points)
3. __T__ Catholic University felt that they were the first university ever to allow a professor to teach
from home.
4. __T__ Professor Weiss did not agree with the previous position.
5. __F__ Professor Weiss could not give any examples to support his position.
6. __F__ Catholic University wanted him to stop teaching small groups of graduate students.
7. __T__ Professor Weiss feels he should be allowed to teach as a professor.
8. __F__ The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission agrees with Catholic University’s
position.
Vocabulary
Choose 3 words from the following list and write your own original sentence using that word or another
form of it. Your sentence must express the correct meaning of the word and it must use the correct word
form. (3 points)
compare
determined
insist
modest
operation
profession
supposed
unprecedented
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