{"id":"act_quizme:english:q2:01","source_id":"act_quizme","source_item_id":"english-q2-01","external_id":"6d5d80102e4d1213","program":"ACT","section":"english","category_code":null,"category":null,"subcategory_code":null,"subcategory":null,"form_id":null,"passage_id":"act_quizme:english:q2:passage","position":1,"scored":true,"layout_warning":null,"stem":"Question 1 refers to the underlined passage text { author and dramatist— }. Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?","stimulus":"","stimulus_html":null,"stem_html":"<p class=\"rimsItemRef\">Question 1 refers to the underlined passage text {<span class=\"link-to-passage-H1\">author and dramatist—</span>}.</p>\n<p>Which choice makes the sentence most grammatically acceptable?</p>\n","rationale_html":"<p><strong>A.</strong> <strong>This is NOT the best answer </strong>because a nonessential element that is introduced with a comma cannot end with a dash.</p><p><strong>B.</strong> <strong>This is the best answer </strong>because it is the only option that uses correct punctuation to set off the nonessential phrase “a medieval author and dramatist.” Paired punctuation used to set off a nonrestrictive phrase within a sentence must match, and the phrase is introduced with a comma (after <em>Hrosvitha</em>), so it must also end with a comma (after <em>dramatist</em>).</p><p><strong>C.</strong> <strong>This is NOT the best answer </strong>because the comma after <em>author</em> inappropriately interrupts the nonessential phrase “a medieval author and dramatist.”</p><p><strong>D.</strong> <strong>This is NOT the best answer </strong>because the punctuation used to set off a nonessential phrase must match, so a comma is needed after <em>dramatist</em>.</p>","correct_answer":["B"],"equiv_key":"0398033a02901caae9d66aa4","has_media":false,"has_mathml":false,"has_table":false,"section_label":"English","options":[{"label":"A","content_html":"<p><strong>No Change</strong></p>","ord":0},{"label":"B","content_html":"<p>author and dramatist,</p>","ord":1},{"label":"C","content_html":"<p>author, and dramatist</p>","ord":2},{"label":"D","content_html":"<p>author and dramatist</p>","ord":3}],"passage":{"id":"act_quizme:english:q2:passage","source_id":"act_quizme","form_id":null,"section":"english","number":"2","kind":null,"title":"English Quiz 2","content_html":"Rediscovering Hrosvitha\n<p>Hrosvitha, a medieval <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"x_act_item_highlight\" id=\"H1\">author and dramatist—</span></span>is one of the earliest known European women playwrights. Although little is known about her life, scholars agree Hrosvitha was born to a noble family around 935 CE. As a relation of Holy Roman Emperor Otto I, she most likely spent her early years as part of his court. Later, sometime before 959 CE, she entered <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"x_act_item_highlight\" id=\"H2\">the abbey at Gandersheim, it was</span></span> well known as a significant center of learning.</p>\n<p>Hrosvitha entered Gandersheim as a canoness rather than a nun. Her title did not require a vow of poverty, but Hrosvitha did take the abbey’s customary vow of chastity, which absolved her of an obligation to marry. This circumstance <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"x_act_item_highlight\" id=\"H3\">made it okay for her to keep</span></span> her financial status without incurring responsibilities to a husband and children. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"x_act_item_highlight\" id=\"H4\">Nevertheless,</span></span> Hrosvitha had a greater level of independence—she could acquire property, receive guests, employ servants, and visit the royal court—than most women of her time.</p>\n<p>Hrosvitha produced at least eight narrative religious poems, two historical epics <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span class=\"x_act_item_highlight\" id=\"H5\">(about the court of Otto I and</span></span> Gandersheim), and six comedy-dramas. It is for these dramas that she is best known today.</p>","ord":2},"attribution":{"source_id":"act_quizme","source_name":"ACT QuizMe official practice questions","rights_holder":"ACT Education Corp.","canonical_url":"https://quizme.act.org/","retrieved_from":"https://quizme.act.org/","attribution":"Official ACT practice questions © ACT Education Corp., from the QuizMe practice quizzes at quizme.act.org.","disclaimer":"ACT® is a registered trademark of ACT Education Corp., which is not affiliated with, does not sponsor, and does not endorse this project.","license":"ACT Education Corp. copyright. Published free on the public web; not licensed for redistribution.","redistributable":false,"item_count":78},"equivalents":[]}