Read the Paragraph Below and Answer the Questions That Follow

question 51

Multiple Choice

Read the paragraph below and answer the questions that follow.
(1) Rulers and governments have a long history of censoring or destroying books and other forms of expression that they find objectionable. (2) A book dictated by the prophet Jeremiah was burned by King Jehoiakim of Judah in 603 B.C.; and in the third century B.C., the Chinese emperor Shih Hwang-ti, who did things in a big way (he built the Great Wall) , ordered the burning of all books, with the exception of those dealing with science, medicine, or agriculture. (3) Even philosophers have been in favor of censorship. (4) In the Republic , for example, Plato proposed to censor "the writers of fiction" in order to keep "bad" works away from children.
⎯ Arthur Miller, Miller's Court ,
Published April 1, 1983 by Plume, p. 71
How many examples does the writer use to develop the topic sentence?

• A) one
• B) two
• C) three

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Definitions:

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis used in statistics that proposes no significant difference or effect, serving as a default position until evidence suggests otherwise.

Test Statistic

A value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test, used to make a decision about the null hypothesis.

P-Value

A statistical measure that helps to determine the strength of the results to support or reject the null hypothesis.

Null Hypothesis

A hypothesis that assumes there is no statistical significance in a set of given observations and that any observed difference is due to sampling or experimental error.