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Unit 1 Milgram’s Experiments and the Power of Authority
Comprehension Check Up
1 The phrase this question in the passage refers to the question of
(A) how German soldiers could be property punished for their crimes
(B) how the actions of German soldiers in the concentration camps could be explained
(C) why Nazi leaders had chosen to kill millions of people in concentration camps
(D) how to teach the German soldiers that it was wrong to kill innocent people
2 Based on the information in paragraph 2, the term subjects can best be explained as
(A) experiments to test a person’s willingness to hurt others
(B) people who have been given electric shocks
(C) people who are being tested in an experiment
(D) psychologists who conduct experiments
3 According the passage, all of the following happened each time the actor gave an incorrect
answer EXCEPT
(A) the person was told to give a stronger shock
(B) the actor experienced more pain
(C) the screams of the actor grew louder
(D) the subjects felt more uncomfortable
4 What can be inferred from the fact that the test subjects asked Milgram to stop the
experiment?
(A) They realized the electric shocks were not real.
(B) They did not believe Milgram’s experiment was effective.
(C) They did not wish to hurt the person in the other room.
(D) They feared that they were causing themselves psychological damage.
5 The word lethal in the passage is closest in meaning to
(A) inappropriate
(B) painful
(C) dangerous
(D) deadly
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Comprehension Check Up
1 The phrase this question in the passage refers to the question of
(A) how German soldiers could be property punished for their crimes
(B) how the actions of German soldiers in the concentration camps could be explained
(C) why Nazi leaders had chosen to kill millions of people in concentration camps
(D) how to teach the German soldiers that it was wrong to kill innocent people
2 Based on the information in paragraph 2, the term subjects can best be explained as
(A) experiments to test a person’s willingness to hurt others
(B) people who have been given electric shocks
(C) people who are being tested in an experiment
(D) psychologists who conduct experiments
3 According the passage, all of the following happened each time the actor gave an incorrect
answer EXCEPT
(A) the person was told to give a stronger shock
(B) the actor experienced more pain
(C) the screams of the actor grew louder
(D) the subjects felt more uncomfortable
4 What can be inferred from the fact that the test subjects asked Milgram to stop the
experiment?
(A) They realized the electric shocks were not real.
(B) They did not believe Milgram’s experiment was effective.
(C) They did not wish to hurt the person in the other room.
(D) They feared that they were causing themselves psychological damage.
5 The word lethal in the passage is closest in meaning to
(A) inappropriate
(B) painful
(C) dangerous
(D) deadly
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