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Multiple choice softskills leadership

You would hardly ever see a cat walking outside of the house with its master. ----------- would you see a teenager in public with his or her parents very often.

  1. either

  2. or

  3. neither

  4. nor
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The word 'neither' is used to start a clause that agrees with a previous negative statement ('hardly ever' is negative). It triggers subject-verb inversion ('would you'), which is present in the sentence.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Spanning more than 50 years, Friedrich Müller began his career in an unpromising apprenticeship as a Sanskrit scholar and culminated in virtually every honor that European governments and learned societies could bestow.

  1. M?ller began his career in an unpromising

  2. M?ller’s career began in an unpromising

  3. M?ller’s career began with the unpromising

  4. M?ller had begun his career with the

  5. the career of M?ller has begun with an
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The introductory phrase 'Spanning more than 50 years' is a participial phrase that must modify the subject of the main clause. The logical subject of 'began his career' is 'Müller's career', not 'Müller' himself (a career can span 50 years, a person cannot 'begin' in an apprenticeship that spans 50 years). Option B 'Müller's career began in an unpromising apprenticeship' correctly places 'Müller's career' as the subject, making it the logical referent of the opening phrase. Options A, C, D, and E either use the wrong subject ('Müller' or 'the career') or incorrect tense/structure.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Over 75 percent of the energy produced in France derives from nuclear power, while in Germany it is just over 33 percent.

  1. while in Germany it is just over 33 percent

  2. compared to Germany, which uses just over

  3. whereas nuclear power accounts for just over

  4. whereas just over 33 percent of the energy

  5. compared with the energy from nuclear power in
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

The phrase 'whereas nuclear power accounts for' provides a clear and grammatically complete contrast to the first clause. The original 'it is' is slightly ambiguous, and the other options are either wordy or create incomplete comparisons.

Multiple choice softskills communication

Today, because of improvements in agricultural technology, the same amount of acreage produces double the apples that it has in 1910.

  1. double the apples that it has

  2. twice as many apples as it did

  3. as much as twice the apples it has

  4. two times as many apples as there were

  5. a doubling of the apples that it did
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The correct comparative structure is 'twice as many...as' with tense matching. Since 1910 is in the past, we use 'did' (past tense), not 'has' (present perfect). 'Double the apples that it has' is incorrect because 'has' doesn't agree with the past timeframe and the structure 'double that it has' is non-standard.