ACCUPLACER READING COMPREHENSION
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ The Nobel Peace Prize of 1979 was awarded to Mother Teresa for her
humanitarian work. Mother Teresa was born to parents of Albanian
descent in 1910, and was named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She joined a
religious order of nuns, took the name of Teresa, and moved to Calcutta,
where she worked among the poor, establishing hospitals, orphanages,
and schools. Upon her death in 1997, organizations which she had
founded to help the poor numbered over a million workers.
The purpose of this passage is to..
(A.) demonstrate the need for humanitarian relief.
(B.) explain the awarding of the Nobel Prize.
(C.) show some reasons why Mother Teresa received the Nobel Prize.
(D.) describe Mother Teresa's background in Albania. Answer: The
purpose of this passage is to..
(C.) show some reasons why Mother Teresa received the Nobel Prize.
◉ The Romance languages, which include Spanish, Portuguese, French,
Italian, and Romanian, can all be traced back to Vulgar Latin, which was
spoken by the soldiers, merchants, and settlers of the Roman Empire.
With few exceptions, Romance languages have lost the declension
, system of Latin and, as a result, have subject-verb-object sentence
structure and make extensive use of prepositions. This common origin
explains many of the similarities in vocabulary, grammar, and sentence
structure found among these languages.
From this passage we can conclude that..
(A.) all Spanish speakers can fully understand French.
(B.) Latin is no longer spoken.
(C.) verb endings are not important in the Romance languages.
(D). all of the Romance languages had their origins in Vulgar Latin.
Answer: From this passage we can conclude that..
(D.) all of the Romance languages had their origins in Vulgar Latin.
◉ Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as
Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect,
poet, and engineer. His works include the David and Pieta statues, which
are among the world's most well-known sculptures. He painted the
ceiling of Rome's Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo was the architect who
designed the Laurentian Library in Florence and St. Peter's Basilica in
Rome.
The primary purpose of this passage is to..
(A.) enumerate the most well-known works of Michelangelo.
(B.) identify the painter of the Sistine Chapel.
(C.) list Michelangelo's works which are located in Rome.
EXAMINATION TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ The Nobel Peace Prize of 1979 was awarded to Mother Teresa for her
humanitarian work. Mother Teresa was born to parents of Albanian
descent in 1910, and was named Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She joined a
religious order of nuns, took the name of Teresa, and moved to Calcutta,
where she worked among the poor, establishing hospitals, orphanages,
and schools. Upon her death in 1997, organizations which she had
founded to help the poor numbered over a million workers.
The purpose of this passage is to..
(A.) demonstrate the need for humanitarian relief.
(B.) explain the awarding of the Nobel Prize.
(C.) show some reasons why Mother Teresa received the Nobel Prize.
(D.) describe Mother Teresa's background in Albania. Answer: The
purpose of this passage is to..
(C.) show some reasons why Mother Teresa received the Nobel Prize.
◉ The Romance languages, which include Spanish, Portuguese, French,
Italian, and Romanian, can all be traced back to Vulgar Latin, which was
spoken by the soldiers, merchants, and settlers of the Roman Empire.
With few exceptions, Romance languages have lost the declension
, system of Latin and, as a result, have subject-verb-object sentence
structure and make extensive use of prepositions. This common origin
explains many of the similarities in vocabulary, grammar, and sentence
structure found among these languages.
From this passage we can conclude that..
(A.) all Spanish speakers can fully understand French.
(B.) Latin is no longer spoken.
(C.) verb endings are not important in the Romance languages.
(D). all of the Romance languages had their origins in Vulgar Latin.
Answer: From this passage we can conclude that..
(D.) all of the Romance languages had their origins in Vulgar Latin.
◉ Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni, commonly known as
Michelangelo, was an Italian Renaissance sculptor, painter, architect,
poet, and engineer. His works include the David and Pieta statues, which
are among the world's most well-known sculptures. He painted the
ceiling of Rome's Sistine Chapel. Michelangelo was the architect who
designed the Laurentian Library in Florence and St. Peter's Basilica in
Rome.
The primary purpose of this passage is to..
(A.) enumerate the most well-known works of Michelangelo.
(B.) identify the painter of the Sistine Chapel.
(C.) list Michelangelo's works which are located in Rome.
