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English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Rhetorical Questions (Questions)

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Rhetorical questions expect no answer. They are often used in articles and if you read the newspaper, you'll see them a lot. Use them to grab and hold your readers' attention as you write.

Test your knowledge of rhetorical questions in this quiz on the subject.

1. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Environment
[ ] Earth's resources are being wasted.
[ ] They waste earth's resources.
[ ] We are wasting earth's resources.
[ ] When will we stop wasting earth's resources?
2. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Life's trials.
[ ] Life is a constant trial.
[ ] Oh dear!
[ ] Why me?
[ ] Woe is me!
3. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Managing a company.
[ ] Improve your output now!
[ ] Who can say if you'll be able to improve your output?
[ ] You must improve your output.
[ ] Your output is being improved.
4. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Changing a speed limit.
[ ] Cars crash on that road.
[ ] Cars travel too fast on that road.
[ ] How many more cars will crash on that road?
[ ] That road is the scene of many car crashes.
5. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Wondering at technological advances.
[ ] It is incredible that man has landed on the moon.
[ ] Man has landed on the moon - incredible!
[ ] We thought that man would land on the moon.
[ ] Who would have thought that man would land on the moon?
6. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Thinking about possible future scientific advances.
[ ] Curing diseases might become possible.
[ ] Diseases might become curable.
[ ] We might be able to cure diseases.
[ ] Who can tell which diseases might become curable?
7. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Thinking about an impossibility.
[ ] Are you joking?
[ ] It is a joke.
[ ] It's a joke, it can't really happen.
[ ] What a joke!
8. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Thinking about current affairs.
[ ] End world poverty!
[ ] Poverty in the world must end.
[ ] The world must end poverty.
[ ] Who knows when poverty in the world will end?
9. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Discouraging smoking.
[ ] Don't smoke please.
[ ] How many times must I tell you to stop?
[ ] Stop smoking!
[ ] You must stop smoking please.
10. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Detective novels.
[ ] Become a detective!
[ ] Find the villain!
[ ] Follow the clues and solve the mystery!
[ ] Whodunnit?
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English Language: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Rhetorical Questions (Answers)
1. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Environment
[ ] Earth's resources are being wasted.
[ ] They waste earth's resources.
[ ] We are wasting earth's resources.
[x] When will we stop wasting earth's resources?
The other three options are statements
2. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Life's trials.
[ ] Life is a constant trial.
[ ] Oh dear!
[x] Why me?
[ ] Woe is me!
A rhetorical question uses a question mark
3. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Managing a company.
[ ] Improve your output now!
[x] Who can say if you'll be able to improve your output?
[ ] You must improve your output.
[ ] Your output is being improved.
Interest your reader: use a rhetorical question to begin
4. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Changing a speed limit.
[ ] Cars crash on that road.
[ ] Cars travel too fast on that road.
[x] How many more cars will crash on that road?
[ ] That road is the scene of many car crashes.
You can't answer a rhetorical question exactly
5. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Wondering at technological advances.
[ ] It is incredible that man has landed on the moon.
[ ] Man has landed on the moon - incredible!
[ ] We thought that man would land on the moon.
[x] Who would have thought that man would land on the moon?
6. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Thinking about possible future scientific advances.
[ ] Curing diseases might become possible.
[ ] Diseases might become curable.
[ ] We might be able to cure diseases.
[x] Who can tell which diseases might become curable?
Rhetorical questions often begin with: 'Who can .......?'
7. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Thinking about an impossibility.
[x] Are you joking?
[ ] It is a joke.
[ ] It's a joke, it can't really happen.
[ ] What a joke!
8. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Thinking about current affairs.
[ ] End world poverty!
[ ] Poverty in the world must end.
[ ] The world must end poverty.
[x] Who knows when poverty in the world will end?
'Who knows when .......?' is the rhetorical question
9. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Discouraging smoking.
[ ] Don't smoke please.
[x] How many times must I tell you to stop?
[ ] Stop smoking!
[ ] You must stop smoking please.
10. Select a suitable rhetorical question to use when writing an article on the following topic.

Detective novels.
[ ] Become a detective!
[ ] Find the villain!
[ ] Follow the clues and solve the mystery!
[x] Whodunnit?