sadlier level F units 4-6 paragraph answers

The meaning of soporific (line 15) is:

sleep-inducing

Salutary (line 16) is best defined as:

healthful

Which of the following best describes the main purpose of the first paragraph (lines 1–17)?

to explain why Naismith invented basketball

Axiomatic (line 18) most nearly means:

self-evident

Which of the following best describes the writer’s organizational method in paragraph 2 (lines 18–30)?

cause and effect

The meaning of fractious (line 26) is:

unruly

Which of the following inferences is supported by the passage?

Women as well as men played basketball in the sport’s early days.

Unwieldy (line 34) most nearly means:

cumbersome

According to the passage, the standard number of players on each team is:

five

Castigated (line 47) is best defined as:

rebuked

Which of the following best describes the author’s tone in the passage?

factual

Which would be the most appropriate form of publication for the passage?

an encyclopedia entry