Pronouns Unit Quiz

Sometimes the lives of authors can be as exciting as 1) its’ works. In the case of beloved French author Alexandre Dumas, his origins and rise to fame certainly 2) seems the stuff of fiction. Dumas was born to a slave mother in what would become the nation of Haiti. He was named after his impoverished father, a General in the French 3) army; he was the highest-ranked black soldier in all of Europe. After the death of Dumas’s father during the fall of Napoleon and military rule, Dumas dropped out of school and moved to a war-stricken Paris to immerse himself in literature.

4) Amidst a time of revolution in France, Dumas began work as a playwright, which brought him to prominence amidst the turbulence of the Bourbon Restoration. As French society settled after the unrest that seated King Louis-Phillipe, 5) an appetite developed with them for Dumas’s vibrant and dramatic stories. He wrote incessantly, producing travel guides, biographies, short stories, and eventually, 6) novels, that he sold as serials to magazines and newspapers. Dumas found massive success and fame across France for his writing, a body of work including The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Count of Monte Cristo that 7) are still celebrated to this day.

1) its’

Sometimes the lives of authors can be as exciting as 1) its’ works. In the case of beloved French author Alexandre Dumas, his origins and rise to fame certainly 2) seems the stuff of fiction. Dumas was born to a slave mother in what would become the nation of Haiti. He was named after his impoverished father, a General in the French 3) army; he was the highest-ranked black soldier in all of Europe. After the death of Dumas’s father during the fall of Napoleon and military rule, Dumas dropped out of school and moved to a war-stricken Paris to immerse himself in literature.

4) Amidst a time of revolution in France, Dumas began work as a playwright, which brought him to prominence amidst the turbulence of the Bourbon Restoration. As French society settled after the unrest that seated King Louis-Phillipe, 5) an appetite developed with them for Dumas’s vibrant and dramatic stories. He wrote incessantly, producing travel guides, biographies, short stories, and eventually, 6) novels, that he sold as serials to magazines and newspapers. Dumas found massive success and fame across France for his writing, a body of work including The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Count of Monte Cristo that 7) are still celebrated to this day.

2) seems

Sometimes the lives of authors can be as exciting as 1) its’ works. In the case of beloved French author Alexandre Dumas, his origins and rise to fame certainly 2) seems the stuff of fiction. Dumas was born to a slave mother in what would become the nation of Haiti. He was named after his impoverished father, a General in the French 3) army; he was the highest-ranked black soldier in all of Europe. After the death of Dumas’s father during the fall of Napoleon and military rule, Dumas dropped out of school and moved to a war-stricken Paris to immerse himself in literature.

4) Amidst a time of revolution in France, Dumas began work as a playwright, which brought him to prominence amidst the turbulence of the Bourbon Restoration. As French society settled after the unrest that seated King Louis-Phillipe, 5) an appetite developed with them for Dumas’s vibrant and dramatic stories. He wrote incessantly, producing travel guides, biographies, short stories, and eventually, 6) novels, that he sold as serials to magazines and newspapers. Dumas found massive success and fame across France for his writing, a body of work including The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Count of Monte Cristo that 7) are still celebrated to this day.

3) army; he

Sometimes the lives of authors can be as exciting as 1) its’ works. In the case of beloved French author Alexandre Dumas, his origins and rise to fame certainly 2) seems the stuff of fiction. Dumas was born to a slave mother in what would become the nation of Haiti. He was named after his impoverished father, a General in the French 3) army; he was the highest-ranked black soldier in all of Europe. After the death of Dumas’s father during the fall of Napoleon and military rule, Dumas dropped out of school and moved to a war-stricken Paris to immerse himself in literature.

4) Amidst a time of revolution in France, Dumas began work as a playwright, which brought him to prominence amidst the turbulence of the Bourbon Restoration. As French society settled after the unrest that seated King Louis-Phillipe, 5) an appetite developed with them for Dumas’s vibrant and dramatic stories. He wrote incessantly, producing travel guides, biographies, short stories, and eventually, 6) novels, that he sold as serials to magazines and newspapers. Dumas found massive success and fame across France for his writing, a body of work including The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Count of Monte Cristo that 7) are still celebrated to this day.

4) Amidst a time of revolution in France

Which choice provides the best transition from the previous paragraph?

Sometimes the lives of authors can be as exciting as 1) its’ works. In the case of beloved French author Alexandre Dumas, his origins and rise to fame certainly 2) seems the stuff of fiction. Dumas was born to a slave mother in what would become the nation of Haiti. He was named after his impoverished father, a General in the French 3) army; he was the highest-ranked black soldier in all of Europe. After the death of Dumas’s father during the fall of Napoleon and military rule, Dumas dropped out of school and moved to a war-stricken Paris to immerse himself in literature.

4) Amidst a time of revolution in France, Dumas began work as a playwright, which brought him to prominence amidst the turbulence of the Bourbon Restoration. As French society settled after the unrest that seated King Louis-Phillipe, 5) an appetite developed with them for Dumas’s vibrant and dramatic stories. He wrote incessantly, producing travel guides, biographies, short stories, and eventually, 6) novels, that he sold as serials to magazines and newspapers. Dumas found massive success and fame across France for his writing, a body of work including The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Count of Monte Cristo that 7) are still celebrated to this day.

5) an appetite developed with them

Sometimes the lives of authors can be as exciting as 1) its’ works. In the case of beloved French author Alexandre Dumas, his origins and rise to fame certainly 2) seems the stuff of fiction. Dumas was born to a slave mother in what would become the nation of Haiti. He was named after his impoverished father, a General in the French 3) army; he was the highest-ranked black soldier in all of Europe. After the death of Dumas’s father during the fall of Napoleon and military rule, Dumas dropped out of school and moved to a war-stricken Paris to immerse himself in literature.

4) Amidst a time of revolution in France, Dumas began work as a playwright, which brought him to prominence amidst the turbulence of the Bourbon Restoration. As French society settled after the unrest that seated King Louis-Phillipe, 5) an appetite developed with them for Dumas’s vibrant and dramatic stories. He wrote incessantly, producing travel guides, biographies, short stories, and eventually, 6) novels, that he sold as serials to magazines and newspapers. Dumas found massive success and fame across France for his writing, a body of work including The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Count of Monte Cristo that 7) are still celebrated to this day.

6) novels, that

Sometimes the lives of authors can be as exciting as 1) its’ works. In the case of beloved French author Alexandre Dumas, his origins and rise to fame certainly 2) seems the stuff of fiction. Dumas was born to a slave mother in what would become the nation of Haiti. He was named after his impoverished father, a General in the French 3) army; he was the highest-ranked black soldier in all of Europe. After the death of Dumas’s father during the fall of Napoleon and military rule, Dumas dropped out of school and moved to a war-stricken Paris to immerse himself in literature.

4) Amidst a time of revolution in France, Dumas began work as a playwright, which brought him to prominence amidst the turbulence of the Bourbon Restoration. As French society settled after the unrest that seated King Louis-Phillipe, 5) an appetite developed with them for Dumas’s vibrant and dramatic stories. He wrote incessantly, producing travel guides, biographies, short stories, and eventually, 6) novels, that he sold as serials to magazines and newspapers. Dumas found massive success and fame across France for his writing, a body of work including The Three Musketeers, The Man in the Iron Mask, and The Count of Monte Cristo that 7) are still celebrated to this day.

7) are still celebrated

Dumas’s fame led him to both fortune and infamy. He spent lavishly and was a well-known figure at the royal court despite some 8) of them harboring lingering racism regarding his heritage. Dumas wooed famous actresses and had four sons from four 9) women. One of them, also named Alexandre Dumas, became a famed author on his own. Dumas purchased a luxurious country mansion and lived a sumptuous lifestyle until debt caught up with him; he fled his creditors, hoping to escape 10) this. After fleeing to Italy and supporting a democratic revolution there, Dumas made his way to Belgium, Russia, and finally returned to France to be interred in the Panthéon, a mausoleum reserved for the greatest contributors to French culture.

8) of them

Dumas’s fame led him to both fortune and infamy. He spent lavishly and was a well-known figure at the royal court despite some 8) of them harboring lingering racism regarding his heritage. Dumas wooed famous actresses and had four sons from four 9) women. One of them, also named Alexandre Dumas, became a famed author on his own. Dumas purchased a luxurious country mansion and lived a sumptuous lifestyle until debt caught up with him; he fled his creditors, hoping to escape 10) this. After fleeing to Italy and supporting a democratic revolution there, Dumas made his way to Belgium, Russia, and finally returned to France to be interred in the Panthéon, a mausoleum reserved for the greatest contributors to French culture.

9) women. One of them

Which choice most effectively combines the two sentences at the underlined portion?

Dumas’s fame led him to both fortune and infamy. He spent lavishly and was a well-known figure at the royal court despite some 8) of them harboring lingering racism regarding his heritage. Dumas wooed famous actresses and had four sons from four 9) women. One of them, also named Alexandre Dumas, became a famed author on his own. Dumas purchased a luxurious country mansion and lived a sumptuous lifestyle until debt caught up with him; he fled his creditors, hoping to escape 10) this. After fleeing to Italy and supporting a democratic revolution there, Dumas made his way to Belgium, Russia, and finally returned to France to be interred in the Panthéon, a mausoleum reserved for the greatest contributors to French culture.

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