The Brain: Multiple Choice Grammar Test
(1) _________ fellow gangsters were so impressed with his mental acuity (2) _________ he was nicknamed “the Brain.” Rothstein emerged from the Jewish mob in New York before Prohibition, and (3)_________ of fixing sports events in (4) _________ to profit from gambling on them. Boxing matches, baseball, horse racing, dog racing, and other events were manipulated by Rothstein through a network of criminals (5) _________ he employed full-time. It was Rothstein who (6) _________ likely arranged the fixed World Series involving the Black Sox in 1919, though neither the fix nor his involvement (7) _________ . Rothstein was one of the first (8) _________ Prohibition through (9) _________ , and the organization he built for the purpose included many of the more famous underworld names of the period. Rothstein was killed when he refused (10) _________ a debt he incurred from a poker game which he alleged was rigged. The breakup of his criminal empire led to (11) _________ of the gang wars of (12)_________ .
A | B | C | D | |
1 | Arnold Rothstein’s | Arnold Rothstein’ | Arnold ’s Rothstein’s | Arnold Rothsteins’ |
2 | as | that | which | this |
3 | widely suspecting | was wide suspected | was widely suspected | widely suspected |
4 | aim | purpose | order | view |
5 | who’s | which | whose | whom |
6 | mostly | most | the most | many |
7 | has ever been proved | ever been proved | has ever been proving | was ever being proved |
8 | to be exploited | to exploit | exploiting | to be exploiting |
9 | being bootlegging | bootlegged | bootlegging | to bootleg |
10 | payment | pay | to be paid | to pay |
11 | many | more | mostly | much |
12 | the 1930th | the 1930s | the 1930 | 1930s |
1.A; 2.B; 3.C; 4.C; 5.D; 6.B; 7.A; 8.B; 9.C; 10.D; 11.A; 12.B