Summary Completion Practice Exercise 2 (US History)

Instructions: Complete the following passage by selecting the best answers.

During the final years of the American Revolution, the Articles of Confederation created a government in the United States. This government (1) because it had very little power. Each state did not trust (2) and gave almost no authority to the central government. As a result, the Articles of Confederation (3) a national government that couldn’t collect money (4) taxes or drive the British Empire out (5) __ the United States.

Questions and Options:

(A) destroyed
(B) suffered
(C) failed
(D) minimized
(E) reacted

✅ Answer: (B) suffered

(A) other
(B) the other
(C) others
(D) the others
(E) another

✅ Answer: (D) the others

(A) produced
(B) made
(C) obtained
(D) collected
(E) manufactured

✅ Answer: (A) produced

(A) with
(B) from
(C) for
(D) to
(E) none of these

✅ Answer: (B) from

(A) to
(B) from
(C) for
(D) since
(E) of

✅ Answer: (E) of