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Setting Goals: Evaluating a Speech by Randy Pausch Answers

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Which statement about Randy Pausch's Last Lecture is correct?

A
Pausch explains the chronological order in which goals should be set.
B
Pausch explains the chronological order of the goals he set and achieved.
C
Pausch uses supporting details related to his health to support his central idea.
D
Pausch uses supporting details related to his childhood to support his central idea.
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If Randy Pausch, the author of Last Lecture, had written a speech explaining the different treatment options for pancreatic cancer patients to consider, which organizational structure would he most likely have used?

A
chronological ordering
B
compare and contrast
C
cause and effect
D
problem and resolution
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Read the sentence from Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.All right, so what we’re not talking about today, we are not talking about cancer, because I spent a lot of time talking about that and I’m really not interested.

A
he has chosen not to focus on his cancer.
B
he is only interested in things he has never talked about.
C
they will get what they are expecting from the speech.
D
speeches about cancer are not interesting.
4

Read the sentence from Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.And that’s something we should not lose sight of, is that the inspiration and the permission to dream is huge.

A
He wants them to take his dreams seriously.
B
He wants them to set high goals for themselves.
C
He wants to make sure they are paying attention.
D
He wants permission to set goals for them.
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Read the sentences from Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.And if you’re curious about what zero gravity looks like, hopefully the sound will be working here. [slide shows videotape from Randy’s zero gravity experience] There I am. [laughter] You do pay the piper at the bottom. [laugher, as the people in the video crash to the floor of the plane on the video] So, childhood dream number one, check.

A
to prove that people are curious about zero gravity
B
to show what being in zero gravity looks like
C
to prove that some astronauts do wear glasses
D
to show that being in zero gravity is painful
6

Read this excerpt from "Three Addresses to Girls at School" by James Maurice Wilson.Now that I have given away the certificates it will be expected that I should make a few remarks on that inexhaustible subject, Education. My remarks will be brief.

A
chronological ordering
B
central ideas and supporting details
C
problem and resolution
D
cause and effect
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Read the excerpt from Last Lecture by Randy Pausch.I am in phenomenally good health right now. . . . In fact, I am in better shape than most of you.

A
He wants to prove that he is beating his cancer.
B
He wants them to take better care of themselves.
C
He wants them to better understand his current condition.
D
He wants to express concern for those who also have an illness.
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Read the excerpt from The Last Lecture.So I called up my mentor, and I called up Andy Van Dam. And I said, Andy, I just gave a two-week assignment, and they came back and did stuff that if I had given them a whole semester I would have given them all As. Sensei, what do I do? [laughter] And Andy thought for a minute and he said, you go back into class tomorrow and you look them in the eye and you say, "Guys, that was pretty good, but I know you can do better.” [laughter] And that was exactly the right advice. Because what he said was, you obviously don’t know where the bar should be, and you’re only going to do them a disservice by putting it anywhere. And boy was that good advice because they just kept going. . . .

A
need strict limits in order to succeed.
B
are capable of completing any task.
C
possess a great deal of potential.
D
often change their life goals.
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Which sentence from Last Lecture supports the idea that it's important to have far-reaching goals?

A
I was going back through the family archives, and what was really amazing was, I couldn’t find any pictures of me as a kid where I wasn’t smiling….
B
When you are 8 or 9 years old and you look at the TV set, men are landing on the moon, anything’s possible.
C
I did not dream of being an astronaut, because when I was a little kid, I wore glasses and they told me oh, astronauts can’t have glasses.
D
And he showed up for practice the first day, and you know, there’s big hulking guy, we were all scared to death of him.
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Which excerpt from Last Lecture supports the idea that one can benefit from helping people?

A
And as you get older, you may find that “enabling the dreams of others” thing is even more fun.
B
And again, boy am I glad I became a professor. What better place to enable childhood dreams?
C
Be good at something, it makes you valuable.
D
Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.

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