Primary Sources
and Secondary Sources Self-Test

 

Click on the appropriate choice after each statement.

1. A biography of the marriage between Princess Diana and Prince Charles. (primary / secondary)

2. Charles Darwin's book on evolution, The Origin of Species. (primary / secondary)

3. Excerpts from the Declaration of Independence. (primary / secondary)

4. The autobiography of John Scopes, the biology teacher who was tried and convicted in 1925 for teaching the theory of evolution in a Tennessee public school. (primary / secondary)

5. An interview with your grandfather about your great-grandfather's childhood. (primary / secondary)

6. An editorial attacking the Republican position on social security. (primary / secondary)

7. An interview with a survivor from the Titanic. (primary / secondary)

8. A survey you conducted to see if the majority of students commute to school. (primary / secondary)

9. A book by an astronomer providing precise experimental data illustrating that the universe began with a
"Big Bang." (primary / secondary)

10. A book by a journalist that highlights the major historic events of the 19th century. (primary / secondary)

 

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last updated on 11/25/99