What is the topic of the passage?
Family influence
Career exploration
Engineering benefits
Childhood Memory
What is the main idea of the passage? The challenges of choosing a career path and finding your true passion.
What initially attracted the author to consider engineering as a career?
Love for writing and literature.
Fascination with large structures and roller coasters.
Desire to work in a creative field like graphic design.
Success in high school Engineer classes.
In the sentence, 'I was extremely obsessed with the magnificence of massive engineering structures,' what does 'magnificence' mean?
Complexity
Beauty and impressiveness
Big size
Functionality
What does the author mean by 'The porridge was too hot!' and 'The porridge was too cold!' in the context of her career exploration?
Expressing their dislike for graphic design.
Trying to find a balance between their interests and abilities.
Comparing their career options to a children's story.
Describing their frustration with the difficulty of engineering.
What finally helped the author realize that journalism was the right career path for them?
Their advisor's recommendation to pursue writing.
A conversation with their father about their strengths.
Their success in the graphic design program.
Winning a writing contest in college.
The author decided to pursue graphic design because she was very excited about it.
True
False
The author had always known that journalism was their true passion.
False
True
Why did the author drop the engineering math course in college?
She wanted to pursue graphic design instead.
The concepts were too difficult for her.
She was not interested in engineering anymore.
She found it too easy.
In the sentence, 'I picked the brains of my advisor,' what does 'picked the brains' mean?
Analyzed (deeply studied)
Criticized (pointed out mistakes)
Consulted (sought advice)
Imitated (learned behaviors)
In the sentence, "I browsed the options on my college website," which word is the synonyms of "browsed"?
Scanned
Ignored
Skimmed
Studied
How did the author feel about math after dropping the engineering course?
He became more interested in math.
He developed a hatred for math.
He decided to give math another try.
He felt indifferent towards math.
In the sentence, “My math level was fairly advanced in high school, but at college I found I wasn’t up to par. ”What does the phrase "up to par" mean in the passage?
Below average
At the expected level
Above average
At the unexpected level
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Paragraph 3
The author's high school dream of becoming an engineer and his hesitation about taking advanced math.
Paragraph 4
The author's struggle with college-level engineering math and his decision to drop the course.
Paragraph 5
The author's switch to the humanities and his newfound dislike for math.