Basic Skill Questions MOTIVATION AND NEEDS 513 Vocabulary in Context 1. In the excerpt below, the word irked (urkt) means A. pleased. B. informed. C. annoyed. D. entertained. "Have you ever been in steady, persistent pain for a prolonged time? ... In all likelihood, you were easily irked and had difficulty concentrating." (Paragraph 8) 2. In the excerpt below, the words artest to (a-test' too) mean A. are evidence of. B. remain ignorant. C. become silent. D. make complaints. ". . . towns and cities have police and fire departments. These people in uniform all attest to our needs for safety and security." (Paragraph 11) Central Point and Main Ideas 3. Which sentence best expresses the central point of the selection? A. Everyone has various needs to satisfy. B. Motivation can be conscious or unconscious. C. Maslow classified human motivations into six levels through which people progress. D. The most fundamental needs, according to Maslow, are physiological survival needs. 4. Which sentence best expresses the main idea of paragraph 1? A. Our motivations may be conscious or unconscious. B. Some needs, such as the need to stay alive and survive, are shared by everyone. C. Some needs, such as the need to drive a fancy sports car, vary from one person to the next. D. People have a broad range of needs, some of which are shared by everyone and some of which vary from person to person