Work-Life Balance Quiz

I work on a project basis, and this flexibility is very valuable to me because it means that can easily take some time off when my children need me to go to their school performances or if I need to schedule an appointment with the dentist. The downside is that without clear office hours, I tend to work well into the evening, sometimes skipping dinner to finish a task. It can also get quite lonely working on my own, and I sometimes miss sharing ideas with colleagues. Which disadvantage Sandro mentions about working from home?

Before the invention of automobiles and airplanes travel was a slow process. When traveling long distances families would be out of communication until the travelers reached their destination. Sometimes people lost touch with each other permanently. The author would most likely continue the passage with which of the following sentences?

I’m a freelancer and work for myself. This is great because I am in control of what I do and how I spend my time. At first, I was working from home, but I found it really hard to concentrate. There were just too many distractions around: housework that needed doing, another cup of tea, my family members wanting my attention for various things. So I started to go to a nearby café to work, but the WI-FI connection wasn’t ideal and I found myself drinking too much coffee. Why did Anastasia not like working from home?

Genealogy is wonderful thing. Starting from a place of furniture, photos, pictures take on much more interest if you know their history, so do individuals become more real once the ancestral elements that shaped them are know. An in-depht family history is a tapestry of all those to whom we owe our existence. Which sentence sums up the paragraph?

Do you know that a half-gallon milk container holds about $50.00 in pennis? While all investment counselors realize that we mast accumulate money in order to save, most recommend different kinds of investments for people who are in different stages of life. Older investors, those with limited funds to invest. Or people with greater financial and family commitments, should take fewer risks. Younger, wealthier, and unmarried investors can afford to venture into the unknow. Which of the following best describes the main idea of this passage?

Baby carriages were invented in 1848 by Charles Burton. He lived in New York City and faced opposition to his invention from people who felt they were unsafe. He belleved in his Idea and moved to England, where he opened a factory. He made carriages for Queen Victoria of England, Queen Isabella II of Spain, and other royalty. A factory opened in the United States ten years later but only 75 carriages were sold. Today, baby carriages are extremely popular and almost every baby has at least one. We can conclude from the passage that:

There are two kinds of jewelry that Nick does. There is commercial jewelry - class rings, necklaces, the types of things most people wear. He sells such items to meet my expenses for raw materials, supplies, and to make his living. The other, more creative work tat he does makes him feel that he develops his skills. The author of this passage suggests that: