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24 QUESTIONS (1-24)

Practice Test 1 379

Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given andfill inthe corres~ohding Circle on t5eanswer sheet.

Each sentence below has one or two blanks, eachblank indicating that something has been omitted.Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of wordslabeled A through E. Choose the word or set of wordsthat, when inserted in the sentence, best fits themeaning of the sentence as a whole.

EXAMPLE:

Medieval kingdoms did not become constitutionalrepublics overnight; on the contrary, the changewas ----.(A) unpopular (B) unexpected(C) advantageous (D) sufficient (E) gradual

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1. Unhappily, the psychology experiment was ----by the subjects' awareness of the presence ofobservers in their midst.

(A) muted (B) palliated (C) marred(D) clarified (E) concluded

2. Until James learned to be more ---- about writingdown his homework assignments, he seldom knewwhen any assignment was due.(A) obstinate (B) contrary (C) opportunistic(D) methodical (E) literate

3. Despite all the advertisements singing the ---- ofthe new product, she remained ---- its merits,wanting to see what Consumer Reports had to sayabout its claims.

(A) virtues ..an optimist about(B) praises ..a skeptic about(C) joys ..a convert to(D) defects ..a cynic about(E) advantages ..a believer in

4. After working on the project night and day for twofull months, Sandy felt that she had earned a ----.(A) penalty (B) scolding (C) degree(D) chore (E) respite

5. Even though the basic organization of the braindoes not change after birth, details of its structureand function remain ---- for some time, particu-larly in the cerebral cortex.

(A) plastic (B) immutable (C) essential(D) unknown (E) static

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Directions: The passages below precede questions based on their content or the relationship between the pas-sages. Answer the questions that follow on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.

6. In Passage 1, the author's attitude toward tarantu-las can best be described as(A) apprehensive (B) sentimental(C) approving (D) objective (E) defensive

7. The word "excite" in line 10 most nearly means

(A) irritate (B) delight (C) stimulate(D) exhilarate (E) discompose

8. Which statement best expresses the relationshipbetween the two passages?

(A) Passage 1 describes its subject by supplyingdetails with which the author of Passage 2would disagree.

(B) Passage 1 provides scientific observations ofthe subject, while Passage 2 offers a popularintroduction to the subject.

(C) Passage 1 presents its subject in highly figu-rative terms, while Passage 2 is more techni-cal in nature.

(D) Both Passage 1 and Passage 2 assume readerswill have an automatically negative responseto the subject under discussion.

(E) Passage 2 is objective in its presentation,while Passage 1 is more personal in tone.

9. Which generalization about tarantulas is supportedby both passages?

(A) They have a marked degree of intelligence.(B) Their gentleness belies their frightening

looks.(C) They have been unfairly maligned by

arachnophobes.(D) They are capable of acting to defend

themselves.(E) They are easily intimidated by others.


Questions 6-9 are based on the followingpassages.

Passage 1Spiders, and in particular hairy spiders, pos-

sess a highly developed sense of touch. Tarantulas,for example, perceive three distinct types of touch:

Line a light whisper that flutters the sensitive leg hairs;5 a smooth rubbing of the body hair; a steady pres-

sure against the body wall. Press a pencil againstthe tarantula's body wall and it will back awaycautiously without reacting defensively. However,if the tarantula sees the pencil approaching from

10 above, the motion will excite a defensive reaction:it will rear up, lifting its front legs and baring itsfangs, maintaining this attack stance until thepencil stops moving.

Passage 2"The eensy-weensy spider climbed up the

15 waterspout..."Tarantulas are the world's largest spiders.

The very largest live in the jungles of SouthAmerica, and, in the days when bananas weretransported as large bunches on stalks, tarantulas

20 often were accidentally imported with the fruit.Stout-bodied and hairy, tarantulas can creategreat panic among arachnophobes (people whofear spiders). Actually, these large spiders aregentle giants, whose temperaments do not match

25 their intimidating appearance. Docile andnon-aggressive, tarantulas do not bite unless theyare severely provoked. Even if they do bite, theirbites are not particularly dangerous; they areabout as painful as bee stings, and should be

30 treated similarly.

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Questions 10-15 are based on the following passage.

The following passage is from a book written by thenaturalist Konrad Lorenz and published in 1952.

In the chimney the autumn wind sings thesong of the elements, and the old firs before mystudy window wave excitedly with their arms and

Line sing so loudly in chorus that I can hear their5 sighing melody through the double panes.

Suddenly, from above, a dozen black, streamlinedprojectiles shoot across the piece of clouded skyfor which my window forms a frame. Heavily asstones they fall, fall to the tops of the firs where

10 they suddenly sprout wings, become birds andthen light feather rags that the storm seizes andwhirls out of my line of vision, more rapidly thanthey were borne into it.

I walk to the window to watch this extraordi-15 nary game that the jackdaws are playing with the

wind. A game? Yes, indeed, it is a game, in themost literal sense of the word: practiced move-ments, indulged in and enjoyed for their own sakeand not for the achievement of a special object.

20 And rest assured, these are not merely inborn,purely instinctive actions, but movements thathave been carefully learned. All these feats that thebirds are performing, their wonderful exploitationof the wind, their amazingly' exact assessment of

25 distances and, above all, their understanding oflocal wind conditions, their knowledge of all theup-currents, air pockets and eddies-all this pro-ficiency is no inheritance, but, for each bird, anindividually acquired accomplishment.

30 And look what they do with the wind! At firstsight, you, poor human being, think that thestorm is playing with the birds, like a cat with amouse, but soon you see, with astonishment, thatit is the fury of the elements that here plays the

35 role of the mouse and that the jackdaws are treat-ing the storm exactly as the cat its unfortunatevictim. Nearly, but only nearly, do they give thestorm its head, let it throw them high, high intothe heavens, till they seem to fall upwards, then,

40 with a casual flap of a wing, they turn themselvesover, open their pinions for a fraction of a second

from below against the wind, and dive-with anacceleration far greater than that of a fallingstone-into the depths below. Another tiny jerk of

45 the wing and they return to their normal positionand, on close-reefed sails, shoot away with breath-less speed into the teeth of the gale, hundreds ofyards to the west: this all playfully and withouteffort, just to spite the stupid wind that tries to

50 drive them towards the east. The sightless monsteritself must perform the work of propelling the birdsthrough the air at a rate of well over 80 miles anhour; the jackdaws do nothing to help beyond a fewlazy adjustments of their black wings. Sover-

55 eign control over the power of the elements,intoxicating triumph of theliving organism overthe pitiless strength of the inorganic!

10. The "arms" mentioned in line 3 are

(A) wings (B) storm winds(C) heraldic emblems (D) branches(E) missiles

11. According to the passage, the bird's skill inadapting to wind conditions is

(A) genetically determined(B) limited(C) undependable(D) dependent on the elements(E) gained through practice

12. The phrase "rest assured" in line 20 most likelymeans

(A) sleep securely(B) others are certain(C) be confident(D) remain poised(E) in their sure leisure

13. The "sightless monster" mentioned in line 50 is

(A) an unobservant watcher(B) a falling stone(C) an airplane(D) the powerful windstorm(E) a blind predator


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14. Throughout the passage, the author is mostimpressed by

(A) the direction-finding skills of the birds(B) the jackdaws' superhuman strength(C) his inability to join the jackdaws in their

game(0) the fleeting nature of his encounter with the

birds(E) the jackdaws' mastery of the forces of nature

15. The author does all of the following EXCEPT

(A) use a metaphor(B) argue a cause(C) clarify a term(0) describe a behavior(E) dismiss a notion

Questions 16-24 are based on the following passage.

The passage below, taken from a museum bulletin,discusses tapestry making as an art form.

Tapestries are made on looms. Their distinc-tive weave is basically simple: the colored weftthreads interface regularly with the monochrome

Line warps, as in darning or plain cloth, but as they do5 so, they form a design by reversing their direction

when a change of color is needed. The wefts arebeaten down to cover the warps completely. Theresult is a design or picture that is the fabric itself,not one laid upon a ground like an embroidery, a

10 print, or brocading. The back and front of a tapes-try show the same design. The weaver alwaysfollows a preexisting model, generally a drawingor painting, known as the cartoon, which in mostcases he reproduces as exactly as he can. Long

15 training is needed to become a professionaltapestry weaver. It can take as much as a year toproduce a yard of very finely woven tapestry.

Tapestry-woven fabrics have been made fromChina to Peru and from very early times to the

20 present day, but large wall hangings in this tech-nique, mainly of wool, are typically NorthernEuropean. Few examples predating the late four-teenth century have survived, but from about1400 tapestries were an essential part of aristo-

25 cratic life. The prince or great nobleman sent hisplate and his tapestries ahead of him to furnish hiscastles before his arrival as he traveled through his

domains; both had the same function, to displayhis wealth and social position. It has frequently

30 been suggested that tapestries helped to heatstone-walled rooms, but this is a modern idea·comfort was of minor importance in the MiddleAges. Tapestries were portable grandeur, instantsplendor, taking the place, north of the Alps, of

35 painted frescoes further south. They were hungwithout gaps between them, covering entire wallsand often doors as well. Only very occasionallywere they made as individual works of art such asaltar frontals. They were usually commissioned or

40 bought as sets, or "chambers," and constituted themost important furnishings of any grand room,except for the display of plate, throughout theMiddle Ages and the sixteenth century. Later,woven silks, ornamental wood carving, stucco

45 decoration, and painted leather gradually replacedtapestry as expensive wall coverings, until at lastwallpaper was introduced in the late eighteenthcentury and eventually swept away almost every-thing else.

50 By the end of the eighteenth century, the"tapestry-room" [a room with every available wallsurface covered with wall hangings] was no longerfashionable: paper had replaced wall coverings ofwool and silk. Tapestries, of course, were still

55 made, but in the nineteenth century they oftenseem to have been produced mainly as individualworks of art that astonish by their resemblance tooil paintings, tours de force woven with a remark-ably large number of wefts per inch. In England

60 during the second half of the century, WilliamMorris attempted to reverse this trend and tobring tapestry weaving back to its true principles,those he considered to have governed it in theMiddle Ages. He imitated medieval tapestries in

65 both style and technique, using few warps tothe inch, but he did not make sets; the originalfunction for which tapestry is so admirablysuited-completely covering the walls of a roomand providing sumptuous surroundings for a life

70 of pomp and splendor-could not be revived.Morris's example has been followed, though withless imitation of medieval style, by many weaversof the present century, whose coarsely wovencloths hang like single pictures and can be

75 admired as examples of contemporary art.


16. Tapestry weaving may be characterized as which ofthe following?

I. Time-consumingII. Spontaneous in concept

III. Faithful to an original

(A) I only(B) III only(C) I and II only(D) I and III only(E) II and III only

17. The word "distinctive" in lines 1-2 means(A) characteristic (B) stylish(C) discriminatory (D) eminent(E) articulate

18. Renaissance nobles carried tapestries with them todemonstrate their(A) piety (B) consequence(C) aesthetic judgment (D) need for privacy(E) dislike for cold

19. The word "ground" in line 9 means(A) terrain (B) dust (C) thread (D) base(E) pigment

20. The statement in line 31 ("but this ... idea") isbest described as an example of(A) a definition of a central concept(B) an acknowledgment of a principle(C) a dismissal of a common view(D) an emotional refutation(E) a moral proclamation

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21. In line 40, the quotation marks around the word"chambers" serve to

(A) emphasize the inadequacy of the particularchoice of words

(B) point out the triteness of the term(C) indicate the use of a colloquialism(D) illustrate the need for the word to be stressed

when spoken aloud(E) indicate the word is being used in a special

sense

22. The author regards William Morris (lines 60-64) as

(A) a bold innovator(B) an uninspired hack(C) a medieval nobleman(D) a cartoonist(E) a traditionalist

23. In contrast to nineteenth-century tapestries,contemporary tapestries

(A) are displayed in sets of panels(B) echo medieval themes(C) faithfully copy oil paintings(D) have a less fine weave(E) indicate the owner's social position

24. The primary purpose of the passage is to

(A) explain the process of tapestry making(B) contrast Eastern and Western schools of

tapestry(C) analyze the reasons for the decline in

popularity of tapestries(D) provide a historical perspective on tapestry

making(E) advocate a return to a more colorful way of

life

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SECTION 2/MATHEMATICSTIME: 25 MINUTES

20 QUESTIONS (1-20)

Directions:For each question in this section, determine which of the five choices is correct, and blacken that choice on youranswer sheet. You may use any blank space on the page for your work.

NOTES:• You may use a calculator whenever you believe it will be helpful.• Use the diagrams provided to help you solve the problems. Unless you see the phrase

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2. If (a + 12) - 12 = 12, then a =

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3. In the figure above, rectangle AEFJ is divided intofour equal squares. What is the ratio of the area ofthe shaded region to the area of the white region?(A) 1:2(B) 3:5(C) 5:8(D) 1:1(E) 5:3 \


4. The Albertville Little League raised some money.They used 72% of the money to buy uniforms, 19%for equipment, and the remaining $243 for a teamparty. How much money did the team raise?(A) $2400(B) $2450(C) $2500(D) $2600(E) $2700

5. If it is now 1:30, what time will it be when the hourhand has moved through an angle of 20°?(A) 1:45(B) 1:50(C) 2:00(D) 2:10(E) 2:15

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6. In the figure above, lines k and e are parallel, andline k passes through C, one of the vertices ofequilateral triangle ABC. What is the value of a?(A) 40(B) 50(C) 60(D) 80(E) 90

7. If the difference of two numbers is less than thesum of the numbers, which of the following mustbe true?

(A) Neither number is positive.(B) At least one of the numbers is positive.(C) Exactly one of the numbers is positive.(D) Both numbers are positive.(E) None of these statements must be true.

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9. Two sides of a right triangle are 5 and 9. Which ofthe following could be the length of the third side?

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10. Which of the following is an equation of a linethat is parallel to the line whose equation is y =2x - 3?

(A) y = 2x + 3(B) y = -2x - 3(C) y = ix - 3

(D) y = -ix + 3

(E) y = -ix - 3

11. If n is an integer and n, n + 1, and n + 2 are thelengths of the sides of a triangle, which of thefollowing could be the value of n?

I. 1II. 3

III. 13

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12. A bank raised the minimum payment on its chargeaccounts from $10 to $20 per month. What was thepercent increase in the minimum monthly pament?

(A) 10%(8) 20%(C) 50%(0) 100%(E) 200%

13. For the figure above, which of the following is anexpression for y in terms of x?(A) x(8) 60 - x(C) x - 60(0) 180 - 3x(E) 90 - x

Questions 14 and 15 refer to the following definition.

For any number x, Ilxll = _}X2.

14. What is the value of 116211?(A) 16(8) 24(C) 144(0) 576(E) 864

15. If y = ix, which of the following is an expressionfor lIyll in terms of x?

(A) iX3(8) tx2

(C) ~X3

(0) 287x2

(E) 287x3

16. If ((x) = 9x + 9x, what is the value of ((-~)?

(A) 3(8) 6(C) 7.5(0) 9(E) 9.9

17. The road from Jack's house to Jill's is exactly 10kilometers. At different times, Jack and Jill eachleft home and walked toward the other's house.They walked at the same rate, and they met atnoon, 4 kilometers from Jill's house. If Jack left at10:00, at what time did 1ill leave?(A) 9:40(8) 10:00(C) 10:40(0) 11:00(E) 11:20

18. The Northport High School French Club has twiceas many female members as male members. Oneday, the percentage of female members attending ameeting of the club was twice the percentage ofmale members. What percent of those attendingthe meeting were males?(A) 20%(8) 25%(C) 33t%(0) 50%(E) It cannot be determined from the information

given.

19. If a and b are the lengths of the legs of a righttriangle whose hypotenuse is 10 and whose area is20, what is the value of (a + b)2?(A) 100(8) 120(C) 140(0) 180(E) 200

20. A lottery prize worth d dollars was to be dividedequally among 4 winners. It was subsequently dis-covered that there were 2 additional winners, andthe prize would now be divided equally among allthe winners. How much more money, in dollars,would each original winner have received if theadditional winners were not discovered?

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SECTION 3/CRITICAL READINGTIME: 25 MINUTES

24 QUESTIONS (25-48)

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Each sentence below has one or two blanks, eachblank indicating that something has been omitted.Beneath the sentence are five words or sets of wordslabeled A through E. Choose the word or set of wordsthat, when inserted in the sentence, best fits themeaning of the sentence as a whole.

EXAMPLE:

Medieval kingdoms did not become constitutionalrepublics overnight; on the contrary, the changewas ----.(A) unpopular (B) unexpected(C) advantageous (D) sufficient (E) gradual

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25. Nothing anyone could say was able to alter North's---- that his attempt to lie to Congress wasjustified.

(A) demand (B) conviction (C) maxim(D) fear (E) ambivalence

26. Excessive use of coal and oil eventually may ---- theearth's supply of fossil fuels, leaving us in need of anew source of energy.

(A) replenish (B) magnify (C) merge(D) deplete (E) redirect

27. Contemporary authorities have come to --~- theuse of "healthy" in place of "healthful"; however,they still reject the use of "disinterested" in placeof "uninterested."

(A) condone (B) evaluate (C) imitate(D) disdain (E) repudiate

28. Michael's severe bout of the flu ---- him so muchthat he was too tired to go to work for a week.

(A) recuperated (B) diagnosed(C) incarcerated (D) captivated(E) debilitated

29. Though Alec Guinness was determined to make aname for himself on the stage, when he consideredthe uncertainties of an actor's life, his ---- wavered.

(A) resolution (B) reverence (C) affectation(D) theatricality (E) skepticism

30. In Gulliver's Travels, Swift's intent is ----; heexposes the follies of English society by ridiculingthe follies of the Lilliputians.

(A) elegiac (B) prophetic (C) satirical(D) questionable (E) derivative

31. Even the threat of sudden death could not ---- theintrepid pilot and explorer Beryl Markham; a true+:» she risked her life countless times to setrecords for flying small planes.

(A) intimidate ..patrician(B) divert.renegade(C) interest..dilettante(D) daunt..daredevil(E) survive ..firebrand

32. As an indefatigable consumer advocate, RalphNader is constantly engaged in ---- the claims ofunscrupulous merchandisers and cautioning thepublic to exercise a healthy ----.

(A) asserting ..autonomy(B) deflating ..prodigality(C) debunking ..skepticism(D) affirming ..indifference(E) exaggerating ..optimism


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Directions: Each of the passages below precedes two questions based on its content. Answer the questions fol-lowing each passage on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage.

Questions 33 and 34 are based on the followingpassage.

Can prison reform people, positively trans-forming their lives? Some who answer yes to thisquestion point to the example of Malcolm Little,

Line later known as Malcolm X. The Autobiography of5 Malcolm X describes how Malcolm, a high school

dropout, in prison set himself the task of readingstraight through the dictionary; to him, readingwas purposeful, not aimless, and he plowed hisway through its hundreds of pages, from A for

10 aardvark to Z for zymurgy.

33. The author's attitude toward Malcolm's activitiesin prison can best be described as

(A) nostalgic (B) pessimistic(C) condescending (D) approving(E) apologetic

34. In line 8, "plowed" most nearly means

(A) harrowed (B) cultivated(C) plunged recklessly (D) prepared hastily(E) proceeded steadily

Questions 35 and 36 are based on the followingpassage.

Many primates live together in an organizedtroop or social group that includes members of allages and both sexes. Such troops always move

Line compactly together in a stable social unit. A5 typical primate troop characteristically exhibits a

ranking hierarchy among the males in the troop.This ranking hierarchy serves to alleviate conflictwithin the troop. The highest-ranking male ormales defend, control, and lead the troop; the

10 strong social bond among members and theirsafety is maintained.

35. According to the passage, primate societies are

(A) generally unstable(B) hierarchically flexible(C) extremely competitive(D) dominated by adult males(E) frequently in conflict with each other

36. According to the passage, the hierarchic structurewithin a troop serves to

(A) protect the members of the troop(B) facilitate food gathering(C) establish friendships within the group(D) keep members of other troops from joining(E) teach the youngest members how to survive


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Directions: The passages below are followed by questions on their content; questions following a pair ofrelated passages may also be based on the relationship between the paired passages. Answer the questions onthe basis of what is ~ or implied in the passages and in any introductory material that may be provided.

Questions 37-48 are based on the followingpassages.

The following passages present two portraits of grand-mothers. In Passage 1, Mary McCarthy shares hermemories of her Catholic grandmother, who raisedMcCarthy and her brother after their parents' death.In Passage 2, Caroline Heilbrun tells of her Jewishgrandmother, who died when Heilbrun was ten.

Passage 1Luckily, I am writing a memoir and not a work

of fiction, and therefore I do not have to accountfor my grandmother's unpleasing character

Line and look for the Oedipal fixation or the traumatic5 experience which would give her that clinical

authenticity that is nowadays so desirable in por-traiture. I do not know how my grandmother gotthe way she was; I assume, from family photographsand from the inflexibility of her habits, that she

10 was always the same, and it seems as idle toinquire into her childhood as to ask what was ail-ing Iago or look for the error in toilet-trainingthat was responsible for Lady Macbeth. My grand-mother's sexual history, bristling with infant

15 mortality in the usual style of her period, wasrobust and decisive: three tall, handsome sonsgrew up, and one attentive daughter. Her husbandtreated her kindly. She had "money, many grand-children, and religion to sustain her. White hair,

20 glasses, soft skin, wrinkles, needlework-all theparaphernalia of motherliness were hers; yet it wasa cold, grudging, disputatious old woman who satall day in her sunroom making tapestries from apattern, scanning religious periodicals, and setting

25 her iron jaw against any infraction of her ways.Combativeness was, I suppose, the dominant

trait in my grandmother's nature. An aggressivechurchgoer, she was quite without Christian feel-ing; the mercy of the Lord Jesus had never entered

30 her heart. Her piety was an act of war against theProtestant ascendancy. The religious magazineson her table furnished her not with food for medi-tation but with fresh pretexts for anger; articlesattacking birth control, divorce, mixed marriages,

35 Darwin, and secular education were her favoritereading. The teachings of the Church did not inter-

est her, except as they were a rebuke to others;"Honor thy father and thy mother," a command-ment she was no longer called upon to practice,

40 was the one most frequently on her lips. Theextermination of Protestantism, rather than spiri-tual perfection, was the boon she prayed for. Hermind was preoccupied with conversion; the cap-ture of a soul for God much diverted her fancy-it

45 made one less Protestant in the world. Foreignmissions, with their overtones of good will andsocial service, appealed to her less strongly; it wasnot a harvest of souls that my grandmother had inmind.

50 This pugnacity of my grandmother's did notconfine itself to sectarian enthusiasm. There wasthe defense of her furniture and her house againstthe imagined encroachments of visitors. Withher, this was not the gentle and tremulous

55 protectiveness endemic in old ladies, who fear forthe safety of their possessions with a truly touch-ing anxiety, inferring the fragility of all thingsfrom the brittleness of their old bones and hearingthe crash of mortality in the perilous tinkling of a

60 tea-cup. My grandmother's sentiment was moreautocratic: she hated having her chairs sat in orher lawns stepped on or the water turned on inher basins, for no reason at all except pure offi-ciousness; she even grudged the mailman his daily

65 promenade up her sidewalk. Her home was acenter of power, and she would not allow it to bederogated by easy or democratic usage. Under herjealous eye, its social properties had atrophied,and it functioned in the family structure simply

70 as a political headquarters. The family had nofriends, and entertaining was held to be a foolishand unnecessary courtesy as between blood rela-tions. Holiday dinners fell, as a duty, on the lessermembers of the organization: the daughters and

75 daughters-in-law (converts from the false religion)offered up Baked Alaska on a platter like the headof John the Baptist, while the old people satenthroned at the table, and only their digestiveprocesses acknowledged, with rumbling,

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Passage 2My grandmother, one of Howe's sustaining

women, not only ruled the household with an armof iron, but kept a store to support them all, herblond, blue-eyed husband enjoying life rather than

85 struggling through it. My grandmother was one ofthose powerful women who know that they standbetween their families and an outside world filledwith temptations to failure and shame. I remem-ber her as thoroughly loving. But there can be no

90 question that she impaired her six daughters forautonomy as thoroughly as if she had crippledthem-more so. The way to security was mar-riage; the dread that stood in the way of this wassexual dalliance, above all pregnancy. The horror

95 of pregnancy in an unmarried girl is difficult, per-haps, to recapture now. For a Jewish girl not to bea virgin on marriage was failure. The male's rightswere embodied in her lack of sexual experience, inthe knowledge that he was the first, the owner.

100 All attempts at autonomy had to be frustrated.And of course, my grandmother's greatest weaponwas her own vulnerability. She had worked hard,only her daughters knew how hard. She could notbe comforted or repaid-as my mother would feel

105 repaid-by a daughter's accomplishments, only byher marriage.

37. McCarthy's attitude toward her grandmother isbest described as

(A) tolerant (B) appreciative (C) indifferent(D) nostalgic (E) sardonic

38. The word "idle" in line 10 means

(A) slothful (B) passive (C) fallow(D) useless (E) unoccupied

39. According to McCarthy, a portrait of a character ina work of modern fiction must have

(A) photographic realism(B) psychological validity(C) sympathetic attitudes(D) religious qualities(E) historical accuracy

40. McCarthy's primary point in describing her grand-mother's physical appearance (lines 19-25) is bestsummarized by which of the following axioms?

(A) Familiarity breeds contempt.(B) You can't judge a book by its cover.(C) One picture is worth more than ten thousand

words.(D) There's no smoke without fire.(E) Blood is thicker than water.

41. By describing the typical old woman's fear for thesafety of her possessions (in lines 53-60),McCarthy emphasizes that

(A) her grandmother feared the approach ofdeath(B) old women have dangerously brittle bones(C) her grandmother possessed considerable

wealth(D) her grandmother had different reasons for

her actions(E) visitors were unwelcome in her

grandmother's home

42. The word "properties" in line 68 means

(A) belongings (B) aspects (C) holdings(D) titles (E) acreage

43. Heilbrun is critical of her grandmother primarilybecause(A) she would not allow her husband to enjoy

himself(B) she could not accept her own vulnerability(C) she fostered a sense of sexual inadequacy(D) she discouraged her daughters' independence(E) she physically injured her children

44. By describing the extent of the feeling againstpregnancy in unmarried girls (lines 94-99),Heilbrun helps the reader understand

(A) her fear of being scorned as an unwed mother(B) why her grandmother strove to limit her

daughters' autonomy(C) her disapproval of contemporary sexual

practices(D) her awareness of her mother's desire for

happiness(E) how unforgiving her grandmother was


45. In stating that her grandmother's greatest weaponwas her own vulnerability (lines 101-102),Heilbrun implies that her grandmother got herway by exploiting her children's

(A) sense of guilt(B) innocence of evil(C) feeling of indifference(0) abdication of responsibility(E) lack of experience

46. Both passages mention which of the following asbeing important to the writer's grandmother?

(A) governing the actions of others(B) contributing to religious organizations(C) protecting her children's virtue(0) marrying off her daughters(E) being surrounded by a circle of friends

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47. Which technique is used in Passage 1 but not inPassage 2?

(A) relating the author's own experience(B) stating an opinion(C) making an assertion(0) drawing a contrast(E) making literary references

48. McCarthy would most likely react to the character-ization of her grandmother, like Heilbrun's grand-mother, as one of the "sustaining women" (lines81-82) by pointing out that

(A) this characterization is not in good taste(B) the characterization fails to account for her

grandmother's piety(C) the details of the family's social life support

this characterization(0) her grandmother's actual conduct is not in

keeping with this characterization(E) this characterization slightly exaggerates her

grandmother's chief virtue

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SECTION 4/MATHEMATICSTIME: 25 MINUTES

18 QUESTIONS (21-38)

Directions:For questions 21-28, determine which of the five choices is correct, and blacken that choice on your answersheet. You may use any blank space on the page for your work.

NOTES:

• You may use a calculator whenever you believe it will be helpful.• Use the diagrams provided to help you solve the problems. Unless you see the phrase

Note: Figure not drawn to scaleunder a diagram, it has been drawn as accurately as possible. Unless it is stated that a figure is three dimen-sional, you may assume that it lies in a plane.

Reference

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Special Right Triangles

eV= ewh

aA=~C =2'l1'1' V=~h c2=a2+b2A =fw

Number of degrees in a circle: 360Sum of the measures, in degrees, of the three angles of a triangle: 180

21. If the ratio of the number of boys to girls in a clubis 2:3, what percent of the club members are girls?

(A) 33i%(B) 40%

(C) 50%(D) 60%

(E) 66t%

22. The Salem Soccer League is divided into d divi-sions. Each division has t teams, and each teamhas p players. How many players are there in theentire league? •

(A) Pj(B) dt

p(C) !L

pt

(D) d + t + p

(E) dtp

23. Which of the following is NOT a solution of3x2 + 2y = 5?(A) x = 1 and y = 1(B) x = -1 and y = 1(C) x = 1 and y = -1(D)x = 3 andy = -11(E)x= -3andy=-11

24. Sally wrote the number 1 on 1 slip of paper, thenumber 2 on 2 slips of paper, the number 3 on3 slips of paper, the number 4 on 4 slips of paper,the number 5 on 5 slips of paper, and the number6 on 6 slips of paper. All the slips of paper wereplaced in a bag, and Lana drew one slip at random.What is the probability that the number on theslip Lana drew was odd?

(A) t(B)-}

(C) -*(D) _l

2

(E) tGO ON TO NEXT PAGE ~

25. If !xl = kll, which of the following must be true?I. -x = -y

II. X2 = lIII. x3 = l(A) I only(B) II only(C) I and II only(0) II and III only(E) I, II, and III

A

p

B

26. In the figure above, PA and PE are tangent tocircle O. If mLP = 50°, what is the value of x?(A) 50(B) 90(C) 120(0) 130(E) 150

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27. Which of the following expressions is equal to23x + 23x + 23x + 23x?(A) 23x+2(B) 23x+4(C) 26x

(0) e=(E) 29x2

28. The circumference of circle II is 4 feet longer thanthe circumference of circle I. How many feetlonger is the radius of circle II than the radius ofcircle I?

(A) 4~

(B) ~11"

(C) 1-11"

(0) 2

(E) It cannot be determined from the informationgiven.


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Student-Produced Response DirectionsIn questions 29-38, first solve the problem, and then enter your answer on the grid provided on the answersheet. The instructions for entering your answers follow.

• First, write your answer in the boxes at the top of the grid.• Second, grid your answer in the columns below the boxes.• Use the fraction bar in the first row or the decimal point in the second row to enter fractions and decimals.

Answer: fs Answer: 1.75 Answer: 100

Write your answerin the boxes 8 / f 5

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Either position is acceptable

• All decimals must be entered as accurately as pos-sible. Here are three acceptable ways of gridding

3- = 0.272727 ...11

• Grid only one space in each column.• Entering the answer in the boxes is recom-

mended as an aid in gridding but is not required.• The machine scoring your exam can read only

what you grid, so you must grid-in your answerscorrectly to get credit.

• If a question has more than one correct answer,grid-in only one of them.

• The grid does not have a minus sign; so noanswer can be negative.

• A mixed number must be converted to animproper fraction or a decimal before it is grid-ded. Enter l-} as t or 1.25; the machine will

interpret 11/4 as V and mark it wrong.

aO--------~~-------f

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Lines f and k are parallel.

29. In the figure above, what is the value of

a+b+c+d?

3 / f f a 7:Z a 73-0 0Kz: 00

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• Note that rounding to .273 is acceptable becauseyou are using the full grid, but you wouldreceive no credit for .3 or .27, because they areless accurate.


30. If a = 6 and b = -6, what is the value of 2a - 3b?

31. If A is the median of {I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6} and B is themedian of {l, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7}, what is the average(arithmetic mean) of A and B?

A

i"---=-'=------=--' C

32. In the figure above, C is the center of the circle.What is the value of c?

33. If Elaine drove 190 kilometers between 12:00 noonand 3:20 P.M., what was her average speed, inkilometers per hour?

34. From 1990 until 1998 the value of an investmentincreased by 10% every year. The value of thatinvestment on January 1, 1996, was how manytimes greater than the value on January 1, 1994?

35. How many two-digit numbers do not contain thedigit 9?

36. If the average (arithmetic mean) of five numbers is95 and the average of three of them is 100, whatis the average of the other two?

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D

37. In the circle above, diameters AB and CD are per-pendicular, and each of the four shaded regions isa semicircle. The shaded area is how many timesthe white area?

38. When a group of people were tested for a raredisease, 99.6% of them were found not to have thedisease. If 10 people did have the disease, howmany people were tested?

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SECTION 5IWRITING SKILLSTIME: 30 MINUTES

39 QUESTIONS (1-39)

Directions: For each question in this section, select the best answer from among the choices given and fill inthe corresponding circle on the answer sheet. ----~----~------------~--~------~~

Some or all parts of the following sentences areunderlined. The first answer choice, (A), simplyrepeats the underlined part of the sentence. Theother four choices present four alternative ways tophrase the underlined part. Select the answer thatproduces the most effective sentence, one that isclear and exact, and blacken the appropriate spaceon your answer sheet. In selecting your choice, besure that it is standard written English and that itexpresses the meaning of the original sentence.

EXAMPLE:

The first biography of author Eudora Welty came outin 1998, and she was eighty-nine years old at the time.

(A) and she was eighty-nine years old at the time(B) at the time when she was eighty-nine(C) upon becoming an eighty-nine year old(D) when she was eighty-nine(E) at the age of eighty-nine years old

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2. Before the search party reached the scene of theaccident, the rain began to fall, making rescueefforts more difficult.

(A) the rain began to fall(B) the rain had began to fall(C) it began to rain(D) the rain had begun to fall(E) it started to rain

3. For many students, keeping a journal during col-lege seems satisfying their need for self-expression.

(A) keeping a journal during college seems satisfy-ing their need

(B) keeping a journal during college seems tosatisfy their need

(C) keeping a journal during college seemingsatisfying their need

(D) to keep a journal during college seems satisfy-ing their need

(E) the keeping of a journal during college seemsto satisfy their need

4. Peter Martins began to develop his own choreo-graphic style, but he was able to free himself fromthe influence of Balanchine.

(A) style, but he was able to(B) style; but he was able to(C) style only when he was able to(D) style only when he is able to(E) style: only when he was able to

1. Although serfs were lucky to drink their ale fromcracked wooden bowls, nobles customarily drunktheir wine from elaborately chased drinking horns.

(A) drunk their wine from(B) have drinked their wine from(C) drank their wine from(D) had drunken their wine from:(E) drinking their wine from

5. Irregardless of the outcome of this dispute, ourtwo nations will remain staunch allies.

(A) Irregardless of the outcome(B) Regardless of how the outcome(C) With regard to the outcome(D) Regardless of the outcome(E) Disregarding the outcome


6. With the onset of winter, the snows began to fall,we were soon forced to remain indoors most of thetime.

(A) the snows began to fall, we were soon forcedto remain indoors

(B) the snows began to fall; we were soon forcedto remain indoors

(C) the snows began to fall: we were soon forcedto remain indoors

(D) the snows began to fall, having forced us toremain indoors

(E) the snows had begun to fall; we were soonforced to remain indoors

7. "Araby," along with several other stories fromJoyce's Dubliners, are going to be read at TownHall by the noted Irish actor Brendan Coyle.

(A) are going to be read(B) were going to be read(C) are gone to be read(D) is going to be read(E) is gone to be read

8. In 1980 the Democrats lost not only the executivebranch, but also their majority in the United StatesSenate.

(A) lost not only the executive branch but alsotheir majority

(B) lost not only the executive branch but also itsmajority

(C) not only lost the executive branch but alsotheir majority

(D) lost the executive branch but also theirmajority

(E) lost not only the executive branch but theirmajority also

9. Before considering an applicant for this job, hemust have a degree in electrical engineering aswell as three years in the field.

(A) Before considering an applicant for this job,he must have ,

(B) Before considering an applicant for this job,he should have

(C) We will not consider an applicant for this jobwithout

(D) To consider an applicant for this job, he musthave

(E) We will not consider an applicant for this jobif he does not have

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10. To invest intelligently for the future, mutual fundsprovide an excellent opportunity for the averageinvestor.

(A) To invest intelligently for the future, mutualfunds

(B) As an intelligent investment for the future,mutual funds

(C) Investing intelligently for the future, mutualfunds

(D) To invest with intelligence, mutual funds(E) Having invested intelligently, you must deter-

mine that mutual funds

11. She was told to give the award to whomever shethought had contributed most to the welfare of thestudent body.

(A) to whomever she thought(B) to whoever she thought(C) to the senior whom she thought(D) to whomever(E) to him whom she thought

12. Since he is lying the book on the table where itdoes not belong.

(A) Since he is lying the book on the table whereit does not belong.

(B) He is lying the book on the table where itdoes not belong.

(C) Because he is laying the book on the tablewhere it does not belong.

(D) Since he is laying the book on the table whereit does not belong.

(E) He is laying the book on the table where itdoes not belong.

13. Mary is as fast as, if not faster than, anyone in herclass and should be on the team.

(A) as fast as, if not faster than, anyone(B) as fast, if not faster than, anyone else(C) as fast as, if not more fast than, anyone(D) as fast as, if not faster than, anyone else(E) as swift as, if not faster than, anyone

14. Senator Schumer is one of the legislators who aregoing to discuss the budget with the president.

(A) one of the legislators who are going(B) one of the legislators who is going(C) one of the legislators who has gone(D) the legislators who is going(E) the legislators who has gone


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15. New research studies show that alcohol andtobacco are as harmful to elderly women as elderlymen.

(A) are as harmful to elderly women as elderlymen

(B) are so harmful to elderly women as elderlymen

(C) being as harmful to elderly women as elderlymen

(D) are as harmful to elderly women as to elderlymen

(E) are as harmful to elderly women as to menbeing elderly

16. Chronic fatigue syndrome is not a normalcondition; rather, it is an abnormal response tostress factors such as anxiety or infection.

(A) condition; rather, it is an abnormal responseto stress factors such as

(B) condition, it is a rather abnormal response tostress factors such as

(C) condition; but it is an abnormal response tostress factors such as

(D) condition rather, it is an abnormal responseto stress factors like

(E) condition, rather it is a way of respondingabnormally to such stress factors as

17. A cynic is when someone has a tendency to disbe-lieve that any actions can have wholly unselfishmotivations.

(A) A cynic is when someone has a tendency todisbelieve that-any actions can have whollyunselfish motivations.

(B) Someone who has a tendency to disbelievethat any actions can have wholly unselfishmotivations, and he is a cynic.

(C) A cynic is when someone tends not to believethat any actions might have had whollyunselfish motivations.

(D) A cynic is someone which has a tendency todisbelieve that any actions can be whollyunselfishly motivated. •

(E) A cynic is someone who tends to disbelievethat any actions can have wholly unselfishmotivations.

18. When NASA has been informed of the dangerousweather conditions, the head of the space agencydecided to postpone the shuttle launch.

(A) When NASA has been informed of the danger-ous weather conditions

(B) Because NASA having been informed of thedangerous weather conditions

(C) Although NASA was informed with the dan-gerous weather conditions

(D) When NASAwas informed of the dangerousweather conditions

(E) When NASA has been informed with the dan-gerous weather conditions

19. Henry James wrote the play Guy Domville primar-ily because he hoped revitalizing of his waningliterary career.

(A) he hoped revitalizing of his waning literarycareer

(B) he hoped revitalizing of his literary careerthat was waning

(C) his hoping was the revitalizing of his waningliterary career

(D) he hoped to revitalize his waning literarycareer

(E) he hoped revitalizing of his literary careerthat had waned

20. While strolling in Golden Gate Park one day,seeing the carousel with its elegantly carved horsesdelighted the young couple.

(A) seeing the carousel with its elegantly carvedhorses delighted the young couple

(B) the sight of the carousel with its elegantlycarved horses delighted the young couple

(C) the young couple was delighted by the sightof the carousel with its elegantly carvedhorses

(D) the carousel delighted the young couple withits elegantly carved horses when they saw it

(E) to have seen the carousel's elegantly carvedhorses delighted the young couple


The sentences in this section may contain errors ingrammar, usage, choice of words, or idioms. There iseither just one error per sentence, or the sentence iscorrect. Some words or phrases are underlined andlettered; everything else in the sentence is correct.

If an underlined word or phrase is incorrect,choose that letter; if the sentence is correct, selectNo error. Then blacken the appropriate space onyour answer sheet.

EXAMPLE:

The region has a climate so severe that plantsA

growing there rarely had been more than twelve--B-- C

inches high. No errorD E

21. Being that my car is getting its annual tune-up, IA B

will not be able to pick you up tomorrow morning.C 0

No errorE

22. The average taxpayer can't hardly believe thatA.

income tax fraud is so widespread as to justifyB C

such precautions as the authorities have taken.o

No errorE

23. No one but he knew which questionsA8 -C-

were going to be asked on this test.No erroro E

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24. You are being quite cynical when you sayA

that the reason we have such a large turnoutB C

is because we are serving refreshments.n

No errorE

25. Although I am playing golf for more than threeABC

years, I cannot manage to break 90. No erroro E

26. Studies have found that a mild salt solution isA

more affective than the commercial preparationsB C

available in drug stores in the treatment of thisn

ailment. No errorE

27. If I have to make a choice between John, HenryA Band her, I think I'll select Henry because of his

Cself-control during moments of stress. No error

-0- E

28. In order to raise public consciousness concerningA

environmental problems, you should distributeB

leaflets, write to your representative in Congress,C

as well as signing the necessary petitions.n

No errorE


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29. Members of a scientific expedition discovered the

Titanic, which sank after i!struck an iceberg,A B

furthermore it was not possible for them toC

raise it. No errorD E

30. Scientists show that change, whether good or bad,A B

leads to stress and that the accumulation fromC D

stress-related changes can cause major illness.

No errorE

31. We have spent all together too much money onA B

this project; we have exceeded our budget andC

can expect no additional funds until the beginningD

of the new year. No errorE

32. Between thirty and forty students seem willing toA B

volunteer; the rest are not planning to participateC D

in the program. No errorE

33. The horse that won the trophies differed with theA B

other horses in overall appearance as well as-C- D

ability. No errorE

34. The business executive, planning to attend theA

conference in New Orleans, could not decideB

whether to travel on or remaining at the hotel wasC

the better choice. No errorD E


Improving Paragraphs DirectionsThe passage below is the unedited draft of a student'sessay. Some of the essay needs to be rewritten tomake the meaning clearer and more precise. Readthe essay carefully.

The essay is followed by questions about changesthat might improve all or part of its organization,development, sentence structure, use of language,appropriateness to the audience, or use of standardwritten English. Choose the answer that mostclearly and effectively expresses the student'sintended meaning. Indicate your choice by filling inthe corresponding space on the answer sheet.

[1] In the twentieth century, women have held amajor part in influencing social change and socialstatus. [2] In such developing countries as SaudiArabia, restrictions on women are gradually beinglifted, and they have gained the right to be in publicwithout your head covered.

[3] In the area of social status, women have foughtfor better treatment and more respect. [4] An exampleof this is the fight for women in the workplace. [5] Notlong ago most women stayed at home and took care oftheir families, while their husbands worked at whitecollar and blue collar jobs. [6] But now many womenwork as doctors, lawyers, and other established posi-tions. [7] Women are finally out in the work force com-peting with men for the same jobs.

[8] In the area of politics and government, manywomen have attained high positions. [9] HillaryRodham Clinton became a role model for many youngwomen in this country. [10] Two women are nowmembers of the U.S. Supreme Court. [11] Severalwomen also are governors, senators and representa-tives. [12] There will never again be an all-male cabi-net. [13] Ever since women's suffrage, women havewon the rights reserved for men. [14] The result wasthat women now have a voice in the actions of, ourcountry.

[15] In the areas of health, medicine, sciences, andthe military, women have also come into their own.[16] Although the world still has a long way to gobefore women achieve total equality with men, thetwentieth century may long be remembered as the timewhen the first steps were taken.

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35. Considering the essay as a whole, which revision ofsentence 1 would serve best as the essay's openingsentence?

(A) The social status of women has undergone amajor change during the twentieth century.

(B) Twentieth century women will have a majorinfluence in changing their social status.

(C) As a major influence in the twentieth century,women have had their social status changed.

(D) Under the influence of twentieth centurywomen, their status has changed.

(E) Being influenced by social change in thetwentieth century, the status of women haschanged.

36. Which is the most effective revision of the under-lined segment of sentence 2 below?

In such developing countries as Saudi Arabia,restrictions on women are gradually being lifted,and they have gained the right to be in publicwithout your head covered.(A) for example, women are gaining rights like

the one to be in public bareheaded(B) which means that they have gained the right

to be in public with their heads uncovered(C) and they have the right, for example, for you

to go bareheaded in public(D) and women now have gained the right to be

bareheaded in public(E) to the extent that women can exercise the

right of going into public with their headuncovered


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37. Which revision of sentence 8 provides the besttransition between the second and the thirdparagraphs?

(A) The competition has extended into politicsand government, where many women havereplaced men in high positions.

(B) Irregardless, in the field of politics andgovernment many women have attained highpositions.

(C) High positions in government and politicshave been attained by women.

(D) Among the jobs that women have attained arein politics and government.

(E) The world of politics and government haschanged because women have attained highpositions.

38. Sentence 8 is the topic sentence of the third para-graph. Which of the following is the best revisionof sentence 9?

(A) The wife of the president, Hillary RodhamClinton, made herself a role model for manyyoung American women.

(B) In the 1992 national election, Hillary RodhamClinton helped her husband win the presi-dency of the United States.

(C) After seven years as prime minister ofEngland, Margaret Thatcher was finallydefeated by a male, John Major.

(D) While she was the leader of India, IndiraGhandi was assassinated.

(E) In recent years both Margaret Thatcher ofEngland and Indira Ghandi of India, forexample, served as leaders of their countries.

39. Which sentence in the third paragraph should berevised or deleted because it contributes least tothe development of the main idea of the para-graph?

(A) Sentence 10 (B) Sentence 11(C) Sentence 12 (D) Sentence 13(E) Sentence 14

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