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Which of the following best describes the function of the first sentence in the context of the passage as a whole?
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The author would most likely agree with which of the following statements regarding the efforts to achieve legal equality for women in the United States during the period from 1960 to 1990?
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Insect predators usually keep the number of aphids in crop fields low. However, sometimes the aphid population explodes in size, causing major damage. Much explosions happen when unusually cold weather keeps the number of aphids low in the spring. One possible explanation is that, with fewer aphids to feed on, the predator population also drop, and in summer when the aphid population starts to grow there are not enough predators to keep it in check.
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Which of the following, if true, would most strengthen the explanations given for aphid population explosions?
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The poet Paul Lawrence Dunbar (1872-1906) was the premier Black writer of poetry that used the dialect of rural African American of the southern United States. Although Dunbar`s works were both popular with readers and acclaimed by literary critics during his lifetime, after the First World War a radical shift occurred, at least in critical opinion of his poetry, and twentieth-century critical evaluation of his work has been generally negative. Some critics attacked his work on social grounds for failing to challenge plantation stereotypes of African Americans. Other critics, such as the post James Weldon Johnson, argued from aesthetic grounds that dialect poetry in general was too limited as an artistic medium, and capable of producing only two effects: pathos and humor. The negative critical trend only began to reverse itself in the 1970s, when scholars began to emphasize the importance of mythic, psychological ,and historical dimensions of Dunbar`s works, focusing on the interior and exterior realities of African American life after the Civil War.
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Which of the following general criticisms of dialect poetry is mentioned in the passage?
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Which of the following can be inferred from the passage concerning scholars` use of mythic, psychological, and historical considerations in evaluating Dunbar`s works?
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Which of the following can be inferred from the passage concerning literary critics` evaluations of Dunbar`s poetry?
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The space between the stars is filled with matter that interstellar conditions should prevent from coalescing into solid particle. Yet surprisingly tiny frozen particles, referred to as interstellar grains, do develop in these spaces. These grains are formed out of chemical elements that are synthesized during thermonuclear fusion in stars and supernova explosions.
The study of interstellar grains has been hampered by the inaccessibility of naturally occurring specimens for use in laboratory experiments. To date, the only source of information about interstellar grains is the stellar electromagnetic radiation that reaches the Earth after passing through regions of space containing interstellar grains. By observing the wavelengths scattered and absorbed by the grains,scientists have determined that a grain`s internal structure consists of a core composed of silicates (rocklike material) and a mantle composed entirely of organic compounds. It is hypothesized that each grain begins as a silicate "seedling" ejected from a mature star. Continuous physical and chemical evolution then occurs in the mantle formed around the seedling.
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The author uses the tem "seedling" most probably in order to
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Which of the following describe a process that is most similar to the evolution of an interstellar grain, as it is described in the passage?
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It can be inferred from the passage that the method currently used to analyze the structure of an interstellar grain could best be described is
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One of the legends that has been attached to the nineteenth-century writer Edgar Allan Poe is that he was addicted to morphine. Poe discussed virtually every known aspect of his life in his letters. However, nowhere in his voluminous correspondence does he mention his reputed morphine addiction. On the basis of this evidence, it is safe to conclude that reports of his supposed addiction are untrue.
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Which of the following is an assumption on which the argument depends?
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French-born avant-garde composer Edger Varese(1883-1965) coined the phrase "organized sound" to distinguish his bold sonic experiment, which called for howling sirens and electronically taped ambient noises from conventional music. Many of his contemporaries would not have accepted his works as music at all. But Varese didn`t regard himself as an iconoclast. He traced his heritage to music`s ancient practices, and professed admiration for the music of the Gothic Middle Ages. This seems appropriate, for the medieval composers shared his view of music as a technical unfitting of sound. Unlike the nineteenth-century Romantics, they would have had no problem with a discussion of music in terms of acoustic frequencies and intensities, rather than in terms of particular emotions associated with them.
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The author would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about Varese`s approach to composition?
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The author alludes to the howling sirens featured in some of Varese`s works to
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The period between the two world wars (1918-1939)was characterized by a broadening of the definition of women`s roles in the United States. In 1920 American women won the right to vote, building on this right, some now participated actively in politics. Increasing numbers of middle-class women joined their working-class contemporaries in the workplace, and a small but growing minority of them continued working after marriage. Divorce rates increased as work patterns and women`s expectations of marriage changed. While these trends continued throughout the interwar period, their momentum was slowed in its later years, as the prosperity of the 1920s abruptly ended. Many Americans responded to the economic crisis of the 1930s by reasserting traditional value that discouraged women from entering traditionally male occupations.
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The author mentions divorce rates in order to
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Which of the following can be inferred from the passage about American women in the workplace during the interwar period
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