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Question 1
Despite generous helpings of _____________________ from a group of ____________ critics, this iconoclastic poet’s three volumes have sold steadily.
A. zeal … hidebound
B. mockery … obscure
C. tedium … respected
D. abuse … ineffectual
E. vitriol … influential
Question 2
Friendship, no matter how ____________________, has its boundaries; _________ advice, when thrust insistently upon one, is rarely an act of friendship, regardless of the adviser’s intent.
A. cool … contradictory
B. enjoyable … obverse
C. intimate … unsolicited
D. distant … marital
E. special … desired
Question 3
Very little is known of the writer Theophilus; however, from his eclectic writings, we can _________ that he was well ______________.
A. Assume … educated
B. Understand … disciplined
C. Appreciate … respected
D. Expect … exposed
E. Acknowledge … received
Question 4
Because of his inherent ______________, Harry steered clear of any job that he suspected could turn out to be a travail.
A. Impudence
B. Insolence
C. Eminence
D. Indolence
E. integrity
Question 5
Greek philosophers tried to ___________ contemporary notions of change and stability by postulating the existence of the atom, ___________ particle from which all varieties of matter are formed.
A. Personify … a mutating
B. Reconcile … an indivisible
C. Simplify … a specific
D. Eliminate … an infinitesimal
E. Confirm … an interesting