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Is it necessary for defense lawyers to believe that the clients they defend are innocent of the charges against them? Some legal scholars hold that lawyers' sole obligation is to provide the best defense they are capable of, claiming that in democratic societies all people accused of crimes are entitled to the best pos... | [
"(A)Some legal scholars defend a morally questionable view that defense lawyers' sole obligation to their clients is to provide the best defense, while it is the court's job to determine guilt or innocence.",
"(B)Defense lawyers should put aside personal judgments about their clients' guilt when determining how b... | [
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Is it necessary for defense lawyers to believe that the clients they defend are innocent of the charges against them? Some legal scholars hold that lawyers' sole obligation is to provide the best defense they are capable of, claiming that in democratic societies all people accused of crimes are entitled to the best pos... | [
"(A)confident that it enables defense lawyers to balance their competing responsibilities to the court and to society",
"(B)certain that it prevents defense lawyers from representing clients whom they know to be guilty",
"(C)satisfied that it helps defense lawyers to uncover the relevant facts of a case",
"(D... | [
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Is it necessary for defense lawyers to believe that the clients they defend are innocent of the charges against them? Some legal scholars hold that lawyers' sole obligation is to provide the best defense they are capable of, claiming that in democratic societies all people accused of crimes are entitled to the best pos... | [
"(A)In keeping with this role, defense lawyers should base their cases upon the foundations of honesty, substantive accuracy and selectivity.",
"(B)Therefore, the practice of law remains morally dubious, in that misrepresentation may achieve acquittal for an attorney's client.",
"(C)Consequently, the defendant'... | [
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Is it necessary for defense lawyers to believe that the clients they defend are innocent of the charges against them? Some legal scholars hold that lawyers' sole obligation is to provide the best defense they are capable of, claiming that in democratic societies all people accused of crimes are entitled to the best pos... | [
"(A)a source of legal information that can help a jury to reach decisions that are fair and equitable",
"(B)a thorough investigator of all relevant evidence",
"(C)a diligent representative of the client's position",
"(D)a facilitator and expediter of the cause of justice",
"(E)an energetic advocate of the c... | [
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Is it necessary for defense lawyers to believe that the clients they defend are innocent of the charges against them? Some legal scholars hold that lawyers' sole obligation is to provide the best defense they are capable of, claiming that in democratic societies all people accused of crimes are entitled to the best pos... | [
"(A)no significant relationship because they represent two unrelated factual statements",
"(B)the author's opinion opposing another opinion reported by the author in the earlier lines",
"(C)a hypothetical situation supporting a statement reported by the author in the earlier lines",
"(D)agreement in general w... | [
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Is it necessary for defense lawyers to believe that the clients they defend are innocent of the charges against them? Some legal scholars hold that lawyers' sole obligation is to provide the best defense they are capable of, claiming that in democratic societies all people accused of crimes are entitled to the best pos... | [
"(A)should sincerely believe that the client may be innocent",
"(B)would be right to do so even if the attorney knows that the client is actually guilty",
"(C)is assuming that role of mouthpiece for the client",
"(D)has favored the obligation to the client over that to society",
"(E)has typically not resear... | [
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Is it necessary for defense lawyers to believe that the clients they defend are innocent of the charges against them? Some legal scholars hold that lawyers' sole obligation is to provide the best defense they are capable of, claiming that in democratic societies all people accused of crimes are entitled to the best pos... | [
"(A)show that ethical dilemmas in the legal profession can complicate the defense lawyer's role",
"(B)argue that the defense lawyer's duty to the court and society complements effective legal representation for the client",
"(C)explain why the actual guilt or innocence of a defendant is not an important issue t... | [
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Many educators in Canada and the United States advocate multicultural education as a means of achieving multicultural understanding. There are, however, a variety of proposals as to what multicultural education should consist of. The most modest of these proposals holds that schools and colleges should promote multicul... | [
"(A)Proponents of two proposals for promoting multicultural understanding disagree about both the goal of multicultural education and the means for achieving this goal.",
"(B)Proponents of two proposals for promoting multicultural understanding claim that education should be founded upon an epistemological system... | [
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Many educators in Canada and the United States advocate multicultural education as a means of achieving multicultural understanding. There are, however, a variety of proposals as to what multicultural education should consist of. The most modest of these proposals holds that schools and colleges should promote multicul... | [
"(A)The social and historical circumstances that give rise to a culture's values cannot be understood by members of a culture with different values.",
"(B)The historical and social circumstances of a culture can play an important role in the development of that culture's values.",
"(C)It is impossible for one c... | [
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Many educators in Canada and the United States advocate multicultural education as a means of achieving multicultural understanding. There are, however, a variety of proposals as to what multicultural education should consist of. The most modest of these proposals holds that schools and colleges should promote multicul... | [
"(A)Difficulties in achieving a goal are contrasted with the benefits of obtaining that goal.",
"(B)A goal is argued to be unrealizable by raising objections to the means proposed to achieve it.",
"(C)Two means for achieving a goal are presented along with an objection to each.",
"(D)Difficulties in achieving... | [
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Many educators in Canada and the United States advocate multicultural education as a means of achieving multicultural understanding. There are, however, a variety of proposals as to what multicultural education should consist of. The most modest of these proposals holds that schools and colleges should promote multicul... | [
"(A)relies on the least amount of speculation about non-Western cultures",
"(B)calls for the least amount of change in the educational system",
"(C)involves the least amount of Eurocentric cultural chauvinism",
"(D)is the least distorting since it employs several cultural perspectives",
"(E)deviates least f... | [
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Many educators in Canada and the United States advocate multicultural education as a means of achieving multicultural understanding. There are, however, a variety of proposals as to what multicultural education should consist of. The most modest of these proposals holds that schools and colleges should promote multicul... | [
"(A)a study of the differences between the moral codes of several Western and non-Western societies",
"(B)a study of a given culture's literature to determine the kinds of personal characteristics the culture admires",
"(C)a study that employs the methods of Western science to investigate a nonscientific cultur... | [
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Many educators in Canada and the United States advocate multicultural education as a means of achieving multicultural understanding. There are, however, a variety of proposals as to what multicultural education should consist of. The most modest of these proposals holds that schools and colleges should promote multicul... | [
"(A)It is impossible to adopt the perspectives and methods of a culture unless one is a member of that culture.",
"(B)Many non-Western societies have value systems that are very similar to one another.",
"(C)Some non-Western societies use their own value system when studying cultures that have different values.... | [
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In studying the autobiographies of Native Americans, most scholars have focused on as-told-to life histories that were solicited, translated, recorded, and edited by non-Native American collaborators—that emerged from "bicultural composite authorship." Limiting their studies to such written documents, these scholars ha... | [
"(A)Scholars have tended to overlook the nuances of concepts about identity that existed in some of the early Native American cultures.",
"(B)As demonstrated by early Native Americans, autobiography can exist in a variety of media other than written documents.",
"(C)The Native American life histories collected ... | [
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In studying the autobiographies of Native Americans, most scholars have focused on as-told-to life histories that were solicited, translated, recorded, and edited by non-Native American collaborators—that emerged from "bicultural composite authorship." Limiting their studies to such written documents, these scholars ha... | [
"(A)\"failed to address\" (line 9)",
"(B)\"highly diverse\" (line 10)",
"(C)\"markedly inclusive\" (line 16)",
"(D)\"seemingly more fragmented\" (line 24)",
"(E)\"alien to the European style\" (line 51)"
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In studying the autobiographies of Native Americans, most scholars have focused on as-told-to life histories that were solicited, translated, recorded, and edited by non-Native American collaborators—that emerged from "bicultural composite authorship." Limiting their studies to such written documents, these scholars ha... | [
"(A)written by a member of one culture but based on the artifacts and oral traditions of another culture",
"(B)written by two people, each of whom belongs to a different culture but contributes in the same way to the finished product",
"(C)compiled from the writings of people who come from different cultures an... | [
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In studying the autobiographies of Native Americans, most scholars have focused on as-told-to life histories that were solicited, translated, recorded, and edited by non-Native American collaborators—that emerged from "bicultural composite authorship." Limiting their studies to such written documents, these scholars ha... | [
"(A)to refute traditional interpretations of certain artifacts",
"(B)to present evidence that undermines a theory",
"(C)to provide examples that support an argument",
"(D)to contrast several different modes of expression",
"(E)to enumerate specific instances in which a phenomenon recurred"
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In studying the autobiographies of Native Americans, most scholars have focused on as-told-to life histories that were solicited, translated, recorded, and edited by non-Native American collaborators—that emerged from "bicultural composite authorship." Limiting their studies to such written documents, these scholars ha... | [
"(A)identify concepts about which Europeans and Native Americans had contrasting ideas",
"(B)define a word that had a different meaning for early Native Americans than it has for contemporary Native Americans",
"(C)illustrate how words can undergo a change in meaning after their introduction into the language",... | [
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In studying the autobiographies of Native Americans, most scholars have focused on as-told-to life histories that were solicited, translated, recorded, and edited by non-Native American collaborators—that emerged from "bicultural composite authorship." Limiting their studies to such written documents, these scholars ha... | [
"(A)A person who is born into one tribe but is brought up by members of another tribe retains a name given at birth.",
"(B)A pictograph that represents a specific person incorporates the symbol for a constellation.",
"(C)A similar ritual for assuming a new name is used in diverse communities.",
"(D)A name giv... | [
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Most scientists who study the physiological effects of alcoholic beverages have assumed that wine, like beer or distilled spirits, is a drink whose only active ingredient is alcohol. Because of this assumption, these scientists have rarely investigated the effects of wine as distinct from other forms of alcoholic bever... | [
"(A)Because of their assumption that alcohol is the only active ingredient in wine, beer, and distilled spirits, scientists have previously studied these beverages in ways that obscure their healthful effects.",
"(B)A new study of moderate wine consumption calls into question the belief that premature heart disea... | [
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Most scientists who study the physiological effects of alcoholic beverages have assumed that wine, like beer or distilled spirits, is a drink whose only active ingredient is alcohol. Because of this assumption, these scientists have rarely investigated the effects of wine as distinct from other forms of alcoholic bever... | [
"(A)demonstrate that discoveries in the realm of science often bear out popular beliefs",
"(B)provide evidence for the theory that moderate wine consumption ameliorates factors that contribute to premature heart disease",
"(C)argue that traditional beliefs are no less important than scientific evidence when inv... | [
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Most scientists who study the physiological effects of alcoholic beverages have assumed that wine, like beer or distilled spirits, is a drink whose only active ingredient is alcohol. Because of this assumption, these scientists have rarely investigated the effects of wine as distinct from other forms of alcoholic bever... | [
"(A)an increase in the degree to which platelets cause blood to clot",
"(B)an increase in the body's ability to remove lipids from the bloodstream",
"(C)an increase in the amount of time it takes alcohol to be absorbed into the bloodstream",
"(D)increased activity of a natural compound that reduces blood clot... | [
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Most scientists who study the physiological effects of alcoholic beverages have assumed that wine, like beer or distilled spirits, is a drink whose only active ingredient is alcohol. Because of this assumption, these scientists have rarely investigated the effects of wine as distinct from other forms of alcoholic bever... | [
"(A)Subjects who consumed large amount of grape juice exhibited decreased thickness of the innermost walls of their blood vessels.",
"(B)Subjects who were habitual drinkers of wine and subjects who were habitual drinkers of beer exhibited similar lipid levels in their bloodstreams.",
"(C)Subjects who drank grap... | [
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Most scientists who study the physiological effects of alcoholic beverages have assumed that wine, like beer or distilled spirits, is a drink whose only active ingredient is alcohol. Because of this assumption, these scientists have rarely investigated the effects of wine as distinct from other forms of alcoholic bever... | [
"(A)Scientists should not attempt to study the possible healthful effects of moderate consumption of beer and distilled spirits.",
"(B)The conclusion that alcohol affects lipid processing should be questioned in light of studies of moderate wine consumption.",
"(C)Moderate consumption of wine made from plums or... | [
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Most scientists who study the physiological effects of alcoholic beverages have assumed that wine, like beer or distilled spirits, is a drink whose only active ingredient is alcohol. Because of this assumption, these scientists have rarely investigated the effects of wine as distinct from other forms of alcoholic bever... | [
"(A)highly enthusiastic",
"(B)tacitly approving",
"(C)grudgingly accepting",
"(D)overtly critical",
"(E)clearly outraged"
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Most scientists who study the physiological effects of alcoholic beverages have assumed that wine, like beer or distilled spirits, is a drink whose only active ingredient is alcohol. Because of this assumption, these scientists have rarely investigated the effects of wine as distinct from other forms of alcoholic bever... | [
"(A)advocating a particular method of treatment",
"(B)criticizing popular opinion",
"(C)correcting a scientific misconception",
"(D)questioning the relevance of newly discovered evidence",
"(E)countering a revolutionary hypothesis"
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Most scientists who study the physiological effects of alcoholic beverages have assumed that wine, like beer or distilled spirits, is a drink whose only active ingredient is alcohol. Because of this assumption, these scientists have rarely investigated the effects of wine as distinct from other forms of alcoholic bever... | [
"(A)Greater platelet adhesiveness increases the risk of premature heart disease.",
"(B)The body's ability to process lipids is compromised by the presence of alcohol in the bloodstream.",
"(C)Doctors have access to a natural compound that breaks down blood clots.",
"(D)High lipid levels are dangerous because ... | [
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Most of what has been written about Thurgood Marshall, a former United States Supreme Court justice who served from 1967 to 1991, has just focused on his judicial record and on the ideological content of his earlier achievements as a lawyer pursuing civil rights issues in the courts. But when Marshall's career is viewe... | [
"(A)In his role as a lawyer for the NAACP, Marshall developed a number of strategies for litigation which, while often controversial, proved to be highly successful in arguing against certain discriminatory laws.",
"(B)The litigation strategies that Marshall devised in pursuit of the NAACP's civil rights goals du... | [
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Most of what has been written about Thurgood Marshall, a former United States Supreme Court justice who served from 1967 to 1991, has just focused on his judicial record and on the ideological content of his earlier achievements as a lawyer pursuing civil rights issues in the courts. But when Marshall's career is viewe... | [
"(A)It disputes a claim that has often been accepted and summarizes Marshall's achievements.",
"(B)It establishes the passage's main topic and indicates the controversial nature of Marshall's ideologies.",
"(C)It introduces two aspects of Marshall's career and outlines the historical significance of both.",
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Most of what has been written about Thurgood Marshall, a former United States Supreme Court justice who served from 1967 to 1991, has just focused on his judicial record and on the ideological content of his earlier achievements as a lawyer pursuing civil rights issues in the courts. But when Marshall's career is viewe... | [
"(A)a decision to pursue a pollution case based on its potential legal implications for a large class of related cases; and testimony by a noted medical authority whose data support the claim that the pollution in question causes widespread medical problems",
"(B)acceptance of a pollution case based on the practi... | [
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Most of what has been written about Thurgood Marshall, a former United States Supreme Court justice who served from 1967 to 1991, has just focused on his judicial record and on the ideological content of his earlier achievements as a lawyer pursuing civil rights issues in the courts. But when Marshall's career is viewe... | [
"(A)arbitrary",
"(B)inflexible",
"(C)unprecedented",
"(D)necessary",
"(E)subjective"
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Most of what has been written about Thurgood Marshall, a former United States Supreme Court justice who served from 1967 to 1991, has just focused on his judicial record and on the ideological content of his earlier achievements as a lawyer pursuing civil rights issues in the courts. But when Marshall's career is viewe... | [
"(A)The ideological motivations for Marshall's work with the NAACP changed during his tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court.",
"(B)Marshall declined to pursue some cases that were in keeping with the NAACP's goals but whose plaintiffs' likely impression on the public he deemed to be unfavorable.",
"(C)Marshall's tac... | [
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Most of what has been written about Thurgood Marshall, a former United States Supreme Court justice who served from 1967 to 1991, has just focused on his judicial record and on the ideological content of his earlier achievements as a lawyer pursuing civil rights issues in the courts. But when Marshall's career is viewe... | [
"(A)In light of a reconsideration of Marshall's career, it seems that commentary has undervalued both his innovations in litigation strategy and his accomplishments on the U.S. Supreme Court.",
"(B)The most controversial of Marshall's methods was, somewhat paradoxically, the most unequivocally successful part of ... | [
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Most of what has been written about Thurgood Marshall, a former United States Supreme Court justice who served from 1967 to 1991, has just focused on his judicial record and on the ideological content of his earlier achievements as a lawyer pursuing civil rights issues in the courts. But when Marshall's career is viewe... | [
"(A)the ideology Marshall used to support his goals",
"(B)recent public interest campaigns",
"(C)the use of Marshall's techniques by politically conservative lawyers",
"(D)the use of psychological statistics in court cases",
"(E)the set of criteria for selecting public interest litigants"
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The painter Roy Lichtenstein helped to define pop art—the movement that incorporated commonplace objects and commercial-art techniques into paintings— by paraphrasing the style of comic books in his work. His merger of a popular genre with the forms and intentions of fine art generated a complex result: while poking fu... | [
"(A)Lichtenstein's use of comic book elements in his paintings, considered simply a parodic reaction to the high-mindedness of later abstract expressionism, is also an attempt to re-create the emotionally powerful work of earlier abstract expressionists.",
"(B)Lichtenstein's use of comic book elements is not sole... | [
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The painter Roy Lichtenstein helped to define pop art—the movement that incorporated commonplace objects and commercial-art techniques into paintings— by paraphrasing the style of comic books in his work. His merger of a popular genre with the forms and intentions of fine art generated a complex result: while poking fu... | [
"(A)enthusiasm for its more rebellious aspects",
"(B)respect for its successful parody of youth and innocence",
"(C)pleasure in its blatant rejection of abstract expressionism",
"(D)admiration for its subtle critique of contemporary culture",
"(E)appreciation for its ability to incorporate both realism and ... | [
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The painter Roy Lichtenstein helped to define pop art—the movement that incorporated commonplace objects and commercial-art techniques into paintings— by paraphrasing the style of comic books in his work. His merger of a popular genre with the forms and intentions of fine art generated a complex result: while poking fu... | [
"(A)show that the paintings depict aspects of contemporary life",
"(B)support the claim that Lichtenstein's work was parodic in intent",
"(C)contrast Lichtenstein's approach to art with that of abstract expressionism",
"(D)suggest the emotions that lie at the heart of Lichtenstein's work",
"(E)endorse Licht... | [
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The painter Roy Lichtenstein helped to define pop art—the movement that incorporated commonplace objects and commercial-art techniques into paintings— by paraphrasing the style of comic books in his work. His merger of a popular genre with the forms and intentions of fine art generated a complex result: while poking fu... | [
"(A)a painting that uses realistic techniques to represent several simple objects arranged on a table",
"(B)a painting that parodies human figures by depicting them as stick figures",
"(C)a painting that conveys its creator's inner turmoil through the use of bold lines and primary colors",
"(D)a painting that... | [
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The painter Roy Lichtenstein helped to define pop art—the movement that incorporated commonplace objects and commercial-art techniques into paintings— by paraphrasing the style of comic books in his work. His merger of a popular genre with the forms and intentions of fine art generated a complex result: while poking fu... | [
"(A)Lichtenstein frequently attended exhibitions by abstract expressionist painters in the 1960s.",
"(B)Lichtenstein praised a contemporary abstract expressionist in the 1960s for producing an atypically emotional painting.",
"(C)Lichtenstein praised an early abstract expressionist for producing emotional paint... | [
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The painter Roy Lichtenstein helped to define pop art—the movement that incorporated commonplace objects and commercial-art techniques into paintings— by paraphrasing the style of comic books in his work. His merger of a popular genre with the forms and intentions of fine art generated a complex result: while poking fu... | [
"(A)express curiosity about an artist's work",
"(B)clarify the motivation behind an artist's work",
"(C)contrast two opposing theories about an artist's work",
"(D)describe the evolution of an artist's work",
"(E)refute a previous overestimation of an artist's work"
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The painter Roy Lichtenstein helped to define pop art—the movement that incorporated commonplace objects and commercial-art techniques into paintings— by paraphrasing the style of comic books in his work. His merger of a popular genre with the forms and intentions of fine art generated a complex result: while poking fu... | [
"(A)It was directed less against abstract expressionism exclusively than against overly sophisticated art.",
"(B)It was directed less against later abstract expressionism than against commercial art.",
"(C)It was directed less against later abstract expressionism exclusively than against abstract expressionism ... | [
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The painter Roy Lichtenstein helped to define pop art—the movement that incorporated commonplace objects and commercial-art techniques into paintings— by paraphrasing the style of comic books in his work. His merger of a popular genre with the forms and intentions of fine art generated a complex result: while poking fu... | [
"(A)Over time, it moved from abstraction to realism.",
"(B)Over time, it moved from intensity to lyricism.",
"(C)Over time, it moved from intellectualism to emotionalism.",
"(D)Over time, it moved from obscurity to clarity.",
"(E)Over time, it moved from density to sparseness."
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Because the market system enables entrepreneurs and investors who develop new technology to reap financial rewards from their risk of capital, it may seem that the primary result of this activity is that some people who have spare capital accumulate more. But in spite of the fact that the profits derived from various t... | [
"(A)burgeoning scientific research",
"(B)educational uses of broadcasting",
"(C)widespread exchange of political ideas",
"(D)faster means of travel",
"(E)increased access to databases"
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Because the market system enables entrepreneurs and investors who develop new technology to reap financial rewards from their risk of capital, it may seem that the primary result of this activity is that some people who have spare capital accumulate more. But in spite of the fact that the profits derived from various t... | [
"(A)distribution of tangible and intangible goods",
"(B)opportunity to create new technology",
"(C)accumulation of financial assets in investments",
"(D)participation in the regulation of society through either public or private institutions",
"(E)generally acknowledged social status in a community"
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Because the market system enables entrepreneurs and investors who develop new technology to reap financial rewards from their risk of capital, it may seem that the primary result of this activity is that some people who have spare capital accumulate more. But in spite of the fact that the profits derived from various t... | [
"(A)It forms part of the author's summary of the benefits that have resulted from the technological developments described in the preceding paragraph.",
"(B)It serves as the author's logical conclusion from data presented in the preceding paragraph regarding the social consequences of technological development.",... | [
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Because the market system enables entrepreneurs and investors who develop new technology to reap financial rewards from their risk of capital, it may seem that the primary result of this activity is that some people who have spare capital accumulate more. But in spite of the fact that the profits derived from various t... | [
"(A)The profits derived from computer technology have accrued to fewer people than have the profits derived from any other technological development.",
"(B)Often the desire of some people for profits motivates changes that are beneficial for large numbers of other people.",
"(C)National boundaries are rarely ba... | [
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Because the market system enables entrepreneurs and investors who develop new technology to reap financial rewards from their risk of capital, it may seem that the primary result of this activity is that some people who have spare capital accumulate more. But in spite of the fact that the profits derived from various t... | [
"(A)The democratizing influence of technology generally contributes to technological obsolescence.",
"(B)Wholly unregulated economies are probably the fastest in producing an equalization of social status.",
"(C)Expanded access to printed texts across a population has historically led to an increase in literacy... | [
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Neurobiologists once believed that the workings of the brain were guided exclusively by electrical signals; according to this theory, communication between neurons (brain cells) is possible because electrical impulses travel from one neuron to the next by literally leaping across the synapses (gaps between neurons). Bu... | [
"(A)Evidence shows that the workings of the brain are guided, not by electrical signals, but by chemicals, and that subtle differences among the receptors for these chemicals may permit the selective treatment of certain brain disorders.",
"(B)Evidence shows that the workings of the brain are guided, not by elect... | [
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Neurobiologists once believed that the workings of the brain were guided exclusively by electrical signals; according to this theory, communication between neurons (brain cells) is possible because electrical impulses travel from one neuron to the next by literally leaping across the synapses (gaps between neurons). Bu... | [
"(A)certainty that its possible benefits will be realized",
"(B)optimism about its potential applications",
"(C)apprehension about the possibility of its misuse",
"(D)concern that its benefits are easily exaggerated",
"(E)skepticism toward its assumptions about the brain"
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Neurobiologists once believed that the workings of the brain were guided exclusively by electrical signals; according to this theory, communication between neurons (brain cells) is possible because electrical impulses travel from one neuron to the next by literally leaping across the synapses (gaps between neurons). Bu... | [
"(A)The secretion of certain chemicals plays a role in neuron communication.",
"(B)The flow of ions through neurons plays a role in neuron communication.",
"(C)The binding of neurotransmitters to receptors plays a role in neuron communication.",
"(D)The structure of receptors on neuron surfaces plays a role i... | [
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Neurobiologists once believed that the workings of the brain were guided exclusively by electrical signals; according to this theory, communication between neurons (brain cells) is possible because electrical impulses travel from one neuron to the next by literally leaping across the synapses (gaps between neurons). Bu... | [
"(A)possess channels for ions",
"(B)respond to drug treatment",
"(C)contain receptor molecules",
"(D)influence particular brain functions",
"(E)react to binding by neurotransmitters"
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Neurobiologists once believed that the workings of the brain were guided exclusively by electrical signals; according to this theory, communication between neurons (brain cells) is possible because electrical impulses travel from one neuron to the next by literally leaping across the synapses (gaps between neurons). Bu... | [
"(A)explanation of a theory; presentation of evidence in support of the theory; presentation of evidence in opposition to the theory; argument in favor of rejecting the theory; discussion of the implications of rejecting the theory",
"(B)explanation of a theory; presentation of evidence in support of the theory; ... | [
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Neurobiologists once believed that the workings of the brain were guided exclusively by electrical signals; according to this theory, communication between neurons (brain cells) is possible because electrical impulses travel from one neuron to the next by literally leaping across the synapses (gaps between neurons). Bu... | [
"(A)propose a new theory about the workings of the brain",
"(B)introduce evidence that challenges a widely accepted theory about the workings of the brain",
"(C)describe the approach scientists use when studying the workings of the brain",
"(D)discuss new support for a widely accepted theory about the working... | [
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Determining the most effective way to deter deliberate crimes, such as fraud, as opposed to impulsive crimes, such as crimes of passion, is a problem currently being debated in the legal community. On one side of the debate are those scholars who believe that deliberate crimes are a product of the influence of societal... | [
"(A)The principle of utility maximization provides an economic framework that allows legal scholars to analyze an individual's decision to commit a crime as a rational economic choice that maximizes that individual's expected utility.",
"(B)Legal scholars have found that deliberate criminal acts are motivated by ... | [
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Determining the most effective way to deter deliberate crimes, such as fraud, as opposed to impulsive crimes, such as crimes of passion, is a problem currently being debated in the legal community. On one side of the debate are those scholars who believe that deliberate crimes are a product of the influence of societal... | [
"(A)give an example of a kind of deliberate crime",
"(B)provide a contrast that helps to define a deliberate crime",
"(C)demonstrate that not all crimes can be deterred",
"(D)help illustrate one side of the current debate in the legal community",
"(E)mention a crime that is a product of the influence of soc... | [
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Determining the most effective way to deter deliberate crimes, such as fraud, as opposed to impulsive crimes, such as crimes of passion, is a problem currently being debated in the legal community. On one side of the debate are those scholars who believe that deliberate crimes are a product of the influence of societal... | [
"(A)In order to reduce his taxes, a waiter conceals a large part of his tip income from the government because he believes that it is very unlikely that this will be detected and he will be penalized.",
"(B)A motorist avoids speeding on a certain stretch of road because she knows that it is heavily patrolled and ... | [
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Determining the most effective way to deter deliberate crimes, such as fraud, as opposed to impulsive crimes, such as crimes of passion, is a problem currently being debated in the legal community. On one side of the debate are those scholars who believe that deliberate crimes are a product of the influence of societal... | [
"(A)an astronomer's use of a paradox employed by certain ancient cosmologists as a metaphor to help describe a phenomenon recently observed with the aid of new technologies",
"(B)a drawing instructor's use of a law of optics from physics to demonstrate that two lines that appear to diverge actually run parallel t... | [
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Determining the most effective way to deter deliberate crimes, such as fraud, as opposed to impulsive crimes, such as crimes of passion, is a problem currently being debated in the legal community. On one side of the debate are those scholars who believe that deliberate crimes are a product of the influence of societal... | [
"(A)Two sides of a debate are described and a general principle is used to resolve the conflict between them.",
"(B)Two sides of a debate are described and an economic principle is applied to decide between them.",
"(C)Two beliefs are described and a principle is introduced to discredit them.",
"(D)A general ... | [
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Determining the most effective way to deter deliberate crimes, such as fraud, as opposed to impulsive crimes, such as crimes of passion, is a problem currently being debated in the legal community. On one side of the debate are those scholars who believe that deliberate crimes are a product of the influence of societal... | [
"(A)The rate at which criminals return to criminal activity is likely to fall if laws requiring stronger punishments for repeat offenders are adopted.",
"(B)The rate at which criminals return to criminal activity is likely to increase if efforts to rehabilitate them are ended.",
"(C)The rate of deliberate crime... | [
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Mexican Americans share with speakers of Spanish throughout the world a rich and varied repertoire of proverbs as well as a vital tradition of proverb use. The term "proverb" refers to a self-contained saying that can be understood independent of a specific verbal context and that has as its main purpose the carrying o... | [
"(A)The Mexican American tradition of Spanish-language proverb use differs in important ways from the common proverb tradition of Europe.",
"(B)Spanish-language proverbs figure prominently in Mexican American communities, where they are used both to instruct the young and to promote the young's familiarity with t... | [
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Mexican Americans share with speakers of Spanish throughout the world a rich and varied repertoire of proverbs as well as a vital tradition of proverb use. The term "proverb" refers to a self-contained saying that can be understood independent of a specific verbal context and that has as its main purpose the carrying o... | [
"(A)illustrate the relation between proverb use and education about peer-group relationships in Mexican American communities",
"(B)provide an example of the tone of a proverb that is frequently used in Mexican American communities",
"(C)illustrate how a proverb can function as an appeal to traditional wisdom",
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Mexican Americans share with speakers of Spanish throughout the world a rich and varied repertoire of proverbs as well as a vital tradition of proverb use. The term "proverb" refers to a self-contained saying that can be understood independent of a specific verbal context and that has as its main purpose the carrying o... | [
"(A)In what other areas besides Europe did Spanish-language proverbs currently used in Mexican American communities originate?",
"(B)Are any proverbs that are used frequently in the English-language tradition derived from Mexican American proverbs?",
"(C)What kinds of messages and pieces of wisdom are most ofte... | [
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Mexican Americans share with speakers of Spanish throughout the world a rich and varied repertoire of proverbs as well as a vital tradition of proverb use. The term "proverb" refers to a self-contained saying that can be understood independent of a specific verbal context and that has as its main purpose the carrying o... | [
"(A)Proverb use is seldom intended to reinforce community-approved norms.",
"(B)The way in which a proverb is used depends, at least in part, on the community in which it is used.",
"(C)The most frequent use of proverbs in Mexican American communities is for the purpose of regulating peer-group relationships.",... | [
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Mexican Americans share with speakers of Spanish throughout the world a rich and varied repertoire of proverbs as well as a vital tradition of proverb use. The term "proverb" refers to a self-contained saying that can be understood independent of a specific verbal context and that has as its main purpose the carrying o... | [
"(A)Most Mexican American proverbs have their origin in the common proverb tradition of Europe.",
"(B)Mexican American parents are more likely to emphasize the value of traditional wisdom than are most other parents in the United States.",
"(C)There are more Spanish-language proverbs than there are proverbs in ... | [
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Mexican Americans share with speakers of Spanish throughout the world a rich and varied repertoire of proverbs as well as a vital tradition of proverb use. The term "proverb" refers to a self-contained saying that can be understood independent of a specific verbal context and that has as its main purpose the carrying o... | [
"(A)If a proverb is used to inculcate table manners, then its primary purpose is to maintain ties to an ethnic tradition.",
"(B)The frequent use of proverbs within any community functions, at least in part, to convey a sense of their ethnicity to children within that community.",
"(C)The ways in which Mexican A... | [
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Passage AEvolutionary psychology has taught us to examine human behavior from the standpoint of the theory of evolution—to explain a given type of human behavior by examining how it contributes to the reproductive success of individuals exhibiting the behavior, and thereby to the proliferation of the genetic material r... | [
"(A)Altruistic behavior is problematic for evolutionary psychology because it tends to diminish the reproductive success of individuals that exhibit it.",
"(B)New evidence may explain the evolution of altruistic behavior in early humans by showing that genes promote their own self-propagation.",
"(C)Altruistic ... | [
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Passage AEvolutionary psychology has taught us to examine human behavior from the standpoint of the theory of evolution—to explain a given type of human behavior by examining how it contributes to the reproductive success of individuals exhibiting the behavior, and thereby to the proliferation of the genetic material r... | [
"(A)The author of passage A is more interested in examining the logical implications of evolutionary psychology than the author of passage B is.",
"(B)The author of passage A is more committed to the principles of evolutionary psychology than the author of passage B is.",
"(C)The author of passage A is more wil... | [
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Passage AEvolutionary psychology has taught us to examine human behavior from the standpoint of the theory of evolution—to explain a given type of human behavior by examining how it contributes to the reproductive success of individuals exhibiting the behavior, and thereby to the proliferation of the genetic material r... | [
"(A)the early human tendency to live in small communities",
"(B)the slow maturation of human offspring",
"(C)forming monogamous families",
"(D)misinterpreting the interests that motivate human actions",
"(E)caring for some things for their own sakes"
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Passage AEvolutionary psychology has taught us to examine human behavior from the standpoint of the theory of evolution—to explain a given type of human behavior by examining how it contributes to the reproductive success of individuals exhibiting the behavior, and thereby to the proliferation of the genetic material r... | [
"(A)helped spread the genes responsible for those same behaviors",
"(B)prompted individuals to behave unselfishly",
"(C)improved the physical health of individuals who exhibited the behaviors",
"(D)made individuals who exhibited the behaviors more adept at finding food",
"(E)prompted early humans to live in... | [
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Passage AEvolutionary psychology has taught us to examine human behavior from the standpoint of the theory of evolution—to explain a given type of human behavior by examining how it contributes to the reproductive success of individuals exhibiting the behavior, and thereby to the proliferation of the genetic material r... | [
"(A)The author of passage B seeks to support the main claims made in passage A by presenting additional arguments in support of those claims.",
"(B)The author of passage B criticizes the type of argument made in passage A by attempting to create an analogous argument with a conclusion that is clearly false.",
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Passage AEvolutionary psychology has taught us to examine human behavior from the standpoint of the theory of evolution—to explain a given type of human behavior by examining how it contributes to the reproductive success of individuals exhibiting the behavior, and thereby to the proliferation of the genetic material r... | [
"(A)Evolutionary psychologists seek to examine human behavior from the point of view of the theory of evolution.",
"(B)Altruism presents a difficult problem for evolutionary psychology.",
"(C)An altruistic individual uses valuable resources to promote the well-being of another individual.",
"(D)Genes may prom... | [
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Passage AEvolutionary psychology has taught us to examine human behavior from the standpoint of the theory of evolution—to explain a given type of human behavior by examining how it contributes to the reproductive success of individuals exhibiting the behavior, and thereby to the proliferation of the genetic material r... | [
"(A)Most of the physical features characteristic of modern humans developed as the result of evolutionary pressures.",
"(B)Any action performed by an early human was necessarily orchestrated by that individual's genes to promote the genes' self-propagation.",
"(C)To explain a type of human behavior in evolution... | [
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During Dostoyevsky's time there were two significant and opposing directions in Russian literary criticism. One position maintained that art stood high above the present and the everyday, while the radical view maintained that art had a right to exist only if it found its sources in concrete reality, and, through the e... | [
"(A)By drawing on elements from the two opposing strains of Russian literary criticism, Dostoyevsky developed the theoretical apparatus for a new direction in Russian literature.",
"(B)In opposition to the views of the two most prominent groups of Russian literary critics, Dostoyevsky believed that literature sho... | [
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During Dostoyevsky's time there were two significant and opposing directions in Russian literary criticism. One position maintained that art stood high above the present and the everyday, while the radical view maintained that art had a right to exist only if it found its sources in concrete reality, and, through the e... | [
"(A)a fictionalized account based on interviews with patients that illustrates the brutal facts of illness",
"(B)a novel in which the author's ideas are given substance through suitable characters and events",
"(C)a novel in which the author attempted to use allegory to communicate a criticism of feudal society... | [
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During Dostoyevsky's time there were two significant and opposing directions in Russian literary criticism. One position maintained that art stood high above the present and the everyday, while the radical view maintained that art had a right to exist only if it found its sources in concrete reality, and, through the e... | [
"(A)reality is not independent of the experiences of individuals",
"(B)realism is unequal to the task of representing political views",
"(C)art should be elevated above the portrayal of reality",
"(D)realism does not in fact facilitate the exposure of social inequities or contribute to the creation of a new s... | [
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During Dostoyevsky's time there were two significant and opposing directions in Russian literary criticism. One position maintained that art stood high above the present and the everyday, while the radical view maintained that art had a right to exist only if it found its sources in concrete reality, and, through the e... | [
"(A)proficiency at depicting the realm of the fantastic",
"(B)effectiveness at communicating the author's ideas",
"(C)ability to help bring about social change",
"(D)facility for exploding the boundaries of the tangible world",
"(E)capacity to advance a particular theory of literature"
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During Dostoyevsky's time there were two significant and opposing directions in Russian literary criticism. One position maintained that art stood high above the present and the everyday, while the radical view maintained that art had a right to exist only if it found its sources in concrete reality, and, through the e... | [
"(A)Three positions are presented and each is elaborated in detail.",
"(B)Three positions are presented and the third is differentiated from the first two in detail.",
"(C)Three positions are presented and the third is differentiated from the second in detail.",
"(D)Three positions are presented and the third... | [
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During Dostoyevsky's time there were two significant and opposing directions in Russian literary criticism. One position maintained that art stood high above the present and the everyday, while the radical view maintained that art had a right to exist only if it found its sources in concrete reality, and, through the e... | [
"(A)It is correct because of its requirement that art have a strong element of the fantastic.",
"(B)It is correct because it recognizes that reality is more than just an enumeration of the mundane details of life.",
"(C)It is incorrect because reality must be the foundation of all literature.",
"(D)It is inco... | [
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During Dostoyevsky's time there were two significant and opposing directions in Russian literary criticism. One position maintained that art stood high above the present and the everyday, while the radical view maintained that art had a right to exist only if it found its sources in concrete reality, and, through the e... | [
"(A)Only works of literature that are well written can serve a particular political view.",
"(B)Only works of literature that serve a particular political view can be said to be well written.",
"(C)Works of literature that are not well written always attempt to serve a particular political view.",
"(D)A work ... | [
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During Dostoyevsky's time there were two significant and opposing directions in Russian literary criticism. One position maintained that art stood high above the present and the everyday, while the radical view maintained that art had a right to exist only if it found its sources in concrete reality, and, through the e... | [
"(A)draw a sharper distinction between reality and fantasy when evaluating the content of a literary work",
"(B)put clarity of purpose ahead of formal aspects when evaluating a literary work",
"(C)acknowledge the importance of eliminating elements of concrete reality from literary works",
"(D)recognize the fu... | [
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The Internet makes possible the instaotaoeous transmission and retrieval of digital text. It is widely assumed that this capacity will lead to the displacement of printed books by digitized books that are read mainly on computer screens or handheld electronic devices. But it is more likely, I believe, that most digital... | [
"(A)The shift from traditional to digital publishing is typical of the shift from one economic model to a more efficient economic model.",
"(B)Digital publishing is likely to one day rival traditional publishing, but social and economic fiIctors are currently hindering its acceptaoce.",
"(C)Digital publishing w... | [
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The Internet makes possible the instaotaoeous transmission and retrieval of digital text. It is widely assumed that this capacity will lead to the displacement of printed books by digitized books that are read mainly on computer screens or handheld electronic devices. But it is more likely, I believe, that most digital... | [
"(A)the fees collected by literal agents from their clients",
"(B)the price paid to have books printed and bound",
"(C)the royalties paid to authors by their publisbers",
"(D)the costs specific to the retail trade in traditional printed books",
"(E)the total sales ofa book minus the value of those books ret... | [
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The Internet makes possible the instaotaoeous transmission and retrieval of digital text. It is widely assumed that this capacity will lead to the displacement of printed books by digitized books that are read mainly on computer screens or handheld electronic devices. But it is more likely, I believe, that most digital... | [
"(A)Those publishers that fail to embrace the new digital model ofpub1ishing will be uuiikely to remain economically competitive.",
"(B)The primary threat to the spread of digital publishing will be the widespread use of computers aud haudheld devices for reading text.",
"(C)The growth of digital publishing is ... | [
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The Internet makes possible the instaotaoeous transmission and retrieval of digital text. It is widely assumed that this capacity will lead to the displacement of printed books by digitized books that are read mainly on computer screens or handheld electronic devices. But it is more likely, I believe, that most digital... | [
"(A)warehousing printed books",
"(B)having book covers designed",
"(C)having books shipped to retail stores",
"(D)having unsold books returned to publishers",
"(E)displaying books in retail stores"
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The Internet makes possible the instaotaoeous transmission and retrieval of digital text. It is widely assumed that this capacity will lead to the displacement of printed books by digitized books that are read mainly on computer screens or handheld electronic devices. But it is more likely, I believe, that most digital... | [
"(A)The need for warehousing will shift mainly from that of individual books to that of paper and binding material to make books.",
"(B)The patronage of stores that sell used books will increase significantly.",
"(C)Most publishers will sell their own books individually and will not use distributors or retailer... | [
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The Internet makes possible the instaotaoeous transmission and retrieval of digital text. It is widely assumed that this capacity will lead to the displacement of printed books by digitized books that are read mainly on computer screens or handheld electronic devices. But it is more likely, I believe, that most digital... | [
"(A)The changing literary tastes of consumers will be the main cause of the eventual transition to the new digital model.",
"(B)The ease of keeping books \"in print\" will be the primary factor in the eventual acceptance of the new digital model.",
"(C)The demauds of literary agents will be the impetus for comp... | [
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The Internet makes possible the instaotaoeous transmission and retrieval of digital text. It is widely assumed that this capacity will lead to the displacement of printed books by digitized books that are read mainly on computer screens or handheld electronic devices. But it is more likely, I believe, that most digital... | [
"(A)suggest that traditional publishing houses have been too slow to embrace digital publishing",
"(B)provide a broader context that helps to clarDY the situation facing traditional publishers",
"(C)summarize the argument for the claim that digital publishing will likely replace traditional publishing",
"(D)i... | [
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Passage A In this appeal of his criminal conviction, the defendant challenges the fingerprint evidence used against him at trial, claiming that fingerprint identification theory has not been adequately tested. He cites the inability of the fingerprint examiner who incriminated him at trial to name any studies establish... | [
"(A)Criminal defendants do not always have a full and fair opportunity to challenge faulty fingerprint evidence when it is used against them at trial.",
"(B)Fingerprint evidence has been shown to be too unreliable for use in eriminal trials.",
"(C)The error rate for fingerprint identification is significantly h... | [
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Passage A In this appeal of his criminal conviction, the defendant challenges the fingerprint evidence used against him at trial, claiming that fingerprint identification theory has not been adequately tested. He cites the inability of the fingerprint examiner who incriminated him at trial to name any studies establish... | [
"(A)whether uniformity in the training of fingerprint examiners is desirable",
"(B)the likelihood that a fingerprint examiner will incorrectly declare a match in a given eriminal case",
"(C)whether fingerprint identification should be accorded the status of scientific law",
"(D)the relative merits of the poin... | [
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Passage A In this appeal of his criminal conviction, the defendant challenges the fingerprint evidence used against him at trial, claiming that fingerprint identification theory has not been adequately tested. He cites the inability of the fingerprint examiner who incriminated him at trial to name any studies establish... | [
"(A)a judge presiding over an appeal of a criminal conviction",
"(B)a defense attorney arguing an appeal of a client's criminal conviction",
"(C)a prosecutor arguing for the affirmation of a guilty verdict",
"(D)a professor of law lectuting to a ctiminallaw class",
"(E)an academic presenting a paper to a gr... | [
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Passage A In this appeal of his criminal conviction, the defendant challenges the fingerprint evidence used against him at trial, claiming that fingerprint identification theory has not been adequately tested. He cites the inability of the fingerprint examiner who incriminated him at trial to name any studies establish... | [
"(A)the ability of a criminal defendant to expose weaknesses in the prosecution's case",
"(B)the personal integrity of individual fingerprint examiners",
"(C)differences in the identification practices used by various fingerprint examiners",
"(D)the partial or smudged prints that are typically used as evidenc... | [
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Passage A In this appeal of his criminal conviction, the defendant challenges the fingerprint evidence used against him at trial, claiming that fingerprint identification theory has not been adequately tested. He cites the inability of the fingerprint examiner who incriminated him at trial to name any studies establish... | [
"(A)Courts should be extremely reluctant to reject those forms of evidence that have withstood the test of time.",
"(B)Defendants should have the right to challenge forms of evidence whose reliability has not been scientifically proven.",
"(C)To evaluate the value of fingerprint evidence, one must know how like... | [
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Passage A In this appeal of his criminal conviction, the defendant challenges the fingerprint evidence used against him at trial, claiming that fingerprint identification theory has not been adequately tested. He cites the inability of the fingerprint examiner who incriminated him at trial to name any studies establish... | [
"(A)rely on a holistic impression of how similar two fingerprints are",
"(B)use computerized databases to search for matching fingerprints",
"(C)count the number of characteristics two fingerprints have in common",
"(D)calculate the odds of two different individuals' sharing certain very rare fingerprint char... | [
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Passage A In this appeal of his criminal conviction, the defendant challenges the fingerprint evidence used against him at trial, claiming that fingerprint identification theory has not been adequately tested. He cites the inability of the fingerprint examiner who incriminated him at trial to name any studies establish... | [
"(A)optimistic in its conclusions",
"(B)general in focus",
"(C)tentative in its claims",
"(D)respectful of opposing claims",
"(E)dependent on unsubstantiated assumptions"
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Music and literature, rivals among the arts, have not coexisted without intruding on each other's terrain. Ever since what we think of as "literature" developed out of the sounds of spoken, sung, and chanted art, writing bas aspired to the condition of music, in which fonn contnbutes significantly to content. Nowhere i... | [
"(A)In Jazz, Morrison has realized a significant artistic achievement in creating the first African American work of fiction whose plot, themes, and setting are all drawn from the world of jazz.",
"(B)Morrison's striking description of a musical ensemble perfurmance containing solo improvisations constitutes an i... | [
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Music and literature, rivals among the arts, have not coexisted without intruding on each other's terrain. Ever since what we think of as "literature" developed out of the sounds of spoken, sung, and chanted art, writing bas aspired to the condition of music, in which fonn contnbutes significantly to content. Nowhere i... | [
"(A)from a common claim about the arts, to a denial of this claim as applied to a particular artistic tradition, to a hypothesis about a particular individual",
"(B)from a general remark about two art forms, to a similar observation about a particular artistic tradition, to a specific comment about a particular w... | [
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Music and literature, rivals among the arts, have not coexisted without intruding on each other's terrain. Ever since what we think of as "literature" developed out of the sounds of spoken, sung, and chanted art, writing bas aspired to the condition of music, in which fonn contnbutes significantly to content. Nowhere i... | [
"(A)Even a casual reading of Jazz makes it evident that the author has intentionally tried to simulate a style of jazz performance in the narration of the story.",
"(B)A small number of African American novelists writing earlier in the twentieth century sought to base the form of their work on the typical structm... | [
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Music and literature, rivals among the arts, have not coexisted without intruding on each other's terrain. Ever since what we think of as "literature" developed out of the sounds of spoken, sung, and chanted art, writing bas aspired to the condition of music, in which fonn contnbutes significantly to content. Nowhere i... | [
"(A)Morrison has explicitly credited him with inspiring the style of narration that she developed in Jazz.",
"(B)He prevented his musicians from perfonuing lengthy solos in order to preserve the unity of his compositions.",
"(C)He is a minor character in Morrison's Jazz.",
"(D)He composed music that was origi... | [
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Music and literature, rivals among the arts, have not coexisted without intruding on each other's terrain. Ever since what we think of as "literature" developed out of the sounds of spoken, sung, and chanted art, writing bas aspired to the condition of music, in which fonn contnbutes significantly to content. Nowhere i... | [
"(A)analyze and commend the variety of contributions to the art of the novel made by a particular writer",
"(B)contrast a particular AfricanAmerican writer's work with the work of African American practitioners of another art",
"(C)descrthe a particular aspect of one wOIk by a particular writer",
"(D)demonstr... | [
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Music and literature, rivals among the arts, have not coexisted without intruding on each other's terrain. Ever since what we think of as "literature" developed out of the sounds of spoken, sung, and chanted art, writing bas aspired to the condition of music, in which fonn contnbutes significantly to content. Nowhere i... | [
"(A)\"...whose music is often considered its greatest artistic achievement and one of the greatest con1nbutions to North American art\" (lines 8-10)",
"(B)\"In Jazz, the connection to music is found not only in the novel's plot but, more strikingly, in the way in which the story is told\" (lines 17-19)",
"(C)\"... | [
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